Qantas Business Class meals & menus

QF1953 - DRW-ADL
SDT: 1815 - FT: 03:45

We left on time and had made up quite a lot of time in the air but where delayed into ADL waiting for a medical emergency on another aircraft. Still landed on time. No PDB but the pre dinner drink was offered quickly after take off.

3 options - Ginger and sesame chicken with hokkien noodles, mushroom pasta or dukkah crusted pumpkin salad. J was 5/9. I was in 2A and the couple in row 1 were served first. They both chose the chicken and when the CSM got to me she skipped over that option and just offered the two vego dishes. My heart sank a little before she added we also have the chicken but it just needs to heat up so it will be about 20 minutes. I was happy to wait. As were the other two in row 3 so we all had the chicken. It came with a Japanese salad with a prawn, bread, butter, a very swa cheese and crackers. Ice cream came about an hour before landing.

The CSM was lovely if a little robotic at times. we had a few chats and turns out she was the crew manager for alliance in ADL which I suppose explains why the service felt so by the book.

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Is that cheese rolled in glad-wrap?
 
Is that cheese rolled in glad-wrap?
That's what I just wondered... I mean, I hoped for a long time that Qantas would offer some cheese instead of the usual sweets with sweets and how about some chocolate with that. But that they'd do it THAT cheaply... :oops:
 
QF773 MEL-PER today, the Korean beef noodle looked amazing, but I had the Madsaman beef curry - fantastic slow cooked oyster blade steak topped with creamy curry sauce, cashew and potato. Was a great choice20230808_141500.jpg

Personally, I'm not a seafood eater, and wish there were different salad and sides to choose from, maybe paired to mains, as the last two flights have been seafood
 
Doing CBR-MEL Wednesday next week 0600 departure. Any idea what to expect for brekkie? As I'm a vego (can't even have eggs) contemplating if I need to pre-order? Although it's only a 40 minute flight ...
Update to this.

I went ahead and pre-ordered “Strict Indian Vegetarian” meal. But the system said “meal selection not available on QF <flight number>”

So I was like, all good. Will have something at the lounge before departure.

Come meal time, I was asked what I liked to have and I asked if they had anything vego and the CSM went, yes, so that special meal is for you. Let me heat it up. I was pleasantly surprised :)

Enter - Rajma dhal and mixed veg with cauliflower curry and rice :cool: #CurryForBrekkie

It was really good and quite a size portion. Really enjoyed this meal :) Don’t take my word for it. In the next pic, you might get a peek at the bottom right corner - there were no leftovers 😂

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I was also served a fruit, dessert and coffee. I had to swap the still water for sparking.

After my meals, I was bored - so I did a bit of folding, with the napkin. The CSM loved what I had done and even showed it to the FA from Y :)

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Just wondering if anyone in this forum have tried QF business Diabetic/Low Fat/Low Salt or other special dietary meals (non-vegetarian) on their trans-tasman flights?

The reason I am asking is because I am thinking of selecting a special meal (non-vegetarian) as a way avoid the same old boring veal ravioli that I have been getting on my ex-SYD trans-tasman flights in business since April.

To tell you how bad the situation is, I have had four ex-SYD business class trans-tasman flights since April and veal ravioli was the only hot option available every single time. o_O

Any info would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. :)
 
Just wondering if anyone in this forum have tried QF business Diabetic/Low Fat/Low Salt or other special dietary meals (non-vegetarian) on their trans-tasman flights?

The reason I am asking is because I am thinking of selecting a special meal (non-vegetarian) as a way avoid the same old boring veal ravioli that I have been getting on my ex-SYD trans-tasman flights in business since April.

To tell you how bad the situation is, I have had four ex-SYD business class trans-tasman flights since April and veal ravioli was the only hot option available every single time. o_O

Any info would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. :)
Surely one of Neil Perry’s plant based or vegetarian concoctions should have been offered!
 
Surely one of Neil Perry’s plant based or vegetarian concoctions should have been offered!
Surprisingly no. 🤣 The three choices on offer have always been (1) the veal ravioli, (2) a cold salad with a few flimsy chicken pieces disguised as 'Chicken Waldorf Salad', and (3) the famous Qantas business class corn soup on my ex-SYD trans-tasman flights.
 
Surprisingly no. 🤣 The three choices on offer have always been (1) the veal ravioli, (2) a cold salad with a few flimsy chicken pieces disguised as 'Chicken Waldorf Salad', and (3) the famous Qantas business class corn soup on my ex-SYD trans-tasman flights.
I went for the "Chicken Waldorf Salad" on a recent flight however - according to the CSM (Basil F) - they were all out of Waldorfs!!

Regards,

BD
 
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