bmchris

I was wondering if people can weigh in the quality of some of these items, what some of them are, and if they recommend them as executed by JAL for ORD-NRT. These are from J and F. We are split as a party between J and F.

Business Menu
1. Deep Fried Pork Cutlet with Miso Sauce on Steamed Rice
2. Salmon & Vinegared Mackerel Pressed Sushi
3. Chicago Hamburger (what is a chicago hamburger anyway? It's not a ham sandwich is it?)
4. Deep Fried Pork Cutlet Sandwich (I wonder if it's the same pork as in item 1 - innovative supply chain approach)

First Menu
5. Boiled Eel & Vinegared mackerel pressed Sushi
6. Japanese Brochettes
7. Chicago Sausage Pizza

TravelLawyer

I don't have any advice, but we are flying J/F on JAL in the winter. But yikes...these are the selections in J and F? That looks mighty sad compared to my sea bass and filet mignon on Cathay in 2013.

JALPak

These are only part of the a la carte menu available after first meal service.

jiaotze

　　
I've flown this flight in J a couple of times in the past few months and thought the quality of food far surpassed CX.

I've had both the steak and the sea bass for the mains in the first meal service, and both were delicious, especially the sea bass.

I've tried many, but not all of the a la carte snacks. Just remember that it's airplane food and don't get your hopes up for a big, sloppy, juicy hamburger. But for what it was, it was okay.

I think the pork cutlet in the rice bowl was larger than in the sandwich, but I may be wrong. I found the egg drizzled over the pork cutlet in the rice bowl overly raw for my tastes, and I don't like the thought that it may have been sitting for a while before being re-heated.

The Chicago sausage pizza was surprisingly good and reasonably authentic, unlike the junk they served on AA for years.

I also sampled the smaller Japanese set meals and they were delish. The fettuccine intrigued me, but just like the Japanese noodles, it's too many carbs for me.

Enjoy. The order on demand is really a great system.

roberto99

I know for a fact that there are many more options than just those in the OP. The menus for the next 2 months are available here: www.jal.co.jp/en/inter/index02.html

Although few foods "bother" my system, I did have several hours of indigestion after eating their Chicago Sausage Pizza last month. What was I thinking?

BTW, I have come to enjoy ice cream mid flight on the ORD-NRT flights. Stay awake on this flight to beat jetlag in Japan.

Then sleep well on the NRT-ORD flight.

MegatopLover

Having never flown JL yet (am on this route in a couple of months, hence my interest), but having taken KE and DL on similar routes, the items in the OP's post look like the mid-flight between-meals snacks, not the principal meal that I'd expect would be served after takeoff. Is that right?

JALPak

Read post #3

Ceasy

The pork cutlet is quite good. Try it.

MegatopLover

I'll take that as a yes.

linglingfool

Late to the party, but are you set on dining off the western menu? I would recommend being adventurous and trying the Japanese menu (which is kaiseki-style in F).

Edit: Dug up my pictures of the dining from a recent trip on JL9 ORD-NRT.

bmchris

I'm going to let my wife try the Japanese meal on the outbound. Decide on that for the inbound. May choose the Japanese on the outbound as the second meal.

I had the Kaiseki in SQ first a few years ago. I didn't enjoy it. I found it too "authentic". Or perhaps it was just not that good on SQ.

cruisr

The okinaminyaki (I know I'm spelling that wrong) was surprisingly good as a snack.

linglingfool

The curry was fantastic as well.