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Photo taken by: Nadir Olgacay
Route: Jburg - Dubai, 22 Aug 2004
Ticket Price: 1100 Usd Econ
Flight Duration: 8 Hours
Aircraft Type & Class: Business Upgrade
Business Or Leisure Trip: L
Meal Type: Dinner
Comments: For A Upgrade Good Food
Rating 1-10 (Worst-Best): 6

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Photo taken by: Nadir Olgacay
Route: Istanbul - Dubai, 21 Sep 2004
Ticket Price: 450 Usd
Flight Duration: 4 Hours
Aircraft Type & Class: Business
Business Or Leisure Trip: L
Meal Type: Dinner
Contents Of The Meal: Cold Place Mideast Selection
Rating 1-10 (Worst-Best): 6

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Photo taken by: Mike Halpenny
Route: Dubai – Male, 26 Oct 2004
Ticket price: NZ$ 1734
Flight duration: 4 hours
Aircraft type & class: Airbus 320Business class upgrade
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Lunch
Contents of the meal: Canapés – Arabic Mezze – Seasonal Salad – Sautéed king prawns, Wife had oven roasted lamb loin – hazel nut ice cream - cheese board and fruit
Drink: Champagne Fleur de Champagne – Vodka Martini – Medoc Collection Privee 1998 Red Wine – Chairman’s Port and Tea or Coffee
Comments: Business class service was exceptional traveling to magic destination. Food was superb and service matched food.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10 – Well earned. Many thanks to flight crew who supplied large glass for my refill of an excellent port
Camera brand & type: Fuji 2800

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Photo taken by: Mike Halpenny
Route: Christchurch – Melbourne - Dubai, 23 Oct 2004
Ticket price: NZ$ 1734
Flight duration: 19 hours
Aircraft type & class: Airbus 340-500
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Main Meal Christchurch - Melbourne
Contents of the meal: Smoked Chicken breast – Seasonal salad - Chicken with black bean sauce and noodles and lamb Curry – White Chocolate Mouse - Cheese
Drink: Red Wine – Vodka Martini – Tea or Coffee
Comments: Plane was almost empty with only 70 passengers approx. Ran out of choice of normal main course which was Grilled beef tenderloin and only grilled perch left. Wife and I not being perch fans declined. The crew then offered 2 of the crew meals namely Lamb curry or Chicken in black bean sauce. They Apologized it would take 15-20 minutes to heat up and offered another glass of wine. Meals when they arrived were superb. Best curry I have had in ages. What more can you ask for , great customer service from a great airline
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10 great customer service
Camera brand & type: Fuji 2800

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Photo taken by: Mike Halpenny
Route: Christchurch – Melbourne - Dubai, 23 Oct 2004
Ticket price: NZ$ 1734
Flight duration: 19 hours
Aircraft type & class: Airbus 340-500
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Breakfast Meal Melbourne - Dubai
Contents of the meal: Orange Juice – Assorted Fruit – Swiss Cheese Omelet. Honeymoon cake
Drink: Juice and Tea or Coffee
Comments: Another surprise from great flight. We told travel agent it was a second honeymoon trip as we were ending up at Maldives after Dubai and as a surprise she arranged for honeymoon cake and champagne to be delivered during flight. Crew kept offering champagne and then before breakfast arrived with cake and more champagne. They all gathered around and took Polaroid snaps wishing us the best. Felt a fraud as we have been married nearly 25 years but once again what great customer service. Breakfast was ok too
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10 - How can I give it less
Camera brand & type: Fuji 2800

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Photo taken by: Mike Halpenny
Route: Christchurch – Melbourne - Dubai, 23 Oct 2004
Ticket price: NZ$ 1734
Flight duration: 19 hours
Aircraft type & class: Airbus 340-500
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Dinner Meal Melbourne - Dubai
Contents of the meal: Roast Beef grilled vegetables– Seasonal salad – Red chicken Curry – Orange flavored Bread and Butter pudding – Cheese
Drink: Red Wine – Vodka Martini – Tea or Coffee
Comments: Another Main Meal only 3 hours after last one due to routing and stopover in Melbourne. Was not hungry but took photo for Airline meals. Beef was nice main course was Tasty and ok
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8 More a case of being full from previous meal
Camera brand & type: Fuji 2800

