Smoky hot meals on QF

[moa999]

Seem to be a few problems with the cardboard boxes.

Http://m.smh.com.au/nsw/qantas-card...oulder-in-aircraft-ovens-20160217-gmwayp.html

 

[esseeeayeenn]

I remember being howled down when I suggested that the box meals were unsatisfactory.

 

[gaz0303]

Don't like the idea of a fire at the back of the aircraft but I have enjoyed my box meals. The spinach and cheese pita on my BNE-SYD flight the other week was good but I long all flight for the delicious sliders (mini hot dog & burger) on international trips. Yes, the are not as good as any meal I can make but for mass catering on a flight in Y, i enjoy them.

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

Apart from the news article, I too have come to like the box meals, when they are available.
Have had them with penne pasta and proscuito, rice and chicken, etc.
Filling.

 

[love_the_life]

Don't like the idea of a fire at the back of the aircraft but I have enjoyed my box meals. The spinach and cheese pita on my BNE-SYD flight the other week was good but I long all flight for the delicious sliders (mini hot dog & burger) on international trips. Yes, the are not as good as any meal I can make but for mass catering on a flight in Y, i enjoy them.

You must be jesting about the mini-slider/hotdog. I was presented with this on a MEL - SIN flight the other week and it was basically inedible. The buns were hard and the meat was a dried up patty with a blob of mustard; the hot dog was no better - one taste was enough! Maybe I was unlucky.

 

[whatmeworry]

Considering paper is combustible at 233c and they are setting the ovens at 275c, someone at Qantas is not doing their sums right.

 

[anat0l]

How did they get it all right the first time they introduced these things?

 

[moa999]

Considering paper is combustible at 233c and they are setting the ovens at 275c, someone at Qantas is not doing their sums right.

They aren't paper though, they are a coated card which presumably 'should' have a higher point

 

[whatmeworry]

Ovens would also need to be calibrated regularly.

 

[esseeeayeenn]

Plates don't burn.

 

[tomlee1986]

it looks a bit scary to me from the pics I have seen..

 

[BindiBratz]

it works for the premium cheeses... totally yummm

 

[Danger]

That video by the journalist that accompanies the article is woeful.

". . . So how would most Qantas Frequent Flyers feel - those who are flying economy . . ."

 

[ozbeachbabe]

That video by the journalist that accompanies the article is woeful.

". . . So how would most Qantas Frequent Flyers feel - those who are flying economy . . ."

As a frequent flyer who flew SYD/BNE in economy yesterday I felt absolutely fine.

In fact had I not had to drive at the other end, a glass of red would've rounded off the meal nicely.

This was the pork pasta but the other choice in whY was chicken salad. It was absolutely delicious - definitely not bland but not too spicy - just yum.

 

[MH_fan]

I have found the boxed meals to be quite nice. Surprisingly nice actually. Have yet to have a bad one but, then again, I don't travel QF domestically that often.

 

[Lone Wolf]

Another fan of the boxed meals.
The referenced articles says the problem is limited to 737s.

 

[esseeeayeenn]

Another fan of the boxed meals.
The referenced articles says the problem is limited to 737s.

Great! Only 67 out of 118 aircraft then!

 

[lovetravellingoz]

Considering paper is combustible at 233c and they are setting the ovens at 275c, someone at Qantas is not doing their sums right.

I assume that you are a fellow Fanrenheit 451 fan?

Though paper can burn from slightly lower temperatures.

 

[bunkeight]

Considering paper is combustible at 233c and they are setting the ovens at 275c, someone at Qantas is not doing their sums right.

The temperature on the 737-800 ovens is in Fahrenheit.