Virgin Australia Business Class - Meals, Menus & Service

[drewbles]

New J menu transcontinental. This was out of Perth - slow cooked beef. Was absolutely wonderful. Went very well with the new Temperanillo red.

The olive oil and dukkah is back.

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Agreed. The braised beef was stunning. Enough fat in it to melt in your mouth, and the temp is a welcome addition to the list. They have had temp's on the red list in the past. It's a nice chewy red. Goes great!

The salad on the wesbound starter (harrissa spiced chicken) was also amazing. Took photos of that so I can replicate it at home!

I had the hot-smoked trout, which was so/so. The beef was the winner!

 

[LiamR]

I was quite happy with my breakfast on MEL-CBR Wednesday morning, 7 herb Scrambled Egg and Bacon wrap with tomato with fruit salad. Not bad for a flight with less than an hour airtime.

 

[Lowjhg]

Forgot to post this, ham and cheese croissant. CBR-MEL morning snack.

 

[quick_dry]

thank LiamR and Lowjhg - great timing, I was wondering what I'd be receiving tomorrow

 

[quick_dry]

Did CBR-MEL, MEL-BNE, BNE-MEL, MEL-CBR yesterday


Pictured:
CBR-MEL - scrambled egg and bacon wrap. Quite tasty, but the highlight was the mango in the fruit bowl. It looks the same as LiamR's minus the tomato.
MEL-BNE - forgot to photo - looked ordinary, tasted ordinary
BNE-MEL - pumpkin, ricotta (sweet potato?) and sun dried tomato. Passionfruit Greek yoghurt. Quite enjoyable
MEL-CBR - beef pie. Lots of shredded beef. A bit of a rush to get everything served and back in on a 42 minute flight., but good.

I didn't take a photo of the MEL-BNE meal, it was some sausage with french toast. In hindsight I should have gone for the vegetarian option there - the sausage, mushrooms and bacon were OK but the toast part looked like a dish sponge and tasted pretty oridnary. If I could've had the pie or the pumpkin+ricotta with the fruit bowl from the first one it would've been the best meal of the day.

 

[MarkD]

The last lot look alright, 10 points for the first airline to actually put Healthy as well as Tasty food on a flight
I dont partake in much food these days, as I am trying to reduce my girth.

 

[pwae]

Did SYD->PER on the 14th, Lunch meal.
Had the

• Starter: Sweet Corn, Ginger and Coconut Soup with Coriander (no photo)
• Main: Braised Chicken with Tomato Saffron Sauce, couscous and fine parsley
• Dessert: Apple and cherry crumble with creme patisserie

The soup was average, the main was quite nice and the dessert was more-ish.

 

[Boris spatsky]

Snack yesterday for 5pm departure - feta, onion and olive tart. Absolutely delicious. 10/10

Dinner for 7pm departure. Braised short rib with polenta. Short rib was not seasoned, nor was the polenta. Used all my salt up and still needed more. The green sauce (basil base) did not add to the flavour at all. 5/10 dessert of the two luke mangan choc coated macadamias was disappointing.

 

[DeKa]

Syd-BNE Friday - bean burrito


BNE-SYD yesterday - Mediterranean chicken

 

[dk4]

Did SYD->PER on the 14th, Lunch...Main: Braised Chicken with Tomato Saffron Sauce...
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And here it is again, this time served up on a B737 as dinner (1.5hr scheduled service).
Interesting how the different crockery changes the way that it is arranged on the plate.

 

[under the radar]

And here it is again, this time served up on a B737 as dinner (1.5hr scheduled service).
Interesting how the different crockery changes the way that it is arranged on the plate.

i actually prefer the 'doggy' dish as it looks more in volume!!... i will never understand the 'posh' way of serving a minimal amount of food in an oversized plate (apparently this concept is called 'fine dining')!! to me it just looks like i've been 'cheated' out of a good serving!! :shock: ... if you want to 'fool' the general public into thinking they are getting 'value for money' ..put the same amount of food into/onto a smaller plate!! ...of course this doesnt apply to first class, as we all know frequent small servings on large crockery is part of the 'fine dining' experience!!

 

[Mackey]

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I'm more interested in the IDE in the background. What is it?

 

[pwae]

I'm more interested in the IDE in the background. What is it?

It's Sublime Text 2 running with a few plugin packges (Package Control, SublimeCodeIntel, SublimeLinter).
I'd link but i can't.. but a google for Sublime Text will point you to the right thing.

