MetroAir said:
Nope, IMO QF food is very ordinary.
J class BNE-CBR last week, salmon quiche - except it was mushroom. At least the CSM realised halfway through serving the cabin and corrected the advice, commented that nobody ever eats the salmon when served anyway and the crew wind up having to eat it, and they don't like it either! Back was even worse, salmon (poached this time) again and a chilled Shiraz.
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I've flown a few Dom J sectors in the last year for various reasons. The "long distance" ones tend to have good food (eg Mel-Per) but shorter can be pretty ordinary . The biggest issue I see with Qantas food is that the FA's aren't actually told properly what they are serving.
On one flight . FA tells pax that it is a "omlette". Looked more like a crepe to me, and sure enough it was a crepe with bits of mushroom, tomato etc inside. Had been frozen or chilled and then reheated and you could tell as it was fairly watery.
Another example. "Gourmet pie" was the offering. None of the staff knew what type of meat was inside. This has happened a cpl of times on flights I've been on.
Yet another example. Staff serve chilled chicken salad. Nice meal, but was very cold, and would have been so much nicer if it was warmed up.
I agree that QF is better than some overseas carriers in the food department. However, I think the staff should at least know what they are serving to the pax...
Now I'll move to Y. Dinner meals are marked with what they are. Pity that doesn't always reflect properly what is inside. Eg. Creamy pasta (I think that's what it was called) was pasta with ham and cream. There are other examples too that don't come to mind easily...
When I have flown either International flights, or Domestic sectors of Int. flights I have found the food to be good. The biggest letdown I can remember was the snack offered on one QF flight if you wanted something to eat outside of meal times.... it was 2 minute noodles!