kevincrumbs

The choices were between chicken and lasagna and I went with the lasagna. Seatmate did too, so I didn't have a chance to even see how the chicken was prepared.


Salad. The caesar dressing was not very good and also needed to be forced out of its container


Vegetarian lasagna. It seems more like large ravioli to me. Could've used more veg, but it was decent.


Fruit cup.

UA_Flyer

demkr

-Warm mixed cashews

-Mini shrimp appetizer

-Side salad

-Choice of steak entree or a pasta dish

-Ice cream sundae

-Pre-arrival snack basket

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CIAO LAX

So no more Trader Vic's? That is a disappointment... Was that a Mai Tai you had?

Quasiconvexity

Indeed - lacto-ovo-vegetarian.

The late night P.S flight from JFK is coded as "snack" but the 1K desk accepted my special meal request so I am curious to see what turns up. Also, there have been reports that the flight actually has full dinner service even though it coded as having only "snack" service - will get to know soon enough!

gdemander

IAD-AUS 3/1/12 7:44 PM flight 997 on an A319 (usually a CRJ-700).

Received the cold pasta snack with the grilled chicken. I was really wondering whether we were getting a snack box or the pasta salad, and was very happy with the pasta salad.

Had a pre departure drink and all around the best service I have had all year. Sent a note of thanks to 1K Voice (whether or not they read it is to be seen).

FlightNurse

On PS flights, and EWR-LAX/SFO flights one can order speical meals now, even snack flights. UA use to serve some great Indian Veggie meals...

aero0729

Hello! I read that on all UA flights over 700 miles meals will be served within traditional meal windows. Seems like no MCO-IAD flights show to have meals. They all say Refreshments and this includes the flights within meal windows. Does anyone have any experience as to what the service is on these flights?

Thank You!

hopegrad

Hi Everyone:

Just flew today on 223 from IAD to SFO. There is a horrific excuse for a meal option that the flight attendants describe as "Beef and Thai Noodles." Trust me, it is horrible. The noodles come out burnt to a crisp and bunched up in a ball. I actually have pictures for those with not so faint stomachs. Whatever other option is available, take it. My high school cafeteria lunches were better than this ... on burrito Friday. I think the entire first class cabin that ordered this option sent it back. Yes, it was that disgusting.

Flyer beware,

Tom

hopegrad

Sorry to the mods if I posted this in the wrong section. I couldn't find the airline meal board. Feel free to move if necessary.

Tom

demkr

Bizarre (but mostly positive) catering on this flight.

"Would you like breakfast today?" was asked from back to front. Now, I could foresee there being slightly more limited coming from UA's outstation otherwise known as South Florida

But I was pleasantly surprised to get something more substantial than I thought I would.

I have had the abysmal croissant sandwich/egg mcmuffin thingy on ORD-MIA, for example, before (a 1,197 mile flight)--it came with yogurt and a croissant/cinnamon roll as well as a fruit bowl. It was decent but the entree was lacking in presentation and style.

We got "Smart Balance" instead of real butter. lol. Oook!

So, naturally, I expected the same thing on this flight (~920 miles).

Instead, despite there being no choice for breakfast, we got a little bit of everything:

-The traditional new "entree" with the hockey puck egg, potato square, and sausage. The only difference was this didn't come with a tomato. AFAIK, this is the current hot breakfast entree on flights over 1500 miles. So although its still small, it's a lot better than an egg mcmuffin^

We didn't get any yogurt or fruit bowl, but instead got corn flakes with milk and a banana. Croissants were also served (no cinnamon rolls).

In all honesty, although the yogurt and fruit bowl are nice touches, this particular breakfast was actually filling and very substantial.

After the service, I asked the FA what was up with the catering. He said it was even weirder than I thought. On the A320, they catered 11 of these meals, and 1 meal was the traditional sandwich (but with the other items too).

If anyone at United reads these boards, please serve this type of breakfast instead of the egg mcmuffins.

Suffice it to say, this was possibly a catering error, but it was well received among the pax ^

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demkr

Was on the same flight as hopegrad this afternoon--in paid F.

I didn't dislike the food, but the way it was prepared was unacceptable. The noodles were clumped together and very dry. I think I was about the only pax who dug in (it was difficult) and ate some of them.

To start

Almonds only . Seriously, what's up with the cashews only/almonds only/mixed nuts? it seems different every flight.

Appetizer of shrimp cocktail sauce with a side of (two) tiny shrimps and a huge lemon slice in a small bowl.

Herb roll

Choice of pasta with zucchini or beef fillet and noodles.

Ice cream sundae for dessert was served in the old bowls, not the sundae glasses. (I liked the old PS sundae with the real whipped cream better).

FAs were given plastic teaspoons to pour the toppings on. Seriously? Dear management: This makes their job harder. Please show some consideration in the future.

This flight was supposed to have a snack basket, but alas, it did not.

All in all, most of the food was edible, but the appetizer is so tiny that its laughable. AAs midcon (let alone transcon) shrimp appetizer is literally 3x the size, both in the individual shrimp and the portion. Not to mention presentation.

Obviously, the noodles thing upset a lot of pax. UA has some work to do with catering. It seems to be something out of the ordinary each flight (see my post above on my 1st leg).

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Missing us yet?

demkr

Why yes, sir. Yes, I am. How could you tell? L Thanks for the example!

Peatisback

Tonight's IAD-LAX 967 had the beef as the only option, with only almonds beforehand. The crew was staffed two less than usual, and pretty much everyone around me in J was pretty pissed about the horrible meal/service (granted, a lot of it out of the hands of the crew).

The beef was okay, but that noodle thing- wow.