MNL - SFO
The steam veggie potstickers were good for a main course, hardly noticed the lack of meat filling.
Cucumber, spinach, artichoke, salad had a nice vinegrette. Dinner roll was so dry not even the butter could save it, I only took a bite. The dried fruit snack I saved as pulutan for my ensuing beers.
Instead of the siapao, I got something that looking like a cheeseburger, maybe veggie burger. Surprisingly bread part of it was really good, like a bland foccaccia. Patty was kind of wierd, beannie and mushy. It was fairly cold in the middle, maybe a little more warmth would have made it more burgerish.
I like tofu, so it was nice to have a heaty portion of medium firm slices of it. The sauce on the tofu, shitake mushrooms, and asparagus was teriyake and very good. I don't eat rice but its hard to mess that up. The strawberry yoghurt was as it should taste, coulda used more fruit chunks. The fruit cocktail might have come out of a can, but I used to like that in my lunchbox so I ate it happily.
SFO - MNL
Dinner salad was a bunch of lettuce and one small cherry tomato served with a really tangy fat free lemon vinegrette. The marinara over penne pasta was like all filipino spaghetti sauce, really sweet, like ketchup. Best part of the meal was the baby mushrooms and broccolli. The fruit portion was a few slices of oranges and grapes, at least these tasted fresh and not canned. Bread was better than the MNL-SFO flight. It was slightly sweeter, almost like pandesal, and this time I ate it.
With dinner they gave me Manila brand light beer. Think its the first time I've had it. Asia Brewery is underrated. Tanduay, Tanduay Ice, Boaracay Rum, Colt 45, and now Manila Light. All fine products. FU San Mig. One the second drink serving I saw a can of Colt 45, after downing that it was nap time.
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I was asleep during this snack serving. Thank you ambien and Colt 45. I even managed to sleep thru the Hawaii refuelling stop. They left me a siopao and chocolate cake which I scarfed down half awake. I kinda of regret eating the cake, Mia woulda liked it and I'm not really a desert person.
I love hashbrowns, and these were good, almost like McDonalds hashbrown that were reheated in the microwave. I wish that were crunchy but I was happy nonetheless. I really liked the roasted tomato, asparagus, and mushrooms. I feel like they give you better quality veggies by going vegetarian, the basic meal always has a TV dinner quality veg portion. Same sweeter bread, orange slices, and grape like last meal also. Woke up from my nap w/ gout so I passed on a breakfast beer and went with cranberry juice.
The verdict? If I must fly PAL economy class, I'm going vegetarian all the time. The overall food experience was better. I especially liked getting my food first; the jealous look from my neighbors was a nice feeling on an otherwise boring flight.
