Originally Posted by
SteveinA2
Dinner
Starters
Smoked Duck with Mango Sauce (Bland)
Mesclun Salad with Portobella mushroom and Lemon Vinaigrette (Way too acidic)
Main Courses
Pan seared sea bass with black bean sauce, egg fried rice, kailan and carrots (Excellent - best fish I've ever had on a flight)
Grilled chicken breast with roasted red pepper sauce, creamy polenta, asparagus and baby carrots
Kung Po pork with steamed jasmine rice, Shanghainese pan choy, carrot an mushroom
Angel hair pasta with truffle oil, sautéed mushrooms, tomato pine nuts
Cheese and desert
Port Salut, Manchego, Stilton
Fresh seasonal fruit
Chocolate cake and whipped cream
Tea and coffee
Pralines
Snacks
Braised beef brisket in clear noodle soup
smoked salmon with dill cream cheese on kaiser roll
Chicken kebab with teriyaki glaze
HD ice cream
Refreshment Starter (2nd meal)
Fresh seasonal fruit
Main courses
REd wine braised beef short with Yukon gold truffle mashed potatoes and sautéed squash
Braised chicken with mushroom, chestnuts, dates, steamed jasmine rice, kailan and carrots
Ricotta cheese agnolotti with roasted pepper coulis, carrots and yellow zucchini
DEsert
Mango and white chocolate cake with raspberry coulis
Tea and coffee
WINES
Champagne Deutz brut classic (non vintage)
Simi Sonoma County Chardonnay 2009
Domaine des Malandes Chablis 2009
Clos Du Bois North Coast Cabernet Sauvignon 2008
Chateau de Maison Neuve Montagne Saint-Emilion 2009
Dow's late bottled vintage port 2006
I was served this menu on my ORD>HKG flight on Dec 24 (Christmas Eve). I had the duck and the chicken. The fish was sold out by the time the cart got around to me
I was also disappointed that my Haagen-Dazs chocolate ice cream was completely frozen, and though I left it around to warm up, it simply won't defrost. So the FA replaced my ice cream with the mango/white chocolate cake instead (it's OK - it was fresh and moist at least).
I had 2 glasses of the chablis and it wasn't bad at all. They say that at 30,000 feet, "travelers lose 30% of their palate, experts say. That can make a full-bodied wine taste dull and a lightly seasoned meal taste flat." Source:
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/may...spicy-20110501
Overall, it was good meal. Nothing to write home about, but I've had worse before (namely on AC).