Qantas domestic economy meals

[CorporateFlyerMEL]

no pics, QF417 SYD - MEL breakfast - ham and spinach/cheese quiche or vegie burger with mushroom, cheese, tomato, hot and cold drinks, all done nicely on full flight of 1 hour

 

[Quercus]

Flew Melbourne - Perth in recent days, fortunately on a rare a330 service. Unfortunately the food options were the exact same as my return flights in May. ‘Southern’ beef casserole with veg or a chicken pasta salad. It was bad enough having the exact same options on the flight home in May but already preparing myself for the same this time around. Didn’t get a thing of cheese and crackers either.

Would it be so hard to have a few more Asian inspired dishes on domestic economy like they do for international? Some noodles or a stir fry/curry and rice is much much more appealing than ‘American style’ casserole slop and veg. Obviously going back to the days of a choice of two hot meals with sides would be even better!

 

[ole nimeton]

Sydney to Adelaide last Friday on QF737. The flight took off a bit before midday with 'morning tea' of granola slice and tea/coffee/soft drinks served at 12:30pm. Arrived into Adelaide at 1:30pm (2pm AEST) more than ready for lunch. Hadn't really had anything since breakfast except a few pastries in the lounge which was also on limited offerings, transitioning between breakfast and lunch.

 

[cosi]

Perth-Broome QF1652 ETD 07:30am



Very tasty - I enjoyed.

 

[HirafuHeartAttack]

QF578 and QF579 Sydney - Hamilton Island return.
Only thing served on both flights was somehow simultaneously dry and far too moist vegetable fritters. No other options.
Certainly was a crashing back to reality on the flight home after a weekend on Hayman Island.

 

[moa999]

QF485 SYD-MEL 20/08
"Focaccia" (wet towel in a box, similar texture)

Vino was disgusting.

Same serving of the Handmade FoodCo
"Portugese chicken ciabatta with mango lime jam"

On QF494 MEL-SYD 8pm on 28/9

Actually thought the chicken was OK tasting, though a high bread ratio.
Agree that cab sav is poor.

 

[aleks12345]

QF924 SYD to CNS 15:35 flight in Y.
Food item served was a butter chicken puff, or mozzarella cauliflower bites was available (upon request) as an GF/non-meat option. A dark chocolate Lindt ball was offered for desert.

The butter chicken puff was hot, flakey and had good flavour. The mozzarella cauliflower bites however were soggy, salty and lacked flavour.

For a 3+ hour flight though, I wish the food provided in Y was a bit more substantial.

The food offering in the Qantas club lounge in SYD was poor that day, with the hot meal being a sweet sour chicken which looked fluro-red in colour; which both myself and my friend couldn't stomach. The lentil soup offered that day was ok.

Also, why doesn't qantas make proper Y meals (e.g. stir-fries, curries etc) rather than overly- processed foods by external suppliers? I'm guessing using external suppliers and promising them "great brand exposure" allows them to source the food cheaper than making in-house?

Plane was pretty dirty also, with crumbs on seat/floor on arrival, in the hand luggage bins, and even smudges on the flip-out entertainment screens.

Seems like the Y meals/ product is not really improving (at least domestically) under Hudsons tenure.

Wish Hudson would spend bit more on food rather than likely millions hiring models/celebrities for advertising campaigns. <link>