Airline food

Which airline?

"Dimitri" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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In this day and age of, of , well cutbacks and economy measures have you
had a positive experience on an airline lately?

Last night returning from my favorite smokehouse in Bentonville AR. the
night before I caught the late flight from DFW to Beautiful Downtown
Burbank.

I asked for and receive an upgrade to first - not bad.

After an imitation Martini (Vodka Rocks) there came a salad with romaine
halved cherry tomatoes, artichoke hearts, kalamata olives, sliced
mushrooms and a nice vinaigrette I chose to have a piece of focaccia in
place of the wheat roll. Later their "Low Carb Brisket" Not bad for
several slices of tender but well done brisket in a flavorful sauce and
mashed cauliflower with cheese. Not great but acceptable and filling
along with some red wine.

Now the best part - Hagen Das vanilla ice cream with your choice of : Hot
Fudge, butterscotch, whipped cream, strawberries, or chopped nuts. I had
all of the above except for the butterscotch and a coffee with a shot of
cognac.

An acceptable (not great) end to a horrid day. The fact that I had
forgotten to eat that day may have had something to do with my perception.

Dimitri

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Quoted message said:

Which airline?

"Dimitri" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

In this day and age of, of , well cutbacks and economy measures have you
had a positive experience on an airline lately?

Last night returning from my favorite smokehouse in Bentonville AR. the
night before I caught the late flight from DFW to Beautiful Downtown
Burbank.

I asked for and receive an upgrade to first - not bad.

After an imitation Martini (Vodka Rocks) there came a salad with romaine
halved cherry tomatoes, artichoke hearts, kalamata olives, sliced
mushrooms and a nice vinaigrette I chose to have a piece of focaccia in
place of the wheat roll. Later their "Low Carb Brisket" Not bad for
several slices of tender but well done brisket in a flavorful sauce and
mashed cauliflower with cheese. Not great but acceptable and filling
along with some red wine.

Now the best part - Hagen Das vanilla ice cream with your choice of : Hot
Fudge, butterscotch, whipped cream, strawberries, or chopped nuts. I had
all of the above except for the butterscotch and a coffee with a shot of
cognac.

An acceptable (not great) end to a horrid day. The fact that I had
forgotten to eat that day may have had something to do with my
perception.

Dimitri

On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 18:20:43 GMT, "Dimitri" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

In this day and age of, of , well cutbacks and economy measures have you had
a positive experience on an airline lately?

Last night returning from my favorite smokehouse in Bentonville AR. the
night before I caught the late flight from DFW to Beautiful Downtown
Burbank.

I asked for and receive an upgrade to first - not bad.

After an imitation Martini (Vodka Rocks) there came a salad with romaine
halved cherry tomatoes, artichoke hearts, kalamata olives, sliced mushrooms
and a nice vinaigrette I chose to have a piece of focaccia in place of the
wheat roll. Later their "Low Carb Brisket" Not bad for several slices of
tender but well done brisket in a flavorful sauce and mashed cauliflower
with cheese. Not great but acceptable and filling along with some red wine.

Now the best part - Hagen Das vanilla ice cream with your choice of : Hot
Fudge, butterscotch, whipped cream, strawberries, or chopped nuts. I had
all of the above except for the butterscotch and a coffee with a shot of
cognac.

An acceptable (not great) end to a horrid day. The fact that I had forgotten
to eat that day may have had something to do with my perception.

Dimitri

I'll add a good coach experience. Lufthansa LAX to Frankfurt and back.
Decent standard-issue coach food, but really good coffee and unlimited
free booze. I speak good German, and nobody else in our party spoke it
at all, so I could flirt with the flight attendants in front of my
wife and our church choir without anybody catching on.

--
Chris Green

Dimitri said:

In this day and age of, of , well cutbacks and economy measures have you had
a positive experience on an airline lately?

Last night returning from my favorite smokehouse in Bentonville AR. the
night before I caught the late flight from DFW to Beautiful Downtown
Burbank.

I asked for and receive an upgrade to first - not bad.

After an imitation Martini (Vodka Rocks) there came a salad with romaine
halved cherry tomatoes, artichoke hearts, kalamata olives, sliced mushrooms
and a nice vinaigrette I chose to have a piece of focaccia in place of the
wheat roll. Later their "Low Carb Brisket" Not bad for several slices of
tender but well done brisket in a flavorful sauce and mashed cauliflower
with cheese. Not great but acceptable and filling along with some red wine.

