Qantas international Economy Class meals

[hutch]

QF1 Syd to Sin - 13 May

Similar to Matt's earlier post - which I've copied appropriately.

Water, then pretzel/soy cracker mixes and offered drinks after takeoff.

Then lunch with 3 choices available - twice cooked beef and rice (not sure why cooking beef twice is a selling point), Roast chicken and veg, plus the vegetable pasta - with I think included AFF's favourite orange vegetable.

Served with a focaccia and cheese & crackers.

Went the beef.



Was an acceptable international economy meal.

Bulla ice creams then handed out after lunch.

The flight crew came around offering snacks later in the flight, which were also available in the galley.

A snack served before landing - a pie or a mozzarella and cauliflower arancini ball (I think).


Sauce was provided.

Apart from perhaps having a small side salad with lunch, can't ask for much more.

Good service from crew. Feedback provided.

 

[FlyingKangaroo]

twice cooked beef and rice (not sure why cooking beef twice is a selling point),

In theory, it would suggest a more tender end result (though a long slow cook once should yield the same result). In practice... well.

If I saw it on a menu, I personally would specifically interpret it favourably in terms of increasing my chances of getting a tender rather than tough and chewy beef, just as I do the term "slow-cooked".

Unless they just mean reheating it in an airplane oven... or is it now thrice-cooked?

 

[anat0l]

twice cooked beef and rice (not sure why cooking beef twice is a selling point), ..

Looks like an Asian preparation.

So my guess is that "twice cooked beef" here is an approximate translation of the Chinese Sichuan (Szechuan) dish hui guo rou. Literally translated, it means "return to the pot meat" and it's usually prepared with pork, but beef is not unusual if less common.

Here I'm going to guess that QF has made (or rather, ordered) a rendition of the dish (or rather, a rendition of the sauce), because after cooking, chilling then reheating, a lot of the point of making a good hui guo rou is sort of lost (particularly as well that this is a Y meal).

 

[Nessa1977]

16.5.26 QF178 ZQN to MEL

Herbed chicken salad with farro and potato salad. Snack: Cheese and crackers.

How one is supposed to cut the chicken with flimsy wooden cutlery is beyond me.

Hot meal was beef meatballs with polenta and caponata.