Thank you, ORDnHKG, for your openminded and substantial evaluation. The comment on OZ-food from return-flights was on the following site:

http://www.sqtalk.com/forum/showthre...?t=4211&page=3

I never flew an Asian carrier so I can't compare and have to rely on FT-expertise ^. However on the food side I found Swiss top of the notch and very customer minded. Don't know about the hard product - it will be A340 old First vs. B747 Asiana First.