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Photo taken by: Buono
Route: CDG-NRT, 25 Sep 2004
Flight duration: 11h 50min
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 777 Executive Class
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Diner
1 - Snack - Assorted nuts and Dry Natto
2 - Amuse Bouche
Grilled Beef Skewer
Eel Teriyaki & Salmon "Oshi Sushi"
Grilled Turbot & Prawn in Lemon Cup
Sweet Chestnut & Black Bean
3 - Main plate
4 - Main:Simmered Cod & Vegetables in Sweet Soy Sauce
5 - Chicken Teriyaki
6 - Japanese Noodle "Soba",Japanese Pickles
7 - Miso Soup,Steamed Rice 8 - Fruit Almond Jelly,Green Tea
Drink: Plum Wine, Green Tea
Comments: Taste good except too sweet and salty cod
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7
Camera brand & type: Canon IXY DIGITAL L

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Photo taken by: Buono
Route: NRT-MXP, 22 Sep 2004
Flight duration: 12h 25min
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 747-400 Executive Class
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Diner
Contents of the meal: Seasoned Rice with Pickled Vegetable
Sauteed Pork & Vegetables Grilled Eggplant with Ginger Soy Sauce
Deep-simmered Sundried Radish in Light Soy Sauce
Chinese Jellyfish
Japanese Pickles
Drink: Green Tea
Comments: Rice was dry
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 6.5
Camera brand & type: Canon IXY DIGITAL L

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Photo taken by: Buono
Route: NRT-MXP, 22 Sep 2004
Flight duration: 12h 25min
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 747-400 Executive Class
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Refreshment
Contents of the meal: Sandwiches (Tuna & Egg)
Drink: Coffee
Comments: So-so in this flight duration
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7
Camera brand & type: Canon IXY DIGITAL L

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Photo taken by: H. Osserman
Route: LAX to NRT, Oct 2004
Ticket price: Free mileage ticket
Flight duration: 12 hours
Aircraft type & class: 747-400 First (old style)
Business or leisure trip: leisure
Meal type: Main meal
Contents of the meal: Japanese Menu (too much to tell)
Drink: Mineral Water
Comments: Some of the best food I have ever eaten on a any flight. I understand as JAL has fallen short on delivering it's new upgraded cabin services. but the menu was extensive, more than I have ever seen on any other international airline in First Class. Good mix of Japanese and Western foods to choose from.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9

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Photo taken by: Air
Route: SIN-NRT, 1 Oct 2004
Ticket price: Flight duration: 6h35m
Aircraft type & class: B767, economy
Business or leisure trip:
Meal type: lunch
Contents of meal: Drink: Comments:
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 6
Camera brand & type: Panasonic DMC-FZ2

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Photo taken by: Air
Route: NRT-SIN, 27 Sep 2004
Flight duration: 6h25m
Aircraft type & class: B777-300, economy
Meal type: lunch
Contents of meal: Fried Chicken with Vegetable Starch Sauce, Steamed Rice
Drink: Green Tea
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 6
Camera brand & type: Panasonic DMC-FZ2

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Photo taken by: Xuess
Route: SIN (Singapore) - KUL (Kuala Lumpur), 22 Oct 2004
Ticket price: S$221
Flight Duration: 35 minutes
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 767-300
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Refreshment (Economy)
Contents of the meal: Not applicable
Drink: Cold Apple Juice
Comments: The flight was very short so only beverage refreshment was served. There was only 1 choice - apple juice.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10 (just for quenching the thirst)
Camera brand & type: CANON EOS 10D

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Photo taken by: Alex Sniga
Route: Osaka (Kansai) - Sydney, 3 Oct 2004
Flight duration: approx. 11hrs 25mins
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 747-SUD, Economy class (top deck)
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Dinner
Beef with vegetables and rice. Salad with mayo and ham. Green tea cake
Drink: French red wine (bordeaux)
Comments: The tray had a heating element to keep the main meal warm.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7/10
Camera brand & type: Pentax Optio S4

