537
Photo taken by: Jason Chiu
Route: IAH - NRT, 25 Sep 2006
Ticket price: NON-REVENUE
Flight duration: 12h 55m
Class: business
Aircraft: 777-200ER
Meal: Salad and Appetizer - Shrimp and crab meat salad accompanied by California roll sushi with shrimp and eel
Drink: Water and Cranapple Juice
Comments: Excellent food, great service! The meal started with warm roasted nuts, then the salad and appetizer, followed by a New York strip steak, fresh seasonal fruit and the best part, vanilla ice cream with toppings atop a warm apple cobbler. BusinessFirst is the only way to go!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10

535-536
Photo taken by: Adam L.
Route: IAH - BWI, 30 May 2006
Ticket price:
Flight duration: 3h 00m
Class: first
Aircraft: 737-800
Meal: Dinner - Cheese Cannoli with tomato sauce
Cream of Mushroom Soup
Roll
Turtle cheesecake
Drink: red wine "rothschild" (but from chile I think) poor quality
Comments: The cannenoli was the only main choice left in the 4th row of 1st, the other unavailable choice being shrimp parmesan on a salad. I think this was the better choice, as it was very filling and high quality, some of the best cannoli I've had in fact. The mushroom soup was tasty but there was dried soup on the outside of the terrine. The cheesecake was surprisingly tasteless, it looked much better than it was.
This month's wine selection is terrible; I don't know how it got past the "wine congress" or whatever they call it.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8

533
Photo taken by: Adam L.
Route: TUS - IAH, 30 May 2006
Flight duration: 2h 10m
Class: first
Aircraft: 737-300
Meal: Snack Plate - 1 slice salami
1 slice turkey
ranch dressing
red grapes
slice of tomato
2 black olives
jacobs crackers
reallemon cookies
Drink: red wine, very undistinguished.
Comments: I expected lunch on this flight but I guess leaving after 1:00 PM this was unrealistic. The plate was very high quality, with surprisingly spicy jalapeno jack chese, peppered salami and a slice of fresh turkey breast. CO should offer a few more slices of meat on this plate and it would be perfect.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8

529-530-531
Photo taken by: John Y.
Route: IAH - SHV, 10 Mar 2006
Ticket price:
Flight duration: 0h 50m
Class: one class only
Aircraft: ERJ-145
Meal: C-Terminal President's Club at IAH snacks - Chips, cheese, crackers, pretzels, fruit.
Drink: Coffee, sodas, fruit juices. If you were really thirsty, you could probably drink the cream, too.
Comments: A so-so selection but about average for a SkyTeam lounge.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 1

528
Photo taken by: Philip Dao
Route: SAN - IAH, 9 Jun 2006
Ticket price:
Flight duration: 3h 20m
Class: first
Aircraft: Boeing 757-300
Meal: Lunch - Shrimp salad, Continental beef stew, and bread.
Drink: Chardonay
Comments: The equipment is normally used for international flights. First class seats were really nice with huge pitch and recline. The meal was above average. The beef stew was not heated thoroughly.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7

527
Photo taken by: Adam Lazar
Route: IAH - DCA, 24 Jul 2006
Flight duration: 3h 00m
Class: first
Meal: Lunch - Chicken calzone
Small cup of Marinara Sauce
Side of picked pepper salad
Cream of Mushroom Soup
Almond Delight candy
Comments: Very bland calzone. Pickled pepper salad was a novel treat. Turtle candy is good but it's not a replacement for desert.
I also noticed that the FA had a bag of rolls that she did not distribute.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7

526
Photo taken by: Pucklechat
Route: ewr - cdg, 28 apr 2006
Ticket price: 450€
Flight duration: 6h 20m
Class: economy
Aircraft: b772
Meal: breakfast - a croissant with some vegetable mix.
Drink: coffee
Comments: never fly continental for the food served! If you are flying a skyteam partner across the atlantic airfrance-klm is a smarter choice.
Even dl does better than co!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 1

525
Photo taken by: Pucklechat
Route: ewr - cdg, 28 apr 2006
Ticket price: 450€
Flight duration: 6h 20m
Class: economy
Aircraft: b772
Meal: breakfast - a croissant with some vegetable mix.
Drink: coffee
Comments: never fly continental for the food served! If you are flying a skyteam partner to go across the atlantic airfrance-klm is a smarter choice.
Even dl does better than co!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 1

523-524
Photo taken by: Pucklechat
Route: cdg - ewr, 20 apr 2006
Ticket price: 450€
Flight duration: 7h 30m
Class: economy
Aircraft: b772
Meal: lunch - mixed salad with lasagnas and a piece of chocolate cake
Drink: diet coke
Comments: worst intercontinental meal ever. Looks better when the lid is on :(
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 1

522
Photo taken by: RM
Route: iah - lgw, 15 Mar 2006
Ticket price: $750
Flight duration: 11h 00m
Class: economy
Aircraft: B777-200
Meal: Moslem - Chicken curry, vegetables, basmati rice, salad, cheese, roll, and brownie for desert.
Drink: Water, juice
Comments: I wasn't expecting meat on the moslem meal option. I had heard most US carriers serve a vegetarian meal instead. This was definitely a present suprised. Nice and spicy!!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9

521
Photo taken by: sbalax
Route: LAX - EWR, 27 Apr 2006
Ticket price: Pass Travel
Flight duration: 4h 30m
Class: economy
Aircraft: 767
Meal: Breakfast - Hot egg and cheese sandwich, orange and pineapple slices, cranberry muffin, stawberry yogurt.
Drink: Bloody Mary and Water
Comments: Very good meal. Fresh flavor and filling.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9.5

518-519-520
Photo taken by: George Stoner
Route: NRT - IAH, 13 Apr 2006
Ticket price:
Flight duration: 13h 00m
Class: first
Aircraft: B777-200
Meal: Lunch - Appetizer: Prawn and tandoori-style scallop with creme fraiche and herb dressing; sushi assortment.

Salad: Blend of radicchio, romaine, lollo rosso and butter lettuce with tomato wedges and snow pea sprouts topped with ginger soy vinagrette.

