Come ‘fly’ with me: What it’s like on board SIA’s cable car dining experience
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Singapore Airlines' KrisFlyer Experiences officially takes off on Nov twenty, but we had a foretaste of what to expect.
SIA's KrisFlyer Experiences begins with a welcome drink – in this example, a Nitro Frost Passionfruit Martini – at Sunset Restaurant & Bar on Mountain Faber. (Photo: Aaron De Silva)
10 Nov 2022 12:36PM (Updated: 04 Jul 2022 11:52PM)
Just two weeks agone, I had the risk to step within an shipping for the first time in months, during Singapore Airlines' (SIA's) Restaurant A380@Changi dining experience.
Some aviation enthusiasts lamented the fact that the aircraft was grounded, and that it might have been more enjoyable if the A380 could take taken off and circled for a bit. Merely the statement was that it would have been a complete waste material of fuel, and non the most environmentally-sound determination.
The good people at SIA must have heard these cries – and considered both arguments – because a few days later, they launched KrisFlyer Experiences with I Faber Group.
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It gave KrisFlyer members a run a risk to use their miles to enjoy SIA'due south Outset Class menus on a 90-minute trip on the Mountain Faber line (Mountain Faber, Harbourfront, Sentosa). Voila! No fuel wastage, and a dining experience upward in the air. Everyone ought to exist happy, right?
Well, that's the hope anyway.
At a media preview on November 9, we were told that the KrisFlyer Experiences – which runs over 5 nights from Nov 20 to Dec 6 – is 70 per cent sold. Of the 58 cable cars in functioning, 30 are reserved for sky dining, all of which will exist allocated to SIA during the five nights.
"Maybe it'll be 100 per cent sold subsequently your article is published!" said the spokesperson from 1 Faber Group, chirpily.
The KrisFlyer Experiences kicked off with a welcome drink at Dusk Restaurant & Bar on Faber Tiptop. "Boarding time" is between 6.30pm and 7pm, but guests are encouraged to bear witness up at 5.30pm to enjoy a drink or two, SIA's Signature Satay, and, weather condition permitting, the glorious dusk from Faber Peak.
We were told that SIA's cabin crew will be on hand during the five nights to usher guests on board, to replicate the actual inflight experience. At that place weren't any motel crew during our preview, but no thing. My dining companion and I – another member of the media – hopped on board as quickly as we could, but not earlier taking a plethora of pictures and videos.
Inside the cabin, the table was already set, with our Appetiser course laid out, bread basket chock and wine glasses filled. Nosotros had both pre-selected the French Cuisine selection (the Georges Blanc Menu), so fittingly, a bottle of Morey-Saint-Denis Premier Cru "Les Sorbets", a Burgundian pinot noir, accompanied us for the evening.
The "flight" from Mount Faber to Sentosa and back takes thirty minutes – the elapsing of one grade. It was simply nearly plenty time to have in the views, conversation and savour the nutrient. In between courses, staff would only have a 14-2nd window to articulate our plates and introduce the next course – kind of similar an F1 pitstop.
My dining companion and I were curious to witness this in activeness, imagining worst-case scenarios. Zippo untoward happened, of form – the staff were experienced enough to execute this choreographed sequence with warmth and precision. Kudos to them.
The "flight" was smoother than I expected, with the occasional "turbulence" occurring only when the cars entered and exited the stations. My dining companion admitted that she somewhat wished information technology would be more "turbulent", to add to the realism. I agreed, laughing.
It was so smooth, in fact, that at diverse points we forgot we were suspended in the air; we could have been in a restaurant on the ground. And the 90 minutes flew by, too, such that I had barely touched the cheese platter by the fourth dimension we had to disembark.
Beyond the KrisFlyer Experiences, One Faber Group has lined up an Italian-axial sky dining experience in December, Italy existence the starting time of a series of "destinations".
Called Fly Me To Italian republic (S$328++ for two), the iv-course meal features dishes from unlike Italian regions, including a pan-seared tuna from Sicily, a roast pork stew from Friuli Venezia, and a grilled lobster from the Amalfi Coast, all done downwards with wines from Abruzzo.
KrisFlyer Experiences launches on Nov 20. (Update: According to SIA, every bit of Nov 18, redemptions for the Experiences at 65,000 KrisFlyer miles for ii diners are now closed)
Fly Me To Italy launches on Dec 1. Reservations can be made hither
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