Bangkok Weekend Feast on SQ Economy Class

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It was another short trip made to neighbouring Bangkok over a recent weekend. Unsurprisingly, with all the great food in Thailand, this report would have lots of food porn as well as the flight review of SQ Economy Class.

Self check-in performed at Terminal 2 and paper boarding pass printed.




First stop after checking in was TGM Café where, compliments of Priority Pass, I had a tasty Beef Shogayaki bento set.






Terminal 2 is definitely much quieter after the move of Scoot to Terminal 1.




Some plane spotting.







15 November 2019
Singapore Airlines
SQ 982
Singapore (SIN) - Bangkok (BKK)
B787-10
9V-SCN
Economy Class
Flight Time: 1H59M

Headed to the gate F59 at the far end of the terminal.




SQ's youngest B787-10, 2-month old 9V-SCN, would be operating the short sector this evening.






Boarding commenced and down the gangway we go. Economy earphones were available at the door but there were no newspapers on offer.






Stepped into the empty Economy cabin as we were among the first to board.

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SQ's B787-10 features the latest Economy seats. No pillows offered but limited number of blankets were available in the overhead compartments. Being in a 3-3-3 configuration on the Dreamliner, the seat width and aisles were definitely tighter than the rest of the fleet. The IFE monitor was touch-screen sensitive and of good quality. Call buttons, USB port and cup holder etc were all on the seatback.






Passengers trickling in. Even the flight ended up totally full, there was no hurry to board.








View out the window.




Excellent entertainment selection on Krisworld.




Legroom was decent, though not overly generous. This regional aircraft was not fitted with footrests.




Reading material




Waiting for the last few passengers. Hot towels were also distributed. Not sure if it was me, but the SQ signature scent seemed to be missing from the hot towels.




Flight info.




Doors closed and safety video played.

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New Zealand Air Force B757-200 spotted parked at the remote.




Started my IFE choice after takeoff.




Meal service commenced. There were 4 crew working in each of the forward and aft economy cabins, and hence service was actually quite efficient.






The choices for the meal were Green curry chicken with yellow rice, or Roast pork char siew with steamed rice. I chose the Green curry chicken, which was accompanied with a quinoa salad, warm roll with butter and a pudding dessert. As usual, it was companied with metal cutlery. I had an apple juice and coffee to go with my meal.






The quinoa salad was very healthy, though it could make do with a bit more seasoning.






Green curry was good, though not authentically 'thai' enough.






The pudding dessert was decent, though I still could not make out the flavour of the pudding.




Crew clearing the trays after meal service.

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Visit to the lav, which was clean and stocked with the usual SQ economy amenities.








Cabin view. Note the very narrow aisles, which 'ensures' that the crew bumps into aisle passengers during service.




Continuing with the IFE.




We were already approaching Bangkok after my movie ended.






Landed and disembarked.












It was a very pleasant flight on SQ on this 2hr sector. Despite the full flight, service was efficient and friendly, and catering was very good. However, the tightness of the B787 economy seats is apparent compared to other SQ fleet, but for this short sector, it was still bearable.

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View of the aircraft during disembarkation. For reasons unknown, BKK airbridges are not certified to connect to Door 2 of the B787-10, hence only Door 1 is used for boarding/disembarking on all SQ B787-10 flights in BKK.




Stayed at Lancaster Hotel for this trip. Similar to my last stay, the room was modern, huge and comfortable, with a wonderful bed and amazing bathroom.








Welcome fruits and thai treats.




A simple supper at Took Lae Dee.




Next day, we had brunch at Or Tor Kor Market.








Followed by some shopping at Chatuchak.






Yummy dinner at Saengchai Pochana.

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Amazing lunch at Kup Kao Kup Pla.








Famous pandan pastry at Siam Square.






Yummy desserts at White Flower Factory.




Checking out Rodfai Market








Light dinner at Zabb One.






Ending the short trip with lunch at Inter Restaurant.

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Back to BKK for the flight home. SQ check-in desks are at Row K. Barely a queue for check-in 2 hrs before departure.








Took me about half hour just to clear security and immigration. Not too efficient..... Proceeded to the Miracle Lounge to check it out.




It was a fairly comfortable lounge with decent selection at the buffet.
















Our light dinner before flight.

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It was only a short walk to the departure gate D7, where SQ's oldest A330-300 9V-STC was waiting to load the SIN bound passengers.







18 November 2019
Singapore Airlines
SQ 979
Bangkok (BKK) - Singapore (SIN)
A330-300
9V-STC
Economy Class
Flight Time: 2H03M


Boarding commenced. Unlike the flight from SIN, a selection of newspapers are also available at the door along with the earphones.








Headed to my seat at the rear economy cabin.




Boarding in progress. It would end up a totally full flight again.




Legroom was decent. IFE was not the latest version, but still more than decent with tons of selection. Earphones were collected during boarding.






View out the window.






Boarding completed quite efficiently and hot towels (though lacking the signature scent) were distributed.

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Nice report. Always a joy visiting BKK.

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Flight map is not 3D, but I actually preferred this version. Less complicated and easy to understand.




Leading crew coming around to confirm the special meal orders.




CX arrived and parked beside. The carrier is currently struggling with the unstable situation in Hong Kong.




Safety video played




IFE shall be a Taiwanese comedy.




Pushed back and started the taxi to the runway.






Departure from Rwy19L into the dusk.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzAkn45r4As










Enjoying my movie.

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Dinner service commenced. Despite the full flight, service was quick and efficient, along with the usual SQ warmth.






Choices for mains were Braised beef with potatoes or Basil chicken with rice. It came with a side salad, roll and butter, cup of water and a thai dessert. I chose the beef, along with a ginger ale.








Salad was quite different from the usual, with a spicy tangy taste.




The beef was tender and flavourful.






My friend had the Basil chicken with rice. It was the exact same dish as what I had a couple of times before on TG on the same BKK-SIN sector. Well, the catering on this flight was by TG too, so no surprise. The dish was tasty but pretty spicy, just as how I remembered on TG.






As the dish was very spicy, it soon became my share while my friend ordered an instant noodle instead. Delivered with smiles by the leading crew.




The thai dessert was awesome!

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Meal trays were cleared, and we still had about 40min to go.




Lavatory remained clean and well-stocked.






Approaching SIN




Flew past Changi Airport. The night view was beautiful!








Landing on Rwy02L.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jasrQiN0Mes




Parked at Terminal 3.




View of my seat and disembarkation.








Again, it was an enjoyable flight on SQ on this short sector. Service and catering were very good. Despite the age of this aircraft, cabin was still well-maintained, apart from the yellowish cabin lights. Despite the many LCC competition and possibly to match the service level of main competitor TG on the route, SQ continues to provide a high level of service on their short-haul flights.