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New CO Domestic F dinner meals
....A change I wont like.
No Soup No Desert SMALL fruit bowl Cr@ppy "chicken" meat No starch On the positive, one non-meal flight had a snackbasket. :rolleyes: |
Originally Posted by PhillyPhlyer40
(Post 17979814)
....A change I wont like.
No Soup No Desert SMALL fruit bowl Cr@ppy "chicken" meat No starch On the positive, one non-meal flight had a snackbasket. :rolleyes: Which flight did you see this on? Seems strange that they'd serve fruit with dinner. |
What route? What time of the day?
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This sounds like the new snack plate, replacing the previously loathed salted luncheon meat and cheese.
Mine included a fruit bowl, cracker and cheese, cold sliced chicken breast on pasta salad, small brownie. |
Originally Posted by bocastephen
(Post 17982289)
This sounds like the new snack plate, replacing the previously loathed salted luncheon meat and cheese.
Mine included a fruit bowl, cracker and cheese, cold sliced chicken breast on pasta salad, small brownie. |
here is what CO is showing for their domestic F meals...
https://www.continental.com/web/en-U...ss/dining.aspx |
That's the new cold plate. It's actually quite good. The chicken seems to have a little smoke flavor and is well seasoned. The pasta salad is very good. I try to avoid the empty calories of pasta but couldn't stop eating it. Comes with a packaged piece of cheese too. Overall, much better than the old one---more like the Bethune era cold plates.
BTW, since when is pasta not a starch? |
Originally Posted by star_world
(Post 17981981)
What route? What time of the day?
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I was on CLE-PHX on CO last night and noticed the FC dinner didn't include soup, which I consider the best part of PMCO FC meals. Is soup gone with the merger or just hit and miss? The meal itself (salad followed by short ribs with vermicelli rice) was quite good, just missing my soup! Also, the warmed nuts were nothing but almonds. Is it luck of the draw between cashews (everyone's favorite, it seems) and the others? The warm cookie at the end was fine, I'm just not that big a cookie fan...
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Originally Posted by JDT1955
(Post 17983001)
I was on CLE-PHX on CO last night and noticed the FC dinner didn't include soup, which I consider the best part of PMCO FC meals. Is soup gone with the merger or just hit and miss? The meal itself (salad followed by short ribs with vermicelli rice) was quite good, just missing my soup! Also, the warmed nuts were nothing but almonds. Is it luck of the draw between cashews (everyone's favorite, it seems) and the others? The warm cookie at the end was fine, I'm just not that big a cookie fan...
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I'm concerned about reports the soup is gone - this was one of the highlights of the F meal and a stalwart of the CO product for years.
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Originally Posted by bocastephen
(Post 17983054)
I'm concerned about reports the soup is gone - this was one of the highlights of the F meal and a stalwart of the CO product for years.
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The soup is not gone. Not familiar enough with the changes to tell you why certain one haven't seen it.
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Originally Posted by JDT1955
(Post 17983001)
I was on CLE-PHX on CO last night and noticed the FC dinner didn't include soup, which I consider the best part of PMCO FC meals. Is soup gone with the merger or just hit and miss? The meal itself (salad followed by short ribs with vermicelli rice) was quite good, just missing my soup! Also, the warmed nuts were nothing but almonds. Is it luck of the draw between cashews (everyone's favorite, it seems) and the others? The warm cookie at the end was fine, I'm just not that big a cookie fan...
(Food was different, but also good on the return. No soup either way.) |
Originally Posted by EWR764
(Post 17980100)
Sounds like the legacy UA service. I knew CO's rather generous dinner service wouldn't last.
Which flight did you see this on? Seems strange that they'd serve fruit with dinner. But overall I don't know what the OP is saying, just had dinner on DCA- IAH on Monday and there was soup (albeit cold- served by a lackluster CO staff from EWR). Facts-> straight-> PLEASE :) |
Originally Posted by PhillyPhlyer40
(Post 17979814)
On the positive, one non-meal flight had a snackbasket. :rolleyes:
http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...23022090_n.jpg |
Originally Posted by Luvs2snowbordbut1kSEA
(Post 17984349)
Really????????????????????????? It is the new COua CEO forwarding these decisions. This is $misek 100%.
