jazzhou

HNL-NRT UA 879 March

to begin
Cumin seasoned chicken, smoked salmon and artichoke salad
Goat cheese ranch dressing

Fresh seasonal greens
Creamy Italian or Javanese dressing

main course
Pan seared filet mignon with guave barbecue glaze
Grilled sweet potato and Tahitian green beans

Spicy Hunan-style chicken and Asian noodles with sesame oil
Stir-fried vegetables with shiitake mushrooms

The above entree elections were specially designed
for United Airlines by TRADER VIC'S.

Washoku zen selection
Appetizers of egg with garlic chive and tomato, simmered duck with karashi miso, smoked salmon with layered egg, triyaki glazed calamari, grilled scallop, marinated crab leg, cha soba noodles with braised bamboo shoot
A main course of cod simmered in soy, sake, mirin broth, braised tofu, simmered burdock, shiitake mushroom, carrot flower served with steamed rice and Japanese pickled vegetables
Served with green tea
Items in this meal may contain traces of MSG

dessert
International cheese selection
Jarlsberg, Reny Picot Fontina

Eli's Belgian Chocolate Cheesecake

prior to arrival
Chicken katsu with curry sauce
Steamed rice

or

Fresh seasonal fruit plate with creamy yogurt


3/08
HNL-NRT (LD83-L87)
260C005-2

jazzhou

NRT-TPE UA 881 March

to begin

Fresh seasonal greens with roasted pumpkin seeds
Balsamic vinaigrette


main course

TRADER VIC'S Pan-seared filet mignon with Malagasy green peppercorn sauce
Twice-baked potato with bacon and sour cream and sauteed asparagus

TRADER VIC'S Chicken with shiitake mushrooms in mango chili stir fry
Cilantro basmati rice

Marinated broiled sea bass and crab leg zuwai
Hanagata rice with yukari powder, simmered shimeji mushroom, water chestnut, ginko nut and gluten flower


dessert

Eli's Belgium Chocolate Torte



3/08
NRT-TPE (D85)
262C016-3

jazzhou

TPE-SFO UA 872 March

to begin

Melon warpped with Parma ham, roasted shrimp
and cucumber abalone rolls
Honey mustard dressing

Fresh seasonal greens
Creamy cilantro and chive or tomato and herb vinaigrette


main course

Pan-seared filet mignon with porcini cream sauce
Roasted red skin potato with parseley and herbed green beans
with red pepper batonnets

Orange herb-roasted chicken with demi glace
Lemon spinach fennel risotto, turned pumpkin and broccoli
I couldn't find the turned pumpkin...

Steamed grouper roulade with Chinese ham, pickled vegetables
and coriander chili glace
Stir-fried mushroom with asparagus and carrots,
egg fried rice with red fermented paste


dessert

International cheese selection
Camembert, smoked Cheddar

Vanilla cream cake with caramel sauce


midflight snack

A variety of sandwiches and assorted treats
Hot noodles are available upon request


prior to arrival

Shiitake mushroom omlette with Mornay sauce
Canadian bacon and sauteed spinach

or

Fresh seasonal fruit plate with creamy yogurt


Today's menu features beef from New Zealand.


3/08
HNL-NRT (LD83-S89-B87)
261C017-1

suzshe

We are getting two of these on our IAD-NRT flight. What do they consider "lunch" items?

lucky9876coins

The first meal will be like any other dinner flight on a longhaul international with hot nuts, salad, appetizer, main course, and dessert (cake probably), while the second lunch will be smaller, probably either a fruit plate or some other hot meal.

Pat89339

Thanks for the PSA! What a great reminder about calcium intake. I will now order milk on all my flights. They will probably give me an odd look or make a comment, not because I'm young, but because I will order it with ice. I like my milk really cold.

ECOTONE

do you also like it watered down?

Benny8444

I have never been looked at funny when ordering Milk to drink. UA used to bring Milk out when they were offering the hot cookies.

Once I asked the FA if I could have 2 cookies she said as long as I drink 2 glasses of milk

jsgoldbe

Hey y'all:

I'm in C on a 744 ORD-SFO that departs at 1505. United.com shows "Lunch" for meal service. I thought this was outside the meal window. What are the chances that we'll get lunch in C and if so, what might it consist of?

