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Picture taken by: Wendy Tsang
Flying from Denpasar to Hong Kong, 9 Oct 2003
Ticket price: $3XXX(round trip)
Business or leisure?: business
Flight duration: 4hrs50mins
Aircraft type & class: A330/Economy
Meal type: Dinner
Fish Fillet with Potato, Salad with Smoked Salmon, Lemon Mousse Cake and Bread
Drink: mineral water, juice, soft drinks, coffee or tea
Comments: the fillet is too dry but the dessert is tasty
Rating: 7

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Picture taken by: Wendy Tsang
Flying from Hongkong to Denpasar, 4 Oct 2003
Ticket price: $3XXX
Flight duration: 4hrs50mins
Aircraft type & class: A330/Economy
Meal type: Lunch - Chicken Rice with Black Bean Sauce, Potato Salad, Cream Cake and Bread
Drink: mineral water, juice, soft drinks, coffee or tea
Comments: salad and cake are good, but the main course is really bad, very disappointed
Rating: 4

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Picture taken by: Wayne Kwong and Suzanna Lau
Flight: CX 709 - Reg No: B-HXK
Flight Time: 2h 15m
Aircraft: A340-200 Business Class
Price: Part of package
Meal: Dinner - Smoked Salmon Carpaccio with Mozzarella and Olives, Chicken with Black Mushrooms in Oyster sauce, steamed rice and pak choy, Sauteed Prawns with Light Curry Cream Sauce, Buttered Linguini, Sauteed French Beans, Cherry Tomato, Tiramisu with Fresh Fruits, Assorted Breads and Rolls
Drink: Anything.
Wine List:
   Louis Max Pouilly Vincelles 2000
   Jacob's Creek Reserve Chardonnay 2001
   McWilliam's Mount Pleasant Hunter Valley Chardonnay 2000
   Louis Max Mercurey Domaine La Marche 1999
   Chateau Haut-Vignoble Seguin, St Estephe 2000
   Chateau Yon St Martin, St Emillion Grand Cru 1999
   Dow's Late Bottled Vintage Port 1995/6
Comments: This return flight had much better tasting meals! The salmon carpaccio was good. Juicy and not dried up. The main dishes were tasty. The prawns were done in this beautifully light curry sauce. The chicken was moist and the sauce was above average. Even the rice was not hard around the edges. The only let down was the tiramisu. It was tasteless and over-sweet.
Ratings: 8

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Picture taken by: Wayne Kwong and Suzanna Lau
Flight: CX 709 - Reg No: B-HXK
Flight Time: 2h 15m
Aircraft: A340-200 Business Class
Price: Part of package
Meal: Dinner - Marinated Prawn Salad with Yellow Capsicum and Semi-sundried Tomato, Sauteed Chicken with Hot ChilliSauce with Steamed Rice and Choy Sum, Grilled Salmon fillet with Tomato, Olive and Pepper Confit, boiled Potato Wedges with Parsley, Fresh Seasonal Vegetables, Haagen-Dazs Ice Cream, Assorted Breads and Rolls
Drink: Anything.
Wine List:
   Louis Max Pouilly Vincelles 2000
   Jacob's Creek Reserve Chardonnay 2001
   McWilliam's Mount Pleasant Hunter Valley Chardonnay 2000
   Louis Max Mercurey Domaine La Marche 1999
   Chateau Haut-Vignoble Seguin, St Estephe 2000
   Chateau Yon St Martin, St Emillion Grand Cru 1999
   Dow's Late Bottled Vintage Port 1995/6
Comments: The prawn salad was good. Juicy and flavourful. However, both the chicken and the salmon fillet were very bland and disappointing. They were just not tasty enough. The ice-cream was as good as it gets. The breads were nice and warm, though. I love the Louis Max Pouilly Vincelles. It is always on the CX Business Class wine list. I always choose it whenever I fly with them. It is a very good white wine. After the meal, they gave us all a little 'moon-cake' (pic 17). It was the Mid-Autumn Festival and moon cakes are part of the celebratory foods. Nice gesture, Cathay!
Ratings: 7 overall. (5 for the bland flavours, but 1 extra points for the ice cream and the moon cakes and 1 extra for the superb staff)

