unitedbusiness

DL also serves its share of those so-called “exotic” ingredients you mentioned , including a lot of the annoying Impossible meatball products !
Agreed…let’s get back to high quality basics !

hotelboy

What is exotic about a purple potato?

HNLbasedFlyer

Probably the folks who haven't had a purple potato who think that

dcsnowwake

It was beyond awful. I just couldn't. I am surprised noone else posted this EXOTIC creation yet. If I see it on menu, I will never order it again. I just want a damn potato and a chicken that is at least the same size of it.

dkc192

I guess I made my point poorly, my bad. What I was trying to say is that UA thinks it can fancify its menu by using exotic, fancy, less commonly used ingredients (or however you want to describe them) such as potato vitelotte or chocolate demi-glace. This often results in a weird or otherwise unappealing combination put on the plate. If they are spending more money on these random ingredients thinking that they can elevate the dish as a whole, I'd rather they spend it on a higher-quality and/or more substantial piece of protein instead (e.g., more filet or steak instead of short rib please).

For example, I recently had the turbot from the menu in question. The cook on the turbot was excellent, so credit where it's due, but I found the inclusion of sliced orange and grapefruit (that looked like it came from a can) to be odd, and it worsened my overall impression of the dish as a whole.

HNLbasedFlyer

I suspect the purple potato and other "exotic" ingredients were actually cheaper than the less "exotic" ingredients. I personally have a hard time believing they are green lighting expensive purple potato over regular potato - they probably got a deal (or the caterer)