I've never experienced the soups. In fact I've never experienced any hot food at all in the international QC's. Every time I've been (which is admittedly not all that frequently, but probably twice a year for the last few years) the food has been feeble in the extreme, and the wine disappointing. The domestic QCs are better, but still poor compared to NZ's domestic food options (which of course have to compensate for no food on the plane).[/QUOTE]

I tend to fly Qantas a bit more. I should have been more specific, the hot food is minimal, non-existent in Wellington, but in winter time, in Sydney, they do bring out the soups....but only in time for the evening flights.
I agree with you that Koru Club domestic is far superior than the Qantas Club and my fiance loves the chicken that Koru Club serve up in Sydney.