How I would love ^^ to be true....

I don't know anything about the OP, let's just assume its a 5'10 male weighing 170lbs. No offense intended, that's just my idea of 'average man'. With the distinct lack of activity involved with sitting on a plane for that long, 2000 calories would be more than enough for that man on such a day. Less are required for a smaller person or a lady, so scale away, but frankly with the amount of sitting around I would say more like 1500 is appropriate even for the man

Now a croissant is around 200 calories, perhaps a little more depending on size. I'll give the yoghurt pot 100 calories. The tiny breakfast that was ridiculed would be north of 300 calories. If, as I read it, you found the light supper to be far more adequate then I believe 700 calories is a fair number. Even if the quantity is not much in and of itself, we all know how calorie-filled airline food is

So during the flight you took in around 1000 calories, roughly 2/3 of what was required that day. If you then went and had a large dinner, you'd quite easily be near the 2000 calorie mark, if not higher

I have never thought a portion of food on an airline was laughably small. All things considered, it can often be far more than is needed. Accusations of laughably small portions are usually due to cultural perspectives. For example, a large pizza from Pizza Hut around the world is the same size as a medium in the US. An 'International large' is what we're used to and so we're equally surprised by the size of the US large as an American would be receiving one of ours