Main course: Seared pork chop with garlic and herb rub and port wine sauce; mushrooms sauteed with herbs; french-style green beans; herb-roasted potatoes.
(Not Pictured - Fruit and cheese course; peach cobbler with ice cream)
Drink:
Comments: Nicely done presentation and service as always in Business First cabin. Salad vinagrette was outstanding. Pork chop was quite large, moist and flavorful; potatoes were crisp and fresh tasting.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9.5

511-512-513-514-515-516-517
Photo taken by: George Stoner
Route: IAH - NRT, 12 Apr 2006
Ticket price:
Flight duration: 14h 00m
Class: first
Aircraft: B777-200
Meal: Lunch/Mid-flight Snack/Breakfast - To start: Warm Nuts and Japanese snack mix
Appetizer: Sushi assortment
Japanese Main Course: Shrimp srasayaki, rolled beef with asparagus, vinegared cauliflower, fluke aspic and braised konnyaku with chili pepper; clear soup; wakakusa egg custard; simmered chicken, potato and snow peas with sauce; grilled tile fish with peppers, shiitake mushrooms and bok choy; steamed rice; Japanese pickles.
Fruit and Cheese course w/ Port
Dessert: Caramel ice cream sundae

Mid-Flight Snack: Tea Sandwiches and Cherry Linzer cake (not pictured)
Breakfast: Fruit plate; cinnamon roll; scrambled eggs with herbs, potatoes au gratin, smoked pork loin and turkey sausage
Drink: champage; green tea; coffee
Comments: Excellent service as always in Business First by a great crew. Food presentation was good and quite satisfying overall!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8.5

510
Photo taken by: Bryan Tallevi
Route: New York - Beijing, 30 Jul 2005
Ticket price:
Flight duration: 12h 30m
Class: economy
Aircraft: 777
Meal: Lunch - assortment of "dim sum" with bok choy
Drink: none
Comments: The pork bun was suprisingly delicious, although the bok choy was wilted, chewy and flavorless. A good attempt at matching the in air food to the cusine of our destination.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8

508-509
Photo taken by: Michael Denoff
Route: HNL - LAX, 27 Apr 2006
Ticket price:
Flight duration: 4h 40m
Class: business
Aircraft: 767-400ER
Meal: Snack - Warm Cashews
Philly cheese steak served with mushroom salad, a pickle, and steak sauce.
Corn and green chili bisque
Chocolate Truffles
Drink: Water, Ice Tea, and Bailey's
Comments: This was a very nice redeye snack. The steak sandwich was very good and loaded with very sweet grilled onions and peppers. The steak sauce was a good condiment; however I would have preferred Mayo. The soup was perfect. The mushroom salad was very tasty and complimented the sandwich well.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10

503-504-505-506-507
Photo taken by: Michael Denoff
Route: LAX - HNL, 27 Apr 2006
Ticket price:
Flight duration: 5h 30m
Class: business
Aircraft: 767-400er
Meal: Lunch - Pre-departure drink - Cran-Apple Juice
Warm Cashews
Chilled Lobster with DuBerry Sauce
Salad topped tomatoes, asparagus, kalamata olives, and feta cheese served with La Flora Italian dressing.
Ricotta and wild mushroom stuffed cannelloni served toped with roasted tomatoes, salute sauce, and parmesan cheese
Hot fudge sundae with caramel, strawberries, walnuts, and a cherry.
Drink: Water, White Wne, Ginger Ale, Bailey's
Comments: Excellent meal. The salad was fresh and tasty. Extra dressing was provided on request, however more than I needed. The entrée was tasty and filling, however I would have preferred more of a mushroom taste from the cannelloni filling. The sundae was good as always.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10

502
Photo taken by: Vivek Kaul
Route: Newark - New Delhi, 28 Jan 2006
Ticket price: Non-Rev
Flight duration: 13h 35m
Class: economy
Aircraft:
Meal: Indian Vegetarian - Appetizer Salad:Classic salad mix wiht cucumbers & spicy bean medleyand pepper cream dressing, Yogurt and pickles.
Main Course: Scrambled Mild Cheese & Vegetable Curry.
Dal Curry,Spiced Lentils
Carrot Pilaf
Dessert: Karachi Halva,a fudge -style curry, Cookie
Drink: Water
Comments: A good tasty meal. Continental has done a good job with this meal.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9.5

501
Photo taken by: Vivek Kaul
Route: New Delhi - Newark, 31 Jan 2006
Ticket price: Non-Rev
Flight duration: 15h 05m
Class: business
Aircraft: 777-200ER
Meal: Indian Vegetarian - Large Plate, Clockwise: Rice Pilaf, Pakora Curry , Mixed Vegetable Curry.
Small Plate: Indian Potato Bread(Paratha)
Oval Bowl: Yogurt and Pickles.
Drink: Water
Comments: The food was really good , but the quantity was could have been more.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9.5

500
Photo taken by: joseph chen
Route: EWR - ZRH, 16 Mar 2006
Ticket price: $500
Flight duration: 8h 00m
Class: economy
Aircraft: 767-200
Meal: Breakfast - croissant w/ jam, fruit salad
Drink: coffee
Comments: quite small, served 70min before landing; i was hungry again in an hour. the croissant was cold and stiff. fruit salad was nice though. dinner (no pic) was chicken, roll, salad, brownie (which i really liked). at least Continental still uses metal utensils. service was efficient and quick. honestly, i've had much better on other asian carriers.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 4

499
Photo taken by: Andy
Route: PTY - IAH, 15 Jan 2005
Ticket price: 765.00
Flight duration: 4h 05m
Class: economy
Aircraft: 737-800
Meal: Lunch - Chicken sandwich, potato salad, and a flan type dessert
Drink: Apple Juice
Comments: The chicken sandwich was good the last time I went on this flight, but this time it was burned, also the dessert was do so good, it was hard and too sweet.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 6

