If you’re wondering what vegetarian / vegan meal options Starlux Airlines offers, as well as some examples of what I’ve eaten while flying Starlux, continue reading below.

How to request a vegetarian/vegan meal

If you login to your Starlux account to view your flight reservation, there should be an option to select a special meal. Be sure to pre-order your special meal at least 24 hours in advance, so that Starlux can make sure your meal is available for your flight.

Unfortunately, in case of any last minute flight changes, your meal may not be available. Starlux does not offer a vegetarian meal without pre-orders (but Singapore Air does).

After boarding but before takeoff, the flight attendants will come by and verify that your name, seat number, and meal request.

During meal service, special meals get served before pre-ordered meals. So if you’ve pre-ordered your meal, you can look forward to eating first! Most of the time, your meal is a mystery, though sometimes there will be a very short label of what the food is.

Vegetarian and vegan options

Starlux Airlines provides many different types of vegetarian meals. Please refer to their website for the latest options and descriptions.

Vegetarian Oriental Meal
Vegetarian Lacto-Ovo Meal
Vegetarian Indian Meal
Vegetarian Vegan Meal
Raw Vegetarian Meal
Vegetarian Jain Meal

Meals I’ve eaten on Starlux

While you cannot see the exact dish you will receive before ordering it (only the descriptions like the ones above), and the meals vary even if you fly the same route, the below will give you an example of what you might receive! Hopefully these help in determining which meal to order for your flight.

Vegetarian oriental meal (Long haul, USA to Asia)

Vegetarian Oriental Meal: Asian-style vegetarian meal. It does not contain any meat, egg, dairy product and any alcohol or allium genus product.

*Although labeled as vegetarian, since it does not contain dairy or egg, it is also vegan

Time: November 2024

Route: San Francisco (SFO) to Taipei (TPE); 14 hour flight. This was the main entree served at the beginning of the flight, and a breakfast meal follows closer to arrival time.

Main entree
Thick noodles (lo mein) with shiitake mushrooms, carrots, and 2 pieces of Chinese vegetables.

Sides
Cut fruit: watermelon, cantaloupe, honeydew
Bread with margarine
Cold bell pepper, snap pea, and shiitake mushroom salad

This is the 2nd meal served on the flight, closer to arrival time.

Main entree
Shiitake mushrooms and bell peppers with rice and bok choy

Sides
Cut fruit: cantaloupe and kiwi
Bread with margarine
Applesauce

Taste rating: The entrees were quite tasty, and better than I expected for airline food. The entrees were properly seasoned and I wouldn’t hesitate to finish the entire dish if I were hungry enough. Although, the vegetarian meals were lacking in protein as mushrooms were mostly utilized. However, like with nearly all airlines, the cold salad/side dish was not my favorite and I skipped it. (So I’m happy applesauce was given for the second meal!)

Interested in how Starlux’s vegetarian meals compared to other airlines? Check out the above post!