Thanks.

lucky9876coins

If .bomb says it has a meal it always does unless there's a catering error. You can expect a salad or sandwich.

BlissWorld

You will always get a meal on mid-con flights, even if it's just a snack ^

It depends on if they consider it as lunch or dinner.

Lunch, like lucky said, sandwich or salad.
Dinner, just like transcon but instead of sundae you get cake.

Kurt

Flight/Route: UA867/LAX-HKG
Aircraft/Seat: 747-400/25H
Departure Time/Duration: 12:10 p.m./15:30
Meal: Lunch/Snack/Lunch

I was assigned seat 16H upstairs, but since I was traveling alone and 16G was occupied, I asked for a change. It was nice and quiet downstairs, and I really like having an empty seat next to me on such a long flight.

We pushed back ontime but then dallied on the taxiway, waiting for a takeoff slot, and taking off almost an hour later. It was rainy and windy that day in L.A. so we took off to the east.

After reaching "a workable altitute" I had a glass of the Philipponnat Champagne and some hot nuts (seconds were offered).

to begin

Lemon grass skewered shrimp and Genoa salami
Whole grain mustard sauce

This was a nice change from the smoked salmon that often shows up. The mustard sauce had a nice kick. More of the Phillipponnat went nicely with the appetizer.

Fresh seasonal greens
Ranch or Asian sesame ginger dressing

I went with the Asian sesame, always a good choice.

main course

Korean barbecue beef with bulgogi sauce
Steamed rice and broccoli

The purser said that this might be fatty, but I thought it was quite good. The beef was super-tender and it had pleasant flavor. I switched to the Argentine Malbec for this course.

Spice-rubbed chicken with vodka sauce
Potato perogis and Swiss chard

Pan-fried ginger marinated salmon with garlic black bean sauce
Steamed rice and Chinese broccoli with garlic oyster sauce

dessert

International cheese selection
Manchego, Rosenborg Noble Blue

Eli’s Caramel Apple Cobbler

I was a greedy-pete and had both. The cheese was better than the cobbler (more like a slice of pie), which was tooth-achingly sweet.

I enjoyed my port and watched the rather inscrutable "Lars and the Real Girl," then slept for a few hours.

midflight snack

Sandwiches, Lay’s baked chips, Ghirardelli chocolate, granola bars and other assorted snacks
Hot noodles are available upon request

Then it was back to sleep. We took what must have been an extra-long route, since we ended up flying more than 7,700 miles vs. the 7,247 advertised.

prior to arrival

Pesto ciabatta with mesquite turkey
Flame roasted potato medley

Fresh seasonal fruit plate with creamy yogurt

I was feeling a bit bloated and sluggish (I wonder why ) so I went with the fruit. Lots of grapes, pineapple and strawberries, plus a croissant/butter/marmalade, and coffee.

Unfortunately the flight attendant refilled my coffee cup with tea, then disappeared. I didn't finish it and by then the crew was scurrying to clean up before landing.

featured wines

Champagne

Philloponnat NV Champagne Brut Royale Réserve
Pommery Brut Royal NV Champagne

White Wine

Vincent Sauvestre 2006 Chablis (Chardonnay)
Guy Saget Les Logères 2006 Pouilly Fumé (Sauvignon Blanc)
Quivira Fig Tree Sauvignon Blanc 2006 Dry Creek Valley
Hawk Crest Chardonnay 2006 California

Red Wine

Chapoutier Belleruche 2006 Côtes du Rhône (Grenache)
Capçanes Mas Donis 2005 Montsant (Tempranillo/Garnacha)
Trapiche Oak Cask Malbac 2005 Mendoza
Pedroncelli Three Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 Dry Creek Valley

SFO-HKG/TPE; LAX-HKG (LD83-S89-L87)

The downside of flying to Singapore via HKG is the very long first leg to HKG. The crew started off pretty good, then sort of grew more indifferent as the flight went on.

