Was on SQ 634 and SQ 011 recently in J. The first departs at 1405 from SIN to HND and the second departs from NRT at 1455 both with flight times of >6.5 hours. Yet both served a full meal about an hour and a half after take off. It struck me that it would be so much more sensible to serve a full dinner say 3 hours after take off i.e. close to 6 pm and a normal mealtime.
I thought it might be the crew just wanting to get their meal service done so they can relax, but on the SIN/HND flight the meal is actually labelled "lunch". Does anyone know the reason for this strange timing?