Part 8 -- NRT-SFO (NH C)
Finally, we were heading back home. We hung out at the ANA lounge and did a little souvenir shopping too. The ANA lounge we went to was quite large and busy, but did not feel like the United Club zoo in SFO. There was a decent selection of food and drinks. I had a lot of beer, chicken meatballs, noodles, and rice crackers.
On this flight, we were back on a 777-300ER with staggered business class seating. We actually had the same exact seats as our SFO-NRT trip. I chose the International option because I like foie gras.
Olives, cheese, etc.:
Marlin and foie gras:
Beef was overcooked:
Dessert was so-so:
I did not mention this earlier in the TR, but during the Tokyo leg my wife got sick -- she was throwing up a lot. While this deeply affected our trip personally, I did not feel the need to mention her illness in the reviews of restaurants as her being sick was not a factor in the quality of food or service. On our flight back, she started getting sick after the meal service. She didn't really eat and just picked at the dessert.
On the plus side, when she started getting sick, the flight attendants took really good care of her. They reserved a bathroom for her, took her temperature throughout the flight, constantly checked on her, gave her hot water, and hot towels, etc. I was impressed with their level of concern.
On the negative side, they seemed a little hostile towards me. My wife needed me to be there for her and to get her help when she needed it. She did not want or need me to be escorting her to the bathroom, or holding her hair back, etc. Maybe the flight attendants thought I was not being as helpful as they thought I should be because they kept telling me I should help her when she gets up, etc. when my wife already told me in no uncertain terms that's not what she wanted. Anyways, I felt like they were trying to shame me in doing something that my wife did not want me to do for her. And not that I would have ordered anything, they did not even ask about the second meal service. I felt that they should have asked and let me turn them down instead of making the decision that I should not eat for me.
Anyways, it was a crummy way to end an otherwise great trip. Hope you all enjoyed the TR!