498
Photos taken by: Michael Denoff
Route: CDG - EWR, 1 Jan 2006
Ticket price: n/a
Flight duration: 8h 30m
Class: business
Aircraft: 777-200ER
Meal: Pre Arrival Snack - Fresh seasonal fruit
Hot Sandwich
Beef tips sautéed with onions and bell peppers,
served on a focaccia roll,
offered with herb mustard dipping sauce
Chocolate
Drink: Water,
Comments: A tasty snack offered prior to landing in EWR. The fruit did not survive the long trip over the Atlantic too well; however the sandwich was very good. The Chocolate Truffles were a nice way to finish the service.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10

496
Photos taken by: Michael Denoff
Route: CDG - EWR, 1 Jan 2006
Ticket price: n/a
Flight duration: 8h 30m
Class: business
Aircraft: 777-200ER
Meal: Lunch - DESSERT
Warm peach cobbler topped with vanilla ice cream
Drink: Water, Baileys
Comments: The peach cobbler was excellent and hit the spot. The very nice FA added some caramel, which was a nice touch.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10

495
Photos taken by: Michael Denoff
Route: CDG - EWR, 1 Jan 2006
Ticket price: n/a
Flight duration: 8h 30m
Class: business
Aircraft: 777-200ER
Meal: Lunch - FRUIT AND CHEESE
Select European cheeses accompanied by fresh seasonal fruit,
assorted gourmet crackers and rolls, served with Port wine
Drink: Giner Ale, Water
Comments: Good cheese and fresh fruit.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9

494
Photos taken by: Michael Denoff
Route: CDG - EWR, 1 Jan 2006
Ticket price: n/a
Flight duration: 8h 30m
Class: business
Aircraft: 777-200ER
Meal: Lunch - MAIN COURSE

The Chef’s Selection
Grilled New York strip steak accented by garlic butter
Green asparagus spears Buttered baby carrots
Mashed potatoes

EXTRA VEGETABLE OPTION
Fresh zucchini and yellow squash sautéed in olive oil
and lightly seasoned with garlic

Drink: Giner Ale, Water, French Chardonnay
Comments: The steak was tasty, however too overcooked for my taste. The garlic butter helped to moisten it. The vegetables and mashed potatoes were excellent.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8

492-493
Photos taken by: Michael Denoff
Route: LAX - HNL, 3 Mar 2006
Ticket price: n/a
Flight duration: 5h 30m
Class: business
Aircraft: 767-400
Meal: Breakfast - TO BEGIN
Fresh fruit salad consisting of cantaloupe, honey due, orange, grapefruit, and a strawberry.

(Warm croissant and cinnamon bun not pictured)

ENTRÉE
Cheddar cheese omelet served with deli potato wedges, bacon, and turkey sausage

Drink: CranApple Juice, water
Comments: This was a very good breakfast. The fruit was very fresh.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10

491
Photos taken by: Michael Denoff
Route: CDG - EWR, 1 Jan 2006
Ticket price: n/a
Flight duration: 8h 30m
Class: business
Aircraft: 777-200ER
Meal: Lunch - SALAD

Mesclun salad mix
with rock melon, strawberry and mozzarella cheese balls,
topped with toasted pine nuts
Offered with orange mustard dressing

Freshly baked bread and assorted rolls with butter

Drink: Giner Ale, Water, French Chardonnay
Comments: The salad was excellent. The fruit was fresh and the greens were crisp. The orange mustard dressing was a good match with the salad.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10

490
Photos taken by: Michael Denoff
Route: LAX - EWR, 28 Feb 2006
Ticket price: n/a
Flight duration: 5h 30m
Class: economy
Aircraft: 737-800
Meal: Breakfast - Egg and cheese biscuit, orange and grapefruit salad, yogurt, and a banana muffin.
Drink: CranApple Juice
Comments: This was an adequate breakfast for a domestic coach flight. Thankfully Continental still provides free meals in coach.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8

488-489
Photos taken by: Michael Denoff
Route: CDG - EWR, 1 Jan 2006
Ticket price: n/a
Flight duration: 8h 30m
Class: business
Aircraft: 777-200ER
Meal: Lunch - TO BEGIN
Warm roasted nuts
served with your preferred cocktail or

APPETIZER CART
Baby shrimp wrapped with smoked salmon
accompanied by horseradish sauce (not pictured)

Foie gras parfait with fig
garnished with green grapes and oranges

Drink: Giner Ale, Water, French Chardonnay
Comments: I enjoyed the cashews, however I can not eat shrimp and I was not crazy about the fois gras. This wasn't a problem as their was more than enough food to eat by the time the service was over.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8

482-483-484-485-486-487
Photos taken by: Michael Denoff
Route: EWR - BRS, 11 Mar 2006
Ticket price: n/a
Flight duration: 6h 30m
Class: business
Aircraft: 757-200ER
Meal: Dinner - TO BEGIN
Warm roasted nuts
served with your preferred cocktail or beverage

APPETIZER CART
Smoked, peppered Atlantic salmon
accompanied by salmon roulade with cream cheese
and creamed horseradish
Air-dried beef garnished with melon and oranges

SALAD
Fresh mesclun greens and frisée with buffalo mozzarella cheese,
red tomato slices, chopped chives and a Kalamata olive
Offered with balsamic vinaigrette

Freshly baked sourdough bread and assorted rolls with butter

MAIN COURSES
Herbed Breast of Chicken
Enhanced by morel mushroom sauce, served over Italian couscous
flavored with fresh herbs, Roma tomatoes and red onion
Fresh green asparagus spears

Fresh zucchini and yellow squash sautéed in olive oil
and lightly seasoned with garlic

FRUIT AND CHEESE
Select American and imported cheeses accompanied by fresh seasonal fruit,assorted gourmet crackers and bread, served with Port wine

DESSERT
Warm peach cobbler topped with vanilla ice cream

Drink: Water, Ginger Ale
Comments: Overall the meal was very good. Both appetizer choices were excellent. I was not crazy about salad, and ended up eating only the mozzarella and tomatoes. The chicken entrée was tasty, however it needed a little more morel sauce. I thought the asparagus was over cooked, fortunately I requested the extra vegetable option which complimented the dinner well. The fruit and cheese course was good, and the warm peach cobbler was the perfect way to finish the service.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10

