Meals on Qantas Tokyo Flight

[Renato1]

I'm flying off Friday on an Economy Award flight, leaving at 9.10am for a 10.25 hour flight to Tokyo - which means arriving in Tokyo at 6.35pm (7.35pm at Melbourne time).

Today, I got an email to do my pre-order meal selection, and went to do it - only to find that lunch is the only meal available for selection.

That doesn't seem like much food for a 10 hr 25minute flight to me - and the lunch meals offered weren't much.
We picked the chicken salad over the braised pork belly (who wants to eat fat?) and steamed fish with mashed sweet potato (eeek - what's wrong with regular potato?).

Is the idea to have ravenous passengers get off the flight?

Anyhow - I've just bought packets of beef jerky, peanut bars. and Le Snack cheese and crackers to offset the hunger pangs.

So, it was indeed fortunate I got the e-mail about meal selection today.
Regards,
Renato

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Lunch might be the only meal available for pre-order, but I'm pretty sure you will get a second (non-pre-order) choice of arrival snack.

 

[TomVexille]

I think you'll find that they also serve a "refreshment" as well.

And pork belly is among the most delicious things on this planet (although I'll concede that it might not be in a Y meal).

 

[GoldCanyon340]

I'm reporting this thread to the Sweet Potato Appreciation Society

You'll get a second meal or snack near arrival, probably about 2 hours out.

 

[love_the_life]

Have been on daylight flights to Tokyo in Y and yes there is a meal plus a refreshment served. I certainly was not hungry when I got off the plane, And sweet potato is yum! Though not convinced on the fish in Y.

 

[akabilly]

Just did this flight in April and as others have mentioned you get an additional small meal before landing

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

(O/T
If you haven't been to Tokyo before, you can go and have a look see for whats available in the on the Youtube videos, to see all the different types of foods, in the different areas in the Tokyo CBD.
By the time you get to the Tokyo CBD, if thats your final destination, at 8pm, you would surely still be able to find food outlets still open.
Even if you are not full or hungry on arrival, there is space in the tum to snack on arrival.
Granted I haven't been to Tokyo yet, but when its my time comes to visit Tokyo, even if QF or JL or NH or CX do not over feed me, I will trying a lot of the street foods in the stalls around Tokyo CBD and its zones.

 

[Renato1]

Lunch might be the only meal available for pre-order, but I'm pretty sure you will get a second (non-pre-order) choice of arrival snack.

Thanks - but I think such snacks are usually insubstantial.
It would probably just make me hungrier and make me devour my beef jerky.
Might make some other passengers envious.
Cheers,
Renato

I think you'll find that they also serve a "refreshment" as well.

And pork belly is among the most delicious things on this planet (although I'll concede that it might not be in a Y meal).

Thanks. I had the misfortune of picking the pork belly when I flew Business with Jetstar last year. It was really hard cutting the individual layers of very thin meat from the layers of fat. I know that mahy people such as yourself love it. But my wife and I just can't handle it - I put it in the same sort of food category as chicken feet.
Cheers,
Renato

I'm reporting this thread to the Sweet Potato Appreciation Society

You'll get a second meal or snack near arrival, probably about 2 hours out.

Thanks. My Dad used to love sweet potato too, for some weird reason.
Recently IGA were selling microwave meals with steak and sweet potato mash.
The steak was delicious, and I really tried to like that mash. But my possums ultimately really enjoyed it.
Cheers,
Renato

Have been on daylight flights to Tokyo in Y and yes there is a meal plus a refreshment served. I certainly was not hungry when I got off the plane, And sweet potato is yum! Though not convinced on the fish in Y.

Thanks for the confirmation.
Does AFF have an unusual proprotion of people who like sweet potato?
Regards,
Renato

Just did this flight in April and as others have mentioned you get an additional small meal before landing

It's the adjective "small" which is now of concern to me.
Cheers,
Renato

(O/T
If you haven't been to Tokyo before, you can go and have a look see for whats available in the on the Youtube videos, to see all the different types of foods, in the different areas in the Tokyo CBD.
By the time you get to the Tokyo CBD, if thats your final destination, at 8pm, you would surely still be able to find food outlets still open.
Even if you are not full or hungry on arrival, there is space in the tum to snack on arrival.
Granted I haven't been to Tokyo yet, but when its my time comes to visit Tokyo, even if QF or JL or NH or CX do not over feed me, I will trying a lot of the street foods in the stalls around Tokyo CBD and its zones.

Thanks. But no, we have to rush out and catch our Amazing Tomato mini bus drive to our hotel - so I will be hoping that by the time we get there, that my pre-planning will have paid off.

I picked this hotel because
a........ it was close to a Metro, and more importantly
b.........it is a few hundred meters from a Denny's restaurant.

I really hope that restaurant is still open by the time we get there.
Regards,
Renato

 

[Nick C.]

Denny's in Japan is 24 hour.

 

[Renato1]

Denny's in Japan is 24 hour.

Fantastic! Thanks very much.
Regards,
Renato

 

[DC3]

Room Service at the hotel if all else fails.

 

[serfty]

The late flight refreshment is generally very similar in size/content/quality to what is offered in economy on Qantas domestic 'Lunch' flights.

