And that of course takes me to the most scary part of the plane - not the plastic composites that make the thing up, but the Toilets. How can a toilet be scary?

When Toto make toilet.

For those who have not travelled to Japan or Asia, there is a love out there for toilets that do more that just flush. A lot around are the Washlet style toilets which have... advanced cleaning functions and more buttons than is good for a toilet. See [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilets_in_Japan"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilets_in_Japan[, but I’m not going into the subject much further.

There is room in the toilet, but as a plane toilet, there is still isn’t much of it. There is a window in the 787 business loo - which is interesting if you want to see what you are doing 35,000ft up. And whilst the flush control is a wave or push button thing, the thing we’re all interested is to the side. The controls for the washlet function. And that’s as much as I’ll say on the Toto Washlet.


Buttons to fear.


Probably the safest button of all...

Seriously - some things are better unsaid.

The toilet had amenities the usual business class amenities, toothbrush, mouthwash and fresh wipes.



Lets move onto cabin matters, and the seat. The seat is a true flat-bed options (as opposed to Wedge beds that lie at an angle), and it is darn comfortable as a bed.


Take off position


Fully Flat


Legroom - apologies for my legs...

In fact whilst some might think the seat looks a bit narrow, it felt slightly wider than the UA Business seat, but slightly narrower than some of the wedge seats out there. This can be slightly put down to the staggered layout which does compromise space a bit, but creates a private suite feel. It’s horses for courses - and liked what i was resting in.

Some more of the seat:




Footlight


Table Stowage


Window controller


Side table with lit up in Dreamliner Blue

Mid-flight it was snack time. And whilst there was cheese and fruit options, I was yearning for something a bit hotter. So the crew did some noodles for me.

And as you can see it was a lovely thick Udon noodles braised deep fried Tofu on it on top. Not too spicy, but a lovely Delicious taste and a reasonable mid-flight portion.


Udon Noodles

I had hoped that would send me to sleep, but that failed, so I spent time switching between the map, to my GhettoIFE Plus system, to simply closing my eyes and enjoying this rare trip up the front of the plane

With two hours to go, the crew came around for the final service ordering. Of course I went with the Japanese food again.


Hot Towel


Pickles


The Tray

Again the food was presented wonderfully, with a wide variety of tastes


Bok choy and beancurd"


Fresh steamed rice


Sablefish


Miso Soup

The bok chock and fried bean curd was lovely set of textures, whilst the sablefish was simple and divine. A lovely end of flight meal.

Continued for one more bit...