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Photo taken by: Mike Halpenny
Route: Male - Colombo - Dubai, 2 Nov 2004
Ticket price: NZ$ 1734
Flight duration: 6 hours
Aircraft type & class: Airbus 320 business class
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: light meal Male - Colombo
Contents of the meal: Assorted Fruit –Cold Selection hosing duck, peppered beef, smoked cheese and potato salad.
Drink: Medoc Red Wine Champagne and Tea or Coffee
Comments: Great meal for 1 hour flight to Colombo quick service then landing again
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8
Camera brand & type: Fuji 2800

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Photo taken by: Mike Halpenny
Route: Male - Colombo - Dubai, 2 Nov 2004
Ticket price: NZ$ 1734
Flight duration: 6 hours
Aircraft type & class: Airbus 320 business class
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Dinner Colombo - Dubai
Contents of the meal: Fruit Char – Crab and Potatoes salad, Lamb Byriani, White chocolate mousse and apple tart, cheese board
Drink: Vodka martini, Medoc Red Wine Fleur de champagne and Tea or Coffee
Comments: Fruit Char was interesting as fresh fruit with hint of masala spices. Byriani was great. Spicy, nice and hot. Dessert trolley shown to guests for choices and cheese and port completed excellent meal
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9
Camera brand & type: Fuji 2800

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Photo taken by: Mike Halpenny
Route: Dubai – Melbourne – Christchurch, 4 Nov 2004
Ticket price: NZ$ 1734
Flight duration: 19 hours
Aircraft type & class: Airbus 340-500 - Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Main Meal Dubai - Melbourne
Contents of the meal: Thai style chicken, Seasonal salad, Seafood ragout, Chocolate rice puff and almond mousse, Bread and cheese
Drink: Vodka Martini, Chardonnay white wine and Tea or Coffee
Comments: Nice meal. Seafood was better than it looks
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8
Camera brand & type: Fuji 2800

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Photo taken by: Mike Halpenny
Route: Dubai – Melbourne – Christchurch, 4 Nov 2004
Ticket price: NZ$ 1734
Flight duration: 19 hours
Aircraft type & class: Airbus 340-500 - Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Breakfast Meal Dubai - Melbourne
Contents of the meal: Assorted fruit, Stir fried noodles, blue berry and apricot cake, bread and cheese
Drink: Juice and Tea or Coffee
Comments: This was wife’s meal. She cannot eat eggs so was nice to have different choice for a breakfast without ordering a special meal.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8.5
Camera brand & type: Fuji 2800

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Photo taken by: Bruno&Hannes
Route: Munich-Dubai, 24 Jul 2004
Ticket price: tourpackage € 900,-- inkl. Le Royal Meridien Beach Resort
Flight duration: 6h
Aircraft type & class: A330-200
Business or leisure trip: leisure
Meal: Dinner, dessert

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Photo taken by: Bruno&Hannes
Route: Dubai-Munich, 1 Aug 2004
Ticket price: € 900 Tourpackage inkl. Le Royal Meridien Beach Resort
Flight duration: 6h
Aircraft type & class: A330-200 business (upgrade with miles)
Business or leisure trip: leisure
Meal: dinner
A selection of cold canapes, mild smoked fillet of salmon with a big shrimp and saffron mayonaise OR Arabic Mezze, Seasonal Salad with a choice of dressings, pan-fried tournados of beef, topped with a gooseliver slice, served in a mild chervil cream sauce, accompanied with turned vegetables and gratinated leek potatoes (and other 3 choices for main were available); Honey and Chocolate Cheescake served with vanilla sauce, cheesboard (not pictured), selection of seasonal fruits, chocolates
Drink: pre departure drink: Fleur de Champagne, Brut NV, Champagne- Cocktail, from the wine list: Australian Chardonnay (white) and Fench Medoc (red), futher: all you can immagine available!
Comments: Just to say it in one word: fantastic!!!! I really was in "heaven"
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10
Camera brand & type: minolta dimage

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Photo taken by: Bruno&Hannes
Route: Munich-Dubai, 24 Jul 2004
Ticket price: tourpackage € 900,-- inkl. Le Royal Meridien Beach Resort
Flight duration: 6h
Aircraft type & class: A330-200
Business or leisure trip: leisure
Meal: Dinner
Appentizer: Bresola air dried beef, served with a marinated pasta salad, Salad: Seasonal Salad, Main Course: Roasted chicken breast served with kofta curry, accompanied with basmati rice and French beans topped with tomato relish
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Pan fried fillet of salmon served with herb butter, accompanied with saffron tagliatelle and summer vegetables
Dessert: Lemon and Ginger Souffle, topped with strawberry filling, encased in a creamy lemon bavoris, served with a mixed berry coulis
futher: Bread and Butter, Cheese and Biscuits, Choclates
Drink: Bloody Marry / Campari Orange for Aperitif, white wine from Chile, water and all you wanted
Comments: all I can say: Emirates makes the best job in offering economy- class meals! There´s no comparison to other airlines. Specially the salmon was fantastic in resentation and taste! The dessert was from an other world...great!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10
Camera brand & type: Nikon Coolpix

