16 February 2024 , 10:39
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An appalled travel blogger claims she was served the "worst plane meal ever" while on a flight.
Nicola Easterby was left disappointed and hungry after being served a "monstrous" mac and cheese topped with shrimp and "slimy" mushrooms on a Chinese airline. While they may've not floated her boat at lunchtime, it essentially sank it by arriving for breakfast.
Nicola had decided to book a last-minute flight from the UK to Australia with her husband James to surprise her family with a visit over the Christmas holidays. The 29-year-old was struggling to find any tickets from London to Brisbane under £1,200 when she stumbled upon a cheap one way ticket from Rome to Brisbane for £500.
After a mini-holiday to Rome, the couple were used to delicious Italian dining when they were faced with four "barely edible meals" from China Eastern airline. Nicola and James were given "bad smelling" tuna fish pie for their first meal accompanied by vegetable couscous and a pear and ricotta crumble, which she claims was the only "fully edible" part of their dinner.
The 29-year-old did not find herself tucking into the meals (Kennedy News/@polkadotpassport)
Nicola finished the flight feeling hungry (Kennedy News/@polkadotpassport)Their final breakfast was the most eyebrow-raising, consisting of the shrimp-topped mac and cheese with mushrooms, which she was unable to eat more than a bite of. While the travel and food content creator admits she wasn't expecting big things from the meals provided, she was left ravenous and was happy to get to her dad's cooking.
Nicola, from South East London, said: "The final meal was the worst one of all. It was our breakfast. We had mac and cheese topped with shrimp and slimy mushrooms. I think I had one bite and was like 'No, I actually can't do this'. It was a monstrosity. While this would be bad at any time of the day, for breakfast I couldn't think of anything worse.
"My husband ate the whole thing, he was so hungry. At this point, he was eating anything but I couldn't. There was some other weird artificial desert and some flavourless watermelon. I've had really bad airline meals before but this was the worst for sure. Now we understand why they were so cheap."
Nicola advised people flying on the airline to bring their own snacks (Kennedy News/@polkadotpassport)
She said her husband managed to eat some of the food out of hunger (Kennedy News/@polkadotpassport)Nicola said she didn't complain to the airline as she had suspected what she "was getting myself into" given the price.
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She added: "I would say if anyone was going to fly with China Eastern, just pack your own snacks.To be honest, we had the most spacious economy seats I've been in. But food wise, at the end of 28 hours, the food made me very sad. After we landed, it was just great being able to have a nice meal with my family. My dad made a roast leg of lamb which was amazing. He's a very good cook but anything was going to be better at the end of the day."