2020 Let's Eat - United Premium Plus (International / Premium Transcon)
Jan 31, 2020, 9:32 pm
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Jan 31, 2020, 9:33 pm
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I had an incarnation of my favorite Polaris meal, the spicy Thai noodles in PP to Asia a few weeks ago. It had most of the flavor, but think a thick sauce instead of the broth, not as well presented but tasty and satisfying nonetheless. Mid-flight sandwich wasn’t great and I slept through the arrival service.
Feb 1, 2020, 8:18 pm
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Feb 1, 2020, 11:56 pm
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It contains a piece of milk praline with a fruit-flavored filling and a dark one with a caramel filling.
Still surprised that dessert is not mentioned on the printed menu though.
Feb 2, 2020, 12:15 am
#21
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As long as it taates good, how it is wrapped is a first world problem.
Feb 2, 2020, 12:35 am
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whelp, looks like no one migrated my post from the other thread so here's this from last week:
Route: BOM-EWR UA49
Class: Premium Plus
Plane: Boeing 777-300ER
Date: 1/23/20
Meals: Dinner, Snack, Breakfast
Menu:
Went with Chicken. Veg would’ve been much more flavorful as it was an Indian dish, but I hadn’t had chicken in roughly 4 days due to wedding festivities and I needed it.
paneer salad was nice, chicken was cooked well actually but was alright. The grilled veggies were the tastiest thing on that plate as I expected. Potatoes were buttery but just alright.
Was expecting some nice ice cream after this but I didn’t get any. I wasn't happy I want my ice cream
!!!!!
mid flight snack was same for all
sandwiches were ok, chips are chips I didn’t have too much of it. If you are Indian, you know how much Parle G means to you, but I can only have it when dipped in Tea, so didn’t bother.
breakfast:
Went with the omelet. The entire main course was bland. Had to salt and pepper everything up a lot. Fruits tasted nice, the muffin tasted nice and dahi was nice. The main course was a flop though.
Full disclosure: I would've went with the veg options as the Indian options are always more flavorful than the American options, but I just came from a 5-day wedding festivities where its always vegetarian, so I was meat deprived for 5 days and I needed my protein
Note: This menu is only for BOM-EWR, not BOM/DEL-EWR, DEL-SFO
Route: BOM-EWR UA49
Class: Premium Plus
Plane: Boeing 777-300ER
Date: 1/23/20
Meals: Dinner, Snack, Breakfast
Menu:
Went with Chicken. Veg would’ve been much more flavorful as it was an Indian dish, but I hadn’t had chicken in roughly 4 days due to wedding festivities and I needed it.
paneer salad was nice, chicken was cooked well actually but was alright. The grilled veggies were the tastiest thing on that plate as I expected. Potatoes were buttery but just alright.
Was expecting some nice ice cream after this but I didn’t get any. I wasn't happy I want my ice cream
!!!!!mid flight snack was same for all
sandwiches were ok, chips are chips I didn’t have too much of it. If you are Indian, you know how much Parle G means to you, but I can only have it when dipped in Tea, so didn’t bother.
breakfast:
Went with the omelet. The entire main course was bland. Had to salt and pepper everything up a lot. Fruits tasted nice, the muffin tasted nice and dahi was nice. The main course was a flop though.
Full disclosure: I would've went with the veg options as the Indian options are always more flavorful than the American options, but I just came from a 5-day wedding festivities where its always vegetarian, so I was meat deprived for 5 days and I needed my protein
Note: This menu is only for BOM-EWR, not BOM/DEL-EWR, DEL-SFO
Last edited by flyingrohit; Feb 2, 2020 at 12:57 am
Feb 2, 2020, 12:57 am
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If I am not mistaken, the expiration date on one of pictured bread rolls is 9 months from now. Bread that lasts 9 months?
Feb 2, 2020, 2:03 am
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I find it amazing that an airline that keeps on going on about eco-skies would consider serving bread wrapped in single-use plastic. At the least I would expect it to hide the evidence. More sensibly it would ask for the number of bread rolls (plus perhaps two extras) to come to the airline in a paper bag for distribution on board.
Feb 2, 2020, 6:48 am
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Feb 2, 2020, 7:49 am
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Feb 2, 2020, 7:59 am
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It wasn't that bad actually.
It's hard to discern, but in one other picture the [partial] ingredients list is visible. The ingredients might not be as putrid as initially thought: they might use ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) as the preservative.
It's hard to discern, but in one other picture the [partial] ingredients list is visible. The ingredients might not be as putrid as initially thought: they might use ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) as the preservative.
Feb 2, 2020, 10:02 am
#28
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I don't understand why they aren't serving ice cream. Economy class gets it.
Feb 2, 2020, 1:08 pm
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Feb 2, 2020, 2:14 pm
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I always find it funny how airlines piece together the "premium economy experience"; United gives upgraded meal, and same dessert as economy, while on ANA you get the same meal from economy, but a dessert from business. :P
I've honestly had better experience with my meals in Premium Plus than in Polaris, but I might have just had bad luck on my two Polaris flights (vs. 6 premium plus flights).
I've honestly had better experience with my meals in Premium Plus than in Polaris, but I might have just had bad luck on my two Polaris flights (vs. 6 premium plus flights).