SQ looking at 'dine on demand' in business class
 

A thread-starter to see how this evolves: Singapore Airlines plans to introduce 'dine on demand' in business class, with trials expected in early 2020.

Also – shock, horror – the BTC Lobster Thermidor may be 'enhanced' to a lighter, healthier option.

https://www.executivetraveller.com/n...business-class

Personally I'm a big fan of dine-on-demand. I love the flexibility it gives me, especially on long-haul routes, but can even see how it'd work on a shorter leg such as SYD-SIN where I'd likely take my main meal in the lounge but would want something halfway through the flight plus a lighter something nearer to arrival.

The big issue is always that the meal service would be more sporadic, instead of built into a fixed two-hour window, so you might be sleeping in the middle of the flight while the crew are on and off setting up meals for passengers near to you.

For long hauls I find that the crew is generally flexible enough to accommodate occasional requests for dine on demand - just that they don't out the trolleys of fruits/desserts for you to choose from etc. And how they are running SQ21/22 is largely dine on demand, though not the same full multicourse service that is the case now. But personally I'm fine with the shorter service as the extended one takes too long for me...

I haven't ordered the lobster thermidor in ages - mainly because I actually do find it a bit too rich and heavy. On afew occassions they've had a lobster mac & cheese on SQ21 and I've found it very good, with actually very light cheese element. Not a thick creamy sauce at all. I'd be happy to have that as a standard offering.

Very good for long haul. Am always follow the destination clock.

Always straight to bed when doing LHR-SIN (evening flight), then wake up for breakfast and lunch.

Similar experience as SQ 31/32 and 33/34.

The flights I take tend to have a full meal immediately upon take off, so this is good news for me as I don't have to restrict my food intake in the lounge prior.

Having others eating while I'm sleeping isn't much of an issue to me as I'm a pretty heavy sleeper, but I can see how it would be annoying to light ones.

The end of lobster thermidor :(
 

Sigh - enjoy the "antiquated" lobster while you can!

The quality of it has dropped so much recently that I regretted ordering it last month!

I wonder if people have become more health conscious, has it resulted in the number of lobster thermidors ordered over the years... hence changing to grilled lobster without cheese? I think this is a positive change as long as the lobster hasn’t been enchanted to half or quarter lobster, or just lobster bits.