481
Photos taken by: Michael Denoff
Route: CDG - EWR, 1 Jan 2006
Ticket price: n/a
Flight duration: 8h 30m
Class: business
Aircraft: 777-200ER
Meal: Pre-Departure Beverage - none
Drink: CranApple Juice
Comments:
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10

480
Photos taken by: Zaza
Route: Tampa - Newark, 23 Mar 2006
Ticket price: n/a
Flight duration: 2h 30m
Class: economy
Aircraft: Boeing 757 200
Meal: snack - complimentary snack, sandvich with grilled turkey and cheese
bag of baby carrot
MandM
Drink: Coke
Comments: Continental still provide complimentary snack also on relatively short domestic flights. Average meal but again it is a complimentary and you don´t need to pay like on Delta..
rating: 4 for meal, 10 for complimentary offer
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7

479
Photos taken by: Aaron B
Route: IAH - FLL, 25 Feb 2006
Ticket price: n/a
Flight duration: 2h 10m
Class: first
Aircraft: B737-700
Meal: Breakfast - Toasted ham, egg, and cheese sandwich with melon slices and a cinnamon roll.
Drink: Coffee
Comments: Much more than I expected on this route.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7

476-477-478
Photos taken by: John
Route: IAH - NRT, 13 Mar 2006
Ticket price: Award
Flight duration: 13h 25m
Class: economy
Aircraft: 777-200
Meal: Dinner, snack, breakfast. - Dinner: beef, rice/vegetable mix, brownie for dessert.
Snack: cheeseburger, Edy's vanilla ice cream.
Breakfast: "Omlet" (just eggs, really), sausage pattie, hash brown potatoes.
Drink: Water
Comments: Dinner: Beef was on the tough side and a bit dry. Sauce was fatty, greasy, salty. I brought my own Tabasco sauce and it made all the difference. Smoked salmon was a nice touch in an otherwise dull salad. The brownie was good but the crumb topping fell all over the place when I bit into it. Annoying.

Snack: Cheeseburger was surprising good for a steamed sandwich. Ice cream was yummy.

Breakfast: Eggs were too greasy, sausage kind of dry, but the potatoes were surprisingly good.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 5

475
Photos taken by: Pierce
Route: Houston - Buenos Aires, Argentina, 7 Feb 2006
Ticket price: n/a
Flight duration: 10h 45m
Class: first
Aircraft: 767
Meal: Breakfast - Omlet, Croissant, Canadian Bacon, Hash brown potatoes...
Drink: Orange Juice, coffee
Comments: A very good breakfast after a long flight. Continental's food and service were excellent.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9.5

473
Photos taken by: Aaron B.
Route: IAH - FLL, 25 Feb 2006
Ticket price: Award Travel
Flight duration: 2h 20m
Class: first
Aircraft: 737-800
Meal: Breakfast - Ham, egg, and cheese sandwich on sourdough bread with a few slices of melon and a cinnamon roll.
Drink: Coffee
Comments: Sandwich was okay, eggs were a bit runny, cinnamon roll was hard, but warm, melon was good.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 5.5

472
Photos taken by: Adam Lazar
Route: IAH - IAD, 20 Feb 2006
Ticket price: n/a
Flight duration: 2h 05m
Class: first
Aircraft: 737-700
Meal: Lunch - * beef stew
* chicken salad with ceasar dressing
* hot roll
Drink: ice tea, red wine
Comments: a one tray affair. Since this mirrored the cup of soup and salmon salad on am iah-bwi dinner flight a few months ago, it seems that continental has pretty much standardized on the thick soup or stew and a sandwich or salad for the sub-3-hour lunch and dinner. The stew was a bit gooey, but the salad was excellent, with chilled chicken and fresh mozzerella balls.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7.5

468-469-470-471
Photos taken by: Adam Lazar
Route: SJO - IAH, 20 Feb 2006
Ticket price: n/a
Flight duration: 3h 35m
Class: first
Aircraft: 757-200
Meal: Breakfast - *fruit plate
*warm muffins and croissants
*choice of french toast or omlette (chive) with sausage, bacon, roasted potatoes and a tomato slice
Drink: orange juice, coffee
Comments: this was an above average breakfast on a 3.5 international because of the fruit, which was very fresh and plentiful-- in fact it had all the ingredients of the kraft special but was all very, very fresh. the chive omlet was a loser, very dry. they should stick with a denver-style filling.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7.5

462-463-464-465-466
Photos taken by: Adam Lazar
Route: EWR - SJO, 8 Feb 2006
Ticket price: n/a
Flight duration: 5h 25m
Class: first
Aircraft: 737-800
Meal: Dinner - *warm nuts with scotch
*chilled lobster accompanied by du barry sauce
*red oakleaf and romaine lettuce with fresh asparagus, roma tomato, kalamata olives and feta cheese
*herbed chicken breast and "chimichurri" beef medallion with baby carrots, asparagus, potato wedges and black bean sauce
*vanilla ice cream with choice of toppings
Drink: scotch, delicato 2004 merlot, corovoiser vsop cognac
Comments: overall Continental provides an outstanding service for this 5 hour flight on basic domestic equipment. There are linens both for the table and the tray, and the courses themselves are never trayed. Nice touches included a nut mix full of brazil nuts, an excellent warm (never cold) pretzel bread among the roll offerings. And they let the ice cream soften before serving. It's as if Continental has figured out what the usual problems and made an effort to avoid them.

