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One thing to also note on this flight was that the entire wine selection was miscatered - none of the wines provided matched the ones on the menu. Why even bother providing a wine description if that happens...?
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Were the miscatered wines better or worse than the selection described on the menu? If better, the menu description gives you a benchmark to feel superior about. Sort of like winning the GPU lottery. If worse, the listing gives you something to complain about to "United Cares".
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Other airlines seem to be able to manage this, and in many cases produce beautiful, multicolored menus and wine lists and descriptions. And UA never lists the champagne on their wine list either.
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Were the miscatered wines better or worse than the selection described on the menu? If better, the menu description gives you a benchmark to feel superior about. Sort of like winning the GPU lottery. If worse, the listing gives you something to complain about to "United Cares".
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Right you are! I would have insisted on trying each of the mystery wines in that case. I've found that there are occasionally some real stars among these bottles. But most are dogs that were surplus (and on sale) for that month.
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Sadly, the spicy Thai noodles were gone from my flight to Beijing. Replaced with a lemongrass ginger chicken with pot stickers. I ordered it hoping it was a close facsimile thereof. NOPE. My goodness was it horrible. I love flavor and spice, but all you could taste was very overpowering ginger and equally over-fragrant lemongrass. (I like both ginger and lemongrass, but this was unbearable).
I don’t send back food—airplane or restaurant. But asked for some paper napkins and quietly wiped the sauce off of my dumplings and chicken. That being said, once I did, I rather enjoyed the dumplings (they called them pot stickers—being pedantic, they were not pot stickers, they never saw a hot pan and were not crispy or ‘burnt’ at all, they were more just like jiaozi). The chicken was “meh” at best.
I later overheard the F/As talking about the “new fish dish”. I almost ordered it, and after their comments praising it, I wish it would have.
Salad was incredibly small and wilted. Seared tuna appetizer was good, and the sundae and dessert bites were definitely the highlights.
I don’t send back food—airplane or restaurant. But asked for some paper napkins and quietly wiped the sauce off of my dumplings and chicken. That being said, once I did, I rather enjoyed the dumplings (they called them pot stickers—being pedantic, they were not pot stickers, they never saw a hot pan and were not crispy or ‘burnt’ at all, they were more just like jiaozi). The chicken was “meh” at best.
I later overheard the F/As talking about the “new fish dish”. I almost ordered it, and after their comments praising it, I wish it would have.
Salad was incredibly small and wilted. Seared tuna appetizer was good, and the sundae and dessert bites were definitely the highlights.
Good to know about the pot stickers. They sounded good, but I opted for the fish which didn't disappoint. There were two fish dishes on my menu. I took a photo but it somehow didn't make it to my saved photos. Will try next time I take this route.
I don't know what kind of 'champagne' they are serving on this flight but it's absolute trash.
Also, and this is probably not meant for this, but why after serving food do the flight attendants all go hide in the galley and not continue beverage service? Just because you've handed out bottles of water doesn't mean that people only want a bottle of water for the remainder of a 14 hour flight. I had to go into the galley 3 times (crossing over my seat mate) to request more sparkling water.
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Actually sounds like you ended up with a smattering of the Polaris First wines that they are running down inventory on. These have only been showing up in the Old F cabin of the 3-class 772, so that’s quite a win
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I was very impressed with FA meal service on NRT-SFO this past week. Beef Tenderloin was cooked medium rare and beautifully plated. Really showed how careful attention by FAs can improve the meal quality and experience. NRT based crew.
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No chance!
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Well I'm assuming because they were Japanese. Which also explains the care taken in heating and plating