Qantas Business Class meals & menus

[RooFlyer]

ADL-BNE lunch flight, last week.
‘Butter chicken’ .Was OK.
Would pay $8-10.

 

[anat0l]

ADL-BNE lunch flight, last week.
‘Butter chicken’ .Was OK.
Would pay $8-10.

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...maybe if you cooked it.

I can't get a butter chicken with rice that size of serving for $10 anywhere.

 

[RooFlyer]

...maybe if you cooked it.

I can't get a butter chicken with rice that size of serving for $10 anywhere.

$6 frozen - add more for rice, heating & plating.

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$7 frozen - ditto

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I know the Qantas meal was possibly larger but they also get discount for mass production.

I think $10 is about right.

 

[ozflier]

Any changes to Australia to NZ offerings ?
Do they still offer French Champagne?

 

[DrJ]

Do they still offer French Champagne?

"French Champagne" is a tautology

And yes, the more than decent Jacquart was on offer on MEL - CHC in July, very unlikely that this would have changed

 

[anat0l]

"French Champagne" is a tautology

It should be, but the Americans and the Russians at the very least actively seek to challenge that.

 

[DrJ]

It should be, but the Americans and the Russians at the very least actively seek to challenge that.

Sadly, yes. At least Australia got its act together circa 2000, hard to believe that in my youth abominations such as Minchinbury had the "champagne" moniker...

 

[ozflier]

"French Champagne" is a tautology

And yes, the more than decent Jacquart was on offer on MEL - CHC in July, very unlikely that this would have changed

I accept your clarification but i have been forced to ask - Is this "French Champagne" on so many flights when offered a glass of prepoured "champagne" only to find it is not . Often ,if they insist it is "French Champagne" and I suspect not , I ask to see the bottle ! United Airlines is a good example of this issue .

 

[DrJ]

I accept your clarification but i have been forced to ask - Is this "French Champagne" on so many flights when offered a glass of prepoured "champagne" only to find it is not . Often ,if they insist it is "French Champagne" and I suspect not , I ask to see the bottle ! United Airlines is a good example of this issue .

Oh I agree 100%, just the inner wine snob escaping its cage for a second

Don't get me started on the number of times I have asked for a neat whisky and it has come with ice

 

[henrus]

Any changes to Australia to NZ offerings ?

Drinks menu Trans Tasman matches international business with things like champagne and four pillars gin loaded like any other long haul. Problem is with a lack of menu many don’t realise they actually exist.

 

[ozflier]

Drinks menu Trans Tasman matches international business with things like champagne and four pillars gin loaded like any other long haul. Problem is with a lack of menu many don’t realise they actually exist.

Thank you. Have several flights SYD-WLG-SYD and vv and BNE-CHC-BNE in next month or so . Looking forward to them now.

 

[DrJ]

Drinks menu Trans Tasman matches international business with things like champagne and four pillars gin loaded like any other long haul. Problem is with a lack of menu many don’t realise they actually exist.

Yeah the obstinate lack of printed menus on TT (and PER flights) since covid is a real shame, surely can't cost them much, and adds a much more "premium" feel to things...

 

[DrJ]

QF648 PER-SYD Thurs Oct 24 332 VH-EBC sched dep 1135 actual pushback 1207 (delayed inbound from MEL) takeoff 1218 (unusually on 24)

No QF34 today sadly but happy to be on the one widebody of the day to SYD. Very good service by CSM Karen and FAs Jodie and Dorothy.

No PDBs but there was at least a bottle of water on the seat. Prompt jacket hanging.

Pre lunch drink of Credaro Kinship chardonnay with the usual Santos accompaniments. Very pleased to see this wine in J for the first time (for me) since covid, one of my favourite Margs wineries not far from Yallingup, and this particular wine IMO punches way above its weight for its price point ($25 at Dan’s)


Had the beef brisket for lunch, would have appreciated a bit more meat but what was there was tender and very tasty, excellent for an inflight offering. Smoked salmon salad on the side, good but more fish would have given it a higher mark. The other possibilities today were a chicken salad and a pork curry of some description.

Tasted the Saint and Scholar ADL Hills Pinot Noir ($30 at Dan’s, the only red on the menu today) - pleasantly drinkable without the acidity and/or aftertastes that lower tier Pinots are often beset by, but was not the equal of the Credaro Chardonnay, so had more of this. Counter- intuitively this actually went very well with the brisket.


Maggie’s ice cream was again the sole dessert option, cheese platters remaining the preserve of Int flights only. Happy to see the dessert wine from last week’s BNE flight, a pleasure to sample this again.

Made up some time en route but this was negated by typical congestion at SYD, arrived 30 minutes late.

 

[Rangalad]

Drinks menu Trans Tasman matches international business with things like champagne and four pillars gin loaded like any other long haul. Problem is with a lack of menu many don’t realise they actually exist.

This is a welcome change.
My past three flights ex NZ was advised no spirits loaded.

 

[henrus]

My past three flights ex NZ was advised no spirits loaded.

Well if they are saying no spirits loaded that's a difference story but I've been on a few TT 737 flights this year and spirits including four pillars are on offer.

 

[Cloud9]

QF35 today was fairly decent.
Dumplings and kimchi starter was good when it came out. Only had Neil's greens before turbulence put the cart away for a bit.

The snapper and scallops main was actually pretty stand out. Not often you'll hear me say that about anything on a plane, let alone fish.

Service in the cabin was topper. CSM Ian (big shout out) and his colleagues kept my cognac and pinot noir (I was surprised to be honest, don't often see one on QF J) topped up the whole way - kept dozing off and waking to find a full set of glasses.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Yeah, the snapper is popular! It had run out by the time they got to me the other day! Interesting as IIRC so,done upthread said the snapper wasn’t good! It all depends on the variables on the day!

 

[Flyfrequently]

Yeah, the snapper is popular! It had run out by the time they got to me the other day! Interesting as IIRC so,done upthread said the snapper wasn’t good! It all depends on the variables on the day!

My snapper on QF35 or 36 recently was quite dry but the scallops were excellent @MEL_Traveller
As you say, can vary on the day.
I would choose it again though.

 

[LinaLee]

QF35 26 Oct 24. Due to the interrupted service from turbulence, food ended up a bit overdone but still edible. CSM Ian was very attentive and crew was walking up and down to make sure top ups and after meal service attention.

 

[sudoer]

@LinaLee @Cloud9 sounds like you were both on the same flight !