But overall I don't know what the OP is saying, just had dinner on DCA- IAH on Monday and there was soup (albeit cold- served by a lackluster CO staff from EWR). Facts-> straight-> PLEASE :) Just because you think Smisek is making the changes (he isn't as in charge in this area as the COO though, who is by chance is a PMUAer) doesn't mean he won't go the UA way on things. |
Originally Posted by Luvs2snowbordbut1kSEA
(Post 17984349)
Really????????????????????????? It is the new COua CEO forwarding these decisions. This is $misek 100%.
But overall I don't know what the OP is saying, just had dinner on DCA- IAH on Monday and there was soup (albeit cold- served by a lackluster CO staff from EWR). Facts-> straight-> PLEASE :) The OP did not indicate what flight he was on nor the time of day, so I suppose i jumped the gun a bit. But this tired refrain of "Smisek is running the show so it's all CO" is utterly useless and patently false. There are aspects of the merged product that have come from both sides.
Originally Posted by FriendlySkies
(Post 17984369)
Which is way better than PMCO non-meal flights where this is all you would get...
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It seems as if the somewhat longer mid-con flights (>3.5 hours) will receive a salad followed by a main course. I recently flew EWR-FLL and we received cream of mushroom soup with a spinach/chicken wrap. For some reason, they only catered one option on this flight even though the amenities page reads "Light meal featuring a choice of a hot sandwich or salad main course option." The soup was good (as usual) but the sandwich was absolutely disgusting. I really miss the hot entrees.
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Originally Posted by dinoscool3
(Post 17984487)
Just because you think Smisek is making the changes (he isn't as in charge in this area as the COO though, who is by chance is a PMUAer) doesn't mean he won't go the UA way on things.
The comment was a. wrong and b. if true, his displeasure was incorrectly focused on PMUA and not the current management team. :D |
Originally Posted by UA-NYC
(Post 17982320)
That's the LGA-ORD meal (and other 800 mile-ish flights). Have found it quite good, esp on that length of flight.
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Originally Posted by EWR764
(Post 17984635)
Not exactly true. On plenty of non-mealtime PMCO flights, the much-maligned cold plate was served. Still more substantial than a snack basket, but I am glad the UA cold plate has seemingly survived.
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I'm about to fly Iah-ont in f. hopefully I get lucky
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Thats a snack plate. Bring back cheeseburger.
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I know it seems odd, but I would take a hot cheeseburger, salad, since I know what fries would taste like and a sundae or dessert item anytime. I am not very picky. Since I have zero reimbursement for meals I love free food. Not everyone has an expense account while flying for business.
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Originally Posted by pptp
(Post 17984183)
The soup is not gone. Not familiar enough with the changes to tell you why certain one haven't seen it.
So, flight was EWR-IAH (CO 39) on Tuesday. Meal was listed as "dinner" which historically was Soup, Salad, Entree w/starch, and seperate desert after dinner. Has been that way for YEARS. Tuesday was Salad (in the SAME bowl that cereal in the UC's is served-IAH "E" club this am). Smallish-bowl. Entree w/OUT starch. Fruit in a cup just a little bigger than a nut ramkin. Fruit was 1/2 circle of orange, 1/2 circle of grapefruit, 3 grapes, 2 pieces of cantalope. Fresh baked cookie after tray was taken. The nuts were mixed, and served warm in a bowl. The snack basket was Tuesday night IAH-MSY. Included tolberone's, pop-chips, banannas and other various stuff...have seen it on UA ORD-IAD previously. Today, I had the scone on an early MSY-IAH flight. Took the "lunch" IAH-EWR flight. Lunch was changed. (spoke with crew, said the new meals are rolling out slowly. They started on Monday) Lunch was: Beef wrap (not changed), SOUP-served in the "salad" bowl from dinner-aka the cereal bowl at the UC. (This is HORRIBLE for soup 'containment', and the soup slops all over), fruit in the small-ish nut cup, and NO milano cookie! Fresh baked cookies were served later in the flight.
Originally Posted by Luvs2snowbordbut1kSEA
(Post 17984349)
But overall I don't know what the OP is saying, just had dinner on DCA- IAH on Monday and there was soup (albeit cold- served by a lackluster CO staff from EWR).
Facts-> straight-> PLEASE :) |
Originally Posted by PhillyPhlyer40
(Post 17986092)
The soup IS gone. According to the FA's on my flight Tuesday night-and confirmed on today's flights.
