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Photo taken by: Vidiot
Route: Papeete - New York-JFK, 13 May 2006
Ticket price: US$800 (JFK-PPT-AKL-PPT-JFK)
Flight duration: 12h 00m
Class: economy
Aircraft: Airbus A340-300
Meal: Brunch - Beef roll with mushrooms and hearts of palm salad
Fresh tropical fruit salad
Buttered crepes with guava compote
Bread and butter
Drink: Pineapple juice
Comments: The beef roll was bizarre -- tough and not much flavor. I gave up quickly on that. The fruit salad was very good, and featured Polynesian pineapple, the best I've had anywhere. The crepes were tasty and quite good, and the pineapple juice was Rotui brand, from the fruit juice factory on the island of Moorea (near Tahiti.) It's the best pineapple juice I've ever had in my life.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8.5

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Photo taken by: Vidiot
Route: Papeete - New York-JFK, 13 May 2006
Ticket price: US$800 (JFK-PPT-AKL-PPT-JFK)
Flight duration: 12h 00m
Class: economy
Aircraft: Airbus A340-300
Meal: Dinner - Cucumber and shrimp salad
Sauteed chicken with fafa (the green shoots of the taro plant. Kind of like spinach or collard greens) and coconut milk
Cheese
Vanilla flan
Bread & butter
Drink: Water
Comments: The cucumber and shrimp salad was way too salty and didn't taste very fresh. The vanilla flan had an odd diet-vanilla-pudding aftertaste to it.
However, the chicken was excellent, and I soaked up the rest of the sauce with my roll.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 6.5

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Photo taken by: Vidiot
Route: Auckland - Papeete, 8 May 2006
Ticket price: US$800 r/t JFK-PPT-AKL-PPT-JFK
Flight duration: 5h 00m
Class: economy
Aircraft: A340-300
Meal: Economy ("Moana") class regular meal - Pesto pasta salad and sliced ham

Gratinated hoki fillet with tomato coulis, parsley potatoes, buttered broccoli and carrots

Cheese

Tiramisu
Drink: White wine
Comments: Pretty good, and this was the best-looking fish I've gotten on an airline. The wine selection was also very good for economy class.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7.5

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Photo taken by: Timothy M. McNeill
Route: Papeete, Tahiti - New York, 24 Feb 2006
Ticket price: n/a
Flight duration: 12h 20m
Class: business
Aircraft: A340-300
Meal: Dinner (1st course) and Brunch (1st course) - Dinner (1st course)
Duck fillet with fruit chutney.

Brunch (1st course)
Quail terrine with fresh grapes.

Drink: Dinner - Champagne, Brunch - Pinneaple juice and coffee.
Comments: Excellent food and service.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9

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Photo taken by: Timothy M. McNeill
Route: Los Angeles - Papeete, Tahiti, 9 Feb 2006
Ticket price: n/a
Flight duration: 8h 20m
Class: economy
Aircraft: A340-300
Meal: Lunch - Smoke salmon with red beans salad.
Penne pasta puttanesca with smoked salmon and parmesan.
Cheese.
Almond cake.
Drink: Champagne
Comments: Very nice hot lunch and good service.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8.5

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Photo taken by: Mark Schlesinger, MD
Route: JFK - PPT, 2 Mar 2006
Ticket price: n/a
Flight duration: 13h 00m
Class: first
Aircraft: Airbus 343
Meal: Dinner - Caviar appetizer
stuffed pork fillet
Drink: wine
Comments: Excellent service and presentation
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10

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Photo taken by: jimmy
Route: Paris - Los Angeles, 18 Feb 2006
Ticket price: n/a
Flight duration: 11h 45m
Class: economy
Aircraft: A340
Meal: Economy class - 2 Spoonfulls of cold rice, 1 square inch of some kind of airy cake material, 1 roll. I believe most prisioners get better food. This isn't a joke, this was for real.
Drink: Water, about 2 sips total.
Comments: Our Paris/L.A. flight was 28 hours late, and Air Tahiti forced us to go to New York so they could save money. There was no mechanical problem on the flight. Air Tahiti put us on a CHARTER flight from New York to L.A. The flight was in the air OVER seven hours. There were no drinks, and absolutely no other food. Air Tahiti refused to put any passengers on other airlines, including first class, so they could save more money. I would not take Air Tahiti under any circumstances, at any price in the future. I don't blame the charter flight company for this meal, but rather Air Tahiti Nui. You have been warned!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 1

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Photo taken by: manureva777
Route: Papeete - New York JFK, Sept 2005
Flight duration: 10h 50m
Class: Club Poerava
Aircraft: A340-300 F-OLOV Nuku-Hiva
Meal: Brunch
Drink: Apple Juice and Tea
Comments: A very good Brunch out of Papeete
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9

