Qantas Business Class meals & menus

[JessicaTam]

take ice-cream from storage container. Place on tray. Offer to pax with napkin and spoon. Clear rubbish when pax have finished. Cathay/Dragonair time and motion study: 2.5 minutes. Qantas equivalent: 20-30 mins?

Back in the old days we used to have not only a main meal service from MEL-PER, but we'd have a second hot snack service prior to arrival.

What's the vote on AFF? A full three-course meal including a superb fillet steak in 30 mins like they offer on OZ (including offering a condiments tray with a half-dozen or so selections of mustards and horseradish), or a couple of strands of noodles with a piece of meat and no time for a tub of ice-cream?

Can I have some thinking time?

 

[boomy]

What's the vote on AFF? A full three-course meal including a superb fillet steak in 30 mins like they offer on OZ (including offering a condiments tray with a half-dozen or so selections of mustards and horseradish), or a couple of strands of noodles with a piece of meat and no time for a tub of ice-cream?

I didn't notice any safety concerns while having a full meal followed by dessert and cheese plate on a recent 2.30 hours flight on TG.
QF also used to offer a proper dessert and/or cheese plate on flights from Perth to the east coast for pax flying in J.

 

[dk4]

...take ice-cream from storage container. Place on tray. Offer to pax with napkin and spoon. Clear rubbish when pax have finished. Cathay/Dragonair time and motion study: 2.5 minutes. Qantas equivalent: 20-30 mins?

QF is definitely still doing ice creams, as a second service on lunch/dinner domestic flights that are scheduled around 3 hours or longer, except PER transcon (it would seem) for some reason known best to the people who manage the airline. And, that the CSM is generally doing these ice cream runs in less than a minute (3 rows on a B737).

(At breakfast, the second service on these flights is a biscuit and often a second hot drinks run.)

 

[Aussie_flyer]

I flew EK akl to per 2 weeks ago in J. 3 hours 20 min. I had time for pre dinner drinks and canapes in the bar, a dinner with starter, main, cheese board and dessert and then time for after dinner drinks in the bar again.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Sri Lankan airlines, BKK-HKG, 2hrs20mins: tables individually set (no trays), trolley service where you make your selection and it is individually plated, dessert, tea and coffee served with individual silver pots to each passenger.

Do we need to put EK, UL, TG, OZ, CX on the banned list for severe breaches of safety?

 

[boomy]

Maybe a part of the problem is the QF CSM spends so much time talking to pax instead of serving them, otherwise people will complain about "robotic" service like on other (much more efficient) carriers.

 

[Awesom Andy]

Some like to have robotic efficiency and be left alone for as long as possible, while others prefer to take their time, and have a chat as well. Can't please everyone, I suppose, but you can choose the airline you fly with based on the services philosophies and principles. e.g. some of my (male) friends prefer to be served by someone they would like to look at (in a possibly sexual connotation) but I would much rather be served by a butler. We fly different airlines.

 

[Buzzard]

Maybe QF need to send a delegation on some other airlines and see how it's done.

 

[Lowjhg]

take ice-cream from storage container. Place on tray. Offer to pax with napkin and spoon. Clear rubbish when pax have finished. Cathay/Dragonair time and motion study: 2.5 minutes. Qantas equivalent: 20-30 mins?

Back in the old days we used to have not only a main meal service from MEL-PER, but we'd have a second hot snack service prior to arrival.

What's the vote on AFF? A full three-course meal including a superb fillet steak in 30 mins like they offer on OZ (including offering a condiments tray with a half-dozen or so selections of mustards and horseradish), or a couple of strands of noodles with a piece of meat and no time for a tub of ice-cream?

2 Meals for a 4 hour flight is an overkill IMHO. Its like stuffing a turkey in preparation for roasting! :O

 

[MEL_Traveller]

2 Meals for a 4 hour flight is an overkill IMHO. Its like stuffing a turkey in preparation for roasting! :O

I know but we needed something to do back then! This was before IFE or tablets (I think we had audio).

The MEL-PER was a 9 or 10 am departure and we'd get brunch, then a couple hours later they'd bring out a tray of wantons and dim sum (milk-bar/fish-n-chip shop variety, not the ones we are used to now) along with soy sauce (which was a bit exotic in those days). And you have a couple of drinks before arriving in PER.

Mind you, we were lucky to have 2 non-stops a day back then!

 

[medhead]

Some of the posts sound similar to the reasons I've been given for the lack of a pre-dinner drink LHR-sin on QF1 compared to a pre-dinner drink SYD-ADL. (Yes all in business before anyone asks)

Can I have some thinking time?

Phone a friend.

 

[burrco]

Still trying to get my head around the possible safety concerns about serving dessert? The Maggie Beer Icecream tubs not tested for explosive residue? The Cake/Slice/Muffin so hard it could be used as a weapon?

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Still trying to get my head around the possible safety concerns about serving dessert? The Maggie Beer Icecream tubs not tested for explosive residue? The Cake/Slice/Muffin so hard it could be used as a weapon?

outrage over mislabeled food maybe?

 

[JessicaTam]

Still trying to get my head around the possible safety concerns about serving dessert? The Maggie Beer Icecream tubs not tested for explosive residue? The Cake/Slice/Muffin so hard it could be used as a weapon?

If they are the gluten/dairy/taste free muffins, then yes.

 

[love_the_life]

Friday 19 September, QF953 BNE to CBR at 8.45am, the offering was 'brunch', which translated as a small bowl of greek yoghurt and berry sauce (no actual berries were harmed in this dish), a slice of rye bread (warm with butter but no jams) or a small danish and the choice of bacon and cheese toasted sandwich, a gravalax salad (from memory) or a large bowl of yoghurt/fruit. Coffee as well. The toastie seemed to be the most popular and was moderately tasty. At least I had a plate and not a box! As this was a delayed flight for me from the night before I was somewhat morose as I had used my points to upgrade hoping for a nice wine or two or three and something a bit substantial as the meal was listed as a 'dinner' service. Thems is the breaks

 

[boomy]

Still trying to get my head around the possible safety concerns about serving dessert? The Maggie Beer Icecream tubs not tested for explosive residue? The Cake/Slice/Muffin so hard it could be used as a weapon?

If trying to answer that seriously then maybe there are concerns the crew won't be able to deliver a "3 course" meal and clear everything on time on such a "short" flight.
Edit: Ok I agree, this answer can't be taken seriously

 

[Kangol]

Some of the posts sound similar to the reasons I've been given for the lack of a pre-dinner drink LHR-sin on QF1 compared to a pre-dinner drink SYD-ADL. (Yes all in business before anyone asks)

The reason why you don't get a pre-dinner drink in the above is because that flight, to/from those destinations, does not and never did exist.

 

[medhead]

The reason why you don't get a pre-dinner drink in the above is because that flight, to/from those destinations, does not and never did exist.

1/2 either way the point remains.

 

[boomy]

Real time, before take-off on PER-MEL tonight.View attachment 35143

It's magic!
The elusive dessert is on the menu again!
View attachment 35224
PER-BNE is a slightly longer flight then PER-MEL, I guess just enough to eliminate any safety concerns

 

[JessicaTam]

It's magic!
The elusive dessert is on the menu again!
View attachment 35224
PER-BNE is a slightly longer flight then PER-MEL, I guess just enough to eliminate any safety concerns

Maybe it should be passed by CASA just to make sure.