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Q: Did TGVs used to have restaurant, non-snack, food?

FattieThe food on TGVs is just snacks in plastic and some bottled sodas. In contrast you have AA, restaurant-like, food in the dining cars of many trains in Switzerland, say. Did TGVs "used to have" restaurant-quality food, perhaps, say, before 2000? What's the story? Interestingly I can't really G...

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Itai
Itai
Unless you can time-travel, I don't think this is relevant here.
Fattie
Fattie
There are so many crap questions about visas, I think "history of travel" is spot-on for the site !
BTW if you go to /help/on-topic, this is totally on topic. Nowhere does it say we can't QA here past-and-present of the topics found on this site.
Itai
Itai
OK. That's fair. I was looking at it from a it can't help anyone with travel but history could be interesting.
Calchas
Calchas
If we allow factoid questions I don't see why this should be disallowed. Except "good" is going to be opinion based.
Andrew Grimm
Andrew Grimm
I guess it's useful if it's ultimately asking (in a non-rhetorical way) why TGV's food is bad. It may turn out that all French cuisine has gone downhill, which would be useful info for travellers.
chx
chx
14:03
All French cuisine didn't go downhill. I have eaten every day for a week on en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rue_Merci%C3%A8re and other places in Lyon last year and can testify first hand that the food served in bouchons are tasty :)
Harper
Harper
@Itai and if you could time-travel, this forum would be the relevant one.
David Richerby
David Richerby
@Calchas The question referred to "fine food" which hints at fine dining. I've edited to "restaurant-quality food" which I think preserves the intent of the question and is more objective than just "good".
Fattie
Fattie
of course "all French cuisine has gone downhill". but the question is about TGV, obviously @DavidRicherby has put in nicely.
Muzer
Muzer
I don't think this is opinion based. There's a clear difference between cold, snacky food like sandwiches and a freshly-cooked hot meal.
Fattie
Fattie
hi @Muzer indeed, since that concept is so difficult to grasp apparently :), I edited the question.
David Richerby
David Richerby
14:03
@gerrit Why on earth would you judge a country's cooking by a university canteen?
Fattie
Fattie
It's my fault: I stupidly added a humorous aside of a few words ("it's surprising to tourists that French trains only sell snacks!") You have to be incredibly literal and specific on this site. I edited it out.
Muzer
Muzer
@gerrit Food served in first class on weekdays on British trains can be very good. Probably the best is the Pullman Dining services that are run by Great Western Railway. And that IS opinion-based ;)
Fattie
Fattie
hi @gerrit it's really not a discussion about the general quality of food in France, thanks. Again I apologize that I happened to make a passing joke ("tourists are surprised by this"). the question is staggeringly straightforward, "have TGVs only ever sold snack food?" Again I apologize for making a passing remark about "tourists", I have edited away that part of the question; perhaps you could delete your comment equally as it's totally off track and seemingly making it difficult to find an answer to the simple question "have TGVs only ever sold snack food?"
David Richerby
David Richerby
@gerrit I completely agree. But if I wanted to judge the normal, everyday food of a country, I'd go to small local restaurants and cafes, not a university canteen. Institutional food is of low quality almost everywhere.

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