Off to Tasmania

After a quiet Christmas, Mrs. SFO777 and I are off tonight for 5 nights in Australia... three nights in Tasmania and two nights at the Great Barrier Reef.   And we're back in Qantas First and the LAX-Melbourne A380, after being fortunate to land two LAX-Melbourne-Hobart saver award tickets at just 70,000 Alaska miles each.  Not much traffic tonight on the 405 as we made it from south Orange County to LAX in a little over an hour.   We found a nice parking spot in the T4 garage and used the Level 3 walkway to the Bradley Terminal.

After an easy check-in, we headed for security.  Unfortunately, Qantas is too cheap and/or lazy to sign up for PreCheck.  So, we headed to the opposite on the terminal for regular security where this isn't even a premium lane.  And then to Level 4 and the Qantas First Class Lounge, one of my favorite US airline lounges. 

I'm here quite a bit as my BA Gold status gives me access when I fly American in any class.   The new Winter menu which was introduced a few weeks ago.

We both had a glass of the Nicholas Feuillatte Rosé.   I started with the new Tingling Prawns with pickled cabbage and radish salad, sichuan pepper and coriander.  Very nice.

Mrs. SFO777 had the always on the menu, delicious Salt and Pepper squid with green chili dipping sauce and aioli.

Then for her main, she went with the Spanish style braised chicken with tomatoes, olives, paprika roasted potatoes, braised kale and spinach.

I ordered the Grilled sea bass with fregola, braised lettuce, peas, broccolini and gremolata.

The dish was excellent with the sea bass prepared perfectly.

For dessert, the chocolate bread and butter pudding with mascarpone cream was good, but not as amazing as the fall pudding.

After dinner, we moved over to the lounge seating area until it was time to head down to the gate.