 

[Bolthead]

It's Sublime Text 2 running with a few plugin packges (Package Control, SublimeCodeIntel, SublimeLinter).
I'd link but i can't.. but a google for Sublime Text will point you to the right thing.

I'm more interested in the IDE in the background. What is it?

I had one of those once but the wheels fell off.....

 

[Deleted member 29185]

I must admit, I'm really at a loss to understand why everyone is interested in these ordinary meals that a few years ago were served up in Y.

One thing that I did think was noteworthy in a recent J trip was the choc coated macadamia nuts. Nice enough, but VA needs the "environmental vandal of the week award" for this shameless display of overpackaging. When they ask us to contribute to carbon offsets, (which I regularly do) and advertise their environmental leadership, I find it hollow cough when they serve up this waste..............

Here's my little photomontage of the nut unveiling.......

 

[serfty]

I must admit, I'm really at a loss to understand why everyone is interested in these ordinary meals that a few years ago were served up in Y.
...

I just pocket the unopened orange packet and deliver to SWMBO - Plenty of Brownie points in that ...

 

[pootle]

Had this too was delish!

I was quite happy with my breakfast on MEL-CBR Wednesday morning, 7 herb Scrambled Egg and had Bacon wrap with tomato with fruit salad. Not bad for a flight with less than an hour airtime. View attachment 13881

 

[Jousams]

i actually prefer the 'doggy' dish as it looks more in volume!!... i will never understand the 'posh' way of serving a minimal amount of food in an oversized plate (apparently this concept is called 'fine dining')!! to me it just looks like i've been 'cheated' out of a good serving!! :shock: ... if you want to 'fool' the general public into thinking they are getting 'value for money' ..put the same amount of food into/onto a smaller plate!! ...of course this doesnt apply to first class, as we all know frequent small servings on large crockery is part of the 'fine dining' experience!!

I also had this dish on a recent OOL-SYD flight. And even though I steer clear of most sugars and carbs(I.e cous cous & caramelized peppers) , the chicken was GREAT!

 

[Jousams]

Don't have a picture but on OOL-SYD last night had a duck & beef five spice pie.

If you ever get it as an option, I insist you try it. It was very good.

 

[Justinf]

Flew MEL-OOL-MEL today in J.
Sloppy boarding service in MEL. Was not greeted by name. In fact I wasn't even greeted. Just a 'thanks' when I showed the male FA my BP. No offer of pre-flight drink. No offer of newspaper. Nothing. Pretty pathetic. Wasn't even acknowledged until after takeoff.
Once airborne, the CSM was quite good. I was in 1F with another in 1A and row 2 full. The CSm cam up to me first and asked if I would like a drink to start with. I gladly said yes and he fixed it for me immediately and delivered it before even asking anyone else. Was a rapid improvement, but I wonder why I got the special treatment, especially as Luke Darcy (former AFL footballer and now commentator) was in 2F and would probbaly havbe platinum status compared to my gold. Anyway, Seamus, the CSM made sure my drink was always topped up. Couldn't fault the service after take-off.
Lunch service was cough. Prawn linguini, but only one prawn and a couple of 'slices' of what I think was calamari. Very, very ordinary meal. Load was 6/8 in J and it included the biggest ****head of a 6-year-old kid I have ever heard. The mother was a piece of work and let him run amok. Thank god for my Bose QC15 headphones.

Return trip was on a different stratosphere. Greeted by name by the wonderful Anne who said "Oh great, you're up the front with me". Great start.
Offered a choice of water or a mocktail. Chose the mocktail. Was lovely. After take off asked what I would like to drink. Chose a Bundy & Cola and the pie for the snack service. It was very nice. A bit soft, but it was more fulfilling than the lunch meal.

Load was 2/8 in J and once I'd polihsed off the pie, Anne insisted I try the pumpkin, fetta and bean salad. I was full, but agreed. Was regularly topped up with water and red wine. My glass was not allowed to get one-third empty before the wonderful Anne (who I will be giving positive feedback on) topped it up. The salad was also very nice and I found it more satisfying and of a better quality than the lunch meal. After this 2nd 'snack' Anne offered me anything from the regular Y menue. Peanuts, ships, pretzels. She also offered me a sandwich! God no. I was full to the brim, but a wonderful gesture.

So it really is a lottery on VA lately. Overall, the service was pretty good and I can't complain.