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Photo taken by: J.Witmer
Route: DXB-ZRH, 1 Sep 2004
Ticket price: approx. USD 1550 one way
Flight duration: 6.00 hours
Aircraft type & class: A330-200; Business
Business or leisure trip: leisure
Meal: dessert
glazed raspberry charlotte (fruit, cheeses, godiva pralines were also available)
Drink: -
Comments: absolutely delicious – the second last round of an almost never ending meal service.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10++
Camera brand & type: Canon Digital IXUS V

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Photo taken by: J.Witmer
Route: DXB-ZRH, 1 Sep 2004
Ticket price: approx. USD 1550 one way
Flight duration: 6.00 hours
Aircraft type & class: A330-200; Business
Business or leisure trip: leisure
Meal: lunch (appetizer)
marinated jumbo prawns, seasonal salad
Drink: water, chardonnay deen vat 7, 2002 (Australia)
Comments: prawns and salad were excellent, sauce on melon not satisfying
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8
Camera brand & type: Canon Digital IXUS V

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Photo taken by: J.Witmer
Route: DXB-ZRH, 1 Sep 2004
Ticket price: approx. USD 1550 one way
Flight duration: 6.00 hours
Aircraft type & class: A330-200; Business
Business or leisure trip: leisure
Meal: Breakfast
fresh fruit, yoghurt, bread butter and jam
Drink: coffee and orange juice
Comments: excellent. The yoghurt was very good. Make sure you try their almond crossant (not on the picture)
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9
Camera brand & type: Canon Digital IXUS V

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Photo taken by: J.Witmer
Route: ZRH - DXB, 26 Aug 2004
Ticket price: tour
Flight duration: 6.00 hours
Aircraft type & class: A330-200; Y
Business or leisure trip: leisure
Meal: Dinner
chicken, gnocchi, vegetables, tiramisu, bread/butter, salad, salmon
Drink: Foster’s Beer
Comments: Gnocchi a little soggy, the rest excellent. A lot of Food!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9
Camera brand & type: Canon Digital IXUS V

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Photo taken by: Mike Halpenny
Route: Dubai - London Gatwick, 8 Jul 2004
Ticket price: $1899
Flight duration: 7 hours
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 777-300
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Lunch Seafood meal
Prawn and Lobster appetizer. salard, GrilledTuna and berry dessert
Drink Anything you want
Comments: Best airline meal I have ever had. Great appetizer superb main dessert sharp and finished off meal -
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10
Camera brand & type Fuji 2800

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Photo taken by: Mike Halpenny
Route: Melbourne - Dubai, 7 Jul 2004
Ticket price: $1899
Flight duration: 14 hours
Aircraft type & class: Airbus 340-500
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Breakfast
Creamy Mushroom Omelette. veal sausage, tomato and Lyonnaise potatoes, Croissant.
Drink Orange Juice tea or coffee plus anything else you wanted
Comments: Rubbery omelette but great Croissant
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 6
Camera brand & type Fuji 2800

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Photo taken by: Mike Halpenny
Route: Christchurch - Melbourne, 7 Jul 2004
Ticket price: $1899
Flight duration: 3.0
Aircraft type & class: Airbus 340-500
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Dinner
Sliced Charsiew Duck, Salad, New Zealand lamb Ragout, dark Choc Mousse. Bread Roll Cheese and Biscuits. Emerites Chocolates
Drink Anything - I had Coke
Comments: Duck was ok, ragout not my taste. Chocolates are always nice
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 6
Camera brand & type Fuji 2800

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Photo taken by: Mike Halpenny
Route: Christchurch - Melbourne, 7 Jul 2004
Ticket price: $1899
Flight duration: 3.0
Aircraft type & class: Airbus 340-500
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Seafood
Smoked Samon Appetizer - salad - Pan Fried Cod - Fresh fruit - Bread roll, cheese and biscuits. Emirates Chocolate
Drink Anything you wanted. I had Bloody Mary and red wine
Comments: Nice hot meal tasty and lots of it
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8
Camera brand & type Fuji 2800

