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Kevin English

Singapore (SIN) to New Zealand (AKL), 27 Jan 2004

Business Class

Dinner - (quote from Menu) Appetiser = 'Fai Cai Yu Sheng', Prosperity New Year Salad with salmon to usher in the "Year of the Monkey". Main Course = 'Nian Nian You Yu', Fillet of fish in Oriental g (Menu Card)

French white wine, coffee, drambuie

I guess that I was lucky to be travelling over the Chinese lunar new year period because SQ had laid on a special menu for Chinese New Year. The starter was a raw fish dish that is popular in Singapore for this festive season. Apparently, tossing the salad (and I presume, eating it) is meant to bring forth good luck. Unfortunately, I was unable to find lots of vegetables in my Prosperity salad but no raw salmon... :-( Even without the raw salmon, the salad was delicious and it came with a small carton of dressing which gave it a sweet flavour and a hint of citrus fruit. I am unsure of the origins or meaning of the main course but it was steaming hot and tasty. The fried rice was moist, fish wasn't overcooked and soft. The vegetables were interesting as they were prepared with some little black/brown ingredients which resembled worms. I am still puzzled by this ingredient hence the close-up shot. The Chinese mushrooms were juicy but I could only find 2 in my dish... Overall, a very appetising main dish. Ice cream, Cheese and the other components of the meal were good. I can't remember what wine was served but it was a french chardonnay that went down nicely with the fish. I notice that SQ have stopped offering digestifs after the meal... they do serve you on request and I asked for a drambuie. not sure what the reason behind this is...

Date added: 2008-05-21   //   Flight: approx 10:00   //   Aircraft: B747-400 'Megatop', Y