Another manic month for kiwi

[JohnK]

You've read it already :shock:

I was reading your trip report as quickly as you were posting it. Was eagerly awaiting the next installment. Always enjoy your trip reports. Keep up the great work.

The first few times I got sore arms. But then I found drink anaethetises quite nicely.

I found drinking a very good anaesthetic as well.

 

[Yada Yada]

A really good night; I hope you road trip to KL went smoothly. Flew on a seeming rocket last night back to Oz; Skyshow was indicating ground speeds of over 1000kmph for much of the time.

Quite tired now; I have really overdrawn my "sleepbank" and I am paying it back with much interest. :?

Just arrived back in Singapore from KL. Trip went really smoothly, but a longish ride each way in the car. Although my boss was doing some low flying - up to 160kph at times! :shock: JW Marriott in KL is a very nice hotel. One of our company's suppliers in KL insisted on taking us out to as many different restaurants and cuisine types as possible. Can't say I'd like to have Bak Kut Teh again for a while. Rough translation is Pig Organ Soup. :x

Home tomorrow on QF32.

We caught up with Kiwi Flyer on Saturday Night at the FT SIN DO; much Tiger Beer Quaffed!

Sounds like a great get-together. I must try to make it to Brisbane later in the year.

 

[BlacKnox]

I'm not surprised about the snow in SEL. Japan has had it's biggest ever (?) snowfall this season with over 100 people dying in various accidents (falling off the roof clearing snow/ trapped in buildings etc). Living in SPK where snow is on the ground for 5 months a year, I'm over the white christmas thing - prefer to head to the beach .

So maybe I should try for north-east asia for a white christmas then? May have more luck than north america and northern europe...

Yep, CTS would be a sure thing, and only a short (direct) hop from ICN. To give you an idea, the weather forecast for yesterday/ today said light snow, yet we've had over half a metre in the last 24 hours. To give you an idea of the consistency, look here:
http://uk.weather.com/weather/local/JAXX0078?letter=S

 

[Kiwi Flyer]

Menu SIN-NRT First

REFRESHMENT MENU

Light Bites

Warm shaved smoked chicken, cheddar cheese and tomato panini served with potato chips

Cantonese prawn dumplings in superior soup with leafy greens and flower mushrooms

Hot Beverages

Freshly brewed coffee
Espresso or cappuccino
Selection of tea


BREAKFAST MENU - International Selection

Juices

A choice of apple, tomato or freshly squeezed orange

Fruit

Fresh fruit plate

Light Starters

Choice of cereals or yoghurt
Cornflakes or raisin bran with milk, plain or fruit yoghurt

Wholesome Beginnings

Rice porridge cooked with sliced pork, pork meatball and topped with Chinese cruellers

Freshly prepared eggs
Baked, soft boiled or scrambled egg on toast served with chicken or veal sausage

From the Bakery

Assorted breakfast rolls
Butter, jam, marmalade or honey

Hot Beverages

Freshly brewed coffee
Espresso or cappuccino
Selection of tea


BREAKFAST MENU - Kyo-Kaiseki

Kobachi

Spinach and gluten in sesame dressing

Zensai

Grilled omelette, fish cake, rolled herring with kelp

Takiawase

"Koya" beancurd with prawn, shiitake mushroom, snow peas

Yakimono & Ashirai

Grilled wakasa style tilefish, shi....o pepper

Gohan or Okayu

Steamed rice or rice porridge

Kounomono

Pickles

Shiru

Red miso soup with beancurd and nameko mushroom

Ocha

Green tea


BEVERAGES

special coughtail

Tropical Sparkle

coughtails

Singapore Sling
Silver Kris Sling
Gin Fizz
Cloud Nine
Screwdriver
Bloody Mary
Daiquiri
Red or White Wine Cooler

aperitifs

Campari
Dry Vermouth

non-alcoholic coughtails

Citrus Royale
Orange Cooler
Golden Spice
Fruit Spritzer
Sunrise Surprise

spirits

Bombay Sapphire Gin
Cognac XO Otard - Hennessy
Chivas Royal Salute Scotch Whisky
Johnnie Walker Black Label
Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey
Macallan 12 Years Old Single Malt Whisky
Absolut 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 2003 Dr Loosen
Meursault 2000

red wines

Chateau Cos D'Estournel 1998 Saint-Estephe
Pommard 1999 Bouchard Pere Et Fils

port

Warre's Twenty Year Old Tawny
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 Tea
Iced Mint Tea
Iced Coffee
Iced Mocha
Iced Chocolate
Iced Ovaltine
Iced Milo

 

[Kiwi Flyer]

Menu NRT-SIN Business

LUNCH MENU

To Nibble On

Satay
With onion, cucumber and spicy peanut sauce

A Savoury Note

Prawn with mozzarella and mixed lettuce, citrus vinaigrette

The Main Event

Grilled beef fillet served with Pommery mustard sauce, roasted vegetables and mashed potato

Braised Northern halibut in hot garlic sauce served with steamed asparagus and fried rice

The Cheese Board

Gourmet cheese with garnishes

A Sweet Note

A selection of fresh fruit

Japanese mochi ice cream

A Connoisseur's Choice

Gourmet coffee
Selection of tea
and Pralines


LUNCH MENU - Hanagoyomi

"Finding the change of the four seasons in a flower and translating it into cuisine"

An array of nine appetisers and entrees together with miso soup and cold noodle, served in Japanese style.

