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Photo taken by: JJ
Route: BUD - SVO, 13 May 2004
Flight duration: 2h30min
Aircraft type & class: Fokker 70 / Y-Class
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Breakfast
Contents of the meal: Feta cheese with 1 olive; 3 slices of cold meat; 1 packed+1 warm roll; chocolate bar
Drink: Tea, water
Comments: for a flight of 2,5 hours I expect more in quantity and quality!!!!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 1,5
Camera brand & type: Canon Ixus V

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Photo taken by: Lajos Antal
Route: Dublin – Budapest MA623, 17 May 2004
Ticket price: 160 (return)
Flight duration: 2.35
Aircraft type & class: B-737-600 Tourist Class
Business or leisure trip: leisure
Meal type: Breakfast - ham and eggs, bean
Drink: Hungarian red wines, mineral water, juice
Comments: I think the Malév gives the best food, meal, catering in Europe on the short and mid haul routes. Thanks to Malev.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10
Camera brand & type: Fujifilm Finepix A330 digital

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Photo taken by: Vigyazo Gabor
Route: MUC-BUD, 28 Apr 2004
Ticket price: ID
Flight duration: 50 minutes
Aircraft type & class: V economy on Canadair Jet 200
Business or leisure trip: Éeisure. Checked out the city of Münich in one day.
Meal type: evening sandwich
Contents of the meal: A sandwich, better than the one on the flight WAW BUD, chocolate bar, djuice.
Drink: The orange djuice and that's it :)
Comments: The flight was shorter than outbound. Unfortunetely that was that short that I was not able to ask for other drink. On short flights only sandwich and djuice in the good known blue box. The smile from crew was not missing this night :)
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9
Camera brand & type: Fuji finepix 203a

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Photo taken by: Nagy Roland
Route: Brussels-Budapest, 16 Mar 2004
Flight duration: 1 h 40 min
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 737-700, Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Dinner
Contents of the meal: We had eaten typical Hungarian dish that day like as "pörkölt". It was made by pork with spicy souce with noodles. In addition on the tray was another pre packed soaked roll. For dessert we received a sponge filled with jam.
Drink: Coca-Cola, 2 times 1,5 dl
Comments: It was a good trip. I had a very comfortable seat on the newest aircraft of MALEV (HA-LOI). The stewardesses were friendly, fast but the meat and the roll were a little bit toughy for me.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8

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Photo taken by: Nagy Roland
Route: Budapest-Brussels, 16 Mar 2004
Flight duration: 1 h 45 min
Aircraft type & class: Fokker 70, Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Breakfast
Contents of the meal: Camembert cheese, ham, cooked chicken brest, noodles, fresh tomato and cucumber. Yoghurt, jam and one pre packed roll.
Drink: Orange Juice
Comments: I don't know why they gave that one soaked pre packed roll, because a few minutes later they were offered warm and crispy ones. Anyway I was satisfied with everything. The F/A's done an excellent duty.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10

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Photo taken by: gy ng
Route: MAD to BUD, 29 Mar 2004
Ticket price: 200 EUR
Flight duration: 2.30 hour
Aircraft type & class: B737-700, HA-LOI economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Lunch
Contents of the meal: Pork with pasta, baked rolls, margarin, chocolate
Drink: coke, coffee or tee
Comments: Everything was tasty but not too much
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7

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Photo taken by: Vigyazo Gabor (MA Staff)
Route: ARN BUD MA765, 15 Mar 2004
Ticket price: ID Ticket
Flight duration: 2 hours
Aircraft type & class: B737-700 HA-LOI
Business or leisure trip: leisure, visited my friend in Uppsala
Meal type: Breakfast
Contents of the meal: A very tiny sausage with omlette du fromage and tomato sauce. That part of the meal was that hot that I was not able to even hold it. This is not usual nowadays to serve real hot meal on board. There was yoghurt, a roll with butter and jam as well.
Drink: all kind of beverages, I had coca cola two times.
Comments: That was definetely more than the breakfast I had on the BUD WAW flight earlier, but still not too much. Anyway, it was tasty and barely enough for a breakfast, again in the blue box. But I was missing a single smile on board from the pursers...
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8

