What Will Alaska Airlines Be Serving in First Class on Your Flight? (2018)
Dec 13, 2018, 3:07 pm
#1096
Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: Denver, Colorado, USA
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Posts: 3,335
Warm turkey beats cold roast beef every time!
Dec 13, 2018, 4:46 pm
#1097
Join Date: Jan 2017
Programs: AS 100K, Marriott Titanium, Delta Gold, United Silver
Posts: 250
AS 771 DCA - PDX on 12/10
Had the same choice of beef or gnocchi that has been on this route previously. I usually get the cheese plate, since both options come with mushrooms. However, when chatting with the flight attendant, she shared that the mushroom are provided in a separate tin that they dump onto the gnocchi, so she kindly left them off for me. Flight attendants were very attentive and came through the cabin multiple times with the snack basket. I skipped the desert, but it was a Snickerdoodle ice cream
Had the same choice of beef or gnocchi that has been on this route previously. I usually get the cheese plate, since both options come with mushrooms. However, when chatting with the flight attendant, she shared that the mushroom are provided in a separate tin that they dump onto the gnocchi, so she kindly left them off for me. Flight attendants were very attentive and came through the cabin multiple times with the snack basket. I skipped the desert, but it was a Snickerdoodle ice cream
Dec 15, 2018, 12:53 pm
#1098
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: San Francisco area
Programs: AA EXP, Marriott T
Posts: 455
ANC-PDX F
AS seems to have come along way in F for food quality and quantity since dumpster days of 2017, this was my previous F meal last year on EWR-SJC:
What Will Alaska Airlines Be Serving In First Class On Your Flight? (2017)
Now this is what I got this week, 2 choices were the Persian chicken entrée and this intriguing sounding Risotto cake entree which I chose and it did not disappoint. The dessert was that salted caramel brownie from a famous Portland joint, that was great also. This is probably one of the best domestic F entrées I have had in last couple of years.. Too bad I am losing my MVP 75 status all the way to the basement next year. Only if AS could build up in SFO, I will bring all my flying from AA and DL to them, but it looks like that is not happening.
What Will Alaska Airlines Be Serving In First Class On Your Flight? (2017)
Now this is what I got this week, 2 choices were the Persian chicken entrée and this intriguing sounding Risotto cake entree which I chose and it did not disappoint. The dessert was that salted caramel brownie from a famous Portland joint, that was great also. This is probably one of the best domestic F entrées I have had in last couple of years.. Too bad I am losing my MVP 75 status all the way to the basement next year. Only if AS could build up in SFO, I will bring all my flying from AA and DL to them, but it looks like that is not happening.
Dec 15, 2018, 5:51 pm
#1099
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Lake Oswego, Oregon or Costa Alegre take your pick
Programs: AS MVPG,
Posts: 1,066
Zlo-Lax
Some sort of chicken breast with a sweet-savory sauce and maybe raisins in it? Don't worry there was polenta! The accompanying vegetable were roasted brussel sprouts. No salad. Roons for dessert in a disgusting pumpkin spice flavor. I was happy with the chicken.
Some sort of chicken breast with a sweet-savory sauce and maybe raisins in it? Don't worry there was polenta! The accompanying vegetable were roasted brussel sprouts. No salad. Roons for dessert in a disgusting pumpkin spice flavor. I was happy with the chicken.
Dec 16, 2018, 2:55 pm
#1100
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Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Benicia CA
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On this morning's 7:55 SFO-EWR (smoothies not loaded - F/A said it was the first day with the new menu):
I did a SDC the night before from the 9:40am departure. Cleared the upgrade list 40 mins before departure along with 4 others for the Airbus flight.
I did a SDC the night before from the 9:40am departure. Cleared the upgrade list 40 mins before departure along with 4 others for the Airbus flight.
Dec 16, 2018, 4:12 pm
#1101
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Pacific Wonderland
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Color menus now. Wow. The graphics are out of place, imo, for a First Class product. Looks like a low end chain restaurant. But it’s consistent with AS’ branding so that’s what important.
