Friday, November 13, 2009

SQ's Low Sodium Meal out of Taipei

The Low Sodium Meal on SQ

Ugh - that was nasty. My last two special meals on SQ were a lot better than I thought they would be, but this one tasted just like what the words "low sodium" invoke: bland and unappetizing.

Sadly, this featured tasteless pieces of chicken breast in both the appetizer as well as the main course, and they even left the third plastic tray empty - as if they couldn't find anything else to put in there. I wonder if this was because of the local caterer in Taiwan?

The ironic thing is that I had to add some of the standard issue table salt and butter that came with the roll on the side in order to make it half-bearable. So much for eating healthy.

5 comments:

adel said...

haha,I ordered low sodium request to my meal from London-Singapore back in mid Sept due to your previous recommendation in one of the old entries...

And I got exactly the one that looks like yours here, luckily,no compartment on my tray was left empty as you had. Yup, I had to butter and sprinkle pepper on the plain chicken in the end, pointless..

Have a look here at my partner's seafood meal which was so gorgeous
http://sofood.wordpress.com/2009/09/18/singapore/

I'm ordering low fat request for the flight back next month, you reckon it's gonna be any good?otherwise,i will switch to seafood...

Anonymous said...

Definitely the company that has the catering contract for all flights out of that crappy airport. For some reason during my first few years in SG, I would route through Taipei when flying home...never had a decent meal.
What's gotta be the worst airport caterer globally is the one operating the Moscow airport. Last year I was served what, I am not kidding, I think was a kitchen sponge in tomato sauce! I called the SQ attendant over and asked to get the chicken that I ordered, she very apologetically said "that is the chicken" this was in the big seats up front...

Anonymous said...

dude- have you been to Smokies in Joo Chiat yet? Mesquite and hickory smoked ribs. Longhorn cattle horns on the wall. Chicken wings cut at the joint. Much better than Jerry's. And western food without those horrible beans!

Anonymous said...

The compartment was deliberately left empty for you to put your ice cream. It would otherwise contain the dessert if ice cream is not featured on the menu.

Anonymous said...

boiled chicken breast, ala tasteless veggies... the fact is we all like salt, fritos, lays, the dog on the street... nacl is neccesarry to life, hell, I like it on watermelon, even.. but... perhaps we need to get away from it. i love spicey food, but aint nothing gonna replace that salt... I donno... I had a brother and later a father die of kidney problems. and no, hot peppers do not take the place. still tastes like.... . but use less...like sugar... sweet and salty... mumm .. homer likes.. ,gotta have dunkin doughnut and country ham.... get rid of the shit for a month, you will not be a slave. you get enough salt and sugar in ketchup, mustard, mayo... and by the way... put that drink and stogie down.... Jezze. how many times do I have to tell you, do as I say , not as I do...