Singapore Airline Vegetarian Business Menu

[Fifi2207]

Has anyone any insight or experience on Vegetarian Choices in Business Class on SQ276 and SQ352.. I am torn whether to risk the menu with chef selection , or select Book the Cook BUT I am sure I do not want to go the route of special menu. This is for flights in 2027 after New Year

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Singapore Airlines - In-flight Menu

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[Fifi2207]

Singapore Airlines - In-flight Menu

You can preview your in-flight food, beverage, amenity and snack offerings before your flight via our digital in-flight menu up to eight days before your flight. The menu will also highlight any existing regulatory restrictions that may impact the availability of your meals on board.

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Veggo options are few ie: zero

 

[Forg]

I very much doubt that Singapore Airlines serve vegetarians to their customers. That would be a little too … Middle Eastern. Or … Texan?

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Has anyone any insight or experience on Vegetarian Choices in Business Class on SQ276 and SQ352.. I am torn whether to risk the menu with chef selection , or select Book the Cook BUT I am sure I do not want to go the route of special menu. This is for flights in 2027 after New Year

Vegetarian isn’t SQ’s forte in business class.

Despite multiple vegetarian options the western ones seem to default to vegan. I chose lacto-ovo but got vegan, complete with the dry wholemeal bread roll in a cellphone wrapper, margarine, and no cheese. Dessert was a single banana,

I asked for some cheese and ice-cream from the regular menu - ‘if you have any left’ - which was met with a ‘no, we can’t serve you that because you’ve ordered a special meal’.

A quick chat with the cabin supervisor and I was cleared to have cheese and ice-cream

The regular selection almost always has a cold seafood starter. The BTC vege dishes I’ve had so far have been ‘ok’. Nothing memorable.

I would book the cook for the main, and keep the regular meal - probably without the starter - if you want extras like dessert, cheese or ice cream!

 

[Fifi2207]

I very much doubt that Singapore Airlines serve vegetarians to their customers. That would be a little too … Middle Eastern. Or … Texan?

Middle Eastern or Texan? Eh….

 

[Fifi2207]

Vegetarian isn’t SQ’s forte in business class.

Despite multiple vegetarian options the western ones seem to default to vegan. I chose lacto-ovo but got vegan, complete with the dry wholemeal bread roll in a cellphone wrapper, margarine, and no cheese. Dessert was a single banana,

I asked for some cheese and ice-cream from the regular menu - ‘if you have any left’ - which was met with a ‘no, we can’t serve you that because you’ve ordered a special meal’.

A quick chat with the cabin supervisor and I was cleared to have cheese and ice-cream

The regular selection almost always has a cold seafood starter. The BTC vege dishes I’ve had so far have been ‘ok’. Nothing memorable.

I would book the cook for the main, and keep the regular meal - probably without the starter - if you want extras like dessert, cheese or ice cream!

I think you have just confirmed our thoughts! We had same experience on Emirates - you’ve ordered special meal ( an unappetising pasta dish) we have nothing for vegetarians if you haven’t ordered …. Cabin supervisor found us a delicious staff meal!

 

[Forg]

Middle Eastern or Texan? Eh….

Yeah I doubt they’d feed a vegetarian to eager customers elsewhere in the world.

 

[Fifi2207]

Vegetarian isn’t SQ’s forte in business class.

Despite multiple vegetarian options the western ones seem to default to vegan. I chose lacto-ovo but got vegan, complete with the dry wholemeal bread roll in a cellphone wrapper, margarine, and no cheese. Dessert was a single banana,

I asked for some cheese and ice-cream from the regular menu - ‘if you have any left’ - which was met with a ‘no, we can’t serve you that because you’ve ordered a special meal’.

A quick chat with the cabin supervisor and I was cleared to have cheese and ice-cream

The regular selection almost always has a cold seafood starter. The BTC vege dishes I’ve had so far have been ‘ok’. Nothing memorable.

I would book the cook for the main, and keep the regular meal - probably without the starter - if you want extras like dessert, cheese or ice cream!

Banana

Yeah I doubt they’d feed a vegetarian to eager customers elsewhere in the world.

i agree, Singaporeans are far too polite

 

[somebol]

I'd order a special meal, that's the only way to guarantee vegetarian meal on SQ.
I've never been refused when asking the crew for "normal" butter and choosing from the regular desert menu.

 

[pauldab]

I've never been refused when asking the crew for "normal" butter and choosing from the regular desert menu.

YMMV, I order fruit platters in Y only because I don't want to have a full on meal but have had cabin staff deny me the icecream due to the special meal sticker claiming I have a restriction and can't partake in general pax options.

 

[anat0l]

Has anyone any insight or experience on Vegetarian Choices in Business Class on SQ276 and SQ352.. I am torn whether to risk the menu with chef selection , or select Book the Cook BUT I am sure I do not want to go the route of special menu. This is for flights in 2027 after New Year

SQ pretty much never have a vegetarian option as one of their standard selections on the onboard menu.

Only way to guarantee is to go down the SPML path, but as you indicated, you're not keen. Going to guess you've been burned by less than appealing VGMLs previously, or rather the entire tray.

Book the Cook isn't looking great. No vegetarian meals ex-ADL on the menu, and only two dishes ex-SIN (that are not breakfasts). Also, that's only your main course. The entree (appetiser), of which there is nearly always only one choice, nearly always contains meat - if you don't care to eat around it or lift off the meat and only have the residual on your veggies, you'd probably be OK.

Apparently, SQ do Impossible satay for vegetarians (I hope they also make an appropriate peanut sauce to go with it, since traditional peanut sauce is not vegetarian). It has to be requested via Book the Cook, and you probably can't say during BTC booking that you'd love two of them (as it may be the only substantial thing you can eat).

 

[somebol]

YMMV, I order fruit platters in Y only because I don't want to have a full on meal but have had cabin staff deny me the icecream due to the special meal sticker claiming I have a restriction and can't partake in general pax options.

I was speaking more from a J perspective

 

[MEL_Traveller]

I was speaking more from a J perspective

i think it somces down to the crew being potentially concerned about allergies.

My experience was in business, and if that’s also been replicated in economy it would possibly indicate an SOP.

If they did a proper lacto-ovo maybe it wouldn’t be such an issue? But with vegan they can be cautious.

In my case it turned out ok after I’d had a chat with the cabin supervisor and assured them I have no allergies etc.