Is it just me, or is it mildly amusing to others that partners now include both Salt & STRAW (ice cream) and Salt & STONE toiletries (soap & lotion in Lounge + future moist towelette, apparently)?

Also, had the Cranberry Beef entree on AS 358. Meal was well suited to my tastes: not too exciting, but decently cooked and meat easy to eat without requiring a sharp knife.

Cranberry beef entree in First Class 2024 Dec


The pepper salad smelled strongly enough that I wished it hadn't been served at all. (Repeating for the record that peppers don't agree with me, and also I dislike the taste of the spicy ones.) I don't enjoy olives either, so stopped after a bite of bread when I realized those were olives, not raisins.


Untouched pepper salad and roll with single bite taken AS First Class meal 2024 Dec


If I got to choose, I'd say never serve an ice cream with gluten in it (not my issue, but celiac runs in my family.) Pumpkin Spiced Latte Cake was fine--I like pumpkin--but would've been better without the bread part (and its gluten) IMHO. Why not offer a flavor more people can eat?


Ice cream flavor Pumpkin Spiced Latte Cake contains gluten AS 2024 Dec

All in all, it did feel like a "holiday" menu, so that was festive.

The FA also served the dessert after a decent interval (and with a fresh, metal spoon) and she was attentive.

It was a good flight for service, I think, although I just realized I don't recall the snack basket. Then again, I don't usually take anything and I may not have been paying attention when she brought it through. She was proactively refilling drinks (more offers than I wanted to accept.)