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 001 Company: Swiss International Airline Photo taken by: Cyrille Roche Flying from: Zürich ZRH to Boston BOS, date (30/12/2003) Flight duration: 8h 20min Aircraft type & class: Airbus A330-223 HB-IQO, Business Class Meal type: Lunch & Light Meal ***MENU First Course: Capaccio of air-dried beef or Fillet of throut poached in a root vegetable stock served with a lentil salad --- Seasonal salad --- Main Course: Hip bone steak grilled with cep mushrooms accompanied by a potato roulade and sliced carrots or Sautéed guinea fowl breast served with pumpkin gnocchi in a creamy chive sauce or Fillet of pike perch and salmon dumpling on a bed of vegetables served with a light lobster sauce or Val Müstair-style dumplings (A special Swiss dish, comming from the area of Graubünden in the eastern part of Switzerlan, ed.) --- Cheese: A selection of Swiss Alp cheeses served with fruit bread --- Dessert: Mascarpone mousse with caramelised chestnuts or Plum terrine flavoured with an Armagnac sauce --- Swiss chocolates --- ***LIGHT MEAL Celery and apple salad with Swiss-style sausage, air-dried ham and venison sausage Or Engadine (Same area of Switzerland I metionned above, ed.) cheese salad with pickles --- Cream salad with a winter fruit salad --- Drink: Champagne: Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte (Epernay, France) White Wine: Zizerzer Riesling x Sylvaner 2001 (Nüniwändler, Switzerland), Château le Bonnat 2001 (Bordeaux, France), Verdelho 2002 (Hunter Valley, Australia) Red Whine: Zizerser Blauburgunder 2001(Nüniwändler, Switzerland), Primitivo du Manduria 2001 (Santera, Italy), Metala Shiraz-Cabernet 2000 (Langhorne, Australia) --- Aperitifs: Dry Sherry Tio Pepe Campari Martini Rosso Martini Bianco Beefeater Dry Gin Bacardi Rum Vodka Moskovskaja --- Refreshing Drinks: Swiss beer Non-alcoholic beer Soft drinks and juices Mineral water --- Liqueurs, Digestifs: Johnnie Walker Black Label Jack Daniel`s Old No.7 The Glenlivet 12 years Bailey`s Irish Cream Caintreau Calvados VSOP Martell VSOP Drambuie Kirsch Grappa Fernet-Branca Port Cockburn`s Poire William --- Hot Beverages: Coffee Tea Herbal Tea Comments: As Swiss International Airlines wants to be very Swiss, this Swissness is also represented in the catering. The service was a bit to quick, I`d like to take my time while eating... The lunch was very good, the small meal was a too small. The desserts were great, as always. The coice of drinks is incredible, look at it! Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8 |