On LHR-IAH right now. Quite frankly the current menu (at least on this route and FRA-IAH) is atrocious.
I didn’t want any of the options, but chose the Halibut since I never get the fish on a flight (due to the movie Airplane!) for research purposes. I don’t like Lamb, bone in my chicken, or veggie pasta either. The fish was gross. I had two bites. I did really like the asparagus and I ate all of it. The starters were not good either IMO. Highlight was a warm pretzel roll.
Had a huge breakfast in the club (got invited to the private side as 1K - whoop!) in anticipation of not really wanting the lunch.
After a 4 hour nap I decided to try the snacks. So let me tell you the grilled cheese and the lamb pie (and as I said I don’t generally like lamb) are sooooooooo good. I would advise skipping lunch, napping, and just having the snacks mid flight for this route.
Also my purser, Diane, is the best purser I’ve ever had. She quite a delight. Friendly and constantly checking in. Photos below.
Aperol spritz. Diane suggested I add champagne to taste to cut the sweetness. I agree it made it much better.
Fish. No bueno. Asparagus was very good.
Grilled cheese toastie. Amazing. Only negative is the soup is currently pumpkin so I declined it. Wish it was tomato need a good dipping soup.
Lamb Rosemary Pie - whole
Lamb Pie - cut open. This was also delicious. I ordered it just for research purposes but ended up eating the whole thing 😬
As noted in the LHR United lounge thread, Big Ben is back! I was invited to use the private side as a 1K flying Polaris on a 10am flight on a Monday. Not crowded at all, but the other side was much more so.