Now the best part - Hagen Das vanilla ice cream with your choice of : Hot
Fudge, butterscotch, whipped cream, strawberries, or chopped nuts. I had
all of the above except for the butterscotch and a coffee with a shot of
cognac.

That sounds like the ONLY way to fly, but you were upgraded.
Would the meal have been worth paying the first class fare?
;-)
gloria p

Christopher Green said:

I'll add a good coach experience. Lufthansa LAX to Frankfurt and back.
Decent standard-issue coach food, but really good coffee and unlimited
free booze. I speak good German, and nobody else in our party spoke it
at all, so I could flirt with the flight attendants in front of my
wife and our church choir without anybody catching on.

I'll agree that Lufthansa does very well by its passengers
on those flights, but the ground personnel can be very crusty
and unaccomodating. Our first experience with Frankfurt
ground crews 10 yrs. ago included one lady we still refer to
as "Helga, the Baggage Security Nazi".

gloria p

Dimitri said:

In this day and age of, of , well cutbacks and economy measures have you had
a positive experience on an airline lately?

Last night returning from my favorite smokehouse in Bentonville AR. the
night before I caught the late flight from DFW to Beautiful Downtown
Burbank.

I asked for and receive an upgrade to first - not bad.

After an imitation Martini (Vodka Rocks) there came a salad with romaine
halved cherry tomatoes, artichoke hearts, kalamata olives, sliced mushrooms
and a nice vinaigrette I chose to have a piece of focaccia in place of the
wheat roll. Later their "Low Carb Brisket" Not bad for several slices of
tender but well done brisket in a flavorful sauce and mashed cauliflower
with cheese. Not great but acceptable and filling along with some red wine.

Now the best part - Hagen Das vanilla ice cream with your choice of : Hot
Fudge, butterscotch, whipped cream, strawberries, or chopped nuts. I had
all of the above except for the butterscotch and a coffee with a shot of
cognac.

An acceptable (not great) end to a horrid day. The fact that I had forgotten
to eat that day may have had something to do with my perception.

Dimitri

Airline food would be much better if they stuck to cold dishes (salads,
cold cuts, sandwiches, sushi, etc.) or food that reheats well (like the
braised brisket you had, or other stews and braises). But they insist
on serving reheated stir-fries or grilled meat/chicken.

Skip the airline food if possible and pick up sandwiches on the way to
the airport.

--

===============================================================
Regards

Louis Cohen

"Yes, yes, I will desalinate you, you grande morue!"

Émile Zola, Assommoir 1877

Louis Cohen said:

Airline food would be much better if they stuck to cold dishes (salads,
cold cuts, sandwiches, sushi, etc.) or food that reheats well (like the
braised brisket you had, or other stews and braises). But they insist
on serving reheated stir-fries or grilled meat/chicken.

It takes a real brave person to eat sushi offered by any US carrier.

Boron

Dimitri said:

Hagen Das vanilla ice cream

I thought milk/cream was on the no-no list (?)... aren't
you're allowed 30 to 55 carbs per day? Ice cream is at
least 16.
http://www.annecollins.com/dietary-carbs/carbs-ice-cream.htm

sf

Christopher Green said:

I speak good German, and nobody else in our party spoke it
at all, so I could flirt with the flight attendants in front of my
wife and our church choir without anybody catching on.

You Cad!

sf

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Dimitri said:

In this day and age of, of , well cutbacks and economy measures have you had
a positive experience on an airline lately?

Last night returning from my favorite smokehouse in Bentonville AR. the
night before I caught the late flight from DFW to Beautiful Downtown
Burbank.

I asked for and receive an upgrade to first - not bad.

After an imitation Martini (Vodka Rocks) there came a salad with romaine
halved cherry tomatoes, artichoke hearts, kalamata olives, sliced mushrooms
and a nice vinaigrette I chose to have a piece of focaccia in place of the
wheat roll. Later their "Low Carb Brisket" Not bad for several slices of
tender but well done brisket in a flavorful sauce and mashed cauliflower
with cheese. Not great but acceptable and filling along with some red wine.

