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AANYC1981 Apr 23, 2019 7:53 pm

Ive had the kebab dish before on DL although it was a while ago. They were good!

mikec0624 Apr 24, 2019 9:45 am

Pre-ordered the chicken salad from MCO to LGA. Was surprised when the nice flight attendant acknowledged it and called me by name. The person next to me seemed jealous :)

RaflW Apr 24, 2019 10:35 am


Originally Posted by apodo77 (Post 31030922)
I wonder if the charcuterie plate will be similar to the deli meat plate that has been around for awhile and they just gave it a fancier name.

Not very many pax on my MCO-MSP flight last evening seemed to have preordered. The F.A. was very friendly and chatty, but was basically saying the "charcuterie plate, umm, it's meat and cheese plate with a fancy name. Oh and you get focaccia". At one point she joked "I'm going old school Flight Attendant: Chicken or Beef! ... Chicken or Beef!" As a vacation-heavy flight, her light hearted style worked well.

I had preordered the warm lemongrass chicken with rice and veggies. It was decent, with a good amount of fresh veg. The asian slaw served on the side was extremely flavorless and dull. Seemed almost undressed, but no side dressing was on the tray?

MSPeconomist Apr 24, 2019 11:16 am


Originally Posted by RaflW (Post 31032992)
Not very many pax on my MCO-MSP flight last evening seemed to have preordered. The F.A. was very friendly and chatty, but was basically saying the "charcuterie plate, umm, it's meat and cheese plate with a fancy name. Oh and you get focaccia". At one point she joked "I'm going old school Flight Attendant: Chicken or Beef! ... Chicken or Beef!" As a vacation-heavy flight, her light hearted style worked well.

I had preordered the warm lemongrass chicken with rice and veggies. It was decent, with a good amount of fresh veg. The asian slaw served on the side was extremely flavorless and dull. Seemed almost undressed, but no side dressing was on the tray?

There's also a chilled lemongrass chicken with noodles being offered as a menu choice now. Did DL find a sale on lemongrass and buy a boatload of it?

richarddd Apr 24, 2019 11:27 am


Originally Posted by jdrtravel (Post 31029692)
I have noticed that they now, on domestic flights, seem to be offering two meat options instead of one meat and one vegetarian (pasta) dish. This is disappointing considering how extremely bad the special vegetarian meals are.

That is disappointing. I wouldn't think having a pasta option (even if only as a pre-order), would be that difficult, especially since they always seem to offer one on international flights.

apodo77 Apr 25, 2019 11:38 am


Originally Posted by jdrtravel (Post 31029692)
I have noticed that they now, on domestic flights, seem to be offering two meat options instead of one meat and one vegetarian (pasta) dish. This is disappointing considering how extremely bad the special vegetarian meals are.

On the flip side I was very disappointed to see a choice of vegetarian lasagna or salmon salad on a recent flight (April 3rd). Don't eat seafood and not a vegatarian.

puck021 Apr 25, 2019 1:31 pm

Is it just me or are others still not getting the emails for this?

jdrtravel Apr 25, 2019 1:40 pm


Originally Posted by apodo77 (Post 31036622)
On the flip side I was very disappointed to see a choice of vegetarian lasagna or salmon salad on a recent flight (April 3rd). Don't eat seafood and not a vegatarian.

Not really "the flip side." In this case, you can eat at least one of the options (even if you would prefer meat) whereas a vegetarian can't eat something with meat in it.

John D Apr 25, 2019 8:26 pm


Originally Posted by puck021 (Post 31036985)
Is it just me or are others still not getting the emails for this?

you are not alone both my wife and I ,both 2MM , have never received an email despite numerous international flights. Delta’s response “ just call the diamond desk and select”. The major problem is diamond desk only asks if you want chicken or beef no further details . I would have hoped they could have figured this out or at least had a website to log into through delta.com to make selection.

MSPeconomist Apr 27, 2019 9:59 pm




Today I called the DM line because I didn't receive the meal preselect email for a domestic FC dinner flight. After clarifying that I wasn't trying for a special meal and the deadline should be 24 rather than 48 hours, the agent told me that there was a new functionality and he could give me the exact meal descriptions for my flight. He then apparently used one of the chicken/beef/salad/ etc. codes to order the meal I picked.

jdrtravel Apr 27, 2019 11:32 pm


Originally Posted by MSPeconomist (Post 31044332)
Today I called the DM line because I didn't receive the meal preselect email for a domestic FC dinner flight. After clarifying that I wasn't trying for a special meal and the deadline should be 24 rather than 48 hours, the agent told me that there was a new functionality and he could give me the exact meal descriptions for my flight. He then apparently used one of the chicken/beef/salad/ etc. codes to order the meal I picked.


Just to clarify, did he in fact give read you the descriptions?

koreanair720 Apr 29, 2019 11:33 am

EDIT: I looked up what bistro sauce is
(Apparently there is this thing called Google?)
Anyway, this is for JFK-FLL.
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MSPeconomist Apr 29, 2019 10:08 pm


Originally Posted by jdrtravel (Post 31044430)
Just to clarify, did he in fact give read you the descriptions?

Yes.

kmersh May 3, 2019 3:33 pm

MCO-JFK Cheeseburger Sliders or Grilled Chicken Farro Salad.

Ordered the Cheeseburgers as I found the Farro salad to lack dressing (regardless of the description saying that it is tossed in a dressing of sorts) last time I had it, all be it from a different station.

hotshot265 May 3, 2019 8:23 pm

Question for the posters in this thread...Are the emails to First Class passengers random? Who gets them and who doesn't? I have flown in paid F...booked more than 72 hours out during meal times probably 10-12 times since the start of the year and I have not received a pre-order email yet. I have asked the PM line a couple times and asked and both times the agents have not been able to really give me any more of an answer other that it is automatically generated by the system. I asked the FA on my flight from PHX to MSP yesterday and he said he had no idea who gets pre-order emails and who doesn't. He told me that out of the 20 passengers in F...only 5 had pre-orders. I had my flight booked on that particular flight for about 10 days or so.

It is not something I am up at night loosing sleep over...but seeing this tread again today made me think to ask here.

Thanks!


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