Flying on Thai Airways is like stepping back in time to an era of full service. With excellent service onboard and full meals in economy class even on short flights, it is fun to fly on Thai even in...
Flying on Thai Airways is like stepping back in time to an era of full service. With excellent service onboard and full meals in economy class even on short flights, it is fun to fly on Thai even in the back of the plane. For my last Thai Airways flight, I pre-ordered a fruit platter, a meal option I wish more carriers would offer on this side of the globe.
Simple Yet Delicious: Fruit Platter Meal On Thai Airways
I once had a very dear client who swore by the fruit platters. Every flight she wanted me to order her one, which she found far better than Kosher meals. The problem was that this sort of meal is no longer an option on many North American or European carriers.
I recently few Thai Airways from Manila to Bangkok and saw a fruit platter as one of the special meal options, so I ordered one…in her honor. It is the first time in all m years of flying I have ever done so.
My special meal was loaded and indeed it was a fruit platter, a fruit patter, and nothing but a fruit patter…fruit served with fruit and a side of fruit, with fruit for dessert.
The fruit platter included a nice assortment of sliced apples, orange, watermelon, papaya, pineapple, dragon fruit, and grapes served in three different containers.
I wasn’t in the mood for heavy lunch and so this hit the spot quite nicely.
Thai Airways Offers A Huge Selection Of Special Meals
I was surprised (and impressed) by how many special meals Thai Airways offers. Look at these 20 options that Thai offers:
| Code | Description |
| BBML | Baby meal for infant aged at more than 6 months old. |
| BLML | Soft meal. Recommended passengers with stomach or intestinal problems. |
| CHML | Child meal for children aged 2 years and older. |
| DBML | Diabetic meal suitable for both non-insulin and insulin dependent diabetics. |
| FPML | Fruit platter meal prepared with fresh fruits or dried fruits. |
| GFML | Gluten free diet, avoids gluten, which is found in wheat, rye, barley and oats. |
| HNML | Hindu meal containing lamb, fish or other meats. No beef, no veal and no pork. (Non-Vegetarian) |
| AVML | Indian vegetarian meal. |
| KSML | Kosher meal conforms to the requirements of Jewish dietary laws. |
| LCML | Low calorie diet meal. |
| LFML | Low fat / cholesterol meal. |
| LSML | Low salt meal with minimum sodium content. |
| MOML | Muslim meal, contains no pork, bacon, ham or alcohol. Cooked according to Halal rules. |
| NLML | Low lactose meal. Omission of all foods containing milk, lactose, milk solids, whey, curd, and skimmed milk. |
| SFML | Seafood meal. |
| RVML | Raw vegetarian meal is a mixture of fresh vegetable and fruits. |
| VGML | Strict European vegetarian. No animal products of any type. |
| VJML | Vegetarian Jain meal / strict Indian vegetarian. Based on Jain customs. |
| VLML | Non-strict vegetarian prepared with dairy products (eggs, cheese, fruits, vegetables, grains and nuts). |
| VOML | Vegetarian oriental meal prepared in Chinese style. |
Next time, I’ll give the “seafood” meal a try.
CONCLUSION
The fruit platter is such a simple and refreshing meal. I know Alaska, American, Delta, and United all offer a fruit and cheese plate as one of their pre-order choices on many domestic flights, but I find those plates are mostly cheese and crackers with limited fruit. Here, this was a substantial portion of fruit and it was refreshing and light. I would love to see more of this.
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