Kurt

Flight/Route: UA895/HKG-SIN
Aircraft/Seat: 747-400/16A
Departure Time/Duration: 8:40 p.m./3:40
Meal: Dinner

After our delayed arrival from LAX, I didn't have time for a lounge visit, much less a shower. They pulled SIN-bound passengers to the front of the security line and after getting back upstairs, I was boarding again within five minutes. My upstairs seat again had an empty one next to it, which was great. The crew was of the typically excellent Singapore-based variety.

to begin

Fresh seasonal greens
Cucumber, tomatoes and roasted sunflower seeds

I love those sunflower seeds, even though there's no choice of salad dressing. I had a glass of the Guy Saget Sauvignon Blanc with my meal.

main course

Hunan-style chicken with Chin-kiang vinegar sauce
Stir fried Chinese noodles with sautéed broccoli

This was simple and quite good.

Grilled cod with lemon dill butter sauce
Basmati rice with vegetables, sautéed spinach and enoki mushrooms

dessert

Apricot cheesecake with apricot coulis

A nice dessert, not too sweet. I had a glass of port and read and dozed until we arrived in Singapore a few minutes early.

quick and lite meal

In lieu of our formal meal presentation, we offer a complete service for the lighter appetite.

Fresh seasonal fruit

Warm crispy bacon, apple and celery wrap with horseradish sauce

Apricot cheesecake with apricot coulis

HKG-SIN (D85)

Kurt

Flight/Route: UA890/NRT-LAX
Aircraft/Seat: 777-200/13H
Departure Time/Duration: 4:55 p.m./9:45
Meal: Dinner/Breakfast

It was nice to be in C again after my upgrade didn't clear from SIN, but the service ended up being very lackluster. We were presented with menus for NRT-HNL (the crew didn't notice until several passengers around us pointed it out). So the purser ended up describing the dinner selections as "Beef, chicken or Japanese." Luckily the excellent United Japanese website allowed me to reconstruct the menu.

After takeoff the usual warm nuts and drinks (I enjoyed the Pedroncelli Cabernet Sauvignon) were followed by dinner.

to begin

Grilled smoked salmon, prosciutto bruschetta
Vegetable sushi and pickled ginger

Fresh seasonal greens
Creamy Caesar or soy vinaigrette

The appetizer was beautifully presented, and I enjoyed the mild wasabi topping on the proscuitto.

main course

Pan-seared filet mignon with Madeira sauce
Baked potato wedges and herbs with green beans, carrot, pepper sauté

Surprisingly, this was a bit tough, but tasted fine.

Chicken Florentine with smoked Gouda and tomato basil sauce
Mushroom risotto and asparagus saute

Washoku zen selection
Appetizers of salmon sushi with fish eggs, roasted lime-flavored beef with miso, quick-blanched tuna, broiled salmon, sansho-flavored sweet smelt, seaweed-flavored flounder and somen noodles topped with sweet egg
A main course of barbecued eel kabayaki, shrimp and scallop flavored with sake and seaweed, marinated broiled sea bass, steamed tofu and assorted vegetables served with steamed rice and Japanese pickled vegetables
Served with green tea

dessert

International cheese selection
Red Cheddar, Coulommiers

Eli’s praline cheesecake

A very sweet dessert, it went fine with some port. Then I slept for several hours.

prior to arrival

Scrambled egg and red cheddar crepe with mushroom cream sauce
Canadian bacon

Watermelon, green melon, kiwi and a strawberry, plus a croissant/butter/preserves were also present on the tray. The coffee tasted pretty good after all the instant I'd had in Thailand.

Fresh seasonal fruit plate with creamy yogurt

1cericks

So I got an op-up (woo hoo!, second ever) on DEN-CLT on a 737 yesterday. I have used a few e-500s from SAN and SNA to DEN, and regularly use them on DEN-BWI. So I was a little surprised to see a disposable tray with cold food and plastic utensils (and no warm nuts) on a 4PM-9PM flight. I was also surprised that they were serving Y using trays instead of a cart. Are these plane-specific programs that cause the lower service, route specific, time, or something else. The warm food, metal utensils, plates, etc. that I'm used to made this feel like F-. Now, since I debated using 3-e500s and didn't need any, I'm not really complaining, just trying to understand. Thanks.