Carfield

Plane Eats Menu
Special pre-order menu - more homey food

Lunch/Dinner Service
Eastbound



Welcome Taste
Cherry tomato, mozzarella & basil skewer


Delish Dishes
Step up to the plate(s) & choose three. Please note: the last two dishes are served warmed.


Vegetables & crackers
With hummus


Mac & Cheese
With bread crumbs & chives


Classic cheeseburger
On a brioche roll with lettuce, tomato & red onion




Sweet Bites
Seasonal Fruit Salad


Ice cream or sorbet

24/7Snacks
Fresh whole fruit
Signature JetBlue Snacks

RandomBaritone

Carfield ably documented the March/April BOS>SFO brunch a few days ago, but I thought I'd add a couple photos of my own since my choices were slightly different. I was especially impressed with the sweet potato and black bean breakfast burrito. How they managed to make the tortilla so tender yet keep it from being soggy, I'll never know.

Truth be told, everything was spectacular except the pretzel bread, which was stale and tasteless. Everyone who's seen the photos thinks it's a sausage, so perhaps that should be my story.

RandomBaritone

Just had another spectacular Mint flight. Everything was exquisite, but the chili was particularly memorable. Loved the hint of smoke.

For search engine purposes I'll mention that this was the April 2016 eastbound lunch/dinner menu, but otherwise I'll let the pictures do the talking.

cyber1k

Agree that the black bean burrito is a crisp winner on the current brunch menu... wish the omelet, pancakes and stale cold pretzel roll were better... quality seems to be slipping.

RandomBaritone

You think? I still fondly remember the pancakes. The omelette wasn't anything to write home about, but was far better than the eggs on UA.

Carfield

I think this menu qualifies as one of my favorite Mint menus to date.

The chilled tomato soup with lobster was delicious, and there were plenty of lobster meats. The Kale Cobb salad was also fabulous, but they forgot to add the chicken confit. I had this dish before with chicken, which was even more delicious. The Ravioli was also nice, but it was a bit stingy to have only two pieces of ravioli - not even a particularly large piece too, as you could tell from the pictures.

The disgusting iced cold bread roll remained the issue. JetBlue needs to start warm up the breads, or uses any type of breads that will be good when served cold.

May 2016

Westbound & Southbound Menu
Lunch/Dinner

Welcome Taste
*Taro chips
With green aioli dip


Delish Dishes
Step up to the plate(s) & choose three. Please note: The first two dishes are served chilled. A lighter meal option is available upon request.



*Chilled tomato soup
With English cucumbers, radishes & poached lobster



*Kale Cobb Salad
With confit chicken, tomato, bacon, avocado & green goddess dressing


Burrata stuffed ravioli
With eggplant caponata sauce & pine nuts



Shrimp & grits
With tomato ragout, pickled peppers & cheddar cheese

Pork tenderloin porchetta
With spicy peach ragout & baby arugula

Sweet Bites


Seasonal Fruit Salad


Organic Ice Cream, Blue Marble Ice Cream, Brooklyn, New York


Cappuccino & espresso, Brooklyn Roasting Company, Brooklyn, New York

24/7Snacks
Fresh whole fruit
Signature JetBlue Snacks

When you re-treat
Freshly baked pastries, Mah-Ze-Dahr Bakery, A Colicchio Discovery, New York, New York

diburning

The kale salad was on the November 2014 menu as a Greek salad. It was almost identical to the current salad, but also with feta instead of bacon. I remember ordering it. I remember it vivdly as it was my first (and probably last!) taste of kale. (and learned a very valuable lesson - I don't like raw kale!) The rest of it was quite delicious, although the avocado wasn't green anymore.

Carfield

June 2016
Eastbound Menu
Lunch/Dinner

Welcome Taste
*Artichoke and Avocado dip
With taro chips



Delish Dishes
Step up to the plate(s) & choose three. Please note: The first two dishes are served chilled. A lighter meal option is available upon request.


