30 HOUR Etihad Airways BUSINESS CLASS FOOD REVIEW! Seoul to Chicago

Good afternoon. Leaving South Korea in about two and a half hours. Just sitting in the hotel drinking last minute afternoon tea. Also this bingsu here looks really really really good. This is so extravagantly impressive. This is the valentine's day afternoon tea set. I don't even know what this stuff is. It's like a peanut butter mousse wrapped around crispy little noodles. It's a mozzarella strawberry cheese ball with strawberry in the middle. I've never really done this afternoon tea thing before. That's pretty cool. This is a little mini plate of shrimp with a pineapple in the middle. Oh it's like a french toast with strawberry and cream on top. All this stuff is so beautiful. It's hard to break these strawberry white chocolate on a little cookie. That is a delicious strawberry mousse cake. That's the best one. Kind of like a strawberry mousse cake in a cup. Afternoon tea is pretty fun especially in Asia where everything looks so cute. There's nobody at this airport. Heading out of Korea and going to Chicago then to St. Louis. The route we're taking it's a little weird because Seoul to Abu Dhabi and from Abu Dhabi to Chicago. Abu Dhabi to Chicago is about 14 to 15 hours. This trip is going to be over 30 hours and the reason we're doing this well it's really affordable. It's about half the price of a normal business class flight and we're flying with Etihad Airlines business class so it'll be a long trip but save quite a bit of money and we'll get to check out the food together. I think this is my first time flying with this airline business class. Let me show you around. Big nice size monitor. Blanket. Really deep leg rooms. Place to hang your jacket. This is how their dining table pulls out. Pretty little lamp. This is the seat. Pillow. Little storage right here. Storage here as well. Remote control. Digital seat control. Is this grapefruit juice? The red thing is orange I'll take that. Thank you. Looks good thank you. See here it looks like grapefruit juice but here it's like a magic trick where it just bites. Anyway like I said reading lights, seat controls, a lot of different light controls that I can't really use yet. Non-disturb button. Window shades. Cushion firmness. Wow. Firmer or softer. Back and forth. Mood lights. All right let's look at the travel pack. This is a snood. It's to wear around your neck. You can also use this to cover your face and nose. Oh this is the COVID kit. So masks, wipes, hand sanitizer. All really helpful. Now for the best reading material. After takeoff. Warm bakery. Salad. Herb-crusted lamb. Grilled halibut. Beef bulgogi. Vegetable lasagna. Oh yeah. Herb-crusted lamb for sure. Before arrival. Warm breakfast. Yogurts. Omelette. Ginseng chicken. Congee. French toast. Haagen-Dazs ice cream. There's a list of waters, juices, coffees, teas. I'm looking for the anytime menu. There usually is something about that. Let's see about the movies. A bunch of new movies. Venom. Fast 9. All things I want to see that I haven't seen. Oh there's a lot of new movies. Mortal Kombat. Family. Oh there is a lot of movies on here. It's gonna be hard to get bored on this flight. I haven't figured out the anytime menu yet. I will. Travel pack has arrived. Oh very nice. Cologne from Aqua di Parma. Toothpaste. Toothbrush. Hand cream. Eye patch and socks. I really wish there's slippers but no slippers on this flight. All right about to take off. See you at dinner. Dinner is served and this looks extraordinary. First of all, herb-crusted lamb looks really good. Some kind of puree. Maybe some green mashed potatoes. Some vegetables. Brussels sprouts. Green beans. Tomatoes. Some pumpkin. Got some hot tea. Even the salad looks pretty good. The buns. Two buns. Both toasty warm. A bagel and a bun. This is so beautiful. This is what caught my eye right away. Yuzu curd mousse with strawberries and a flower on top. That's probably the prettiest dessert I've ever seen on a flight. Everything looks good. It smells good. Olive oil and vinegar. Salad's good. Oh wow. I'm just gonna try to cut this lamb with a fork. That's actually freaking delicious. Oh mushy peas. Considering this is a flight meal, the lamb is extremely tender. Pumpkin's not bad either. I mean it's not falling apart just from the fork but it's close. Some nice herbs. Nuts on top. It's got a good chew. No gaminess. A little crushed up lentils. The texture's so nice. That's an awesome dish. Pairs very well with the salad. Bread's really nice too. Especially this