Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Asiana Airlines First ICN-FRA

OZ541
Seoul - Frankfurt
Boeing 747-400
HL7421
Asiana First, Seat 2K
Flight time: 11.45h
Distance: 8'552km
Date: 22/12/12


Asiana First Class Lounge, Seoul



Massage chairs at the lounge

Quite classy

mediocre headset

Christmas decoration aboard this 747

2K

Shall we start with the culinary feast?

Clouds over the Yellow Sea

Amuse Bouche

Foie gras mousse with blini, truffle and ginger compote

Caviar with traditional garnishes

Royal Oscietra Caviar

Pepper crusted tuna with carrot and chive slaw

Pickled mushroom and chick pea salad with baby leaf

Creamy chicken soup with risotto ball

A glass of Robert Keenan Winery Cabernet Sauvignon 2006

The main course

Roasted veal tenderloin with lobster, mushroom ragout, and wilted cabbage with horseradish cream

Somewhere close to Beijing

Sweet finish: Tropezienne with blackberry sauce - next time I'll request Iphone 5 sauce...

Even sweeter finish: Jackson-Triggs Vidal VQA Ice Wine 2008 - this one is exceptional

Inner Mongolia

7 passengers in First, all male. What's that supposed to mean?

Approaching Mongolia

View from 4E & 4F

Close to Ulaanbaatar

My comfy seat 2K

:-)

Spacious cabin in the nose of this 747

Rather lonely little village in Mongolia

Cheers ;-)


3 hours into the flight

Recommended!
 





Most airlines decorate their cabins with christmassy bling-bling during the festive season - I like
 
Over Russia already

L'Occitane amenities in the bathroom

Close to Irkutsk

The back of the cabin

Flying over the Ural Mountains

First Class passenger, second class manners

Central Russia at dusk

:-)

Saint Petersburg/Petrograd/Leningrad - the northernmost city in the world to have a popultation of over one million - covered with snow

Second serving

Roasted beet with boiled quail egg, heirloom tomato and mustard vinaigrette

Cumin scented lamb tenderloin, green olives & peas, and orange segments with tomato coulis

Good evening, fella!

Vanilla mousse, pineapple shavings, crunchy chocolate, and lemon dressing

Flying into the sunset

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