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Photo taken by: Howard Long
Route: Sydney (SYD) - Dubai (DXB), 13 Mar 2004
Ticket price: £3,900 (total return trip London
- Auckland)
Flight duration: 14h40
Aircraft type & class: A340-500, First
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Dinner (again)
Figs with arabic coffee
Smoked Salmon and Crab Parcel
Asian Braised Beef Rib
Cheese plate
Fruit plate
Drink:
Arabic Coffee
Water
Dom Perignon 1995 Champagne
Chassagne Montrachet 2001 Burgundy white
Geoff Merrill Reserve Chardonnay 1998 white
Domaine de Chevalier 1994 Bordeaux red
Rutherford Ranch Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1999 red
Taylor's Port 1997
Tea
Comments: Arabic coffee and figs again highly
recommended. Smoked Salmon and Crab Parcel was wonderful. Sadly they were
out of Lobster Thermidor, so I went for the Asian Braised Beef Rib which
was OK. Cheese plate was very generous in selection and portion size.
Fruit plate was excellent. I tried all six wines that were available during
this meal and all were of excellent quality, although the Champagne was
flat again so they opened a new bottle for me. Only thing lacking on the
booze front is the fairly closed wine selection: two oaked chardonnays
and two full on reds.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10 for booze, 9 for food,
9 for service, 10 for
comfort.
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Photo taken by: Howard Long
Route: Auckland (AKL) - Sydney (SYD), 13 Mar 2004
Ticket price: £3,900 (total return trip London
- Auckland)
Flight duration: 3 hours
Aircraft type & class: A340-500, First
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Dinner
Figs with arabic coffee
Feta cheese and roasted vegetable canapees
Some more canapees
Lobster Medallions
Braised Lamb Shanks
Drink:
Arabic Coffee
Water
Dom Perignon 1995 Champagne
Chassagne Montrachet Burgundy 2001 white
Domaine de Chevalier Bordeaux 1994 red
Tea
Comments: Arabic coffee and figs recommended. Canapees
were OK but nothing special.
Lobster medallions were OK. Lamb was quite good as were roasted vegetables.
Nothing much to jump out as special though, except the booze which was
excellent quality despite being limited in selection. Oh, and the tea
service was fantastic again.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10 for booze, 7 for food, 9
for service, 10 for comfort.
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