 

[love_the_life]

Thanks - but I think such snacks are usually insubstantial.
It would probably just make me hungrier and make me devour my beef jerky.
Might make some other passengers envious.
Cheers,
Renato


Thanks. I had the misfortune of picking the pork belly when I flew Business with Jetstar last year. It was really hard cutting the individual layers of very thin meat from the layers of fat. I know that mahy people such as yourself love it. But my wife and I just can't handle it - I put it in the same sort of food category as chicken feet.
Cheers,
Renato


Thanks. My Dad used to love sweet potato too, for some weird reason.
Recently IGA were selling microwave meals with steak and sweet potato mash.
The steak was delicious, and I really tried to like that mash. But my possums ultimately really enjoyed it.
Cheers,
Renato


Thanks for the confirmation.
Does AFF have an unusual proprotion of people who like sweet potato?
Regards,
Renato


It's the adjective "small" which is now of concern to me.
Cheers,
Renato



Thanks. But no, we have to rush out and catch our Amazing Tomato mini bus drive to our hotel - so I will be hoping that by the time we get there, that my pre-planning will have paid off.

I picked this hotel because
a........ it was close to a Metro, and more importantly
b.........it is a few hundred meters from a Denny's restaurant.

I really hope that restaurant is still open by the time we get there.
Regards,
Renato

I hope we have a fair proportion of sweet potato fans here. If so it would mirror the rest of Australia. I have to concede that MrLtL doesn’t like sweet potato though and won’t eat it.
Assuming that as you’ve picked a hotel near Denny’s you may not be keen on Japanese cuisine. There will be lots of ramen places which are offer a substantial dish especially for breakfast.
Interested to hear how the mini bus transfer goes. We always take a train in from the airport. Mostly we stay around Tokyo Station though at the beginning.

 

[Renato1]

I hope we have a fair proportion of sweet potato fans here. If so it would mirror the rest of Australia. I have to concede that MrLtL doesn’t like sweet potato though and won’t eat it.
Assuming that as you’ve picked a hotel near Denny’s you may not be keen on Japanese cuisine. There will be lots of ramen places which are offer a substantial dish especially for breakfast.
Interested to hear how the mini bus transfer goes. We always take a train in from the airport. Mostly we stay around Tokyo Station though at the beginning.

Thanks for that. You are dead right, not fond of Japanese sushi and the like at all. But am willing to try some dishes. Would you know the name of a dish akin to Chinese Beef and vegetables - with fried meat please?

I had worked out the train and subway system on the internet and YouTube , it looked straight forward - but then I thought about it. We'd be arriving at the hotel's station when it was dark, and in a place where I can't read street signs. So I opted for the minibus instead.

The hotel I booked last year, and was puzzled why there were no reviews - but for a four star place at $200 a night for a twin room, including breakfast - it seemed too good a deal to pass up. It turned out that it was still under construction. I had almost booked the double bed room, till I realised that they were one and a half person "double" beds

Fortunately, the hotel has now opened and has very good reviews at Booking.com, and the price is higher.
Cheers,
Renato

 

[offshore171]

But am willing to try some dishes. Would you know the name of a dish akin to Chinese Beef and vegetables - with fried meat please?

I had worked out the train and subway system on the internet and YouTube , it looked straight forward - bu

Sushi is only a small fraction of the local fare in Japan.

There’s tons of other offerings, pork and chicken cutlets are very popular, also yakitori (pieces of cooked chicken on a skewer) and various hot noodle dishes. Even sandwiches are awesome in Japan.

I wouldn’t be hitting up Denny’s, that’s for sure!

In regard to transport, I totally get your reasons for using a minibus on the evening of arrival. Once you’re there though, be sure grab a Suica or Pasmo card if you hadn’t already planned to do so. It makes using the transit systems an absolute breeze.

 

[stm1sydney]

Seriously? Over ten hours, and it's one meal and one refreshment?

 

[dajop]

There’s tons of other offerings, pork and chicken cutlets are very popular, also yakitori (pieces of cooked chicken on a skewer) and various hot noodle dishes. Even sandwiches are awesome in Japan.

Yes, for those not that adventurous, the cutlets are a good option. Look out for the deep fried Tonkatsu dishes - a pork cutlet deep fried in breadcrumbs (light flaky breadcrumbs at that), usually served with shredded cabbage which you dress with a sesame dressing, miso soup and rice. Good places will also have coarse salt and pepper to season to taste. Quite simple, but delicious food for the unadventurous.

And +1 re sandwiches, even 7-Eleven stores and the like have a good range of sandwich offerings.

 

[dajop]

Seriously? Over ten hours, and it's one meal and one refreshment?

I think they assume you have breakfast before your flight. The other way of looking at it, how much food does one normally eat between 9:10am and 7:35 pm? For me it would be a light lunch and one main evening , so probably not that different to what QF are serving on the flight.

 

[NM]

b.........it is a few hundred meters from a Denny's restaurant.

Denny's in Japan is 24 hour.

When I visited Denny's in Tokyo on the basis that it would be a safe and easy dining experience, I was surprised to find they did not have an English language menu avaiulable and none of the staff spoke English, and I don't speak Japanese. The menu did have some pictures and the fun game of pointing and charades ensued. We managed to order and eat, but decided if we were going to dine in this manner we were better off not eating at an American chain feeding house when in Tokyo. Save Denney's for when in the USA and look to step outside your comfort zone to enjoy the culinary experience and the exotic foods of the local region.

 

[offshore171]

Seriously? Over ten hours, and it's one meal and one refreshment?

I’ve done the day flight to Japan maybe 6 times and I can’t recall every arriving hungry.