Slight annoyances included:
* the substitution of a prawn for part of the lobster dish; "du barry sauce" was thousand island dressing
* very fatty chicken with the skin left on

Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8.5

461
Photos taken by: SR 103
Route: Cleveland - Orlando, 5 Nov 2005
Ticket price: n/a
Flight duration: 2h 10m
Class: economy
Aircraft: Boeing 737-300
Meal: Snack/Dinner - Turkey sandwich, Bag of Ruffles Orginal Chips, Salted Nut Roll, and a small packet of mayonaise
Drink: Coke
Comments: Standard Continental food in coach, but it is free so not much to complain about
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7.5

460
Photos taken by: Alberto Gaitan
Route: IAH (Houston) - EZE (Buenos Aires), 15 Jan 2006
Ticket price: Paid by my employers
Flight duration: 10h 20m
Class: economy
Aircraft: B767-200
Meal: Breakfast (?) - Five pieces of pineapple cubes with grapefruit as fruit salad and a fluffy croissant with butter-jelly.
Drink: Coffe with milk and sugar - Coke
Comments: This breakfast was a joke..... i can not believe that. Continental started to serve to Buenos Aires on last Dec. 2005, i was expecting a little extra in the service to try to impress us and catch more customers in future flights. They spoiled everything with this breakfast or i don't know how to call this meal. We are talking about an international flight...more than 10 hours flight
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 1

459
Photos taken by: Alberto Gaitan
Route: IAH (Houston) - EZE (Buenos Aires), 15 Jan 2006
Ticket price: Paid by my employers
Flight duration: 10h 20m
Class: economy
Aircraft: B767-200
Meal: Dinner - Chicken parmeggiana with white rica and beans, Lettuce, Cucumber and carrot salad, bread & butter. A kind of pie covered with merengue.
Drink: Coke and Coffe
Comments: Nice meals but few for 10 hours international flight. Good metal silverware.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 5.5

458
Photos taken by: Alberto Gaitan
Route: LAX (Los Angeles) - IAH (Houston), 15 Jan 2006
Ticket price: paid by my employer
Flight duration: 3h 40m
Class: economy
Aircraft: B737-700
Meal: Snack - Beef and swiss warm panini sandwich, mix lettuce salad, M&M chocolate candies.
Drink: Coke and Oranje Juice-Coffe
Comments: Nice meal for a domestic flight. Continental has better service than others "American Airlines"
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7.5

457
Photos taken by: alexander
Route: TXL - NYC, 23 Dec 2005
Ticket price: around $500
Flight duration: 8h 00m
Class: economy
Aircraft: 757-200
Meal: Lunch - Lasagna, Salad, Apple-Pie, Roll.
Drink: Water
Comments: Delicious lasagna, fresh sald and an almost home-mad-style warm apple pie. Purser Greg was great, although untasted he deserves a 10 as well! Sorry the pic is slightly out of focus.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10

456
Photos taken by: Nathan Burrows
Route: EDI - EWR, 27 Dec 2005
Ticket price: £330 Return
Flight duration: 7h 15m
Class: economy
Aircraft: 757-200
Meal: Lunch - Salad with dressing.
Chicken Parmigan with vegtables and rice.
Apple dessert.
Roll & butter.
Drink: Diet Coke

Comments: Salad was eaten without dressing and was nice, fresh and chilled.
Meal was warm enough and the chicken tasted ok, not overcooked. Vegtables just the right consistency and quite enjoyable. Didn't taste too much like what it was supposed to be(Parmigan) but was edible none the less.
I have never liked apple desserts so didn't try this but my fianceé enjoyed hers.
Roll was soft, but butter slightly too hard to spread easily. All in all enjoyable meal and good service by the cabin crew. I like it when you ask for a Diet Coke and you get the full can rather than a little glass full.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9

453-454-455
Photos taken by: Tony F
Route: FLL - ewr, 15 Dec 2005
Ticket price: Elite upgrade (Northwest)
Flight duration: 3h 05m
Class: first
Aircraft: 737-700
Meal: Lunch - Started off with Wite Wine, the for lunch had choice of Chicken Ceasar salad or Philly Cheese steak sandwich. What was deleived was different, My salad was a Greek Salad with chicken and my seat mate's sandwich was BBQ beef. With the Salad and sandwich a cup of VERY good southwestern corn chowder was service. My meal was very good.
Drink: White wine then had coffee and Baily's
Comments: OK this was not a good flight here is why.

Inbound flight late from EWR by 10 minutes, As soon as the passenagers got off the plane, they boarded us while the crew was cleaning up the plane. Once on board we were informed that we are on a hold for 16 passenagers coming in from a late cruise, so we waited for an hour and 15 minutes. We were told my the captian that no one is going to miss thier connections. Once everybody was on board, we took off, after about 30 minutes in the air, the captian came on and told us that ATC (Air Traffic Control) has slowed us down. Half way into the flight the lead FA came on and told people who were going to make a connection that WE need to call Continental to see if we are going to make our connection of not. Right, like I'm going to use the airphones and sit on hold.. I told the FA that sn't my job and that YOU guys need to call for us... THey did and were told we will miss out connection and were rebooked. We arrived 10minute later, I'm still LOST on why they couldn't hold our flight for 10 minutes when we at in FLL for an huor and 15 minutes...

Now mind you, we just got off a cruise from the Caribbean, and we are now in EWR where its 11 degree's, we are in shorts and short sleeve T-shirt. Our new flight doesn't leave for PHX for 5 hrs... I went to the coustomer service counters to see if we could get into the P-Club and the lady sitting behind the counter was way too lazy to help, after sitting on my cell phone for 48 minutes I called thier customer care # the agent was able to get use into the P-club were is was warmer then the terminal itself.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 5

451-452
Photos taken by: Tony F
Route: ewr - PHX, 15 Dec 2005
Ticket price: Elite upgrade (Northwest)
Flight duration: 5h 05m
Class: first
Aircraft: 737-700
Meal: Dinner - We had a choice of Lasagna or cheif salad. We both took the Lasagna, it was served with now get this Beef Stew...

