Antarctica: December 2022: Day 1: Flying, airports, and bad food

Antarctica

Day 1: Flying

The harissa chicken is not good, but at least better than the za'tar chicken.

The gumbo at Landry's Seafood at IAH was straight up awful.

The calamari wasn't any better.

Shower stall at United Polaris Lounge IAH was on the small side.

Hot towels are back onboard.

Warm nuts.

Salmon is best described as indifferent, but at least it's a proper salad.

Cheese plate and pre-made sundae.

They really need to bring the actual sundae cart back.

The day of flying to Argentina isn't the longest-- not by far-- but something about it definitely dragged. In-flight catering on United has gone from "cat barf" to merely "looks like cat barf" so that's an improvement. I then made a nearly-fatal mistake of going to Landry's on my layover in Houston, where the meal was even worse than the worst crap on United. Landry's at IAH is apparently nicknamed the "Priority Pass cafeteria" for a reason, only the food is worse than cafeteria food.

The IAH-EZE redeye did the job. The salmon was not impressive, but again, things have improved. In retrospect I should have eaten a proper meal at the Polaris Lounge and then slept as much as possible, as the actual in-flight time is under 10 hours, which, subtracting take-off and landing and whatnot, is just adequate for a good night's sleep.

At least in-flight hot towels have returned?