So, flight was EWR-IAH (CO 39) on Tuesday. Meal was listed as "dinner" which historically was Soup, Salad, Entree w/starch, and seperate desert after dinner. Has been that way for YEARS. Tuesday was Salad (in the SAME bowl that cereal in the UC's is served-IAH "E" club this am). Smallish-bowl. Entree w/OUT starch. Fruit in a cup just a little bigger than a nut ramkin. Fruit was 1/2 circle of orange, 1/2 circle of grapefruit, 3 grapes, 2 pieces of cantalope. Fresh baked cookie after tray was taken. The nuts were mixed, and served warm in a bowl. The snack basket was Tuesday night IAH-MSY. Included tolberone's, pop-chips, banannas and other various stuff...have seen it on UA ORD-IAD previously. Today, I had the scone on an early MSY-IAH flight. Took the "lunch" IAH-EWR flight. Lunch was changed. (spoke with crew, said the new meals are rolling out slowly. They started on Monday) Lunch was: Beef wrap (not changed), SOUP-served in the "salad" bowl from dinner-aka the cereal bowl at the UC. (This is HORRIBLE for soup 'containment', and the soup slops all over), fruit in the small-ish nut cup, and NO milano cookie! Fresh baked cookies were served later in the flight. See above...100% straight! |
Originally Posted by PhillyPhlyer40
(Post 17986092)
The soup IS gone. According to the FA's on my flight Tuesday night-and confirmed on today's flights.
So, flight was EWR-IAH (CO 39) on Tuesday. Meal was listed as "dinner" which historically was Soup, Salad, Entree w/starch, and seperate desert after dinner. Has been that way for YEARS. Tuesday was Salad (in the SAME bowl that cereal in the UC's is served-IAH "E" club this am). Smallish-bowl. Entree w/OUT starch. Fruit in a cup just a little bigger than a nut ramkin. Fruit was 1/2 circle of orange, 1/2 circle of grapefruit, 3 grapes, 2 pieces of cantalope. Fresh baked cookie after tray was taken. The nuts were mixed, and served warm in a bowl. The snack basket was Tuesday night IAH-MSY. Included tolberone's, pop-chips, banannas and other various stuff...have seen it on UA ORD-IAD previously. Today, I had the scone on an early MSY-IAH flight. Took the "lunch" IAH-EWR flight. Lunch was changed. (spoke with crew, said the new meals are rolling out slowly. They started on Monday) Lunch was: Beef wrap (not changed), SOUP-served in the "salad" bowl from dinner-aka the cereal bowl at the UC. (This is HORRIBLE for soup 'containment', and the soup slops all over), fruit in the small-ish nut cup, and NO milano cookie! Fresh baked cookies were served later in the flight. See above...100% straight! Also, what exactly was the entree? Just curious whether it was something that would seem odd without a starch (or a vegetable?). |
Originally Posted by PhillyPhlyer40
(Post 17986092)
The soup IS gone.
Lunch was: Beef wrap (not changed), SOUP-served in the "salad" bowl from dinner-aka the cereal bowl at the UC BTW, they must have gotten the wrong bowls. It's supposed to be the same as the (smaller) fruit bowl. |
Originally Posted by EWR764
(Post 17984635)
My facts are totally straight. The PMUA mid con dinner service had warm nuts, a salad, roll, hot dish and cookie to finish. No soup.
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Originally Posted by pptp
(Post 17986505)
Ummm, which is it?
BTW, they must have gotten the wrong bowls. It's supposed to be the same as the (smaller) fruit bowl. How cheap can they get? What was wrong with the old meals?? :confused: |
Originally Posted by pptp
(Post 17982451)
That's the new cold plate. It's actually quite good. The chicken seems to have a little smoke flavor and is well seasoned. The pasta salad is very good. I try to avoid the empty calories of pasta but couldn't stop eating it. Comes with a packaged piece of cheese too. Overall, much better than the old one---more like the Bethune era cold plates.
BTW, since when is pasta not a starch? You must be a CO person. As a frequent UA flyer, talk to me in a month or two when you get tired of it. ;) It's actually a bit different than the old UA pasta/chicken plate. The new one has a fruit bowl (UA's didn't), and UA used to offer a choice of sandwich or the pasta/chicken plate. It seems there is no longer a sandwich option on pasta/chicken flights. Shows you how many of these things I've had... |
On a EWR to MCO flight this evening, the soup was still there except it the quantity of it was about 25% of what it used to be. I think that the CO china has been replaced and now they have much smaller dishes. The soup and fruit bowel dishes were much smaller than I have ever seen, and consequently so were the offerings in them.
