Berlin
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12th February, MEL-SYD on A330-200:
Plane was delayed by more than half an hour but we very much enjoyed the Chicken Laksa in the Melbourne Business lounge- yum!
Boarding was a treat thanks to the forward doors being open for J class passengers only. Always weird to be on a bigger plane for such a short hop as the service always feels "not good enough" but that's only because it's an one hour Domestic flight. Crew on this particular flight wasn't extremely friendly either so that didn't help.
Food came out very speedy after departure and from what I could tell, every passenger got fed within the short timeframe we had. Choice was a "Ginger chicken with noodles" or a absolutely disgusting sounding/looking pumpkin salad. I hate pumpkin in general and this salad looked like just a few slices of cold pumpkin with a bit of feta cheese on top- my own person hell, I must say. Unfortunately, the chicken was truly awful as well- we had dinner at Spice Temple the night before which was delicious and then the Laksa in the Melbourne lounge was also okay but this somehow "Asian" style chicken was just such a slide to the bottom, it was hardly edible.
The sauce tasted and looked suspiciously similar to the equally horrid "Pork Goulash" which had been the alternative glob in the Melbourne lounge and tasted nothing like goulash- pork goulash in itself is highly suspicious to me (rather than beef or veal) but even the sauce had nothing on goulash whatsoever and the meat quality was really bad too. This supposedly "Asian" chicken dish here on the flight itself was really similar- some slimy glibbery sauce of a nondescript orang-y reddish colour. A little bit like the awful sugar-loaded stuff you can buy by the glass in supermarkets which claims to be "sweet and sour sauce". To top it off, the chicken meat was the cheapest off cuts of chicken thighs one could find and the only saving grace the fact that it came with noodles rather than boring rice so at least it filled you up. Needless to say, all the veggies you see were so cooked down that they had lost any bite they could have. It actually tasted even worse than it looks and it looks pretty meh already. It was not a good meal.
Wine was the excellent Dandelion Shiraz that I had on my way down already and thankfully, plastic cups were provided for landing so you could get in two or three glasses at least.
Plane was delayed by more than half an hour but we very much enjoyed the Chicken Laksa in the Melbourne Business lounge- yum!
Boarding was a treat thanks to the forward doors being open for J class passengers only. Always weird to be on a bigger plane for such a short hop as the service always feels "not good enough" but that's only because it's an one hour Domestic flight. Crew on this particular flight wasn't extremely friendly either so that didn't help.
Food came out very speedy after departure and from what I could tell, every passenger got fed within the short timeframe we had. Choice was a "Ginger chicken with noodles" or a absolutely disgusting sounding/looking pumpkin salad. I hate pumpkin in general and this salad looked like just a few slices of cold pumpkin with a bit of feta cheese on top- my own person hell, I must say. Unfortunately, the chicken was truly awful as well- we had dinner at Spice Temple the night before which was delicious and then the Laksa in the Melbourne lounge was also okay but this somehow "Asian" style chicken was just such a slide to the bottom, it was hardly edible.
The sauce tasted and looked suspiciously similar to the equally horrid "Pork Goulash" which had been the alternative glob in the Melbourne lounge and tasted nothing like goulash- pork goulash in itself is highly suspicious to me (rather than beef or veal) but even the sauce had nothing on goulash whatsoever and the meat quality was really bad too. This supposedly "Asian" chicken dish here on the flight itself was really similar- some slimy glibbery sauce of a nondescript orang-y reddish colour. A little bit like the awful sugar-loaded stuff you can buy by the glass in supermarkets which claims to be "sweet and sour sauce". To top it off, the chicken meat was the cheapest off cuts of chicken thighs one could find and the only saving grace the fact that it came with noodles rather than boring rice so at least it filled you up. Needless to say, all the veggies you see were so cooked down that they had lost any bite they could have. It actually tasted even worse than it looks and it looks pretty meh already. It was not a good meal.
Wine was the excellent Dandelion Shiraz that I had on my way down already and thankfully, plastic cups were provided for landing so you could get in two or three glasses at least.