9/7 - AS451 - LAX/SEA - Snack - PDB of water. Zesty snack mix. Pesto chicken breast (or was it leg?) with salad. Balsamic Vinigrette dressing and the rare and elusive S&P (I should have taken a picture). Seattle Chocolates in Margarita flavor. Plenty of Glenlivet, so maybe it's just an AA issue

AS 137
PDX-ANC
9/9/13
Dinner

Pre-dinner beverages were served promptly, but flight attendant never mentioned meal service to travelers. A few people were surprised when she suddenly showed up with a meal tray, leaving more than a few folks scrambling to put away computers, etc. It would have been helpful if she had announced dinner when taking drink orders -- or even when delivering the first round of beverages.

Dinner tonight was rotini pasta with a meat sauce, steamed broccolini that could have used some lemon butter or seasoning, and a Margarita flavored Seattle Chocolate. (This was a white chocolate piece with a delicate lime flavor and sea salt ... not bad for not being "real" chocolate.)

And to reassure Aaron01, yes, there was ample Glenlivit. Cheers.

For you amusement, cruise over to the "Things You Hear in F" thread to learn how one very classy F passenger opted to consume her dinner ...

what are AS' dinner meal times?

I'm seeing a 6:50pm SEA-SNA departure as snack. is that correct?

9/8 AS #693
GEG-SEA

40 minutes of flight time, drink orders were taken prior to take off and refilled once during the incredibly short flight. Crunchy snack mix.

This is the same meal SAN-HNL this month except the sauce is now some sort of sweet berry sauce. Very dry, tough pork chop. Bananas Foster & Thai Chicken wrap were very food.

Serve two Thai Chicken Wraps, skip the pork and I would be a very happy camper!!

Lunch flight - served the warm turkey sandwich with sun-dried tomato pesto and a small green salad with cilantro lime dressing. I thought it was good. Service was great, with the attendant letting pax know what was going to be served when taking drink orders.

Correction - Flight was on 9/11Snack service - small green salad with corn and a wimpy chicken skewer. Ranch dressing. The chicken was decent but a slightly larger portion or the addition of a roll might have made this a better snack. It was more like four bites of salad. Would have preferred the cilantro lime dressing.

**NOTE: as someone with dietary restrictions, I'm used to not always getting to eat the meal but when its a salad, it would be great to have at least one alternate salad dressing available...Couldn't eat the ranch (dairy) so had to eat my salad dry.

No PDB service - no water offered. Had to ask for a glass from a passing attendant.

Attendant didn't notify pax of snack service when taking drink orders, just brought out salad but since it wasn't a tray not a big inconvenience. Otherwise good drink service.

Sept. 7 AS769 BOS-SAN

Catering snafu!



Plates? We don't need plates! FC FA Jennifer was cool under pressure when catering did not provide plates for the dinner service. She made sure all of us knew the situation and apologized. No apology was necessary, as there was no recourse at 37,000 feet. The main course was served in the aluminum trays and it was just like camping!

Nicoise salad, warm roll, choice between pork & ravioli, dessert caramel Oreo Brulee (tasty!) and plenty of drink!

9/7 SEA-LAX 230p departure: hummus wrap with a side salad and margarita chocolate. The wrap gets awfully soggy. Service was sllloooowwww. We were nearly over Reno by the time the first round of drinks came out. The FA just didn't seem into working that day. Food came out over central CA.

9/9 LAX-SEA 415p departure: pesto chicken breast (I think), salad and margarita chocolate. It was ok. I opted for dinner once I got to PDX. Really disappointing service on this leg too. The F FA got the food out and drinks out and disappeared for the rest of the flight.

9/11 PDX-SFO 730p departure: chicken skewer and salad. I didn't partake since a real dinner at Sanford's was much more appealing. The Alaskan Summer Ale was nice and cold though. ^ Very good service too.

I was under the impression that the FC FA was to ensure that the flight was catered by checking to make sure thing were boarded?

That was a long wait....

I love seeing FA's doing course meals and not placing everything on the tray.. With a 3-4 hr flight makes it a nice relax meal.

SEA-ANC #141 last night, seat 3A...

I'm starting to dread the little chicken skewer with the salad. It's basically just one ounce of dry chicken on a stick and a quarter-serving of salad. Three hours is a long time, and what's worse, I came from Sacramento and there was no real meal in first class there either. By the time I got to ANC at about 10:30 PM I was famished. (and buzzed, so it wasn't all bad)

9/15/13 AS 689 SAT-SEA

Exact same meal.

Drinks taken once climbed through 10,000 feet.
DigEplayers distributed.
Hot nuts with drinks (they do have pistachios which I LOVE!).
Tiny salad with Greek dressing.
6? Ravioli with vodka/creamy tomato sauce. No meat.
Two cookies about an hour later. One sugar, one with cranberries and white chocolate chips.

9/20/13
AS #752 PDX-ATL
Scheduled departure 9:50 AM
Lunch Service

Beverage orders were taken promptly after take-off and arrived with the standard little packet of snack mix that's mostly soy nuts. (Does anyone really like those little pellets? They're like crunchy styrofoam, but with less flavor ... )

Lunch requests were taken for the two menu choices, Citrus Alaskan Cod or Cheese Ravioli with Cream Sauce.



Service was course-by-course and was a bit slow to roll out. The starter was a tasty watermelon and feta salad with a few yellow grape tomatoes (not cherry tomatoes as listed on the menu. It was accompanied by a warm sesame & poppy seed roll, a pile of somewhat limp arugula and a tub of balsamic vinaigrette. Feta and watermelon combo was refreshing with a sweet/savory flavor. The slightly bitter arugula was superfluous, IMO.



I opted for the Alaskan cod entree and was surprised that the fish was so well prepared - cooked to gently opaque, it arrived moist and flavorful even without the Dijon lemon butter sauce that was also on the plate. Roasted Yukon gold potatoes were seasoned well and arrived neither too mushy or too firm. Creamed Swiss chard as a side was a nice touch. It worked well with the rest of the plate. All in all, this was one of my favorite entrees for 2013.



Dessert was not so successful, IMO. It was described as a "Peach Pie Parfait" but I think there are a lot of Georgia folks who probably cringed at seeing their beloved peaches so terribly mishandled by catering. Rather than being warm, tender and reminiscent of a pie filling, these peach chunks were cold rocks, likely to crack a tooth filling. Joking aside, I couldn't even cut one in half using a knife and folk. Adding insult to the dish was that the fruit was buried beneath an overwhelming layer of whipped cream that tasted faintly chemical in origin.



Toward the end of the flight we were served a ramekin of warm, mixed nuts. They're one of my favorite snacks, but I agree with other posters that mixed nuts are a pre-meal cocktail snack that should (IMO) be served early in the flight with the first round of beverages.

As mentioned, the service rolled out in a very slow manner that made it difficult to get a block of time to work. At 2 1/2 to 3 hours into the 4 1/2 hour flight courses were still being brought out. I think it would have been better to have everything staged and ready to go so that plates could be cleared and the next course brought out in a more timely manner. Others may disagree, but I prefer to eat early in the flight then work. (Or sleep.)