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Company: British Airways
Photo taken by: Federico Permutti

056-057-058-059
Company: British Airways
Photo taken by: Federico Permutti
Flying from: London LHR to New York JFK, 29 June 2003
Ticket price: EUR5520 (including the return 777 flight)
Flight duration: 3h 23min
Aircraft type & class: Concorde SSC, reg. G-BOAG
Meal type: Dinner

Canapés
Appetiser: Lobster and tabbouleh salad

Entrées - choice of:
-Grilled corn-fed chicken breast with a tagliatelle and morel velouté
-New season lamb cutlets with thyme and herb pancake wrapped in brioche, served with ginger and redcurrant compote
-Caramelised red onion and Gruyère cheese tart Tatin with a red pepper coulis
-Poached wild salmon with new potato and cucumber salad

Dessert: Vanilla and white chocolate crème brûlée, cassis compote and brandy snap or
Cheese: Shropshire Blue, Gubben, unpasteurised Cooleeney

Plus the usual bread rolls, butter, and chocolates to top it off.

Drink: Orange juice, tea, coffee, a broad selection of spirits.

Today's wine selection from the Concorde cellar:

Champagne: Pol Roger 1986 Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill

White Wine: Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Vergers
1997 Chartron et Trebuchet

Red Wine:
Château Pape-Clement 1994 Grand Cru Classé
Pessac-Léognan

Port: Warre's 1982 Colheita Port

Comments: Best meal ever! The canapés and appetizer were nothing short of superb, very fresh lobster. Main course I thought would be warm, it was cold but very good nonetheless (I love salmon). The dessert was a rather interesting interpretation of the concept of crème brûlée, so it was not what I expected but it toowas pretty nice all the same. Drinks all excellent, champagne could be had at all times. It felt very good, just sitting there sipping champagne, cruising at Mach 2 with the world 57000 feet below us! I was a bit disappointed with the plastic cutlery, but it's the only flaw in an otherwise very special meal; the flight attendants also worked really hard and their service was impeccable. Food was also available in the Concorde Lounge at Heathrow, I had some very nice sandwiches but I forgot to take a pic of them. All in all a superb experience which will be hard to top.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10 for the canapés and appetizer, 9 for the main course, 7 for the dessert. But overall a 10+, for the excellent service and just the thrill of flying at Mach 2!

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Company: British Airways
Photo taken by: Marcelo
Flying from London LHR to New York JFK, 1 March 2000
Flight duration 3h 50 min
Class British airways concorde (First)
Meal type: traditional afternoon tea - finger sandwiches fresh fruits and a choice of french pastries I had 3 pastries which were a chocolate eclear,scones with clotted cream and preserve and a apple tart.
Drinks champagne and earl grey tea
Comments extremely good meal service ansd experience as most of us only get to do this once.the china and glass were very stylish and I asked if I could keep them to remember the flight they gladly said yes and they even gave ne some more food on my return trip smoked salmon and caviar to take home. Metal cutlery was used in those days
Rating: 10+

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Company: British Airways
Photo taken by: Chander M Ahluwalia

046-047-048-049-050-051-052-053-054
Company: British Airways
Photo taken by: Chander M Ahluwalia
Flying from: (BA 002 from May 31st –delayed G-BOAE) JFK to LHR June 1st (BA 001 G-BOAF) LHR to JFK June 3rd
Flight Duration BA 002 3 hrs 12 mins BA 001 3 hrs 20 mins
Aircraft type BA Concorde
Meal type: Asian Vegetarian: BA 002 – Lunch, BA 001 – Supper -
BA 002:
Drink: cranberry juice
Finger food: asparagus rolls
Starter: fruit platter
Main: saag (spinach), rice (with nuts) and muttar allo (peas and potatoes) served with a dried out paratha.
Desert: rubrhi (condensed milk pudding with nuts) with tea
BA 001:
Drink: orange juice and diet coke
Finger food: (oops- took one before I could film it) olive and pepper parcels (olives and peppers, olive oil, pesto on bread pieces)
Starter: fruit platter
Main: (oops- had a mouthful before photographing) makki and saag (spinach and corn); plain rice and allo, pyass sabgi (potatoes, onions and tomatoes in a curry sauce) with bread rolls and buttered bread and a dab of mustard.
Desert: fruit platter with celery sticks
Desert (served on flight): Strawberry Ganache
Comment: Concorde was an incredible experience. If you can do this only one way- fly from Heathrow to New York. The take off is unbelievable and is followed by what appears to be a high speed hand brake turn! On the ground, BA appears to have down graded the service level: there was a long line for check in at JFK and the poor Americans had to queue up as Fast Track (Arrivals) was not provided! The service in the air was par excellence and that too with a full load! The Asian Vegetarian meal was poor. Despite being ordered in advance and reconfirmed, the cooked food as below par and any Indian restaurant- even the flocked wall paper ones- would have done much better. There again who flies Concorde for the food?

