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.