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United Airlines (UA) Boeing B747-400 new First Class In-Flight: Los Angeles - Tokyo (LAX-NRT) 04/2009

Category: In-Flight Service

2009-04-10

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St. Pete's Blue - Faribaut Dairy in Minnesota is where the award winning Amablu St. Pete's Select blue cheese is handmade in small batches, then cured and aged in the historical St. Peter Sandstone caves along the Straight River.

4 Year Cheddar - Widmer's Aged cheddars have won many blue ribbon awards at the local, state and national level. This cheddar is known for its intense cheddar favor without all the bitterness associated with most aged cheddars.

St. Rocco Triple Creme - A buttery, creamy, full flavor cheese with a subtle fruity, mildly tangy-earthen mushroom note. It is handcrafted by a master cheesemaker in the heart of Michigan wine country.

The blue cheese was a bit too strong for me, but the Cheddar and the triple Creme paired very nicely with the red grapes.

After all these courses, the ice cream is almost ant-climatic. I only ordered hot-fudge to top off my ice-cream, and only managed to finish half of the serving.

It is not a moment too soon to recline the seat into a more comfortable position.

One of the really nice feature of the old UA First Suite was the intuitive seat controls, and I am very happy to report that this new generation suites retained the nice logical controls. There are also two pre-programmed buttons for full-flat bed, and for take-off and landing positions.

The bed feels quite comfortable, without the tight feel of some other flat-beds. I actually got a very good four hours of sleep on this flight.

The head and shoulder area is spacious enough without bumping into the sides when I change positions in my sleep.

The foot area is also as wide as the rest of the bed, plenty of space to move around.

One of the reasons that I did not sleep more than four hours was the new AVOD inflight entertainment system.

Very unusual for AVOD systems, there was not a single re-boot necessary during the entire flight. Multiple languages are available for the menuing system.

I watched the movie 'Marley and Me', and cried at the end when Marley was old.

I managed to catch up on a couple episodes of Ugly Betty, and that cheered me up a bit.

I did not really listened much to the audio selection.