Appetizer was a salad and smoked salmon. Wow, the appetizer plate has gotten a lot smaller over the years; before there would always be several items on the plate, and "crudite" wouldn't mean a lone broccoli head. On the other hand, the gourd-shaped yellow tomatoes in the salad were really cute and actually tasty (I usually don't like raw tomatoes).
Since I just had peppercorn beef at a Chinese restaurant the night before, I forwent what would have been my usual choice of steak with peppercorn sauce. I went for the Charlie Trotter menu item with slight trepidation (didn't have a great experience last time), and I'd stopped ordering chicken breast at all after eating them to death 5 years ago in the college cafeteria. This was a "mustard thyme scented chicken with warm horseradish potato salad." While the whole thing was shockingly sweet at first, it turned out to be pretty good, and a refreshing change from the usual.
Dessert was tiramisu. What's not to love? (And the chocolate comes on the tray with your appetizer; don't forget to save that.)
Breakfast was a strictly continental affair with croissant, fruit plate, and yogurt which I always make the mistake of getting (it has gelling agents to thicken it, plus corn syrup). I guess continental breakfasts are standard for Europe flights, and I did appreciate that they didn't start serving until an hour before landing. But I did miss the elaborate breakfasts on my Turkish Airlines flights (link to report here), which you would order on a menu card before you went to bed. I really crave salty things in the morning, so even a deli plate would have been welcome.
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