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10am update: First pictures of the new Club Europe breakfast

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You can’t say we’re not on top of things here.  It’s only 10am and we already have some photographs of the new Club Europe breakfast.  Remember that the new ‘improved’ food service launches today.  Full details of the changes are in this article.

Thanks to Peter for sending this so promptly.  He notes:

“The sugar and the ‘refreshing towel’ have gone from the tray.  The cold meat plate has gone as an alternative to the traditional breakfast.  The alternative now is a Hot Vegetarian Breakfast.”

The portion size looks good.  Peter didn’t mention the taste but my experience of airline croissants is that they are generally appalling. That isn’t BA’s fault – they just don’t travel well.

“The Club World mug and plate are being used”, as predicted.  The upside here is that your coffee should now stay warm – a low wide cup, as used before, is not the best thing to use if you want to keep a hot drink hot.

I’m sure there will be more on this topic once the working week starts tomorrow.

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Comments (23)

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  • Tony says:
    26 Mar26 March 10:32

    Surely the big issue with the mugs remains that they will be kept at close to freezing before making their way to the customer. Whilst it might be a small improvement over the old design, I believe these mugs are also thicker so will take longer to warm up, too….

  • Robert says:
    26 Mar26 March 11:11

    So there will always be a veggie option available?

    • Tina says:
      26 Mar26 March 12:50

      Maybe upon request prior to flying? If i was a vegetarian I wouldn’t leave that to chance, in case they ran out

      • Memesweeper says:
        26 Mar26 March 16:03

        I never used to order veggie and always asked at breakfast time on UK domestics, and on every occasion except the last got my choice. I’ll be pre-ordering in future, just to be sure.

  • Tim says:
    26 Mar26 March 13:19

    Surprised to see a mug with a such a small base being used in a potentially bumpy environment

    • Joe says:
      26 Mar26 March 13:50

      +1

    • JamesW says:
      26 Mar26 March 19:38

      +1

      Also I did quite like that the cups were decorated with city scapes & the like from destination BA fly to.
      I suppose that costs money though.

  • Lewis Watson says:
    26 Mar26 March 14:21

    Does this mean the blue Dalton mugs are gone

    • Rob says:
      26 Mar26 March 16:02

      Yes. To be fair your drink always went cold quickly in them.

      • Lewis Watson says:
        27 Mar27 March 19:09

        Yeah but I used to steal them my gran liked them

        • the real harry1 says:
          27 Mar27 March 19:14

          hfp does not condone swiping – well, only the odd salt & pepper pot lol

          Q: what is the difference between swiping the free shampoo in your hotel room and the blue Dalton mugs? 🙂

    • JamesW says:
      26 Mar26 March 19:40

      Look out for bucket loads of them on eBay then !

  • Kate Hyde says:
    26 Mar26 March 15:31

    Have just landed LHR from CDG on afternoon tea service and enjoyed a hot mug of tea (sturdy, good heat insultation) and a plate of sandwiches. It’s a thumbs up from me. Have sent you a picture, Rob.

    • Kate Hyde says:
      26 Mar26 March 15:35

      Insulation, even.

      • Rob says:
        26 Mar26 March 16:01

        Not got it yet, but do send – rob at headforpoints.co.uk (not .com) as I am missing sarnies. Got a couple of panini pictures lined up for tomorrow 🙂

  • Cameron says:
    26 Mar26 March 17:28

    It would be very disappointing if the Continental option in CE (cold meat plate) is gone. Since I don’t like the English breakfast, particularly on an airplane (heresy, I know), I might as well do BOB.

  • Dicksbits says:
    26 Mar26 March 17:37

    The question is: Will the hot meal have a veggie choice as standard as second meal choice?

    • Rob says:
      26 Mar26 March 17:41

      I’m getting a menu sent over so I should be able to tell you tomorrow.

  • Cat says:
    26 Mar26 March 18:34

    Worth a read…

    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/mar/26/bring-back-my-old-british-airways?CMP=fb_gu

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