What would you have for lunch ex-HKG in F?

[Guy Betsy]

Am travelling on SQ 857 at the end of the month. Aircraft is a 772 I think and I think lunch would be served since its a 1030am departure.

Would you go for the regular meal offerings or BTC if one wants asian/hk food?
My only two preferences are the roast goose rice though I doubt it'll be Yeung Kei's standards, and the lobster thermidor.

Don't seem to like the rest of the BTC options though. Are the meals ex-HKG generally nice? It has been yonks since I've been on SQ in F.

[stargold]

Lobster Thermidor was just okay, not great ex-HKG... The sauce was a bit overpowering and somehow not really what I expected. Not bad by any means, but nothing to write home about.

I was told the Unagi Donburi was nice - the woman sitting across the aisle to me was having it.

Naturally, if your BTC choice turns out to be terrible, you could ask them to prepare one of the menu selections...

[SQ LPP]

Am travelling on SQ 857 at the end of the month. Aircraft is a 772 I think and I think lunch would be served since its a 1030am departure.

Would you go for the regular meal offerings or BTC if one wants asian/hk food?
My only two preferences are the roast goose rice though I doubt it'll be Yeung Kei's standards, and the lobster thermidor.

Don't seem to like the rest of the BTC options though. Are the meals ex-HKG generally nice? It has been yonks since I've been on SQ in F.

From July 2007:

lunch from hong kong to singapore
SQ857A HKG-SIN (L10) 155-1.1 07 FC

International selection

Appetisers
• Combination of malossol caviar with crabmeat salad
• Baked scallop with pesto veloute on a bed of sauteed enoki mushroom and zuchinni noodles

Soup
• Cream of green peas with crispy bacon and fresh cream

Salad
• Crispy garden salad Herb walnut dressing Yoghurt dressing
Main Courses
• Grilled beef fillet with rosemary jus, roasted vegetables and potatoes
• Indian rogan josh chicken with spiced vegetables and pilaf rice
• Lychee bay style congee Sliced fish, cuttlefish and pork in rice porridge with Chinese cruellers
• Roasted Jerusalem artichoke with baby carrot, zucchini ribbon, asparagus, roma tomato with grapefruit and pesto *

Dessert
• Peach crumble with vanilla ice-cream and raspberry coulis

Cheese
• Selection of cheese with garnishes

Fresh Fruit
• A selection of fresh fruit

From the Bakery
• Oven fresh rolls
• Garlic bread

Hot beverages
• Freshly brewed coffee
• Expresso or cappuccino
• Selection of tea
• Soya bean milk (Sweetened / Unsweetened)

* Specially prepared meatless selection


shi quan shi mei
[i]- “a complete and perfect chinese culinary experience”[/I]


Cold xiao chi
• Beancurd with vegetables in spicy sauce
• Bacon roll with cucumber in wasabi sauce
• Chicken salad with twin mushrooms
• Breaded seafood roll with salad cream

Cuisine from the wok
• Sweet and sour prawns
• Steamed chicked with flower mushroom
• Stir fried lamb loin with black pepper sauce
• Braised beancurd with asparagus

From the paddyfield
• Choice of steamed rice or porridge

Soup
• Cantonese pork broth with beancurd, gingko nuts and barley

A sweet note
• Almond delight with egg white

Selection of Chinese teas
• Pi Lo Chun, Jasmine, Oolong, Tie Guan Yin, Long Jing

* Exclusively created by Yeung Koon Yat of Forum Restaurant, Hong Kong


Champagnes & wines

Champagnes
Dom Perignon 1999
Krug Grande Cuvee

White wines
Reichsgraf Von Kesselstatt Piesporter Goldtropfchen Riesling Kabinett 2005 Mosel-Saar-Ruwer
Chablis Premier Cru Fourchaumes “old vines” 2003 Domaine Laroche

Red wines
Chateau Cos D’estoournel 1999 Saint-Estephe
Chateau Leoville-Poyferre 1999 Saint-Julien
Beaune Les Avaux Premier Cru 2002

And from SQ873 April 2008:

SQ873 HKG-SIN 20APR08

dinner from Hong Kong to Singapore
international selection

appetizers

Baked scallop with chilli veloute on a bed of sautéed mushrooms




Tian of lobster with avocado and lotus root
Chilli mango coulis and basil oil

soup

Cream of spinach with roasted herb green asparagus




salad

Butter lettuce heart with baby cress and cherry tomato
Balsamic and virgin olive oil dressing
Thousand Island dressing




main courses

Grilled fillet of beef in peppercorn sauce with vegetables and potatoes

Unagi Donburi
Grilled Japanese style eel with pickles, miso soup and steamed rice

Chicken and abalone noodle soup
Egg noodles in rich chicken broth garnished with poached chicken, sliced abalone and vegetables

Eggplant parmigiana with tomato sauce, basil oil, wild rocket and shaved parmesan cheese

Book The Cook - Lobster Thermidor




dessert

Warm dark chocolate fondant with vanilla ice cream, raspberry coulis




cheese

Selection of cheese with garnishes

fresh fruit

A selection of fresh fruit

from the bakery

Oven-fresh rolls
with a choice of extra virgin olive oil or butter
Garlic bread


beverages

Freshly brewed coffee

Espresso or cappuccino

Selection of tea

Soya Bean Milk
(Sweetened/Unsweetened

pralines

To end on a sweet note

Specially prepared meatless selection

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shi quan shi mei (十全食美)

