fender5787

DL 253 JFK-BOG D1 11/16

Ended up having the Branzino and it was a great decision. At first the cabin crew didn’t see my pre-order, and I resigned myself to having the short-rib, but after takeoff they did see that they loaded a branzino dish (pretty sure I was the only one in the cabin that pre-ordered it). However, it meant that they served me the starter salad first and later came with the fish, vs. the normal 1 tray service (and tbf I rather like it coursed out anyway). Well worth the wait as the dish was delicious and probably the best thing I’ve had on delta or even a US carrier in ages. Rice was really fluffy, almost like a briyani, while the fish was super buttery, perfectly cooked and flavored, and absolutely decadent. Cake was pretty superb too. I’d advise anyone who has this as an option to take it!

diburning

Nov 15, 22
DL205
ARN-JFK
Premium Select

Options:


I chose the chicken:


Pre-arrival snack options:


I chose the spring roll:


Uh, Delta, that's not a spring roll, that's a stromboli

xliioper

As noted on Delta site, it gets dinner. While flight departs after normal 9PM meal cutoff, it's over 2300 miles and thus qualifies by virtue of that.

philemer

Thanks much!

Zorak

12 Nov DL342 LAX-DCA (D1)

https://pc2c.mydeltamenu.com/LAX-DCA/indexB-static.html

CHEDDAR SCRAMBLED EGGS with chicken date sausage, hash brown casserole and a side of Wexler's Deli salmon cream cheese and bagel chips
BLUEBERRY BOSTOCK* on a toasted brioche topped with almond paste *Vegetarian Selection
OVERNIGHT OATS with maple syrup, granola and raspberries. Served with a side of Wexler's Deli salmon cream cheese and bagel chips

Pre-order only:

BISCUIT SANDWICH with tomato, egg and cheese
JON AND VINNY'S CHEESE AND CHARCUTERIE PLATE* with dried fruit, toasted walnuts, and olives *Contains Pork

I went with the biscuit sandwich. I like tomatoes but for me it was weird having it on a breakfast sandwich (there was a single slice, not visible below because it's underneath the egg). Some form of meat would've been nice too -- I mean, it came exactly as it was described on the menu, so I'm not complaining in that regard -- just saying it would improve the dish, and there's already one vegetarian and one nearly vegetarian (if you don't eat the salmon cream cheese) option on the menu already.

Those minor quibbles aside, the biscuit was nice and biscuity and the eggs were pretty good too. Would order again.

As to the sides, I guess there was a sale on grapes. The salmon cream cheese and bagel chips were nice too. The menu says "croissant with market jam" but I put it on the sandwich



18 Nov DL719 MSP-SFO

PDB: yes
FEBO: yes (though I pre-ordered)

BRAISED BEEF SHORT RIB with butternut squash and sage risotto, wilted rainbow Swiss chard, and roasted figs. Served with a side salad of burrata, candied sweet potatoes, harissa, cashews, and microgreens.
SPINACH, POTATO AND CHICKPEA CHANA MASALA* with basmati rice, wilted spinach, cilantro roasted cauliflower, and mini naan bread. Served with a side salad of burrata, candied sweet potatoes, harissa, cashews, and microgreens. *Vegetarian Selection
CHICKEN BREAST SALAD with Asian slaw, cucumber, cilantro, broccoli, green onion, shredded carrot, toasted almonds, and edamame. Served with a side of pineapple with togarashi.

I pre-ordered the chana masala. Drinks and a pass of the snack basket preceded the main meal, which was pretty solid all around IMO.

PDXNRTLHR

Yes, looks like a typo. I love kabocha squash.

aml1331

Has anyone gotten a Special Meal in Domestic Delta One Lunch / Dinner out of JFK (or anywhere else even) in the past several months? I don’t really like any of the current standard pre-select options, and am debating requesting VLML and hoping I like it better than the standard options. It isn’t clear to me though, at least 1-2 of the standard options are vegetarian, will they just give me one of those, or would VLML definitely be different from the standard options?

Beckles

Living in MCI and mostly traveling domestically I rarely get meals on Delta flights. We flew MCI-SEA in F yesterday on an A320, 1,489 miles with an 8 AM departure. Choice of snack box. Very disappointing, I guess my expectations that we would get more than a snack box unrealisitc?

matchbox20_is

Snack box like the market/bistro during early COVID? Or sad box?

unitedbusiness

unfortunate being in the nation’s mid-section, while us Delta flyers get spoiled out on the coasts with regard to meal service, due to longer distances (JFK-LAX-FLL-SEA-BOS)!

Beckles

Flight Fuel boxes like they sell in Main Cabin is what we were served. I didn’t expect much, but Delta managed to fall short of that.

xliioper

Poster was referring to the Market/Bistro snack boxes which consist entirely of shelf stable items (like chips, crackers, cheese spreads, beef sticks, fruit chews) with nutrition information printed on the items. Is that what you are talking about? If there were items that did not have retail branding on them, it was likely a meal box which is standard for stations that don't have contract catering. The Wiki at the top of this page has stations with meal box service.

nickp7286

Has anyone recently tried special meals for domestic first dinner flights out of JFK? Specifically, the bland or diabetic meals? I'm not crazy about the standard choices (brisket, chicken meatballs or cobb salad) and thinking of trying one of the special meals. Thanks!

ryw

How long have the Michel et Augustin cookies been in the C+ snack basket? Just realized that they’re there in my past couple trips but I hadn’t noticed them before. At any rate, I’m glad to see them in the basket!

krakendown

I’ve seen them there since October this year. But it fluctuates quite frequently. This is on SFO-JFK.