Continental: Special Meals?
Aug 22nd, 2008, 05:09 AM
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Continental: Special Meals?
Has anyone ordered their on-board meal under the Special Meals categories? ex. Low-fat, Low Cholesterol, or Diabetic...
Did you find it more palatable than whatever is normally served for the hot meal? (this is for overseas flight).
Did you find it more palatable than whatever is normally served for the hot meal? (this is for overseas flight).
Aug 22nd, 2008, 04:16 PM
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The only benefit to ordering a special meal is that it MIGHT be fresher than the standard meal.
If you order too restrictive of a diet like low fat - it will really be LOW FAT and maybe low flavor too.
A good special meal that's not overly restrictive is to order Vegetarian.
If you order too restrictive of a diet like low fat - it will really be LOW FAT and maybe low flavor too.
A good special meal that's not overly restrictive is to order Vegetarian.
Aug 23rd, 2008, 08:48 AM
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On Continental they have a "Hindu" meal which is Indian Vegetarian food (what I have on the India route).
Their other veg. option is VEGAN which I haven't tried.
If you're not into Indian food, I would go with Vegan as my next option over the others as you're more likely to get things with flavor.
Their other veg. option is VEGAN which I haven't tried.
If you're not into Indian food, I would go with Vegan as my next option over the others as you're more likely to get things with flavor.
Aug 23rd, 2008, 09:04 AM
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Usually I get 'lacto-ovo', which means you get milk and eggs on addition to veggies, pasta, bread, cookies, and such. Continental lists only "Vegan", which I wouldn't get.
http://www.continental.com/web/en-US...l/default.aspx
http://www.continental.com/web/en-US...l/default.aspx
Aug 23rd, 2008, 09:27 AM
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It's tougher on Continental because they go straight to Vegan with nothing in between. I'm lacto-ovo veg. but that's not an option on this airline. Even the Hindu meal excludes dairy which isn't authentic because Hindus do consume milk.
