2013 AA International Meals - menu /menus, photos, etc. (consolidated)
Sep 25, 2013, 10:11 pm
#151
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A kiddie corner on a plane? Now that would be a neat idea, as long as I could be seated away from it.
(I assume you meant kitty-corner).
A kiddie corner on a plane? Now that would be a neat idea, as long as I could be seated away from it.
(I assume you meant kitty-corner).
Sep 25, 2013, 10:23 pm
#152
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AA #39
Departs LHR @ 12:15 p.m.
Business Class
Starter
Tandoori Shrimp, with curry sauce and lentil salad
Salad
Seasonal greens with balsamic pears, beers, almonds and blue cheese
With your choice of blue cheese dressing or premium extra virgin olive oil & balsamic vinegar
Assorted gourmet breads will be served with your meal
Entrees
Gorgonzola Crusted Beef Fillet, served with potato rissole and roasted vegetables
Tarragon Chicken, with truffle mashed potatoes, fava beans and sun dried tomatoes
Grilled Citrus Halibut, accompanied by orange basmati rice and lime vegetable medley
Rigatoni Pasta, in cream sauce with pine nuts
Dessert
Traditional Ice Cream Sundae, vanilla ice cream with your choice of hot fudge, butterscotch or seasonal berry toppings, whipped cream and pecans
Gourmet Cheese Plate, an assortment of fine cheeses with garnishes
Light Meal
Uno's Spinach and Garlic Pizza, served with a green salad and herb vinaigrette
Cold Plate Sampler, roasted beef and grilled chicken offered with Asian couscous and greek salad
Dessert
Lemon Curd Possett
My Review:
This was one of the best meals I've ever had on an airplane! The shrimp (4) and lentil salad was very tasty. I wasn't a fan of the salad because I don't like beets or blue cheese. I per-selected the Halibut, which was delicious! I'm
sure a lot of it has to do with how the FA reheats it, but mine was perfect. (I've had very dry, inedible fish onboard before). Rice with the fish was nice, but I skipped the veggies. The ice cream sundae was yummy, as usual. For the snack, I choose the cold plate, which was also very nice and tasty. Overall, an A-. ^
Departs LHR @ 12:15 p.m.
Business Class
Starter
Tandoori Shrimp, with curry sauce and lentil salad
Salad
Seasonal greens with balsamic pears, beers, almonds and blue cheese
With your choice of blue cheese dressing or premium extra virgin olive oil & balsamic vinegar
Assorted gourmet breads will be served with your meal
Entrees
Gorgonzola Crusted Beef Fillet, served with potato rissole and roasted vegetables
Tarragon Chicken, with truffle mashed potatoes, fava beans and sun dried tomatoes
Grilled Citrus Halibut, accompanied by orange basmati rice and lime vegetable medley
Rigatoni Pasta, in cream sauce with pine nuts
Dessert
Traditional Ice Cream Sundae, vanilla ice cream with your choice of hot fudge, butterscotch or seasonal berry toppings, whipped cream and pecans
Gourmet Cheese Plate, an assortment of fine cheeses with garnishes
Light Meal
Uno's Spinach and Garlic Pizza, served with a green salad and herb vinaigrette
Cold Plate Sampler, roasted beef and grilled chicken offered with Asian couscous and greek salad
Dessert
Lemon Curd Possett
My Review:
This was one of the best meals I've ever had on an airplane! The shrimp (4) and lentil salad was very tasty. I wasn't a fan of the salad because I don't like beets or blue cheese. I per-selected the Halibut, which was delicious! I'm
sure a lot of it has to do with how the FA reheats it, but mine was perfect. (I've had very dry, inedible fish onboard before). Rice with the fish was nice, but I skipped the veggies. The ice cream sundae was yummy, as usual. For the snack, I choose the cold plate, which was also very nice and tasty. Overall, an A-. ^
Sep 26, 2013, 10:20 am
#153
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That said, I really wish AA (and airlines in general) would experiment with different cuts of beef from filet. It is a dry and bland cut of meat with too little marbling. Why not try a strip steak or a ribeye? AA is based in TX after all.
Sep 26, 2013, 11:00 am
#154
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You can definitely ask them to cook it medium rare in F. I ask for mine to be rare, telling them that I don't mind if it is a little cold inside. More often than not, I get it the way I want.
That said, I really wish AA (and airlines in general) would experiment with different cuts of beef from filet. It is a dry and bland cut of meat with too little marbling. Why not try a strip steak or a ribeye? AA is based in TX after all.
That said, I really wish AA (and airlines in general) would experiment with different cuts of beef from filet. It is a dry and bland cut of meat with too little marbling. Why not try a strip steak or a ribeye? AA is based in TX after all.
I choose fillets at a nice restaurant, but your point resonates when talking about reheated food on a plane.
Sep 26, 2013, 12:18 pm
#155
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Programs: AA (EP), Hilton (Diamond), Marriott Bonvoy (Titanium)
Posts: 8,937
Brie and Leek Ravioli Pasta
Brie and Leek Ravioli Pasta
With San Marzano tomato sauce and vegetable medley
Any comments on this? (I saw a number of posts listing it but not discussing it.)
With San Marzano tomato sauce and vegetable medley
Sep 26, 2013, 12:49 pm
#156
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Wonder how is this Bibimbap rate by native Koreans? Native Japanese colleague who is AA flyer once told me that he orders Japanese meal ex-Japan but will not order Japanese meal ex-U.S. He said that other Japanese colleagues say same thing. He said Japanese meal ex-U.S. is not par with Japanese meal ex-Japan. He thinks seasoning of Japanese meal ex-U.S. is more based on taste buds of the U.S. He said just pick example about white rice, ex-U.S. flights’ white rice is little too moist or little too dry for taste buds of Japanese but white rice ex-Japan flights has moisture and texture which Japanese prefer.
