Most of us don't normally think of airline food as fine dining but that's likely because we usually sit at the back of the plane and not at front. (rumor has it food in business and first class can be quite good!) Flight attendants are pretty in tune with what's available from their caterers, especially given how many hours a year they're in the air.
An interesting article on some flight attendants favorite in-flight foods is available at this link from Huffpost Taste.
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Some of those are clearly front-of-the-plane choices!
In economy, I've taken to describing the meals as sharing an important characteristic with school lunches: Everyone complains, but they're really not bad at all.
Just recently, though, we had upgrades on Qatar that put us in a different food world. A la carte meals, nicely-plated and served (no plasticware!) and it may have spoiled me.
I've spent a few flights at the front of the plane, and they clearly care to do a decent job with food up there. But if you're paying a thousand dollars extra for that seat (not counting upgrades), you're better of using that money to buy a bunch of great meals on your vacation in my humble opinion.
I've had some pretty bad airline food at the back of the plane, PHeymont. On a recent flight from Amsterdam, the food was so bad my wife and I couldn't eat it (we keep some Protein bars at hand for situations like this).
There's an interesting website that documents airline food that's worth a food. airlinemeals.net. The following photo is one of the economy choices they share.
On a BA flight from London to San Francisco I got bumped to first class.
The flight assistant gave me a menu to choose my dinner.
"The smoked salmon looks tempting - but didn't we just have that on sandwiches from the buffet ?"
"I'm awfully sorry sir" he replied " If you complain to the senior flight attendant he will get you a refund on part of your ticket price"
"If I complained young man - I would get thrown back in cattle class"
I did ask him to refill my Champagne glass without asking each time he passed.
"If you can get more in - just do it"
The Filet Mignon made a nice alternative to fish.
It's a hard life, Garry!
There's an interesting website that documents airline food that's worth a food. airlinemeals.net. The following photo is one of the economy choices they share.
I was thinking that thing to the left might be cheese on a tomato....but it dawned on me that it might be some sort of prehistoric egg....
If I am given a choice on the airline website, I choose whatever special meal I can get. And It's usually good and served first .
Just like you Rob. Always wanting to be served first 
