Review of EVA Air flight Taipei → Paris in Business

transfer in Taipei

I have just under two hours to make my connection in Taipei. I head up to arrivals on the first floor, which is where security takes place for connecting passengers.

The transit area is littered with high end retail, mainly ladies' fashion. Outside it's already dark, so I figure I might as well go in search of the lounge.

EVA Air Lounge

The EVA Air lounge is rather small, especially considering that this is their hub and therefore should be the flagship lounge. But it's nice enough, with plenty of seating available.

The food options are interesting, but not really very appealing.

I mean, grilled sausages?

I settle for three tuna sandwiches, which, strangely, taste rather sweet.

Boarding

At 23h00, my flight shows up as 'go to gate', which is good, because I'm about to fall asleep otherwise. There are two airbridges attached to the aircraft, with the left one for Business Class passengers. There is no First Class cabin.

The cabin & seat

The B 777 has an older seat than the B 787. The cabin is configured in a 1 + 2 + 1 revers herringbone layout.

The colours may be a tad strange, but it's a very comfortable seat with good storage space.

Amenities

At my seat when I arrive are the menu, slippers, earphones, and the amenity kit. The latter is different to the one I received on the VIE to BKK flight. The content is the same though.

This time, the cabin crew hand me an XL pj.

The crew & Service

As on my previous flights, there is a small piece of chocolate and a card with a Chinese poem at my seat.

Once I'm settled, they bring me a hot towel and take my orders for a welcome drink. I just have water.

first meal service

The menus don't really sound all that appealing to me and I'm tired anyway.

So when the cabin crew come to take my order, I tell them I'll be skipping dinner and going straight to bed. I manage to sleep for about five hours. 

mid-flight snack

I awake, and of course, now I'm feeling hungry. So I call for the cabin crew, who offer to serve me dinner. However, I ask them to just bring a bowl of noddles.

Much to my surprise, once I'm done with the noodle, I place my seat back in the lying position and go off to sleep for another seven hours.

second service - breakfast

I awake about two hours out of Paris. The crew is just setting up for the breakfast service.

Before I do anything else, I ask for a coffee with milk. Coffee is something they do really well on EVA.

The breakfast is served on a tray.

Not sure what the green fruit is, but it's very hard and impossible to cut.

For the main dish, I've pre-booked the omelette.

arrival

Just after we cross the boarder from Germany to France, we start our descent, which takes us over the city of Luxembourg and then further West. We land and make our way to the new satellite at CGD's iconic Terminal 1.

I just love the architecture of Terminal 1.

And always remember, kids: Paris loves you!

From arrivals I take the Roissyval train to Terminal 2, from where I catch a TGV train heading for Lille. 

Lille is only about an hour away from CDG.