In the ambitious menu for Gordon Ramsay Plane Food, a restaurant that opened last month in the new Terminal 5 of London Heathrow Airport, Mr. Ramsay, the celebrity chef, has made few obvious concessions to the locale. A diner might start with a pea, leek and goat-cheese tart, followed by braised lamb with honey and cloves or steamed wild sea bass with lemongrass and white asparagus. And if the prospect of a belt-straining flight isn’t too alarming, there’s a Valrhona chocolate fondue with bananas, marshmallows and waffles for dessert. Three courses cost about £32 — or $64 — before wine or tip.
Now, I love good food and this all sounds wonderful, but I feel like there’s an opportunity for something in an airport that is better quality than a soggy sandwich or quesadilla spring rolls at the Chili’s To Go and a $64 3-course meal. In Europe, all the airport cafes have to-go sandwiches made on FRESH bread with non-slimy meat. How hard is that to pull off people?
