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....

 

[Mr H]

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.

It absolutely is intended to be a gastronomic experience - to the extent that their menu leads off by saying that their chef has just received the world top 50 restaurants icon, whatever that is. The clear intention is to make patrons believe they are eating at one of the world's top restaurants, even though that's not exactly what it says...

I'd like maybe to see at least one more non-eggs breakfast hot option besides fritters and pancakes.

I would still class pancakes and fritters as fundamentally egg based. Why not add some noodles or curries?

At the risk of sounding irresponsible, the right to indulge in a drink around breakfast is definitely a luxury institution

Maybe where you come from. Where I come from it is the exclusive preserve of jakeys. But I'm not judging or asking for alcohol to be taken away - merely pointing out that if they can promote drinks that are typically not breakfast accompaniments, then why not add some foods that are not straight-down-the-line nothing-but-eggs options?

Ironically eggs are expensive now

Maybe we'll see less of them then - we can live in hope...

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).

I shall. It does seem to me, though, that since most Qantas international routes are to Asia, they might offer Asian options on their breakfast menu. After all, every lounge and hotel in the world offers the ubiquitous western egg options.

Anyway, this is all hypothetical as I doubt I will ever see the interior of the Sydney F Lounge.

 

[Beano]

It absolutely is intended to be a gastronomic experience - to the extent that their menu leads off by saying that their chef has just received the world top 50 restaurants icon, whatever that is. The clear intention is to make patrons believe they are eating at one of the world's top restaurants, even though that's not exactly what it says...



I would still class pancakes and fritters as fundamentally egg based. Why not add some noodles or curries?



Maybe where you come from. Where I come from it is the exclusive preserve of jakeys. But I'm not judging or asking for alcohol to be taken away - merely pointing out that if they can promote drinks that are typically not breakfast accompaniments, then why not add some foods that are not straight-down-the-line nothing-but-eggs options?

Your forgetting Bucks Fizz (Mimosa), which is a typical breakfast accompaniment, or at least early morning. I have seen it served on early morning international flights.

Maybe we'll see less of them then - we can live in hope...


I shall. It does seem to me, though, that since most Qantas international routes are to Asia, they might offer Asian options on their breakfast menu. After all, every lounge and hotel in the world offers the ubiquitous western egg options.

Anyway, this is all hypothetical as I doubt I will ever see the interior of the Sydney F Lounge.

 

[Beano]

It absolutely is intended to be a gastronomic experience - to the extent that their menu leads off by saying that their chef has just received the world top 50 restaurants icon, whatever that is. The clear intention is to make patrons believe they are eating at one of the world's top restaurants, even though that's not exactly what it says...



I would still class pancakes and fritters as fundamentally egg based. Why not add some noodles or curries?



Maybe where you come from. Where I come from it is the exclusive preserve of jakeys. But I'm not judging or asking for alcohol to be taken away - merely pointing out that if they can promote drinks that are typically not breakfast accompaniments, then why not add some foods that are not straight-down-the-line nothing-but-eggs options?



Maybe we'll see less of them then - we can live in hope...


I shall. It does seem to me, though, that since most Qantas international routes are to Asia, they might offer Asian options on their breakfast menu. After all, every lounge and hotel in the world offers the ubiquitous western egg options.

Anyway, this is all hypothetical as I doubt I will ever see the interior of the Sydney F Lounge.

I am rarely in the F lounges in the morning, but will be in June 2025. Our previous experience was good. Even though my wife is vegetarian and doesn't eat whole eggs, she was served a good breakfast.