In 1990 when TWA was struggling to keep head above water, my father & I were SLF on an MD80 STL-PDX, and noted that the cabin service was better than we were used to.
And then this marvelous vapor from the galley told us steak was on the menu. Not a big steak, but prepared in great style. We were salivating 15 minutes before our turn came. Return flight was similar.
With that, my loyalty to TWA tripled - until the Tulsa gang pulled the plug on their underlings.