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Company: British Airways
Photo taken by: RYU

041-042-043-044-045
Company: British Airways
Photo taken by: RYU
Flying from: LHR to JFK, 17 May 2003
Ticket price: $12,652 round trip
Flight duration: 3’24” at Mach 2.0
Aircraft type & class: Concorde - Supersonic
Meal type: Dinner - Canapés, Appetizer: Lobster and tabbouleh salad, Main: Grilled corn-fed chicken breast with tagliatelle and morel veloute (my
neighbor had Caramelised red onion and Gruyere cheese tart Tatin with a red pepper coulis), Cheese with port.
Drink: champagne and port
Comments: The flight was full again and the service was not what it used to be. Service in FIRST is much, much better but you can’t beat the short flight time.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10 it’s the Concorde supersonic service after all!

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Company: British Airways
Photo taken by: RYU

036-037-038-039-040
Company: British Airways
Photo taken by: RYU
Flying from: JFK to LHR, 14 May 2003
Ticket price: $12,652 r/t
Flight duration: 3’10”
Aircraft type & class: Concorde - Supersonic
Meal type: Brunch - (From the menu: Champagne & canapé then BRUNCH: Caviar appetizer, Lobster & saffron crushed potato cakes with spinach and Bloody Mary relish and Stilton, Chevre and Pecorino with balsamic vinegar cheese.
Drink: Pommery, Cuvee Louise 1989 champagne with the meal and Warre’s 1982 Colheita Port with the cheese.
Comments: This flight was FULL. I could imagine the service being much better had it not been full.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10 – as expected!

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Company: British Airways
Photo taken by: Nigel Talamo

033-035
Company: British Airways
Photo taken by: Nigel Talamo
Flying from: New York to London, 20 April 2003
Ticket price: £ 1999 (London-NY in the wheelbay of a 747, NY-London Concorde)
Flight duration: NY-London 3 hours 12 minutes
Aircraft type & class: Concorde (G-BOAG) Flight no BA2
Meal type: Brunch - champagne with canape type things
Appetiser: Caviar with blinis garnished with: chopped red/white/spring onions & chopped egg whites/yolk, lemon
Entree: Chicken Breast with black truffle, foie gras, savoy cabbage and fondante potato
Dessert: Mango Gratin
Cheese: Stilton, Chevre and Pecorino with balsamic vinegar
Drink: Champagne: Alfred Gratien Cuvee Paradis vintage 1996
White wine: Meursault 1er Cru Poruzot 1996
Red wine: Chateau La Lagune 1995, Grand Cru Classe Haut Medoc
Comments: A first class breakfast was to be had before even boarding the aircraft in the Concorde lounge at JFK. The food on board was equally excellent. Concorde is such an extraordinary plane, it seems miraculous that hot food can be served at all. The only other way to travel at Mach 2 is via military jet or space shuttle, where G suits have to be worn and food comes out of tubes. It is so sad that Concorde is to be withdrawn from service and we will all have to regress to subsonic 'busses'. If you haven't been supersonic yet, sell your babies, mortgage the dog, spend your airmiles, do anything to be one of the last of the Supersonic generation. BA's last flights are in October 03, Air France has already stopped (and their meals looked even better plus they used metal cutlery).
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): everything is 10 at 1390 miles per hour

032
Company: Air France
Photos taken by: Bill Petry
Meal type: brunch - Caviar (Iranian) served with bread circles and a glass of 'Cuvee speciale' Champagne just before arrival at CDG

031
Company: Air France
Photos taken by: Bill Petry
Meal type: brunch - Mignardises - pineapple fondant, raspberry and black currant tartlet and chocolate macaroon

030
Company: Air France
Photos taken by: Bill Petry
Meal type: brunch - Selection de fromages des regions Francaises -(l to r) Ste Maure, Bleue D'auvergine, Camembert, Cantal and a Parmesian basil 'cracker'

029
Company: Air France
Photos taken by: Bill Petry
Meal type: brunch - L'assiette marine - sauteed prawn and monkfish -chantrelle mushroom galette wrapped in grilled zucchini and served with mache and lettuce.

028
Company: Air France
Photos taken by: Bill Petry
Meal type: brunch - L'assiette gourmande - layered foie gras and truffles, pears with Bordeaux wine aspics, fresh salad with green bean, asparagus tip and pansy garnish.

