Domestic Qantas Club and Business Lounges

[Jkyn]

In the BNE business lounge right now and the offering is "Spiced beef, rice and baked beans" with corn chips. You are kidding me right? This is about the 3rd or 4th time that I have seen it.

In BNE J lounge right now and I think this has been recycled today you obviously didn't eat enough yesterday!!! Lol

Know you have been traveling way too much when you can't even look at the food on offer even in the J lounge and you head straight for the bar.




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[markis10]

The part you have quoted although in the posters post was clearly not part of the comment from straitman.

I was not referencing Straitmans reply, just trying to work out how you could read the OP as saying many like curry when I read it as the opposite :shock:, hence my unanswered question.

 

[medhead]

South America, or perhaps central, doesn't like curry. They like chilli. Spicy beef, rice and corn chips sounds rather Mexican like, so not curry then.


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[JohnK]

Australia, Europe/UK, Asia including China and Japan, the Indian subcontinent, Africa - hardly a small part of the world.

Don't think there's much in the way of curries in North and South America, though.

Majority of Europe do not use curry. Most in Asia do not eat curry as regularly as you think especially Chinese. I am not convinced that curry is a staple part of African cuisine either.

As far as I know India is the only place that uses curry regularly. And with that we are down to a small part of the world.

John - since all available food choices seem to be unsatisfactory to you, why don't you just bring your own from home? That'll leave more for the rest of us to enjoy.

There was nothing wrong with the Argentinian slow cooked beef, the chicken wings, the lamb, the beef in black bean yesterday and some sort of beef with oyster sauce and vegetables, real meat/party pies (not pretend gourmet).

Curry every day and curry on board most times is extremely boring. Maybe once a month and at best once a week. Curry every day? Please.

 

[Mal]

Love a good curry. Currently by myself, so out of my simple set 100% of the population like curry.

Lol.

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[dfcatch]

Love a good curry. Currently by myself, so out of my simple set 100% of the population like curry.

Lol.

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See I'm with you Mal - I just get sick of it of it's all the time.

 

[ajw373]

I was not referencing Straitmans reply, just trying to work out how you could read the OP as saying many like curry when I read it as the opposite :shock:, hence my unanswered question.

This was the comment "Personally I hate curry but let's not cloud my preference with reality." The very last part of that comment acknowledges that many do like curry. Very simple English.

 

[opusman]

As far as I know India is the only place that uses curry regularly. And with that we are down to a small part of the world.

Even if India were the only country in the whole world that likes curry, it still represents nearly a sixth of the total world population. I fail to see how that can be described as a small minority :?:

 

[Nigelinoz]

As a former chef of over 22 years experience I can say quite categorically that India is only one of many cultures who use and eat curry regularly,there are Chinese curries,Japanese curries,Thai curries,Burmese curries,Vietnamese curries,you can even find curried goat in the Caribbean.
So it's not just in India.
However I completely agree with John K when he says that not everyone likes or enjoys curry and the fact that John himself is not a fan of curry is no ones business but
his,and getting back to the topic of the thread I totally agree that having the same food being served in the lounges regularly is not the best and whoever is in charge
of organizing the menu needs to remember that variety is the spice of life.
And to John K let me offer an invitation-if you are ever down ABX way call in and I will make you a curry which may change your opinion -my version of a Lamb Kofta.
Cheers
N'oz

 

[oz_mark]

However I completely agree with John K when he says that not everyone likes or enjoys curry and the fact that John himself is not a fan of curry is no ones business but
his,and getting back to the topic of the thread I totally agree that having the same food being served in the lounges regularly is not the best and whoever is in charge
of organizing the menu needs to remember that variety is the spice of life.

One thing about curries though, is that they can be used to hide the fact that cheap cuts of meat have been used. They also are better at sitting around in a warmer than a lot of other things.

I think it is always going to be difficult catering to the very frequent traveller. Heck, I bet some even get sick of party pies after seeing them for umpteen days in a row!

 

[Kangol]

One thing about curries though, is that they can be used to hide the fact that cheap cuts of meat have been used. They also are better at sitting around in a warmer than a lot of other things.

I think it is always going to be difficult catering to the very frequent traveller. Heck, I bet some even get sick of party pies after seeing them for umpteen days in a row!

I have never seen a party pie in the QP or J lounge before.. are there certain times that they are served? Have been looking for the NPPP on my last few visits to the J Lounge (both day and night), much to no avail...

 

[JohnK]

Even if India were the only country in the whole world that likes curry, it still represents nearly a sixth of the total world population. I fail to see how that can be described as a small minority :?:

Almost 1/6 is <15%. That is a small minority.

Even Indians do not eat curry every day and yet Qantas sees fit to have curries in the lounges and on board the majority of the time. Very sad indeed....

 

[medhead]

Almost 1/6 is <15%. That is a small minority.

Even Indians do not eat curry every day and yet Qantas sees fit to have curries in the lounges and on board the majority of the time. Very sad indeed....

Its actually a large minority, roughly 1/3 of the minority; pretty large. But, of course, we need to include the entire subcontinent not just India, plus Sri Lanka and a big part of SE Asia. The UK is also into curry and even have their own curry that they invented. Then there is Mexico to consider, not curry but chilli based spicy food.

While they might not eat curry every day, they would eat spice food everyday. But then my wife did exchange in Thailand and she says they had curry 6 days out of 7.

 

[straitman]

Small data point.

Population of India plus the population of Pakistan (which was partitioned from India in 1947) is just on 20% of the world population. A little more than a small minority.

 

[straitman]

Traveling through Delhi in January we found there are other food options than curry!

 

[ajp001]

2. Have you never tried the island dining?

I think that Island dining is a thing of the past, I haven't seen it in Sydney for quite a while, shame though, I enjoyed the open smoked fish sandwiches.

The barristers in J make a mean coffee too.

Selection of hot foods is a little better in the J lounge, especially breakfast. Although last week in Syd QP had nachos J had curried sausage or something, One of the staff brought someone a serve of Nachos from QP into J and I heard quite a lot of people asking 'when the nachos had run out' and one father complaining to his daughter, 'they are here to serve you, ask them to go and get us some also'.

In Canberra I think that the QP lounge is more roomy than J.

In Syd T3 QP has a better view than either T2 QP or J

 

[medhead]

Small data point.

Population of India plus the population of Pakistan (which was partitioned from India in 1947) is just on 20% of the world population. A little more than a small minority.

Name one other minority in terms on curry consumption that is greater than 20%. I'll say it again 20% is a large minority in terms of national curry consumption behaviour. One fifth of the worlds population is a large sub-group even if still in the minority! It is laughable that anyone can think this is a small minority.

 

[medhead]

I think that Island dining is a thing of the past, I haven't seen it in Sydney for quite a while

It was there last Thursday. I suppose that is in the past

 

[ajp001]

I have never seen a party pie in the QP or J lounge before.. are there certain times that they are served? Have been looking for the NPPP on my last few visits to the J Lounge (both day and night), much to no avail...

Party pies (chicken & leek, or beef) often served in Syd QP and J around 5:00PM along with a yummy ciabata bread with sundried tomato, eggplant etc in J lounge (not QP)

 

[Hvr]

Party pies (chicken & leek, or beef) often served in Syd QP and J around 5:00PM along with a yummy ciabata bread with sundried tomato, eggplant etc in J lounge (not QP)

Funnily enough the party pies I have seen recently have come with a very big bill.

They were duck pies.