2013 10 22 MY TRIP TO HONG KONG FLIGHT FOODS WITH UNITED AIR

ALWAYS ENJOYED EATING ON THE PLANE AND CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT IS ON THE MENU.    

BEING THAT I WAS PRETTY MUCH ENTERTAINED WITH MUSIC AND ENJOYING THE WINDOW VIEW, IT MAY SEEM AS IF FOOD WAS BEING SERVED ONE RIGHT AFTER ANOTHER THROUGHOUT MY FLIGHT (OR MAYBE I AM JUST A SLOW EATER.)

I WAS ANTICIPATING THE OPTIONS BEING SERVED KNOWING THAT MY INTERNAL ORGANS WOULD BE ABSORBING ALL THE SODIUM, GMO'S AND MSG CHEMICAL GOODIES THAT IS SOAKED IN ALL THESE DELICIOUS FLIGHT MEALS.  LATER ON, I FOUND A GREAT POST BY FOOD BABE THAT NOTED ALL THE LOVELY-HORROR FACTS ASSOCIATED WHILE INDULGING ON YOUR FABULOUS TRAVEL MEALS.  SHE INCLUDED SOME TIPS IN WHICH I WOULD BE PULLING OUT ON MY NEXT TRIP!
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OUR FLIGHT WAS SCHEDULED AT 3:20 PM. FROM NEW JERSEY STRAIGHT TO HONG KONG, THERE WERE 4 MEALS (INCLUDING SNACKS).

10/22/13
4:26 PM EST.
LIGHT SNACKS: CHEAP PRETZELS AS ONLY OPTION

OJ MIXED WITH WINE

10/22/13
4:59 PM EST.
MY SELECTION: VEGGIE INDIAN CURRY AND RICE AND BEANS, NON SPICY
         
THIS WAS ACTUALLY GOOD.

OTHER OPTION: 
TERIYAKI CHICKEN 

(IT WAS SALTY AND THE SAUCE DID NOT SIT WELL WITH THE CHICKEN. GLAD I DIDN'T PICK THIS)





BOTH MEALS CAME WITH PLAIN SALAD WITH BALSAMIC VINEGAR, BREAD/ BUTTER, BROWNIE AND FORTUNE COOKIE.

10/22/13
11:50 PM EST.
I'M GUESSING THIS IS EQUIVALENT TO A MID NIGHT SNACK.  I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THAT I AM KIND OF CONFUSED WITH SANDWICH AND ICE CREAM COMBINATION.

OF COURSE MY TOMATO JUICE WAS NOT AN IDEAL COMBO, BUT IT WENT WITH THE TURKEY SWISS CHEESE SANDWICH.

10/23/13
5:30 AM EST.
I PICKED THE CHICKEN AND THICK UDON LIKE NOODLE OPTION.  

I DON'T HATE IT.  BUT TOO MUCH OILY SAUCE THAT WAS POURED ON TOP THAT DIDN'T MARINATE WELL WITH THE CHICKEN.

OTHER OPTION:
SAUSAGE PATTY, EGGS, COVERED OVER POTATOES, WITH SOMETHING THAT I WOULD DESCRIBE AS ASIAN SCALLION PANCAKES (ON THE LEFT UNDER SAUSAGE).





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ALTHOUGH MY THOUGHTS AND ANTICIPATION OF THE MENU ITEMS HAVE CHANGED WHILE BLOGGING THIS POST, MY TASTE BUDS RECALL AN AWESOME SENSATION OF FLAVOR, BACK IN 2008 DURING TRIP TO CHINA WHILE ON A CONNECTING FLIGHT FROM JAPAN, OF RAW SALMON WITH PASTA SHELLS THAT WERE SLIGHTLY CHILLED AND MIXED IN SOME SAUCE THAT I COULDN'T REALLY IDENTIFY.  I WANT TO THINK IT WAS WASABI AND RANCH.  THE SAUCE LOOKED LIKE IT HAD A LIGHT MINT GREEN COLOR.  I WAS AMAZED AND QUESTIONED A NICE FLIGHT ATTENDANT WHO OFFERED ME SECONDS, IN WHICH I DECLINED.  (THIS IS ONE OF TWO TIMES, WHERE I WAS OFFERED ADDITIONAL FOOD ON FLIGHTS. THE 2ND TIME, I WAS GIVEN THE ENTIRE WINE BOTTLE ON MY SPAIN TRIP, COURTESY OF THE CAPTAIN BECAUSE I WAS SO ENTHUSED WITH THE WHITE DESSERT WINE.)

THE MOST DISGUSTING FOOD ON A FLIGHT WAS ON THE SAME TRIP IN CHINA WHERE I WAS FLYING TO VISIT ZHANGJIAJIE FROM SHANGHAI.

TOO BAD MY PICTURE TAKING OBSESSION WAS NOT QUITE ON THE ESCALATED SCALE BACK THEN.....