Noting the first paragraph, AS must have someone reading some of the meal reviews up thread..
Noting the first paragraph, AS must have someone reading some of the meal reviews up thread..
Dec 16, 2018, 4:16 pm
#1102
Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: PDX
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Posts: 2,329
Dec 16, 2018, 4:25 pm
#1103
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Pacific Wonderland
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Dec 16, 2018, 7:24 pm
#1104
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Seattle, WA
Posts: 5,956
The routes that have menus are the Premium Transcon routes (basically most all east coast and Hawaii cities from SEA/PDX/SFO/SJC/LAX/SAN/PSP). Honestly, I think it's a nice menu. It's not a 5 star restaurant - but the menu is sleek and easy to understand. The big 3 airlines probably provide a nicer menu on the a small handful of routes but do they even provide menus a majority of their transcon routes? I think they're attempting to emulate some of the more "hip" aspects of the VX product, hence the informality that you may be speaking about.
Dec 16, 2018, 7:32 pm
#1105
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AS seems to have come along way in F for food quality and quantity since dumpster days of 2017, this was my previous F meal last year on EWR-SJC:
What Will Alaska Airlines Be Serving In First Class On Your Flight? (2017)
Now this is what I got this week, 2 choices were the Persian chicken entrée and this intriguing sounding Risotto cake entree which I chose and it did not disappoint. The dessert was that salted caramel brownie from a famous Portland joint, that was great also. This is probably one of the best domestic F entrées I have had in last couple of years.. Too bad I am losing my MVP 75 status all the way to the basement next year. Only if AS could build up in SFO, I will bring all my flying from AA and DL to them, but it looks like that is not happening.
What Will Alaska Airlines Be Serving In First Class On Your Flight? (2017)
Now this is what I got this week, 2 choices were the Persian chicken entrée and this intriguing sounding Risotto cake entree which I chose and it did not disappoint. The dessert was that salted caramel brownie from a famous Portland joint, that was great also. This is probably one of the best domestic F entrées I have had in last couple of years.. Too bad I am losing my MVP 75 status all the way to the basement next year. Only if AS could build up in SFO, I will bring all my flying from AA and DL to them, but it looks like that is not happening.
Dec 16, 2018, 7:35 pm
#1106
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The routes that have menus are the Premium Transcon routes (basically most all east coast and Hawaii cities from SEA/PDX/SFO/SJC/LAX/SAN/PSP). Honestly, I think it's a nice menu. It's not a 5 star restaurant - but the menu is sleek and easy to understand. The big 3 airlines probably provide a nicer menu on the a small handful of routes but do they even provide menus a majority of their transcon routes? I think they're attempting to emulate some of the more "hip" aspects of the VX product, hence the informality that you may be speaking about.
Dec 16, 2018, 7:46 pm
#1107
Join Date: Oct 2015
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I think the confusion lies in the fact that for awhile there, every flight with meal service in F seemed to have a menu so people got use to it and then when they went away again (like the infamous "small plates" service), folks felt like they were "missing" something. Just last August, I got a menu on a relatively short SBA-PDX flight.
Dec 16, 2018, 7:48 pm
#1108
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Seattle, WA
Posts: 5,956
I think the confusion lies in the fact that for awhile there, every flight with meal service in F seemed to have a menu so people got use to it and then when they went away again (like the infamous "small plates" service), folks felt like they were "missing" something. Just last August, I got a menu on a relatively short SBA-PDX flight.
Dec 16, 2018, 7:50 pm
#1109
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Seattle, WA
Posts: 5,956
I have the risotto cake option coming up in a few weeks and it does look good from the picture....I actually had to Google to investigate what risotto really was...honestly don't think I've ever had it before, but the side next to it looks dreadful...what is that? Cooked spinach? Ewwwwwww....yuck. Do you think the spinach is already plated with the risotto cakes or can I ask for just the risotto cakes on the plate?
Dec 16, 2018, 7:55 pm
#1110
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Speaking of veggies, I'd like to see more asparagus