Virgin Australia Business Class - Meals, Menus & Service

[Jousams]

I had this for lunch from BNE to MEL on Friday. The beef component was nice but I found the duck pieces inedible. The soy beans on top was a bit of a strange one, I would have preferred the mushy peas from a couple of months back.

'The duck pieces' are actually mushroom.
The duck and beef is quite indistinguishable

 

[bcworld]

The duck and beef is quite indistinguishable

Yeah, I was a bit confused by the comment about the duck. To be honest if it had just been called a beef or steak pie I'd be none the wiser that there may be any duck in there!

 

[oz_mark]

Yeah, I was a bit confused by the comment about the duck. To be honest if it had just been called a beef or steak pie I'd be none the wiser that there may be any duck in there!

Same here. I enjoyed the pie, but would have been hard pressed to point out any duck.

 

[DGW]

'The duck pieces' are actually mushroom.
The duck and beef is quite indistinguishable

Mmmm interesting, perhaps you're right. I definitely had a couple of longish pieces of rubbery, fatty meat which I assumed was duck but perhaps it was simply some beef offcuts that had slipped through.

 

[hgwells01]

NTL - MEL toasted veggie foccacia which hubby said was tasty and a couple of fat yak beers, I had the Harissa Chicken salad which was quite spicy but served with cucumber and mint and radish and a lime dressing, was good, but horror, no cheese plate! New wines on offer and the white was good a Pinot grigo I think, and orange cake for dessert, the recipe where you boil the oranges and then make an orange syrup and pour it over to make it lovely and moist. All good but not as good as that chicken curry last month, man I'd pay for a serve of that again.

 

[Deleted member 29185]

but horror, no cheese plate!

I've had the cheese plate twice recently, and enjoyed it both times.

 

[JessicaTam]

NTL - MLB toasted veggie foccacia which hubby said was tasty and a couple of fat yak beers, I had the Harissa Chicken salad which was quite spicy but served with cucumber and mint and radish and a lime dressing, was good, but horror, no cheese plate! New wines on offer and the white was good a Pinot grigo I think, and orange cake for dessert, the recipe where you boil the oranges and then make an orange syrup and pour it over to make it lovely and moist. All good but not as good as that chicken curry last month, man I'd pay for a serve of that again.

Not much to eat for a flight to Florida!

 

[anna2103]

hi i am flying canberra to brisbane in J leaving at 5.25. assume this is the snack service which is only a cheese plate is this correct? can you order anything else from the'menu and do you have to pay for it first time in J on virgin. thanks for the help

 

[jazza1971]

hi i am flying canberra to brisbane in J leaving at 5.25. assume this is the snack service which is only a cheese plate is this correct? can you order anything else from the'menu and do you have to pay for it first time in J on virgin. thanks for the help

After 5pm is dinner now I'm fairly sure, and in J if I ever wanted stuff from down the back I've never paid.

 

[hgwells01]

Not much to eat for a flight to Florida!

Oh forgot to say was the first Virgin Gallatic flight, only time for a quick snack lol

 

[hgwells01]

And for the flight back today, Salmon with dill and mashed potatoes with a salad and the orange cake again, just had a mocktail as I'm wined out ATM. Salmon was moist and not overcooked and the FA Brett who I've seen a few times in the last month was charming and efficient.

 

[goingboeing]

Overheard the best line so far from a J pax the other day.... "What's all this Luke Mangan about - who's that?"

 

[DGW]

And for the flight back today, Salmon with dill and mashed potatoes with a salad and the orange cake again

I had this MEL-CNS today, no sign of a salad though. The flight was one of the better J experiences I've had lately.

Edit: No idea what I've done to make the pic appear twice, apologies.

 

[dandandan]

Had this same meal yesterday, MEL-SYD, very nice J meal I thought.

I had this MEL-CNS today, no sign of a salad though. The flight was one of the better J experiences I've had lately.

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[toowongman]

BNE to MEL last night.
Malaysian spicy chicken (I can't remember what they called it). It smelled really good however the actual chicken was almost undercooked, ms. t said I should leave it. Chicken is on the bone so you have to exercise great restraint in trying to cut some off - and the spices were terribly strong. Sad wilted salad, and no real dessert. Fail.



Rigatoni pasta with gorgonzola cheese, very very nice. Otherwise same sad salad etc. 8/10 for the pasta, the rest is fail.

 

[smit0847]

I had this MEL-CNS today, no sign of a salad though. The flight was one of the better J experiences I've had lately.

Edit: No idea what I've done to make the pic appear twice, apologies.

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Is that all you get for a 3.5 hour flight?!? They charge $1000+ for this?!?

Shouldn't flights over 3 hours have courses rather than a piece of fish, a roll and a cake on the same tray?

 

[toowongman]

Is that all you get for a 3.5 hour flight?!? They charge $1000+ for this?!?

Shouldn't flights over 3 hours have courses rather than a piece of fish, a roll and a cake on the same tray?

You can have what you like from the Y cart as well. Snacktacular.

 

[smit0847]

You can have what you like from the Y cart as well. Snacktacular.

what, pringles and chocolate bars?

You can go MEL-HKG-MEL on CX Y+ for less than it would cost to go MEL-CNS-MEL on VA J can't you? I would have thought they would be comparable products in terms of seat comfort, f&b etc. Me thinks VA doesn't quite have the priicng right for this route.....

 

[bcworld]

and no real dessert.

I don't understand why the dinner service seems to have no dessert (other than Luke Mangan's balls) but the afternoon service does??

 

[DGW]

Is that all you get for a 3.5 hour flight?!? They charge $1000+ for this?!?

Shouldn't flights over 3 hours have courses rather than a piece of fish, a roll and a cake on the same tray?

You make a good point, fortunately I'd had breakfast at home and wasn't that hungry. It certainly didn't live up the promise of "a full three course dining experience" as detailed on the website.