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June

Dinner / Mid-Flight Snack / Pre-Arrival Meal

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Dinner: Grilled Beef with Soybean Paste

Mid-Flight Snack: Fried Spicy Chicken and Pork Dumpling

Pre-Arrival Meal: Korean Noodle Soup

Notes:

PDB of sparkling wine, orange juice, and mimosas offered.

Bedding, Someone Somewhere Amenity Kits, Slippers, and **mattress pad** pre-placed at seat.

On this flight, meals came out at the same time. All meals did receive their meals in courses… but entrees then came not 10 minutes later. Korean meals were given a roll from the Western bread basket.

This Korean meal was BAD. The meat was tough with lots of fat. I was hoping it would be more like bulgogi; served with ssamjang (soybean paste). It was not that. There was no real taste of anything Asian at all. Given Seoul is a Do&Co station, I had hoped for better. The banchan and sides were good; as a Korean, the kimchi again passed the test for me. I appreciated the squid with sweet chili; they are very chewy and served cold and dried. Again, definitely an acquired Korean taste.

Sundaes were good again.

Mid-flight snack was the Fried Spicy Chicken and Pork Dumpling. This isn’t great. The fried chicken is not crispy at all; reminds me of reheated Panda Express. The dumplings tasted exactly like Bibigo dumplings (an admittedly decent Korean frozen dumpling brand), but still not great.

Pre-flight meal was the Korean noodle soup. It’s like a warm bowl of rich chicken noodle soup. Delicious. Probably Delta’s attempt at kalguksu - knife-cut noodle soup. Probably best dish of both outbound and return.

D1 snack basket was almost all Korean snacks.

Also, found the almost mythical Glenfarclas® 12 Year Single Malt Scotch. Purser said she’s never had anyone ask for it!

Good and friendly service once again.




Korean Meal: Top (left to right): Stir-fried spicy mushrooms, winter cabbage salad with ssamgjang, kimchi, dinner roll. Middle: Dried sautéed squid with sweet chili Bottom: Soybean soup, Grilled beef, rice pack, gochujang and sesame oil packets.

Dessert cart: Top: Sundaes and cheese plates Bottom: Chocolate tarts with salted caramel whipped cream

Korean snacks from snack basket: Top: Matcha tea cake with cream filling, nut mix Bottom: Korean kit-kat-type candy bar (Not shown - cup ramyeon)

The mythical Glenfarclas® 12 Year Single Malt Scotch!

Mid flight snack: Fried spicy chicken and pork dumplings with lotus chips.

Pre-arrival meal: Korean noodle soup