UA 2006: EWR to SFO
December 17, 2016
Boeing 757-200 (sUA p.s.), Dinner

The p.s. product is really quite nice. The addition of the appetizer spices up the meal, and you can't say no to guaranteed flatbeds. I'm not really convinced it's worth a Z or higher price point, but it is nice..



As usual, the menu saves the trouble of remembering (or hearing) what the dishes are. Tonight was a pretty standard lineup with beef, chicken, and pasta.



The appetizer is probably my favorite part of the p.s. meal service. It's a nice small bite that's reminiscent of finer dining. Here it's a rather creamier gruyere served with prosciutto and a slice of cantaloupe. It presented a rather odd flavor combination, but I actually thought they went quite well together. The mix of a cured meat and gruyere is as old as the hills, and the fruit was a nice contrast.

The salad seemed to have feta cheese in place of "red seedless grapes and parmesan". It was decent, but I found that the little bits didn't stay on the leaves, and so more than usual I was left with a pile of beans, raisins, and cheese at the end. The salad probably could have done without the garbanzo beans; the cauliflower was already a bland texture source so it didn't really need the beans.

Also +1 to "impossible to open metal caps". I pried at it with my knife for the better part of five minutes before I got it open



This is probably the biggest portion of beef I've ever seen on United. Other than that, it was a pretty standard UA short rib main, and the polenta was good. The marmalade kale was all right, but I can't escape the fact that kale is overrated in its current fad form..

Row 1, always a good choice to snag a pretzel roll from the bread basket


Dessert was the sundae as billed, including the full toppings cart with strawberry sauce, cherries, et al ^

I slept through the cookie, but I imagine it was as normal.