2016 Let's Eat - Domestic/Canada/Latin America First, Business, & p.s. BusinessFirst
Mar 31, 2016, 1:53 pm
#211
Join Date: Sep 2009
Programs: United GS, Marriott Titanium, HHonors Gold, AA Gold
Posts: 97
Wow!
Been flying a lot of p.s. breakfast flights (have had that herbed cream cheese omelette more times than I can count) lately, and a lot of ORD-SFO (spinach quiche FTW) but last night I had the pleasure of LGA-ORD in F at dinner time. Except for the fact that the flight was diverted to MKE due to storms in ORD (wouldn't let us deplane and we eventually got home 3 hours late), I was really pleasantly surprised with the meal.
Choices were tonkatsu breaded chicken breast and rice, or "spanish-style seafood paella". Went with the seafood paella, though my neighbor's breaded chicken breast seemed to have a curry sauce with it and smelled pretty good. My paella wasn't really seafood - had only one (really tasty not overcooked) shrimp, but also a lot of chicken breast (not too dry), and sausage. But the rice was seasoned nicely and overall this was the best short haul entree I've had in a while. Would definitely get this again, and was glad for the meal when the folks in Y were pretty hungry as the flight time stretched long with the diversion.
Choices were tonkatsu breaded chicken breast and rice, or "spanish-style seafood paella". Went with the seafood paella, though my neighbor's breaded chicken breast seemed to have a curry sauce with it and smelled pretty good. My paella wasn't really seafood - had only one (really tasty not overcooked) shrimp, but also a lot of chicken breast (not too dry), and sausage. But the rice was seasoned nicely and overall this was the best short haul entree I've had in a while. Would definitely get this again, and was glad for the meal when the folks in Y were pretty hungry as the flight time stretched long with the diversion.
Mar 31, 2016, 2:33 pm
#212
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Morris County, NJ
Programs: UA 1K/*G, Avis Pres, Marriott Plat
Posts: 2,305
my neighbor's breaded chicken breast seemed to have a curry sauce with it and smelled pretty good. My paella wasn't really seafood - had only one (really tasty not overcooked) shrimp, but also a lot of chicken breast (not too dry), and sausage. But the rice was seasoned nicely and overall this was the best short haul entree I've had in a while. Would definitely get this again, and was glad for the meal when the folks in Y were pretty hungry as the flight time stretched long with the diversion.
But I have to say, picking it over the chicken katsu would be hard... that chicken is GOOD, and the sauce is delicious (whatever it may be!)
Mar 31, 2016, 4:07 pm
#213
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Mar 31, 2016, 4:42 pm
#214
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: SAN
Programs: UA 1K, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott Lt Plt
Posts: 241
FLL-IAH
Mar 29
320
PDB
Snack selection (chips, chocolate, fruit, roasted chickpeas)
Mar 29
320
PDB
Snack selection (chips, chocolate, fruit, roasted chickpeas)
Mar 31, 2016, 4:47 pm
#215
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: SAN
Programs: UA 1K, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott Lt Plt
Posts: 241
IAH-LAX
Mar 29 Dinner
739
PDB
Hot towel
Nuts
Arugula salad with quinoa and selection of chicken breast with rice and green beans or seafood stew.
Cookie
Mar 29 Dinner
739
PDB
Hot towel
Nuts
Arugula salad with quinoa and selection of chicken breast with rice and green beans or seafood stew.
Cookie
Apr 2, 2016, 7:43 pm
#216
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: BWI, PHL, IAD
Programs: Marriott LT Titanium; Mileage Plus 1K, 1 MM; Global Entry
Posts: 1,516
Been flying a lot of p.s. breakfast flights (have had that herbed cream cheese omelette more times than I can count) lately, and a lot of ORD-SFO (spinach quiche FTW) but last night I had the pleasure of LGA-ORD in F at dinner time. Except for the fact that the flight was diverted to MKE due to storms in ORD (wouldn't let us deplane and we eventually got home 3 hours late), I was really pleasantly surprised with the meal.
Choices were tonkatsu breaded chicken breast and rice, or "spanish-style seafood paella". Went with the seafood paella, though my neighbor's breaded chicken breast seemed to have a curry sauce with it and smelled pretty good. My paella wasn't really seafood - had only one (really tasty not overcooked) shrimp, but also a lot of chicken breast (not too dry), and sausage. But the rice was seasoned nicely and overall this was the best short haul entree I've had in a while. Would definitely get this again, and was glad for the meal when the folks in Y were pretty hungry as the flight time stretched long with the diversion.
