"Any Time You Want Access, I'll Be There"

[anat0l]

Menu: Qantas First Lounge SYD T1 (28 Jan 2012)

Qantas First Class Lounge Sydney (Terminal 1)
Summer Menu

Breakfast (served until midday)

Seasonal fruit salad

House toasted muesli

Bircher muesli

Buffalo milk yoghurt with mango and lime

Blueberry pancakes with banana, whipped butter and maple syrup

Quinoa and soya toast with smoked salmon, goat's curd and asparagus

Sweetcorn fritters with bacon, avocado, creme fraiche and tomato jam

Wholegrain toasted sandwich with bacon, lettuce, tomato and aioli

Bread

Your selection of toasted Brasserie Bread with condiments

• Sourdough, Quinoa and soya, Ciabatta or Sour cherry bread

• Hank's Jams Selection: paw paw, lime and passionfruit, triple berry, rich orange marmalade, apricot
• White Clover Honey
• Vegemite

Free Range Organic Eggs

Eggs Florentine

Eggs Benedict with smoked salmon or leg ham

Whole egg omelette with sauteed leek, leg ham and Gruyere

Egg white omelette with vine ripened tomato, ricotta and chives

Fried egg, bacon and tomato relish on brioche roll


Two eggs poached, scrambled or fried with your selection of sides:

• Roast tomato, wilted spinach, roasted field mushrooms, hash brown, smoked salmon, bacon, pork chipolatas

Light Bridging Menu (available from 11am)

Soup of the day

Buffalo mozzarella with tomatoes, basil and 20 year old balsamic

Salt and pepper squid with green chilli sauce and aioli

Club sandwich with chicken, slow roasted tomatoes, bacon and aioli

Rangers Valley 300 day grain fed tenderloin with bearnaise, harissa and chips

Bowl of chips

Our signature mixed leaf salad


All Day Dining (available from midday)

Daily Specials

Spicy carrot and coconut soup

Grilled figs with roquefort, jamon and white clover honey

Crispy honey chilli beef with fragrant rice

Wild mushroom and champagne risotto with pecorino and sage

Sticky toffee pudding with butterscotch sauce and double cream

Main Selection

Buffalo mozzarella with tomatoes, basil and 20 year old balsamic

Rustic pate of blue eye and ocean trout on toast with herb salad and salmon roe

Tapas plate - piquillo and goat's curd, jamon, artichoke, octopus, black sausage

Spicy rare beef salad with fragrant herbs, green mango and cashews

Salt and pepper squid with green chilli sauce and aioli


Prawn tom yum soup

Grilled fish with green asparagus and romesco salsa

Bannockburn free range chicken schnitzel with Italian coleslaw and aioli

Veal fillet with wild mushroom sauce, soft polenta, green beans and salsa verde

Rangers Valley 300 day grain fed tenderloin with bearnaise, harissa and chips

Our Signature Sandwiches

Club with chicken, slow roasted tomatoes, bacon and aioli

Beef burger with bacon, Gruyere, Zuni pickle and tomato chilli relish

Toasted Wagyu on sourdough with Asian slaw

Chicken burger with bacon, cheese, avocado and green tomato relish

Side Dishes

Bowl of chips

Our signature mixed leaf salad

Wild rocket and parmesan salad

Slow cooked organic carrots

Boiled greens with Colonna lemon oil

Dessert and Cheese

Seasonal fruit plate

Pavlova in a glass with mango and passionfruit

Chocolate brownie with vanilla gelato and hot fudge sauce

Gelatomassi gelato and sorbet selection: bitter chocolate, vanilla, yoghurt, pistachio or walnut; and green apple or wild berry sorbet

Cheese hand selected by Will Studd: Healy's Pyengana Cheddar, Dutch goat's cheese and Will Studd's selected Stilton


Beverages

coughtails

Breakfast coughtails

Pablos - pineapple and pink grapefruit juice with soda and bitters

Bloody Maria - Tequilla with spicy tomato juice

All Day coughtails

Negroni - Gin, Campari, sweet vermouth and orange twist

French Martini - Vodka, Chambord and pineapple juice

Champagne

Taittinger Brut Reserve

Veuve Cliquot Ponsardin

Bollinger Special Cuvee

White Wine and Rose

Carlei Green Vineyards Pinot Gris 2010 (Cardinia Ranges, Victoria)