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Photo taken by: manureva777
Route: Papeete to New York JFK, Sept 2005
Flight duration: 10h 50m
Class: Club Poerava
Aircraft: A340-300 F-OLOV Nuku-Hiva
Meal: dinner
Drink: White Wine and sparkling water
Comments: A very good dinner
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9

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Photo taken by: manureva777
Route: Auckland to Papeete, May 2005
Flight duration: 5 hours
Aircraft type & class: Moana Economy class on A340-300
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Hot Dinner
Contents of the meal: Ham with pesto pasta salad, Hoki fish in tomato sauce served with roast potatoes and vegetables, cheese, cake, roll and crackers
Drink: Sprite
Comments: tasted very fishy, rest was OK
Rating 1-10 : 5


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Photo taken by: manureva777
Route: PPT-AKL May 2005
Ticket price: nonrev
Aircraft type and class: Airbus 340-300, economy "Moana" Class
Business or leisure trip: leisure
Meal type: Brunch
Contents of the meal : chicken with cucumber salad, exotic fruit crepes, fresh fruit salad, warm bread and brioche
Drink: water, pineapple juice, tea
Comments: pancake was really nice, wish there was more, chicken was very dry and tasteless
Rating: 8
Camera brand and type: Nikon collpix


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Photo taken by: Mark Schlesinger, MD
Route: PPT-LAX 11 December 2004
Ticket price: award
Aircraft type and class: Airbus 340, first class
Business or leisure trip: leisure
Meal type: dinner
Contents of the meal: smoked duck breast, fois gras, lamb
Drink: red wine
Comments: note the use of real flatware! (Cristoffle)
Rating: 9
Camera brand and type: sony DSC-T1


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Photo taken by: Rod June
Route: PPT-LAX, 28 Oct 2003
Ticket price: $799
Flight duration: 7.5 hours
Aircraft type & class: A340-300 "Mangareva" Moana Class
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Dinner
Contents of the meal: Baked salmon with vanilla sauce, carrots, rice, potato salad with chicken and raisins, apricot cake, roll and butter
Drink: champagne
Comments: Salmon was a little overcooked and dry but tasty because of the sauce, and we were surprised that a small portion of chicken breast came with the potato salad.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7

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Photo taken by: Mark Schlesinger,MD
Route: LAX-PPT, 21 Nov 2003
Ticket price: award ticket
Flight duration: 8 Hours
Aircraft type and class: A340 premium class
Business or leisure trip: leisure
Meal type: dinner: caviar, full dinner to following
Drink: wine, full bar
Comments: most elaborate service I have seen, including pearl caviar servers, Riedel glasses and Bernardaud China
Rating 1-10: 10

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Photo taken by: Jackie Siegel
Route: LAX to Papeete, 26 Dec 2003
Flight duration: 8+ hours
Aircraft type & class: Moana Economy class on A340-300
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Light Meal
Contents of the meal: Cucumber and pepper salad, garlic herb chicken breast with pesto pasta salad, candy
Drink: Water
Comments: Enough food for me for dinner, not just a snack
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 6

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Photo taken by: Jackie Siegel
Route: LAX to Papeete, 26 Dec 2003
Flight duration: 8+ hours
Aircraft type & class: Moana Economy class on A340-300
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Hot Lunch
Contents of the meal: Fresh seasonal salad, Grilled salmon fillet with tequila lime butter, Italian vegetable and new potatoes, cheese, orange cheesecake
Drink: White wine
Comments: Better than expected
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 6

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Photo taken by: Luigi Vallero
Route: Los Angeles to Paris CDG, 15 Nov 2003
Flight Duration: 10hr45 minutes
Class: Moana Economy class on A340-300
Meal type: Breakfast
Fresh fruit salad (melon, papaya, grapes), Pain perdu (french toast with maple syrup) with pineapple and sausage (the other option was scrambled eggs with sausage), croissant with butter and strawberry jam.
Comments: A nice and filling breakfast, combining french and polynesian taste on a North America to Europe flight. Very nice service with great cabin crew and
inflight entertainment.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): for the food +8, for the flight +10

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Photo taken by: Luigi Vallero
Route: Los Angeles to Paris CDG, 15 Nov 2003
Flight Duration: 10hr45 minutes
Class: Moana Economy class on A340-300.
Meal type: Lunch/Dinner
Fresh green salad with Ceasar's dressing, Beef Stroganoff with vegetables and penne pasta (the other option was a "darne de turbot" fish dish), Monterey cheese, Chocolate brownie-style cake.
Drink: Red bordeaux wine out of a selection of soft drinks/beers/wines.
Comments: Nice meal service, though the beef was not particularly tender. The flight attendants gave many counsels to passengers on the wine choice and provided continuous drink refills.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): +7.5

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Photo taken by: Luigi Vallero
Route: Los Angeles to Paris CDG, 15 Nov 2003
Flight Duration: 10hr45 minutes
Class: Moana Economy class on A340-300.
Meal type: Aperitif
Drink: Tomato juice out of a selection of soft drinks/juices/wines/ champagne/liqueurs.
Comments: Nice aperitif service, while menu cards were handed out and after Tiarè flowers had been given to each passengers as a welcome aboard.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): +8

