As we approached cruise height, the seat belt signs were switched off and I decided to use this moment to visit the bathroom and get changed into my sleeper suit.
The F bathroom looked nothing special compared to the factory default, but it was otherwise quite well appointed with the essential grooming supplies. The sleeper suit reflected the colour scheme of the OZ cabin - off-putting perhaps, but ultimately very comfy sleeper suit with a full button-up shirt, a rather unusual design compared to others.
The rack in the OZ F bathroom contains enough grooming supplies for most purposes.
Me wearing the OZ F sleeper suit, with full button-up shirt.
The OZ F amenity kits are a soft leather zip bag stocked with Bvlgari accessories. The bag itself looks nice and would probably make a nice make-up bag but otherwise not too practical because the leather is very soft and looks like with even minimal abuse, the leather might start to peel.
OZ F amenity bag made of soft leather
Contents of the OZ F amenity kit, featuring Bvlgari accessories.
Menus were distributed soon after I returned to my seat. The menu on this flight was written in four languages - Korean, English, German and Japanese - though the wine list is only offered in Korean and English. OZ offer three cuisine types ex-ICN - Western, Chinese and Korean - but unfortunately, without the benefit of research or experience, I only found out from the crew that in order to have the Chinese or Korean choices, they must be pre-ordered by calling OZ at least 24 hours in advance. So I was stuck with having to experience the Western menu for this flight. Given that OZ have ICN as a home base, they can be extremely precise with the catering loading so they will only stock exactly the number of meal sets required for the pax in the cabin. This can pose problems for those of you (like me) who may have been planning to mix and match across respective cuisine menus!
OZ F menus
Remember the good ol' days when formal dinners had more courses than Harvard? OK perhaps that was a bit extreme, but the OZ First Western menu appeared a lot like that and, with the exception of a few other airlines, no one else offers such a distinction in the air. So it's probably worth noting that if you're about to tuck into this dining experience, pace yourself.
The plate design of the OZ F dining table consisted of many subtle curves rather than the standard circular types. For those of you who have flown CX F before, the design concept is quite similar; and for those who have flown LH F before, OZ F takes some inspiration from their table by adorning the First Class dining table with a rose. My appetiser was served along with a choice of drink. The two Champagnes loaded for this flight - a Pol Roger 1999 and Taittinger 2000 - were looking very attractive, so my first glass of Champagne was to be the Pol Roger, of which I was quite pleased with.
Pol Roger Sir Winston Churchill 1999 Champagne. Wonderful drop.
The OZ F dining table set with appetiser of baked pear with prosciutto and sticky balsamic.
Bakery items were offered as I tucked into the appetiser, which was delicious. The sticky balsamic did an excellent job in accentuating the combination of pear and prosciutto. It was great to soak up the remaining balsamic with my bread roll, as well as with the supplied olive oil.
Bread roll.