United POLARIS BUSINESS CLASS vs. JetBlue MINT FOOD REVIEW | Best INFLIGHT FOOD!

So I flew Mint once before. Really, really nice experience. This time from New York to Los Angeles. Let's check out the menu. First of all, cocktails. You can get the Mint Condition or Al Pastor Margarita. I love it when there's non-alcoholic option cocktails. Menu is coffee and tea, drip coffee, tea. Parting gift of chocolate-covered cashews. Small plates, choose three of five. Oh, that's hard. Definitely steak, definitely lasagna. Yeah, can I get a burrata, the lasagna and flat iron steak, please? Thank you so much. You can only pick three? Yeah. Food here, at least from last time's experience, it's gonna be awesome. So even though I've been up since 4 a.m this morning, not gonna miss dinner. Screen, very nice. You get dry TV. Controls for your seat. There's a massage option. There's a relax option. Also the seat cushion. This feels like a, like a, almost like an air mattress. Very, very nice. Charging station. Water right there. Let's check out what's in the bag. Coconut oil packets. So this is like a makeup remover slash face body moisturizer slash shaving and beard balm slash like slash like a thousand things. Honey lozenges. Pair of socks. Collagen drink and Miracle Mist. Very nice. Mint connection. This looks really, really, really good. First of all, bread, olive oil, sea salt flakes. This is, this is what I love about JetBlue. They have hot oil. There's the burrata. The steak lasagna. Everything looks pretty darn good. Tomatoes on the side. It's like the restaurant in the sky. Very excited about this lasagna. Look at this. I think there's some spinach inside. It's all delicious and cheesy with that nice crunch from the spinach. Wow. I mean that's already spicy on its own, but let's add the chili oil. Let's just add the chili oil everywhere. Cheese as well. Why not? If I remember correctly, the JetBlue chili oil is pretty darn good. Getting into the steak. That's a nice color on the inside. I kind of expected that steak to be a little tough. That is a tender piece of steak. Food on men's is out of this world. I mean, that's two for two, knocking it out of the park. Food is just, it doesn't even taste like clean food. I feel like I'm in a restaurant in the sky. Outstanding. Some peach ice cream. I almost wish the supply was longer so I could eat twice. All right, I gotta eat up. I've been up since 4 a.m. So food, bed, Los Angeles. Huh, what is this? This was left in the room. This is just a bag of pistachios and chips that has expired. Well, that's never happened before. A laundry bag full of random snacks and water. We first walk into the hotel room. Am I gonna find a surprise in the bathroom too? Yeah, I'll just take it. All right, so just got to Santa Barbara. This is where the shoot for the show is. First time here. Apparently the uni here is what you gotta get when you're in Santa Barbara. The uni and the crab fat. But after the shoot and a quick nap, it's pretty late already. This is one of the few places that's open. It's called the Black Sheep Restaurant. I came here because they had this dish with uni and ramen. Fortunately, they don't have that anymore, but they did have this. It's a bone marrow bruschetta. Look at this. Big chunks of bone marrow. It looks like panko on top and it's like preserved pear on the side. This looks... This looks so good. Oh my goodness. Oh, that is a juicy, fatty bruschetta. Oh my god. Oh, this is freaking amazing. This is the fanciest, probably one of the best tasting bruschetta I've ever put in my mouth. I mean you definitely need some of that salad. Because this thing is fatty in all the best way possible. Just a tip, when that thing goes into your mouth, grab a napkin because the juice will start running everywhere. Wow. Peach. Nice sweetness, a little acid. It's a counteractive bone marrow. This is really, really, really good. Entree is this noodle dish. Look at this. Snapper with seaweed on top. Skin is seared perfectly crispy. Rice noodles on the bottom with some carrot, cilantro, sprouts. Inside... Oh, inside this fish is pretty rare. And they give you a spoon for this. This is so freaking good. Wow. This restaurant is pretty awesome. I didn't expect it to be that spicy. My mouth is burning up. The spice is coming from the broth. Oh, there's tons of chilies in here. Rice noodles, interesting base for this fish, but it works great. It's nice and chewy. Got some crunch from the sprouts, the carrots, the seaweed. Take a bite and then chase it with the broth for a ton of heat. Wow. That was really, really, really good. I mean this restaurant, these dishes are really interesting. I highly recommend this place. Another sunny day here in Los Angeles. Heading to Chicago today. First, some breakfast. Final meal in Los Angeles. It's got to be Mexican food. I'm here in the fashion district and I heard a lot about this restaurant right here. It's been operating for over 30 years. Mex-Peru Gypsy. Before it's even taken my first bite, I already know I'm gonna love this place. I mean this smells so incredible. This, the restaurant is actually a combination of Mexican slash Peruvian food. Uh, that's why I had to get the classic Peruvian dish, Lomo Saltado. Haven't had this in such a long time. I love everything about this. This fry soaked up all that delicious gravy. The beef is so tender. There's nice crunch from the onions, sweetness from the tomatoes. This dish is aromatic, has so much depth and just bursting with umami. The rice is absolutely perfect. Oh, wow. It's had a combination bite of onions, potatoes, tomatoes, and beef. So getting all that texture combined, plus that amazing sauce. Mind-blowingly good. Also, they have hot oil. So my dish, added to the Lomo Saltado. Combining the rich flavor of the sauce and giving it more heat. You guys gotta come and try this. You gotta add the hot oil. It's hard pressed to find a more satisfying bite of food anywhere. Triple wow. Wow, wow, wow. How could I have been in LA so many times without coming here? This is blowing my mind with every single bite. I gotta try everything really quick and finish the food because, um, rushing to the airport right now. So this dish is called Tijerinas Verdes. It's pesto pasta with cheese on top and of course a steak on the side. This pasta is so good. They used evaporated milk. So