Qantas Business Class meals & menus

[jase05]

More menu pretentiousness. They couldn't have called the 'polpettini' simply meatballs, so there's a chance that more pax might know what the single non veg option is?

It’s a bit of a pet hate of mine an any airline TBH not just QF.
I don’t want to have to google it or be a chef to know what I want to order

 

[DejaBrew]

It’s a bit of a pet hate of mine an any airline TBH not just QF.
I don’t want to have to google it or be a chef to know what I want to order

It's a fair point, but you can always ask when the FC come around to take the order and be ready with a backup option if you decide you don't like it after it's been explained to you

Admittedly limited backup options on the menu in question here.

And FWIW, I think the airlines are in a bit of a lose-lose situation here. Call them meatballs, and people will want to know if "...meatballs are seriously the best [airline] can offer for J??" Call them 'polpettini' and we castigate them for making too much of a "basic" dish.

 

[RooFlyer]

Call them meatballs, and people will want to know if "...meatballs are seriously the best [airline] can offer for J??"

That should be the reaction no matter what they are called

Call them 'polpettini' and we castigate them for making too much of a "basic" dish.

Only a few. Possibly those on board would be charmed by the international cuisine, together with the small bowl of delicious leaves ... of something.

 

[anat0l]

And FWIW, I think the airlines are in a bit of a lose-lose situation here. Call them meatballs, and people will want to know if "...meatballs are seriously the best [airline] can offer for J??" Call them 'polpettini' and we castigate them for making too much of a "basic" dish.

I ate lamb kofta for an airline meal once. I won't tell you the airline or the class; you can guess. No, it wasn't Qantas.

It was tasty but I wonder if it comes in as "too basic", though based on what else was on the menu, it wasn't a cut above or below the other dishes (bar one).

 

[sudoer]

Call them ham and cheese toasties, and people will want to know if "...ham and cheese toasties are seriously the best [airline] can offer for J??" Call them 'croque monsieurs' and we castigate them for making too much of a "basic" dish.

My edits in bold.

I think the airlines are in a bit of a lose-lose situation here.

I guess the 'win' option, where they allocate slightly more budget for better catering, is off the table?

 

[anat0l]

I guess the 'win' option, where they allocate slightly more budget for better catering, is off the table?

Wouldn't stop them from... "pretentiously"... naming dishes.

 

[DejaBrew]

I guess the 'win' option, where they allocate slightly more budget for better catering, is off the table?

Fair call. I'm not trying to be an apologist for Qantas on this front. Just suggesting that in the current state of things, they're on a hiding to nothing however they play it (admittedly to your point, short of increasing their budget).

 

[downgraded]

Wouldn't stop them from... "pretentiously"... naming dishes.

If they're not going to write their menu in English, then they could simply provide a translation.