Spice bar at Melbourne Qantas Domestic Business Lounge

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With the whole Spice Bar theme I wish they just did Hot’n’Spicy chicken, chips and gravy .
I should just bring a KFC box meal into the lounge and put it on a ceramic plate.
Imagine the horror look from lounge attendants.

 

[Daver6]

With the whole Spice Bar theme I wish they just did Hot’n’Spicy chicken, chips and gravy .
I should just bring a KFC box meal into the lounge and put it on a ceramic plate.
Imagine the horror look from lounge attendants.

I've taken Hungry Jacks into the lounge there. Didn't think about plating it though.

 

[sudoer]

Hot’n’Spicy chicken

Yes please - out with Neil and in with the Colonel.

 

[KSC]

I've taken Hungry Jacks into the lounge there. Didn't think about plating it though.

I’m sure some would be envious if you had it on the plate. People thinking ‘where are those burgers’.

 

[RichardMEL]

I’m sure some would be envious if you had it on the plate. People thinking ‘where are those burgers’.

"Oh, I had them brought in from the CL" ....

 

[KSC]

"Oh, I had them brought in from the CL" ....

So you just like sitting with the ‘regular’ people .

 

[Kerrodt]

Todays menu, neither much chop
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Salty but also bland
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Watery, insipid Lusaka
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That pork dish does not look appetising at all. The mince/meat looks like it has been boiled and the red sauce on top looks like a drizzle of Sriracha Sauce. Presentation 0/10.

 

[elanshin]

Yes please - out with Neil and in with the Colonel.

I wouldn't mind some properly fried KFC by a cook. Best KFC i had was at Jewel Changi. That rivalled top tier korean fried chicken joints.

 

[wannabeinvestmentbanker]

I wasn’t a fan of the pork either and in the midst of eating the pork they removed all the other options which included the curry with poppadum. The crispy noodles are an odd choice and tough to eat.

It’s sad I’m actually preferring the Syd slop of late to MEL

 

[cpatters]

What's on offer this week??

 

[wannabeinvestmentbanker]

Was a chicken dish with beans and a spicy sauce or tofu and noodles…chicken was ok and tofu looked too saucy with a white shirt like the laksa.

I have started dropping into the sushi place downstairs periodically.

 

[Ade]

Spice bar dinner today - went with the vego option. Spruced it up with picked ginger and fried onions. Can have once.

 

[Mattg]

The spice bar menu has been the same on my last three visits to this lounge: Lions head meatballs or spicy yuxiang style eggplant with wood ear mushroom.

This is the eggplant dish:

 

[Austman]

The spice bar menu has been the same on my last three visits to this lounge: Lions head meatballs or spicy yuxiang style eggplant with wood ear mushroom.

This is the eggplant dish:

And here is the Lions head meatballs:

 

[servicerequired]

And here is the Lions head meatballs:

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Yep, rinse and repeat ...

 

[KSC]

I wouldn't mind some properly fried KFC by a cook. Best KFC i had was at Jewel Changi. That rivalled top tier korean fried chicken joints.

When I was much younger I did work at KFC. Now whenever I go in Australia, I can tell 95% of the time they don't follow the proper procedure to ensure a properly prepared product. For example some of the chicken comes out pale in color indicates they did not stir the fryer oil.

Allot of the time the Zinger breasts are not double coated, by the cook which is noticeable with thin zinger coating. Kills me when Hot and Spicy makes an appearance and they don't double bread.

If they offered me the challenge "Why don't you go back in the kitchen and do it better", I would accept the challenge .

 

[Beano]

Seeing we are on the subject of food, have you noticed that the knives in the lounges are blunt. Not just blunt but almost as if the edges had been ground flat. They won't even cut the beetroot slices!

 

[AIRwin]

When I was much younger I did work at KFC.

Inspiration for your AFF handle?

 

[Berlin]

Ha- I have the same, just that I used to work at Meccas. It brings me to tears when they don’t close the bags according to “standards” as McDonald’s calls it or they mess up a standard burger.

 

[Franky]

Seeing we are on the subject of food, have you noticed that the knives in the lounges are blunt. Not just blunt but almost as if the edges had been ground flat. They won't even cut the beetroot slices!

Not just in the lounges, I have eaten in a couple of public restaurants in the past few days, and all the knives needed a run thru the sharpener...