2022 Let's Eat - Polaris Business
Aug 18, 2022, 8:34 am
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Aug 18, 2022, 8:49 am
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Aug 18, 2022, 8:51 am
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Aug 18, 2022, 10:37 am
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I can't believe that the cauliflower is back. There wasn't a single green thing on that tray except for the label on the butter. The fish doesn't look terrible though.
Last edited by Sykes; Aug 18, 2022 at 11:33 am
Aug 18, 2022, 11:54 am
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What you really have there is a narrow-body domestic F meal, likely found on a IAH-SEA flight, for example. Definitely not Polaris or anything that ever resembled it.
Aug 18, 2022, 3:13 pm
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Aug 18, 2022, 4:01 pm
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Worst meal ever experienced on UA
The meal on United’s flight from Frankfurt to Chicago was an absolute embarrassment and I’m not picky. The salad was some concoction of Cauliflower and grapes and stuck together masses of raisins. The chicken came with spinach which was still gritty It was truly disgusting. The ice cream dessert almost broke my tooth when I bit into it as there was a chunk of ceramic inside the ice cream! I took the remainder up to the FA. I‘ve never experienced anything so bad on an airline before and especially not in Business class. I would have been better off eating an MRE.
Aug 18, 2022, 4:25 pm
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IAH-NRT in June.
FA came around and asked me for my order. I asked what are the choices and he handed me his instructions sheet
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Unrelated, the same FA initially said I was in the wrong seat. He was only reading the latter half of the name e.g. if my name was William, he said "are you Liam?". After clearing it up, he proceeded to call me the wrong name the rest of the flight
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Had the short rib. Forgot to take a picture because it was mediocre. The meal on the next flight on TG Royal Silk was 10x better.
FA came around and asked me for my order. I asked what are the choices and he handed me his instructions sheet
.Unrelated, the same FA initially said I was in the wrong seat. He was only reading the latter half of the name e.g. if my name was William, he said "are you Liam?". After clearing it up, he proceeded to call me the wrong name the rest of the flight
.Had the short rib. Forgot to take a picture because it was mediocre. The meal on the next flight on TG Royal Silk was 10x better.
Aug 19, 2022, 12:18 pm
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It just keeps getting worse. I thought the pre-arrival burger might be decent. Nope. The bun was so overtoasted that it crumbled like a cracker and the muffin from 7-11 did not fit with the meal. The fruit was surprisingly tasty.
Aug 20, 2022, 8:21 am
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This is likely a rookie question, but is there dinner service on later departures? I've got an 8:20pm DEN-LHR and wasn't sure if that was too late to serve dinner on board.
Aug 20, 2022, 9:10 am
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Aug 21, 2022, 5:56 am
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UA950 8/11 IAD-BRU
FA asked me if I wanted beef fish or chicken eventhough fish wasnt on the menu.
Steak? tasted alot like shortrib
They forgot to take out the ice cream so it was a rock
I like this french toast more than the old one, the nonfat chobani wall paste was terrible of course, didn't touch the croissant shaped bread
UA928 8/18 LHR-ORD
Cauliflower has to go. Tastes like something a 5yr old put together.
Strange looking "chocolate cake" at least the ice cream was soft
This is a bacon burger?
FA asked me if I wanted beef fish or chicken eventhough fish wasnt on the menu.
Steak? tasted alot like shortrib
They forgot to take out the ice cream so it was a rock
I like this french toast more than the old one, the nonfat chobani wall paste was terrible of course, didn't touch the croissant shaped bread
UA928 8/18 LHR-ORD
Cauliflower has to go. Tastes like something a 5yr old put together.
Strange looking "chocolate cake" at least the ice cream was soft
This is a bacon burger?
Aug 21, 2022, 4:06 pm
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i did snap a picture of the red wine being served.
Aug 22, 2022, 7:38 am
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Aug 22, 2022, 10:15 am
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CDG-IAD on 21 August
Standard TATL menu, overall decent experience and FAs were friendly and attentive. The portions weresmall, especially the second meal, and the only snacks available were fried products. Champagne was Gosset. I chose the beef short rib and vegetable couscous. The mains were quite good (apart from overcooked broccoli) but the sides of both meals were mediocre at best.
Standard TATL menu, overall decent experience and FAs were friendly and attentive. The portions weresmall, especially the second meal, and the only snacks available were fried products. Champagne was Gosset. I chose the beef short rib and vegetable couscous. The mains were quite good (apart from overcooked broccoli) but the sides of both meals were mediocre at best.