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Home » Meal of the Week » One Flight. Four Cabins. Four Meals.
LufthansaMeal of the Week

One Flight. Four Cabins. Four Meals.

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 6, 2019November 14, 2023 9 Comments

Each week, my Meal of the Week feature examines an airline meal from my travels over the years. This may be a meal from earlier in the week or it may be a meal served over a decade ago.

Have you ever wondered what an airline serves in different cabins on the same flight? For this installment of my Meal of the Week feature, we take a look at breakfast in economy class, premium economy, business class, and first class on Lufthansa Flight 457 from Los Angeles to Frankfurt.

That’s actually the only flight I’ve flown in all four cabins of service, so it marks the natural choice for this review. I’ll mention at the outset that is has been some years since I flew business class, but while the cutlery and crockery may have changed, the meal is essentially unchanged.


Economy Class

food in a tray on a tray

Lufthansa served a hot breakfast prior to landing. No choice was offered: just an egg frittata (with spinach and tomatoes), cooked spinach, and some greasy hash browns. On the side was a cold bread roll and a small container of fruit with pineapple, watermelon, and grapes. Lufthansa uses metal cutlery for the main meal, but plastic for breakfast.

> Review: Lufthansa A380 Economy Class Los Angeles To Frankfurt


Premium Economy Class

a tray with food and drinks on it

Premium economy passengers were offered a cheese omelet with cooked tomato, and has browns. In fact, had this been the same flight date as my economy class trip above, the egg dish would have been the same frittata. Fruit (same pineapple, grape, watermelon blend) and a bread roll (but warmed, unlike in economy class) were serve on the side. Unlike in economy class, Lufthansa uses glass not plastic. Plastic cutlery is used, but sturdier than in economy class.

> Review: Lufthansa A380 Premium Economy Los Angeles to Frankfurt


Business Class

a tray of food on a table

A familiar omelet with hash browns is served in business class and really no different than the meals served in premium economy or economy. It was plated nicer and came with a cloth napkin and real cutlery. Sliced fruit on the side was a bit more substantial and the flaky croissant was appreciated.

> Review: Lufthansa 747-8 Business Class Frankfurt to Los Angeles


First Class

a table with food and drinks on it

a plate of scrambled eggs and bacon

So far, the differences have been minor. First class, however, offers a totally different breakfast experience. The a la carte menu includes fresh breads, fruit, yogurt, cereal, cold cuts, cheese, and scrambled eggs with bacon. Fresh squeezed orange juice, fruit smoothies, and delectable cappuccino (plus regular coffee and tea, of course) are available.

> Review: Lufthansa 747-8 First Class Los Angeles to Frankfurt

CONCLUSION

You can see that economy, premium economy, and business class all receive roughly the same meal. That’s not so much a problem as it is a recognition that you can only do so much for breakfast on an airplane. Yet first class shows how lovely a breakfast on an airplane can be.

What is your favorite airline breakfast?

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Matthew Klint

Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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9 Comments

  1. Aaron Reply
    July 6, 2019 at 11:10 am

    “I’ll mention at the outset that is has been some years since I flew business class, but while the cutlery and crockery may have changed, the meal is essentially unchanged.”

    Not quite, you still get the same but also a small deli plate as well. Which I guess does finally give it some distinction from economy and premium economy.

    https://lh-menu.de/en/download/2019–07-08/C/451/1

    https://lh-menu.de/en/download/2019–07-08/C/457/1

    • Matthew Reply
      July 6, 2019 at 3:40 pm

      Thanks for this data point. Much appreciated.

      • Aaron Reply
        July 7, 2019 at 1:45 am

        One good thing about Lufthansa is that they publish their menus online, so you have an idea about to expect on each flight…

  2. Aaron Reply
    July 6, 2019 at 11:15 am

    Also, the menus of First and Business are very similar (not counting breakfast)…all the BC appetizers and entrees are also available in the FC menus…

    https://lh-menu.de/en/download/2019–07-08/F/451/1

    https://lh-menu.de/en/download/2019–07-08/F/457/1

    • Nate nate Reply
      July 6, 2019 at 8:10 pm

      I wonder what they are serving while LSG is on strike. Do you if there is any impact on long haul flights?

  3. Mark in Ithaca Reply
    July 6, 2019 at 11:25 am

    Since scrambled eggs are hard to do well in any quantity and keep hot, I’d almost rather have the omelet or frittata in first. Were you given a choice of meals, or did everyone in first simply get scrambled eggs and bacon?

    • Aaron Reply
      July 6, 2019 at 11:44 am

      Scrambled eggs on Lufthansa in First are cooked to order, with your choice of bacon or chives (or both).

      • Matthew Reply
        July 6, 2019 at 3:25 pm

        Lufthansa used to do fried eggs, but stopped doing that (they claim for sanitary/health reasons). Some FAs will still fry an egg for you. Everyhting is freshly made in the galley.

  4. cariverga Reply
    July 6, 2019 at 12:37 pm

    Delectable capuccino in LH F?
    Oh…

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