Qantas Business Class meals & menus

[RooFlyer]

QF41 SYD-CGK. FAs we’re efficient and proactive in offering top ups.



FA came around to take drinks orders before we departed. I asked if they had a Riesling aboard. Puzzled look. Riesling? Don’t know that one, sorry. (i’m not making this up, promise) Me: What white wines do you have today? He: Chardonnay and rosé.

Why does everyone always stock Chardonnay and then maybe a random some other variety? I went a G&T and then a Pinot Noir with the meal.

I’m not big on dumplings but always willing to give something a go



I had the barramundi with no picture so you can take it that it was pretty good.

Just before we landed, it was either a cheeseboard or fish cakes



On the IFE, I noticed there were wine tasting notes. Would you believe they had about six Rieslings listed? It’s a pity they never seem to stock any of them ( there was an exception recently IIRC).



I reflected on the meal experience and have to say it was pretty good but then again pretty good within the Qantas envelope.

 

[SYD]

QF41 SYD-CGK. FAs we’re efficient and proactive in offering top ups.

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FA came around to take drinks orders before we departed. I asked if they had a Riesling aboard. Puzzled look. Riesling? Don’t know that one, sorry. (i’m not making this up, promise) Me: What white wines do you have today? He: Chardonnay and rosé.

Why does everyone always stock Chardonnay and then maybe a random some other variety? I went a G&T and then a Pinot Noir with the meal.

I’m not big on dumplings but always willing to give something a go

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I had the barramundi with no picture so you can take it that it was pretty good.

Just before we landed, it was either a cheeseboard or fish cakes

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On the IFE, I noticed there were wine tasting notes. Would you believe they had about six Rieslings listed? It’s a pity they never seem to stock any of them ( there was an exception recently IIRC).

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I reflected on the meal experience and have to say it was pretty good but then again pretty good within the Qantas envelope.

I provided some “feedback” to the CSM on a HKG flight recently that Rose isn’t white wine.

It’s nothing as far as I’m concerned…

Yes, Chardonnay was the only actual white…but pleasant enough.

Otherwise, your food menu looks and sounds quite decent.

 

[serfty]

This week I flew in Business on a 13 hour JAL flight, departing 10am port of departure time.

Lunch was proactively served (along with the offer to delay this to my preferred time), detailed in a menu booklet along with beverages and 'snacks'. Any inflight snack or drink menu item could be ordered via the IFE at any time up to 90 minutes before arrival. This included beverages.

 

[rikkitikkitavi]

I haven't flown to/from PER in a while but have found the quality of the wine options on QF biz, both domestically and internationally, has really declined significantly.
Lots of the same old producers again and again (does Qantas have shares in Forest Hill estate?!) and minimal choice. You'd think that on long-haul at least, Qantas could manage to offer a pinot noir occasionally in addition to the omnipresent heavy shiraz (especially given all the trends in wine consumption point to people preferring lighter reds) but QF is stuck in a time warp. No shade to anyone who enjoys classic Aussie shiraz - but it would be nice to have some choice.

Only having one red these days in J is a bit of a joke, sadly like most Austrian institutions Qantas relies on faded glory and barriers to competition..

 

[mad_atta]

Interesting to read the various accounts of CGK-SYD breakfast being just a muffin or some fruit. When we flew it in July we had the usual breakfast order form. Though I also thought our dinner/supper menu was more abbreviated than what's been posted here, so maybe they've increased the complexity of the dinner at the same time as simplifying the breakfast?

I chose the express option anyway, of being woken as late as possible with a coffee and whatever the snack was. And because I'm a geek who likes to track how much sleep I get on flights, I can confirm I managed 3'59" between dinner and breakfast (that's time with eyes closed, not necessarily actual sleep). Though I think I may have skipped dessert, to wrap up dinner faster.

My 2c is that I'd like to at least have the option of a proper breakfast on those flights, as with earplugs and eyeshades I can easily sleep through a breakfast service happening around me. Though even better is to avoid those short redeyes - so on our return from DPS later this year we've scored cheap J-class DPS-KUL-SYD fares, so I'm looking forward to trying MH's A330neo cabin.

QF41 SYD-CGK. FAs we’re efficient and proactive in offering top ups.

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FA came around to take drinks orders before we departed. I asked if they had a Riesling aboard. Puzzled look. Riesling? Don’t know that one, sorry. (i’m not making this up, promise) Me: What white wines do you have today? He: Chardonnay and rosé.

Why does everyone always stock Chardonnay and then maybe a random some other variety? I went a G&T and then a Pinot Noir with the meal.

I’m not big on dumplings but always willing to give something a go

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I had the barramundi with no picture so you can take it that it was pretty good.

Just before we landed, it was either a cheeseboard or fish cakes

View attachment 494098

On the IFE, I noticed there were wine tasting notes. Would you believe they had about six Rieslings listed? It’s a pity they never seem to stock any of them ( there was an exception recently IIRC).

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I reflected on the meal experience and have to say it was pretty good but then again pretty good within the Qantas envelope.

Agree that rose is NOT white. Given its huge growth in popularity over the last few years I actually think it's a smart move on QF's part to serve it - but it should be an additional choice, not cannibalising one of the white wine offerings.

I've actually often been served Riesling in QF J, both domestically and long-haul (I was impressed that they were serving Grosset Polish Hill on a SYD-SFO flight back in mid-2024) though come to think of it I don't think I've seen it very recently.

I hope that at least the chardy on offer was better than the el-cheapo Cape Mentelle 'Marmaduke' served on DFW-SYD in J last month (with the only alternative white a cheap and bland gruner veltliner from Adelaide Hills).