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Home  >  American Airlines • Meal of the Week  >  A Multi-Course First Class Dinner on American Airlines
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A Multi-Course First Class Dinner on American Airlines

Matthew Klint Posted onSeptember 1, 2018September 1, 2018 9 Comments

Each week, my Meal of the Week  feature examines an airline meal from my travels over the years. This may be a meal from earlier in the week or it may be a meal served over a decade ago.

I flew international first class on American Airlines exactly once.

It was April 2015 and I had an upgraded an unusually cheap fare from Chicago to Beijing from business to first class. The 777 featured AA’s old first class suite, which has since been mothballed.

After takeoff, a choice of beverage was offered with a large ramekin of warmed mixed nuts. The table was also prepared for dinner.

The starter consisted of cold roast beef: it would be a very beef-heavy meal. The pretzel roll on the side was served warm.

Next up, cream of broccoli soup.

That was followed by a green salad with cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, and candied pecans.

For the main course, I chose filet of beef with potatoes au gratin and cooked spinach. It looked fine, but how would it taste?

Quite nicely, actually. the meat was cooked a perfect medium rare (and I didn’t even waste my breath requesting it be cooked that way).

A cheese course followed, including a wonderful havarti dill.

Finally, an ice cream sundae to finish.

This was 2015, of course. Kyle’s complaint about AA premium longhaul dining prompted this walk down memory lane.

CONCLUSION

All in all, an excellent meal. Very American and American™, but a medium rare steak on an airplane is nothing to scoff at. I hope to try AA again in first class one day, though find it difficult to justify when Cathay Pacific or JAL cost the same number of miles.

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Matthew Klint

Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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9 Comments

  1. Justin Reply
    September 1, 2018 at 5:24 pm

    Yikes, talk about a heavy meal. Roast beef for starters, a cream soup, salad, more beef and potatoes, cheese and then ice cream. The only thing not carbs, meat or dairy was the salad! I much prefer lighter meals when flying… a nice Japanese meal does the best for me so my favorite meals tend to be served on to/from Japan.

    • Matthew Reply
      September 1, 2018 at 5:37 pm

      I think that’s a good description of food on AA: heavy.

  2. John Reply
    September 1, 2018 at 5:35 pm

    “Kyle’s COMPLIANT…. “? I assume you mean Complaint…..

    • Matthew Reply
      September 1, 2018 at 5:37 pm

      Correct. Danke.

  3. Paolo Reply
    September 1, 2018 at 8:03 pm

    Your pescatarian readers live in hope that ,one of these decades ,you will order the fish.

  4. ptahcha Reply
    September 1, 2018 at 9:29 pm

    I also had an excellent steak on AA from JFK – LHR in business, and let the FA know that it was spot on. It made up for the slanted business class seat at the time.

  5. Aaron Reply
    September 2, 2018 at 12:25 am

    That’s one of the best business class meals you have posted.

  6. John Reply
    September 2, 2018 at 3:19 pm

    Matthew–Any pix or memories of the wine selection? Thanks.

    • Matthew Reply
      September 8, 2018 at 3:50 am

      I had a glass of “red” as the FA called it. I recall it being a decent Syrah.

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