2022 Let's Eat - Polaris Business
Jan 29, 2022, 1:20 pm
#91
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I received the lunch/dinner Polaris menu ex-Europe/UK for February 2022:
Salad
Salad
- Field Greens w/ fennel and orange
- Grilled beef tenderloin
- Bearnaise sauce, roasted root vegetables and oven roasted fingerling potatoes
- Mediterranean chicken breast (PP choice 1)
- Couscous with almonds, raisins and apricots and butternut squash tajine
- Buffalo mozzarella panciotti (PP choice 2)
- with marinara sauce and roasted tomatoes
- Pizza Margherita w/basil
- Herb & Citrus Cous Cous
Jan 29, 2022, 8:59 pm
#92
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Bloomfield, NJ
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Jan 29, 2022, 9:49 pm
#93
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Jan 30, 2022, 5:02 pm
#94
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: NYC
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IAH-GRU
UA62
Boeing 777-200
Meal: dinner, breakfast
Dinner choice of: beef short ribs, salmon, or pasta. Salmon below. Dessert was salted caramel gelato.
Breakfast, only 1 choice: quiche.
UA62
Boeing 777-200
Meal: dinner, breakfast
Dinner choice of: beef short ribs, salmon, or pasta. Salmon below. Dessert was salted caramel gelato.
Breakfast, only 1 choice: quiche.
Jan 31, 2022, 4:08 am
#95
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Tokyo, Japan
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Jan 31, 2022, 11:41 am
#96
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: NYC
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Posts: 2,508
Jan 31, 2022, 2:51 pm
#97
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: PHL
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Posts: 5,271
It seems to vary, sometimes it comes on the tray, sometimes later, Doesn't really matter much to me when I get it, Sometimes, its rock solid, sometimes its a milk shake, when I get it doesn't seem to affect that. Either way, it's still the same economy ice cream.
Feb 1, 2022, 7:24 am
#98
Join Date: May 2012
Programs: UA
Posts: 1,098
Excellent JNB catering
188 to JNB, standard affair, breakfast was nicer than main IMO
Midflight sandwich
Econ meal
Crew notice I liked econ food and brought me a snack bag
187 from JNB had excellent food, easily best I've had, on par with Japanese option ex-NRT. Great crew as well, many were last minute subs due to noreaster storm
Main options were lamb, fish, veg Malay curry; lamb was excellent, like most lamb in ZA
Breakfast was kebab+eggs or pancakes+no meat, I think it was beef kebab, cooked medium-also excellent
Lamb
Midflight
Midflight sandwich
Econ meal
Crew notice I liked econ food and brought me a snack bag
187 from JNB had excellent food, easily best I've had, on par with Japanese option ex-NRT. Great crew as well, many were last minute subs due to noreaster storm
Main options were lamb, fish, veg Malay curry; lamb was excellent, like most lamb in ZA
Breakfast was kebab+eggs or pancakes+no meat, I think it was beef kebab, cooked medium-also excellent
Lamb
Midflight
Feb 3, 2022, 4:38 pm
#99
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: BOS
Programs: UA Gold, Amex Platinum
Posts: 94
First UA flight overseas
I'm def new at posting but here goes. Great crew so far and the dinner was legit good. First Polaris leg in my travels… thanks to all of you that have made my travel better. Champagne is Nicolas. You don’t know who you are but you know who you are. Thanks for motivating me!
How do u post pictures?
How do u post pictures?
Last edited by BOSskier; Feb 3, 2022 at 4:46 pm Reason: Way I can post images?
Feb 5, 2022, 12:43 pm
#100
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Queens, NY
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Posts: 1,066
10pm flight. Should I just eat up at the lounge and sleep on the flight?
Feb 5, 2022, 4:03 pm
#101
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Feb 5, 2022, 5:10 pm
#102
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: SNA (home), LAX, BOM/PNQ, LHR
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Just do both. Food is food and enjoy all of it. Also from the time you would eat in the Polaris Lounge there would be around 2 hours to the meal you'd get on the plane.
Feb 6, 2022, 12:03 am
#103
Join Date: Feb 2015
Programs: united
Posts: 1,636
Just in general, if you can sit down and eat at a Polaris Lounge (not the buffet, but the restaurant), that's going to be far better than what you get on a plane. So I'd eat at the lounge and get more sleep on the plane.
Last edited by WineCountryUA; Feb 6, 2022 at 12:56 am Reason: Discuss the issue, not the poster
Feb 6, 2022, 4:55 pm
#104
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Bay Area
Programs: UA 1k now; AA (no status); HY Diamond; SPG Platinum
Posts: 707
United food in the plane is still disappointing at best.
Since I won’t be flying as much due to covid. To maintain status I had to choose UA1/2 over SQ33/34. Price difference was $150.
Sad breakfast.
I forgot to take dinner picture
Even SQ service has cut back since covid. It was still proper 4 course meal with appetizer, main, dessert and small plates.
Dinner was one pieces of salmon (while tasty), small Asian salad, and a tiny mango ice cream. Acceptable to a premium or economy meal.
Since I won’t be flying as much due to covid. To maintain status I had to choose UA1/2 over SQ33/34. Price difference was $150.
Sad breakfast.
I forgot to take dinner picture
Even SQ service has cut back since covid. It was still proper 4 course meal with appetizer, main, dessert and small plates.
Dinner was one pieces of salmon (while tasty), small Asian salad, and a tiny mango ice cream. Acceptable to a premium or economy meal.
Feb 7, 2022, 8:05 pm
#105
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: NYC
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GRU-EWR
UA148
Boeing 777-200
Meal: dinner, breakfast
About GRU, I was not aware that the *A lounge turned into a contract lounge. Definite a downgrade in terms of food and service. Amex lounge at GRU was also very crowded as usual.
Dinner was choice of "beef, chicken, or fish". That's what the FA said, no description or anything. Chose beef (below)
Skipped breakfast since I was disappointed with dinner and I also wanted to maximize sleep.
I also got some handwritten cards in the last 2 of 4 flights. At the end of the flight the purser came by and gave me a card. Previously, on a LAX-IAH flight, I also got a card from the captain. Nice touch I guess.
UA148
Boeing 777-200
Meal: dinner, breakfast
About GRU, I was not aware that the *A lounge turned into a contract lounge. Definite a downgrade in terms of food and service. Amex lounge at GRU was also very crowded as usual.
Dinner was choice of "beef, chicken, or fish". That's what the FA said, no description or anything. Chose beef (below)
Skipped breakfast since I was disappointed with dinner and I also wanted to maximize sleep.
I also got some handwritten cards in the last 2 of 4 flights. At the end of the flight the purser came by and gave me a card. Previously, on a LAX-IAH flight, I also got a card from the captain. Nice touch I guess.