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Company: Air France
Photos taken by: Bill Petry
Flying from: JFK (New York) to CDG (Paris) 20Mar2003
Ticket price: $6200 for the two of us one way
Flight duration: 3 hrs 20 min
Aircraft type & class: Concorde
Meal type: brunch - Pour patienter - Papaya garnished with red berries (& blackberries, kiwi? & lime)
Drink: the wine list is on the Air France web site
Comments: The flight was only 3 hrs and 20 min and the food service was excellent. Remember that we just had a buffet at the ariport lounge. My wife had the seafood platter and I the gourmet platter. The other two selections were 1) Chef's special with scrambled eggs, creamed morel mushroom fircassee and Maine lobster and 2) vegetarian hotpot - a mix of vegetables, truffles, sauteed wild mushrooms, fennel and truffle sauce with balsamic vinegar. The service was very attentive and professional. Attendants were thoroughly familiar with the wine and cheese selections. Mixing the caviar with cream and a drop of lemon juice makes a difference in the taste.
Rating: (1-10 worst to best) me 8, as I don't like cheese plates or caviar, my wife 10, as she loved everything

026
Company: British Airways
Photo taken by: CharlesMD
Flying from: London-- Heathrow to New York JFK , date (dd/mm/yyyy): March 2003
Ticket price: $13,498
Flight duration: 3 h 18 min
Aircraft type & class: Concorde, Supersonic
Meal type: Lounge Canapes-- Breakfast - Concorde Room Menu (LHR)
Welcome to the British Airways Concorde Room. We want you to enjoy your travel experience with British Airways. Please relax and one of our lounge service team will be happy to serve you with your selection from our menu:
Chilled freshly squeezed orange juice
Freshly prepared smoothies
Natural Greek yoghurt topped with: cereal, organic honey, or strawberries
Selection of cereals: Cornflakes, Branflakes, Rice Krispies or Alpen
Hot Toast
Plain, cinnamon and raisin or poppy seed bagels with garden herb or organic blueberry cream cheese
Selection of pastries
Grilled back bacon baguette
Sauteed mushroom and tomato baguette
Orange Marmalade, honey and preserves
Fresh soup of the day served with a variety of continental breads
Sandwiches -- Traditional selection: Egg mayonnaise and watercress on white bread, Traditional prawn marie rose with mixed leaves on wholemeal bread; pastrami and horseradish on rye bread; Flaked tuna in mayonnaise with cucumber on wholemeal bread. Hand cut: Chicken in a Caesar dressing with shaved parmesan and salad leaves on olive bread; English gammon with plum tomatoes and mustard dressing on white bread; Smoked salmon and soft cheese on wholemeal bread; Port-Salut, spinach, and pine nuts on tomato bread.
Salads: Caesar salad—Cardini’s traditional dressing, curls of Parmigiano Reggiano, croutons and crisp cos lettuce; Chinese prawn salad—Fresh prawns on rocket and Chinese leaves with julienne of peppers and dressed with sweet chilli sauce; Mediterranean garden salad—French beans and red chard with red onion and feta cheese, dressed with olive oil and vintage balsamic vinegar; Dip platter—Fresh vegetable crudités and tortilla chips, accompanied by a selection of dips.
Dessert: Seasonal fruits with a piquant raspberry sauce
Cheeseboard: Stilton, Cheddar, Cheshire and Wensleydale with biscuits, celery and grapes.
Afternoon tea: Your choice of a range of tea sandwiches and traditional English cakes served with a pot of freshly brewed tea.
Kosher product [sic] are available
Drink:
Cocktails: Margarita (tequila, triple sec and lemon juice); Manhattan (Canadian club, angostura bitters and martini rosso); Whiskey sour (Whiskey, lemon juice, Angostura bitters, soda water); Pina Colada (White rum, Malibu, pineapple juice, and coconut cream); Supersonic boost (orange juice, pineapple juice and grenadine).
Beverages: Cappuccino, espresso, latte, filter coffee, hot chocolate, leaf teas (breakfast, assam, Darjeeling, fruit, and herbal teas); Aperitifs, spirits, digestifs, and liquers; Red and White wine, Champagne, Beers, Fresh fruit juice, Soft drinks, mineral water.
Comments: "In addition there were three champagnes, a whole bunch of really good looking fruits and selection of fancy canapés (smoked salmon, caviar, pate) that were discreetely wheeled away after Concorde boarding had commenced (photo)."
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10, although someone should proofread the menu! Overall very impressive, although the lounge was a bit crowded.

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