Eating's all up in the air ...Cathay Business Class

New business class on Cathay - flew it Sydney-Hong Kong. The next sector has the old business class.  The seats in this are better than QANTAS first class (though not on the new 380) ..lots of storage, nice and wide ..you forget you are on a plane. 
Food : lunch was a choice of beef with Paris butter or noodles with stir fry or chicken stuffed with fetta on a potato galette or vegetarian canelloni - all in little ceramic rectangular bowls rather than served on plates. A bit declasse and all looking overdone. Opted for the canelloni which was meant to be stuffed with ricotta and mushroom.  Could not eat it ...not sure what the white runny stuff inside was ...leave it there. Ate the "caramelised" (=baked) pumpkin that it came with. Thank goodness for the yum entree : Iberica ham and pickled artichokes with roasted red peppers and a roll ....rather filling.
A snack later on gave a choice of wontoon in soup, or hokkien noodle with vegetables, goat cheese tart, or a meat filled pastry topped with a crunchy layer of mashed potato. Also accompanied by the ubiquitous caramelised pumpkin.  Chose the latter and followed it up with Maggie Beer Passionfruit ice cream.  Now that was disappointing.  Having made passionfruit ice cream and overcome the problems of losing the intense flavour this was a bit artificial tasting for me.
Right now I am in the Pier Lounge (Cathay Business lounge) at Hong Kong and about to try their noodle bar ...let you know how it goes.