Eating onboard Singapore Airlines [On the plane]

I vaguely remembered that the last time I flew on Singapore Airlines, I thought the amount of food served was too little.  There was probably plenty of food wastage prior to the pandemic, and now with all the focus on sustainability, I understand the point of reducing food wastage, but reducing the amount of food served on an airline that prides itself as a premier carrier is like loosing sight of its branding, and the value-for-money that passengers might expect when they pay more to fly on one airline versus another on the same route.  

Prior to the pandemic, there was two meal services for a 6 hour flight, and already I always had to request for something extra to eat between the two services.  Now, not only is there only one meal service for a 6 hour flight, no amenity kit is provided for a red-eye flight that is less than 7 hours long.

Lacto-vegetarian meals came with a more than decent proportion of greens and eggs, and were salted a little too generously.  Considering that taste buds would have been less sensitive on airplanes, I could imagine just how much saltier the meals would have tasted on the ground.  I noticed that the buns now come without a plastic bag, in line probably with sustainabilty.  But it made it inconvenient to bring the bun off the plane to eat at a later time.  Also, the exposed bun became cold really quickly in the plane.

 And when there are other passengers who have happily moved on from the pandemic and now cough and sneeze with gusto multiple times during the flight without their masks on, I would really have preferred if the buns came packaged.  If cutting down on plastic is really un-compromisable, perhaps the airline could have asked passengers if they wanted the buns, because I observed quite a number of buns returned uneaten when the trays were collected back.

The chicken tsukune was so-so, and I thought a rather odd offer of breakfast.  However, this would have been slightly more filling than the omelette and ONE sausage option,  Although I still had to get a second helping of breakfast at the airport after clearing the customs.

This option was more interesting, with flavoured rice instead of white rice, and flavourful chicken with carrots and shitake mushroom.  Cha soba was un-interesting and I'd rather prefer an appetiser of ham and edamame.