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Old Nov 26, 2023 | 10:07 am
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Originally Posted by 1k-all-the-way
Any recent meal reviews SYD SFO? Deciding between chicken thigh and Barramundi 🤔
Yes! Just got from that flight yesterday. Full menu is here:

SYD-SFO


Mesclun salad / Coronation Salmon / Impossible Aussie Pie Turnover

Mesclun salad lacked the fennel from the menu. Greens were pretty limp. Single tomato. I got the Coronation Salmon appetizer which I kinda liked a year ago when I had it, but this time was pretty meh - the butter lettuce was also sorta limp, it had literally just two bites of topping and the salmon was really dried out and fishy. Good creamy vadovan spiced dressing though. I combined it with the other salad to make something a bit more interesting. I tried the very, uh, creative Impossible Aussie Pie turnover - a kinda fun idea (take an Aussie meat pie, make it vegetarian with Impossible meat, do it as a turnover ...). The portion was more snack sized than real meal, and it really could have used the mashed potatoes side like the other dishes. It was warm, the pastry was flaky, and it wasn't awful, but it was pretty dry, and I really wanted more of a sauce than the tomato sauce. Gravy, a flavorful chutney, something to liven it up. It came served over more limp wilted greens (arugula/rocket this time). The lemon was a bit random with it, but I used it over the salmon appetizer to jazz it up. I've had the barramundi on other flights ex-SYD and found it pretty awful, which is why I took the gamble on the Impossible turnover. The sides for the chicken sound good though! Sundae toppings were caramel or chocolate sauce, neither served warm (!), strawberry goo, almonds, curdled thick chunky whipped cream, and cherries. Same mushy topped apple bar that has been on the rotation for ages was the other option. Random wine selection that didn't match the menu, "We never know what we'll get out of Sydney, and no two carts are ever the same!"

In summary ... very lackluster all around for me. If you have a sweet tooth, there is a Kurimu popup with the PappaRich in the food court, very good croissants with interesting fillings - now THAT I recommend
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