On a plane crossing the Pacific, you will need to choose between chicken and beef for once or twice. That's what you will have as the "main dish" for your dinner, and all other "dishes" will be the same for every passenger.
If you do want such a life as sleeping after eating and eating after sleeping, long distant flight might be your #1 choice. A flight crossing the Pacific might cost you 8 to 10 hours. In return, food will be served every other hour. That might be breakfast, dinner, of some kind of snack. It depends on the local time of departure city and arrival city.
During my two trips between Tokyo and Seattle, I got 6 meals in total: 3 dinners, 2 snacks, and 1 breakfast. Dinners in such trips are much better than those in domestic flights. I had salmon sashimi on my way to Seattle, and fresh shrimps on my way back. Seafood is served with a piece of lemon, for people who like lemon juice on sashimi, and salad is served with salad cream.
If you decided to "enjoy" such a lengthy flight, remember to choose your seat wisely. Window seats might provide you with wonderful view. However, aisle seats might give you more convenience. Thus, window seats are good for short flights during the daytime, and aisle seats should be taken early for long trips.



Man, we need more photos!
Why don't you set up a good example first?
Of course I'd like to share some. But I'm sure your photo from Seattle are more attractive. haha!
Most of the photos are in Facebook, not Flickr.
I think you meant "aisle" seats, not "aside" seats. :)
Thank you for you correction :)
I will be coming to China in late May via Air China for the first time. I am hoping there is good Chinese food on the plane instead of the terrible "American" food that is served on United.
I've heard that Air China's service sucks... After 10 hours flight, air in their plane might get smelly :(
Travel with NW instead of CA next time. I think even CZ is better than CA in international flights. NW also provides Chinese food in their flights from China or to China. Chicken and beef stand for eastern food and western food respectively. Just like in a morning flight between Peking and Canton, dim-sum and bread stand for Southern breakfast and Northern breakfast separately.