Squealing Pig Sauvignon Blanc 2011 (Marlborough, New Zealand)

Heemskerk Riesling 2010 (Coal River, Tasmania)

Rockford "Local Growers" Semillon 2006 (Barossa Valley, South Australia)

Yering Station Chardonnay 2009 (Yarra Valley, Victoria)

Rockford Alicante Bouchet 2011 (Barossa Valley, South Australia)

Red Wine

Coldstream Hills Pinot Noir 2010 (Yarra Valley, Victoria)

Torbreck "Woodcutters" Shiraz 2010 (Barossa Valley, South Australia)

Wynn's Black Label Cabernet Sauvignon 2009 (Coonawarra, South Australia)

Devil's Lair Cabernet Sauvignon 2008 (Margaret River, Western Australia)

Taylors Heritage Cabernet Sauvignon 2008 (Clare Valley, South Australia)

Petaluma Merlot 2007 (Coonawarra, South Australia)

Dessert Wine

De Bortoli Noble One 2008 (Riverina, New South Wales)

Stella Bella Pink Muscat 2010 (Margaret River, Western Australia)

Beer

Crown Lager

Cascade

Cascade Light

Heineken

Peroni leggera

James Squire Amber Ale

James Squire Pilsner

Cold Drinks (breakfast menu)

Fruit energiser

Freshly squeezed juice

Coffee Cinque Stelle by Vittoria

Short black

Long black

Cappuccino

Flat white

Cafe latte

Vittoria hot chocolate

Tea by T2

English Breakfast

Earl Grey

Peppermint

Chamomile

Sencha

China Jasmine

Chai

 

[TonyHancock]

Fabulous TR and great photos.

 

[samh004]

As always, an amazing TR!

Will have to pass it along to the people that test me!

 

[JohnK]

Very nice trip report anat0l!

 

[nlagalle]

Great TR anat0l!

I reckon it's the first time there has been so many WPs that far back down the plane!

 

[QF WP]

Of the JQ flight

 

[Kangol]

Excellent pics and documentation!
I may have missed it somewhere, but how do you get to access the int F lounge prior to T-3?

 

[anat0l]

I may have missed it somewhere, but how do you get to access the int F lounge prior to T-3?

In short, there are two challenges that must be overcome:

1. Obtaining at BP for the JQ flight (involves check-in)
2. Obtaining an orange D sticker

Various approaches have been taken, including:

• If you are booking the JQi flight on a QF issued itinerary (especially if combined with another QF flight on the same check-in sequence), getting the BP can be had at standard OLCI (though you may not be able to select a seat)
• JQ desks (SYD T2 comes to mind) may be able to give you a BP
• Some QF desks that can access the JQ system might be able to print you a BP
• Some QF desks and almost any QF premium desk that have the possibility of serving D sticker flights should be able to supply you with a D sticker

 

[amaroo]

Excellent pics and documentation!
I may have missed it somewhere, but how do you get to access the int F lounge prior to T-3?

Delete post, misunderstood the question....sorry

 

[Kangol]

In short, there are two challenges that must be overcome:

1. Obtaining at BP for the JQ flight (involves check-in)
2. Obtaining an orange D sticker

Various approaches have been taken, including:

• If you are booking the JQi flight on a QF issued itinerary (especially if combined with another QF flight on the same check-in sequence), getting the BP can be had at standard OLCI (though you may not be able to select a seat)
• JQ desks (SYD T2 comes to mind) may be able to give you a BP
• Some QF desks that can access the JQ system might be able to print you a BP
• Some QF desks and almost any QF premium desk that have the possibility of serving D sticker flights should be able to supply you with a D sticker

Ah, thanks - seems like travelling with JQ would make it trickier than with QF...

I take it that if you OLCI and print your BP (if going on a QF flight) you can bypass all the challenges and use the curbside check-in (if open prior to T-3), then you can maximise the time in the F lounge!

As an aside, of all the menus and TRs I've read about the SYD/MEL F Lounges, they only show nice wines and beers. Do they serve spirits in the F lounge?

 

[anat0l]

Do they serve spirits in the F lounge?

I don't see why they wouldn't serve spirits - bottles lining the bar area can't be wrong. Certainly I think one of our own at our table was having a mixer.

