Review: China Airlines Business Class A330 Taipei To Singapore

Great review. I'm with you angle seats are the worst and I prefer a big recliner. I'd rather save my money, miles, or upgrade versus fly with an angle seat. Seriously it feels as though I am sliding down the seat the entire flight. Totally pointless.

Sauvignon blanc isn't exactly a traditional pairing with beef, either, Lucky! That meal did look pretty tasty though. I've been enjoying the flurry of reports lately - nice thing to come into the office to.

That moment when there's a typo on the China Airlines brunch menu. It says 'Braised SEE bass with steamed rice' instead of 'Braised SEA bass with steamed rice'.

Goulash is made with tomatoes and other aromatics like onions garlic celery, sometimes you would get potatoes and carrots as well. Water or stock sometimes even beer or wine can be added along with spices (paprika & caraway traditionally). This is just a bad translation/description. Goulash is very slowly cooked to make the cheaper, tougher beef tender, the tomatoes and aromatics get cooked so much that they become part of the sauce which is a combination of all the above mentioned plus the juices from the meat (sometimes Veal or Lamb). In a preparation like this it wouldn't surprise me if they pureed and strained the sauce to give it a more consistent less chunky feel. Sometimes it's presented as a soup others as a stew. Tomatoes are there it's just not usually the predominate flavor. I think it would be interesting if you actually took a chef or someone knowledgable about food with you on a trip to give an "expert" opinion like you did with Champagne and wine.

Ben,I don't think it was fortunate you had no one next to you as in Chinese culture no.4 is very unlucky and sounds like death so I am guessing most of the passengers would actively avoid those seats although you may know this already.I love your reviews.

The seat design looks identical to Singapore Airlines regional business class seats - the drawers, the pockets on the seats etc. The airshow (flightpath) also looks identical tot he Singapore offering.

Great reviews

Solid review, I used to fly China Airlines 3/4 times a year as a kid!

If that unruly passenger had threatened to hit a flight attendant on an American airline she would have been offloaded and possibly arrested immediately.

Lucky, the seats are almost exact replicas of SQ's regional products! Do you know if these planes were taken over from SQ, and subsequently "refreshed" with new upholstery etc?

Yes those angled 'seats' are very bad. These seats look the same as the new regional SQ seats. They are super uncomfortble, the old blue ones were much better. I always wonder which morons do the actual seat selction for airlines. Probably not people who fly a lot themselves.

@Maurice. Dumb comment.

CI has the best FA for the past 15 years and the worst management last 7 years. The plane you took is actually lease from SQ, CI used to lease 330 from Virgin and SQ due to high regional demand. I truly hope the recent management change will bring CI back to past glory.

I know it is an old thread... but just want to add... for some reasons, both China Airlines and EVA Air now serves their meals on these Taipei to KUL/SIN/CGK/DPS flights mid-flight. I never quite figure out why. Maybe they presume passengers eat in the lounge, and on the 3pm SIN-TPE flight, they just assume passengers want to eat closer to local time. That applies also to economy and premium economy class passengers too. I agree with you... these flights are relatively short and if passengers want to eat later, they can always request the meal to be served later. However I have a feeling that if you tell them you want to eat now, they will accommodate you too. The meals look basic enough. but I miss the days when they serve the meals in three courses (with a separate appetizer course).