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Mar 29, 2024, 2:47 am

#556

MajulahMadooba

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Originally Posted by TheRealBabushka

Please do share her experience. Pictures are not required if it's gauche to take one in the cabin.

Is it ever gauche to take pictures in an Asian airline?

As an aside to BTC choices, anyone think that lobster thermidor aside, Emirates Business Class is beating Singapore Airlines Business Class in terms of wine selection?

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Mar 29, 2024, 3:29 am

#557

demue

Join Date: May 2004

Location: SIN (LEJ once a year)

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Quote:

Originally Posted by MajulahMadooba

Wine, champagne and spirits on EK in Biz and First are definitely superior to SQ and many other carriers, IMHO.

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Mar 29, 2024, 3:42 am

#558

bpk6h

Join Date: Jan 2005

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Posts: 1,416

Certainly not hard to beat SQ J wines!

Mar 29, 2024, 5:47 am

#559

THR

Join Date: Jun 2007

Location: Sydney, NSW

Posts: 844

Quote:

Originally Posted by demue

Wine, champagne and spirits on EK in Biz and First are definitely superior to SQ and many other carriers, IMHO.

That has always been a known strength of EK.

Mar 30, 2024, 1:33 am

#560

epigram

Join Date: May 2001

Posts: 588

Anyone have a clue when with BTC resume from PEK and PVG?

Mar 30, 2024, 3:18 pm

#561

CappuccinoAddict

Join Date: Jul 2015

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I am flying SIN-CGK in F in a few months and it seems like every possible option is available for BTC! I’ve selected the lobster thermidor for now but what do people think is the best option offered out of SIN? I recall having the lobster Thermidor years ago on LHR-SIN in F.

Mar 30, 2024, 8:52 pm

#562

germatory

Join Date: Nov 2017

Location: New York

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Quote:

Originally Posted by CappuccinoAddict

I flew the SIN-CGK route and picked the Lobster Thermidor option.

All the food came in one tray (see below) and the Lobster was good.

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Mar 31, 2024, 1:24 am

#563

travellingmip

Join Date: Dec 2019

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Posts: 69

Quote:

Originally Posted by demue

The duck confit is okay, but a few things to mention. Meat is soft, forget it having anything that even remotely resembles crispy skin and it has always been on the quite salty side. Apart from that it's not terrible though nowhere near what a half decent French restaurant would serve

I flew back today and had the duck confit booked for breakfast (would have been served around lunch time destination time) but I never had it because there was duck confit served in TPR's lunch menu (30 Mar 2024). I felt bad not having it and I hope it doesn't go to waste. I was just not hungry enough for duck.

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Originally Posted by germatory

I flew the SIN-CGK route and picked the Lobster Thermidor option.

All the food came in one tray (see below) and the Lobster was good.

TPR had it for dinner 30 Mar 2024, again I was too full to take advantage of it. If I had planned by 17 h layover better in SIN then I definitely would have had it.

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Mar 31, 2024, 2:38 am

#564

THR

Join Date: Jun 2007

Location: Sydney, NSW

Posts: 844

It will either go to waste or be a crew meal but what else do you expect to happen to it?

Mar 31, 2024, 9:43 am

#565

abielp

Join Date: Jan 2018

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Anyone tried Suzuki Teriyaki ex-SIN?

Mar 31, 2024, 1:09 pm

#566

CappuccinoAddict

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Quote:

Originally Posted by germatory

I flew the SIN-CGK route and picked the Lobster Thermidor option.

All the food came in one tray (see below) and the Lobster was good.

That looks great, thank you for the picture! The garlic bread is of course always a welcome sight too!

Mar 31, 2024, 4:24 pm

#567

snic

Join Date: Aug 2005

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Originally Posted by germatory

What is to the left of the garlic bread?

Mar 31, 2024, 5:23 pm

#568

raznz

Join Date: Dec 2022

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Quote:

Originally Posted by germatory

I flew the SIN-CGK route and picked the Lobster Thermidor option.

All the food came in one tray (see below) and the Lobster was good.

might aswell quote the whole picture one more time

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Mar 31, 2024, 5:50 pm

#569

carrotjuice

Join Date: Apr 2007

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Originally Posted by snic

What is to the left of the garlic bread?

Lavosh.

Mar 31, 2024, 11:58 pm

#570

lokijuh

Join Date: May 2003

Location: Singapore

Programs: QF LTG, SQ EGTP, Bonvoy LTG

Posts: 4,847

Quote:

Originally Posted by demue

And for the regular inflight menus, why they need to serve grilled chicken thigh in Biz on a longhaul also beats me or maybe that's a "hidden hawker dish" as well aka chicken chop

I find the inflight menus have become really uninspiring. In the quest to Singapore-ize, they're really forgetting a lot that many of their customers are not actually Singaporean.

The appetizers are almost always seafood. Yes I get it , culturally there is an affinity for Singaporeans and Chinese with seafood, but not everyone goes goo-goo gaa gaa over seafood. The appetizers (which unlike many carriers are restricted to just one) are almost always seafood - although I know you can book seafood free, but that means you don't get to BTC.

Also I'm not a fan of fish or seafood and I detest mushrooms. On my upcoming flight to CDG, both meals have fish based appetisers and in the lunch choice, one fish, one seafood and one beef served with mushrooms - leaving the Indian selection as option 4 (which probably, too me who is not Indian, sounds the best of them). Thank god for BTC.

Also disappointed no more Bak-Kut-Teh on the BTC menu. It really made for a pleasant lighter second meal on the day time flights to Europe, not too heavy and perfect for a meal served 10 hrs into the flight.

Aaah, first world problems.