BOB W

Date: 11 Apr 2018
Route: Chicago to Seattle
Flight Number: 23
Departure time: 8:00 pm
Meal served: Breakfast
Time:: 4 hrs 16 min

No PDB, no menus

Smoothies to start. Choice of mushroom and cheese quiche or granola. I had the quiche.

Small plate with Kiwi fruit, Strawberries, orange slices and grapefruit wedges with fresh Basil for the starter

Quiche was as described up thread, a good portion and tasty.

Service was meh. Basically non-existent unless you pushed the call button after the meal trays were picked up.

metallo

I was impressed that my SEA-STL redeye this week had a meal service (warm nuts followed by a salad or protein plate, with printed menus). After being on multiple Hawaii-PNW redeyes in F last year that had nothing more than a fruit/cheese plate, this is actually an improvement. It's also way more than AA offers on mid-con redeyes, which is often just nuts/cookies.

Unfortunately, I found the "Za’atar Chicken Salad" to be a fairly strange combination of flavors, and the dressing was just bad, so it will be interesting to see how these new selections are received by pax overall. I've been flying AA and DL more for the first part of 2018, so I haven't had much experience with these menus yet. From a browse of this thread, though, the FT elite seem to be giving the new food mixed reviews.

In any case, having two options is nice, and on this occasion, the service was excellent from the cute Skywest FA, who gave a short speech to the entire F cabin, encouraging us all to try the new food

tusphotog

4/8 SFO-IND 745a departure on a VX A320:

Choice of the pancakes or omelette, with fruit (with "Mexican seasoning," the smoothie shot, and a piece of warm raisin (I think) bread.

I went with the pancakes and they were quite good. FWIW the fruit seems to be the same amount of fruit as before, just in a fancier dish. The pineapple was really good. In fact everything really tasted good including the coffee, which I don't remember being that drinkable. There was also syrup and some yogurt stuff. First transcon meal I've had with the new catering and I was impressed. No barf was served.

I was absolutely not impressed with the VX FAs. The woman working F disappeared after the trays were collected, only to be seen when the pilots wanted to be let out or when it was time to land. No coffee refill, no water refill, nothing. She vanished and left the rope open, so there was a steady stream of people coming to the front lav, including someone who left "liquid" all over the floor.

rustykettel

mbluecpa

rustykettel

Be still my beating heart! #NorthofExpected

Now if they could mistakenly board the cheeseburger for my next breakfast flight...

Seat 2A

Miso Marinated Cod with Farro Pilaf


Date: 9 Apr 2018
Route: Seattle to Boston
Flight Number: 736
Departure time: 3:35 pm
Meal served: Dinner
Meal description: The starter was a Roasted Beet & Feta Salad. Entree choices included
Miso Marinated Cod with sesame garlic farro pilaf and sauteed greens with bell peppers with shiitake mushrooms
or
Black Bean Cilantro Ravioli served with grilled scallions, sauteed summer squash, asparagus, crumbled cotija cheese and a white wine citrus sauce.

Both entrees looked delicious - even the ravioli which from past experiences I'm generally rather leery of. I went with the cod and was quite pleased. The portion size of both the entree and the accompaniments was decent and flavorful - high praise from a guy who's not particularly enamored of cod or Alaska's portion sizes of late. Chalk up another nice meal on Alaska Airlines.

Except for the dessert - a jar of Nancy's Fancy Amarena Cherry Gelato. By all appearances (the packaging) it looked quite nice but when I opened it, the ice cream bubbled out of the jar in a warm gooey mess. It would seem that the flight attendant had put it in the oven.

Eastbay1K

Sounds like they've put a new spin on Baked Alaska.

pushmyredbutton

SMF-SEA AS800 "Snack":
Tiny Hummus plate

SEA-EWR AS790 "Snack"
Big Boy Hummus Plate

EWR-SEA AS791 "Breakfast"
Beechers Flagship Frittata
The presentation is much better than previously
Then another Big Boy Hummus plate towards the end of the flight.

SO. SICK. OF. HUMMUS.

T2A

4/11 SEA-ABQ
Smoothie, then choice of protein plate or eggs with potatoes. Chose the egg dish, and felt it was pretty bland. Needed some kind of sauce or addition to add flavor.

4/13 ABQ-SEA
Waffle with two pieces of bacon and an orange on the side. This was really good, but I'm somewhat biased as I love waffles.

Also found a menu from the night before. Choice of herb roasted chicken or Soba Noodles and a Brown Sugar Delight Bar.

tusphotog

I have no idea, to be honest. I don't usually drink the coffee on airplanes since it normally sucks. Decided to try something different that morning and was pleasantly surprised. I've got a few PMAS flights this week and will try the coffee in the name of science.

rune87

This mornings flight from SEA:SNA. Food isnt bad, but man have those portion sizes dropped. Still undecided on the whole juice shot concept. I think I'd prefer some fresh fruit on the plate instead.

osubeavers01

Seat 2A

Is it only me or does this whole protein plate thing seem more appropriate to a cafe in some Southern California body builder's gym than in the First Class cabin of an airline attempting to improve on the catering to its best customers?

rustykettel