Current Qantas First Lounge Menu (SYD/MEL) and relevant topics

[zig]

I'm going to be controversial here. I was in the MEL F lounge on Sunday. I had the salt and pepper squid. I've had it a few times previously too. It is the most over-rated dish. There is nothing particularly great about it.

I'm now donning an asbestos suit ready to be flamed.

No suit required. I have enjoyed it, but not been wowed by it.

 

[mitti]

I'm going to be controversial here. I was in the MEL F lounge on Sunday. I had the salt and pepper squid. I've had it a few times previously too. It is the most over-rated dish. There is nothing particularly great about it.

I'm now donning an asbestos suit ready to be flamed.

Have to agree. It is ‘yum’ but more or less just a pub classic type dish, not worthy of the fetishisation at all. I guess it’s more about what it represents than the thing itself.

 

[Auzzieflyer]

First Lounge Spring Menu

 

[RooFlyer]

First Lounge Spring Menu

Some observations:

'Humpty Doo barramundi' - Humpty Doo isn't on a waterway. And anyway, NP is "committed to using local produce"

"Pavlova with strawberries and blueberry's " - note possessive apostrophe

 

[flyingfan]

First Lounge Spring Menu

Interested in seeing the tiramisu, anyone taken a pic yet?

 

[SYD]

Interested in seeing the tiramisu, anyone taken a pic yet?

End of the month before I get a chance but arvo flight!

 

[Daver6]

First Lounge Spring Menu

The left the champagne off the menu....again

 

[Fergo747]

'Humpty Doo barramundi' - Humpty Doo isn't on a waterway. And anyway, NP is "committed to using local produce"

Whist you are correct that Humpty Doo (the place) isn't on a waterway, Humpty Doo barramundi is farmed barramundi which is indeed local produce - Humpty Doo Barramundi | Premium Fish, Wild Territory

 

[RooFlyer]

Whist you are correct that Humpty Doo (the place) isn't on a waterway, Humpty Doo barramundi is farmed barramundi which is indeed local produce - Humpty Doo Barramundi | Premium Fish, Wild Territory

Ah, thanks. Farmed by the Adelaide River, a bit to the east

 

[RealtimeY]

Today there was Jacquart and Pommery

 

[Princess Fiona]

Some observations:

'Humpty Doo barramundi' - Humpty Doo isn't on a waterway. And anyway, NP is "committed to using local produce"

"Pavlova with strawberries and blueberry's " - note possessive apostrophe

The fish refers to the commercial fish business where they source it. Nothing to do with the place name. Similar to “Cape Grim Beef” which may or may not come from Tasmania.

 

[Princess Fiona]

Today there was Jacquart and Pommery

Same last week too.
And Jacquart onboard.
I stuck with the Pommery in the Flounge

 

[Daver6]

Today there was Jacquart and Pommery

Same last week too.
And Jacquart onboard.
I stuck with the Pommery in the Flounge

That's unfortunate that the Taittinger is MIA

 

[exLXCXFF]

First Lounge Spring Menu

Probably a first world problem and niche issue, but I always wondered Qantas‘ in my view terrible taste in beer offerings. It seems that they can‘t even offer some decent craft beers from micro breweries in the F Lounge. In comparison, CX had even HK Craft Beer stocked in the J lounges back in the days (and I drank a lot of them)!

 

[sudoer]

It seems that they can‘t even offer some decent craft beers from micro breweries in the F Lounge.

They could almost run a line directly from Yulli's or One Drop straight into the lounge

 

[Kangol]

They could almost run a line directly from Yulli's or One Drop straight into the lounge

One Drop Double Vanilla Custard Pancake Nitro

 

[justinbrett]

Probably a first world problem and niche issue, but I always wondered Qantas‘ in my view terrible taste in beer offerings. It seems that they can‘t even offer some decent craft beers from micro breweries in the F Lounge. In comparison, CX had even HK Craft Beer stocked in the J lounges back in the days (and I drank a lot of them)!

I think it’s just because of their liquor contract, they‘d only get the beers aligned to that particular distributor. This can include craft beers but more the mainstream mass produced craft beers (Eg Stone & Wood).

 

[blackcat20]

Could be worse, it was Piper in the Sydney lounge a few weeks back.

 

[Vic]

Probably a first world problem and niche issue, but I always wondered Qantas‘ in my view terrible taste in beer offerings. It seems that they can‘t even offer some decent craft beers from micro breweries in the F Lounge. In comparison, CX had even HK Craft Beer stocked in the J lounges back in the days (and I drank a lot of them)!

I read your comment and had to go check the beers. I was having flashes of Furphy, and Carlton and that Dry one that's popular.

Personally, nothing wrong with Coopers and Kosciusko pale ales. Rogers is good as well even if Little creatures is owned by some multinational now.
I will even give Heineken zero 1 star because it's a zero alcohol beer that tastes the most like the alcoholic version. But don't drink zero alcohol beers because they still make you fat, and you get none of the benefits

Having said all that, I'd never drink a beer in the first lounge when there are so many better booze options available, and I'm not going to be driving any time soon.

 

[RichardMEL]

Just yesterday I saw some social media postings of a proud flyer on AA Flagship First LAX-JFK. Enjoying the cabin with a big fat can of...

Bud Light.

So...

QF FLounge could be worse