Originally Posted by
salfcl
I much prefer the 1st meal served on departure - snacks in between - 2nd meal served 2-3 hours before landing.
This is how CO does it on EWR-HKG; the "snacks" is a semi-formal light meal mid-flight that they usually do all at once, but you can usually have it when you want (i.e., later, if you are sleeping). Then a full breakfast before landing.
I prefer this to CX's JFK-HKG where after the second full meal mid-flight all they have left is dumplings or noodle soup...