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Photo taken by: Alex Sniga
Route: Osaka (Kansai) - Sydney, 3 Oct 2004
Flight duration: approx. 11hrs 25mins
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 747-SUD, Economy class(top deck)
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Dinner
Chicken patties with rice and vegetables. Salad with ham. Lettuce, tomato, cucumber and cabbage salad. Green tea cake.
Drink: Kirin draft beer in a can.
Comments: The tray had a heating element to keep the main meal warm.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7/10
Camera brand & type: Pentax Optio S4

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Photo taken by: Buono
Route: NRT-MXP, 22 Sep 2004
Flight duration: 12h 25min
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 747-400 Executive Class
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Lunch

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190 - Snack between Amuse Bouche and Main plate - Assorted nuts and Dry Natto
191 - Presentation is good
192 - Main:Stuffed Red Snapper with Egg Mousse in Sweet Soy Sauce
193 - Assorted Mushroom Sea Urchin flava
194 - Scallop & "Konjak" Jelly with "Miso"-Vinegar Sauce
195 - Braised Vegetables (Bamboo Shoot,String Beans,Rolled Kelp)
196 - "Matsutake" Mushroom & Homard in Japanese Jelly,
Trout "Sushi" log,Minced Chicken & Egg Cake,
Grilled "Tofu" with "Miso" Sauce / Boiled Taro
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198 - Fresh Fruits,Paris Brest
Drink:
Champagne Piper Heidsieck, Green Tea, Coffee
Comments: Taste good above the clouds
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8.5
Camera brand & type: Canon IXY DIGITAL L

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Photo taken by: furiko
Route: SPK-KIX, JL2500, 11 Sep 2004
Ticket price: \12,050(bargain fair)+up grade coupon
Flight duration: 2:05
Aircraft type & class: B767, class-J
Business or leisure trip: leisure
Meal: drink service
japanese snack "otsumami"
Drink: sapporo beer & JAL original drink "sky time"
Comments: beer was cold
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 6

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Photo taken by: Ed Chao
Route: Tokyo to San Francisco, 19 August 2004
Ticket price: $1014.60
Flight duration: 9 hours
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 747 - Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Lunch
Chicken Kamameshi Gohan, Appetizer plate #1 including: Marinated Roast Beef, Lemon Basil Chicken, Soft Salami, and Cod Roe Potato Salad, Appetizer plate #2 including: Cod & Shrimp Escabeche, Smoked Trout, and Fruit Panna Cotta
Drink: JAL Sky Time Yuzu
Comments: Excellent. Good variety of cold cuts. Main entree was savory, tender, and there were nice vegetable sides.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8.5
Camera brand & type: Canon Powershot A60

Meal: Breakfast
Waffle with Scrambled Eggs and Sausage, Fruit Cocktail with Almond Jelly, Yogurt, Cheese and Cracker
Comments: Waffle was room temperature and dry, but the other items were fine. No big surprises.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 5
Camera brand & type: Canon Powershot A60

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Photo taken by: Ed Chao
Route: San Francisco to Tokyo, 9 August 2004
Ticket price: $1014.60
Flight duration: 11 hours
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 747 - Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Lunch
Pan-fried cod fish with spicy tomato sauce, roll, Green Salad, Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing, Almond Jelly, Soba Noodles
Drink: JAL Sky Time
Comments: Awful. Fish was dry and the sauce was tasteless. Roll was really dry. Almond jelly was nice but this definitely did not accord with my expectations.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 3
Camera brand & type: Canon Powershot A60

Meal: Dinner
Cheese Sacchetini (Cheese pasta with salmon cream sauce), Green Salad, Lite Ranch Dressing, Prepared fresh fruits, Yogurt, Roll
Drink: JAL Sky Time
Comments: Bland, lukewarm pasta with specks of salmon.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 4
Camera brand & type: Canon Powershot A60

