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Meal SIN-CGK
LIGHT MEAL Main Courses Fried chilli prawns Singapore style, seasonal Chinese leafy greens, carrots with young corn and steamed rice Nasi padang - Indonesian style steamed rice with beef rendang, grilled spiced chicken, steamed fish souffle and mixed vegetables Bakced chicken with shiitake stuffing in pesto dressing, roasted vegetables and new potatoes Dessert Apple pie with raisins and cinnamon From the Bakery Oven fresh rolls with a choice of extra virginb olive oil or butter Garlic bread Hot Beverages Freshly brewed coffee Selection of tea |
Originally Posted by Ventimiglia
You are maxing out to 24 segments, include destinations where you don’t leave the airport and are prepared to fly huge detours in order to gain perks in some of your preferred FFPs.
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Meal CGK-SIN
LUNCH Main Courses Lamb biryani - lamb curry with Indian style saffron flavoured biryani rice and vegetable pickles Stir fried beef with onions in preserved black bean sauce, selected vegetables and steamed rice Pan roasted seabass served with lobster sauce, cream of spinach and buttered potato Fresh Fruit A selection of fresh fruit Dessert Pineapple and raisin crumble From the Bakery Oven fresh rolls with a choice of extra virginb olive oil or butter Garlic bread Hot Beverages Freshly brewed coffee Selection of tea |
Menu SIN-BKK
DINNER Appetisers Smoked salmon fillet served with sliced onion, capers, baby lettuces and mustard dill dressing Main Courses Stuffed sole fillet with chanterelle mushrooms, sauteed pea shoots, asparagus and fingerling potatoes Pan fried chicken breast served with creamy garlic sauce, braised Savoy cabbage with bacon and anise seeds, gourmet potato Wok fried beef in black bean sauce served with braised beancurd and vegetables, steamed rice Fresh Fruit A selection of fresh fruit From the Bakery Oven fresh rolls with a choice of extra virgin olive oil or butter Garlic bread Hot Beverages Freshly brewed coffee Espresso or cappuccino Selection of tea BEVERAGES Special Cocktail Citrus Royale Cocktails Singapore Sling Silver Kris Sling Gin Fizz Cloud Nine Screwdriver Bloody Mary Daiquiri Red or White Wine Cooler Aperitifs Campari Dry Vermouth Non-alcoholic Cocktails Tropical Sparkle Orange Cooler Golden Spice Fruit Spritzer Sunrise Surprise Spirits Bombay Sapphire Gin Cognac XO - Hennessy Chivas Royal Salute Scotch Whisky Johnnie Walker Black Label Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey Macallan 12 years old Single Malt Whisky Smirnoff Red Label Vodka Bacardi Carta Blanca Liqueurs Cointreau Tia Maria Baileys Original Irish Cream Beer International selection Champagne Dom Perignon 1998 Krug Grande Cuvee White Wines Erdener Treppchen Riesling Kabinett 2004 Dr Loosen Rudesheimer Magdalenenkreuz Riesling Spatlese 2004 Josef Leitz Chablis Premier Cru Les Beauroys 2000 Domaine Laroche Red Wines Chateau Cos D'Estournel 1998 Saint-Estephe Morey-Saint-Denis 1999 Joseph Drouhin Port Dow's 20 Year Old Tawny Port Tea Selection Pure Ceylon Tea Earl Grey Darjeeling Camomile Decaffeinated Tea Mint Tea Fruit Tea Japanese Green Tea Chinese Tea Selection Jasmine Gourmet Coffees Brazil Santos Bourbon Colombian Supremo Jamaican Blue Mountain Kenyan AA Kilimanjaro Specialty Coffees Brewed Coffee Cafe Royal Espresso Cappuccino Cafe Latte Cafe au Lait Decaffeinated Coffee Mocha Other Beverages Chocolate Ovaltine Milo Mineral Water Carbonated Mineral Water Non-carbonated Mineral Water Fruit Juices Apple Orange Pineapple Tomato Soft Drinks A range of regular or low-calorie drinks is available Iced Drinks Iced Fruit Tea Iced Mint Tea Iced Coffee Iced Mocha Iced Chocolate Iced Ovaltine Iced Milo |
Menu BKK-NRT
