Part 7 – A quick sprint in BKK and TG First Class BKK-HKG
Jul 16, 2010 – Friday
TG 606 BKK-HKG 4:00pm – 7:45pm (744/F)
As expected, I had a Thai golf cart waiting for me at the end of the jetway. As I had now only 35 mins to connect in BKK due to the pre-flight medical emergency on LX 180, the Thai escort lady said I didn’t have enough time to go to the First Class lounge. A major disappointment for me as I really wanted to try that lounge out, the golf cart however did save me the walk between LX flight and security. And since I wanted to get the photos, I ran the rest of the way with the escort lady carrying all my carry-on. A quick sprint of 7-10 mins and I got to the gate. Hmm, TG rips the Boarding pass and only gives me back the stub, oh escort lady! Well they couldn’t give me the whole bp since they needed it for record keeping but they at least printed an extra so that I could keep the long part.
Then I was escorted onto the 747 for the last European section of my trip, sorry guys, only the old First today.
Thai Airways International Boeing 747-400
Thai Airways International 606
Bangkok Suvarnabhumi to Hong Kong
4:00pm – 7:45pm, 2hr 45 mins
First Class, Seat 1B
Food – Dinner
Equipment – Boeing 747-400
Thai Airways Boeing 747-400 Old First Class Cabin
Thai Airways 747 First Class Seat
I was immediately guided to my seat from the First Class FA standing near the door 1, she said we have only 3 First Class passengers tonight, so all of us have our own private row tonight. Yay! I quickly got the pics done, and the FAs quickly got me a glass of champagne, water and a hot towel.
Pre-Departure Beverage, 1999 Bollinger
Seat was fairly good, the only major problem I found was that when it was fully reclined to lie-flat, the seat will have a huge gap between seat bottom and seat back so beware of items dropping into it. And soon the door were closed, and we were ready to go.
Old Projectors????
Uh oh, just how old really is this plane, old projectors for the safety video, at least I’m using the powerport for the computer????
Oh well, we started our roll-off at and was the service soon started. I declined the headsets as I was not interested in using the taped entertainment system and soon the service began.
Dining Menu
TG 606 Dinner
To start
Macadamia Nuts
Pork satay on peanut sauce along with cucumber salad with relish sauce
Soup
Pumpkin Cream Soup with Oragne Zest
Main Course
Beef with eggplant Green Curry with steamed Thai Hom Mali Rice and stir-fried Preserved turnip with egg
Pan-fried Capon Breast on Orange Perfumed Bordelasie sauce with roasted potatoes and sautéed spinach with shallot, glazed baby carrot
Stir-fried tiger prawn with Guilin Chilli sauce on Oriental Fried Rice and sautéed vegetables
Dessert
Assorted breads, crackers, butter
Cheese and Fresh Fruits
Valrhona Apricot Tart
Tea, Coffee, Espresso, Cappuccino
I didn’t have any alcohol other than the champagne, just needed a change for once. So just, a diet coke on this flight.
Appetizer
Dining Presentation with Garlic Bread
Soup
The satay and the soup were nice changes to the usual airplane food I usually see which unfortunately tends to be Stuffed Pasta shells on AA
First Main Course – Green Curry with Beef
Now why did I went with the curry, I like curry personally although I would never make it at home since it stinks horribly when you cook it and I don’t think my roommates would like that. Unfortunately, I only finished half of this meal as it was extremely spicy. Then again, I am flying Thai, what was I supposed to expect.
Second Main Course – Chicken on Borderlaise Sauce
Again, I do like chicken as well but I never tend to eat it on planes since the meat is always too dry in texture when it’s cooked in the plane oven. But as stated above in the menu, 2 of the 3 main courses choice were spicy so I was left with little choice. The most surprising part for this main course was that the roasted potatoes tasted like McCain French fries if anyone is from Canada, not really sure if those can be bought in the states.
Fruit and Cheese Plate
I declined the cheese plate but since the FA was too quick in offering, I ask her to put in down for a pic then I returned it back to her.
The dessert look very simple but it was amazing delicious, now why didn’t I get seconds???
I probably would’ve been the first person on FT to get cut off on clams and tarts
Dessert
And finally a Thai Iced coffee to end the service
After service was completed, we were about 1 hr 15 mins away from HKG. I simply reclined the chair to a comfortable position and lounged watching the beautiful sunset over the South China Sea. The final part of the journey was a bit bumpy as we were flying near Tropical Storm Conson which was in the South China sea. During the descent, the night lights of Macau were very visible and soon we landed at HKG. My luggage came out among the first few bags as it had HON priority tags from ZRH and I was back to my second/third home. 5 wks here then Pacific section of RTW begins!
Next Part
Part 8 – Cathay Pacific Business Class HKG-SIN with a visit to the Pier