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Photo taken by: Frank Huemirch
Route: Dubai to Johannesburg, 29 Sep 2003
Ticket price: 680 Euro
Flight duration: 6.25 hours
Aircraft type & class: Airbus A340-300
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Lunch
Salad, somked Chickenbreast, Rostbeef, Applepie
Drink Coke
Comments: best Lunch ever (for me)
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7
Camera brand & type: Canon Powershot A20

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Photo taken by: Sadiq Hassan
Route: DXB-KHI, 31 Jul 2004
Ticket price: $175 USD rtn
Flight duration: 2.05
Aircraft type & class: B777-300, Business Class
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Light Meal
Fruit, and Mutton Biryani
Drink Ginger Ale
Comments: The food was O.K, nothing great.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 6.5
Camera brand & type: HP260

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Photo taken by: Adam Meyer
Route: Brisbane to Auckland (BNE-AKL), 16 Jul 2004
Ticket price: $A465
Flight duration: 3:20
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 777-300, Business
Business or leisure trip: Leasure
Meal: Breakfast
A selection of fresh fruit, birchermuseli, a selection of bread (in this case almond croissant)
Drink Water, Coffee
Comments: You had a choice of 3 different hot dishes, I chose the Crepes with Scrambled Eggs, which was also filled with smoked salmon. It was topped with cheese, with baby peas and a tomato sauce on the side. The eggs were a little firm but on the whole was delicious. I was a little disappointed at the size of the portion.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9
Camera brand & type: Sanyo VPC-G100EX

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Photo taken by: Adam Meyer
Route: Brisbane to Auckland (BNE-AKL), 16 Jul 2004
Ticket price: $A465
Flight duration: 3:20
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 777-300, Business
Business or leisure trip: Leasure
Meal: Breakfast
A selection of fresh fruit, birchermuseli, a selection of bread (in this case almond croissant)
Drink Water, Coffee
Comments: Excellent, expecially since I was booked on economy and upgraded to Business! The birchermusli was pretty good, and the almond croisant so delicious I had a second!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9
Camera brand & type: Sanyo VPC-G100EX

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Photo taken by: Konstantin von Wedelstaedt
Route: MCT-DXB, 29 June 2004
Flight duration: 35 minutes
Aircraft Type: A330-200
Class: Business
Meal: Light Lunch
Variety of small bites, mostly Arabian, fresh fruit and Arabian pastries
Drink welcome drink, water, coffee, tea, no cart due to short flight
Comments: excellent meal for a 35 minutes flight
Rating: 9
Camera: Canon 10D

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Photo taken by: Konstantin von Wedelstaedt
Route: IST-DXB, 13 June 2004
Flight duration: 4 hours
Aircraft Type: A330-200
Class: Economy
Meal: Dinner
Turkish meze (starters), marinated chicken breast, side salad, apple tart, crackers and cheese
Drink Full choice
Comments: excellent meal for a 4 hour flight in Economy; only negative comment: beverage service was poorly coordinated with meal (no drinks after takeoff, only 30 minutes after meal)
Rating: 8 (would have been 10 with proper beverage service)
Camera: Canon 10D

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Photo taken by: Tomohiro Arita
Route: Karachi KHI to Dubai DXB, 25 Apr 2004
Flight duration: 2h
Aircraft type & class: B777-300, Economy Class
Business or leisure trip: leisure trip
Meal: Dinner
Tandoori chicken, sweet and sour vegetables with steamed rice, Bread, Fruits, Pakistani pudding.
Drink Water
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7

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Photo taken by: Tomohiro Arita
Route: Dubai DXB to Shanghai PVG, 26 Apr 2004
Flight duration: 8h40min
Aircraft type & class: A340-400, Economy Class
Business or leisure trip: leisure trip
Meal: Breakfast
Seafood porridge, Bread, Croissant, Fruits, Muffin, Dried mango.
Drink Orange juice
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8

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Photo taken by: Tomohiro Arita
Route: Dubai DXB to Shanghai PVG, 26 Apr 2004
Flight duration: 8h40min
Aircraft type & class: A340-400, Economy Class
Business or leisure trip: leisure trip
Meal: Midnight Snack
Mexican meatsauce bread, Chocolate cookie.
Drink Water
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 3

