Great report all around! ^ I definitely think Taiwan is one of the more underrated countries in the region. Great food, scenery and friendlier people all around compared to Mainland China or Hong Kong.
I also liked your insights on JL F. It seems like people are pretty much consistently rating CX F as above or equal to JL F. I have CX F booked next year, but I still plan on switching to JL F if it becomes available just for the sake of trying something new.
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Flyingfox
Nice report and pics.
CX's F meals seem to be sliding.
Only offering caviar as a lone starter in F is not acceptible. They need at least one other offering. This isn't the standard for international F class.
For the soup - how about something other than mushroom or lobster for a change?
They need to improve their choice of western mains. Always a steak and a (very bland) pasta. The 2 pasta dishes I had in January just were not good. They had no taste.
And the puddings? Best on intra-asia F flights. On ex-EU and US flights they serve a cake-like thing that looks like it's been baked in a fairy-cake (cupcake) pan, then they drizzle some chocolate syrup or fruit liquid over it and serve it with ice-cream. Can they hire a decent pastry chef or at least CHANGE the offering to something different each month? It's always the same thing. Or red bean soup if you fancy that - but they don't add the sweet rice dumplings to it?
As a side note, they apparently don't serve the cappucino in the fanciful cup anymore - noticed this a while back. But they still do the espressos in the same cups.
Snacks are crabcakes and the same noodle soups. For years!
I realise these things may seem trivial but if you fly with them often it becomes quite an issue.
Exactly my sentiments about CX F catering. Even though I've flown them once, I found their menu boring and very "average" for F. They could learn a thing or two from QF or SQ (SQ's Chinese meal was ten times better than CX's!)