The breakfast served in the morning on my MCO to EWR flight has been reduced in size and quality. They used to serve a hot breakfast with a cheese omlette, a piece of canadian bacon, a piece of turkey sausage, and some sort of potatoes. All in all not a great, but not too bad a hot breakfast meal plus fruit and yogurt. Today I was offered eggs or cereal. I chose eggs expecting the usual breakfast, and instead got this soggy pastry pie thing with supposedly some sort of eggs in it. Totally tasteless and unedible. So if $ismek thinks he is improving the in-flight product as his PR segment prior to the safety movie that one is subjected to at the begining of each flight tries to convey, he is dreaming. The domestic FC food offering has seriously gone down hill this year. |
Originally Posted by channa
(Post 17986791)
You must be a CO person. As a frequent UA flyer, talk to me in a month or two when you get tired of it. ;)
It's actually a bit different than the old UA pasta/chicken plate. The new one has a fruit bowl (UA's didn't), and UA used to offer a choice of sandwich or the pasta/chicken plate. It seems there is no longer a sandwich option on pasta/chicken flights. Shows you how many of these things I've had... At least it has good flavor, plenty of protein and carbs and is a filling plate. |
Originally Posted by pptp
(Post 17986949)
At least it has good flavor, plenty of protein and carbs and is a filling plate.
And UA did have variants in the pasta -- Mediterranean on farfalle (olives, feta), Asian (mandarin oranges, sesame dressing), and sun-dried tomato on tortellini (fresh mozzarella, s.d. tomatoes) -- so they did change it up from time to time, so maybe we'll see some differences over time. |
Transcons exEWR
Anyone had any experience exEWR? I dont know if IAD is being treated differently than EWR but the lunch I had today out of IAD was basically the equivalent to the standard dinner exIAH with the addition of a salmon appetizer and ice cream. Appetizer, salad, entree served all at once and only two choices of entrees, no menus. Wondering if EWR is still being treated differently or is downgraded to the "new" standard. My suspicion is it has been aligned in which case I'm not a fan.
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Remember the "premium" trans-con debacle a few years ago? Not the UA premium but the CO version which was EWR to LAX or SFO only (I think). Those select few were the only ones that got the true trans-con meal experience while all the rest got standard long haul treatment. Remember your howls of protest that got it changed back?
That program has returned. |
Originally Posted by TXbizman
(Post 17982880)
I was on CO2 (HNL-IAH @ 7:20 pm) and was surprised and disappointed with the meal service: Chicken/rice/green beans/marinara sauce, salad, and small bowl of smoked salmon OR pasta, salad, and small bowl of salmon. Did have cart of ice cream and fixings. Even the FA was apologetic as the menu drastically changed from Jan to Feb.
I was on CO2 Wednesday night. The sausage biscuit for breakfast wasn't bad though. Better then just fruit like normal. Dinner service was definitely a downgrade. |
Originally Posted by pptp
(Post 17987015)
Remember the "premium" trans-con debacle a few years ago? Not the UA premium but the CO version which was EWR to LAX or SFO only (I think). Those select few were the only ones that got the true trans-con meal experience while all the rest got standard long haul treatment. Remember your howls of protest that got it changed back?
That program has returned. I guess we need to start howling again. Next Tuesday will be my intro to the new meals and I plan on snapping pics and distributing my shrunken-headed dinner over social media channels to get people talking. What is it with the new leadership team and this constant nickel and dime attitude? Hey, this ain't IBM - you're running a service business - remember that. |
Originally Posted by bocastephen
(Post 17987036)
They didn't get the "don't screw with our meals" hint the last time?
I guess we need to start howling again. Next Tuesday will be my intro to the new meals and I plan on snapping pics and distributing my shrunken-headed dinner over social media channels to get people talking. What is it with the new leadership team and this constant nickel and dime attitude? Hey, this ain't IBM - you're running a service business - remember that. If you're going to go down this route, please be sure to be specific on which areas were impacted, otherwise they'll tear you apart by countering with the upgrades: From the CO perspective, many short hauls that were no meal now get a snack basket. And redeye cold plate flights that were just meat and chese now have the more substantial pasta/chicken plate. From the UA perspective, the transcons have improved catering with appetizer and sundaes. You'll need to be precise on the areas of downgrade -- UA mid-con hot breakfast replaced the omelet with an egg sandwich/mcmuffin, and UA mid-con flights departing between meal times now have the pasta/chicken "snack" plate. I'm sure you can fill in the CO nuances. I try to stay off CO metal whenever possible, so I can't help you much with those changes. |
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