CX468 HKG-TPE 17-Feb
Airbus A340 B-KPK Seat 2K
Menu (402/468 02/12)
Dinner
Starter
Loch Tyne salmon with marinated prawn and roasted pepper
Main Courses
Braised chicken and chestnuts in oyster sauce, egg fried rice and stir-fried baby pak choy with bean curd skin
Grilled veal fillet with Madeira sauce, honey roasted swedes, French beans, sautéed tomato and mixed mushrooms
Spinach and Ricotta cheese tortellini with tomato concasse and pine nuts
Dessert
Raspberry swirl cheese cake with raspberry coulis in a chocolate cup
Tea and Coffee
Wine (400,402,406,408,462,464,466,468,470,472 1-2-2012)
Champagne – Champagne Armour De Deutz Brut 2002
White – Bouchard Père & Fils Meursault Les Clous 2006 (Côte de Beanue, Burgundy, France); Villa Maria Single Vineyard Southern Clays Sauvignon Blanc 2010 (NZ)
Red – Château Branaire-Ducru 4ème Cruise Class 2007 (Saint-Julien of Haut Medoc, Bordeaux, France); D’Arenberg The Galvo Garage Cabernet Blend 2006 (Adelaide Hills, SA, Australia); Wooing Tree Pinot Noir 2007 (Central Otago, New Zealand)
And of course I had to have some JW Blue before landing!
Very impressed with the Cathay First Cabin. Plenty of storage with a little private closet in front of the seat including room for my tri-fold and jacket. The rollaboard went underneath the guest seat.
Very empty First Class with only one other passenger.