Airline Food: The good, the bad and the ugly

[Slim W]

On 11/11/2024 at 7:12 PM, ElsieD said:

I'm guessing you weren't in the cheap seats?

Well, it was upstairs on an A380. 😉

[gfweb]

PHX-PHL American Airlines

A chicken breast, terribly overcooked.  The rice was nice.  They served the rolls this time.

 

 

[KennethT]

Singapore Airlines NYC-SIN... Meal #1

A very nice mixed leaf salad with 2 perfectly poached shrimp, plus candied walnuts, blackberries and croutons. The sticky toffee pudding was pretty good too.

 

My wife got steamed chicken with lily buds (book the cook)

 

Mine was braised e-fu noodles with chicken and yu choy (also btk). Great aroma to the braising liquid and chicken (dark meat) was tender and moist. I've had this before but this time was a bit better and the yu choy were not overcooked this time like they were last time.

[KennethT]

Meal #2:

Decent croissant and the mixed fruit was ok - really good pineapple but strawberries were pretty flavorless. The yogurt/mango/oat/coconut confection was good.

 

Wife got pork congee (book the cook)

 

Soy sauce chicken with wok fried noodles. Dark meat chicken was tender and moist and noodles had decent texture.

 

4 more hours until we land!

 

 

[Slim W]

What is your flight time for this flight? 

33 minutes ago, KennethT said:

 

 

4 more hours until we land!

 

 

 

[KennethT]

1 hour ago, Slim W said:

What is your flight time for this flight? 

 

About 18 - 18.5 hours.

 

I also had a really good double chocolate muffin (from Norway) and a nice oolong tea about an hour ago but no pics.

 

This is the refresher just served about 2 hours before landing:

Made in Italy 

 

While it's no NYC pizza, it's a very tasty flat bread with tomato sauce, cheese and dried basil.

[Slim W]

48 minutes ago, KennethT said:

About 18 - 18.5 hours.

 

 

It's far too long in a plane 😉, at least you didn't go hungry.  Beats 1 or 2 enroute stops or aircraft changes I guess.

[KennethT]

3 hours ago, Slim W said:

It's far too long in a plane 😉, at least you didn't go hungry.  Beats 1 or 2 enroute stops or aircraft changes I guess.

Yes it's a long time, but it goes by fast 

[liuzhou]

 

 

5 hours ago, Slim W said:

t's far too long in a plane

 

18 hours in Dhaka airport, Bangladesh is a lot worse! That was a total nightmare and I had to do it twice!

[KennethT]

I'm half asleep writing this but hopefully it will make sense....

 

Singapore Airlines SIN - NYC, dinner served around 2:30AM (we took off a little before 1);

 

Arugula and thin sliced braesola salad, ciabatta roll stuffed with herbed butter and a pandan/coconut mousse cake with

 

Lamb curry with roti jala 

 

My wife had the chicken biryani 

 

 

Both were really good and from their Book the Cook.

 

Breakfast was

Decent croissant, fruit yogurt and

 

Char sieu and wonton mee with Sing Air's sambal - again, book the cook and really good. Chinese broccoli not overcooked, char sieu was tender with good flavor, mee not mushy.

 

My wife got chicken satay (unpictured) and said it was the best satay of the trip!

 

And a decent Chinese oolong tea

Edited 15 hours ago by KennethT (log)

[KennethT]

2 hours before landing,

 

 

And a long missed snack - I haven't seen it for a few years...

 

 

Sambal made from chillies, shallot, garlic, shrimp paste and small dried fish.

[Slim W]

9 hours ago, KennethT said:

2 hours before landing,

 

 

And a long missed snack - I haven't seen it for a few years...

 

Ah the good old  "cardboard pizza" !  As much as everyone made fun of it, no one turned it down prior to landing.