Start off with Warmed nutes
No dinner salad was offered at all

Main course
NO Dessert was offered at all
No after dinner drink service at all

Drink: Red Wine
Comments: VERY lazy crew for this 5hr and 05 minute flight we were in row 2 on the right side of the plane, so we were in the first row. After the LEAD FA helped with coach she sat down in the first class gallay and did NOTHING by bitch and complain about her job. with the First class FA. The First class FA disapeared after picking up all of the trays never offered any coffee or anyting. After listening to the lead FA for an hour, I told her that is was VERY unprofessional of her to sit in front of me and complain like she was. I told her if she didn't like her job then quit, its that simple. But just shut up... She did that for the next 2 hrs.
I'm suprised on the level of serivce that CO gives on thier domestic flights, their International flights are great...
The flights from PHX-FLL I didn't take pics as the flight left PHX at 620am and I was half asleep...
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 3

448-449-450
Photos taken by: James Barclay

Pic 448
Warm peach cobbler, snifter of cognac, and a hot tea
Pic 449
Mid-flight snack of baked on-board chocolate chocolate-chip cookies (served warm out of the oven!) and a glass of cold milk
Pic 450
Refreshment prior to landing of fresh seasonal fruit, a large scone with clotted cream and strawberry preserves, and a hot tea

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Photos taken by: James Barclay

Pic 445
Ice cream sundae - vanilla ice cream with caramel, hot fudge, and strawberry toppings plus sliced almonds, whipped cream, and cherries; snifter of cognac, and a hot tea
Pic 446
Ice cream sundae - vanilla ice cream with caramel, hot fudge, and strawberry toppings plus sliced almonds, whipped cream, and cherries
Pic 447
Warm peach cobbler with vanilla ice cream, sliced almonds, and caramel sauce

442-443-444
Photos taken by: James Barclay

Pic 442
European cheeses and gourmet crackers
Pic 443
Fresh seasonal fruits
Pic 444
Several drinks during the multi-course lunch included water, cranberry juice, red wine, and Port wine

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Photos taken by: James Barclay

Pic 439
Grilled rib-eye steak with herbed butter; grilled yellow squash, zucchini and a cherry tomato; oven-roasted potatoes topped with sauteed onions ("The Chef's Selection")
Pic 440
"A mix of sauteed chanterelle, champignon, and shiitake mushrooms" is available upon request to accompany any entree
Pic 441
Cheese service of select European cheeses accompanied by fresh seasonal fruit, assorted crackers and rolls, and Port wine

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Photos taken by: James Barclay

Pic 436
Curried chicken served on a bed of coconut rice with coriander, sauteed baby bok choy and grilled nan bread
Pic 437
Curried chicken served on a bed of coconut rice with coriander, sauteed baby bok choy and grilled nan bread
Pic 438
Grilled rib-eye steak with herbed butter; grilled yellow squash, zucchini and a cherry tomato; oven-roasted potatoes topped with sauteed onions ("The Chef's Selection")

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Photos taken by: James Barclay

Pic 433
Air-dried beef with sun-dried tomato and a grilled artichoke heart
Pic 434
Mesclun salad mix tossed with cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, and red onion rings (with sun-dried tomato dressing)
Pic 435
Mesclun salad mix tossed with cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, and red onion rings (with yoghurt dill dressing)

430-431-432
Photos taken by: James Barclay
route: LGW-EWR
date: October 2005
flight duration: 7 hours, 40 minutes
aircraft type and class: 777-300, BusinessFirst class
meal type: lunch and snacks
contents of meal: see individual pictures for descriptions
rating: food 9 on 1-10 scale; service a 10
comments: Excellent service by very attentive FAs and the wonderful in-flight manager! Continental has the best service of any US carrier on international flights and puts the others to absolute shame! Well done!

Pic 430
Warm roasted nuts served with cranberry juice, just after take-off
Pic 431
From the appetizer cart - chilled shrimp with lemon and fresh dill and cocktail sauce; air-dried beef with sun-dried tomato and a grilled artichoke heart
Pic 432
Chilled shrimp with lemon and fresh dill and cocktail sauce

429
Photo taken by: Lee Traylor
Route: Orlando - Houston, 2 Jan 2005
Ticket price: n/a
Flight duration: 2h 00m
Class: first
Aircraft: Boeing 777
Meal: dinner - main - Roast beef sandwich and BBQ dip with potatoe salad and mushroom soup.
Drink: Ginger Ale
Comments: Delighted to have a hot meal such a meal on this route. Great soup too!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9

428
Photo taken by: Lee Traylor
Route: Houston - Orlando, 20 Mar 2005
Ticket price: n/a
Flight duration: 2h 00m
Class: first
Aircraft: Boeing 777
Meal: snack - Loose meats, crackers, grapes, cheese
Drink: Ginger Ale
Comments: Nice snack on such a route.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9

427
Photo taken by: Dag Eri Mikalsen
Route: EWR - MCO, 20 Jul 2005
Ticket price: USD 1850 MCO-EWR-OSL-EWR-MCO
Flight duration: 2h 05m
Class: first
Aircraft: 739
Meal: snack - Cheese cake
Drink: coffe and red wine
Comments: very tastey, just missed a cognac
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8.5


426
Photo taken by: Dag Eri Mikalsen
Route: EWR - MCO, 20 Jul 2005
Ticket price: USD 1850 MCO-EWR-OSL-EWR-MCO
Flight duration: 2h 05m
Class: first
Aircraft: 739
Meal: snack - Chicken salad with lobster soup
Drink: water and red wine
Comments: salad was good, but the soup was nothing special
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7


425
Photo taken by: Dag Eri Mikalsen
Route: OSL - EWR, 20 Jul 2005
Ticket price: USD 1850 MCO-EWR-OSL-EWR-MCO
Flight duration: 7h 45m
Class: business
Aircraft: 757-200
Meal: snack - Omelet, fruit and chocolate
Drink: water
Comments: Prelanding meal 1 hour out of EWR. Tastey and surprisingly filling. A nice end to a nice flight
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9


424
Photo taken by: Dag Eri Mikalsen
Route: OSL - EWR, 20 Jul 2005
Ticket price: USD 1850 MCO-EWR-OSL-EWR-MCO
Flight duration: 7h 45m
Class: business
Aircraft: 757-200
Meal: lunch - dessert - Bluberry pie with vanilla ice-cream
Drink: Coffee
Comments: The pie was warm and very good. Asked for coffee and cognac, but never got the cognac. Asked for GT later instead, and got that, so it did not really matter.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9.5