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Route: Narita to Singapore, 15 June 2004
Flight duration: approx 6 hours
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 777-200, Economy Class
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Lunch
Raw Haw with Stewed Pear, Marinated Baby Scallop, Potato Salad
Fresh Salad Onion Dressing
Fried Chicken with Vegetable Starch Sauce, Steamed Rice
"OKINAWA" Citrus Fruit Jelly
Roll and Butter
Coffee Tea Green Tea
Beverage and Ice Cream will be served prior to arrival
Drink: sprite
Comments: The food was nice, I was impressed by the red seaweed in the salad, yet it did taste too strong. I am strating to believe that asian airlines only know jelly as a dessert !!! on my SQ flight to DPS I also had some sort of a jelly, on an NH flight from BKK to NRT, jelly for dessert !!! Anyway, nice service from JAL, good food too.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9

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Photo taken by: tonkachi
Route: NGO-BKK JL737, 21 Feb 2004
Ticket price: 61500JPY
Flight duration: 5h45m
Aircraft type & class: DC10-40 Econommy
Meal: Lunch/Dinner
Comments: Considering the flag carrier in Japan, it is a rather poor meal. If it is this, the way which he bought lunch and ate it at the airport still thinks that it tastes.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 3

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Photo taken by: Shek
Route: Tokyo - Hong Kong, 29 June 2004
Ticket price: Free
Flight duration: 3.5 Hours
Aircraft type & class: B747-400 Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Dinner

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(Tray design comments, see previous)

171 - Main Course:
Beef Stew Bourgeois Style (Aussie Beef) with pasta, carrots, mushrooms, 2 pieces of beans.

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Raw Ham with Stewed Pear Marinated Baby Scallop Potato Salad

175 - Salad, with onion dressing. Lettuce, 2 slices of Cucumber, Seaweed (red / purple stuff).

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"Okinawa" Citrus Fruit Jelly, with a piece of small orange and yellow sauce on top.

173, 174 - Red Wine and bread. French Bordeaux, specially packed for JAL.

Comments: Good meal again overall. But the Beef Pasta is a slight let down because the beef quality is not as good as I expect. I like the starter, scallop, raw ham and potato salad, all my favourite! Seaweed & salad is a good combination - you won't get this outside Japan! I saw some of the stewards "recycling" the unopened bread - storing them for other uses (next flight? or for the poor?). Not that I object to the practice, I hate wasting food. But I think it is better to treat the bread as an option to pax, and not collecting them after we have the chance to "manipulate" them!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7.5 for taste
7.0 for food quality
9.0 for presentation
7.5 for quantity
Camera brand & type: Nikon 5400

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Photo taken by: Shek
Route: Hong Kong - Tokyo, 18 Jun 2004
Ticket price: Free
Flight duration: 3.5 Hours
Aircraft type & class: B747-400 Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Afternoon Tea / Dinner

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Chicken, Egg, Seasoned Lotus Root, some green "salad" and imitation fish snack (white/pink).

160 - Black Bean Chicken, E-Fu Noodles and Chinese vegetables (choi sum).

161 - Meal: Presentation is EXCELLENT.
The tray design is good. Hot dish is held in place. There is a plastic nob at the bottom of tray, so that it won't slide around the table.

Perhaps other airlines can learn or modify the tray?

163 - Japanese Sake (Rice Wine). Note the white cup on the right, comes with the bottle (attached on top, up-side- down).

164 - Drinks: Sky Time
(thanks to airlinemeals.net for introducing this special JAL drink to me!)
Menu: nicely printed, includes sectors:
HKG - Japan (NRT, KIX, FUK), and NRT - HKG

165-166 - Snack: Nuts and mixed "something".
Tastes GREAT !

167 - Mango pudding, with cream and a piece of grape.

168 - Japanese Noodles (Udon), with Wasabi (Japanese mustard), spring onion, ginger and soy sauce mix (in bottle).

169 - Cherry Danish Pastry

Comments: Good meal overall. Although nothing special or expensive, (ticket prices are much cheaper than, say, 10 or 15 years ago), it's adequate and I'm more than satisfied.
The other hot dish option is Eel Teriyaki on Seasoned Rice. Portion looks really small, perhaps because eel is expensive.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8.0 for taste
7.5 for food quality
9.5 for presentation
7.5 for quantity
Camera brand & type: Nikon 5400