one. Honestly mushy peas not bad either. I don't really know what makes something good mushy peas but a little sweet. Tastes pretty good to me. Now I'm sure the best part. Oh yeah. This looks delicious. That dessert is amazing. This is awesome. There's some jam on the inside. It's sweet. A little citrusy. Very very creamy. Oh this is good. Especially when you eat it with a strawberry which brings a lot more of that nice sweet tart flavor to the mix. This is a great meal. Ending on the highest note ever. Pair that with some hot tea. These pies are so lovely. So it's only two meals on this flight. This one and right before we land. I'm sure there's gonna be some snacks in between and can't wait to find out what those are. Stay tuned. Look at this. Breakfast is served croissant. A little turnover it looks like. Fruits, kimchi, yogurt, and congee. Chicken congee. Scallions and sesame. I was actually pretty darned up. Usually not a big fan of congee but it seems like every time I have had congee on a flight it's been pretty good. I just really don't like omelets or scrambled eggs. Always prefer something a little different. Chicken is tender. The sesame gives off a nice aroma. Kimchi actually tastes really really good. Nice crunch. Good amount of heat. I'm absolutely starving by the way. We landed about an hour. I hope we can get to the airport. The lounge is actually open and hopefully they got some good food there. Yeah that might not be the case. Gonna be landing in Abu Dhabi probably at 4 a.m. Might not be able to eat till the next flight. That's a toasty flaky croissant. Wow that's a good croissant. I think it's okay. But I did make one interesting discovery about the dining table on this flight. Check this out. So I actually dropped a spoon and guess what happened. They magnetized the sides of the table so if you drop your utensils like I just did it won't fall to the ground. That's freaking ingenious. There's this GoPro just not having it with the lights here. But luckily this lounge is open at four o'clock in the morning. There is food set up but it's not. I think it's still roped off right now. It looks like gonna be able to eat before the flight. This is a giant lounge. Buffet is about to open in about five minutes. Tea with milk foam. So you go up there and they serve you. I got some hash browns. Two different types of sausages. Some pita with hummus. Pickled vegetables. Cocoa pebbles. And a croissant. And everything is turkey sausage. Not bad. Definitely a lot of spices in here. Especially when you eat it with the pickles. Best in here has to be the hummus. Oh it's so delicious. So good. And I have my hummus with my meat. I'm gonna put the hummus on everything. Hummus cereal. That might be a little too much. Final leg of the trip. This is gonna be about 14 hours. If you notice the seat behind me is enclosed in curtains. So that's apparently where the pilots sleep. You did notice. New travel bag. Aqua Department. Same stuff though. Hand cream. Cologne. Toothbrush. Toothpaste. Socks. Again I really do wish there were slippers on this flight. Otherwise the plane is exactly the same as the last one. Let's see what we got to eat. There's two meals. After takeoff. Warm breakfast bakery. Yogurt. Fruit. You get cheese and omelette. Foul medeman or french toast. Before arrival. Middle eastern appetizers. Beef tenderloins. Seared sea bass. Chicken or pasta. Roast milk cake. And here's the anytime snacks. Sort of sweet and savory snacks available on request. Häagen-Dazs ice cream. Oh it's about to be an all-you-can-eat Häagen-Dazs ice cream kind of trip. I can't wait to find out what the savory snacks are. So for lunch we have Manakash. Some sumac. Zatar. Not really too familiar with these dishes. I basically got a middle eastern lunch. So excuse me when I'm not too familiar with these dishes. Even with some of the cheese. Just incredibly creamy. Not a lot of meat but flavor. Texture of everything incredible. Besides safe to leave with the croissant. By the way all the baked goods on this flight. Warm and toasty and flaky. I mean it's not gonna be as good as something you get from a bakery but for a flight this is a pretty darn good croissant. Just dipped into the beans. The vinegar goes so well with the croissant. Oh yogurt with nuts and dried fruit. That's good as well. That goes so well with some hot tea. So there are random snacks you can get between meals. I heard there's some sandwiches, chips, Häagen-Dazs ice cream. I'm gonna finish this and get some snacks. About 10 more. This airline provides