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What sort of meals can I expect when flying Long-Haul Business?
The Business Class meals served are of a far higher quality than those served by most other airlines.
This thread contains photos of actual Menus and/or Wine Lists as well as photos of the food. Discussion about Business Class food is to be found at business class food discussion
What is the menu for my flight?
Look at the index below and see if there is a recent menu for your flight.
There is no menu for my flight. What do I do?
If you are unable to find a menu relevant to your flight, find a QR flight which departs at a similar time to yours, and of a similar length.
Can I rely upon these menus being available when I fly?
No for a number of reasons
1 QR change their menus frequently, so you may be in luck and find the specific options for your flight.
2 Where there is more than one flight a day to a destination the menu varies according to the time of day. Who wants breakfast on an evening flight?
3 Menus may vary from destination to destination due to flight time, number of meals served, local culture etc.
The 2019 menus can all be seen here
The 2018 menus can all be seen here
The 2017 menus can all be seen here
The 2016 menus can all be seen here.
Menus from earlier are mostly using another meals service system and cannot be used to understand the current menus.
The Business Class meals served are of a far higher quality than those served by most other airlines.
This thread contains photos of actual Menus and/or Wine Lists as well as photos of the food. Discussion about Business Class food is to be found at business class food discussion
What is the menu for my flight?
Look at the index below and see if there is a recent menu for your flight.
There is no menu for my flight. What do I do?
If you are unable to find a menu relevant to your flight, find a QR flight which departs at a similar time to yours, and of a similar length.
Can I rely upon these menus being available when I fly?
No for a number of reasons
1 QR change their menus frequently, so you may be in luck and find the specific options for your flight.
2 Where there is more than one flight a day to a destination the menu varies according to the time of day. Who wants breakfast on an evening flight?
3 Menus may vary from destination to destination due to flight time, number of meals served, local culture etc.
The 2019 menus can all be seen here
The 2018 menus can all be seen here
The 2017 menus can all be seen here
The 2016 menus can all be seen here.
Menus from earlier are mostly using another meals service system and cannot be used to understand the current menus.
QR J Menus 2020
#16
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Is it? I mean I do love some corned beef hash at a diner, but Ive really thought of it as a normal breakfast staple here (I think of a typical US breakfast as eggs, bacon, sausage, hash browns, and pancakes/French toast). Always thought of it as an Irish thing?
#17
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Yep. Pretty common breakfast item especially in certain areas of the country. Also it is no longer just a diner or hash house item, Ive been seeing hash on menus in restaurants the last few years (often not beef).
#18
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Interesting! Ive only lived in the northeast and west coast and corned beef hash was an item that the sole purview of diners. And yeah, hash is now def a thing on the menu of many a trendy Brooklyn, Austin, and LA brunch spots, but I see that more as a trendy thing and not as a traditional American dish way.
#19
Join Date: Apr 2015
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Breakfast out of BKK this morning was the usual Arabic, Congee or poached eggs with beef hash. When I said I didn't want any of them the staff expressed surprise that I didn't want the latter as it was the most popular. I said that I thought most people were choosing it as it wasn't the other two and asked which country or region had beef hash as a typical breakfast dish. They couldn't answer.
#21
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: UK
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Posts: 191
Someone should revolutionise the travel industry and promote sausages made from lamb as the religiously acceptable alternative to chicken.
#23
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Location: UK
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Posts: 191
From the above menu I thought I'd just have the cold cuts and wasn't too impressed...
Yuk
I'm sure that the red spot is just where they injected the "smoke flavour" into the meat but I ain't risking eating white meat with red spots on an aeroplane.
Yuk
I'm sure that the red spot is just where they injected the "smoke flavour" into the meat but I ain't risking eating white meat with red spots on an aeroplane.
#26
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Perhaps its because Ive never flown to CMB or maybe because im a big fan of spicy south Asian food, but all the CMB (both to and from DOH) menus Ive seen look very interesting and quite delicious, especially compared to the rest of the menus on QRs routes. I wonder why this destination tends to have the most unique menus?
#27
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I tend to request the omelette meal without the sausage. Crew are always very happy to oblige - occasionally they forget though (in which case I just leave the sausage uneaten).
#28
Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: UK
Posts: 264
[QUOTE=fender5787;Perhaps its because Ive never flown to CMB or maybe because im a big fan of spicy south Asian food, but all the CMB (both to and from DOH) menus Ive seen look very interesting and quite delicious, especially compared to the rest of the menus on QRs routes. I wonder why this destination tends to have the most unique menus?[/QUOTE]
Can't offer a definite answer, but Sri Lankan airlines offer decent meals on their Biz Class. If you start the journey in CMB and you have booked directly with them, there is a large number of meals for pre-selection. Does Qatar feel that they have to offer smething similar, especially because they have a codeshare agreement with Sri Lankan? On our specific flight, the vast majority of passengers just wanted to sleep. Even when they woke up, they wanted something simple like bread and butter rather than a full meal. I am hoping to do a daytime flight on this leg later this year and fully sample all the meal choices.
Can't offer a definite answer, but Sri Lankan airlines offer decent meals on their Biz Class. If you start the journey in CMB and you have booked directly with them, there is a large number of meals for pre-selection. Does Qatar feel that they have to offer smething similar, especially because they have a codeshare agreement with Sri Lankan? On our specific flight, the vast majority of passengers just wanted to sleep. Even when they woke up, they wanted something simple like bread and butter rather than a full meal. I am hoping to do a daytime flight on this leg later this year and fully sample all the meal choices.