Lox and cream cheese bagels on long haul flight: Ok to bring?
Jul 14, 2020, 12:36 pm
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Jul 14, 2020, 12:58 pm
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Jul 19, 2020, 6:54 pm
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Jul 19, 2020, 7:27 pm
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Also, I have never heard of Western International Hotels. Who are they? Were they aquired by one of the current major hotel chains?
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Jul 19, 2020, 9:50 pm
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Love it! But . . .
"And to add to your pleasure, there're real linen napkins."
Typo, or has acceptable formal written American English really changed that much since then?
"And to add to your pleasure, there're real linen napkins."
Typo, or has acceptable formal written American English really changed that much since then?
Jul 19, 2020, 9:59 pm
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WRT the linen napkins, I wonder if they're the white ones (with the button hole) that pmUA used to provide in F/J instead of the (now) goldish nylon jobs...
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Jul 19, 2020, 10:50 pm
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I had plenty of the "served by the FA from the cart" deli service flights. Transcon breakfast flights in F only - 2 cabin F or 3 cabin F (but 3 cabin J didn't get this). It was my favo(u)rite meal service on UA, typically served 90 minutes or so prior to arrival ... of course, after a full breakfast service.
That's actually correct for contraction of "there are". Rarely used, but technically correct.
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Moderator note
The recent grammar/style discussion is taking the thread more off topic and is not nearly as appetizing as the on-topic discussion. So let's return to the topic of bringing bagels and lox on board UA flights -- or at least the chance of finding it served on those flights. Thanks, Ocn Vw 1K, co-Moderator.
Jul 20, 2020, 4:12 pm
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The recent grammar/style discussion is taking the thread more off topic and is not nearly as appetizing as the on-topic discussion. So let's return to the topic of bringing bagels and lox on board UA flights -- or at least the chance of finding it served on those flights. Thanks, Ocn Vw 1K, co-Moderator.
Jul 21, 2020, 1:04 am
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Well, given that the original genesis of the thread was WRT a flight from IAD to NRT, perhaps a little less plebian than lox and cream cheese bagels but still focused on seafood - perhaps for breakfast - with Absolut Vodka and vintage Dom...
source: departedflights
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source: departedflights
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Jul 21, 2020, 4:13 am
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Well, given that the original genesis of the thread was WRT a flight from IAD to NRT, perhaps a little less plebian than lox and cream cheese bagels but still focused on seafood - perhaps for breakfast - with Absolut Vodka and vintage Dom...
source: departedflights
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source: departedflights
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It definitely brings back the time when United actually had a competitive international F class. Those seven-course meals started with the Dom, Absolute Vodka, Caviar with all the trimmings as shown in the photo above.
My favorite was the lobster bisque with chucks of lobster and the sorbet served between appetizers, made to order salad and entree. Chateaubriand usually was an entree choice that could not go wrong, but I often wonder about that huge piece of leftover rack of lamb often became the dinner of the flight crew.
After caviar, a decent size bowl of lobster bisque, well portioned appetizer, a big plate of salad, I was often quite full after the sorbet. Most of the passengers left the entree barely touched. I usually asked the FA to save me a plate of chateaubriand for later as mid-flight meal.