Asiana First Class February 19th from Frankfurt to Seoul

Using our free tickets allowed me to redem a first class reward. Instead of continuing on Lufthansa I tried their Asian partner/competitor Asiana. The moment I walked into the cabin I felt the word PAMPER. I was the only women of 5 people in a 12 seat cabin. We had four wonderful women fluttering and there to grab a bag, put it up, nothing was too small for them to do for us. During the flight, I mistakely tried to put away my table tray and a second later one said NO, NO and quickly put it away (like she had failed by allowing it to sit for a minute).

The meal was wonderful here. No Caviar but they served a Tattinger Comte de comte champagne and everything was beautifully prepared.

To start off we had a beautiful pate, smoked salmon and mushrooms in cucumber- a tasty dish.

We moved to a hot potato cream soup with melted cheese on toast- very yummy and satisfying dish.

The next course was a mango yougurt salad- all right but the worst of all the courses.

The main course I selected was the Korean BimBiBap. The attendant was suprised by my choice and equally suprised I knew how to make the dish (enjoyed this dish many times at my time at Queen's)

Finally the cheese course- ordinary by Lufthansa's standards but it will pass.

Then my favourite course- a mascarpone tart with blueberry sauce- interesting and tasty.

The service was amazing as mentioned before. After each one of us used one of 2 washrooms, they cleaned it up. The purser unlike the Lufthansa flight acted as our 4th staff member in providing us with our meals. The only issue if anything was their English was basic (I will have to amend this statement now writing from Vietnam).

Fellow passengers were Korean businessmen. Nothing unusual about most of them except one man couldn't wait to change in his pajamas during takeoff. I turn my head a minute to get the view outside and the man is in his boxers with pajamas coming up his legs. I then decided not to turn again. Strange.

The bed- unlike Lufthansa they know how to make a bed. They first put a mattress to ensure comfort and then gave a very warm duvet.

Overall, I enjoyed the pampering and want to come back again. I know had to wait 4 hours till I saw my family and then take our flight to Hanoi.