Given our previous experience in SQ Suites, we decided to give it another try in a short weekend getaway to Hong Kong during the March school holidays. The flight is a morning flight, which departs Singapore at 9.30am and reaches Hong Kong at 1.30pm. We traveled with my wife’s sister, her husband and their baby, who were traveling in economy. As we were departing in SQ First Class, they were able to check-in with us at the First Class check-in area. After collecting our boarding passes, we received our invitation cards to the Private Room while our guests were invited to the First Class Lounge.
The breakfast service at the Private Room was not as extensive as the evening spread. We ordered eggs benedict, dim sum, eggs with sausages, ipoh hor fun and waffles. The eggs and dim sum were fine but the waffles were too hard and the ipoh hor fun lacks the ‘ipoh’ taste. Feeling underwhelmed by the food so far, we adjourned to the First Class Lounge to join our guests to continue our breakfast there. The food there was a self serve buffet with more choices than the menu at the Private Room. We sampled the fried kway tiao and naan, all were quite tasty. Pancakes were ordered from the pancakes station, which was augmented with a tub of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream from the freezer. Now that’s breakfast! With breakfast settled, we then took a buggy ride(arranged when we first entered Silverkris) to our gate.
Suites class passengers were invited to board the plane first. Our guests piggybacked on the priority too. Seems like the gold boarding passes really gives you some privileges! We settled into our familiar seats, 3C and 3D. The chief steward came along to introduce himself and informed us of the flight time and estimated time of arrival. Some warm nuts and champagne was served before we took off at 9.45am.
After the seat belts signs were turned off, the stewardess came over to confirm our meal choices. I BTCed Japanese wagyu beef for myself and duck risotto for my wife. As we were still full from our breakfast, we requested that our meals be served at 11am. We were served Krug champagne, mocktails and other chips while we watched movies on the IFE. I found the Krisworld IFE to be quite updated with the movies; classics and new blockbusters were available. 11am soon came along and the table was prepared for lunch.
As this is a brunch menu, no caviar was served. The quality of our entre differed greatly. The confit of duck was too dry while the wagyu beef was the most tender beef I ever ate. Best BTC choice I ever made(for the beef). We finished off the meal with earl grey tea. The stewardess kept the drinks flowing after meal service, so we drank plenty of them. Before long, the plane made its approach into HKIA and we landed at 1.15pm, 15Â minutes ahead of schedule. Our guests were ushered into the cabin to disembark with us, ahead of economy class.
absolute honesty 