Anyway,
I have been doing this fun observation based on the airlines that I had taken
in the two years. Some other airlines that I had taken are either too short (for
food serving) or no food is served anyway...
Even though the passenger sitting next to me gave his strange look every time I took pics of my food, the show must go on... Let’s start
with Garuda Indonesia, the national carrier of Indonesia. The country of where
I was born.
Garuda Indonesia (GA)
GA, is
among the two airlines I know, distributes a list of menu to all economy class
passengers during international flights (at least for Jakarta – Hong Kong
route). Other international airlines do it verbally; “Good morning Sir/Ma’am,
would you like to have Beef with Rice or Chicken Noodle?”
During
my flight between Hong Kong to Jakarta, the choices were between the Beef
Rendang (Indonesian beef curry) and Sweet & Sour Dory Fish for main course.
Ehem… prior to lunch, juices and
peanuts as snack were distributed.
About
the meal, it was a regular lunch tray of beef rendang with steamed rice and
green veggie, beef salad as side dish, and bread and butter. As for dessert; vanilla
panna cotta and one chocolate bar biscuit.
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| GA (Denpasar - Jakarta) |
Good karma happens to good people. One day, I was upgraded to business class from Denpasar to Jakarta and I enjoyed beef pasta, bread, fruit and Haagen Dazs ice cream.
China Southern Airlines
Somewhere
in between Ho Chi Minh City and Guangzhou, my choice went to Beef Noodle
instead of Pork with Rice.
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| China Southern Air (Saigon - Guangzhou) |
The
sweet dessert was not sweet or tasteless. This Vietnamese dessert is similar to
Thai; sago pearl dessert with chickpeas and coconut milk.
It was between
Beijing to Shanghai, I chose a package of Seafood with Rice instead of Beef
with Rice.
The
most interesting part is the liquid yogurt-oat-yellow peach. Stab the straw and
enjoy the tasty peach yogurt until I tasted the oat, slurppp...
The seafood
was served warm, it was a mixed of shrimp, fish, squid, crab stick (surimi),
veggie in sweet and sour sauce. The salad was fresh celery with peanut. The bun
is served with no butter.
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| Air China |
The
plastic transparent cutlery is specially designed with airlines logo. Some
airlines use regular plastic spoon as if it is purchased from any supermarket.
The food tray is made from melamine. The wet tissue smells soft.
It was
a long haul flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Paris. Supper was served around
midnite local time (Saigon time) as soon as passenger boarded.
Between
two choices of Chicken and John Dory fish, I chose the chicken as its name
looks delicious already, burgundy wine? Chicken was served with steamed baby
potato and veggies – it was tender. Burgundy sauce is a bit sweet but tasty.
What I like the most is it was served hot. It was really hot so I had to wait
to eat it. Which is good, I could put the cold baguette on top of the aluminum
foil cover to warm it up.
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| AF Supper (Saigon - Paris) |
As to
test my French ability, I also mentioned to the steward that I would like some
wine with the chicken: le vin rouge,
eerggghh... Pardon, le vin blanc s'il
vous plait. Having wine in the plane has two silly reasons; it helps me to
sleep, I found the packaging of in-flight small wine bottles is cute.
Walnut
chocolate cake and three slices of fruits for dessert were fine.
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| AF breakfast (Saigon - Paris) |
A few
slices of beef and pork, sliced cheese and pickles, cold buns, pastry with pineapple jam, yogurt, orange juice and of course
tea or coffee.
Charles
de Gaulle is huge! I was so nervous to find the right gate for my
connecting flight to Nice in an hour transit...
In a short
flight between Paris to Nice (Air France), we were served with a very simple
French breakfast; tea/coffee with croissant. Simple and chic. The tea bag is customized
to fit the paper cup, it looks cute, I had never seen this packaging before.
….
Bonjour la Cote d'Azur!