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Picture taken by: Wayne Kwong and Suzanna Lau
Flight: CX 709 - Reg No: B-HXK
Flight Time: 2h 15m
Aircraft: A340-200 Business Class
Price: Part of package
Meal: Pre-departure drink
Drink: Billecart-Salmon Brut Champagne
Comments: One of my favourite non-vintage champagnes
Ratings: 10

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Picture taken by: Wayne Kwong and Suzanna Lau
Flight: CX 709 - Reg No: B-HXK
Flight Time: 2h 15m
Aircraft: A340-200 Business Class
Price: Part of package
Meal: Pre-departure snack in lounge - This is the famous Cathay Lounge 'Dan-dan noodles'. Basically, it is noodles in a spicy peanut soup base with minced pork and some dried prawns.
Drink: Anything
Comments: Very tasty and flavourful.
Ratings: 10

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Picture taken by: Moreez
Flying from: Manila to Hong Kong 1 September 2003
Flight duration: 1 hour30 minutes
Aircraft type & Class: B747-400 First Class
Meal Type: Lunch - Appetizer of chicken roulade and marinated prawns with mango salsa, Beef tenderloin with shallot red wine sauce as main course, chose banana cake and chocolate mousse from selection of 5 pastries
Drink: Coffee, Water
Comments: Delicious meal served in style
Rating: 9+

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Picture taken by: Moreez
Flying from: Hong Kong to Manila, 31 August 2003
Flight duration: 1 hour 33 minutes
Aircraft type & Class: B747-400 Business Class
Meal Type: Brunch - Fresh fruit salad, Chinese dim sum selection and mini glutinous rice dumpling, Breakfast rolls
Drink: Coffee
Comments: Dim sum was delicious
Rating: 8

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Picture taken by: m320
Flying from: Sydney to Hong Kong, 12 August 2003
Flight duration: 9hrs 30mins
Aircraft type & class: A330-300 Economy
Meal type: Lunch - Stir Fried Beef with Bok Choy & Rice, Potato Salad with smoked salmon on top, Mango cream sponge cake, wholemeal roll.
Drink: Beer (or anything you wanted, really).
Comments: The beef was a bit salty and over-flavoured (MSG even?!), the potatoes in the salad were too crunchy, but the slice of smoked salmon in Y class? A small touch that kinda made up for the rest!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7

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Picture taken by: Rupert Applin
Flying from: AKL to HKG, 28 August 2003
Ticket price: NZ$1980
Flight duration: 11hrs 40mins
Aircraft type & class: A340-300, economy
Meal type: Lunch
Prawn Salad, with pineapple, cucumber, spanish onion
Chicken Breast, mashed potatoes, brocolli, tomato relish
Lemon Cake and Custard
Drink: Australian Chardonnay
Comments: Salad was good, though the dressing was a little bland. Chicken was nice - a little dry, nice and crisp vegetables and a good mash. Wine did not have much flavour though - despite it being a Chardonnay.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7/10

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Picture taken by: Jonathan Katz
Flying from: HKG to KUL, 29 July 2003
Ticket price: Expensive
Flight duration: 2hr53min
Aircraft type & class: A330, buisness class
Meal type: lunch - shrimp, salad, beef with pineapple, rice, asparagus, cheesecake (not pictured)
Drink: Coca-Cola
Comments: YUM. (except for salad and pineapple)
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9.2

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Picture taken by: Jeffrey Lee
Flying from: HKG-TPE CX460, 2 August 2003
Flight duration: 1:20
Aircraft type & class: B744 J class
Meal type: breakfast: chinese din sum served with chilli sauce
Drink: juice
Comments: tasty!
Rating: 10+