I loved the story that was featured on BBC radio and news website today, about the self-confessed aviation geek Nik Sennhauser who decided to recreate airline meals at home as he and his husband miss international travel so much.
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| Singapore Airlines' Hainanese chicken and rice |
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| Nik's version of the meal |
Nik from Glasgow told Michelle McManus on BBC Radio Scotland he loved travelling so much that he'd think nothing of booking a weekend to America. "I once got a flight from Edinburgh to Boston for £150 return, - I took the Friday off and on Thursday after work got on a plane and flew there, had some lobster rolls and dipped my feet in the sea - and then got back on a plane."
Nik explained how his love of travel and aviation started when he was young, "I grew up between Thailand and Austria, so I spent a lot of my childhood on planes and in airports," he told the BBC. "My dad was working in Thailand for a multinational and we went to school in Austria, so every holiday, even if it was just for a weekend, we would fly to Bangkok to see dad. The plane was the one place I would eat food without questioning it. At home, my mum had to force me to eat vegetables and other foods."
Nik recalled the flights he'd take from Thailand to Europe were always at night, "I found it fascinating that you got on a plane at two in the morning and an hour later someone came round and served you a three-course meal. - It was like a wee performance on the plane."
"It was like entertainment."
Read the full story on the BBC News website.
Photos Nik Sennhauser
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