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01/06/07 CDG-LAX and 04/06/07 LAX-CDG
Here are the menus from my return trip to LAX in Business this past weekend.
CDG-LAX (AF 062)
Hors d'Oeuvre
Duck foie gras terrine with caramelized pineapple
Salmon confit timbale with vegetable brunoise
Main Courses
Pan-seared filet of beef accompanied by sauteed potatoes and sauteed vegetables with Chinese artichokes
Sauteed shrimp served with light herb jus, rice with bell peppers, and green bean puree with pesto
Plat du Jour- Filet of chicken with fennel cream sauce- The baked filet of free-range chicken is served with fennel cream sauce. It is accompanied by carrots with hazelnut oil and spiced mixed vegetables
Cheese- Camembert, Fourme d'Ambert, Cabecou
Desserts- Apricot almond cake, chocolate macaroon and carmel cream with Fleur de Sel sea salt, sherbet served with cookies, choice of fresh fruit
(I don't think this is what we really had as I had some raspberry tart that wasn't listed)
2nd Meal-
Hors d'Oeuvre
Pineapple fennel salad served with Swiss air-dried beef
Mains-
Pan-seared lamb noisette accompanied by sauteed potatoes and Provencale-style tomato
Moroccan-style salmon pie served with lemon balm cream sauce and Chinese-style vegetables
Cheese- Comte, Sainte-Maure, Chaource
Dessert- Fruit salad
Wines on this flight-
Champagne- Deutz Brut Classic
White Burgundy- Chalonnais Rully Chateau de Rully 2002 Antonin Rodet
Red Beaujoulais- Brouilly Chateau de Pierreux 2005 Jean-Calude Boisset
Red Bordeaux- Medoc Chateau Rollan Cru Bourgeois Superieur de By 2004 Jean Guyon
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LAX-CDG 04/06/07 (AF 069)
Hors d'Oeuvre
Foie gras with apricot chutney
Marinated scallops with olive oil and lemon
Mains-
Pan-seared tournedos of beef served with peppercorn sauce, carrots, pak choy, and Jerusalem artichoke
Cajun shrimp accompanied by saffron rice
Plat du Jour-Stuffed roulade of chicken (filled with spinach and ricotta served with chicken jus and accompanied by potatoes and sauteed carrots)
Cheese- types were not listed
Desserts-Seasonal fruit tartlet, coffee mirror cake, sherbet served with cookies, fresh fruit
Breakfast-
Cheese omelette served with bacon and sauteed potatoes
French toast and caramelized apples
Wines- Same as CDG-LAX
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Food was decent overall (Actually had the shrimp dishes both directions). Not the largest portions (I'm used to flying CO trans atlantic), but very nice. Starters were less impressive but that's mainly because I don't have a taste for foie gras. Desserts were great.