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Photo taken by: S. Maldar
Route: LHR- DXB, 11 Apr 2004
Ticket price: $1500.00
Flight duration: 7 hours
Aircraft type & class: 777-300, Y
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Dinner
Salad with dressing, another Salmon salad, bread roll, cheese cake, saffron chicken (sorry this is covered), cheese and crackers
Drink water
Comments: The chicken was delicious with arabic style rice, the salads were ok at best (they need to change the salad dressing). Movie playing was 'Paycheck'.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7
Camera brand & type: Minolta Digi cam

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Photo taken by: S. Maldar
Route: MCT-DXB, 28 Apr 2004
Ticket price: $200.00
Flight duration: 45 minutes
Aircraft type & class: 777-200, Y
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Lunch
Cheese sandwich, Beef Burrito, Chocolate Chip Cookie
Drink O.J. and Sprite
Comments: Blah
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 5
Camera brand & type: Minolta Digi cam

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Photo taken by: Sue Streicher
Route: Dubai-Munich, 12 Apr 2004
Ticket price: unknown, upgrade ecco to bussiness, total return trip Male-Munich
Flight duration: aproxx. 5 hours
Aircraft type & class: unknown, Business
Business or leisure trip: leisure
Meal: Appetizer
selection of smoked seafood served in a papaya boat, vegetable salad with dressing and horseradish cream, bread with herbs and butter
Drink Chardonnay, Deen Vat 7, 2002
Comments: Great! Never had such a good appetizer. Was full after that. Gread service
Rating 1-10 (worst-best):10
Camera brand & type: digi Jenoptik JD 3.3xz3

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Photo taken by: SARMAD (EK FAN)
Route: Auckland-Sydney, 3 Jan 2004
Ticket price: $560 Aus return
Flight duration: 3.5 hours
Aircraft type & class: A340-500, Economy
Business or leisure trip: leisure
Meal: Dinner
Rice with cremy sauce chicken and stir fry vegetable with salad and appitiaser of meat and desert
Drink Coke and water
Comments: nice meal, everything fresh and cooked to prefection the thai chicken with a hint of coconut is nice, over all the service and the meal is amazing.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10

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Route: Johannesburg to Dubai, 17 Mar 2004
Flight Duration: 8 hours
Meal Type: Dinner and breakfast
Dinner:
This time dinner was a better deal. Green salad, Salmon salad, lamb with rainbow rice and sauted vegetables, cheese crackers, dinner roll, butter, and a delicious dessert (Strawberry moose). Even though quality was less than desired but food was enough in quantity.
Breakfast:
Was just few fresh fruit pieces and a crossiant with butter and jam. I did not touch my small choclate muffin and I saw the same decision by many of my fellow passangers.
Coffee or tea and softdrinks were available.
Rating: Dinner: Considering detoriating food services in airlines, I will
give them 7. Breakfast: 5

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Photo taken by: Howard Long
Route: Sydney (SYD) - Dubai (DXB), 13 Mar 2004
Ticket price: ?3,900 (total return trip London - Auckland)
Flight duration: 14:40
Aircraft type & class: A340-500, First
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Breakfast
Fruit plate
Omelette with Gruyere Cheese with spinach, red peppers, grilled veal sausage and rosti potatoes
Toast
Drink
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Water
Tea
Comments: Fruit was still fresh and perfectly presented. Omelette was perfect too.
Toast was too dry - they haven't figured out the toaster on board yet. Tea was fantastic. The best breakfast I've ever had at 35,000 feet.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10 for booze, 9 for food, 10 for service, 10 for comfort.

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Photo taken by: Howard Long
Route: Dubai (DXB) - London Gatwick (LGW), 14 Mar 2004
Ticket price: £3,900 (total return trip London - Auckland)
Flight duration: 8 hours
Aircraft type & class: A340-500, First
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Dinner (yet again)
Figs with arabic coffee
Caviar with traditional accompaniments
Arabic Mezze
Lamb Rack
Drink
Arabic Coffee
Water
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Chassagne Montrachet 2001 Burgundy white
Domaine de Chevalier 1994 Bordeaux red
Tea
Comments: Arabic coffee and figs again good. Caviar is always welcome, although the wheat blinis are not to my taste so I used the generous selection of bread in the basket instead. Arabic Mezze was pretty good - quite spicy and gutsy. Lamb rack was presented well and tested OK but yet again was over done. I think that I must have demolished most of the world's stocks of the Dom Perignon 1995 vintage over the past couple of weeks.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10 for booze, 8 for food, 9 for service, 10 for comfort.