Sunday, June 5, 2011

Long Flights

I never liked flying too much. Long flights are especially nasty.

On my first long haul flight to Australia as a teenager, I threw up 9 times on the 9 hour flight.

Man is made to roam on the ground, not in the air, I think.

Flying SQ business class though does make it a lot easier to endure long haul flights.

But still - the humming noise on the plane, the weird smell of the aircraft and the horrid tasting orange juice (which for some reason inevitably taste odd in an aircraft) - even SQ couldn't take those away.

I flew SQ Business from Singapore to London this time, and from New York to Singapore.

Between the 2, I must say I liked the flight originating from Singapore a lot better. The food was better, I thought - they served satay as snacks instead of the usual peanuts or pretzels. And the appetizers and desserts were pretty good too. I never liked mains on flights - there is always some sort of "microwave smell" about them.

Satay - something I always look forward to

Prawns with pomelo - not too bad

Mango and crabmeat salad - this one is really yummy

Ben and Jerry ice-cream is always good

11 comments:

Lrong Lim said...

Used to work as a flight steward in SQ... the pictures remind me of the good food on board, especially the biz and first class...

africanaussie said...

gosh that food looks good - I have never seen food like that on any airlines I have traveled on, although I must admit I always fly economy. Maybe one day they will bump me up to business class!

Blur Ting said...

Wow, I wish I had the budget to fly Biz class :-) Food defintely looks good.

My Sinfonia said...

I especially like sq business day flight.....its a dream...

Malar said...

Buz class? Wow! Sounds so interesting!
The food is look tempting enough!
Hope you had a good rest!

I am Hap(py) said...

wah - but is ok for me as self-employed ... hahah i'll save the $ on biz flight to go and eat more good food when i touched down hahaha :P

And take off peak flights so that i can have the whole row of seats to myself hahahha :P

Open Kitchen Concept said...

Oh Lrong - first class must be fantastic!

Open Kitchen Concept said...

Hi AA, Ting, I'd never fly economy on non-business trips.. so it is kind of a treat to fly business. On long flights, I am really grateful.. not just for the food.. but the bed..

Open Kitchen Concept said...

Sinfonia - yes, and now they have Suites! I really hope one day, I'd get bump up to Suites! :P

Open Kitchen Concept said...

Thanks Malar! I'm a lot better rested now.. :)

Open Kitchen Concept said...

Happy - ah.. true true. I still wish I can apparate though. I really don't like flying too much