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A Delightfully Simple Breakfast In Lufthansa Business Class

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 11, 2022November 14, 2023 11 Comments

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.

Lufthansa business class catering is generally satisfactory, but I often find the German airline tries far too hard to be far too fancy. Sometimes a simple breakfast is preferred over a “gourmet” one and I was quite thankful to receive exactly that on a short flight within Europe.

Shorthaul Business Class Breakfast On Lufthansa

This meal was served over 10 years ago on a flight from Paris to Frankfurt that left at 6:00am. I was seated in business class, half asleep, but I was awakened by the clanking of glasses and that unique sound of the trolley brakes being turned off and on as flight attendants rolled down the aisle with food and drinks.

There was no choice – just “Frühstuck” (breakfast) with a choice of drink.

Breakfast was served covered. Today, we’d call that protecting against COVID-19 by reducing unnecessary touch-points, but back then we just called it being lazy.

food on a tray on a table

No matter, I unwrapped it and appreciated how simple it was.

No fancy Heimat menu with ingredients I cannot pronounce or exotic mixtures of food that most folks would never consider mixing. Nope, just a simple plate with meat and cheese, a hot bread roll, fresh fruit, and plain yogurt with a dash of pistachios and a dried apricot on top.

a tray of food and drinks on a table

CONCLUSION

For a 280-mile flight that took less than an hour in the air, this was a very adequate breakfast.

I had to look 10 years back in the archive to find this. That’s not to denigrate Lufthansa food today, but simply remark that sometimes simple is better.

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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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11 Comments

  1. Mark Reply
    July 11, 2022 at 8:58 am

    Have to agree, @Matthew. Will say that some of the best meals I’ve had on planes were just relatively simple dishes such as KE’s bibimbap. Not saying that it’s bad for airlines to mix things up or have a certain theme for their meals, but making things utterly complex or exotic can be a risk where the passengers are the ones suffering with a terrible meal on a ticket they’ve paid for one way or another.

  2. Kervin Reply
    July 11, 2022 at 11:39 am

    280 miles translate to 40 minute flight. I think any meal is acceptable. If someone thinks otherwise they are just entitled and greedy

  3. James Harper Reply
    July 11, 2022 at 12:02 pm

    You obviously haven’t had a Lufthansa short haul breakfast recently, the offering of ten years ago is ‘gourment’ in comparison to the current shadow of orange juice, cereal pot with milk, bread bun, butter and single piece of cheese now offered on LHR-MUC week in and week out. The spoon supplied for the cereal is so shallow that it’s difficult not to spill the milk while eating it. There remains a choice of hot drink in a handleless mug too hot to pick up when served. Refills are few and far between.

    Fares are much higher.

    • PM Reply
      July 11, 2022 at 5:06 pm

      Gosh, that sounds horrible! My last few flights in LH C were in the evening and I caught myself thinking ‘that’s surprisingly acceptable’. Last two segments they brought some pastrami with pickles and potato salad, it was very pleasant if not exactly filling.

  4. Raichrd jones Reply
    July 11, 2022 at 1:12 pm

    I was not aware Lufthansa was still flying . The last five out of my last six flights were canceled. And no lousy meal will encourage me to book with them afain.

  5. Adil Reply
    July 11, 2022 at 2:07 pm

    Meal Of The Week – it’s back!

  6. Steve Reply
    July 11, 2022 at 2:49 pm

    My comment was deleted because I pointed out that 5 of my last 6 Lufthansa flights were canceled. I don’t think some disgusting cheap breakfast in Business Class will convince me to fly them again

    • Matthew Klint Reply
      July 11, 2022 at 4:24 pm

      Your comment was not deleted.

  7. Marti Reply
    July 11, 2022 at 7:17 pm

    Wow I have flew Lufthansa Business Class and would agree the above breakfast is superior to what I have been offered these days (though I did love the Chocolate Santa on a pre Christmas trip one year)

  8. Christopher Reply
    July 12, 2022 at 4:04 am

    We just flew from Seattle to Frankfurt with Lufthansa Business and the breakfast was similar to what was described and perfectly adequate and enjoyable after a long overnight flight.

  9. Gena Reply
    January 7, 2024 at 5:18 pm

    That’s a normal German breakfast. Meat, cheese, pickle, brotchen. Some jam. Maybe a boiled egg.

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