DALtoAAL

AA139
LHR-JFK
Business Class
May 2012

DINING SERVICE

To Start

Warm mixed nuts


Appetizer

Smoked salmon and herb marinated shrimp accompanied by capers, red onion and our cream



Salad

Fresh seasonal greens and an assortment of fresh vegetables offered with creamy blue cheese dressing or premium extra virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegar


Bread Basket

Assorted gourmet breads


Main Course

Beef Fillet with Mushroom Bordelaise
Grilled fillet of beef served with porcini mushroom butter and bordelaise sauce, diced yellow peppers, haricots verts, baby carrots and poached olive oil potatoes


Maple Dijon Chicken
Seared breast of chicken enhanced by a maple and Dijon mustard marinade, accompanied by sauteed vegetables and garlic mashed potatoes

Coconut Cilantro Shrimp
Sauteed shrimp flavored with a coconut cilantro curry, offered with baby bok choy and Hainan rice

Mushroom Girasole
Sunflower-shaped pasta filled with mushrooms, enhanced by a portobello mushroom and pesto cream sauce and grated Parmesan cheese

Dessert

Ice Cream
A scoop of Cherry Garcia ice cream


Fruit and Cheese
a selection of gourmet cheeses offered with fresh seasonal fruit and assorted crackers

LIGHT MEAL

Select From

Uno's Farmer's Market Pizza
A Chicago-style deep dish pizza topped with mixed vegetables and a three cheese blend, served with basil pesto and a fresh green salad




Grilled Chicken Breast
Offered with A tabbouleh kebab salad, tzatziki with pita bread, kalamata olives and feta cheese

Dessert

Lemon tart

PRE-ARRIVAL BEVERAGE

For Your Enjoyment

Chilled sparkling or still water with a fresh citrus garnish

Comments: Appetizer, same old, same old, can't AA really come up with anything else than the shrimp and salmon? Beef was really good, have to give credit for LHR caterer. Cherry Garcia as dessert hit the spot nicely, but my spoon was covered with stains, so I had to ask for a new one. Pizza was dry and tasteless and lemon tart extremely lemony and tart, could not eat it. No pre-arrival water service, this seems to be the case on most of my flights. Service ok, although nothing to write home about.

tom911

I had the beef fillet with mushroom bordelaise last week DUB-ORD and the presentation on that flight looked a lot better than on your flight. PHOTO We also had sundaes though it was a 767-300 service.

PresRDC

Just got back from Bogota, Colombia, flying MIA-BOG-MIA on AA. I haven't seen too much detail on the meal offerings on northern South America flights, so thought I'd provide details.

AA 915 on 5/20/2012

Boeing 757-200, Domestic Configuration

Meal: Dinner (4:40 PM departure)

Flight Time: 3 hours 20 minutes

No Printed Menu

Warm Mixed Nuts (served in plastic cup)

Large Salad with Diced Tomatoes, Olives and Artichoke Hearts, served with a Small Bottle of Oil and Balsamic Vinegar (no choice of dressing)

Bread basket (butter served on the bread plate, but not packaged)

Choice of:

Beef Filet topped with minced parsley and served with potatoes and red peppers; or

Rice bowl with shrimp and scallops.

Chocolate Ice Cream with marshmellows and chocolate shavings (no choice)

AA 916 on 5/26/2012

Meal: Lunch (1:40 PM departure)

Boeing 767-300ER

Flight Time: 3 hours 20 minutes

No Printed Menu

Warm Mixed Nuts (served in a ramekin)

Large Salad with Shredded Carrots, Cucumbers and Tomatoes, served with Small Bottle of Oil and Vinegar (no choice of dressing)

Bread Basket (butter served on the bread plate, but not packaged)

Choice of:

Pork (looked like it was stuffed); or

Lasangna (actually it was layers of cooked vegetables, such as carrots, eggplant and zuchinni, topped with tomato sauce and cheese).