Now the best part - Hagen Das vanilla ice cream with your choice of : Hot
Fudge, butterscotch, whipped cream, strawberries, or chopped nuts. I had
all of the above except for the butterscotch and a coffee with a shot of
cognac.

An acceptable (not great) end to a horrid day. The fact that I had forgotten
to eat that day may have had something to do with my perception.

I made the mistake of paying money for a meal in coach class on "Ted"
(United's answer to Jetblue and Southwest) last month. Puny portion for
the price. Next time I pack some real goodies.

Cindy

--
C.J. Fuller

Delete the obvious to email me

Christopher Green said:

I'll add a good coach experience. Lufthansa LAX to Frankfurt and back.
Decent standard-issue coach food, but really good coffee and unlimited
free booze. I speak good German, and nobody else in our party spoke it
at all, so I could flirt with the flight attendants in front of my
wife and our church choir without anybody catching on.

Well I hope that the LH stews were somewhat attractive and acted in a
professional manner...stews with such characteristics are increasingly rare
on US carriers.

Screw the food, I just want a relatively professional cabin staff when I
fly.

What is it with US airlines and their elderly and rude stews? Delta and
Northwest are the very worst offenders that I've seen. And whatever
happened to the concept of height - weight correlation? I've seen plenty of
fat stews - who on earth wants to look at a fat stew? Fat people are tiring
enough to look out, but to be working for an airline? These gals make flyig
on US carriers a distinctly dreary experience. Some of these girls should
have been put out to pasture long ago but heck, the pasture wouldn't even
have them...

I like the "Singapore Girl" stewardesses on Singapore Airlines - they are
quiet, attractive, effecient and deferential. No fat mouthy scowling cabin
staff on SQ!

--
Best
Greg

Dimitri said:

In this day and age of, of , well cutbacks and economy measures have

you had

Quoted message said:

a positive experience on an airline lately?

American used to have good box snacks, but I heard they are getting rid
of all food on flights. United has an awesome cookie-type thing -
almost a biscotti - I don't know what it is, but it is to die for.
they come two in a package, rectangular about 1 in. X 3 in. - never
enough. The rest of United's food is pretty sucky. They try to make
you buy their meals for $10 and they look pretty crappy.

-L.

"Dimitri" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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In this day and age of, of , well cutbacks and
economy measures have you had a positive
experience on an airline lately?

SAS (Scandinavian Airlines) generally has quite good food. And the
food on KAL (Korean Airlines) was excellent. Of course, sitting in
business class helps too, I'm sure.
-j

"Louis Cohen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Airline food would be much better if they stuck to cold dishes (salads,
cold cuts, sandwiches, sushi, etc.) or food that reheats well (like the
braised brisket you had, or other stews and braises). But they insist on
serving reheated stir-fries or grilled meat/chicken.

The best airline food I ever had was cold poached salmon, served with sour
cream, fresh dill, fresh lemon, and I can't remember what else. Really
good. It was about 10 years ago -- I had a new job, and my first assignment
was to fly out to San Diego w/ my boss and his boss. As a result of buying
my ticket at the last minute, I paid full fare (well, the FAA paid, not me)
and somehow I ended up in first class with Lyle Lovett and some of his
entourage. Not sure what Lyle had for lunch that day, but he very kindly
helped me retrieve my bag from the overhead compartment upon deplaning.

Luckily, my new bosses were pretty cheerful about the whole thing. Not my
fault they had to sit in coach.

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Dimitri said:

In this day and age of, of , well cutbacks and economy measures have you
had a positive experience on an airline lately?

Last night returning from my favorite smokehouse in Bentonville AR. the
night before I caught the late flight from DFW to Beautiful Downtown
Burbank.

I asked for and receive an upgrade to first - not bad.

After an imitation Martini (Vodka Rocks) there came a salad with romaine
halved cherry tomatoes, artichoke hearts, kalamata olives, sliced
mushrooms and a nice vinaigrette I chose to have a piece of focaccia in
place of the wheat roll. Later their "Low Carb Brisket" Not bad for
several slices of tender but well done brisket in a flavorful sauce and
mashed cauliflower with cheese. Not great but acceptable and filling
along with some red wine.

