Feed My Vanity

I love to travel via air; I don’t care if it’s economy, business or first-class, mostly because I have never experienced the latter two. Out of all the airlines I’ve tried out, my favorite has always been Thai Airways. The people are courteous and prompt, the plane is clean, the food is great, plus they always give you an orchid before you disembark which I think is a nice touch.

My family decided to go to Singapore using Singapore Airlines since we’ve yet to try it . Friends have told me it’s ‘sosyal’ but well I just had to see for myself. After all, we’re riding economy and what’s ‘sosyal’ about that?  First thing I noticed stepping into the plane are the spacious seats which of course is a good thing, and then when you sit down you’ll notice that each seat faces a small screen.

Apparently, it’s controlled by this:

The movies shown are pretty good and everytime you switch channels, the time that elapsed in each program is shown. You have the option to rewind and fast-forward the movie so you won’t have to worry about not being able to start it. Some of the movies were fairly new like Duplicity, Coraline, Push, Taken, and Alien Vs. Monsters. There are over 90 channels which ranges from English, Chinese, to Indian. Just look for the program pamphlet to make a selection. Of course you also have the option to just listen to music with the list of available stations in the pamphlet. For a more comfortable viewing position, footrests can be pulled down from the seat in front of you.

Then there’s the food, one shouldn’t expect much from airplane food anyway, I usually just snack on the peanuts if the food looks vile (Again, Thai Airways has the best plane food). There was this one time my family used  a German airline (not so subtle I know), and my sister and I got food poisoning from their food. I threw up when we got home and my sister holed herself up in the bathroom. Anyway, Singapore Airline’s food isn’t bad, it’s not great, but it’s ok. I had this for lunch:

Stirfried beef and veggies with Oriental black pepper sauce and steamed rice

For airplane food in economy it’s good. The meat was kind of bland but there’s salt and pepper for that. I couldn’t take a decent picture of the dessert because of turbulence, but it was Banana Nut Crumble with Vanilla sauce. Didn’t like it that much, it was much too dry for it to be considered a pastry.

I don’t know if it was because the plane was full, but it really took a long time before we were served.  It took more than 30 minutes of watching other people in the same aisle as ours eat lunch before we were served. Also, when the stewardess took my tray away, I deliberately had my cup left behind for coffee, knowing that tea and coffee should   be served afterwards. What the hell would the cup, creamer, and sugar for if it weren’t for coffee?

The coffee never came, much to my dismay, especially for me whose body runs on caffeine.

The flight back was much more pleasant. The crew actually smiled, and we were lucky because the plane wasn’t even half-full. I watched a hilarious Chinese movie, All’s Well, End’s Well something like that, and half of Coraline. Lunch wasn’t so great though, I should’ve chosen the chicken instead of fish:

Fried fish with tomato sauce and potatoes

I have to hand it to them, tv while traveling really helps in ignoring turbulence

Lunch wasn’t great. But keep in mind that this is airplane food, and unless I can pay up for a gourmet chef then I shouldn’t complain. However, maybe airlines can look into serving food that doesn’t uh… wilt easily? I didn’t expect the fish to be fresh, but shouldn’t it at least be not that un-fresh? The veggies looked sad that I didn’t have the heart to eat them, aside from a few casualties. Dessert was fantastic though,  look at this ice cream’s logo closely:

Wall's Magnum Classic

Doesn’t Wall’s logo look familiar? Here’s a pic of the ice cream itself:

Magnum Classic

I’m very picky with ice cream and cakes. I don’t like fancy-looking desserts that look as if it should belong in a shelf rather than in my stomach. I don’t like too many embellishments. I prefer my ice cream, just as I prefer my men. Straightforward, no pretensions. Magnum is an example; I can’t exactly call myself a chocolate addict, but it’s right up there with the top-ten-possible-reasons- for-my-downfall-when-I-become-a-multimillionaire-in-the-future, along with shopping, and an indecent proposal from Shia LeBouf. Vanilla ice cream coated with rich and yummy chocolate. I love it! I’m happy they don’t sell it here though, my thighs are big enough as they are.

Coffee was served. Yippee!

Singapore Airlines:

Service: 3 / 5 (Their saving grace being the flight back)

Food: 3/5 (it was supposed to be a 2, but they get an extra point for serving Magnum)

Facilities: 5/5 (TV in economy, come on!)

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