A little more on my 830 the other day.

Service: Staff was incredibly attentive. Load was 4/6. I was in 1A and noticed that someone either walked through the cabin or poked her head through the curtains to check on me (2A was empty) at least every 15-20 minutes. When delivering each course of a meal, there were always 2 FAs.

Food: Caviar was good; although you can have the blinis. I much preferred the toast. In fact, I preferred everything about the old presentation, from the Balik to the potatoes, etc. Sure, the individual tins of caviar may ultimately save on waste, but there was much more available when each flight had one large tin.

For only the second time since I've been flying CX F (8 years), I tried the western option, as none of the Chinese options appealed to me. It was grilled shrimp (three) with both garlic butter and some sort of tomato sauce. Lose the tomato sauce and serve it with only garlic butter would improve it greatly. Baby string beans were crisp and delicious, as was the rice, billed as risotto, but it really wasn't. Nevertheless, the rice was quite good. It just wasn't risotto.

There was a flyer inserted in the menu for two special CNY desserts. I requested one; but it turned out that neither had been loaded. Apparently with CNY just past, they were no longer available. Instead, I had a Chinese dessert, some sort of small dough rounds with "bubbles" in coconut milk. Offered hot or cold, I opted for hot. It was delicious.

The special red wine program is currently Italian. I didn't try it, opting to stick with Krug. I had had breakfast at The Wing prior to departure (a delicious omelette); and I slept before I ate. By the time I got to the meal, starting with caviar and Krug, the bottle had gone flat. (I leave the physics explanation of why this happens more quickly at altitude for another time.) Anyway, FA didn't notice; but I did on looking at the glass, never mind the first sip. ISM apologized sincerely and opened a new bottle for me. Unfortunately, it was insufficiently chilled; but was nice nevertheless. I only had one glass.

Video: I don't think that the U.S. TV show options are as good this month as they have been in the past. There were very few shows with depth (number of episodes). Most had up to three episodes; where in the past there was often an entire season of Blue Bloods, Family Guy, etc.

General: I slept incredibly well because not only was the cabin not too hot, it was actually cold. That's a much better approach because people who want to be warmer can just opt for more blankets.

All in all, it was a great flight.