This is an on-going ranking of airlines based on my experiences with their in-flight business class meals, as featured on GMTD.
As always, I am grateful for and respectful of the opportunity to travel internationally, whether for fun or for work, whether economy or business class, especially business class, including airport lounge access.
- Turkish Airlines: MNL > IST (8.046 Grilled Seafood Selections); GVA > IST (8.051 Fresh Herb Baby Chicken); IST > MNL (8.052 Köfte + Piliç); MNL > IST > GVA (9.050 Grilled Seafood Selection); GVA > IST (9.055 Grilled Lamb Chop); ICT > MNL (9.056 Pide); MNL > IST (9.330 Parrot Fish with Sweet & Sour Sauce); BEY > IST > MNL (9.336 Sea Bass en Papilotte)
- Qatar Airways: MNL > DOH (5.279 Assorted Hot Mezzah); DME > DOH > MNL (5.286 Chili Mango Prawns with Asparagus Couscous); MNL > DOH > TUN (10.168 Mini Sliders); TUN > DOH > MNL (10.174 Chicken Kabsa)
- Qantas Airways: MNL > SYD > NAD (10.217 Stir-Fried Salt and Pepper Tofu); NAD > SYD > HKG (10.230 Seared Humpty Doo Barramundi)
- Singapore Airlines: MNL > SIN > BNE (6.237 Coconut Panna Cotta); BNE > SIN > MNL (6.243 Ggongchi Kimchi Jjigae); MNL > SIN > CHC (10.287 Lamb Meatballs in Spiced Tomato Sauce); CHC > SIN > MNL (10.293 Skinless Chicken Skewers Served with Barley and Porcini Salad, Light Sage Jus)
- KLM Royal Dutch Airlines: GVA > AMS > ICN (6.311 Beef & Beetroot Meatballs)
- Asiana Airlines: MNL > ICN (2.036 Sautéed Seafood Delights in Mandarin-Style XO Sauce); MNL > ICN (4.272 Chicken Curry with Raisin Biryani); ICN > MNL (6.048 Ssambap); MNL > ICN (6.305 Chicken Congee); ICN > MNL (6.321 Ssambap); ICN > MNL (8.261 Ssambap)
- Korean Air: ICN > NAD (5.175 Smoked Salmon Salad); MNL > ICN (6.021 Bibimbap); MNL > ICN > NAD (6.101 Coconut Carrot Cream Soup); NAD > ICN > MNL (6.111 Asparagus Cream Soup); ICN > NAD (6.314 Bibimbap); NAD > ICN (6.319 Seared Seafood…); MNL > ICN > JFK (7.032 Manhattan); JFK > ICN (7.039 Sauteed Cod Fillet); ICN > MNL (7.041 Gom Tang); MNL > ICN (9.012 Chicken in Tomato Sauce with Pasta); MLE > CMB > ICN (9.191 Grilled Beef Tenderloin); ICN > MNL (9.193 Roasted Halibut with Dill Cream Sauce); MNL > ICN > NAD (9.284 Feta Cheese with Sliced Fig and Parma Ham); NAD > ICN > MNL (9.287 Spicy Squid & Bean Sprout Stir-Fry with Rice); ICN > LAX (9.349 Pea Sprouts with Garlic); LAX > ICN (9.361 Beef Bulgogi); ICN > MNL (9.362 Bibimbap); ULN > ICN (10.061 Stock Soup of Bone and Stew Meat); MNL > ICN > NAD (10.110 Grilled Beef Tenderloin with Rosemary Sauce); ICN > NAD (10.185 Mixed Seafood with Beet Emulsion); ICN > MNL (10.196 Bibimbap)
- Etihad Airways: MNL > AUH > AMM (6.154 Shakshouka); AMM > AUH > MNL (6.160 Zaalou-Crusted Chicken Breast); AUH > AMM (9.261 Prawns Machboos); AMM > AUH (9.267 Dukkah-Spiced Salmon); AUH > MNL (9.268 Malabar Grouper); ICN > AUH > MLE (14.050 Sea Bass Fillet); MLE > AUH (14.061 Garudhiya Meal); AUH > ICN (14.062 Sautéed Sword Lettuce (Three Times))
- Thai Airways: MNL > BKK > DEL (7.306 Fried Black Cod …); DEL > BKK > MNL (7.313 Braised Pork Balls)
- Cathay Pacific Airways: HKG > MNL (5.182 Steamed Shrimp Dumplings); HKG > MNL (10.049 Termite Mushroom Steamed Halibut); HKG > MNL (10.231 Wonton Noodles in Soup)
- Deutsche Lufthansa: ICN > MUC > GVA (6.307 Chicken in Cream Sauce)
- Fiji Airways: NAD > HKG (5.181 Sliced Roast Lamb); HKG > NAD (10.042 Grilled Peri Peri Chicken Thigh); NAD > HKG (10.049 Termite Mushroom Steamed Halibut); NAD > AUK (10.118 Awhi Farms Savannah Grass-Fed Beef Bone-In Sirloin)
- Emirates: MNL > DXB (10.295 Tofu & Mushroom Spring Roll with Hoi Sin Sauce); DXB > MNL (10.301 Fish Harra)
- Philippine Airlines: MNL > MEL (5.335 Chicken Tausi); AUK > MNL (10.118 Awhi Farms Savannah Grass-Fed Beef Bone-In Sirloin)
AIRPORT CODES
- AMM = Amman (Jordan)
- AMS = Amsterdam (Netherlands)
- AUH = Abu Dhabi (UAE)
- AUK = Auckland (New Zealand)
- BEY = Beirut (Lebanon)
- BKK = Bangkok (Thailand)
- BNE = Brisbane (Australia)
- CHC = Christchurch (New Zealand)
- CMB = Colombo (Sri Lanka)
- DEL = New Delhi (India)
- DOH = Doha (Qatar)
- DME (Domodedovo) = Moscow (Russia)
- DXB = Dubai (UAE)
- GVA = Geneva (Switzerland)
- HKG = Hong Kong (China)
- ICN = Incheon (Korea)
- IST = Istanbul (Turkey)
- JFK (John F Kennedy) = New York (USA)
- LAX = Los Angeles (USA)
- MEL = Melbourne (Australia)
- MLE = Male (Maldives)
- MNL = Manila (Philippines)
- MUC = Munich (Germany)
- NAD = Nadi (Fiji)
- SIN = Singapore
- SYD = Sydney (Australia)
- TUN = Tunis (Tunisia)
- VTE = Vientiane (Laos)
- ULN = Ulaanbataar (Mongolia)
- WLG = Wellington (New Zealand)