Up, up, and away! Here I am, at an altitude of 37,000 feet, sipping on Veuve Clicquot as I catch up on this past years movies during our 16+ hour flight to Dubai from SFO, and I must say, Emirates does it right. Nick and I got very lucky, we are headed off for a 21 day adventure which kind of happened by chance, through South East Asia – Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Philippines, and Tokyo (an itinerary put together by Remote Lands, who incidentally also did our honeymoon to the Maldives). I also took this as an opportunity to make a stop off in Dubai for a few days. It’s a destination that has always intrigued me, heck; it was even an option in my future plans as I job searched whilst my time in London was coming to an end, and the fact that I have a lifelong friend residing there at the moment, it was the perfect time and excuse to visit.

 

Curious about what we have been eating? I can fill you in. To set up the flight, I thought it was only appropriate to start with a Kir Royale, this was actually my first real drink when I turned 21, so a great celebratory beverage for me. I had a traditional Arabic Mezze consisting of local savory dishes such as houmous, moutabel, muhammara, and stuffed grape leaves. It was excellent.

Nick had the smoked salmon. As a main course I had the Baked Sea Bass, not bad considering it still is just airplane food. Nick went with the Chicken Nilgiri which was cooked in a coriander and mint curry, served with patak paneer and steamed rice, it looked excellent.

The showstopper of course was dessert. Chocolate and Pineapple mousse with a honey anglaise, yum!

My friend, Ariel, happens to work for the airline Emirates, so she was able to get us some nice seats on this Airbus A380,  and this plane is huge. We boarded and went straight upstairs (my first time on a double decker!) to our seats and access to an in flight lounge. It is really nice to go there to stretch your legs, have a drink, and hang out with some of the other chatty passengers. Not to mention all of the nibbles they have such as tea sandwiches, various warm bites, and sweet treats. I found myself wandering back there a few times…