snacks. Here there's a sandwich. This is the sandwich that you get. It's a cold chicken sandwich. There's also dates, some chocolate, some mixed nuts. Oh that's cold and it's for some reason sweet. Oh great I will just take take this. Okay. Thank you so much. Yes this one. Thank you. Thank you so much. Okay thank you. I found more food to eat. Basically got one each of their snack pile. KitKat, peanuts, a cheese sandwich and Häagen-Dazs ice cream. Let's see if this cheese sandwich is any better. The bread is much better and there's pesto inside. Overall though this is way better than the turkey slash chicken sandwich I got before. Those are pretty good. I think I'm gonna fill up with this and Häagen-Dazs until the next meal. I guess according to Chicago it's breakfast where Abu Dhabi is dinner. Arabic appetizers. I see some hummus, stuffed grape leaves, olives, and then from the main course tenderloin, green beans, potato. Dessert's been so good on all the airlines I've been on so far. It's a rose milk cake. That hummus, I think it's the same hummus that was in the lounge. Amazing. As an anytime snack they could have just had hummus and pita or hummus and chips instead of a cheese sandwich or turkey sandwich. Would have been so happy with that. This may not be the juiciest pita nori I've had on an airplane but it is definitely the tastiest. This thing tastes like it just got off a charcoal grill. Wow. Flavors are so good. It really tastes like you have a grill on the airplane. Mushroom sauce is good. Super cheesy. Oh that is gorgeous. Skip right to dessert and change that. First of all this thing looks so appetizing. This tastes like it straight up came from a great dessert shop. Oh it's so light. Burst of strawberry flavor. That's one of the lightest airline cakes I've ever put in my mouth. I would go seek this out if I could find it somewhere. They don't serve you a lot of food on this airline but when they do it's really good. I'm gonna eat and land in about a couple hours and then probably go grab lunch. So we have very short layover on this last minute decision coming here getting some hot pot and then heading off to St. Louis. This is a pretty new hot pot place opened up in Chinatown. Nice layout. Also they got Lido Tong, the sauce bar. This is stuff you you really want to drink in the summer. Help cools you down. That's pretty much a good drink anytime. Every Chinese person grew up drinking this. They make their own yogurt here. Pretty good stuff especially if you order something really spicy. That's some tender beef. I haven't felt that extreme numbing spicy sensation in a while on my tongue. Wow that feels good. For sure hot pot is my most missed food of any food. Oh this place is spicy. This is the best bamboo fungus. Just stop cook it for like 15 seconds. That's like the best ingredient outside of meat. I just got back. A couple additional things I want to say about Etihad Airlines. First of all the pros. Staff was so nice. Everybody was incredibly courteous. Amazing. The bed was comfortable. Everything was pretty modern. A lot of movie choices. The food was delicious. What I didn't like was that there wasn't a lot of food and the snacks is really nothing to speak of. And the other flight option we had was Qatar Airlines which was pretty much the same price. But I remember Qatar Airlines the food is amazing. There's no set mealtime. You can order whatever you want whenever you want it. And I remember everything I had was amazing. So never felt hungry on that flight. Also with Qatar they make your seat into an actual bed and there's two of you. They actually make a whole queen's bed for the two of you. It's like having your own private room. With the prices being so comparable if you are ever flying and there is a choice between the two definitely go for Qatar. But anyways hopefully this airline review has been helpful for you guys. Also as I mentioned at the beginning this video is sponsored by HelloFresh. I've been talking about HelloFresh for years now. I think they're my oldest sponsor and I love recommending them because they actually taste that good. I'm never going to recommend food to you guys. I don't absolutely love. I love HelloFresh. Basically every single recipe I had was delicious. And that's really no surprise because HelloFresh has more five star reviews than any other meal kit. So you know you're going to get something delicious. Also like I mentioned I hate going to grocery stores. I don't like to spend the time. 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