Qantas Business Class meals & menus

[Aussie_flyer]

One looks like a late night departure vs a daytime flight.

That's the new normal actually

 

[sudoer]

One looks like a late night departure vs a daytime flight.

This changes on Wednesday (along with all other Asia ports except SIN which changed Wednesday just gone).

This is why it looks different...

 

[RB001]

QF43 SYD-DPS 26 November (slightly delayed (30 minutes), enough to trigger text and email notifications)

 

[Flyfrequently]

QF43 SYD-DPS 26 November (slightly delayed (30 minutes), enough to trigger text and email

Pretty much what we had in June @RB001 - any pics?
Ans welcome to AFF

 

[CaptJCool]

QF888
Perth - Adelaide

Beef brisket


And a couple of helpings of Chivas Regal

 

[Sprucegoose]

QF888
Perth - Adelaide

Beef brisket
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And a couple of helpings of Chivas Regal

Is that Ribeena?

 

[servicerequired]

QF888
Perth - Adelaide

Beef brisket
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And a couple of helpings of Chivas Regal

How cough is the cheese log and surplus lavosh - at least VA’s Mainland pack is proportional re biscuit to cheese ratio … first world issues.

 

[Sprucegoose]

How cough is the cheese log and surplus lavosh

I like the cheese log !

 

[servicerequired]

I like the cheese log !

The lavosh ratio is out of whack !

 

[CaptJCool]

Is that Ribeena?

Nope
Was Shiraz

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The lavosh ratio is out of whack !

Yes out of whack

Bit like the prosciutto thrown on top the salad

 

[Daver6]

The lavosh ratio is out of whack !

You use the QF camping knife to slice the log and lay onto the lavosh

 

[MEL_Traveller]

How cough is the cheese log and surplus lavosh - at least VA’s Mainland pack is proportional re biscuit to cheese ratio … first world issues.

But VA’s Mainland pack is completely non recyclable

Other competing products are recyclable.

Rest assured, if they took out one of the lavosh pieces people would complain it was cost cutting! (but agree, it’s one too many pieces!)

 

[anat0l]

The lavosh ratio is out of whack !

Having a decent salt content, the excess lavosh would make for an OK snack, not dissimilar to chips or nuts.

As for the battle between cheese eaten with or without starchy accompaniments (biscuits, bread, etc.), best to err on the too much side than too little (so thank you the packets of lavosh have not started to shrinkflate yet... everyone remembers when the Arnotts water crackers shrunk from 3 crackers per packet to 2...)

 

[RB001]

Pretty much what we had in June @RB001 - any pics?
Ans welcome to AFF

Thanks for the welcome - intro coming once I sit a spell (let's say mid-December)
Upon closer inspection, indeed the menu still reads from Jun 24.

Pics and sketch of service timings:

No pic, but service technically started during boarding, with the offer of sparkling water or 'champagne'.

About 15 minutes after seatbelt lights off, time for the aperitivo. Apple juice with the premium Australian salted nuts.


About 90 minutes after pushback, the tray appeared, with the default greens and bread to be selected. I chose the focaccia, which I guess (but cannot prove) was at some stage warm.


I decided to attack that first, and as soon as it was gone, my choice of To Start appeared - Salad of buffalo mozzarella with balsamic roasted capsicum, pickled onions and hazelnut vinaigrette. Definitely not light on the pool of vinaigrette (floaties not provided).


It would take a further 25-30 minutes for the mains to appear, for me - angel hair pasta with broccoli, garlic, pine nuts and chilli. Throughout was what appeared to be a soy-type sauce that was tasted inconsistently throughout the dish. For me, the pine nuts were the stars here. All of the other distractions were removed from the tray at this point.


Approaching 1.5 hours since the cutlery tray appeared, it was removed in preparation for To Finish - I went with the seasonal fruit mostly because this was the end of a brutally long day for me.


And that was all I had in the light - I couldn't have any of the Prior to Arrival options due to my vego status, but likely wouldn't have partaken anyway.

 

[DC3]

… service technically started during boarding, with the offer of sparkling water or 'champagne'.

So, offer of PDB did not include champagne, but something else, on this international flight?

 

[RB001]

So, offer of PDB did not include champagne, but something else, on this international flight?

Bottle neither sighted nor sampled, so cannot quantify a common misnomer.
With certainty I can say both offerings could be classed as bubbles.

 

[RealtimeY]

I thought it was either Jacquart or Duval Leroy on every international flight.

 

[JoshuaL1997]

QF97 BNE-MNL 30/11/24

This flight included the new tray service which had its ups and downs. Major plus is that you can move your tray out of the way (to the console next to you) between courses and head to the bathroom if need be, down side is that its obviously less pretty and a much smaller surface space but seeing as Qantas uses tiny dishes I don't think that a major upset.



As our flight sat at the gate for about an hour longer than expected the crew had plenty of time to take orders including what drink we wanted after take off. I note that crew went through the cabin front to back without prioritising status members like they have in the past.

About 30 minutes after pushback crew came round with the aperitivo, I ordered the margarita and nuts, they did not scrimp on the booze with this one oh boy did I sleep well after this.



20 minutes later the trolley came down the isle, and we were delivered the new tray which included cutlery and Neils famous leaves & dressing which seemed to be a cheap $3 woolies mix today, as well as a single slice of focaccia. Drinks were also offered and after my heavy marg I decided to hydrate. 5/10



To start I had the Moroccan carrot soup with spicy harissa chickpeas which was yum and importantly nice and warm. 8/10



For my main I had the Vegetable randang with fragrant rice, cashews and spicy pickles. I have to say this was a really good vegan option even for those of us who do eat meat, nicely spiced with a good amount of tang from the pickles. 8/10



And finally I had the Coratina extra virgin olive oil panna cotta, while I love a panna cotta I don't think the olive oil works with this one so i would give this one a 5/10.



Overall a 7/10 for me.

Seeing as this flight lands in Manila at 1am the crew let us sleep till about 40 minutes out and while they offered me the pre-landing snack as I made my way to the loo to get changed (which i politely declined) they remarked that no one ever actually takes them up on the offer. So that makes me wonder how much food is getting wasted on this flight and could qantas maybe instead invest this in a nicer lettuce mix.

 

[ole nimeton]

QF28 - 29 November







Beef and chicken both on the dry and tough side and potato things with the beef mostly cold. White wine was warm. Leaves were without dressing and remained untouched. Tray seemed to just get in the way and reduce the amount of space.

Service generally pretty ho-hum. They went through the motions, no personalized service and no proactive drink refills etc. Had to ask several times for a glass of water at one stage. Also strange getting two main meals. After waking up, I felt like breakfast the second time around even though it was approaching late afternoon in Sydney.

 

[dairyfloss]

The tray really does look quite ordinary. I can’t help but think that even if they’d used a lighter coloured model; white, beige or a light grey, it may have looked a little less like chow time at Wentworth