Business Class, Dragonair, South China Sea

My wife and I were lucky enough to get upgraded to Business Class on this Dragonair flight to Taiwan. It was a midday departure so lunch was served for us.

Similar to the Cathay Pacific flight I was recently flying on before they provided you with a menu and served the tray with the starter first, as shown in the photograph below, then followed up with the main course.

Starter

The starter was fresh fruit and bread from their roll selection. Being business class we lunched with silver cutlery and a cloth napkin. It was fairly basic ceramic bowl consisting of slices of melon, grape, orange and water melon, which started things off adequately.

As it was lunch time they served us with drinks, which I chose a Bloody Mary. This was quite well made (although no celery stick garnish) and served as a nice aperitif before the main course, and served in a proper glass.

Drinks

For the main course I selected the Oriental choice of pig neck and rice, which is shown below, presented in a white bowl. The slices of meat were steamed and probably too chewy for my liking but they had a decent flavour from the shrimp paste it was cooked with. The meat sat on a bed of tofu, which was really nice, soft but still cohesive. It also came with a healthy portion of white rice, two sticks of steamed choi sum and a little carrot flower. 

Main Course

The meal was filling enough and service was very good as you would expect from business class. The seats were large and comfortable but they did not recline the full 180 degrees like the seat on Cathay, although that could be down to the short duration of the flight. However, it was still a very pleasant flying experience with them.

Scores:
Food: 3/5
Presentation: 4/5
Service: 4/5
Setting: 3/5

Total: 14/20

Cost: Came with frequent flyer redeemed airline fare.

I ate: All of the above.

I drank: Bloody Mary, water, tea.

I wore: Star Wars t-shirt.