Qantas First Class menus

[cpatters]

Thanks RichardMEL.........do you have the wine list you could also post?

 

[RichardMEL]

Thanks RichardMEL.........do you have the wine list you could also post?

Champ was indeed LGD - 2006 (2004 appears to have run out)

 

[cpatters]

Fantastic thanks mate!

 

[RichardMEL]

QF94 LAX-MEL Sep 2016

note: Champ on my flight was the Taittinger, not the LGD

 

[Kangol]

Thanks for posting. Interesting of the similarity in ex-Oz catering despite different markets. Good to see they have the Old Block, more often than not they have poor reds in F.

 

[Princess Fiona]

QF9 DXB-LHR

Wine list (same on both sectors)

Breakfast MEL-DXB (failed to upload on last post)

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Odd choice that both MEL-DXB and DXB-LHR have roast rack of lamb. I'd have expected some variety in the protein and cooking style.

 

[Princess Fiona]

Odd choice that both MEL-DXB and DXB-LHR have roast rack of lamb. I'd have expected some variety in the protein and cooking style.

Agree, didn't really bother me as I've never eaten a rack of lamb in my life and never intend to.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Roast rack of lamb MEL-LAX Tue 20th also - Keka get the gig designing menus did he?

 

[RichardMEL]

And not all the "* item available throughout the flight" have disappeared?

does this mean if I wake up 10 hours in and it's 3 hours till brekky that I can't order a steak sanga?

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Menu from 93 MEL-LAX Tue 20th:



And:



Champes was Comtes - I love Comtes:



And the reds:



So so what can I say about the food - let's see - Caviar tartlet would fit in corner of your eye - thrice cooked croquette - soup was delicious - lamb tasty but elegant proportion - beans on plate pumpkin and sweet potato together in side bowl - really - 2 red veggies together in same bowl? Salad consisted iceberg lettuce chopped up and nothing else - oh except for the vinegarette. For dessert I chose the Maggie Beer ice cream and crepe - why on earth would you serve crepes cold?

As for the wines - Champs excellent obviously - reds disappointing- Obsidian just way too young - the Ferngrove just ordinary.

Now as for brekky best I can say is pot of English Breakfast tea lovely - bowl of fruit tasted like it was cut up last week - scrambled eggs inedible.

 

[boomy]

None of the whites or reds look outstanding. Looking at the positive at least the champagne didn't run out early.

 

[TheRealTMA]

Food looked a little ordinary but, yes, the wines don't even get close to First class wines on other airlines. Eden Road is a whole $23. Surely they could have done better with at least an aged Xanadu or something worthy.

Such a pity QF don't value their F product passengers. Too many staff freeloaders and upgrades who don't complain do you think?

 

[Ewing]

Menu from 93 MEL-LAX Tue 20th:.

Lots of overlap with business. The only items that aren't shared with J are the canapes, kingfish, beef pho, blue eye, the lamb, and the steak sandwich.

I miss the days when the meal service in F was special.

 

[Comoman]

Food looked a little ordinary but, yes, the wines don't even get close to First class wines on other airlines. Eden Road is a whole $23. Surely they could have done better with at least an aged Xanadu or something worthy.

Such a pity QF don't value their F product passengers. Too many staff freeloaders and upgrades who don't complain do you think?

Agreed - here is the SQ first class wines from last month as an interesting comparison:



The food was also very good - very different from SQ J (which in itself it more than acceptable).

 

[RichardMEL]

EK wine list is usually top notch, though SQ wins on the multiple bubbles count

 

[boomy]

Agreed - here is the SQ first class wines from last month as an interesting comparison:

To be fair the O'riada is not premium and can be found at times in QF J/F and also in the F lounge.

I noticed SQ have Penfolds RWT listed on some of their menus but was told by the CSM they rarely actually have it onboard.

 

[TheRealTMA]

Looking fwd to our EK F BNE GLA on Saturday. Coincidentally earlier today I was checking out the menus...

Wines: Wines | Dining | The Emirates Experience | Emirates Australia

Food: http://cdn.ek.aero/downloads/ek/pdf...5-AKLBNEDXB-F-27B_A380.pdf?h=88d3ccdecc31e580

The Hennessy Paradis, Glenfiddich 21 year old Scotch and Taylors 40 yo port are very attractive for a 14 hr flight

 

[RichardMEL]

to be fair SQ also offered VB as the premium beer on MEL-SIN in F. I kid you not. I'll have to dig out the menu

 

[Cruiser Elite]

None of the whites or reds look outstanding. Looking at the positive at least the champagne didn't run out early.

Clarification - post take off I thought I would die of thirst before the 'post take off' Champers arrived - little known fact is that quality Champs in close vicinity to my seat has a habit of dissipating into thin air - wait time to replenish seemed liked an eternity - try +10 mins consistently - yep I fully understand it ain't all about me (I do have 10 sisters) - but +10 mins?

And TBH all I have to compare to is SQ R/F - I do not want this to appear like a QF v SQ post - certainly not my intent - recently SQ F FRA-SIN listed both RWT and O'Riada on wine list - RWT was not loaded. O'Riada is OK - F quality - nah - nor was the St Hallet Blackwell Shiraz that SQ served for some time. Back to QF - I have some 2012 Obsidian in my cellar - tried one bott - seriously seriously good - way better then the 2013 I had other day - but it too is way too young.

Heres the thing - QF / SQ / EK whoever crow about a 'World Class Wine Selection Panel' - give me a break - these clowns either seriously test wines after a very very very long lunch or airlines are penny pinching - I am confused.