SUPPER Appetisers Sliced smoked duck, marinated artichoke, heart of romaine lettuce, caesar dressing Soup Cantonese style lotus root soup with peanuts and pork Main Courses Braised beef cheek in red wine, buttered asparagus-fava, saffron new potatoes Udon noodles in rich chicken stock garnished with sliced slow poached chicken and shimeji mushroom Gindara teriyaki Cheese Selection of cheese with garnishes Fresh Fruit A selection of fresh fruit Dessert Haagen Dazs vanilla ice cream with citrus salad From the Bakery Oven fresh rolls with a choice of extra virgin olive oil or butter Garlic bread Hot Beverages Freshly brewed coffee Espresso or cappuccino Selection of tea BEVERAGES Special Cocktail Citrus Royale Cocktails Singapore Sling Silver Kris Sling Gin Fizz Cloud Nine Screwdriver Bloody Mary Daiquiri Red or White Wine Cooler Aperitifs Campari Dry Vermouth Non-alcoholic Cocktails Tropical Sparkle Orange Cooler Golden Spice Fruit Spritzer Sunrise Surprise Spirits Bombay Sapphire Gin Cognac XO - Hennessy Chivas Royal Salute Scotch Whisky Johnnie Walker Black Label Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey Macallan 12 years old Single Malt Whisky Smirnoff Red Label Vodka Bacardi Carta Blanca Premium Ginjo Sake Tamanohikari Liqueurs Cointreau Tia Maria Baileys Original Irish Cream Beer International selection Champagne Dom Perignon 1998 Krug Grande Cuvee White Wines Erdener Treppchen Riesling Kabinett 2004 Dr Loosen Rudesheimer Magdalenenkreuz Riesling Spatlese 2004 Josef Leitz Chablis Premier Cru Les Beauroys 2000 Domaine Laroche Red Wines Chateau Cos D'Estournel 1998 Saint-Estephe Morey-Saint-Denis 1999 Joseph Drouhin Port Dow's 20 Year Old Tawny Port Tea Selection Pure Ceylon Tea Earl Grey Darjeeling Camomile Decaffeinated Tea Mint Tea Fruit Tea Japanese Green Tea Chinese Tea Selection Jasmine Gourmet Coffees Brazil Santos Bourbon Colombian Supremo Jamaican Blue Mountain Kenyan AA Kilimanjaro Specialty Coffees Brewed Coffee Cafe Royal Espresso Cappuccino Cafe Latte Cafe au Lait Decaffeinated Coffee Mocha Other Beverages Chocolate Ovaltine Milo Mineral Water Carbonated Mineral Water Non-carbonated Mineral Water Fruit Juices Apple Orange Pineapple Tomato Soft Drinks A range of regular or low-calorie drinks is available Iced Drinks Iced Fruit Tea Iced Mint Tea Iced Coffee Iced Mocha Iced Chocolate Iced Ovaltine Iced Milo |
SOUTH
Having finally made the gate we deplane and I head to transfers. Since they were unable to issue onward boarding passes in SIN for some obscure technical reason (they normally would be issued no problem), I had to show my itinerary to security. 5 seconds later I'm heading down the escalator to a deserted departure level. Due to the overnight curfew and lack of super early flights the terminal doesn't start waking up until about 8am. I do my usual NRT thing by walking all the way to the far end and back a couple of times - these laps take much longer than SEA(!). While doing so I notice someone else is also doing a turnaround on SQ and trying in vain to find when the transfer desk opens. I let him know it wont be until after 8am. After another lap of the terminal - it is now time for the lounge to open. So I head up to the Silver Kris Lounge. I don't have a boarding pass to show, but they look up my card number and see my onward flights - we'll sort these out for you Kiwi Flyer, why don't you go into the lounge on the right? Thanks! I log on to check some emails - the connection seems to have gotten faster since I was last here a couple of months ago. I also have some Fauchon ice cream - sadly no green tea flavour for quite some time. In a couple of months (or less) the SKL is going. The *A airlines (except Air New Zealand due to its codeshare with Japan Airlines) are relocating to a common area of the terminal and there will be a new large *A lounge (UA RCC will stay). So this will probably be my last visit. The lounge is fairly empty - no more than half a dozen people, and so I