Qantas Business Class meals & menus

[BD1959]

QF636 MEL-BNE 20:10 Departure May-4 (Refreshment Service).

Pre-departure H2O offered, still or sparkling.

Pre-dinner drinks round.

Choice of: Beef Pie; Dahl Soup; Cheese Plate.



Regards,

BD

 

[BD1959]

QF135 BNE-CHC 07:10 Departure May-5 (Breakfast)

Surprisingly a Mainline Crew (rather than JetConnect)

Choice of:
Cereal
Spinach Omelette
Toasted Chicken Sandwich

With either sweet or savory muffin - went with the savoury which was actually really nice and quite full of herbs.



Regards,

BD

 

[BD1959]

QF497 SYD-MEL 22:10 Departure May-5 (Supper Service)

Choice of:
Soup
Barramundi Green Curry

Given I'd just stepped off an EK flight where I'd had a smoked salmon starter and seafood main, opted for the soup. Can't remember how it was described but obviously has red beans and was quite tasty.


Regards,

BD

 

[amaroo]

BNE - TSV

 

[Berlin]

BNE - TSV

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What’s this one- looks delicious!

 

[JJJJJJJ]

PER > MEL 08:10am Sat 5 May (breakfast). The spinach & ricotta omelette was ok but the real winner was the cranberry muffin. Do yourself a favour and eat one.

 

[Mattg]

QF952 CBR-BNE
Morning refreshment service

Pumpkin and potato tart, served with goat’s cheese and a small salad. It was quite nice, although the portion size was a little on the small side.

 

[Berlin]

Tuesday 1st May, PER-SYD 2pm departure “dinner” flight:

Thoroughly enjoyed the nice Domestic Business lounge with its pizza oven and a layout very similar to the equally nice Business lounge in Brissy. These new domestic lounges are a real winner for Qantas and the dirty old shed in Sydney pales in comparison. Boarding was announced about ten minutes earlier than expected and being a bigger A330 plane, priority boarding worked a treat through the separate finger leading to the front of the J cabin.

It took them a while to get into th swing of things but in the end the usual sparkling rose toilet water by Maggie Beer or still was offered. Having made that sparkling insult to my tastebuds once before, I settled for water this time around. The menu, already by the seat, read as follows:



Once up in the air, meal choices were taken. As on my outbound flight, choices were taken row by row rather than in order of FF status but at least both rows had one crew member each this time which meant the more forwards, the earlier your order (I was in 2A so very pleased with this). I usually love the soups on Qantas but have had that potato and leek one so often recently that I decided to be a bit more “adventurous” and decided for the duck. The main was a no brainer for me with the pork though it was served with one of the worst possible sides, spinach (yikes!). How anyone could think that serving mussles (!!!) on an airplane is a riddle to me but hey.

Pre-dinner drink service took ages to start and I asked for a Bloody Mary again. While it had been so lovely on th flight out, this one was hardly spicey at all and a big disappointment. Consistency anyone? Nope. Likewise, while we had pretzel and almond mix out of a bag last time, it was little plates of cold almonds instead this time around. They tasted stale and some even had that distinct “off” flavour of rotten almonds so hardly possible to eat as all. Give me the packaged pretzel and almond mix over this any time!



My mood lifted when I got served the starter- this cold duck salad was a revelation! The rather subtle taste of the duck was complimented by the pickled Wombok and the mustard dressing added even more of a flavour punch. Delicious, exotic, unexpected- by far the best dish I had on QF domestic in ages.



Relatively shortly after, the main was served. I never really get the cutlet thing as it’s really hard to cut on an airplane but it keeps the meat from being too dry I guess. The sides were both pretty horrid, I would have preferred normal mash to “parsnip mash” any day but with lots of pepper and salt (and wine) managed to swallow it down. Not so with the spinach which I removed from my plate straight away as such disgusting greens won’t make it into me EVER. Luckily, for now, no one had ordered the mussels so at least we all could enjoy our mains without a fishy stink throughout the cabin. Oh- and about the wine choice, it was disappointingly exactly the same ones as on the outbound flight which I found rather silly. Choice was two whites, the
Shaw+Smith Sav Blanc or the Dandelion Chardonnay and one red, the Eden Hall Cab Sav. All three show up in my mixed boxes from Epicure rather regularly so knew them only too well. As I had the Dandelion and the red on my way out, I opted for the S+S this time and wasn’t disappointed. While I’m usually not a fan of Sav Blancs, this particular one must be one of the best Aussies Sav Blancs around and I thoroughly enjoyed it.