you get that nice touch of sweetness. On top of the creaminess. Wow. Steak is fried. So it's got that nice char. Also, however, they marinated the steak, that flavor is steeped through and through. Again, bringing the hot oil to the party here. I don't know if it calls for it or not, but their hot oil is delicious. I mean that heat is for real. Oh man. This plate, a little heavy, but you won't want to stop eating this. Pair the food with some Inca cola. I feel like I'm right back in Peru. Finally, had to get a Mexican dish too. They recommended the chicken torta and I see them seasoning this thing like crazy. So I'm excited for this bite. Oh, that chicken is flavored so well. The bread is soft and toasty. The chicken got a little spice to it, a little chipotle seasoning. You got the refreshing tomatoes, the crunch of the vegetables. This is good. I don't know how to make it better. Take the sandwich, dunk it into the Lomo Saltado sauce with some of that nice hot oil just to raise this flavor profile up even more. Last thing, the chicken torta wasn't good to begin with, but you can't waste that sauce. That's the ultimate combo. Amazing torta with that sauce. Just smothered all over it. Food here is so good. I think my favorite, if you come here, Lomo Saltado, add the hot oil. It's breathtaking. This will definitely be a place I go to a lot whenever I'm back in LA. Seriously, come here, give it a try. I got about 10 minutes left to finish all this, so see you at the airport. All right, so the journey back is going to be on United Polaris First Class. This is going from Los Angeles to Chicago. Never flew United First Class before domestic. Let me show you around. There's a little storage space right here where you have your headphones and a little mirror. Remote control, power source, a little light. I don't know what this is. Armrest that will go down once you lay your bed flat. Controls are really simple. You use this little turn switch to go from sitting up to laying down. A little function here to give you some back support. Cloth hanger. Pretty good size screen with a really good amount of movies. Whoa, this thing just keeps going and going. A little storage space here. Charger here. Table here. So unlike the mid-flight, there's no travel pack. They don't really give you much of anything. Not even a pillow or blanket. The bathroom is giant. This is a really good size bathroom. I just went back one to I think maybe that's premium economy class right behind the business class seats. Those are really big size, nice seats. Those are probably the size of a regular domestic first class seats for a typical airline. And the bigger bathroom I showed you was actually for back there. And if you go to the front for the business class Polaris bathroom, it's really tiny. I should have just got tickets for that. I just think much more worth it. So the two choices were Italian ragu over polenta or grilled chicken over rice. Based on the pictures, the chicken looks better. Food is served. Grilled chicken over rice, a little pretzel roll, a little tart I think, some fruits, salt and pepper and butter. Pretzel roll is hot. It's always nice. Oh, that's some soggy rice on the bottom. The chicken has a mysterious herb on top. The chicken itself is not bad. It's pretty tender and juicy. The flavor is not too shabby either. Never mind, that was a really dry piece. The rice is just really watery and soggy. It's corn, beans, some tomatoes in here. Probably the best thing about that is how spicy it is. I still think this chicken is probably a better option than the ragu though. But I think the best thing here might just be this this tart. That's a warm and gooey chocolate tart. This is delicious. That's the best thing on this trip. I would trade my chicken for a couple more of these. This is of course a flight from LA to Chicago. So I think flights from California to New York I think they do come with a travel bag with some simple lotion inside. The food may be a little better. And I know before the pandemic, the Polaris Lounge, which I featured in a couple videos before, it's amazing. The buffet is fantastic. There's a sit-down service where you can order anything off the menu. I'm talking about scallops, quality burgers. Right now, all the lounges are closed. I think LAX, every single lounge is closed. This food, at least on this route, is very, very mediocre. And I think what they used to give you was a Sunday service on Polaris, where they're literally wheeling like a Sunday bar as dessert. Again, I'm not sure if there's a huge difference between this route and flying cross-country. But at least on this route, this is what you get. There's no pillows. There's no blankets. The seat is really, really comfortable. I feel like my head on this cushion, it feels like an airy pillow. So I like the seating space. I like the comfort of the seats. The entertainment selection is fantastic. Food, not so much. Except for this. This is great. A couple last things I want to say about the flights. The United flight is pretty comfortable. I think on the longer routes, when you're actually going across the country, they do provide a travel pack, blankets, pillows. But not on this flight. Food on this flight was very mediocre. But I like the seats. I like how much space they give you. The staff was incredibly friendly. There's a lot of selections of movies, TV shows. But the food really wasn't there. Men, it's just awesome. Food, comfort, staff, entertainment, everything about it, the ambiance. It's just so great. And I think comparing these two flights, the Mint flight actually cost me less than the United flight. So if you are ever considering between the two, I highly recommend Mint. And like I mentioned in the beginning, this video is sponsored by HelloFresh. I've been working with HelloFresh for years now. It's a meal kit that I love for so many reasons. Number one being, it's actually delicious. I don't think I've had a single bad recipe with HelloFresh. And that makes sense because they have more five-star reviews than any other meal kit. So you know you're going to get something delicious. I also love it because this saves me time. I hate going to the supermarket. I always overshop. And honestly, I'm kind of impatient. When I'm hungry, I just want my food. 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