This holiday just keeps getting better - and we haven't even left home yet.
We have enjoyed the fun of shopping in the Seafolly shop at Chadstone with our prize money, choosing smart bathers and resort wear. Should Patrick Dempsey or George Clooney show up, we're set. The currency and electronic gadgetry are sorted. The hair cut is booked.
Better still, the travel agency handling the bookings has given us exactly the flights I had hoped for! The fares were a smidge dearer than Malaysian Airlines but the Singapore Airlines flight lands us in Male in daylight - allowing a scenic inter-island boat transfer, and avoiding a 12 hour lay-over in KL. (And, thirty years on, I still haven't forgotten or forgiven the appalling service from Mr Wi at MAS, so am thrilled with the outcome!)
What's more, the dates allow us a 3-day stop-over in Singapore with dear friends Becky and Wayne, since we have to change planes there anyhow. Angela hasn't been there before and I am self-sufficient there now. We've had twelve weeks to lose weight and pick three days of Singapore must-sees. The latter is sorted...
An email also requested "Please advise any dietary requirements": a definite this time, since Angela is vegetarian. Until now, airline meals for my consideration have been standard, vegetarian or child.
But this is Singapore Airlines!...
SIX varieties of vegetarian plus a seafood option. TWENTY-SEVEN OPTIONS all together!
The full list is below for interest. As a comparison, Cathay offer 20, British Airways has 18, MAS has 17 and Qantas, sadly, delivers 14. I'd like to be able to support the national carrier more enthusiastically, but it seems the larger Asian carriers have service nailed.
So it is with high expectations that the girls
board their MEL-SIN flight at a suitably civilized afternoon hour...
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Baby, Infant and Child meals
Baby Meal: Suitable for infants less than 1 year old; 1 jar each of main course, vegetables, and dessert.
Post-weaning Meal: Suitable for infants between 1 and 2 years old; more substantial than Baby Meal; easy to bite, chew and digest.
Child Meal:
Suitable for children between 2 and 7 years old; less substantial than
adult meal, easy to bite and chew with items attractive to children.
Religious Meals
Hindu (Non-Vegetarian) Meal: All types of meat except beef, veal, pork, smoked and raw fish. Cooked spicy or curried.
Kosher Meal: Pre-packed and sealed; contains meat.
Muslim Meal: No alcohol, pork, pig by-products, ham and bacon.
Vegetarian Meals
Vegetarian Raw Meal: Only raw fruits and vegetables.
Vegetarian Indian Meal (non-strict): No meat of any sort; can contain dairy products; cooked Indian-style.
Vegetarian Jain Meal (strict; Suitable for Jain): No meat of any sort; no onion, garlic, ginger and root vegetables; cooked Indian-style.
Vegetarian Oriental Meal: No meat, seafood, egg; no dairy products, cooked Chinese-style.
Vegetarian Vegan Meal (strict): No meat of any sort; no dairy products; cooked Western-style.
Western Vegetarian (non-strict; ovo-lacto): No meat of any sort; can contain dairy products; cooked Western-style.
Medical Meals
Bland Meal: No "irritants" (e.g. black pepper, chilli powder, caffeine, cocoa, alcohol.)
Diabetic Meal: No sugar; limited salt.
Fruit Platter Meal: Fresh fruits only.
Gluten Intolerant Meal: No wheat, rye, barley, oats and bran in any form.
Low Calorie Meal: Limited fats, sauces, gravies and fried items; limited sugar-rich items.
Low Fat Meal:
No animal fats; no red meat, prawns, poultry skin and fried food;
no butter, cream, and whole milk cheese; only lean meat and
poly-unsaturated fatty liquid vegetable oils allowed.
Low Fibre Residue Meal: Limited fibrous items (e.g. fruits, legumes, vegetable, wholegrain products.)
Low Lactose Meal: Meal excludes foods, which contain milk, dry milk solids, casein, cheese, cream, butter, lactose and margarine.
Low Salt Meal:
Naturally salted and sodium-added processed foods (e.g. baking powder,
soda, MSG) are either eliminated or restricted in amount. No salt added
during preparation.
Non-Carbohydrate Meal: No starch and carbohydrates in any form.
Nut Free Meal: Please contact our Reservation Office to make the necessary arrangement.
Semi-Fluid Meal:
Mainly pureed, minced and easily digestible items (e.g. milk, yogurt,
porridge, minced or homogenized meat, pureed vegetables and fruits.)
Soft Fluid Meal: Mainly sieved and soupy items (e.g. milk, sieved porridge, sieved thickened soup or clear soup.)
Ulcer Diet Meal: Contains easily digestible, plain, poached and broiled foods (e.g. white meat, fish); no acidic food and fruits.
Other Meals
Japanese Meal: Available in Suites and First Class, from Singapore and on selected routes only (not valid for flights below 2 hours).
Seafood Meal; Meal contains only fish and seafood.
Seafolly-smart and Singapore-bound
Wednesday, May 04, 2011
Singapore, Singapore
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