by Greg Moore
I figured others might like to get some insight into the First Class meals on Acela. They change from time to time.
Now I don't ride often (work won't pay and so I have to pay the upgrade from Regional to Acela myself and then I use a coupon to get to 1st class) so these won't be too common.
First: The Nut and Fruit "Rub". Basically a variety of nuts with some raisins and other things. Others may enjoy it. Not me. I"ll dig through the nuts and pull out the peanuts.
For today's main course I had the Thai Chili Noodle Salad with some hot chicken on top. VERY good. It is a base of ice-berg lettuce, cabbage and some other sald items with some noodles on top and then if you wish hot or cold chicken served on top. It was literally overflowing the bowl. The dressing is on the side. W/o chicken it is advertised as a healthy choice which means among other things, under 500 calories.
I would definitely consider this again and heartily recommend it. A bit heavy on the lettuce and a little lacking in the amount of the dressing, but overall quite tasty.
Once again, the dessert is underwhelming but adequate. In this case lemon cake with 3 blueberries on the side. Nothing that stood out, but not terrible by any means.
The Pinot Grigio was decent but I think next time I'd order the meal w/o the chicken and go with the Cabernet, I think it would better match the spiciness of the dressing.
Thus ends this first revue.
Now I don't ride often (work won't pay and so I have to pay the upgrade from Regional to Acela myself and then I use a coupon to get to 1st class) so these won't be too common.
First: The Nut and Fruit "Rub". Basically a variety of nuts with some raisins and other things. Others may enjoy it. Not me. I"ll dig through the nuts and pull out the peanuts.
For today's main course I had the Thai Chili Noodle Salad with some hot chicken on top. VERY good. It is a base of ice-berg lettuce, cabbage and some other sald items with some noodles on top and then if you wish hot or cold chicken served on top. It was literally overflowing the bowl. The dressing is on the side. W/o chicken it is advertised as a healthy choice which means among other things, under 500 calories.
I would definitely consider this again and heartily recommend it. A bit heavy on the lettuce and a little lacking in the amount of the dressing, but overall quite tasty.
Once again, the dessert is underwhelming but adequate. In this case lemon cake with 3 blueberries on the side. Nothing that stood out, but not terrible by any means.
The Pinot Grigio was decent but I think next time I'd order the meal w/o the chicken and go with the Cabernet, I think it would better match the spiciness of the dressing.
Thus ends this first revue.
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