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Photo taken by: Nagy Roland
Route: Brussels-Budapest, 5 Feb 2004
Flight duration: 2 h
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 737-600, Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Dinner
Contents of the meal: The nice little recycled blue box again... in this case there was noodles and pork on the plastic plate. The pre-packed roll - as I had that morning - was soaked
Drink: One glass of Coca-Cola
Comments: Unfortunately conditions were pretty bad. The plane was late because of our former prime minister's delegation. We had full house and i was accepted from stand-by just few minutes before departure. Not really keen on last row middle seats... Anyway the food was OK but noticeably less than it was 2 months ago
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 6

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Photo taken by: Nagy Roland
Route: Budapest-Brussels, 5 Feb 2004
Flight duration: 2 h
Aircraft type & class: Fokker 70, Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Breakfast
Contents of the meal: A new food, meal, catering philosophy at MALEV. Everybody received a blue box in which had a typical breakfast should have like ham, cheese, Hungarian salami and eggs. Prepacked roll, butter, jam and yoghurt
Drink: Tea. Additionaly last time i got one can of Coca Cola, now i had only one glass 1,5 dl of it
Comments: Good but not too much food nor drink. The crew was awfully unprofessional and rude!!!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): all together 4

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Photo taken by: Peter SZABO
Flying from: MA611 London LHR to Budapet BUD, 4 Jan 2004
Flight duration: 2 hours 05 minutes
Ticket price: 265 euro
Aircraft type & class: B-737-300, Economy Class
Meal type: Hot lunch - roast potatoes and meat, á la "Brassov",
dessert: Swiss-roll with apricot jam.
Drink: wide selection of alcoholic and soft drinks, including coffee and
tea served afterwards. I drank Coke.
Comments: As Malev provides one of the best on-board food, meal, catering among the airlines in the region, I was satisfied with the service in respect of quality and quantity as well - both the drinks and the bread was offered twice - in Economy Class.
Rating 1-10: 8

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Photo taken by: Vigyazo Gabor (MA Staff from check in)
Route: BUD-WAW, 11 Feb 2004
Ticket price: ID ticket
Flight duration: 1 hour 5 minutes
Aircraft type & class: 737-400 , Economy (V)
Business or leisure trip: Leisure one day visit to Warsaw
Meal type: Breakfast
Contents of the meal: One water to drink in a new designed blue box with a very little sandwich contains ham and some salad. Plus chocolate.
Drink: Every beverages plus tea and coffee.
Comments: This breakfast is part of the new meal concept on board for Malév. Minimizing the portions but giving more of the quality.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 4. For a short flight like this that was very nice, but sandwich was that little that I could eat it in 3 pieces

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Photo taken by: Papp Gergely
Route: Budapest to Marrakech, 25 Aug 2003
Ticket price: charter flight
Flight duration: 4 hours and 5 minutes
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 737-400 charter flight
Business or leisure trip: leisure trip
Meal type: hot breakfast
Contents of the meal: fried turkey with vegetables sauce, with rice;
Drink: alcoholic (red & white wine, beer) and non alcoholic drinks
Comments: The meal and the service was very good.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8,5

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Photo taken by: Chris Hummel
Route: BUD-FRA, 22 Jan 2004
Ticket price: $630 + upgrade miles (continuing onto a FRA-DTW-ABE journey)
Flight duration: 1h35
Aircraft type & class: Fokker 70; Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Breakfast
Contents of the meal: Two slices of turkey deli meat, one piece of cold chicken breast, camembert cheese (?), and cucumber and tomato. Underneath the meat was a pasta salad containing large macaroni with lettuce leaves drenched in olive oil. Strawberry yoghurt and preserves were also served. One bread roll came with the meal and cabin staff came around with a more rustic type of bread roll apparently for use to make your own sandwich with the deli meat. The bread roll pictured was to be used with the preserves apparently.
Drink: Hot tea
Comment: Typical Hungarian breakfast of cold breakfast meats. Rather filling and nutritious… definitely more than an American carrier would serve on such a short flight. The blue box idea works rather well and is very efficient considering the short flight duration (easy to pass out and collect and very environmentally friendly). I was very pleased with Malev.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7

