Originally Posted by
Exleftseat
On yesterday's HKG-SFO I noted there was no more bread basket. Dinner came already served with a slice of cold, half baked garlic toast and one dinner roll. Not that I am a bread guy, not on a plane, but I thought that was odd.
Same - then it depends on the crew if they want to expend the extra effort to run around serving extra rolls from the bread basket after the initial slap-it-down tray "service"...
Polaris sucks. Give me Ex-COn service anytime!
Originally Posted by
milepig
Serving pre-packaged crackers is just cheap and ugly. But, then, so is pre-plated cheese, so the two go hand in hand. Let me choose my own cheese and crackers, please.
+1 ^
"Would you like to *join* us for cheese and crackers?" - then hands over a small plate shrink-wrapped with only 1 package of crackers on it! (With the cheese of course)
Originally Posted by
ordogg
Any reports of Polaris Business menus ex-EWR to either BOM or DEL? I'm curious if they are different (e.g., traditional limited beef / meat meals)?
Originally Posted by
qukslvr619
They are a combo of the standard Polaris and then two Indian choices. The appetizer/salad is the same, but in JAN its the following:
Indian:
-Spiced Ground Lamb
-Pickled Sweet and Spicy Squash
Other options:
-Seared Turbot
-Asian Fusion Chicken Soup
Flew this 3x recently BOM-EWR-BOM.
Changed to LH and upgraded to F for the return after I experienced the "Polaris" hopeless tray service - which was due to to the inexperienced
non-ExCOn relief steward who had only 3 months under his belt. He couldn't care less about giving an enthusiastic and above blah service. Luckily I had booked the ticket that allowed changes!
There is never any beef on India routes - same with LH. Always lamb dishes as a "substitute".
My daughters hated the Turbot - stay away from it.
Luckily I ordered the Asian Chicken Soup - it was pretty decent - but not spectacular.
Wanted to try the grilled cheese on my last segment, but the chicken soup satiated me sufficiently...
Maybe I have a menu around somewhere - but I think it's only the Dec 2016 one for BOM-EWR. (Already out of date)