I guess since they changed the menus they find those that want spirits, just ask for it (though you don't get to see what the quality of the line-up is).

Here's my last record of the list of spirits and other things non-wine before F Lounge Menus were changed. This list was taken from April 2010 from the SYD F Lounge:

Aperitifs

Campari

Cinzano Bianco

Cinzano Rosso

Noilly Prat

Pimms


Spirits

Glenlivet 12yo Malt Whisky

Chivas Regal 12yo Scotch Whisky

Johnnie Walker Black Label

Bombay Sapphire Dry London Gin

Tanqueray Gin

Wyborowa Single Estate Vodka

Belvedere Vodka

Bacardi White Rum

Havana Club 7 Dark Rum

Bundaburg Dark Rum

Wild Turkey Bourbon

Jack Daniels Whisky

Jose Cuervo Tequila


Liqueurs, Ports and Cognac

Baileys Irish Cream

Cointreau

Drambuie

Tia Maria

St Agnes Brandy

Martell Medalion VSOP

Morris Liqueur Tawny

Morris Liqueur Muscat

Rockford Old Barossa VS Tawny

 

[Deleted member 29185]

Great report. Thanks anat0l.

Is it just me, or are there the same faces appearing at these events :shock:.......who said AFFers will do anything for a get together?

I know one thing, it makes me pine a little, for another one!

 

[Oneworldplus2]

Another quality report by anat0l. Well done!

 

[kpc]

Re: Menu: Qantas First Lounge SYD T1 (28 Jan 2012)

Qantas First Class Lounge Sydney (Terminal 1)
Summer Menu



All Day Dining (available from midday)

Daily Specials


Main Selection


Rustic pate of blue eye and ocean trout on toast with herb salad and salmon roe



Spicy rare beef salad with fragrant herbs, green mango and cashews

Salt and pepper squid with green chilli sauce and aioli





Dessert and Cheese

Cheese hand selected by Will Studd: Healy's Pyengana Cheddar, Dutch goat's cheese and Will Studd's selected Stilton

Gelatomassi gelato and sorbet selection: bitter chocolate, vanilla, yoghurt, pistachio or walnut; and green apple or wild berry sorbet

I had the above on the weekend with +1; can / will post some pics later if anyone interested!

 

[Oneworldplus2]

Re: Menu: Qantas First Lounge SYD T1 (28 Jan 2012)

post away....

 

[kpc]

Re: Menu: Qantas First Lounge SYD T1 (28 Jan 2012)

I had the above on the weekend with +1; can / will post some pics later if anyone interested!

post away....

Rustic pate of blue eye and ocean trout on toast with herb salad and salmon roe

Sashimi selection... (seems to be a new daily special:mrgreen

Spicy rare beef salad with fragrant herbs, green mango and cashews

Salt and pepper squid with green chilli sauce and aioli (few pieces missing)

Cheese hand selected by Will Studd: Healy's Pyengana Cheddar, Dutch goat's cheese and Will Studd's selected Stilton

Gelatomassi gelato and sorbet selection: bitter chocolate, vanilla, yoghurt, pistachio or walnut; and green apple or wild berry sorbet


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A pre lunch massage followed by the above...the QF F lounge still rocks...it remains my main motivation to maintain QF Plat status!
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[Oneworldplus2]

Re: Menu: Qantas First Lounge SYD T1 (28 Jan 2012)

What type of bitter sweet chocolate is served with the gelato? Is it Valrhona? (The best in my books!)

 

[Alanslegal]

Re: Sun 29 Jan

Good friends make any good excuse for a good get together. Though the name of the Do had some poignant meaning to some, to me, it was simply a good excuse to meet AFFers again in a great environment. Next year there's going to be even more Platinums in the AFF group. Looks like there'll be no trouble if anyone wants to join us - "just tell us, we'll be there".

I just got around to reading this report and another super report of yours anat0l

Just tell us, we'll be there but one day - in the near future - I will require guesting into the F Lounge so please let me in :!:

 

[Simo]

Re: Sun 29 Jan

Great report,

Look forward to the next Flounge run.

 

[maggies1]

Re: Sun 29 Jan

Great report. Had a great time. Nice to meet every one.

maggies1