Duke787

UA 282
SMF - ORD
Departure: 1:35pm
Time: 4:05 (blocked time)

Options were described as: Tandoori Chicken or Salad with Chicken on the Side. Then FA happened to mention that it was a soba noodle chicken salad (would've been helpful to include that in the initial description). Ended up going with that and Buffalo Trace. Chicken was good (though tiny portion of chicken), salad was fine though worse than the old Asian Noodle salad that you could BoB (loved that thing). Desert was meh (would rather have had a cookie - had one bit and left the rest).

Thing that annoyed me the most is they gave their usual disgusting, sugar filled salad dressing with the chicken salad. Would it kill them to get some healthier salads or offer soy sauce instead of sugary fake sesame-ginger dressing with an Asian Noodle salad?

MrAndy1369

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MrAndy1369

Wow. It's really sad and disgusting to see this happen. I believe (as of now) AA is the top with meals, offering ice-cream for all midcon dinners and sundaes on all transcon lunches/dinners. AA is also now the only one offering warm nuts on all flights. DL doesn't, and UA now seemingly doesn't. I hope AA doesn't downgrade too.

I wonder if this is a byproduct of Kirby? When Kirby was at US then at AA, a lot of meal downgrades happened, including cuts of sundaes on most transcons and smaller, cheaper meals on all flights. Now that Kirby works at UA, I wonder if this is his footprint?

wrp96

Delta did the meal bags at the gate in the late 90s.

transportprof

Boot mark is more like it.

Wayside

I remember the bag on Delta in summer 2001 just before 9/11. I believe they called it "Sky Deli".

Carfield

September 2017
United Airlines Business Class
Premium Transcontinental Boston/New York/San Francisco/Los Angeles

(Menu from UA 2117 LAX-EWR)
Start
Chilled Appetizer
Smoked duck, lemon-dill potato salad

Salad
Arugula, watermelon, feta
Served with dressing

Main
Seared flat iron steak
Chimichurri, mashed sweet potatoes, white beans with garlic and thyme

Seared Chicken Breast
Bordelaise, cauliflower-leek mash, baby carrot

Grilled Salmon
Coconut red curry, ramen noodles, baby bok choy

Finish
Signature sundae served with a choice of toppings
A selection of sweet treats and fresh fruit
Cheese and red seedless grapes

Pre-Arrival
A selection of tasty snacks and freshly prepared wraps and sandwiches

Drink Special
Crafthouse Cocktails Moscow Mule with a lime and codialed ginger skewer

Gerry McLoughlin
Executive Chef, United Airlines

09/17
203C002-2 Premium Transcon (LD03-R03C)

transportprof

What is codialed ginger?

bocastephen

I think the OP meant candied ginger.

Plane-is-home

That's more than twice the chicken my tandoori had last night.

johnden

I was serious about hearing the FA perspective. It seems their needs are absent from the debate. Maybe Polaris cutbacks and/or lower levels of service are because of fatigue or reduced staffing. The food service cutbacks may be a solution to overworked FA crews. I've definitely heard enough complaints from row 1 to suspect something is wrong.

iluv2fly

On my LAS-ORD last night, it looked like they had to split the salad meal to make two. Half the ingredients normally found in the salad.

Pathetic.

But don't go postal on the Asian ginger sesame dressing. Absolutely my favorite!

demkr

same. A heck of a lot better than the "dressing" being served on Polaris

CalebMCO

You certainly have a keen interest in ice cream sundaes! I've never seen anyone post so frequently (and in so many different forums) about a dessert.

MrAndy1369

Haha, can't help it. I love me my ice cream! for some reason, ice cream/sundaes on planes are a special treat, even better than on the ground... IMHO!