Culinary Meltdown On Delta: Who Thought This Pizza Was A Good Idea? [Roundup]

by Gary Leff

News and notes from around the interweb:

  • This looks like a culinary crime against humanity, resembling a cheap Schwan’s knock-off, if such a thing were possible.

    For those of you who know what pizza is supposed to be, have you ever had decent pizza on a plane? It’s like United trying to do a burger. You’d have to spend real money on a premium local pizza shop, you aren’t going to get it out of Sky Chefs or Gate Gourmet.

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  • Do better, AA.

  • In what used to be an annual offer Hilton is offering 1,000 Delta miles per stay, register by May 6 and complete stays by July 7.

    This is on top of regular points-earnings and promotions, so is worth registering for, but there’s something fitting about the least rewarding major hotel program and least rewarding major airline program teaming up.

  • Ok, but how about: “It’s somebody’s job to head to the costume store and firmly lock it up. ..They don’t want to risk the empty costumes getting loose and floating up to the top – leaving children traumatized by seeing Goofy’s lifeless body bobbing about on the surface.”

  • The plan to sunset the Las Vegas monorail

  • What every hotel needs (HT: Paul H)

    Anna Green is an 18-year-old hospitality intern just trying to keep her head down and do the job at her first hotel gig. That job is on HOTELITOR, a “luxury class defense and hospitality unit” parked inside of a “retail and leisure” space colony. Little does Anna know but her brain-numbing world of package delivery, toilet paper restocking, and setting up guest room TVs is about to be blown into deep space. Literally.

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Comments

  2. I don’t know. I got a Leek wrap on Delta once that still haunts my dreams. And in January they served a meatless hamburger. Even the purser warned us not to eat it.

  3. Delta prepares elevated, crafted, and thoughtful cuisine for its discerning, premium guests.

  4. I love the impossible burger!
    It’s one of my favorite things on the menu.

    But there have been some questionable additions to Delta’s menu lately. Especially their breakfast offerings.

  6. My expectations must be too low, but that pizza looks pretty good to me for an inflight meal.

  8. Culinary meltdown? Your headline is exaggerated – the person who posted this said he enjoyed the pizza (gave it 7/10). That said, the DL food is generally bad, and DL is stingy given the premium they charge. But can you be accurate in what you post?

  9. @JRMW
    I won’t judge you for liking the impossible burger. My favorite meal in the army was S.O.S. Little bit of hot sauce with some scrambled powdered eggs on top. I could eat it today.

  10. I has been a long time since I ate a Delta meal on an airplane but that pizza doesn’t look that bad and it was tasty.

  11. @H2oman: When I was in, I couldn’t eat anything coming out of a dining facility. Then again, I was the guy who inspected the mess halls for food safety practices. After a good, thorough inspection, I’d rather eat an MRE. They weren’t the worst, though. Officers’ clubs were the worst.

    As for the United burgers that I’ve tried, really, they weren’t too bad. Of course, they proceeded to ruin them with things like putting jalapenos on them. I just wanted two buns, a meat patty, and a slice of cheese. Is that too much to ask? That pizza, though…I’m a Chicagoan. That is an abomination unto any deity you’d like to mention.

  12. Good pizza on an airplane isn’t as difficult as you’d think. Roman-style dough is perfect for this. It’s already designed to sit out for extended periods and (optionally) be reheated quickly in an oven

    I’ve brought Roscioli/Bonci back with me on the flight several times when leaving FCO. Delta FA once noticed me munching on it and took it to the oven to heat it up a bit. Was almost as good as fresh

  13. While the Las Vegas monorail shutting down is unfortunate it’s not really a surprise. The monorail was doomed when it didn’t travel to the two additional places it needed to go: downtown and the airport.

  14. Christian
    While I am niot sure what your comment has to do with the subject at hand, the Las Vegas monorail was never intended toi make money–it is oublic transit. The reason it will eventually close, the company that made the passenger cars for that monorail is out of the business. No replacement passenger cars, no monorail.

  15. Oh I liked the monorail in Vegas. While a bit awkward to get to, it’s generally quieter than the buses up and down the strip, and the AC is definitely better on hot days.

  16. As always BYOF.

    Homemade food will always be 10X better than anything the airline sells.

  17. Gary,
    I’ll say this again, and slower for you…

    STOP
    PICKING
    ON
    DELTA

    THEY
    ARE
    PERFECT!!!

  18. That pizza still looks light-years better than the horrid Indian food UA was trying to push on pax pre-COVID.

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