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KOREAN AIRLINES Complaint - NO PLACE FOR VEGETARIANS IN KOREAN AIRLINE OR KOREAN AIRPORT - VEGETARIAN MEAL OR FOOD
VEGETARIAN MEAL OR FOOD - Complaint
SEOUL -- If you are a vegetarian or Vegan and want to travel by Korean Airlines just beware.
They have no place for vegetarians and there is no vegetarian word in Korean lanaguage. Most of Air crew who speak little broken English do not understand what you really need.
If your special meal is by mistake not available, that case you may get Veg Salad with Fish or You may get some rice or noodles with some meat.
I have tried to explain them hard that give me some bread or fruits, or vegetables which they did not understand and kept offering me some fishy, meaty or doggy flavoured stuffs.
There was no one who could understand my starving situation in 13 hours of flying and 20 hours of starving. At last when i wrote a complaint on board just before landing, one crew came and offered me some fruits which they could have done before. i suffered acidity and other medical complication for starving 20 hours of flying and Seoul airport waiting.
Unfortunately even Seoul Airport do not carry anything vegetarian. In a response from Korean airport authority who responded as they do not understand what vegetarian means. Expecting a relevant reply from Korean customer service is distant dream.
I booked my meals as vegetarian while buying ticket from HK to Canada by Korean Airlines via seoul ,which they missed it.
Be careful if you are trying to travel expecting vegetarian food. This Airlines do not understand beyond beaten or smoked dog meat, monkey meat or snakes which is staple food of Korea.
http://www.peta.org/feat/korea/
http://www.all-creatures.org/anex/dog.html
They have no place for vegetarians and there is no vegetarian word in Korean lanaguage. Most of Air crew who speak little broken English do not understand what you really need.
If your special meal is by mistake not available, that case you may get Veg Salad with Fish or You may get some rice or noodles with some meat.
I have tried to explain them hard that give me some bread or fruits, or vegetables which they did not understand and kept offering me some fishy, meaty or doggy flavoured stuffs.
There was no one who could understand my starving situation in 13 hours of flying and 20 hours of starving. At last when i wrote a complaint on board just before landing, one crew came and offered me some fruits which they could have done before. i suffered acidity and other medical complication for starving 20 hours of flying and Seoul airport waiting.
Unfortunately even Seoul Airport do not carry anything vegetarian. In a response from Korean airport authority who responded as they do not understand what vegetarian means. Expecting a relevant reply from Korean customer service is distant dream.
I booked my meals as vegetarian while buying ticket from HK to Canada by Korean Airlines via seoul ,which they missed it.
Be careful if you are trying to travel expecting vegetarian food. This Airlines do not understand beyond beaten or smoked dog meat, monkey meat or snakes which is staple food of Korea.
http://www.peta.org/feat/korea/
http://www.all-creatures.org/anex/dog.html
Comments:
Posted by ejack053824 on 2005-06-20:
You get hungry enough...you would eat it. Now I must go outside and attend the grill with my porterhouse steak.
Posted by Dr. Jeecheroo on 2005-06-21:
Boo hoo hoo! This was something you should have researched on the way there. Korea is a big meat eating country. If you wanted vegetables, you should have flown to India instead.
Posted by ladunlap on 2005-06-21:
I would suggest carrying your own food. Most airline food is barely identifiable for any person vegetarian or not. Domestic airlines here basically don't offer any food anymore anyway.
Posted by madcrunk on 2005-06-21:
Pack some rice cakes next time - or just shut up and eat a little fish already.
Posted by LegalCollector on 2005-06-21:
I agree with the Doc, India is the place for you.
Posted by bill on 2005-06-21:
"I have tried to explain them hard that give me some bread or fruits". And you say they didn't understand you. I guess thier English isn't as good as yours.
Posted by tpebop on 2005-06-22:
heck I was stationed in Korea they eat alot of vegetables and have plenty of vegetarian food but you should really eat some meat the good lord gave us canine teeth for a reason
Posted by zzrokk on 2005-06-22:
How about just not eating the meat portions for the time being?
Posted by jamsy on 2005-07-21:
I am a vegetarian living in korea and so i understand your gripe regarding koreans lack of knowledge about vegetarians. They just don't understand why a person wouldn't eat meat. It's a tough concept for them to wrap their minds around. However, in defense of Korean airlines, i have to say that i ordered their vegetarian meal and was served an appropriate and actually very good meal. I am sorry for your troubles though. Also, though dog meat is commonly eaten during the summer months here, i've rarely or never heard of eating monky or snake meat. So while they may eat them, i really don't beleive they are staples in their diets.
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