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Old Jun 6, 2007 | 5:02 am
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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.
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