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Dec 17, 2015, 1:22 am

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Originally Posted by johnden

Has United returned the late-night snack to red-eyes?

I've been on SFO-IAD and SEA-IAD red-eyes lately and had a warm light meal served. On one flight it was a warm chicken sandwich and salad, don't recall the other.

Is this a systemwide change, or only select routes at select times?

Hawaii and transcon redeyes get dinner service - starting 1 Nov 2015

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...r-options.html

Dec 17, 2015, 3:15 am

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Originally Posted by WineCountryUA

Hawaii and transcon redeyes get dinner service - starting 1 Nov 2015

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...r-options.html

It really is not a full dinner service (with 3 entree choices, warm nuts, etc). They have a unique definition of "dinner" for these flights.

From the same link.

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Late-night non-p.s. transcontinental flights and service between Hawaii and Los Angeles, San Francisco and Denver, as well as other late-departing flights of at least five hours and 20 minutes, will offer hearty sandwiches after takeoff, such as a pretzel burger with bleu cheese dressing, arugula and pickled onions, followed by warmed pastries before arrival.

It has been my experience as well and I have posted some pics in the "Let's Eat" thread. My December p.s. red eye was a pastrami sandwich with a micro tub of potato salad. No other choice. And in no way would I describe the sandwich as "hearty". It had about 3 ounces of meat.

Dec 17, 2015, 7:01 am

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Originally Posted by zoegksf

DEN-IAH is an exception flight, most likely a lunch

Thanks. I was thinking this might be the case. Out of curiosity, I looked for a similarly timed flight today and UA1874 leaves 8 minutes earlier than my flight in February and has the same flight duration, yet it shows 'Refreshments'. Perhaps this is a new meal policy that takes effect at a later date.

Dec 17, 2015, 10:37 am

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Originally Posted by johnden

On SFO-IAD redeyes I was getting the cheeseburger in November. On PS LAX-EWR redeye last week they had the turkey pastrami sandwich which I thought was pretty good.

Caveat: there's not much I won't eat.

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Dec 17, 2015, 10:49 am

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Originally Posted by HoyaSFOIAD

On PS LAX-EWR redeye last week they had the turkey pastrami sandwich which I thought was pretty good.

Same here on a December redeye. I found the pastrami sandwich ok, but the
potatoe salad served in a nut-ramekin to be tiny, and very dry & bland.

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Originally Posted by goodeats21

It really is not a full dinner service (with 3 entree choices, warm nuts, etc). They have a unique definition of "dinner" for these flights.

Actually, last month on a p.s. redeye departing in the 8h00 - 9h00 p.m. window a full 4-course dinner was served. It seems like somewhere past the 9h00 p.m. timeframe catering becomes late-night snack.

"Ammenities" in the app for my particular flights showed "dinner" & "snack" for the earlier/later departures, which might be a way to determine what to expect.

Dec 18, 2015, 8:18 am

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December SFO-IAH 787-9

Last edited by WineCountryUA; Dec 18, 2015 at 4:41 pm Reason: As previousily stated - Food pics only

Dec 18, 2015, 8:20 am

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This main looks pretty decent. What was it and how was it?

Dec 18, 2015, 8:30 am

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This main looks pretty decent. What was it and how was it?

Chicken Katsu.....unfortunately it did not taste good. Sauce was bland, and chicken breading was soggy!

Dec 18, 2015, 9:58 am

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Also had the katsu followed by lemon sorbet on SFO-MSP yesterday. Was good/decent.

Dec 18, 2015, 10:16 am

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Chicken Katsu.....unfortunately it did not taste good. Sauce was bland, and chicken breading was soggy!

Never seen Chicken Katsu with yellow sauce before...

Dec 18, 2015, 12:08 pm

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Chicken Katsu.....unfortunately it did not taste good. Sauce was bland, and chicken breading was soggy!

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Originally Posted by FlightNurse

Never seen Chicken Katsu with yellow sauce before...

I've had the katsu 3 times and all were decent. It's airplane food - you're not going to get crisp-out-of-the-fryer/oven. The first time I ordered it, I was worried about the breading, but it wasn't (and hasn't been) as soggy as it could have been with a heavier/wetter drench in prep. In Hawaii, the normal katsu sauce is a red soy sweet/tangy dipping sauce on the side. United's serving it with a green curry sauce on top (although the yellow shown is different from I've gotten). My only complaint is that not enough curry sauce is provided to mix in w/ the rice. The chicken piece itself has been fairly large and moist.

I'll take it every day of the week and twice on Sundays vs the old leathery chicken cacciatore...

Dec 18, 2015, 12:26 pm

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On EWR-SNA right now, and had the tamale-stuffed chicken. That's my favorite chicken dish, although the yucca spears are kind of dry and hard to choke down.

Dec 18, 2015, 2:13 pm

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December IAH-MIA Dinner Flight

The Chicken MAC was decent...tender and juicy for a change.

Dec 18, 2015, 4:12 pm

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December MIA-ORD Lunch Time Flight

The chicken here is also breaded, but tasted much better than the chicken Katsu shown above. Lightly breaded and juicy.

Dec 18, 2015, 6:53 pm

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Originally Posted by physioprof

On EWR-SNA right now, and had the tamale-stuffed chicken. That's my favorite chicken dish, although the yucca spears are kind of dry and hard to choke down.

Yup. My favorite item from the old UA menu. Glad they've retained it.