NEWS & OFFERS: Portugal drops test for vaccinated travellers, BA First “Best of British” mini food review & Kimpton special offer

Unvaccinated adults and children over the age of 12 will still need to take a pre-departure antigen or PCR test.

You can find the official FCDO post here. 

BA First “Best of British” mini food review

A few weeks ago BA introduced its new onboard menus with roast dinners etc and a general focus on British-themed meals. Just prior to the roasts, my friend flew First with BA and tried some of their more traditional British dishes. He enjoyed the food, but I still think this menu does not feel very “First class” to me. The burger always used to be a snack, and after last winter’s substantial meal rules, Scotch eggs are dead to me!

Here is the menu:

The canapes were reasonably substantial and very colourful:

Next came the poached prawns which had rather a lot of the lemon oil dressing (watch out for your shirt!).

Then the burger (BA seem to have a bit of an obsession with fast food recently – two burgers and a hot dog were on the menu in the Concorde Room when I visited in September.)

This is at least a decent size burger and it is good to see a more sophisticated version of a chip with these triple-cooked steak fries. My friend described it as a “solid” choice for something easy. 

For dessert, it was pavlova which was beautifully designed and better than the short-haul version as it was more balanced between the different components.

Later on, he tried the snack menu and of course a Scotch egg which was good with the piccalilli.