SFO777

Los Angeles LAX to Zurich ZRH
Swiss LX 41
777-300ER (77W)
7:20p-3:35p +1
September 6, 2021

Whitley escorted us from the tarmac up the elevator to the jet bridge door.



We bid adieu to Whitley and were the first to board and welcomed by tonight's wonderful cabin crew.






My Suite 2K.



Pre-departure PDB...













Tonight's menu.











And wine list.















Showtime, Swiss First style.



Delicious amuse-bouche.



Swiss' fabulous signature filet of Balik salmon



The Pea and Mint soup was a meh.



For my main, I went with the Roasted beef tenderloin with black pepper demi-glace, rutabaga gratin and seasonal veggies.



OMG, this was spectacular.









After dinner, I moved across the aisle to a vacant 2G and slept for a solid 4 hours.















We landed on time and pulled into the International arrivals E terminal.





The Swiss First Class Lounge near our arrival gate... still closed.





Down to the train to customs.



Very cool video montage of Swiss scenery from the train.



Customs and immigration was relatively painless and we we’re out shortly after.

krazykanuck

That's quite the way to avoid the cluster f that is LAX!

Synapseturquoise

Funny that they wait for travel season to be over to posture, but I do agree that this situation is unacceptable. The US allows unvaccinated tourist from Central and South America but doesn't allow vaccinated tourists from the EU. I will not complain if we are all banned again.

Kleffen

Damn, that meat looks really good for being on a plane 😮.

Does anyone know what type of equipment they have in the galley to prepare something like that? I’m sure it’s not a frying pan 😵‍💫

wakesetter93

Was wondering when I was going to see your next TR pop up! Always a treat to read and I'm getting FOMO as youre in Swiss first and I'm in DL first with a rountrip on WN on the horizon.

enviroian

very nice report! I had no idea LX has Y/C/F.

Food looks amazing. Funny LX can do a PDB but not AA.

wakesetter93

I'm starting to think Spirit will do a PDB before AA brings them back

FlyerBeek

There's no better evening entertainment than a new SFO777 trip report! Thanks so much for posting. Looking forward to reading future installments.

-FlyerBeek

olafman

Beautiful report so far! SFO777, you set a high travel standard!

SFO777

LOL. Indeed. Thanks very much krazykanuck.

That was one of the best steaks I've ever enjoyed in the air. Thank you Kleffen.

So jealous... not. LOL. Thanks wakesetter93.

Thanks so much enviroian. Yeah, neither of us even thought of AA that night.

Thank you very much FlyerBeek. Much appreciated.

Thanks so much olafman for your kind comments.

SFO777

Zurich

Does anyone else find ZRH Airport signs to be confusing? Then again, perhaps that's the point. We ordered up an Uber and were given a pick-up choice of either Check-in 1 or Check-in 2. ...? The only problem with that is that interior Terminal signs pointed us in one direction, only to then point in the complete opposite direction when you got there. And no signs on any of the exit doors. It's only when get outside do you see what they mean. Sheesh.





Nevertheless our Uber arrived a couple of minutes after we walked outside.



And 25 minutes later, we were in the city at the Park Hyatt.







Dated by still nice interior.















We relaxed for a bit and then headed out for dinner, a 20 minute walk thru lovely Zurich.































And finally to Isebahnli, a tiny resto that got rave reviews for food and wine.







We opted for the tasting menu with wine pairing. First up, the watermelon and tomato gaspacho was delicious.







Steak tartar with mushrooms. Outstanding.



OMG, their bread was divine.





The highlight dish of the night was tuna with homemade pasta. Wow, this was spectacular.





The Angus Beef "from the US" was just OK, although mash potatoes, veggies and sauce were excellent.







A very pleasant experience and great service especially from our primary server Lorenzo.

SFO777

This morning, we are off to Paris on the TGV. Breakfast at the Park Hyatt's lovely Parkhuus restaurant, although only one of us made it down stairs.












My Eggs Benedict were delicious.



Zürich Hauptbahnhof is a short 7 minute taxi ride from the PH.

















Pay-per-pee lavs.







Time to head for our train. After some research, I bought our tickets using trainline.com which was selling seats at half the price that sncf.com wanted.







Whoa, some one needs a good car wash.







Very nice and comfy seats... way better than flying.



We lucked out and got four seats to ourselves.



On time departure rolling thru Zurich.





Some lovely country scenes along the route.





The food car was a convenient two cars back.





DFW–CK went healthy-ish.



Moi? Not so much. I ordered both just to in case.



The quiche was very, very good. Indeed, DFW_CK took one bite and then the entire half.



The croque was OK, a far cry from Buvette.









The SNCF app let you track your progress in real time.



We pulled into Gare de Lyon just a few minutes late.

DFW_CK

I think the last time I overslept was in freshman year of college. What a great trip and still bummed for missing out on my Park Hyatt Swiss Farmer's breakfast.

hugolover

I've read the dinner part on your site and that was fabulous!

Q: The couple behind you (the one with the bingo wings) are wearing a mask while seated and seemingly paying, was that enforced or their own initiative?

Following the science of course

SFO777

Thanks so much hugolover. I hadn't even noticed that the couple were wearing masks at the end, as they were completely maskless during the meal. That was their initiative, perhaps as to mask their shock at seeing l'addition.

Everyone seemed very relaxed mask-wise with most guests sans mask even walking into the restaurant, not just at the tables. On the other hand, the wait staff wore masks all the time, except for the Guy Savoy photo op.