Lufthansa First Class Munich-LAX

Thanks to my wonderful ywt occasionally travel-clueless better half, we are back at MUC about 2.5 hours before departure.  
And head for the First Class check in area and security. Not as bad as I anticipated.

And then off to the First Class Lounge for breakfast.

We both had the delicious and filling veggie omelet.

At around T-50, we bid our adieus and headed out for long perp walk down to the H gates. Priority passport check means nothing when you get in a slow lane behind a non-US citizen with 4 passports and some visa issue. Lovely. And after all that, the long walk back to H17-H18 and a mass of humanity in a way too small space.

Munich-Los Angeles
Lufthansa 452
A340-600
12:00P-3:15P
June 21, 2015
First Class
Departed 8/8
Seats 1DG

With only 8 pax, you'd think that the GA might perhaps call First Class pax. Heaven forbid, what a stupid idea that would be. Just let them scrum and board with Business and every Star Alliance cardholder and their families. How lovely.  

Already in a foul mood, we board and take our seats 1DG, otherwise known as the lavatory row.  
We have always had much more preferable 2DG on our A346 flights, but since someone decided that she didn't want to go to FRA last night, we have crap seats.

But with a great view of the lavs. 

Lufthansa IFE is challenged at best but the touch sensitive IFE controls on the A346 are horrible. They don't work half the time and then it takes most of the flight to get the touch right.

15 minutes in the air and I figured it was time to get my back pack from the overhead. Got up to retrieve and was yelled at by the FA in the jump seat since the "seat belt sign is still on". Seriously?? Plus, one of the bulbs behind the seat beat sign was not functioning so it looked like it could have been off, compared to the no smoking sign. Which I told said FA, to which she jumped out of her seat to take a look and told me "No, that sign is still on". OK, guess it's going to be one of those flights.  

After the seat belt sign was officially off, the crew decided to get up and slowly begin service.

Today's menu. Seriously?? What kind of celebrity chef thinks these are attractive options on a flight to the US? Boiled ham? Veal Cheek? Chicken Leg?  

Oh, that kind. I'm thinking no sparkle of delight in this diner's eyes today.

And obviously I'm not a connoisseur of fine dining since I've never heard of Harald Wolfarht. Paul Bocuse? Oui. Harald Wolfhardt? Not so much. German cars? Absolutely. But I'm thinking there is a reason that not many people say "let's do German tonight" when they are thinking about where to go for dinner. Then again, how many German restaurants are there around the world... outside of Germany? Think about that.

We passed on alcohol and caviar today but went for the starter trio each of which was pretty good. Although service was bizarre. Our FA was jumping all around the cabin but seemingly partial to the male pax in 1A and 2A. Even though there were three women on the GK side, service was always the male only AD side first. Meaning that I got my food at least 5 minutes before Mrs. SFO.

As was the salad.

The Carrot Ginger soup was OK.

For the main, we went with the lesser of the evils and the Ravioli with Seafood in Coconut Sauce flavored with Thai Curry.

For dessert, I opted for grapes from the cheese and dessert cart. Our FA gave me 6 grapes, which was actually more than enough since Germans have still not figured out how to grow grapes without hard seeds.

After lunch, did some work and watched a movie. With a weak selection of movies, I resorted to watching Taken 2 for the 20th time. 
For a mid flight snack, I had a refreshing fruit plate.

On our return flights, the second meal is often much better than the first. Two months ago, the 2nd meal was Mexican and it was outstanding. Today? Not so much. Indeed this was one of the worst meals on any plane let alone a First Class cabin. Where to start on this one. "Harald Wolhfahrt has treated you to a creative menu. Now enjoy our American-inspired specialities".   Clearly no one in LH catering has ever had good or even mediocre American Barbecue.

I told our FA just a little of each. For most of these, that was way too much. Pretty sad when the cole slaw is the best option.

And then, the pièce de resistance, Spareribs with Oven Baked Potatoes, Creme fraiche with Chive and Corn on the Cob. OMG. The. Worst. Ever. Oh yeah, nice plating with the foil wrapped baked potato.  

Sad to say the potato was the only edible part of this meal. The ribs were disgusting. You had to hack away to get any meat. And the corn?? No salt, no butter, no seasoning. Someone just boiled corn (think dishwater) and cut it up for plating.

Since I was served first, Mrs. SFO could see the ribs and quickly went for the Snapper. Unfortunately, it wasn't any better. "Jeez, I need a saw to cut into this." One bite and she was finished.

Dessert, just the fruit please. Hmmm, that looks familiar.

We arrived on time at LAX. Although there were 1,000s of pax in Bradley customs area, lots of Global Entry kiosks and we were thru in no time. Now starving and with PreCheck on our UA app BPs, we headed to T4 and Kogi LAX, the amazing Korean taco truck near AA's Gates 45-49.

After we finished, we headed out for Terminal 7 and United. With an on time departure, we arrived home in Denver 20 minutes early, or just before 9PM.

Other than that last lap, our return from MUC, it was a wonderful vacation. And a truly great south of France barge experience. Thank you for following along.