Originally Posted by coogee

A la carte: After take off they will ask you what you would like to order for lunch / dinner. This will consist of an Appetizer, an Entree, a Main, and a Dessert. For each you will get to choose from 2 or 3 options.
Anytime Dining: This is a seperate selection of meals that can be ordered anytime. This could be a steak sandwich, soup, a fruit breakfast, ice cream, ...

Both A la carte and anytime are great. A la carte is done when everyone is eating but I guess you can still order these dishes anytime, as long as they still have them available. Out of experience, the popular a la carte dishes (could be the steak and or the fish) will be gone after lunch/dinner.

Anytime is definately not cheap fast food and they do have fresh fruit available - at least that was the case the last time I was flying in J.