Air India Rocks

It's been a while since I have flown with Air India, Indigo being the one I have traveled with most this past year. But the experience I had flying Air India this time was awesome. It started with meeting my wife's cousin who is a Captain in Air India. Actually he is my daughter's cousin and calls my wife Mausi (Most Indians would have a bhanja/ji or bhateeja/ji older their age :) although he is not older to us). In fact my two year old tied rakhi to him on saturday but that is besides the point.

Then came the boarding process. I had forgotten that domestic airlines use the aero bridge too, becoming accustommed to boarding the aircraft via a bus. So walking into the plane via the aerobridge, avoiding the hassle of a bus pleased me. Once on board we were given wet tissues and a small bottle of lemon juice which refreshed me.

By now I was already pleased by the service. Then came the food. Thai food on AI, that too on a domestic sector. Surely it cannot be good. But when I ate the thin noodle with the chicken in red curry, the food that i had had in transit, in the Cathay Pacific lounge in Hong Kong came to my mind. The chicken was soft and gave way easily under the knife. The Noodles were well cooked and had a nice flavour. Apart from this there was a veg sandwich which was fresh and tasty.

For desserts there was a chocolate walnut brownie. Not a pastry, not a mousse but a brownie (I love brownies, especially the walnut ones). On finishing my food, a very satisfied me sat back sipping a cup of black coffee. This had been a nice flight altogether. Oh! did I mention that there were no delays.