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Photo taken by: Nagy Zoltán
Flying from: Budapest to Amsterdam, 5 Nov 2003
Flight duration: 2 hrs
Aircraft type & Class: B-737-700, Economy
Meal type: Dinner
Contents of the meal: Hot chicken stew with a bit soury sauce and with rice, served along with Greek salad, butter and roll (offered twice). Cookies filled with cream.
Drink: From the wide selection of soft and alcoholic drinks this is a white wine from Szeremley (Irsai Oliver), and since drinks are always offered twice on this flight by Malev, second time I chose a Coke. Coffee (and thee) was also offered afterwards.
Comments: The hot stew was very delicious, but the cucumber in the Greek salad was not so. The Hungarian made cookies were really good.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7

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Photo taken by: Nagy Zoltán
Flying from: Amsterdam to Budapest, 3 Nov 2003
Flight duration: 1 hrs 50 min
Aircraft type & Class: Economy
Meal type: Dinner
Contents of the meal: Hungarian salami, smoked ham, smoked cheese, some vegetables, butter and roll, and the famous „Ischler cookie” (chocolate covered cookie filled with apricot jam)
Drink: White wine from Szeremley
Comments: As you can see the menu was pretty much the same as on picture nr. 18 by David Michiels. The difference is that it was serves as dinner that time. It was OK, nothing exceptional.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 6

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Photo taken by: Nagy Roland
Route: Budapest - Brussels, 16 November 2003
Flight duration: 1 h 55 min
Aircraft type & class: Fokker F70-67, Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Breakfast
Contents of the meal: Smoked ham, cheese with cottage cheese, which contains paprika powder some vegetables cucumber and lettuce. Mini butter, jam (called Forest Berries) and strawberry yoghurt
Drink: Orange juice, tea
Comments: It was mean
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7

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Photo taken by: Nagy Roland
Route: Brussels - Budapest, 17 Nov 2003
Flight duration: 2 h
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 737-700, Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Dinner
Contents of the meal: meat and mushroom in a creamy sauce with potato croquets, and the inevitable mini butter, and for dessert: muffin
Drink: I was chosen Coca-Cola
Comments: I didn't get a kick out of it...
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7

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Photo taken by: Zoltán NAGY
Route: BUD-AMS, 16 Oct 2003
Ticket price: n/a
Flight duration: 1 hours 50 minutes
Aircraft type & class: B-737-300, Economy Class
Business or leisure trip: leisure
Meal type: Hot lunch
Contents of the meal: Chicken stew with liver and bean and with rice; Greek salad; rolls and butter. Dessert: Cake filled with poppy seed, and topped with meringue.
Drink: Broad selection of soft and alcoholic drinks, which were served twice during the trip. I chose a dry white wine Irsai Oliver from the cellars of Szeremley.
Comments: The stew was okay, the salad was a bit old. The rolls must have been from the flight a day before… The dessert was delicious; the drinks were also good in quality and quantity as well.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 6,5

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Photo taken by: Zoltan NAGY
Route: Amsterdam to Budapest, 27 Sep 2003
Flight duration: 1 hour 50 minutes
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 737-300, Economy
Meal type: Dinner
Ham, cheese and good Hungarian salami served together with vegetables (however, those were not so tasty), bread and butter, and a chocolate-covered cookie.
Drink: According to Malev standards the usual wide choice of soft and alcoholic drinks, tea and coffee; I chose a dry white wine (Irsai Oliver) and later a coke (drinks were offered twice!)
Comments: The service was good, the quality of the meal - although cold - was also of good standard.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7