Air New Zealand (238 pictures & videos)

4/10

Cab

Canada (YQY) to New Zealand (AKL), 30 Sep 2003

Business Class

Dinner Appetiser (served takeoff + 35 mins) Dill cured salmon gravalax on potato and gherkin salad with vodka mayonnaise and salmon caviar. Main Course 1- Chilled soba noodle salad with king prawns, seaweed, g (Menu Card)

Jacob's Creek Reserve Shiraz & Nobilo Icon Sauvignon Blanc (with appetiser and prawn),light beer. Sparkling wine pre-flight drink (not pictured). Same wines for the last 2 months?

No lounge access with upgrade (- 2 points). Night flight and picture turned out better than expected using overhead light. This time there was no pre-dinner drink or snack. Regular biz class pax sitting next to me was waiting for it in anticipation but never got it. So he complained to the female F/A only to be told that the flight left late and it was a short flight so they decided not to do it. He said he always got his drink. The female F/A gave him his drink and also told him that pretty soon biz class would be getting economy food! ...I thought to myself ..."that was an interesting response". I guess she must be referring to the new Tasman Express that kicks in 29th Oct. He turned to me and complained that service was gradually going down the toilet. The appetiser was ok, a tad fishy. Garlic bread served warm (+1 point). Plastic knife (-1 point). I picked the prawns because I had steak for the last 5 days in a row. The prawns looked good but tasted foul. I nearly turned as green as the noodle after 2 bites. The male F/A offered me another option (+ 2 points). I have never been a fan of lamb shanks because of all the tendons and boney bits. Sure enough this meal had bits of bone etc. I did not finish it but could not anyway as I was still recovering from the prawns....where's my hunk of dead animal flesh?

Date added: 2008-05-21   //   Flight: 2:0   //   Aircraft: 767