Sep 27, 2013, 5:36 am
#157
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Sep 27, 2013, 5:08 pm
#158
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AA #39
Departs LHR @ 12:15 p.m.
Business Class
Starter
Tandoori Shrimp, with curry sauce and lentil salad
Salad
Seasonal greens with balsamic pears, beers, almonds and blue cheese
With your choice of blue cheese dressing or premium extra virgin olive oil & balsamic vinegar
Assorted gourmet breads will be served with your meal
Entrees
Gorgonzola Crusted Beef Fillet, served with potato rissole and roasted vegetables
Tarragon Chicken, with truffle mashed potatoes, fava beans and sun dried tomatoes
Grilled Citrus Halibut, accompanied by orange basmati rice and lime vegetable medley
Rigatoni Pasta, in cream sauce with pine nuts
Dessert
Traditional Ice Cream Sundae, vanilla ice cream with your choice of hot fudge, butterscotch or seasonal berry toppings, whipped cream and pecans
Gourmet Cheese Plate, an assortment of fine cheeses with garnishes
Light Meal
Uno's Spinach and Garlic Pizza, served with a green salad and herb vinaigrette
Cold Plate Sampler, roasted beef and grilled chicken offered with Asian couscous and greek salad
Dessert
Lemon Curd Possett
My Review:
This was one of the best meals I've ever had on an airplane! The shrimp (4) and lentil salad was very tasty. I wasn't a fan of the salad because I don't like beets or blue cheese. I per-selected the Halibut, which was delicious! I'm
sure a lot of it has to do with how the FA reheats it, but mine was perfect. (I've had very dry, inedible fish onboard before). Rice with the fish was nice, but I skipped the veggies. The ice cream sundae was yummy, as usual. For the snack, I choose the cold plate, which was also very nice and tasty. Overall, an A-. ^
Departs LHR @ 12:15 p.m.
Business Class
Starter
Tandoori Shrimp, with curry sauce and lentil salad
Salad
Seasonal greens with balsamic pears, beers, almonds and blue cheese
With your choice of blue cheese dressing or premium extra virgin olive oil & balsamic vinegar
Assorted gourmet breads will be served with your meal
Entrees
Gorgonzola Crusted Beef Fillet, served with potato rissole and roasted vegetables
Tarragon Chicken, with truffle mashed potatoes, fava beans and sun dried tomatoes
Grilled Citrus Halibut, accompanied by orange basmati rice and lime vegetable medley
Rigatoni Pasta, in cream sauce with pine nuts
Dessert
Traditional Ice Cream Sundae, vanilla ice cream with your choice of hot fudge, butterscotch or seasonal berry toppings, whipped cream and pecans
Gourmet Cheese Plate, an assortment of fine cheeses with garnishes
Light Meal
Uno's Spinach and Garlic Pizza, served with a green salad and herb vinaigrette
Cold Plate Sampler, roasted beef and grilled chicken offered with Asian couscous and greek salad
Dessert
Lemon Curd Possett
My Review:
This was one of the best meals I've ever had on an airplane! The shrimp (4) and lentil salad was very tasty. I wasn't a fan of the salad because I don't like beets or blue cheese. I per-selected the Halibut, which was delicious! I'm
sure a lot of it has to do with how the FA reheats it, but mine was perfect. (I've had very dry, inedible fish onboard before). Rice with the fish was nice, but I skipped the veggies. The ice cream sundae was yummy, as usual. For the snack, I choose the cold plate, which was also very nice and tasty. Overall, an A-. ^
Mrs.G unfortunately preordered a special Veg meal, which was pretty funky! Unfortunately, she didn't get a printed menu, so I can't say exactly what it was, but lots of starch and steamed veggies. No dairy at all, so it was Vegan, even though she didn't ask for that.
Sep 28, 2013, 3:40 pm
#159
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Don't suppose anybody has tried the Duck with Plum Sauce on PEK/PVG-US recently? It's an option on my PEK-ORD in the next few days that I am considering, though curious to see if the convection oven on the 777 will destroy the quality of the meal..
Sep 28, 2013, 4:56 pm
#160
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Oct 1, 2013, 2:13 pm
#161
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On ICN-DFW flights: Has anyone tried or seen a review of either the Fillet of beef with dijon mustard sauce, mashed potatoes, and seasonal vegetables; or halibut with tapenade, rice, broccoli, and carrots? Trying to decide on a pre-order between one of these or maybe the bibimbap (which I've seen pictured). Thinking the airline bibimbap may be a letdown after a week in Korea with access to the real thing.
-AJ
-AJ
Oct 2, 2013, 2:09 am
#162
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On ICN-DFW flights: Has anyone tried or seen a review of either the Fillet of beef with dijon mustard sauce, mashed potatoes, and seasonal vegetables; or halibut with tapenade, rice, broccoli, and carrots? Trying to decide on a pre-order between one of these or maybe the bibimbap (which I've seen pictured). Thinking the airline bibimbap may be a letdown after a week in Korea with access to the real thing.
-AJ
-AJ
Oct 2, 2013, 7:36 am
#163
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I saw the flight and entrees mentioned but reviewer took different selections. Did I miss them?
-AJ
-AJ
Oct 2, 2013, 8:04 am
#164
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Could someone please answer if the sauces are on the side from the entree? I'm having issues with all spices. Thanks
Oct 3, 2013, 12:05 am
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