"The food on Dom Bus/Econ walks all over the Int but that's been done to battle the food on VB."
First bit - now that's just vindictive on the FA's part. That is NOT fair and just plain rude on their part. To be honest, I've flown that many times that I know the safety briefing inside out - it bores me to death to listen to it (and I can foresee people nodding in agreement with me as they realise they know it all too well too).
I just put my head down and rest my eyes. Sleep through the briefing. Hopefully I'll never ever need to put it into practice.
Food in Dom Bus / Econ DOES walk all over Int, I agree. The red eye flights I've had from ADL-MEL and SYD-BNE have been great, go for breakfast in the QC club, get some more breakfast on board ; the food is not bad. The only deplorable bit is the coffee in Econ, which is more like varnish, so I leave it.
In Int, I usually leave the food because it's the 'mixed grill with an omlette' format and sorry, but I need tomato sauce on most of my food. Pass me the cereal option.