Jeddah - KUL
dep 820pm arr 1010am
Aircraft B787-9
Saudi airlines
A quick bus ride out to our next Dreamliner and she was a stinker here in Saudia Arabia, still 42 degrees at 8pm!
Another delicious date smoothie and a cold towel before take off. Menus were brought out as was amenity kits. The bags have quality and not a cheap feel with the male one being a Porsche one and the women’s one a furla. Inside was a lip balm, hand cream, socks , eye shades , a good toothbrush and toothpaste not those cheap coughpy ones, a phone screen wipe , a iPhone/ Samsung charging cable, a nice wooden hair brush and a pen.
For dinner I ordered the harira soup which Lina the FA told me it was vegetables, meat and beans. Then for main course I ordered the slow cooked lamb chop. Lina the FA was lovely and very nice and insisted I might want to have a snack later and to have a think about what pasta I wanted !
About 25 minutes in, out come the staters, salad with some garlic bread and Lina asked which starter I was having , western or Arabic? I was puzzled and thought she may have forgotten and i said I was having the soup. I misunderstood the menu, the soup was a extra including the starter . I turned it down and just said I was happy to have the soup. Lina certainly tried twisting my arm but I didn’t give in, I wanna walk off the plane not roll off !
The soup was really nice and full of flavour, I’m glad I was talked into getting it, that was quickly followed by the lamb which was beautiful, soft and tender. Dessert I went the fruit and tea, cannot complain about at all about the food, it was really really good, mrs henleybeach said it was the best business class food she’s ever eaten.
After dinner I put the bed down and went to sleep, after about a hour they starting serving the “snack”. It was entree , main and dessert again literally a hour after dinner! I turned it down and kept sleeping until the announcement came on that we are 45 min away from KL. There was no breakfast or tea and coffee before landing, it was a weird set up with the food service. It didn’t bother me as I’d eaten too much and couldn’t eat anymore.
We landed 10 minutes ahead of schedule for a our 2 nights in KL.
Overall impression-
I would fly Saudi again in a heartbeat, the food was delicious , sure the service isn’t as polished as Singapore airlines, the FAs I had were friendly and did a great job, yes there is no alcohol on board but even I could handle it and love a champagne on a plane ! For $700 you can’t go wrong, Emirates , SIA, Qatar , Etihad all wanted between $800- $1000 for economy for the same flight! A great experience and I’m glad we flew Saudi airlines!