- “a complete and perfect Chinese culinary experience”

cold xiao chi

Scallop with pomelo salad
Chicken with cold noodle salad
Spring roll with “ma lan” root
Roast beef with chilli oil

cuisine from the wok

Sweet and sour prawn
Steamed chicken with flower mushroom
Wok fried pork with ginger and spring onion
Leafy greens in oyster sauce

from the paddyfield

Choice of steamed rice or porridge

soup

Cantonese pork broth with beancurd, gingko nuts and barley

a sweet note

Warm almond delight with sesame dumplings

selection of Chinese teas

Pi Lo Chun, Jasmine, Oolong, Tie Guan Yin, Long Jing


Exclusively created by Yeung Koon Yat of Forum Restaurant, Hong Kong


Drinks List

Spirits

Macallan 12 years old Single Malt Whisky
Cognac XO – Hennessy
Johnnie Walker Blue Label
Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey
Bombay Sapphire Gin
Smirnoff Red Label Vodka
Bacardi Superior
Premium Ginjo Sake Tamanohikari
(Available on flights to and from Japan)

Liqueurs

Cointreau
Baileys Original Irish Cream
Choya Umeshu
A traditional Japanese fruit liqueur enjoyed straight or on the rocks
(Available on flights to and from North Asia)

Beer

International Selection

Champagnes

Dom Pérignon 2000
Krug Grande Cuvée

White Wines

Reichsgraf Von Kesselstatt Piesporter Goldtropfche
Riesling Kabinett2005 Mosel-Saar-Ruwer
Beaune Du Chateau Premier Cru 2006 Bouchard Pere Et Fils
Meursault Les Clous 2005 Bouchard Pere et Fils

Red Wines

Chianti Classico 2001 Castello Di Brolio
Chateau Leoville-Poyferre 1999 Saint-Julien

Port

Dow’s20 Year Old Tawny Port Portugal

(Tea and Coffee selections omitted)

[SQ LPP]

A friend said he likes the BTC with abalone. But for me, the lobster wonton soup would be enough for my lunch, unless the shi quan shi mei is available and has interesting choices.

Book the Cook – Hong Kong – First Class



Menu

Chicken breast stuffed with cheese and herbs in a creamy white wine sauce with mashed sweet potatoes and grilled mixed capsicum


Grilled salmon with braised green peas, artichoke, and onion


Grilled veal with jus, roasted green zucchini, yellow squash, and deep-fried potatoes


Lobster Thermidor with buttered asparagus, red capsicum, baby yellow squash, and mashed potatoes


Portuguese-style beef curry with broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, and steamed rice


Sourdough bread with crumbed chicken and mixed salad


Braised abalone and mushroom in oyster sauce with flat noodles


Braised Chilean bass with preserved olives, vegetables, and steamed rice


Braised Lo Hon mixed vegetables and stir-fried Ee-Fu noodles


Lobster wonton soup with Ee-Fu noodles and Chinese greens


Nigiri Sushi


Roasted goose rice with Chinese greens and carrot flowers


Thai-style green curry chicken with selected vegetables and steamed rice

[Dent@SUB]

A friend said he likes the BTC with abalone. But for me, the lobster wonton soup would be enough for my lunch, unless the shi quan shi mei is available and has interesting choices.

for shi quan shi mei fans, just beware.... they are not available on every flight.... at least on the infamous SQ861 I took last month...

[Guy Betsy]

Thanks. But alas I can't have the e-fu noodles as I am allergic to most wheat based products. So things like dumplings are out! So are cakes.

But I wonder what are ' flat noodles ' ? Cos I can eat things like kway teow noodles, and other rice based noodles.

[planemad]

Thanks. But alas I can't have the e-fu noodles as I am allergic to most wheat based products. So things like dumplings are out! So are cakes.

But I wonder what are ' flat noodles ' ? Cos I can eat things like kway teow noodles, and other rice based noodles.

I have a wheat allergy too, so I try and stay away from the stuff. Flat noodles, like kway teow, is rice based (and is bee hoon - thin, round noodles, which look like angel hair pasta or capellini). So eat all the kway teow and bee hoon you want!

[SuperJonJon]

I have a wheat allergy too, so I try and stay away from the stuff. Flat noodles, like kway teow, is rice based (and is bee hoon - thin, round noodles, which look like angel hair pasta or capellini). So eat all the kway teow and bee hoon you want!

But not all "flat noodles" are kway teow, there is also mee pok which is considered flat noodles but is made of wheat.

[Carfield]

rice noodles

well flat rice noodles for cantonese are also known as "hor fun"... so you should be fine...

carfield

[xtra1]

Pics of shi quan shi mei. HKG-SIN.


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Great tasting meal. A bit more unusual than the 'normal' fare!

[xtra1]

Another set of pics of shi quan shi mei. HKG-SIN. 777-300ER. New styled crookery.


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Would always choose this meal. Always a surprise and always good.

[hon2]

Pics of shi quan shi mei. HKG-SIN.


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If I may ask what is that white thingie in the middle, and what does it taste like?

[stargold]

It's a Chinese bun - tastes very neutral, like plain bread.

[phaleesy]

It's a Chinese bun - tastes very neutral, like plain bread.

mantou, with a pleasant tinge of sweetness.

[Guy Betsy]

Its like a "Char Siew Pow" without the char siew in it. The buns have a slight sweetness to it. It tastes great with butter too !

(Back in the days when I could eat wheat products)