Review of Emirates flight from Johannesburg to Dubai in Economy

Welcome to the sixth FR in this trip
BACKGROUND INFO
This december I visted South Africa to visit my familly there (I'm half South African). My trip has finally concluded, and after having a wonderful time with my family, I will be heading back to SFO. My routing will take me via J'burg and DXB. My previous flight on SA was cancelled. The staff at CPT handeled the situation terribly. By some miricle we were able to get a flight that somehow got us to JNB just in time (by the skin of our teeth) to JNB.
My routing for this whole trip:
EK226 SFO-DXB in Y http://flight-report.com/en/report-12750.html
EK767 DXB-JNB in Y http://flight-report.com/en/report-13149.html
SA1521 JNB-GRJ in Y http://flight-report.com/en/report-13203.html
FA121 GRJ-CPT in Y http://flight-report.com/en/report-13026.html
SA332 CPT-JNB in Y CANCELLED
EK764 JNB-DXB in Y THIS REPORT
EK225 DXB-SFO in Y COMING SOON
A map of my routing via DXB to SFO from gcmap.com:

FLIGHT REPORT
Unfortunatly, I was too rushed at JNB to make my flight that I didn't take pictures. We were 5 mins late for check in, but they let us go by some miricle. We barely made it to the plane in time. We unfortunatly, did miss the oshibori :( But we did get the menus :) . There was a slight delay, but otherwise we took off on time.
Blankets were good quality:

The headphones were of the same mediocore quality as on EK767. They were OK, but the headphones on the longer flights are mutch better.

We were on a new plane with the AMAZING new IFE software:

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The cabin was sooooooooooo spacious:

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Look at that beautiful legroom!!!!!! Is this J class???!!

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And one more time………… that IFE!

Writing this FR makes me nostalgic about my flights with EK……. I still have the boarding music playing in my head

Shortly after takeoff, drinks are served…. mango juice for me

I looooooove EKs mango juice! I can't find any mango juice in the US :(
This was followed by the meal.
But first…….
The menu:

I chose the beef:

My entrèe unveiled:

The potato salad appetizer was terrible (I'm not a fan of potato saled anyways). But the chicken appetizer was very good, and was nice and juicy, well cooked.
The beef was OK. I found it acceptable but not special. The mashed potatoes were pretty good, and the veggoes were fine.
However, the tirmasu desert was really good! Creamy, but still chocolaty in the chocolate layer.
A CHML that I saw:

There was a malfunction in my IFE but FA fixed it.
More mango juice…..

About 3/4 of the way there I requested another mango juice from the FA. She informs me that they have run out. I apologize and tell her it's my fault. :)
Almost there….

Shortly before landing a sandwhich with blondie is served:

The sandwich looks discussing, so I don't eat it. The blondie is OK. I would have prefered the pizzas that they serve mid flight for a"lite bite" on the longer flights as the "lite bite" for this flight.
Position at "Lite Bite" service

We later arrived on time, it was till dark in DXB. We parked a the new remote stands, and had to take a bus to the terminal. The loading of buses was very efficient with a dedicated bus for pax with tight connections. Mutch more efficient than in SA. However the bus ride was quite long.
Summery
Overall a great flight with EK. As usal the crew, hard product, etc, all ecceded expectations. EK skimped on the food a little, but this can be easilly improved. This flight was certainly a testament to the incredible product that EK offers.
Keep up the good work EK!