423
Photo taken by: Dag Eri Mikalsen
Route: OSL - EWR, 20 Jul 2005
Ticket price: USD 1850 MCO-EWR-OSL-EWR-MCO
Flight duration: 7h 45m
Class: business
Aircraft: 757-200
Meal: lunch - dessert - Cheese and fruit
Drink: Champagne, Shiraz , port and water
Comments: Have had better cheeses, but they were ok. Fruit were nice and fresh
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7.5


422
Photo taken by: Dag Eri Mikalsen
Route: OSL - EWR, 20 Jul 2005
Ticket price: USD 1850 MCO-EWR-OSL-EWR-MCO
Flight duration: 7h 45m
Class: business
Aircraft: 757-200
Meal: lunch - main - Duck
Drink: Champagne, Shiraz and water
Comments: A very good duck, both filling and tastey. One of the best mains I¨ve ever had in an airplane. To bad the wine was not up to standards, otherwise it would have been a 10. Plus for metalware and several serving of warm rolls
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9.5


421
Photo taken by: Dag Eri Mikalsen
Route: OSL - EWR, 20 Jul 2005
Ticket price: USD 1850 MCO-EWR-OSL-EWR-MCO
Flight duration: 7h 45m
Class: business
Aircraft: 757-200
Meal: lunch - appetizer - Salad
Drink: Champagne and water
Comments: I guess the salad was ok, but I did not like the dressing at all, so I did not eat much of it
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 4


420
Photo taken by: Dag Eri Mikalsen
Route: OSL - EWR, 20 Jul 2005
Ticket price: USD 1850 MCO-EWR-OSL-EWR-MCO
Flight duration: 7h 45m
Class: business
Aircraft: 757-200
Meal: lunch - appetizer - Foie gras, smoked salmon, shrimps
Drink: Champagne and water
Comments: The best I've ever tasted on an airplane. Everything was just excellent, to bad the portion was not greater!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10


419
Photo taken by: Dag Eri Mikalsen
Route: OSL - EWR, 20 Jul 2005
Ticket price: USD 1850 MCO-EWR-OSL-EWR-MCO
Flight duration: 7h 45m
Class: business
Aircraft: 757-200
Meal: snack - Warm nuts
Drink: Champagne
Comments: Very good, but the nut-mix was not my favorite. The champagne could also been better, but I guess that is personal prefrence
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8.5


418
Photo taken by: Dag Eri Mikalsen
Route: EWR - OSL, 4 Jul 2005
Ticket price: USD 1850 MCO-EWR-OSL
Flight duration: 7h 00m
Class: business
Aircraft: 757-200
Meal: breakfast - Croissant, fruit
Drink: Coffee and orange juice
Comments: not very filling, but only 3 hours after dinner, it was enough
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7.5


417
Photo taken by: Dag Eri Mikalsen
Route: EWR - OSL, 3 Jul 2005
Ticket price: USD 1850 MCO-EWR-OSL
Flight duration: 7h 00m
Class: business
Aircraft: 757-200
Meal: dinner - dessert - Cheese and ice-cream
Drink: Coffee and cognac
Comments: Very tastey, ice-cream and cognac were very good
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9.5


416
Photo taken by: Dag Eri Mikalsen
Route: EWR - OSL, 3 Jul 2005
Ticket price: USD 1850 MCO-EWR-OSL
Flight duration: 7h 00m
Class: business
Aircraft: 757-200
Meal: dinner - dessert - Fruit and cheeses
Drink: Port and water
Comments: Two of the cheses were good, the other just average. Port is always nice.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7.5


415
Photo taken by: Dag Eri Mikalsen
Route: EWR - OSL, 3 Jul 2005
Ticket price: USD 1850 MCO-EWR-OSL
Flight duration: 7h 00m
Class: business
Aircraft: 757-200
Meal: dinner - main - Chicken with aspargus and corn
Drink: Champagne, Rhone and water
Comments: Chicken is a safe bet. Nothing special, but filling and tastey.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7.5


414
Photo taken by: Dag Eri Mikalsen
Route: EWR - OSL, 3 Jul 2005
Ticket price: USD 1850 MCO-EWR-OSL
Flight duration: 7h 00m
Class: business
Aircraft: 757-200
Meal: dinner - appetizer - Salad with mozarella and tomatoes
Drink: Champagne, Rhone and water
Comments: Ok salad, nothing more. This red whine was not good either. I guess cheap french whine is not my favorite. Plus for metalware
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 6.5


413
Photo taken by: Dag Eri Mikalsen
Route: EWR - OSL, 3 Jul 2005
Ticket price: USD 1850 MCO-EWR-OSL
Flight duration: 7h 00m
Class: business
Aircraft: 757-200
Meal: dinner - appetizer - Peppered Alaska Salmon, salmon pate, fruit and beef
Drink: Champagne, Bordeux and water
Comments: Food was very good, specially the salmon pate. The Red wine was not good at all, and I had only one glass
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8


412
Photo taken by: Dag Eri Mikalsen
Route: EWR - OSL, 3 Jul 2005
Ticket price: USD 1850 MCO-EWR-OSL
Flight duration: 1h 00m
Class: business
Aircraft: 757-200
Meal: snack - Warm nuts
Drink: Champagne
Comments: This is the best climbout-snack i know of! Perfect start for a nice flight. The champange could have been a tad nicer, and the glass could have been more elegant, but very good after all
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9.5


411
Photo taken by: Dag Eri Mikalsen
Route: EWR - OSL, 3 Jul 2005
Ticket price: USD 1850 MCO-EWR-OSL
Flight duration: 1h 00m
Class: business
Aircraft: 757-200
Meal: pre-departure drink -
Drink: Champagne
Comments: Ok taste, but i miss a real champange glass
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8


410
Photo taken by: Dag Eri Mikalsen
Route: MCO - EWR, 3 Jul 2005
Ticket price: USD 1850 MCO-EWR-OSL
Flight duration: 1h 00m
Class: first
Aircraft: 737-900
Meal: lunch - main - Soup, hot sandwich and some other stuff I did not taste
Drink: Heineken, merlot and water
Comments: Ok taste, ok portion and a plus for real fork and knife
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 6.5


