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anytime a la carte
United is pleased to offer a variety of light and
refreshing snacks available by request anytime you wish
throughout the flight

The midflight snack selection has come a bit down in the
world over the years. Today's rather meager selection:
Kettle chips, little 1 oz packets of dried fruit, Walker's
honey oat cookies, and Sun Bites whole grain snacks, sun
ripened chilli flavour tiny moments of extraordinary
pleasure may contain traces of barley due to farming
practices. I tried these last and found the taste
reminiscent of the more modest snacks you might find in an
Asian bar, though a touch of heat almost redeemed them. 

tea service - Your selected entree will be served with a
side salad, warm scones, clotted cream, butter and fruit
preserves

Roasted chicken focaccia sandwich with caramelized red onion
chutney, Mediterranean potato salad

Ploughman's plate with cottage loaf bread roll - featuring
Capricorn, Smoked Cheddar and Oxford Blue cheese wedges, Old
English chutney

The scone was "scone cold." Sandwich was quite good, the
potato stuff a sort of Nicoise but without fish.

Today's menu features beef from South America.

All menu items are available up to 90 minutes prior to
arrival.

We apologize if your meal selection is not available.

Featured wines

champagne
Cuvee Diamant brut nv - one of the most extravagant of
Champagnes, Cuvee Diamant exhibits the intense nuttiness of
great Champagne, along with tart pear and toasted lemon
or
Nicolas Feuillatte brut 2004 - a favorite of sommeliers;
Feuillatte is equally rich and balanced, and the 2004
exhibits that style: lots of fruit, hints of earth and
toasted nuts

white wine
Bouchard Beaune du Chateau premier cru blanc 2007
(Chardonnay) - Bouchard is one of the crowd pleasers in the
Burgundy marketplace, and this wine has luscious richness
and lemony mineral character in the finish
or
Joseph Phelps Ovation Chardonnay 2007, Napa - From one of
Napa Valley's venerated wineries, Joseph Phelps' seductive
Ovation Chardonnay is rich, buttery, layered and powerful

Pascal Jolivet Sancerre 2009, Loire Valley - Sauvignon
Blanc from chalky hills along the Loire Valley River
generates a rich texture and a lengthy finish despite the
mouth-watering, refreshing crispness.

I asked for the white Beaune, which was off; the Phelps
was all right, I suppose, though not my favorite wine in
not my favorite style.

red wine
Bouchard Cote de Beaune-Villages 2009 (Pinot Noir) - Pinot
Noir's ancestral home, Burgundy, usually shows a softer,
lighter version of the grape, but earth, mushroom and tart
fruit notes offer complexity as well

St. Supery Cabernet Sauvignon 2005, Napa Valley - Napa
Valley is many places and St. Supery's style is less showy
than some Napa Cabs, but perhaps more elegant than many
of them
or
Acustic 2008 Montsant, Spain - Montsant, Acustic's home,
nestles against Spain's more famous Priorat region, but
offers the same powerful fruit, both dried and fresh,
exotic and spicy.

I stuck mostly with the Beaune, which was meatier than
the description but mostly a flabby, uncharacterful wine,
probably gone dumb. Tasted the Cab, which was all right,
with nice pepper, wood, and black fruit.

port wine
Graham's late bottled vintage port 2005
Graham's is one of the greatest and most important names
among Port producers; its Late Botted Vintage 2005 is
nothing short of delicious.

Overstatement.

beverages
Aperitifs, cocktails, spirits, liqueurs and beer
Freshly brewed coffee

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