am sure the load on the flight back will be light. Boarding is called quite late and takes no time at all. Onboard I see I'm the only one in F, and even business class only has a few pax. The crew seem to have an extra bounce in their step, knowing this will be an easy flight for them. We push back slightly early. Fortunately the runway has changed so we don't have a monster taxi again. We had very strong headwinds back to Bangkok, at times our groundspeed was only 600kmh, with a long flight time (for this route) of 8 hours. Despite this there was no significant turbulence. It did seem to go on forever, or perhaps that was my ever increasing tiredness. At least I was enjoying the pampering in F rather than cramped in Y. I decided to stretch out the meal since there was no need to rush - I made it last for several hours by taking a break between each course. Even though the schedule does allow for the prevailing head winds on this route, naturally we arrive very late into Bangkok. |
Kiwi Flyer do ever eat anything other than airline food? ;)
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Originally Posted by Moomba
Kiwi Flyer do ever eat anything other than airline food? ;)
Sure - I do have some days when I'm not flying |
Note that all of this extensive menu was loaded (in amazing quantities) despite being the only F pax.
Menu NRT-BKK LUNCH Canapes Satay Appetisers Chilled malossol caviar Assorted tapas of duckliver with fig compote, "tataki" salmon with wasabi cream and lobster with mango salsa Soup Hamasui - Japanese style clear soup with clams and vegetables Cream of white asparagus garnished with parmesan crisp Salad Caesar salad Main Courses Grilled swordfish served with lemon caper butter, ragout of mussel and vegetables, buttered potato Braised chicken with ginger and spring onion served with seasonal vegetables and steamed rice Roasted herb crusted lamb chops served with pommery mustard sauce, roasted vegetables and gratin potato Fettuchine pasta served with strogonoff style assorted mushrooms and selected vegetables Cheese Selection of cheese with garnishes Fresh Fruit A selection of fresh fruit Dessert Haagen Dazs vanilla, strawberry and chocolate ice cream served with berry compote and pistachio nut From the Bakery Oven fresh rolls with a choice of extra virgin olive oil or butter Garlic bread Hot Beverages Freshly brewed coffee Espresso or cappuccino Selection of tea Pralines To end on a sweet note KYO-KAISEKI Sakizuke Marinated radish, carrot and crabmeat Ha-Sun Flavoured omelette, prawn sushi, bracken, octopus, rape blossom Mukouzuke Rolled sea bream with kelp, garland chrysanthemum Men Cold noodles Dainomono Grilled yuan miso flavoured black cod, butterbur sprout Takiawase Simmered lobster with miso and yuzu citrus Suzakana Nagaimo yam and mozuku seaweed with sea urchin Gohan & Kounomono Steamed rice and pickles Tome-Wan Clear soup with mugwort curd and bamboo shoot Mizugashi Japanese dessert Ocha Green tea BEVERAGES Special Cocktail Citrus Royale Cocktails Singapore Sling Silver Kris Sling Gin Fizz Cloud Nine Screwdriver Bloody Mary Daiquiri Red or White Wine Cooler Aperitifs Campari Dry Vermouth Non-alcoholic Cocktails Tropical Sparkle Orange Cooler Golden Spice Fruit Spritzer Sunrise Surprise Spirits Bombay Sapphire Gin Cognac XO - Hennessy Chivas Royal Salute Scotch Whisky Johnnie Walker Black Label Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey Macallan 12 years old Single Malt Whisky Smirnoff Red Label Vodka Bacardi Carta Blanca Premium Ginjo Sake Tamanohikari Liqueurs Cointreau Tia Maria Baileys Original Irish Cream Beer International selection Champagne Dom Perignon 1998 Krug Grande Cuvee White Wines Erdener Treppchen Riesling Kabinett 2004 Dr Loosen Rudesheimer Magdalenenkreuz Riesling Spatlese 2004 Josef Leitz Chablis Premier Cru Les Beauroys 2000 Domaine Laroche Red