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Photo taken by: manureva777
Flying from: Papeete to Narita, 17 August 2003
Flight duration: 10 1/2 hours
Aircraft type & class: A340-300 F-OSUN Moorea, Moana Econnomy Class
Meal type: Brunch - Menu says : Sliced chicken tqndoori and chow mein
pasta salad, Plain omelette candied honey tomato and chicken kebab
or Buttered crepes with exotic fruit sauce, fresh bread roll croissant
butter jam tea coffee chocolate and fruit juice.
Drink: Pineapple Juice and hot chocolate
Comments: I chose the crepes which were amazing !!! not enough fruit
sauce but the crepes were real good ! Also the chicken tandoori didn't
taste like one and the chow mein salad was good too much red onions
tough... otherwise nice steward serving us !
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8

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Photo taken by: manureva777
Flying from: Papeete to Narita , 17 August 2003
Flight duration: 10 1/2 hours
Aircraft type & class: A340-300 F-OSUN Moorea, Moana Econnomy Class
Meal type: Dinner - Menu says Flavoured crab meat salad and grapefruit, Sauteed Lamb with mustard sauce green beans and sauteed potatoes or Roasted tuna with shrimp sauce, carribean style rice and green beans, chocolate and coconut mousse
Drink: Pineapple Juice
Comments: Food was OK, not hot enough, very empty flight, good service !
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7

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Photo taken by: Johnny Jet
Flying from: Papeete, Tahiti to Los Angeles, 3 April 2003
Flight duration: 7 1/2 hours
Aircraft type & class: Business, A340
Meal type: Breakfast: Fruit, bakery breads, Pineapple & Papaya crepes, eggs with Salmon...
Comments: Pretty good food, great service. Plane and seats amazing
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7

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Photo taken by: Johnny Jet
Flying from: Papeete, Tahiti to Los Angeles, 3 April 2003
Flight duration: 7 1/2 hours
Aircraft type & class: Business, A340
Meal type: Dinner: Filet Mignon, string beans, potato's, fruit, dessert.
Comments: Pretty good food, great service. Plane and seats amazing
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7

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Photo taken by: Johnny Jet
Flying from: Los Angeles to Papeete, Tahiti, 28 March 2003
Flight duration: 8 hours
Aircraft type & class: Economy
Meal type: Snack - Deli Meats, Fruit
Comments: Pretty good food, great service
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7

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Photo taken by: Johnny Jet
Flying from: Los Angeles to Papeete, Tahiti, 28 March 2003
Flight duration: 8 hours
Aircraft type & class: Economy
Meal type: Lunch - Chicken, pasta, vegetables.
Comments: Pretty good food, great service
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7

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Photo taken by: miya85
Flying from: Papeete to Tokyo, 30 September 2002
Class: Economy
Meal type: Lunch - Chicken
Drink: Hinano Beer
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8 (for Hinano Beer), 6 (for dessert), 2.5 (for others)

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Photo taken by: miya85
Flying from: Papeete to Easter Island, 30 September 2002
Class: Economy
Meal type: Breakfast - Crepe with almonds, croissants and fruits
Drink: Coffee and pineapple juice
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 2

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Photo taken by: miya85
Flying from: Tokyo to Papeete, 23 September 2002
Class: Business (Club Poerava)
Meal type: Breakfast - Grilled salmon, egg roll, fish cake and white rice
Drink: Coffee (strange)
Comments: "Japanese meal after croissants"
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9

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Photo taken by: miya85
Flying from: Tokyo to Papeete, 23 September 2002
Class: Business (Club Poerava)
Meal type: Breakfast - Fruits, kimpira gobo and taro balls, croissants
Drink: Tomato juice and coffee
Comments: "Best croissants in the air, perhaps."
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9 (croissants), 5 (fruits), 3.5 (Japanese foods)

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Photo taken by: miya85
Flying from: Tokyo to Papeete, 23 September 2002
Class: Business (Club Poerava)
Meal type: Dessert
Drink: Hinano Beer and red wine
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9

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Photo taken by: miya85
Flying from: Tokyo to Papeete, 23 September 2002
Class: Business (Club Poerava)
Meal type: Main meal - Fillet of pork in a curry sauce, sauteed green beans and steamed rice
Drink: Hinano Beer and red wine
Comments: "Too little"
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9 (taste)

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Photo taken by: miya85
Flying from: Tokyo to Papeete, 23 September 2002
Class: Business (Club Poerava)
Meal type: First meal - Seafood mixed roll and "Ban-ban-ji" chicken
Drink: Hinano Beer
Comments: "Vietnamese?"
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10

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Photo taken by: miya85
Flying from: Tokyo to Papeete, 23 September 2002
Class: Business (Club Poerava)
Meal type: Snack
Drink: White wine