- to BKK
Catering consisted of a "Lunch" shortly after take off and a refreshment later with drinks available throughout the flight.
Almost immediately after the seatbelt signs went out I was offered a pre-dinner drink. On asking what was available I was told "many things". No lists were apparent, so I simply asked for a scotch on ice with a soda on the side. I was presented with a plastic cup of scotch and ice with a can of soda. Beer, white white, red and sparkling wine were also available. Looking across I could see the guy in 1B with a can of VB. The scotch was reasonable; not JW Gold but palatable enough. I was also given a packet of salted cashews.
While sipping away at the scotch and was asked what I would like for lunch. There was a choice of "Chicken with Asian Vegetables", "Beef and Vegetables" or a "Vegetarian Pasta with Pesto Sauce". I enquired about the beef and was told it was a stir fry so I went for the chicken. My drink was also refreshed as well.
The chicken was very nice; almost a dry curry style reminiscent of a rendang. I washed this down with a couple of glasses of sparkling wine. This was OK; I asked to see the label and it was from from a winery near Canberra.
For dessert the choice was "Tira-Misu" which I went for or a "Fruit Platter". The cake was quite nice; I washed it down with black plunger coffee which was quite reasonable.
That was it for a while; my Sparkling was topped up a couple of more times; then I asked for a beer. The VB was quite cold and I settled down to watch a move on the Video unit; I also had the option of watching the main screen movie, but this did not interest me.
Interestingly, I found that while the Video tablet I had been given was wide screen; the movie I watched were all standard 3:4 formatted for airlines; right down the the QF watermark that appears occasionally. These displayed on the tablets in wide screen stretched horizontally to fit which I found disconcerting. Luckily I found one of the buttons would swap the picture between wide screen and standard mode.
Thus amused, I whiled the daytime flight away, even having a 30 minute nap.
About 5 hours into the flight I was offered my choice of a light refreshment. There was a choice between a Frittata or a Meat Pie; I chose the pie was advised it would take 30 minutes to heat. Soon enough, out it came and it was quite nice washed down with a few servings of quite a quaffable red wine. I did not get a look at the label.
This was followed by a fruit platter which was quiterefreshing. However, I was glad I had the tira-misu that was offered earlier.
The sun set late into the flight. Seemingly in a choreographed dance a very bright moon rose in the East. It was quite a surreal scene as the moonlight could be seen reflecting off ground water in a seeming multitude of ponds, lakes, swamps etc below.
The seat belt sign came on about 50 minutes before landing; quite early I thought. Soon the reason was revealed as we flew NE then NW around some storms. I could see some lightning to the south of the city.
Landing was at 7:31pm local time and with a some taxiing around we were at the gate at 7:40. I was first off the aircraft; immigration was a breeze and I was virtually straight through to the arrival hall of Suvarnabhumi (Soo-wvanna-bhoom) airport.