Wines Chateau Cos D'Estournel 1998 Saint-Estephe Morey-Saint-Denis 1999 Joseph Drouhin Port Dow's 20 Year Old Tawny Port Tea Selection Pure Ceylon Tea Earl Grey Darjeeling Camomile Decaffeinated Tea Mint Tea Fruit Tea Japanese Green Tea Chinese Tea Selection Jasmine Gourmet Coffees Brazil Santos Bourbon Colombian Supremo Jamaican Blue Mountain Kenyan AA Kilimanjaro Specialty Coffees Brewed Coffee Cafe Royal Espresso Cappuccino Cafe Latte Cafe au Lait Decaffeinated Coffee Mocha Other Beverages Chocolate Ovaltine Milo Mineral Water Carbonated Mineral Water Non-carbonated Mineral Water Fruit Juices Apple Orange Pineapple Tomato Soft Drinks A range of regular or low-calorie drinks is available Iced Drinks Iced Fruit Tea Iced Mint Tea Iced Coffee Iced Mocha Iced Chocolate Iced Ovaltine Iced Milo |
SOUTH continued
Due to the late arrival, my comfortable connection became a short one, indeed the aircraft for the onward flight was already parked up at the gate. However I just had enough time for a quick visit to the lounge for a shower to freshen up (note the NRT SKL has no shower). Same drill as before, but this time I rush rather than dawdle. Make it to the next gate as they are boarding - perfect timing. I managed to schedule in the one SQ daily 747 service between SIN and BKK, so a sky suite for this short flight. After the excesses of the previous flight I just dozed as best I could. Back in Singapore a couple of hours later and it was back to the lounge to pick up my last boarding pass. Then hop online and see that ciotog was in the Raffles side so I invite him to join me on the First side. By coincidence we were on the same flight down to Auckland. We head to the gate slightly early. For a nice change I dont set off the WTMD - the SIN ones are usually set too sensitive and even something as minor as a small metal badge on my passport cover is enough to set them off. This one must be set to lesser sensitivity. They used to do passport check at the entrance to the gate lounge, but this lead to queues snaking down the corridor. So in the past several months they moved the passport check to inside the gate lounge between screening and the boarding pass read/gate agent desk. However they are much slower at checking than the other parts of the process, and so a melee forms that fills the limited available space between WTMD and the passport checkers. I think the process needs changing again as it is not working well. Anyway, by the time clear that boarding is already well progressed and onto the second batch of economy pax. This is unusual for the SQ flights to NZ since boarding usually starts quite late due to the requirements to forward passenger details to NZ immigration. The flight is full and they are eager to get away on time. Flight time down to Auckland is longer than usual thanks to an unusual routing. We head more easterly than normal to avoid Java and the volcano that is threatening to erupt, then turn sharply south to cross the Australian coast over the Kimberleys, to avoid severe cyclone Monica (winds up to 360kmh) which is just to the east of Darwin. We cross the eastern coast by Sydney, further south than usual. As I'm feeling more than a little tired I sleep as much as I can on the flight, and wake just as we approach New Zealand. Auckland is having thundery showers, so the low circle over the city to land from the east is quite bumpy. We land quite late but surprisingly immigration queues are small. The baggage claim area however is busy with the various asian flights having arrived in the past hour, and so I'm glad to scoot straight past. Customs and agriculture x-rays have a small queue at each but I'm through reasonably fast - a plane to exit time of 15 minutes. |
Originally Posted by Kiwi Flyer
Note that all of this extensive menu was loaded (in amazing quantities) despite being the only F pax.