Now the best part - Hagen Das vanilla ice cream with your choice of : Hot
Fudge, butterscotch, whipped cream, strawberries, or chopped nuts. I had
all of the above except for the butterscotch and a coffee with a shot of
cognac.

That sounds like the ONLY way to fly, but you were upgraded.
Would the meal have been worth paying the first class fare?
;-)
gloria p

Of course not.

Dimitri

"sf" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Dimitri said:

Hagen Das vanilla ice cream

I thought milk/cream was on the no-no list (?)... aren't
you're allowed 30 to 55 carbs per day? Ice cream is at
least 16.
http://www.annecollins.com/dietary-carbs/carbs-ice-cream.htm

sf

Sometimes you just have to say - screw the carbs - aside from that I needed
the sugar boost - the day started at 4:00 AM Bentonville time then ended at
11:30 PM California time. I ain't as young as I used to be.

Dimitri

Dimitri said:

In this day and age of, of , well cutbacks and economy measures have
you had a positive experience on an airline lately?

Last night returning from my favorite smokehouse in Bentonville AR.
the night before I caught the late flight from DFW to Beautiful
Downtown Burbank.

I asked for and receive an upgrade to first - not bad.

Dimitri

So you just asked and got it without paying anything more?

Jill

In article <[email hidden]>, "Dimitri"

Quoted message said:

In this day and age of, of , well cutbacks and economy measures have you
had
a positive experience on an airline lately?

Last night returning from my favorite smokehouse in Bentonville AR. the
night before I caught the late flight from DFW to Beautiful Downtown
Burbank.

I asked for and receive an upgrade to first - not bad.

After an imitation Martini (Vodka Rocks) there came a salad with romaine
halved cherry tomatoes, artichoke hearts, kalamata olives, sliced
mushrooms
and a nice vinaigrette I chose to have a piece of focaccia in place of
the
wheat roll. Later their "Low Carb Brisket" Not bad for several slices
of
tender but well done brisket in a flavorful sauce and mashed cauliflower
with cheese. Not great but acceptable and filling along with some red
wine.

Now the best part - Hagen Das vanilla ice cream with your choice of : Hot
Fudge, butterscotch, whipped cream, strawberries, or chopped nuts. I had
all of the above except for the butterscotch and a coffee with a shot of
cognac.

An acceptable (not great) end to a horrid day. The fact that I had
forgotten
to eat that day may have had something to do with my perception.

Dimitri

Jeez, I got a small bag of twisty pretzel rods and a can of Bloody Mary
mix back in steerage. Good thing I brought my own snacks (nuts and
dried fruits)
--
-Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> Trip Report and pics added 1-13-05
"I read recipes the way I read science fiction: I get to the end and say,
'Well, that's not going to happen.'" - Comedian Rita Rudner, performance
at New York, New York, January 10, 2005.

In article <[email hidden]>,
"Gregory Morrow" <[email hidden]> wrote:
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Quoted message said:

Screw the food, I just want a relatively professional cabin staff when I
fly.

What is it with US airlines and their elderly and rude stews? Delta and
Northwest are the very worst offenders that I've seen. And whatever
happened to the concept of height - weight correlation?

Labor laws, probably.

Quoted message said:

I've seen plenty of fat stews - who on earth wants to look at a fat
stew? Fat people are tiring enough to look out, but to be working for
an airline?

Why not, other than making it difficult in the aisles. If the job gets
done, I don't much care what the person looks like. You said you want a
relatively professional cabin staff.

These gals make flyig on US carriers a distinctly dreary experience.

The last thing I want on a plane is excitement. If you have you rely on
looking at the flight attendants to ward off dreary, you need a better
book to read. "-)

Quoted message said:

Some of these girls

I'll bet they're women, not girls, Greg.

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should have been put out to pasture long ago but heck, the pasture
wouldn't even have them...

What are you, bored today? <grin>

Quoted message said:

I like the "Singapore Girl" stewardesses on Singapore Airlines - they
are quiet, attractive, effecient and deferential. No fat mouthy
scowling cabin staff on SQ!

Have a nice flight. LOL!
--
-Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> Trip Report and pics added 1-13-05
"I read recipes the way I read science fiction: I get to the end and say,
'Well, that's not going to happen.'" - Comedian Rita Rudner, performance
at New York, New York, January 10, 2005.