Monday, August 18, 2014

Mile High Club: Free Mai Tai’s….And That’s It…

On a recent flight to Honolulu, I was feeling some type of way that Alaskan Airlines wasn’t offering an in-fight meal.  Why the heck not?  We dropped bread on the tickets and I would have been happy with a piece of bread because I love eating in the air.  Same thing in the water.  But nope, no free food.  Yeah, we received a tiny bag of tropical island mix with dried pineapple and other stuff, but for the meals and snacks, we had to shell out more dough to eat.  




I ended up purchasing a Signature Fruit and Cheese Platter (I'm so fancy) for $7 and I got a Pork Yakisoba for $6 for the kid.  The yakisoba looked so good in the photo and event the description was teasing me: shredded pork with a tangy Szechuan sauce over yakisoba noodles.  I should have known better.  Tasted like a wannabe TV dinner…and I like TV dinners.  The sauce was gross.  

The fruit and cheese platter, on the other hand, was just what I needed.  It featured Beecher’s Flagship handmade cheese, a semi-hard cow’s milk cheese straight from Seattle’s historic Pike’s Place Market.  It’s pure, all-natural, additive-free, and aged 15 months.  How do I know this?  I copied it off of the menu.  The cheese was REALLY good, event though it was just one little triangle.  The other cheeses were Tillamook Sharp Cheddar, which is always good, and a nice wedge of Brie.  Told you it was fancy.  It came with a little cluster of red and green grapes, and a few slices of apples.  I love apples and cheese.  The platter only had 4 Partners Olive Oil and Sea Salt crackers, but it was enough.  Well actually...those crackers are crack and I could have eaten more.  They’re thick and crisp with obvious sea salt and definitely an upgrade from Saltines or Skyflakes.  I would consider getting this on the flight back, if I’m not stuffed from all the local grinds. 

Of course they offer in-flight complimentary beverages, and the good part about going to the Islands is that there are way more free drink options, like guava juice and P.O.G., or pineapple, orange, guava.  You know I chose one of those because you can get cranberry juice anywhere. 

But the real highlight of the flight was the free Mai Tai that they were passing out before we landed.  I don’t really drink that crap, but if it’s free, it’s all me!  It was really sweet and syrupy and I’m not even sure if there was alcohol in it….but there are no complaints from me!

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