Plane food envy
Here was my dinner on United's flight from Dulles to Rome: three strips of chicken on mashed potatoes, nine green beans, an ice cold roll (with unsalted butter, for some reason), a romaine lettuce salad (nothing else in it) with balsamic vinaigrette and a square of carrot cake.
For breakfast the next morning: a packaged mini-banana-nut loaf in cellophane and a tired-looking fruit cup.
Here was my daughter's meal on her flight on Alitalia:
... Antipasto (cured meat, olives), gourmet wheat crackers with two kinds of cheese, fresh fish in a light tomato sauce with chunks of tomatoes in it and capers, plus pasta in a creamy cheese sauce, cooked carrots and green beans, warm, crusty Italian roll, butter, fruit for dessert.
For breakfast, piping hot ciabata, melted cheese, and sliced tomato, plus an enormous pastry with apple filling.
For breakfast, piping hot ciabata, melted cheese, and sliced tomato, plus an enormous pastry with apple filling.
Comments
United designed its meal keeping in mind that you would be eating all of that rich food once you got there and they wanted to help you leave room for it.....and if you believe that I have a bridge for sale! The Golden Gate.
Posted by: Regina | September 17, 2007 1:14 PM
Ah, good ol' American customer service. Sigh....
Posted by: Oat | September 18, 2007 1:12 PM
How about a small loaf of pumpernickel bread, a half a salami, several thick slices of onion and a jar of mustard -- washed down with your choice of beer? That was the breakfast I enjoyed on a flight from Budapest to Frankfurt on Hungary's national airline, Malev, about a dozen years ago. Hope they haven't gotten more civilized (or stingy.) It was delicious.
Posted by: Michael Gray | September 18, 2007 2:49 PM