Choices were tonkatsu breaded chicken breast and rice, or "spanish-style seafood paella". Went with the seafood paella, though my neighbor's breaded chicken breast seemed to have a curry sauce with it and smelled pretty good. My paella wasn't really seafood - had only one (really tasty not overcooked) shrimp, but also a lot of chicken breast (not too dry), and sausage. But the rice was seasoned nicely and overall this was the best short haul entree I've had in a while. Would definitely get this again, and was glad for the meal when the folks in Y were pretty hungry as the flight time stretched long with the diversion.
This is great info, thanks! I'm not a seafood fan and can usually stomach about one shrimp... but if the paella is mostly chicken/sausage, then I'm good.
But I have to say, picking it over the chicken katsu would be hard... that chicken is GOOD, and the sauce is delicious (whatever it may be!)
But I have to say, picking it over the chicken katsu would be hard... that chicken is GOOD, and the sauce is delicious (whatever it may be!)
Was the paella spicy? I, too, am not a big seafood eater, but one shrimp with chicken and sausage (chorizo?) I can take.
Apr 3, 2016, 3:21 pm
#217
Join Date: Sep 2009
Programs: United GS, Marriott Titanium, HHonors Gold, AA Gold
Posts: 97
Apr 3, 2016, 4:27 pm
#218
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: BWI, PHL, IAD
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Posts: 1,516
Apr 6, 2016, 7:28 am
#219
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Denver • DEN-APA
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Denver-Atlanta
United 1444
A319
2:24p-7:32p (sked)
2:24p-7:05p (actual)
April 3, 2016
Lunch
Off to The Masters Sunday afternoon with an excellent DEN-based crew but what a piece of garbage is United's A319. Two rows of First and with a last minute booking, I was relegated to 1F. Terrible legroom and spotty Wifi and no power. It was better than Y and Delta which wanted ridiculous 4 figure prices for an F ticket. Yikes.
Meal orders were taken by status.
Fortunately, all the 1Ks chose the dopey chicken salad while the rest of us had the delicious hot cilantro chicken sandwich.
As usual for me and United, I eat the salad after the main using the main dish instead of the dopey small salad bowl.
The always great baked-on-board chocolate chip cookie, so much better than USdbaAA's disgusting warmed-on-board Chips Ahoy cookie.
United 1444
A319
2:24p-7:32p (sked)
2:24p-7:05p (actual)
April 3, 2016
Lunch
Off to The Masters Sunday afternoon with an excellent DEN-based crew but what a piece of garbage is United's A319. Two rows of First and with a last minute booking, I was relegated to 1F. Terrible legroom and spotty Wifi and no power. It was better than Y and Delta which wanted ridiculous 4 figure prices for an F ticket. Yikes.
Meal orders were taken by status.
Fortunately, all the 1Ks chose the dopey chicken salad while the rest of us had the delicious hot cilantro chicken sandwich.
As usual for me and United, I eat the salad after the main using the main dish instead of the dopey small salad bowl.
The always great baked-on-board chocolate chip cookie, so much better than USdbaAA's disgusting warmed-on-board Chips Ahoy cookie.
Apr 6, 2016, 2:40 pm
#220
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Location: ORD
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On two flights last week I've been served nuts that included cashew halves and substantial chunks. Not quite whole cashews but nevertheless an enhancement I DO approve of!
Apr 6, 2016, 3:07 pm
#221
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: KEWR
Programs: UA 1K, HH Diamond, SPG/Marriott Gold, Hyatt Plat, National Exec, GE/Nexus
Posts: 501
Been flying a lot of p.s. breakfast flights ....
Choices were tonkatsu breaded chicken breast and rice, or "spanish-style seafood paella". Went with the seafood paella, though my neighbor's breaded chicken breast seemed to have a curry sauce with it and smelled pretty good. ...
Choices were tonkatsu breaded chicken breast and rice, or "spanish-style seafood paella". Went with the seafood paella, though my neighbor's breaded chicken breast seemed to have a curry sauce with it and smelled pretty good. ...
