Homegrown food at the airport
I'm sure the "bring the iconic city restaurants into the airport" trend has been happening intermittently ever since airports first got restaurants (c'mon Boudin's sourdough bread bowl at SFO!), but I'm loving this latest little bit of tasty breakfast nosh: Montreal's Air Canada lounge is stocking bagels from the iconic Fairmount Bagel, and Delta is (was?) offering a Russ and Daughters bagel plate on their in-flight menu.
On the positioning flight for my Dallas – Sydney journey, Delta offered a Shake Shack burger and I gotta say it was pretty mid. The bun was sitting on the ceramic serving dish while it was being rewarmed, causing it to be sorta dehydrated, stale-tasting, and hard as a rock. I did get to witness a phenomenon I'd read about online: a grown adult having a meltdown because they'd pre-ordered a Shake Shack burger and there wasn't one for them in the galley. If he hadn't been such a toddler about it, I would have swapped him, but I don't reward bad behavior. I did whack my hockey puck of a bun against the dish and said "you didn't miss much, buddy, it's kinda shit."
Delta Shake Shack: definitely not worth a toddler-esque meltdown |
lol a nice light meal before your flight |
Frankfurt airport has lots of… Frankfurter carts with the iconic German condiment udders. In the mornings I've also seen fresh-baked pretzel carts, too. Perfect on-the-go airport snacks!
squirt! |
Mexico City's airport has a proper trompo for one last tacos al pastor before departure.
…now if only Aeromexico served Mexican food onboard! |
As someone who grew up in the Pacific NW, I do/did love me an airport Ivar's clam chowder (SEA) or a Coffee People Black Tiger americano (PDX). I say this because I've noticed a lot of these airport outposts don't survive (pour one out for my Irish coffee from Buena Vista SFO...)
A couple of other honorable mentions: ANA's in-flight Ippudo ramen with Hokkaido butter, and LOT's "taste sorceress" chef.
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