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Home » United Airlines » A Stroopwafel Restriction On United + New Appetizer And Breakfast Dishes
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A Stroopwafel Restriction On United + New Appetizer And Breakfast Dishes

Matthew Klint Posted onFebruary 29, 2020November 14, 2023 16 Comments

a cup of coffee and a waffle

Looking forward to a stroopwafel on your next United flight? You may only offered Oreo Thins and pretzels…

United Airlines will begin rolling out Oreo Thins on flights starting tomorrow, with the new cookies set to replace popular Biscoff cookies until May. The move has delighted many Oreo fans (and those who keep Kosher) and frustrated Biscoff fans.

All this time, we were under the impression that stoopwafels would remain in the rotation as before. But in a new twist, United let flight attendants know that stroopwfaels will only be available on longer flights. By longer I mean flights over 1 hour, 29 minutes, but that still removes the beloved stroopwafel from many shorthaul flights.

Although United did not provide a reason, flight attendants have been instructed to offer snacks according to the following schedule:

  • Flights between 0:30 and 1:29: Oreo Thins and pretzels will be offered
  • Flights 1:29 and over: Oreo Thins, pretzels, stoopwaffels

Now I am just guessing here, but perhaps United has a big supply of Oreos to get through by the end of the April and this is one way it will do that…

While Biscoff cookies, pretzels, and stroopwafels are usually delivered via basket, Oreo Thins will be boarded in 12-pack boxes into galley carts. Each individual pack will contain four cookies.

New Vegetarian Appetizer

United will debut a new appetizer in March that is plant-based, Dolma with harissa, and labneh.

I love stuffed dolma (grape leaves), harissa (North African hot chili pepper paste) and labneh (strained yogurt). I’m a bit skeptical United can pull it off, but I look forward to trying it next month when I fly United longhaul.

You’re either going to love or hate this new dish, because it is going to appear on a lot of routes in business class, including:

  • United Polaris (business class) flights departing from the USA
  • Premium Transcontinental flights (Los Angeles/San Francisco – Newark // San Francisco – Boston)
  • U.S. to Latin business markets

New Breakfast Choice

I don’t mind breakfast on United…over and over again. But it hasn’t changed in years. There’s a small rotation of choices on domestic flights and the pre-arrival egg dish on longhaul flights is always some sort of cheese-based omelette.

In March, United will test outa new dish, egg white with spinach and kale egg bites with fire roasted pepper sauce. It sounds tasty to me…and healthier than the current line-up. You can expect this on many flights in the forward cabin, including:

  • Domestic flights
  • United Polaris flights departing from the USA
  • United Premium Plus flights departing from the USA
  • Premium Transcontinental flights
  • U.S. to Latin business markets
  • U.S. to Latin leisure markets
  • Honolulu to Majuro

Usually United will vary breakfasts by station, with (for example) Denver, Houston, and Newark offering one dish while Washington, Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles offer another. We’ll see if this new egg white dish is the hot choice on all domestic breakfast flights (which would be a cost cutting move, if true).

United once varied meals on Polaris flights departing the U.S. by station but now offers a uniform menu across the network, with small variations based upon destination (such as a Japanese choice on flights to Japan).

CONCLUSION

Don’t expect stroopwafels on the shortest domestic flights. If you are traveling in a premium cabin, look for new appetizer and breakfast choices starting tomorrow.

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16 Comments

  1. Aaron Reply
    February 29, 2020 at 10:25 am

    “but I look forward to trying it next month when I flew United longhaul.”

    Your time-traveling skills are truly impressive.

    • Matthew Reply
      February 29, 2020 at 11:30 am

      I know. Almost as impressive as my proofreading skills…

      • Chris Reply
        March 1, 2020 at 2:19 am

        I definitely prefer Oreos over biscoff!

  2. UA-NYC Reply
    February 29, 2020 at 12:50 pm

    Nice that UA is rotating some meals after 5 straight years of service

    • Donald Reply
      February 29, 2020 at 5:11 pm

      Exactly. I’m so tired of watermelon & feta salad, jumbo four cheese ravioli with tomato sauce (always overheated and hard) and beef short ribs. Same same sane same. I wish they’d bring back real pork sausage at breakfast too. The turkey sausage is dry and bland.
      Not too excited about the egg white “bites.” either. Anything made smaller is more apt to become even more like rubber when heated up. 🙁

    • CJ Reply
      March 1, 2020 at 12:10 pm

      They only offer 2 snack options on short haul flights so that there’s time for everyone to get a drink and a snack. Too many options slows the service down when there’s not a lot of service time to begin with.

  3. Lo Reply
    February 29, 2020 at 12:51 pm

    United has offered the egg white kale dish before. It’s Delicious!!

    • Matthew Reply
      February 29, 2020 at 3:54 pm

      I think this dish is different (“bites”), but I did like United egg white kale dish before as well!

  4. Andrew Reply
    February 29, 2020 at 1:04 pm

    That case pack seems awfully low, especially for an airline. I’d assume that while the inner pack is 12, there’s a master case being loaded on board. From what I saw in the RFP they sent out last year it’s probably 6 of those inners for 72 units.
    Also, you’d be amazed how little they want to spend per passenger on those snacks.

    • JH Reply
      February 29, 2020 at 8:32 pm

      Labneh is made from yogurt and is not vegetarian.

      • Aaron Reply
        March 1, 2020 at 1:56 am

        You mean it isn’t vegan.

  5. JR Reply
    February 29, 2020 at 2:48 pm

    There will be 2 choices on shorter flights and 3 choices on longer flights because the flight attendants have complained that it takes too long to have so many choices. You may be familiar with Stroopwafels and Biscoffs, and that United offers them, but the average few times a year traveler isn’t and the conversation goes like this:

    “Stroopwafel, Biscoff or pretzels?”
    “What?”
    “Stroopwafel, Biscoff or pretzels?”
    “What?”
    “Cookie or pretzel?”
    “What is this one?” Customer spends 30 seconds picking up each snack and putting it back down, look confused, then confers with his or her seatmate for another minute as to what these strange things might be and which one they might want to try.

    By the third row of this, the plane is landing and the last 15 rows get no munchies and no beverage on shorter flights.

    Also, the snacks have always been boarded in big packs in the cart. The flight attendant puts them in the basket before serving.

  6. Roald van de Munt Reply
    March 1, 2020 at 12:03 am

    I’m Dutch. No stroopwafel we take as a declaration of war! Prepare the battleships!

  7. JacquelineP Reply
    March 1, 2020 at 5:40 pm

    I’m flying back to Sydney Australia from Houston in 2 weeks – looking forward to the new food choices.

  8. Emily Reply
    March 2, 2020 at 7:09 pm

    They are so disgusting. I hate seeing them back on any flight.

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