Java Moon

Hello from Southern California! We're excited to tell you about our LA adventures and hopefully we'll actually finish this series of trip recaps...

 

Our first food stop was at Newark Airport. While we knew that our airline (Virgin America) would have pretty good food for purchase on the plane, we were hoping to get a snack at the airport that might be cheaper or better. Unfortunately, we were at Terminal A at Newark, and the post-security options in our gate section (30-39) left much to be desired. The food court and some other options (like Golden Krust) were pre-security and the Earl of Sandwich sadly wasn't in our section. I think all we had was Phillips (a sit-down seafood restaurant and we had no time for a leisurely meal), Ruby Tuesday (sit-down and to-go), and Java Moon.

 

We ended up grabbing a sandwich to split at Java Moon, a spot in the middle of the gate section which offered sandwiches, salads, and other snacks. Nothing looked that inspiring to me so I let A pick. He came back with orange juice and a turkey sandwich.

 

 

The sandwich consisted of oven roasted turkey, smoked mozzarella cheese, tomato and spinach on multi-grain bread.

 

 

It was okay. I didn't really notice that it was "smoked mozzarella" as it just tasted like some sort of non-descript cheese, and the turkey just seemed like plain cold cuts. The tomato and spinach did seem fresh, but didn't really add a lot of flavor. Adding mustard helped a little. Overall, the sandwich was fine, but just kind of boring. It was, however, better than the plain turkey sandwich we got at the Marine Air Terminal at LaGuardia, where there are far less options than Newark. So, I guess that's positive.

 

The sandwiches we got on Virgin America (which will be in the next post in this series) were much better and I always forget that you can just get food on-demand on Virgin America. I think I've learned my lesson and will just stick to the Virgin America sandwiches!