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Photo taken by: Andres Bissot
Route: Panama City, Panama to Houston IAH , 09 Jul 2005
Ticket price: $618.50
Flight duration: 4hr 4mn
Aircraft type & class: 737-800 coach
Business or leisure trip: leisure
Meal type: Lunch
Contents of the meal: Chicken Sandwich, Potato Salad, and some type of flan dessert
Drink: Apple juice
Comments: The chicken sandwich was burned to charcoal, the potato salad was OK, the dessert was good
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7- chicken sandwich was bas but the service was great
Camera brand & type: Olympus D-395


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Photo taken by: archan1
Route: 554 from Paris, France to Detroit, MI, 08 Jun 2005
Ticket price: Frequent Flyer
Flight duration: Approx. 8 hours.
Aircraft type & class: coach, 767
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Pre-ordered vegetarian lunch
Contents of the meal: A southwestern bean and
vegetable mix, salad, fruit, and roll with margarine.
Drink: Water.
Comments: The entree was awful. Potatoes stuck to
the bottom of the serving tray. Otherwise, just mixed
hot kidney beans, summer squash, and stewed tomatoes.
The salad was brown on the edges. The fruit was
canned quality. The roll was dry. No dessert. The
meat-eaters received a brownie. I got fruit. Why do
vegetarian meals seem to skip the dessert? I may not
eat meat, but I still like dessert.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 3
Camera brand & type: Pentax Optio.


407
Photo taken by: Semsem
Newark / New York to Geneva, 7 hours
$420
B 767 Economy Class
Dinner
Leisure
Chicken thigh, sticky rice; side lettuce and a chocolate brownie
Rating: 0 / Zero / Nil / Zippo
Comments: It amazes me that Continental Airlines could have the nerve to serve such garbage. The whole meal was un-edible. The chicken was mostly chicken fat as it was not the breast but the thigh. The little meat on top tasted of uncooked meat.

The rice was boiled and sticky and the terayaki sauce was vile.

The chocolate brownie was dry and disgusting. Even the roll was awful.

In the 50 years that I have flown transatlantic routes Continental beats them all in serving food that is not fit for human consumption. Nothing on the tray was edible. Will certainly avoid flying with them again.


406
Photo taken by: Semsem
Newark / New York to Geneva, 7 hours
$420
B 767 Economy Class
Breakfast
Leisure
One croissant with jam, fruit salad, coffee.
Rating: 5
Comments: After being served an un-edible dinner which was insulting and unfit for human consumption, we were served our breakfast 45 minutes before landing. By this time we were starving. One measly croissant was insufficient. However it tasted OK and it was warmed.
Continental Airlines are stingy and are trying to save pennies at all costs. Will avoid flying them again on the transatlantic routes.


405
Picture taken by: Semsem
Geneva to Newark / New York; 8 hours
$420
B 767 Economy Class
Snack
Leisure
Camera: Canon
Small turkey sandwich with cheese, apple cake and pecan candy
Rating: 6
Comments: After being served an un-edible lunch at 10.30 am, we had to wait another 6 hours for the snack and were starving. Surprisingly, the snack was tasty. The sandwich though on the small side, was tasty.

The apple cake was very good. The pecan candy was edible.


404
Picture taken by: Semsem
Geneva to Newark / New York; 8 hours
$420
B 767 Economy Class
Lunch at 10.30 AM
Leisure
Camera: Canon (which broke after only 3 years. Maybe it was the picture of the ghastly meal that made it break.)
Roast, mashed potatoes, vegetables; side lettuce and a pineapple cream cake.
Rating: 0 / Zero / Nil / Zippo
Comments: A meal that quite frankly was an insult it was so disgusting. First of all the lunch was served at 10.30 am. Who eats lunch at 10.30 AM? Anyway calling this garbage, food, would be too much of a compliment.

The roast tasted of rubber. However the mashed potatoes were good. The roll was stale. Even the salad dressing was repulsive and thick.

The cake tasted of nothing and the dough was stale.

This airline is poorly managed. They think that by saving $1 they will reduce their losses. Instead they are giving themselves a bad reputation. Even the earphones with clips for each ear are cheap and uncomfortable to wear.

In the 50 years I have flown the transatlantic, Continental wins head over heals for serving the most un-edible garbage to economy class passengers.


403 Omelette
Topped with cheddar cheese
Smoked pork loin Turkey sausage patty
Lyonnaise potatoes


402 BREAKFAST
A selection of juices
Fresh seasonal fruit
Assorted breads including cinnamon rolls,
crusty rolls and warm croissants
with butter and strawberry preserves


401 DESSERT CART
Featuring Blue Bell®Homemadeª vanilla ice cream
offered with your choice of toppings
or warm fruit cobbler with vanilla ice cream
Photo taken by: boeingATL
Route: IAH-GIG
Ticket price: US$7,575
Flight duration: 11hr 50 min
Aircraft type and class: 760-400 Business First
Meal type: Dinner and Breakfast
Drink: bottled water, Glenmorangie Scotch, DOMAIN DE
LARIVET 1999 Bourdaux, Noval Late Bottled Vintage
Port, Courvoisier VSOP Cognac
Comments: Really exceptional service provided by the
Continental crew, both on ground and in the air.
Cabin service was exemplary and I always believe the
tone is set by the purser. Sorry some pictures are a
little fuzzy, it was a new camera I bought that day.
Meal was pretty good and well paced. The veal was
tough though and I did not get a picture of the extra
green beans served. So skimpy, they looked lost in
the dish. Presentation of the main leaves much to be
desired, as you can see. The cheese and port, VERY
good as was the made to order ice cream sundae.
Breakfast good, but they ran out of sweet rolls by the
time they got to my seat on row 3. Fruit very fresh
and ripe and the omelet really tasted much better than
it looked.
Rating 1-10: 6.5
Camera brand & type: Sony DSC-P120