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Skriven 2014-11-17 05:22:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: Asia 303
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TG 320 KTM BKK 1350 1825 772 14AB

No jetways. It's kind of cool walking up to the gigantic
airplane and up the staircase, though.

The cabin crew was extra deferential to the guy, who must
be a regular on the route.

First Course
Mesclun salad with cherry tomato and smoked salmon, tuna dressing

Strange - sort of from Asia in the olden days, when it seems
that dishes were reconstructed from written descriptions. It
was food, what can I say.

Main Course
Malai curry (lamb simmered in coconut milk gravy)
Steamed basmati rice
Palak chorchori (spinach & lentils with cumin and fresh ginger)

The curry was okay, the rice was better, the spinach and
lentils were best of all.

or
Chicken thigh in bumbai curry
Steamed thai hom mali rice, stir-fried loufah with egg

Quite good, but I can't tell what bumbai curry is; it did
have a ton of ginger and/or galanga in it.

or
Seared red snapper hot tomato ginger salsa
Tossed seaweed linguini, roasted vegetables

Assorted bread, butter

Assorted cheeses, fresh fruits

Dessert
Chocolate and vanilla creme brulee

Starch in a cup. All righty then.

Tea, coffee, espresso, cappuccino

Laurent-Perrier Brut

Ah, thank goodness for that.

Ch. La Branne 08

This was a totally typical but somewhat underconcentrated
Bordeaux. I rather liked it with the curried food.

Beaune 1er Cru 10 (whose? I don't know)

The flight was perfectly okay, but service was abstracted,
almost absent. And when the best-looking flight attendant
is a guy, you know you're on the wrong planet.

We landed more or less on time and got deposited rather
unceremoniously at the Bangkok airport, whence we made our
way through immigration (bored) and to the hotel bus guy,
who found us on some list and told us to sit tight for 15.

The bus came and took us to the Floral Shire, which
advertises itself as an airport hotel but is actually
another 15 away. It was an okay place whose main drawback
was no elevator. We were given a surprisingly nice though
spare room, whose firm and comfy beds were most welcome
after the trials of the day.
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