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

[Beano]

As a starter I like the QF SYD F lounge then EK SYD lounge for dessert if my flight leaves from the 50s and 60s gates, though not often. The desserts in the EK SYD lounge are very good though the hot dishes, with a good selection, are a bit tired after being left out for a while. At least the QF F may be freshly cooked.

My colleague, Silver going on Gold, will be sorry to miss the QF F lounge when he travels on his own, as he does enjoy the coughtails.

Cognac has been missing for a while in the QF F lounge but a Hine is in now instead of the Martell.

 

[Jpmoore100]

Summer breakfast menu.

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Don’t suppose you got a snap of the all day menu?

 

[pjm99au]

Don’t suppose you got a snap of the all day menu?

Sorry no, this was sent to me third hand

 

[Mr H]

Summer breakfast menu.

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This looks really poor - an illustration of why airlines love Western-style breakfast menus to cut costs. There's almost no hot food that is not based on eggs (and I hate eggs, by the way) along with a couple of token non-egg things that require almost zero preparation. Clearly it's not about deciding what is time-appropriate since there is a big long list of alcoholic drinks next to it. A typical mid-range hotel in Asia has better breakfast options than this.

 

[AIRwin]

This looks really poor - an illustration of why airlines love Western-style breakfast menus to cut costs. There's almost no hot food that is not based on eggs (and I hate eggs, by the way) along with a couple of token non-egg things that require almost zero preparation

Ironically eggs are expensive now

 

[Fergo747]

This looks really poor - an illustration of why airlines love Western-style breakfast menus to cut costs. There's almost no hot food that is not based on eggs (and I hate eggs, by the way) along with a couple of token non-egg things that require almost zero preparation. Clearly it's not about deciding what is time-appropriate since there is a big long list of alcoholic drinks next to it. A typical mid-range hotel in Asia has better breakfast options than this.

I mean go and eat at said hotel if you don't like the menu (or alternatively a airport café / restaurant that serves the food you would like to eat). No one is forcing anyone to eat or drink in the lounge and some people like to imbibe an alcoholic beverage prior to an international flight. Remember, the lounge is merely a place (albeit more pleasant than a terminal) to wait prior to a flight - it's not intended to be a gastronomical experience.

 

[anat0l]

This looks really poor - an illustration of why airlines love Western-style breakfast menus to cut costs. There's almost no hot food that is not based on eggs (and I hate eggs, by the way) along with a couple of token non-egg things that require almost zero preparation. Clearly it's not about deciding what is time-appropriate since there is a big long list of alcoholic drinks next to it. A typical mid-range hotel in Asia has better breakfast options than this.

Probably because most Asian restaurants would cater for Asian tastes, viz. meals that most Australians would normally eat for lunch or dinner are eaten at breakfast, including yum cha specialties, noodles (both broth based and fried), fried meat, curries or dahl, tofu soup, and other various hot dishes eaten with rice.

I'd like maybe to see at least one more non-eggs breakfast hot option besides fritters and pancakes; there are lots of cafes around Australia that have pushed some interesting ideas that are tasty, though some of those would seem rather bizarre to many here. Maybe more options to add vegetables, and perhaps one or two all day dishes that are truly on offer the entire day.

At the risk of sounding irresponsible, the right to indulge in a drink around breakfast is definitely a luxury institution and has little to do with time of day appropriateness or lack thereof; judge if you want but if you were to take away booze at breakfast, you'll have pitchforks coming after you.

 

[lovestotravel]

it's not intended to be a gastronomical experience.

If you believe some people on here it is....