Flew Malaysian (my third trip) from KL to Colombo. Service absolutely lousy, food horrible. Ok we dont expect gourmet food on an economy seat but something palatable. A bun with chickpea paste and chicken no butter is something else as a snack! and breakfast was a choice of scrambled eggs with a steamed sausage and fried rice. Chose the eggs amd it was horrible. The fried rice was marginally better. The lunch menu sounded good but what was offered was totally different from the menu. Never again.
Malaysian AirlinesFly KLM, Lufthansas or SAS, and you would be very happy with MAS food. Serious, I once found a dead fly in my ';salad';. Thing is, food is all prepared like a couple of hours before the flight and the girls just leave the food in the warmers before serving. Not very fresh, and if I were you, I wouldn%26#39;t choose some egg or fish or seafood on board. Chicken gets hard and dry, no pork or beef allowed on certain MAS flights because of religion matters. Not much left to eat then.
Malaysian AirlinesHahah Global traveller, that is so true... probably mysvar can share how%26#39;s Sri Lankan Air is faring in this respect...
I once flew KLM, I thought I was going to die of claustrophobia. It%26#39;s not their food though, i am not that fussy with airline food, scientific study shows our tastebuds are numbed by 30% when we%26#39;re flying...it%26#39;s their seats...now I can%26#39;t understand, Dutch people are the tallest people in the world, and yet their national airline%26#39;s seat pitch as well as its width is so cramped, I just can%26#39;t move a bit when the front row lower his seat just one bit. It%26#39;s an ordeal....
As for MAS, I%26#39;m surprised no butter was given with a bun....I never had any problem with MAS airline food , they must have prepared some nice satays? Do they still do that?
RioJ, I guess that the Dutch and most Europeans other than the French take little pride in what is going into their mouths. It more survival, not indulgence. Unfortunately, KLM has to pay so much airport taxes to their government; and people wanna fly cheap, only thing to do is to increase seats, reduce staff and reduce food. They are not as generous as JAL or SIA in terms of food and space. Surprisingly though, most European/American passengers NEVER ever complain about food, its always the lack of wine and beer. If you are on a Sri Lankan or India flight, well, good luck, eat less, drink less so you won%26#39;t have to use the toilet so often. Think about the details yourself. Mysvar, in case you ever fly Sri Lanka, do drop by again here, and tell us abit about the toilets.
I am not sure about the buttered bun, but I can only so far guess. MAS always try to change the menu according to the origin/destination. If they were flying Heathrow - KL, you%26#39;ll find roast beef or curry (the English LOVE curry), but never petai or belacan. If its Alor Setar - KL, you%26#39;ll most probably find nasi lemak, ayam masak merah, but never a cheese platter. In the case of Colombo or Delhi or Mumbai, curry and chick peas are on the main menu, no beef of course. Either the cook assumed that most south Indians and Sri Lankans did not like butter, or the gal forgot. Next time, ask the stewardess serving you for some butter, they always have basic stuff like sugar, salt and butter on stock. Unfortunately satay in only for the BC and FC people, but honestly, not worth paying thousands of ringgits for satay on the plane, stick to Kajang satay.
Don%26#39;t they have a MacDonalds at Colombo airport ? Tip - Always take your own food when flying cattle class!
I have never seen MAS serve roast beef on any flight into or out of LHR. Fish or chicken all the time, once they gave us a bit (tiny) of rubbery steak ! It was truely rubbery !
A lot of peole don%26#39;t eat beef , so they figure fish and chicken is the safety choice. Fly Business Class if you want roast beef.
I really love it when people stick their head over the parapet and complain. They usually show up their own ignorance.
Butter on a bun is basically a fatty lubricant to help the bun go down.. A chick pea spread would have a lot of oil in it so adding fatty butter to an oil based spread would be... well... stoopid.
Chick pea and chicken? Sounds really interesting. Was it plain chicken or sate? I might try it myself
I have been flying for 40 years and can vouch for a clear and significant improvement in airline food. It is not ideal but I look forward to it as a bit of a ';high spot'; in an otherwise long and boring journey. I am rarely disappointed.
The food on MAS Lon - KL was fine. Not gourmet but as good as any other and interesting. It gave us tourists an intro to Malaysian food. My only complaint was that they were obviously careful about wastage (big surprise?) and halfway through the service they ran out of choices. Maybe they should sack their expensive food consultants and figure out that tourists from London will all go for the curry!
I do fly first class, but definately not with MAS. You need to try BA or Singapore Airlines ....... then you%26#39;ll see why !
My personal preference is Singapore Airlines. MAS can%26#39;t touch them in any class.
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