Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< When my freind and I travel we have to eat at Pappa Bbq at IAH >>> One of my favorites. Fortunately, both airports in Houston now have "real" restaurants airside in the terminals, in addition to the typical airport fast food vendors. By "real" restaurants I mean those that are run by local companies and are basically additional outlets of other local restaurants found in the city.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< By "airside" do you mean past security? >>> Yep. Or, "within the sterile area" for you TSA folks . I like getting to the airport early as I find having no question of making the flight and having ample time to deal with any issues that come up make for a much more pleasant experience. Also, this tends to mean that I have time to eat a proper meal before the flight, and now that there are lots of solid options in many airports, it's not that I have to eat "airport food" in order to do so. Airside is important to me as I view the security checkpoint as the final hurdle of unknowns in getting to a flight. Once I'm past security, I know exactly how long it will take me to get to the gate, and I can plan for things like food accordingly.
Originally Posted By Mr X I feel the same way. Unfortunately my home airport of Narita is sorely lacking in that regard (lots of nice restaurants BEFORE security, but not much beyond).
Originally Posted By SuperDry I don't worry about eating upon departure from Narita (at least when going to the US), as I know I'll get three full meals on the flight, and they'll give me far more than I can eat. It's domestic US flights that are the issue.
Originally Posted By Mr X Well yes, that's true. But for us Economy slugs, there's no telling which of those three meals will actually be EDIBLE. (I used to hold off til the flight back when I was BusinessClassMan, no doubt lol)
Originally Posted By Sara Tonin Jamba Juice...nice fluid/nutrition, so I don't puke chunks....sorry just had to straight out say it.
