Tale of 2 brekkies [or Qantas "Cafe" Breakfast Sucks!]

[dairyfloss]

Re: Qantas Cafe Breakfast

Yep it's interesting that a MEL-SYD J breakfast is better than a medium haul J breakfast.

Add SYD-BNE J to that as well... a quite good spinach frittata thing, complete with bacon and roasted tomatoes was had recently. Worlds apart from the un-ripened fruit and day-old pastries on many QFi J legs!

 

[RooFlyer]

Re: Qantas Cafe Breakfast

A week ago, coming back from SIN, I had the energiser, H&C croissant, and tea, and was asked if I wanted the fruit as well.

<snip>

Looks like I'll have to brush up on my 'smile at the FA etc' skills. Although when its before 6am at destination, after just a few hours medium haul sleep on a MK1 bed, I may be fated never to get the full café spread.

 

[Mr_Orange]

Re: Qantas Cafe Breakfast

A week ago, coming back from SIN, I had the energiser,

Ooops, I forgot about the energiser drink. I got that too.

 

[Pushka]

If they are going to wake me up 90 minutes on say a Sin-Mel length flight then it had better be more than a cold croissant and no hot drink.

 

[RooFlyer]

If they are going to wake me up 90 minutes on say a Sin-Mel length flight then it had better be more than a cold croissant and no hot drink.

RELAX!!! Its a warm croissant!

 

[EmilyHoward]

It would be great to know approx how many calories were in each meal item

EH

 

[Anna]

It would be great to know approx how many calories were in each meal item

EH

If it's a croissant I think I would rather not know

 

[YQY]

Qantas need arrival lounges at international airports, I prefer to get much sleep onboard as possible and then a shower/breakfast on arrival.

 

[Pushka]

Qantas need arrival lounges at international airports, I prefer to get much sleep onboard as possible and then a shower/breakfast on arrival.

I'm keener to get out of the airport and be done with all the immigration stuff. I don't usually eat brekkie but do like a hot drink.

RELAX!!! Its a warm croissant!

That's much better then. I'm thinking of the frozen rolls in economy. But is the butter frozen?

 

[RooFlyer]

I'm keener to get out of the airport and be done with all the immigration stuff. I don't usually eat brekkie but do like a hot drink.

That's much better then. I'm thinking of the frozen rolls in economy. But is the butter frozen?

It was a warm ham and cheese croissant, plonked down on the tray; tea/coffee/juice. That was it. (QF20 from MNL in March)

On a later flight it was the croissant or fruit slices; tea/coffee/juice . That was it. (QF36 from SIN late May)

 

[Pushka]

It was a warm ham and cheese croissant, plonked down on the tray; tea/coffee/juice. That was it. (QF20 from MNL in March)

On a later flight it was the croissant or fruit slices; tea/coffee/juice . That was it. (QF36 from SIN late May)

Nice enhancement that!

 

[Fruitcake]

From the AFR today, in an article about the expansion of select on Q-eat:
Advance-order menu takes off on Qantas flights

“Our customers have told us that they would like to maximise rest on their sleep on overnight sectors, so we have equally invested in dining options on the ground including the new *Qantas Singapore lounge,” Ms Webster told The Australian Financial Review.

"Qantas has investigated the possibility of introducing online breakfast selections but customers on overnight sectors told the airline breakfast was the most important meal.
“Given we know the majority of *customers would like a full breakfast, it doesn’t make sense to include this service in Select on Q-Eat,” she said.

So apparently breakfast is the most important meal and most customers would like to have a full breakfast. Yet QF's response is to serve a no-choice minimal breakfast because the lounge in SIN has good eating options? :-|

 

[Ansett]

From the AFR today, in an article about the expansion of select on Q-eat:
Advance-order menu takes off on Qantas flights



So apparently breakfast is the most important meal and most customers would like to have a full breakfast. Yet QF's response is to serve a no-choice minimal breakfast because the lounge in SIN has good eating options? :-|

The lounge in Singapore only has good eating eating options as long as you Like Asian Food. We could NOT get a meal without chillies in it the other day. My partner can not eat chillies and the last thing I want when flying is chilli burn in the area that I am seated

 

[docjames]

From the AFR today, in an article about the expansion of select on Q-eat:
Advance-order menu takes off on Qantas flights



So apparently breakfast is the most important meal and most customers would like to have a full breakfast. Yet QF's response is to serve a no-choice minimal breakfast because the lounge in SIN has good eating options? :-|

Time for the left hand to meet the right hand.....

 

[RooFlyer]

From the AFR today, in an article about the expansion of select on Q-eat:
Advance-order menu takes off on Qantas flights


So apparently breakfast is the most important meal and most customers would like to have a full breakfast. Yet QF's response is to serve a no-choice minimal breakfast because the lounge in SIN has good eating options? :-|

Just more Qantas spin.

Ho-hum.

 

[Pushka]

I'm going against the tide here, but I thought the ham and cheese croissant was really nice (and yes, I have eaten real ones in France) and I appreciated not being woken a couple of hours before landing just to get a larger breakfast. We had only eaten a small meal in the Singapore Lounge, (and very nice it was) and didn't eat any dinner on the plane.

 

[Ansett]

I'm going against the tide here, but I thought the ham and cheese croissant was really nice (and yes, I have eaten real ones in France) and I appreciated not being woken a couple of hours before landing just to get a larger breakfast. We had only eaten a small meal in the Singapore Lounge, (and very nice it was) and didn't eat any dinner on the plane.

Hi Pushka I understand you and others would like not to be disturbed for a larger breakfast however a significant number of people would like a full breakfast, self included, surely the easiest way would be to have the option, as it used to be, to have either the cafe style breakfast and leave me asleep or Yes please Full Breakfast and wake me earlier. It worked well before.

As the saying goes if it aint broke dont fix it. QF have an excellent record of fixing things that werent broke

 

[Pushka]

Hi Pushka I understand you and others would like not to be disturbed for a larger breakfast however a significant number of people would like a full breakfast, self included, surely the easiest way would be to have the option, as it used to be, to have either the cafe style breakfast and leave me asleep or Yes please Full Breakfast and wake me earlier. It worked well before.

As the saying goes if it aint broke dont fix it. QF have an excellent record of fixing things that werent broke

Sure. I'm not a big eater esp at breakfast time.

But, the issue I see now though is the cabin lights are going to have to go on to serve a full breakfast with hot liquids so there goes my chance to stay asleep. While you might say I can catch up on sleep later, I could reply that you can catch up on food later! So not sure the two are compatible.

Given the flight is less than 8 hours max duration and you've eaten at the club, eaten dinner on the plane, is it really necessary that five hours later people need a full breakfast? It isn't something that would happen at home.

 

[Anna]

I appreciated not being woken a couple of hours before landing just to get a larger breakfast.

I was on QF82 on 24 August and ok I didn't get woken up a couple of hours before landing but it was 1.75 hours before landing. For the extra 15 minutes sleep I got, I would rather have had a proper breakfast instead of the dried up croissant that made an enormous mess with flakes going everywhere.

 

[Pushka]

I was on QF82 on 24 August and ok I didn't get woken up a couple of hours before landing but it was 1.75 hours before landing. For the extra 15 minutes sleep I got, I would rather have had a proper breakfast instead of the dried up croissant that made an enormous mess with flakes going everywhere.

Thats unfortunate. I guess that is a crew thing. We were on a flight in August and were only awoken 45 minutes to landing. If the reason they've introduced the light breakfast is to ensure a longer sleep then that is what the crew should stick to.