*Heirloom tomato salad
With burrata cheese, glazed pecans & watercress


*Herby lentil salad
With haricots verts, avocado, toasted pecans & a pomegranate molasses vinaigrette

Lobster risotto
With crimini mushrooms, Swiss cheese & lemon herb breadcrumbs



*Five-spiced braised short rib
With creamy polenta


*Turkey Chili
With avocado, cherry tomatoes & cotija cheese

Sweet Bites


Seasonal Fruit Salad


Organic Ice Cream, Blue Marble Ice Cream, Brooklyn, New York


Cappuccino & espresso, Brooklyn Roasting Company, Brooklyn, New York

24/7Snacks
Fresh whole fruit
Signature JetBlue Snacks

When you re-treat
Freshly baked confections, Mah-Ze-Dahr Bakery, A Colicchio Discovery, New York, New York

Tracer_SEA

Just curious if any Mint-ers here have asked for additional entrees after their initial serving of three plates. The portion sizes seem to vary quite a bit. Are the FAs receptive to serving extras?

diburning

Assuming that the catering practice hasn't changed, (they cater 16 plates of everything), it certainly is possible, but I don't know if they'd do it in practice.

RWPrincess

I think the Buy On Board products are also available to Mint? I was on a flight last year in the 2nd row of EMS and I wanted to buy a Greek yogurt. When they got to me, they had already sold out in the Mint cabin.

Carfield

Eastbound Menu
Lunch/Dinner

Welcome Taste
*Portobello mushroom mousse
With a grilled sourdough baguette slice


Delish Dishes
Step up to the plate(s) & choose three. Please note: The first two dishes are served chilled. A lighter meal option is available upon request.


*Chilled corn soup
With huitlacoche Madeleine, avocado & smoked chili paprika oil


*Grilled escarole salad
With a toasted sourdough baguette, Parmesan cheese & garlic aioli dressing

*Reginetti pasta
With carrot Bolognese & kale pumpkin seed pesto


*Roasted Halibut
With braised fennel, cannelinni beans & tomato caper sauce

*Black Angus Burger
With bacon onion jam & Havarti cheese


Sweet Bites


Seasonal Fruit Salad


Organic Ice Cream, Blue Marble Ice Cream, Brooklyn, New York


Cappuccino & espresso, Brooklyn Roasting Company, Brooklyn, New York

24/7Snacks
Fresh whole fruit
Signature JetBlue Snacks

When you re-treat
Freshly baked pastries, Mah-Ze-Dahr Bakery, A Colicchio Discovery, New York, New York

zrs70

Just flew a dinner flight JFK-LAX. 4 of the five options had either pork or shellfish in them. Not too easy if you are kosher or vegetarian!

BlaiseBOS

I've been flying Mint since inception and have noticed an ongoing decline in the food quality as Mint matures. Sure, it looks pretty. But now it's not consistently tasty. Yesterday was first time in two years that I've had to ask for replacement choices, although I've been tempted to do so on prior two flights.

The decision-makers are failing to consider what works at 36,000 feet. So the Angus beef slider with bacon jam can only be successful if it doesn't arrive on an ice-cold pre-toasted bun. They ought to have described the dish as one of their "served chilled" selections, honestly -- the cheese of course was not even partially softened sitting on the cold bun).

The FA explained that they cannot heat any of the breads. So, given this limitation, B6 would be better off sticking to high-moisture hot dishes that will survive the limited capabilities of the galley equipment. Ditch the burgers and go for boneless spare ribs or the chili, or whatever. JetBlue is trying to keep things interesting with variety, but the experimentation should not be performed on the pax.

Halibut was like leather and fishy (I don't mean that in a good way), to boot. So that meant two out of the three hot choices flunked.

Mint remains a very good product, but now that it's been expanded to more routes, it's time for B6 to reevaluate the menu and cabin-service procedures to make it an excellent product once again.

bmg42000

You can request a kosher or vegetarian or gluten free option when flying mint.
http://www.jetblue.com/flying-on-jetblue/mint/