Finally, the desert was offered and needless to say, I went for the cheese. As on the way out, the selection of cheeses was excellent and I loved the dried apples as a side for a change. Unfortunately, right at this point in the flight a tiny Asian lady in row 5 decided it’s a good moment to order the mussels so the enjoyment of th cheese was hindered by the awful and strong smell of rotten seafood. I saw a few passengers making a face of disgust but hey, that one passenger enjoyed her mussels so I bet that’s worth inconveniencing the rest of Business Class!

 

[JessicaTam]

QF617 BNE-MEL

Dahl and coriander soup.

I have had this before and it is still yum.

 

[JJJJJJJ]

QF do a mean pork cutlet, don't they Berlin?

 

[RickyT84]

Here is the menu on my recent DPS to SYD flight (QF44)

MAIN

• Selection of cheese served with accompaniments
• Sweetcorn and basil soup with sourdough croutons
• Roast pumpkin linguine with brown butter, spinach and parmesan cheese
• Seared snapper with Indonesian curry, stir fried vegetables and pickles
• Balinese chicken with snake bean salad and fragrant rice

Green leaf salad with Rockpool vinaigrette
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TO FINISH

• Selection of cheese served with accompaniments
• Pandan chiffon cake with orange, jasmine tea syrup and soft coconut cream
• Ice cream
• Seasonal fruit
• Hand made chocolate truffles

BREAKFAST

• Brookfarm macadamia toasted museli with cranberries
• Raspberry muffin
• Tomato, spinah and cheese pastry

Selected the snapper for supper and was presented a good looking meal and more importantly, tasted fantastic.


The chiffon cake was moist and the jasmine tea syrup plus coconut cream complimented the cake well.

Had a white wine to go with the meal and was pleased with Voyager Estate 2014 Chardonnay served.

 

[danielt25]

QF655 CNS/BNE 18/5 17:15 departure

Water or sparkling
Choices: salad or beef cheeks with semolina

Opted for the salad this time. Had the beef cheeks on several occasions previously (though not with the semolina)

 

[danielt25]

QF782 BNE/CNS 21/5 9:50am departure

Water/sparkling
Choices: spinach tart with goast curd, fruit bowl, a cold dish

 

[NZ_Flyer]

QF1013 MEL-HBA Dep:12:40pm 24 May

Described as Roast Beef salad. Not good. Beef was very tough and dry and there was no dressing already on the salad and none given. Should have got the Roast Chicken.

 

[DrJ]

QF574 PER-SYD dep 0515

Very early departure from PER, water or juice on take off..




The juice du jour didn’t look too appetizing , but actually tasted alright and provided the obligatory dose of kale for the day.



Scrambled eggs and sausages were passable, but still better than their counterparts in the J lounge. Washed down with the usual GB bubbles, which while ok is not what it used to be - noticed recently that it is no longer a methode traditionelle.




Good sleep afterward to make up for what was not had last night!

 

[DrJ]

QF862 SYD-OOL dep 1350


Sparkling or still water offered pre take off.


Braised beef cheek for lunch. Surprisingly very good. Washed down with an old favourite from Margs, Voyager Shiraz.

 

[danielt25]

QF1749 CNS/BNE 25/5 12:50 departure

Bottled water as pre departure drink
No pre meal drink from bar
Choices:
Egg/bacon toasted sandwich
Potato soup
Coleslaw with chicken

Pretty underwhelming I must admit

 

[kermatu]

I think you are being polite just calling it underwhelming.

 

[zig]

I think you are being polite just calling it underwhelming.

Agreed. That is a very sad offering for a lunch service.

 

[kermatu]

Agreed. That is a very sad offering for a lunch service.

The inconsistency on QF is quite ridiculous. I was just on a CBR to MEL flight at 9.45am and the J pax got a turkey and Camembert toasted sandwich (I was in Y row 4). The same flight at lunch or dinner gets a pathetic tiny salad. And a clear, long lunch flight as Danielt25’s above also gets a toasted sandwich.