That suggests that either your memory is not fully reliable or you haven't flown KLM for a very long time - the quasi universal choice in economy on this temple of gastronomy is chicken or pasta I'm afraid.

And I'm sure many people (including myself) have indeed experienced the 'no meal' message on their itineraries (not just award, any itinerary). I think that KLM considers that their 'duty to inform' stops at the flight number and times. Everything else is either wrong (mileage, meal, etc) or inexistant (no aircraft type).