Each week, my Meal of the Week feature examines an airline meal from my travels over the years. This may be a meal from earlier in the week or it may be a meal served over a decade ago.
My favorite part of flying Qatar Airways Business Class is the on-demand dining menu. I love the ability to customize what you want to eat and when you want to eat IT. For this week’s Meal of the Week, I look back on a delicious dinner I had on a flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Doha in late 2017.
Here’s the a la carte menu–
Click here for a full wine/alcohol/beverage selection (menu has not changed).
Prior to takeoff, I enjoyed a delicious Rosé Champagne, which served as a prefect apéritif for the coming meal.
After takeoff, I enjoyed a large bowl of nuts and a glass of fresh lemon/mint juice.
Shortly thereafter, the table was set for dinner.
The table setting included a bread bowl with three types of breads.
First, each passenger was offered an amuse bouche including crab meat with a dollop of avocado and a spicy salsa. Very tasty.
Next, a superb bowl of tomato soup.
For my appetizer, I chose Arabic Mezze with hummus, tabbouleh, and baba ganoush. It hit the spot.
For my main course, I ordered pan-fried breaded chicken, served with pasta in marinara sauce. It was not a very creative dish, but sometimes simple comfort food is best and it was also delicious.
Finally, I ordered a trio of desserts including vanilla ice cream and a chocolate + ginger tart. Once again…it was delicious, especially considering it had been likely sitting in a refrigerator for 12 hours (double-catered in Doha) and was served 40K feet in the air. Additionally, I ordered a cappuccino which was delivered in a styrofoam cup because the fasten seatbelt light came on.
CONCLUSION
Qatar Airways offers a fabulous product overall, but a particularly nice menu in business class. You can read my full review here.
> Read More: Qatar Airways A330 Business Class Review
> Read More: Why I Rate Qatar Airways Best for Onboard Dining
which served as a prefect apéritif for the coming meal.
When a subordinate apéritif won’t do…
Lol.
I could drink the lemon/mint juice all day
And karak chai. It’s to die for. On one of the flights I pretty much used up all the packets they had, LOL.
They double cater for Ho Chi Minh flights?
Maybe not everything, but certainly some items.
Love Qatar. The amount of bread they try to give you is a bit OTT. The mezze is great and I don’t know why more airlines don’t offer something similar given ease in preparing and the fact it holds up vs eating on the ground very well. I order it ever time and then often triple up in the lounge in Doha