The greatest, funniest ever letter of complaint

[christiana]

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RANT ALERT!!!!!

I found this letter truly OFFENSIVE. This is typical Indian food you're talking about.

O.K. So airports don't actually supply food that is recogdnised by everyone. The "yellow spongey things" is called "Dhokla" and the "green paste" is actually Chutney. I take that all of you know what chutney is!.

O.K. So your local restaurant doesn't have these dishes on their menu. These dishes differ from region to region in India. The person who made it probably isn't aware of how finicky plane passengers are.

To complain like this is an insult to all Indians/Bengalis/Pakistanis. Basically anyone whose traditional food includes lots of herbs and spices and unusual dishes.

What I want to know is what that particular passenger was doing flying from Mumbai, when he clearly cannot stand Indian food?

Maybe he could have stated when he checked in that he would like a specific menu.
One that includes Boiled Cabbage, boiled broccolli, boiled carrots and grilled chicken.

Much airline food is an insult to anyone whose traditional food is vaguely edible, be that herbed, spiced or otherwise.

I do think that this doesn't look any worse, as an airline interpretation of Indian food, than airline interpretations of European food. But then that isn't saying much.

Skay - I wondered about that.

I know nothing about regional Indian food, but thought the 'sponge shaft' looked a lot like idli. Or even cornbread, for that matter. So a bit ignorant, really.

Oh come on. It was funny, not meant to be offensive! We have all eaten Indian food (haven't we? ) and the Indian food I've eaten has not looked like that....

Don't take offence at everything. Lighten up.

I do get what you're saying skay.

I found the letter very funny, but I would have found it funny whatever cuisine was being described.

We're talking about airline food here - and ime, airline food often tastes like plastic and can be pretty vile - whatever the food is. I remember once being served a particularly disgusting mushroom baguette. How a baguette can be made inedible goodness knows, but they managed it!

I am prepared to bet that the food described would be very tasty if home cooked, but mass-produced for an airline was probably far less nice to eat!

Imagine a new airline - FlyYorkshire - serving regional delicacies and a customer fom Kent writing a letter like that about the ghastliness / sweet/savoury mix-up of a slice of Wensleydale served on top of apple pie.

yes, it would be disgusting because it would be airline pie, and airline cheese, but the shrieking about the basic food would have hundreds of yorkshire folk deriding the resultant complaint letter as ignorant and anti-Yorshire!

(though doubtless now Yorkshire folk eat ready-made birds custard on their pie - it's a while since I've enjoyed any traditional Yorks delicacies!)

My DH is a Yorkshireman born and bred, but would not for a second entertain the idea of sweet and savoury in one dish

I agree with skay. Someone sent me this yesterday, and I found it a bit offensive, tbh.

"What I want to know is what that particular passenger was doing flying from Mumbai, when he clearly cannot stand Indian food?"

How very dare he!! LOL!

The last time I checked it was perfectly legal to enter or leave a country even if you don't like the local cuisine !!

Here you go - Yorkshire Airlines.

uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6VLYpKGVBUg

I ALWAYS fly Alan Bennett class! I love this clip.

Actually we do have our own airline - it's Jet2. And apple pie with Wensleydale cheese? Never heard of that one.

ROFL that is fantastic!!! We flew last July with XL airlines and it was worse than that

Oliver Beale, has now been offered a job by Richard Branson.

Maybe now he can go over to India, speak to the Indian caterers, see (probably) what disgusting conditions they are forced to work in, Take note of how much they actually get paid. (I wouldn't be surprised if they get paid less £5.00 a month. I am guessing, don't know for real.)

Would not be surprised if he finds that some of the workforce is under 16.

BTW My Dhokla look more appetising than that, but if I was cooking in India, with Ingredients bought locally, I don't think mine would have turned out any better.

ALL my grandparents, and my mother's native Yorkshire family friends served apple pie with Wensleydale cheese!
see here.

and here!

It's a new one on me and I'm a Yorkshire bird. Fruit cake yes but I've never heard of it with apple pie before. Oh well you live and learn eh?

I get where skay is coming from. Dhokla is typical indian food but I can't say I recognise much else though, and I can't even identify it from the descriptions! So I can kinda see where the guy ius coming from!

BTW dhokla is tasty, especially with the green stuff on the side. It's a steamed savory with a cakelike texture made of gram flour.

Ah, well, there you go, Techno - the writer of this letter would be confused and beside himself if served fruit cake wih cheese! And complain - with a big dis to yorkshire into the bargain