Great report (as always)!! :) |
Summary to date
Map 24 flights 56,502 flown miles 5 continents - Australia, North America, Europe, Africa, Asia 11 countries - Tonga, NZ, Australia, USA, Germany, South Africa, Singapore, Indonesia, India, Thailand, Japan 6 aircraft types - 767, 777 (various models and configurations), 757, A319, 747, A345 4 satays Fauchon ice cream (number not disclosed :o ) |
Menu BKK-SIN
LIGHT MEAL Appetisers Yam talay - Thai style seafood salad with mixed lettuces and tomato Main Courses Chicken saltimbocca served with gnocchi a la romana, sauteed spinach and tomato salad Fried red snapper in garlic tomato sauce served with selected vegetables and steamed rice Grilled beef fillet served with grainy mustard sauce, roasted vegetables and potatoes Fresh Fruit A selection of fresh fruit From the Bakery Oven fresh rolls with a choice of extra virgin olive oil or butter Garlic bread Hot Beverages Freshly brewed coffee Espresso or cappuccino Selection of tea BEVERAGES Special Cocktail Citrus Royale Cocktails Singapore Sling Silver Kris Sling Gin Fizz Cloud Nine Screwdriver Bloody Mary Daiquiri Red or White Wine Cooler Aperitifs Campari Dry Vermouth Non-alcoholic Cocktails Tropical Sparkle Orange Cooler Golden Spice Fruit Spritzer Sunrise Surprise Spirits Bombay Sapphire Gin Cognac XO - Hennessy Chivas Royal Salute Scotch Whisky Johnnie Walker Black Label Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey Macallan 12 years old Single Malt Whisky Smirnoff Red Label Vodka Bacardi Carta Blanca Liqueurs Cointreau Tia Maria Baileys Original Irish Cream Beer International selection Champagne Dom Perignon 1998 Krug Grande Cuvee White Wines Erdener Treppchen Riesling Kabinett 2004 Dr Loosen Rudesheimer Magdalenenkreuz Riesling Spatlese 2004 Josef Leitz Chablis Premier Cru Les Beauroys 2000 Domaine Laroche Red Wines Chateau Cos D'Estournel 1998 Saint-Estephe Morey-Saint-Denis 1999 Joseph Drouhin Port Dow's 20 Year Old Tawny Port Tea Selection Pure Ceylon Tea Earl Grey Darjeeling Camomile Decaffeinated Tea Mint Tea Fruit Tea Japanese Green Tea Chinese Tea Selection Jasmine Gourmet Coffees Brazil Santos Bourbon Colombian Supremo Jamaican Blue Mountain Kenyan AA Kilimanjaro Specialty Coffees Brewed Coffee Cafe Royal Espresso Cappuccino Cafe Latte Cafe au Lait Decaffeinated Coffee Mocha Other Beverages Chocolate Ovaltine Milo Mineral Water Carbonated Mineral Water Non-carbonated Mineral Water Fruit Juices Apple Orange Pineapple Tomato Soft Drinks A range of regular or low-calorie drinks is available Iced Drinks Iced Fruit Tea Iced Mint Tea Iced Coffee Iced Mocha Iced Chocolate Iced Ovaltine Iced Milo |
Originally Posted by jacob_m
That is indeed quite amazing!! They really take customer service seriously...
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Just for the record (sure you know this but for the benefit of others) - although NRT SKL does not have its own showers , they will give you a voucher for paid showers elsewhere in the terminal (quite a hike!).
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