Chocolate Ice Cream with Raspberry Puree (no choice)

Less nice meal than a domestic mid-con flight, but, overall, okay.

balima

Pre departure beverages
Champagne
OJ
Water

More beverages after take off.

Warm Mixed Nuts
and
Crudites and Dip

Shrimp Confit and Crab salad accompained by
vegetable brunoise and mixed greens

Fresh seasonal greens and an assortment of fresh vegetables
offered with G?reek vinaigrette or premium extra virgin olive oil
and balsamic vinegar

Bread Basket - assorted gourmet breads - offered several times during meal

Chateaubriand with Red Wine Sauce
Grilled fillet of beef enhanced by a red wine and shallot sauce, offered
with haricots verts and mustard mashed potatoes

or

Coriander Lime Chicken
Breast of chicken with coriander and ime, served with pumpkin sauce,
tomato couscous and stir fried vegetables

or

Salmon with Onion Pine Nut Confit
Grilled Salmon topped with an onion pine nut confit, accompanied by
spinach mashed potatoes, sauteed peppers and zucchini

or

Vegetable Lasagna
Lasagna with eggplant, root vegetables, bell peppers, zucchini, tomatoes
and bechamel sauce topped with grated Italian cheese, arugula, sweet
herbs and pesto

Fruit and Cheese

Ice Cream Sundae - served on a cart to order
Vanilla Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream with a choice of hot fudge, butterscotch
or seasonal berry tppings, whipped cream and pecans


Light Meal Prior to Landing

Uno's Spinach and Garlic Pizza
A deep-dish spinach pizza seasoned with garlic, offered with a fresh green
salad topped with broccoli, tomatoes and Italian herb vinaigrette

or

Beef cold Plate
Sliced fillet of beef offered with tabbouleh kebab and caprese salad

Fresh Fruit or Cookies


Wine

White

Gosset Brut Excellence
Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier Grapes

Olivier Leflaive Bourgogne "Les Setilles" 2009

Seven Sisters "Vivian" Sauvignon Blanc 2008

Red

Murrieta's Well Zarzuela - 2008
Touriga Nacional, Tempranillo, Souzao, Touriga Francesca Grapes

Crucero Cabernet Sauvignon
reserva 2010

Emilio Lustau Sherry
Graham's Vintage Port 1999

Absolut Vodka
Beefeater Dry Gin
Bacardi Rum
canadian Club Reserve Blended Whiskey
Dewar's White Label Scotch Whiskey
Glenlivet Single Malt Scotch
Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey
Jim Beam Black Bourbon

Amstel Light, Heineken and select US beers

Bailey's Irish Cream
Courvoisier VSOP Fine Champagne Cognac
DiSaronno amaretto
Kahlua

Java City coffee

balima

Pre Departure
OJ
Water

Brunch

Your choice of Juices
Orange - Tomato - Apple

A selection of fine traditional teas

Select From

Yogurt
Creamy Fruit Yogurt

Cereal

Kellogg's cereal served with milk and seasonal berries

All options are offered with fresh seasonal fruit

Breakfast Breads - A selection of breakfast breads

Main Course

Cheese Omelette
Cheese omelette served with blue crab sauce, a potato boat with spinach and tomatoes

Ham, Egg and Swiss Cheese Crepes
Thin savory pancakes filled with scrambled eggs, ham and Swiss cheese offered with buttered asparagus, onions and a roasted pepper sauce

Apple-Stufed French Toast
French toast with simmered apples and cinammon offered with scrambled eggs and rich maple syrup

Above entrees include your choice of maple black pepper bacon or fire-roasted pepper turkey sausage

Thai-style Soba Salad with Chicken
Thai soba noodle salad with shiitake mushrooms, green beans and roasted tomatoes, served with a chilled glazed chicken breast on Asian greens with Mandarin sesame ginger dressing.

