SQ Tips, Trips and Tales

[tmdl]

I think I have had about 8-9 Lobster Thermidors and I do recall they were better before COVID but you can never go wrong especially if you can pair it with a delicate Louis Latour Pouilly-Fuisse.

IMO, SQ has been very inconsistent overall

 

[lovestotravel]

All I want from SQ is either proper mattress toppers and/or new J seats on the A350's as the 777x isn't arriving anytime soon....

 

[n7of9]

I used to order the Lobster obsessively - and then remembered i live in Aus and can have lobster literally whenever i want to. So now i order random things which i never remember, so each meal is quelle suprise

 

[tmdl]

I used to order the Lobster obsessively - and then remembered i live in Aus and can have lobster literally whenever i want to. So now i order random things which i never remember, so each meal is quelle suprise

I do agree with this as you can pick up a lobster tail for $9-25 from Woolworths/ Coles (depending on the size) but I would much rather a more premium wine list in J to be honest and that is where SQ lacks

 

[lovestotravel]

I do agree with this as you can pick up a lobster tail for $9-25 from Woolworths/ Coles (depending on the size) but I would much rather a more premium wine list in J to be honest and that is where SQ lacks

Yes that too, the wine list contains rather cheap bottles sadly.

I stick to a simple Gin and Tonic these days though

 

[Duffa]

Please tell the crew and tell them its absolutely unacceptable that no provision for cutlery is made for the satay. Its very QF to not provide cutlery
...
If a separate saucer for the sauce is provided, I usually use the satay itself as a scoop - just pull the satay down to the tips with your teeth then scoop up the sauce. The onion is also another method. By the time I finish the satay, there is no sauce left. However, any remnants is licked off. If slurping noodles is de riguer, then licking the sauce off is a nothing burger. Basically satay is a very hands on dish.

No satay tonight on SQ 208 out of MEL at 19.25 - first time ever for me.
I even brought my own plastic spoon which was, in the event, unused!
I always pack a spoon for SQ J or F, so I can scoop up all the sauce - Mrs D thinks I am nuts

 

[lovestotravel]

No satay tonight on SQ 208 out of MEL at 19.25 - first time ever for me.
I even brought my own plastic spoon which was, in the event, unused!
I always pack a spoon for SQ J or F, so I can scoop up all the sauce - Mrs D thinks I am nuts

Looks like it's been enhanced off the menu...

I have noticed the Satay appearing on book the cook as a MAIN option, for other flights

 

[Cruiser Elite]

No satay tonight on SQ 208 out of MEL at 19.25 - first time ever for me.

Oh Duffa you are such a duffer - AQIS directives prohibit SQ offering satays on ALL outbound flts from ALL AU ports as Satays are prepared in SIN rather than AU dep ports - NFI why - maybe SQ protecting their recipe - nothing new about this - has been implemented for yonks.

I have seen reports where some pax claim it not be - but it do be - pictorial evidence to refute only pls.

(I will be onboard 237 within an hour and I will clarify with IFM)

Edit: As posted above all Satay are loaded at SIN - IFM Alice confirmed SQ are not confident outstations could maintain consistency and integrity of quality.

As for AU Alice was not 100% sure but I know I went into this in depth quite a few years ago - basically AQIS insist all foods not enclosed in fully sealed unopened containers (there are restrictions on some of these also) must be disposed of upon arrival of aircraft - there go your prepared Satays down the drain. AU is not the only country on the planet who administer in this fashion but there are not too many - as Bruce would say - SPECIAL aren’t we?

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Rare no longer available SQ SIN TPR or F Lounge - apart from Comtes vinegar this is next offering in TPR and F:

And TPR champs menu offerings:

 

[jeza]

Oh Duffa you are such a duffer - AQIS directives prohibit SQ offering satays on ALL outbound flts from ALL AU ports as Satays are prepared in SIN rather than AU dep ports - NFI why - maybe SQ protecting their recipe - nothing new about this - has been implemented for yonks.

I have seen reports where some pax claim it not be - but it do be - pictorial evidence to refute only pls.

(I will be onboard 237 within an hour and I will clarify with IFM)

SQ226 PER-SIN 9th September 2024

 

[MEL_Traveller]

It does appear that Perth is the only origin in AU with satay! (I just checked the menus ex ADL/SYD/MEL/CNS/DRW/BNE).

Wonder how come PER gets the exception?

 

[Quickstatus]

SQ at one time had tried non meat satay.

Apparently for the "health conscious" . I dont know why that would be but in the end I dont think it went anywhere.