Air France (1072 pictures & videos)

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H. Osserman

France (CDG) to United States (NCQ), 31 Oct 2002

First Class

Dinner and light meal - Appetizer- Turkey Croustade with curry, gingerbread with foie gras, zuchini with ash goat cheese, carrot with tapenade.Hors D'oeuvre- Lobster in Vinaigrette accompanied by autumn vegetables. Fresh seasonal salad * Main (Menu Card)

Badoit mineral water with lime

Ok, here we go!!!!! Appetizers were tasty but a bit cold so they lost some flavor due to temperature. Otherwise those that had taste were quite fabulous! * Hors D'oeuvres- I had the lobster which also had been frozen after cooking, which I put due to the fact that it was a main lobster and therfore had to be flown in from........where else??? MAINE!!!!! Sadly the lobster I had on Air France years ago I can still taste with a sweet and perfect memory :(  The vinaigrette was an interesting touch, must be due to the need to cover up the freezing process. I did actually taste said lobster and it was good. However presentation was sad as you will see in the picture. Lets say the lobster looked more like an autopsy!!! Salad tasted like............you guessed it.....a bag of lettuce! Now the beef was supposed to be cooked somewhat well done. After cutting into it with my trusty plastic knife it to seemed to be a part of the lobster autopsy. I sent it back and when returned, alas it was cooked perfectly! However!!!!! (you knew there was a "however" coming didn't you ? ;) Cheesy potatoes just didn't cut it due to the cheesy part. The desserts were laid on my tray and as I tasted each flavorless dish and frozen rock solid sorbet, i was left to enjoy the prailine cake and cookies just prior to an entire fruit basket being put on the tray table of the empty seat next to mine. Interesting how gross a basket of oranges and turning grapes seem to be after stuffing yourself with assorted french food!!!!! Needless to say I did pass on the entire cheese tray and opted for some nice tea after dinner. Late meal- I ate the light meal half way through the over 9 hour flight and it was less than appealing. The bamboo skewer used to pierce the dried fruits was rather sharp and how that item has seemed to slip past the minds of the airline and food, meal, catering department is beyond me. I have seen it used on previous Air France flights as well as a Northwest flight out of Miami. It somehow defeats the purpose of the plastic knives given to all!!! Did I forget to mention the fruit was nice, but dried, go figure! Now on to the florentine........hmm........did you ever buy something in the frozen food department that looked great on the box, and it said you could microwave it? Then you take it home, pop it in the microwave, get excited, then after tasting it you wonder how the flavor of the microwave metal actually entered and fused with the food item????? Well being that they do not use microwaves on Air France, I am left wondering how the florenteine actually tatsted like microwave.........hmmmmm. Oh did I forget to mention it was cold the first time they gave it to me? Once again, twice cooked was much better, though a bit too microwavy for my taste buds. Dessert was very yummy!!! Now prior to landing I had reserved an order of the sauteed squab. Mind you the licorice sauce made me pause, but it did sound interesting. Of course that changed when the beautiful and lovely stewardess asked if I wanted my sauteed squab? Did I mention that she asked in french and in french the word they use for squab is "pigeon" (with an accent of course). Ok, did you just gag to??? Suddenly my lovely squab with duck breast accompanied with licorice sauce suddenly was burned into my mind as...........PIGEON!!!!!!!!!!!! I had flashes of Central Park in my mind and I couldn't stop!!!!! But thank God I was able to pass along my courage and the dish really was superb and deliscious, down to the very last bite. As Will Farell said, while pretending to portray John Lipton, the word that comes to mind, though made up of course, SCRUM-TRU-LECENT!!!!!! HOWEVER!!!!!!!!!! Bet you didn't think I had another "however" did ya????? Have you ever eaten something that even though it tasted deliscious when you did, later on you thought about it over and over and somehow you made yourself dizzy while thinking about it and lets say, some of the things associated with the dish????? Well lets just say that some nausea did occur while walking through Atlanta's terminal for my connecting flight as I tried humming the words to the Brady Bunch to clear my mind of...... you guessed it ......PIGEON!!!!!!!

Date added: 2008-05-21