Fine Dining @ FL350: July 2013

July 31, 2013

TG 623 Flight	KIX Osaka Kansai		BKK Bangkok
Royal Silk Class	2,588 miles		5:50 Flying Time

Special Meal: Fruit Meal

Photo courtesy of Yuki Jung

TG 622 Flight	BKK Bangkok		KIX Osaka Kansai
Royal Silk Class	2,588 miles		5:30 Flying Time

Main course: prawn curry with steamed rice

Photo courtesy of Yuki Jung

CX 884 Flight	HKG Hong Kong		LAX Los Angeles
First Class	7,255 miles		13:15 Flying Time

Cocktail service:Bloody Mary with almond

Lunch
Caviar and Balik	Caviar and Balik salmon "Tsar Nikolaj"
International Favourites	Cauliflower cream soup Mesclun salad with tandoori prawn and mint yoghurt dressing Grilled USDA certified Angus beef striploin with red wine jus and Bearnaise sauce, kipfler potatoes, roasted portabello mushroom and vine ripened tomato -or- Maple glazed pancetta with Lyonnaise potatoes, roasted fennel, asparagus and carrot -or- Spinach and ricotta cheese cannelloni with asparagus, tomato concasse and red pesto
Chinese Favourites	Pork soup with marrow and red dates Cold plate - marinated jelly fish with cucumber wok-fried chicken with black bean, served with steamed jasmine rice, stir-fried kailan
Cheese and Dessert	Bleu d'Auvergne, Red Leicester, Taleggio, Somerset Brie Fresh berries with cream Baked apple tart with vanilla ice cream Red bean with lotus seed and lily bulb sweet soup

Mid-Flight Snacks
Beef burger with Swiss cheese and pickled gherkin Hong Kong style egg tart Braised pork with preserved vegetables in rice vermicelli soup Shrimp wontons in noodle soup Hot pot rice with steamed pork patty with dried shrimp and Chinese ham, served with watercress soup with pork and red date Haagen Dazs ice cream

Brunch
Starts	Orange, apple or grapefruit juice Forest berry smoothie Fresh seasonal fruit Natural or fruit yoghurt Assorted cereals
Main Course	Organic free range eggs - freshly scrambled, fried or boiled served with Lyonnaise potato with parsley, pork sausage, vine ripened tomato or sauteed mushrooms -or- Dim sum with chilli sauce Pork siu mai with crab roe, shrimp dumpling, preserved vegetable crystal dumpling, mini chicken glutinous rice wrapped in lotus leaf -or- Dried bonito and peanut congee, served with baked barbecued pork puff
Bread Basket	Assorted breakfast bread and fresh toast served with preserves, honey and butter

Photos courtesy of Tony Lai

CX 766 Flight	SGN Ho Chi Minh CIty		HKG Hong Kong
Business Class	929 miles		2:45 Flying Time

Lunch
Salad	Salmon tartar on creamy potato salad
Main Course	Stir-fried fish with chilli X.O. sauce, fried rice with ham, pak choy -or- Vietnamese style barbecued pork, stir-fried rice vermicelli with mixed vegetables -or- Grilled chicken breast stuffed with mascarpone cheese, mushroom cream sauce, Anna potatoes and grilled vegetables
Dessert	Haagen Dazs ice cream

Photos courtesy of Tony Lai

CX 767 Flight	HKG Hong Kong		SGN Ho Chi Minh CIty
Economy Class	929 miles		2:35 Flying Time

Breakfast
Appetizer	Seasonal fresh fruits Fruit yoghurt
Main Course	Scrambled egg and braised cannellini beans, streaky bacon, pork sausage and red skin potato wedges -or- Chicken and shiitake mushroom congee

Photos courtesy of Tony Lai

CX 708 Flight	BKK Bangkok		HKG Hong Kong
Economy Class	1,051 miles		2:55 Flying Time

Lunch
Appetizer	Seasonal fresh fruit
Main Course	Chicken with coconut lemon grass and steamed jasmine rice (Tom Kha Gai) -or- Cottage cheese in cashew nut sauce, coriander basmati rice and ginger cauliflower
Dessert	Kit Kat chocolate bar

CX 713 Flight	HKG Hong Kong		BKK Bangkok
Economy Class	1,051 miles		2:55 Flying Time

Breakfast
Appetizer	Seasonal fresh fruit Fruit yoghurt
Main Course	Scrambled egg and braised cannellini beans, streaky bacon, pork sausage, and red skin potato wedges -or- Chicken and shiitake mushroom congee