Ha-Sun

Crabmeat with turnip, semi dried cod roe

Kuchitori

Simmered sliced duck, Japanese parsley with sesame seed

Yakimono

Grilled miso flavoured butterfish, semi dried shiitake mushroom

Aemono

Squid, spring onion and yam jelly in miso mustard dressing

Sunomono

Marinated sea bream rolled with seaweed, spinach

Takiawase

Simmered beancurd skin with carrot, shimeji mushroom

Gohan

Pickled turnip sushi, yuzu compote
Steamed rice with green peas
Steamed rice with salted salmon

Tomo-wan

Miso soup

Men

Cold udon noodles

Mizugashi

Japanese mochi ice cream

Ocha

Green tea


BEVERAGES

special coughtail

Tropical Sparkle

coughtails

Singapore Sling
Silver Kris Sling
Gin Fizz
Cloud Nine
Screwdriver
Bloody Mary
Daiquiri
Red or White Wine Cooler

aperitifs

Campari
Dry Vermouth

non-alcoholic coughtails

Citrus Royale
Orange Cooler
Golden Spice
Fruit Spritzer
Sunrise Surprise

spirits

Cognac XO Otard
Chivas Regal Scotch Whisky
Johnnie Walker Black Label
Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey
Gordon's Dry Gin
Absolut Vodka
Bacardi Carta Blanca
Premium Ginjo Sake Tamanohikari

liqueurs

Cointreau
Tia Maria
Baileys Original Irish Cream

beer

International Selection

stout

Guinness Stout

champagne

Charles Heidsieck 1995
Piper Heidsieck 1999

white wines

Kloster Eberbach Riesling Kabinett 2003 Rheingau
Montagny 1er Cru 2002

red wines

Chateau Cissac 1998 Cru Bourgeois Haut Medoc
Nipozzano Riserva 2001 Chianti Rufina Docg Frescobaldi

port

Taylor 2000 Late Bottled Vintage Port

tea selection

Pure Ceylon Tea
Earl Grey
Darjeeling
Camomile
Decaffeinated Tea
Japanese Green Tea

chinese tea selection

Oolong

gourmet coffees

Brazil Santos Bourbon
Colombian Supremo
Kenyan AA Kilimanjaro

specialty coffees

Brewed Coffee
Cafe Royal
Espresso
Cappuccino
Decaffeinated Coffee
Mocha

other beverages

Chocolate
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
Cold Japanese Oolong Tea

iced drinks

Iced Tea
Iced Coffee
Iced Mocha
Iced Chocolate
Iced Milo

 

[Kiwi Flyer]

I'm not surprised about the snow in SEL. Japan has had it's biggest ever (?) snowfall this season with over 100 people dying in various accidents (falling off the roof clearing snow/ trapped in buildings etc). Living in SPK where snow is on the ground for 5 months a year, I'm over the white christmas thing - prefer to head to the beach .

So maybe I should try for north-east asia for a white christmas then? May have more luck than north america and northern europe...

Yep, CTS would be a sure thing, and only a short (direct) hop from ICN. To give you an idea, the weather forecast for yesterday/ today said light snow, yet we've had over half a metre in the last 24 hours. To give you an idea of the consistency, look here:
http://uk.weather.com/weather/local/JAXX0078?letter=S

Thanks. Say do you want a snowless christmas next year? Maybe I should contract out to places that get too much snow? Maybe I could get paid to stay away from ski areas that want more snow?

 

[BlacKnox]

Thanks. Say do you want a snowless christmas next year? Maybe I should contract out to places that get too much snow? Maybe I could get paid to stay away from ski areas that want more snow?

Good Idea :idea:. I'd have no hesitation to pay & put you on a plane here today, but the thousands of other Aussies/ Kiwis visiting Niseko (to ski/ board) would kill us . And next year I won't need your services; I'll probably be in sunny Qld somewhere 'round Chrissy :wink: .

BTW, I saw somewhere in your TR a new acronym I didn't know - Wxx_X - referring to no magic wand availability - they had to pad you down. Care to share the acronym & meaning so I can add to the Abbrev. thread?

 

[Kiwi Flyer]

WTMD = walk through metal detector

That's the thing you walk through (obviously :roll: ), and if absent requires wanding or, depending on how eager the security agent is, a free body massage.

 

[BlacKnox]

WTMD = walk through metal detector

Now I see it, I don't see how I didn't get it the first time . Cheers, will add to the "abbreviations and explanations" thread.

 

[clifford]

Hi Kiwi,

Just started my Star Alliance C class trip to LAX (via SIN, CMB, MLE, DXB, BKK and return via JFK, BKK, CMB, SIN).

It's 5.20 am here in CMB, and I'm sending you this from Sri Lankan's "Serendib" lounge (not sure if you've been in it, but it's the nicest lounge I've been in anywhere on or near the Sub-continent).

My EK (yes, I know it's strictly not *A, but my MP account should get the miles) flight to MLE leaves in about 4 hours. If anything (remotely) exciting happens, I'll let you know.

Bye for now.

 

[Kiwi Flyer]

Sounds like a great trip clifford

Shouldnt this have its own thread?

 

[Kiwi Flyer]

I may, Kiwi, but it will be very rough and ready compared with your voluminous reports.

clifford are you going to write up your trip(s)?

 

[clifford]

clifford are you going to write up your trip(s)?

I'm a bit wimpish on that really. Probably not.

 

[cabbage74]

I'm a bit wimpish on that really. Probably not.

Wimpish! From the looks of that car I was expecting a governator.

Mal.

 

[clifford]

Hi Kiwi,

I think I might have mentioned previously that I'm off on another trip next week. I'll be away for a couple of weeks.

SYD-SIN-BOM-SIN-SYD on SQ C class (If you're in the SK lounge in SIN, perhaps we can have a chat over a Dom or two).

BOM-LHR-BOM on BD Y class (ouch!).

STN-HHN-DUB-STN on FR (well it's very cheap).

If anything exciting happens, I'll let you know.

 

[Kiwi Flyer]

clifford yhpm