Apr 7, 2016, 10:36 pm
#222
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Atlanta-Denver
United 710
A320
7:51p-9:15p (sked)
8:45p-9:50p (actual)
April 4, 2016
Dinner
Back from the Masters Monday afternoon with the same excellent DEN-based crew as the day before. Wifi again not working. Choice of "shrimp paella" or some type of chicken and rice dish. Paella was excellent although only one shrimp with some chicken and chorizo. Same salad as yesterday's lunch. And the usual yummy chocolate chip cookie.
United 710
A320
7:51p-9:15p (sked)
8:45p-9:50p (actual)
April 4, 2016
Dinner
Back from the Masters Monday afternoon with the same excellent DEN-based crew as the day before. Wifi again not working. Choice of "shrimp paella" or some type of chicken and rice dish. Paella was excellent although only one shrimp with some chicken and chorizo. Same salad as yesterday's lunch. And the usual yummy chocolate chip cookie.
Apr 8, 2016, 8:18 am
#223
Join Date: Aug 2002
Programs: UA 1K & 1MM/AA Gold & 1MM/HH Gold/Marriott Titanium
Posts: 2,928
April 7, Thursday
UA 762 IAD-IAH
B739-900
Choice of french toast strata or quiche. Quiche served with two sausage links and grilled tomato. Also came with small bowl of fruit and biscuit or cinnamon roll. French toast came with large fruit plate and geek yogurt.
UA 762 IAD-IAH
B739-900
Choice of french toast strata or quiche. Quiche served with two sausage links and grilled tomato. Also came with small bowl of fruit and biscuit or cinnamon roll. French toast came with large fruit plate and geek yogurt.
Apr 8, 2016, 8:39 am
#224
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Houston
Programs: UA GS 2.6MM & Lifetime UC, Qantas Platinum, Hilton Lifetime Diamond, Bonvoy Platinum, HawaiianMiles
Posts: 8,703
Apr 8, 2016, 6:19 pm
#225
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: NYC (Primarily EWR)
Programs: UA 1K / *G, Marriott Bonvoy Gold; Avis PC
Posts: 9,010
April 6
UA1923
EWR-MIA (dinner)
Got CPU'ed a few hours ahead of the flight, so toned down on scarfing down lots of food at the UC ahead of time.
It was good to be back on a flight with properly-catered Goose IPA
Meal choices were between tandoori chicken and seafood stew. The stew looked okay (just glancing over at what other people got), but I decided to try this out. There wasn't enough curry sauce, and I was a bit confused by why paneer was included, but it was decent. The chicken had excellent flavoring, but it was slightly offset by being quite dry. The quinoa bowl was a nice chance of pace (as was having lemon vinaigrette).
Birthday cookies! They were pretty plain shortbread, nothing too special.
The better cookie was served as we began our initial descent. Warmed up just the right amount.
April 8
UA1527
MIA-EWR (breakfast)
Choice was between an omelet or stone-cut oatmeal. Went with the former, and it turned out to be identical to the pre-arrival meal served on my EWR-NRT flight a couple weeks ago. I liked the omelet because it has a bit of heat from the pepper. This was a little less cheesy but still delicious. The sausage was of better quality on this flight, but still nothing big to write home about. Croissant or cinnamon roll was also passed around (I went with the croissant).
UA1923
EWR-MIA (dinner)
Got CPU'ed a few hours ahead of the flight, so toned down on scarfing down lots of food at the UC ahead of time.
It was good to be back on a flight with properly-catered Goose IPA
Meal choices were between tandoori chicken and seafood stew. The stew looked okay (just glancing over at what other people got), but I decided to try this out. There wasn't enough curry sauce, and I was a bit confused by why paneer was included, but it was decent. The chicken had excellent flavoring, but it was slightly offset by being quite dry. The quinoa bowl was a nice chance of pace (as was having lemon vinaigrette).
Birthday cookies! They were pretty plain shortbread, nothing too special.
The better cookie was served as we began our initial descent. Warmed up just the right amount.
April 8
UA1527
MIA-EWR (breakfast)
Choice was between an omelet or stone-cut oatmeal. Went with the former, and it turned out to be identical to the pre-arrival meal served on my EWR-NRT flight a couple weeks ago. I liked the omelet because it has a bit of heat from the pepper. This was a little less cheesy but still delicious. The sausage was of better quality on this flight, but still nothing big to write home about. Croissant or cinnamon roll was also passed around (I went with the croissant).