Mid-Flight Snack

A selection of gourmet cheeses offered with flavorful dried fruit and assorted crackers

Light Meal - Served before Landing

Warm mixed nuts

Assorted gourmet breads

Main course

Chicken Feta Pizza
A personal pizza prepared with grilled marinated chicken, diced tomatoes and feta and mozzarella cheeses topped with sauteed fennel and nicoise olives

Chicken Consomme
Chicken Consomme prepared with spinach, carrots, white beans and onions, garnished with grated Parmesan cheese

Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato Salad
Fresh seasonal greens topped with bacon wrapped turkey medallions, Roma tomatoes and crumbled Stilton cheese served with pepper cream dressing


Ice Cream
Vanilla Heath Bar Crunch with cocoa dusted almonds

Pre Arrival Beverage

Wine

White

Gosset Brut Excellence
Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier Grapes

Olivier Leflaive Bourgogne "Les Setilles" 2009

Seven Sisters "Vivian" Sauvignon Blanc 2008

Red

Murrieta's Well Zarzuela - 2008
Touriga Nacional, Tempranillo, Souzao, Touriga Francesca Grapes

Crucero Cabernet Sauvignon
reserva 2010

Emilio Lustau Sherry
Graham's Vintage Port 1999

Absolut Vodka
Beefeater Dry Gin
Bacardi Rum
canadian Club Reserve Blended Whiskey
Dewar's White Label Scotch Whiskey
Glenlivet Single Malt Scotch
Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey
Jim Beam Black Bourbon

Amstel Light, Heineken and select US beers

Bailey's Irish Cream
Courvoisier VSOP Fine Champagne Cognac
DiSaronno amaretto
Kahlua

Java City coffee

Chewy311

Any details on F meal service on ORD-PEK? Travelling July 13 '12.

Kaneohe0850

Hi All,
I'm on AA136 in F in early September and am looking for a dinner menu for the flight. I searched the menu thread as well as this forum (even did a Google) but have struck out.

Can somebody help me out...

Thanks
K

will2288

The actual menu is probably not out yet. Looking at the menu threads or trip reports will give you a good idea of AA F food.

JY1024

Merged with existing "international meals" thread.

Please follow the discussion here, as having individual threads for every AA flight creates thread clutter and also makes it difficult for members to find information. Thanks! /Moderator

chanp

I have a few from earlier in the year, but will change by Sept. I can get you one from late Aug when I fly JFK-LHR in F, but not sure Sept will be the exact same.

econflyer

ORD-LHR on F June 2012

Pretty much looks like what they have on J...

Spock Seat

Lol. Can't eat the plate, or course.

Spock Seat @:-)

rasheed

For many trans-Atlantic routes, AA usually serves the deep dish (Uno) pizza as a hot 2nd meal (maybe this is for lunch and lunch flights), and I have been generally impressed that AA does it this way (777 flight). Their special meals have also been on mark I think (had the fish with tomato sauce and wild rice shown earlier in this thread and also had a mustard chicken with the mini potatoes shown earlier).

I have seen a second meal being served cold on many other airlines of equal or longer distance (on similar aircraft). This might not make or break a decision to choose an airline, but I have also found the AA staff rather resourceful including:

-Having plenty of water for self-service at the back of the plane.
-Leaving out plenty of leftover snacks and biscuits for those who need something inbetween in the same area

I have not seen this as common on other carriers for Y as one might assume.

So, in summary, AA I think is doing well on catering in Y on trans-atlantic flights.

Rasheed

GaryD

Thanks for the very nice trip reports & photos. We'll be in J on AA 106, the last flight of the day, 11pm departure and 11 am arrival. I expect a decent breakfast before arrival; is anything served early in the flight, or do they assume all pax go right to sleep? Worth staying up a bit for? Thanks.

1/4MM@20

Late night dinner (appetizer served together with main course over salad or vegetables, then dessert). Continental breakfast (cold cereal, fruit, yogurt).