Opinions on Cathay Pacific premium economy

Thank you all very much for the input. 

I've been on CX and SQ, only been on an A350 once with CX. The premium economy seats on both airlines are similar, but the business class seats are quite different. If you want to go PE, SQ has better food and better service, but you have to have a layover (you're planning to see the city anyway so that's not a problem). In J however, I'd take CX. The SQ seats are quite weird imo; they're extraordinarily wide, but have a very small footwell. In order to sleep, you have to flip the mattress over, which can be a nuisance since you also can't recline very far on the SQ seat, and then you have to angle yourself to squeeze your feet in a small hole. It's like they invested in this beautiful massive seat but spoiled it with the sleep comfort. The CX meals I've tried recently are better than they were, say a year ago, but I've never tried MEL-loaded catering so it could be different.

I've done both PE and J flights on CX (not sure if the A350 but don't think it changes too much between config) and SQ. 

Thanks very much for that!