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Photo taken by: Earlene
Route: Hong Kong - Manila, 17 Aug 2006
Ticket price: n/a
Flight duration: 2h 00m
Class: economy
Aircraft: PR 307
Meal: Dinner - Steamed vegetables, stir-fried chili pork, rice. Dinner roll, butter, strawberry jam. Moist cake, chilled vermicelli salad.
Drink: choice of orange or mango juice, water, coffee, tea, cola.
Comments:
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9

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Photo taken by: Earlene
Route: Manila - Hong Kong, 13 Aug 2006
Ticket price: n/a
Flight duration: 2h 00m
Class: economy
Aircraft: PR 300
Meal: breakfast - Steamed broccoli and button mushrooms, milkfish fillet, tuna chorizo, garlic rice, cheese omelette; cheese cupcake, melon & grape, dinner roll, unsalted butter and strawberry jam.
Drink: orange juice, water, coffee and additional choices of tea and cola.
Comments: The bread was stale and hard.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8

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Photo taken by: Kris Jetzer
Route: CYVR - KLAS, 15 Apr 2006
Ticket price:
Flight duration: 2h 25m
Class: economy
Aircraft: Airbus A340-313X
Meal: Snack - Chicken burrito, chocolate chip cookie, fruit cup.
Drink: Virgin Cola
Comments: Excelent meal for such a short flight. Certainly is much more than what one normally gets on a similar flight from a US carrier.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10

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Photo taken by: Kris Jetzer
Route: KLAS - CYVR, 13 Apr 2006
Ticket price:
Flight duration: 2h 25m
Class: economy
Aircraft: Airbus A340-313X
Meal: Snack - Tuna melt sandwich, oatmeal raisin cookie, and fruit cup.
Drink: Virgin Cola
Comments: This snack is much more than what you get on US carriers these days. It was quite enjoyable and just enough food for the 2.5 hour flight to Vancouver.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10

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Photo taken by: kat
Route: Manila - Hongkong, 26 Apr 2006
Ticket price:
Flight duration: 1h 30m
Class: economy
Aircraft: 747
Meal: Lunch - seafood (shrimps) with rice, bread, salad, Ube cake
Drink: you can choose form the cart
Comments: the cake was a little bit too creamy
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7

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Photo taken by: kat
Route: hongkong - manila, 2 Apr 2006
Ticket price:
Flight duration: 1h 30m
Class: economy
Aircraft: 747
Meal: - pork with vegetables and rice, dessert = butterscotch sponge cake, salad and bread
Drink: orange juice (you can choose from the cart)
Comments: the cake was too buttery!!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7

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Photo taken by: Earlene
Route: Manila - General Santos City, 12 Mar 2006
Ticket price: n/a
Flight duration: 1h 15m
Class: business
Aircraft: PR 453 Business Class
Meal: Business Class - Parmesan cheese omelette, hash browns, sauted button mushrooms and beef sausages with croissant, butter and strawberry jam preserves on the side and a cup of fresh fruits.
Drink: water, hot tea, coffee and orange juice
Comments:
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8.5

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Photo taken by: E Visenio
Route: SFO - MNL, 14 Feb 2006
Ticket price: n/a
Flight duration: 15h 15m
Class: economy
Aircraft: Airbus A340-300
Meal: Pre-arrival snack - Chicken 'asado' bun and potato chips
Drink: Apple juice, water
Comments: It was nice of them to serve this snack before we landed. The bun was served cold but that is not unusual, although I would have preferred mine warm. Again, served with a smile.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7.5

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Photo taken by: E Visenio
Route: SFO - MNL, 14 Feb 2006
Ticket price: n/a
Flight duration: 15h 15m
Class: economy
Aircraft: Airbus A340-300
Meal: Breakfast - Filipino breakfast of marinated pork, scrambled eggs, garlic rice, Filipino breakfast roll, fruits and blueberry muffin.
Drink: OJ, coffe and water
Comments: I always pick the Filipino breakfast whenever I fly PAL. This was a fairly decent one. I do have to subrtract points for the egg (on the dry side), the fruit which are neither sweet or luscious abd those plastic flatwares. The meat and rice were excellent. this breakfast was served with a smile to which I give high marks.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8

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Photo taken by: E Visenio
Route: SFO - MNL, 14 Feb 2006
Ticket price: n/a
Flight duration: 15h 15m
Class: economy
Aircraft: Airbus A340-300
Meal: Snack - Instant noodles
Drink: Sprite, water
Comments: Was given this when I requested for a snack. They used to give a box snack but I guess PR is cutting costs too.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 6

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Photo taken by: E Visenio
Route: SFO - MNL, 14 Feb 2006
Ticket price: n/a
Flight duration: 15h 15m
Class: economy
Aircraft: Airbus A340-300
Meal: Dinner - Oriental beef with noodles and veggies, seafood and celery salad, dinner roll, pear cake
Drink: Beer, water and coffee
Comments: The beef was very good and the flavor went well with the noodles. Salad was OK. The dessert was just right, not too sweet and went well with the coffee. Had a choice of imported or Philippine beer. Attentive and friendly service. I would have to take away points for the plastic flatware.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8.5

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Photo taken by: Rommel Dorado
Route: - , 6 Feb 2006
Ticket price: n/a
Flight duration: 11h 45m
Class: economy
Aircraft: B-747-400
Meal: Breakfast - Fried Rice, Sausage, fried egg
Drink: Orange Juice
Comments: Excellent breakfast meal.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9.5

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Photo taken by: W. Ibabao
Route: Manila - Davao City, 29 Nov 2005
Ticket price: C $210
Flight duration: 1h 45m
Class: business
Aircraft: A 320
Meal: Snack - Lollipop Chicken, Fish Ball and Ice Cream
Drink: Orange Juice
Comments:
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 6.5

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Photo taken by: Donald Leung
Route: YVR - LAS, 22 Jul 2005
Ticket price: n/a
Flight duration: 2h 40m
Class: business
Aircraft: Airbus 340-300
Meal: Snack - Baked Spare Ribs with rice and broccoli
Drink: Gin Coke
Comments: Nice Hot Snack for a flight less than 3 hours with Mabuhay Class Service
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8

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Photo taken by: Darlene Litam
Route: SFO to Manila, 05 Jun 2005
Flight duration: 13 hours
Aircraft type & class: Airbus 320, Business Class
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Snack
Contents of the meal: Chicken Arroz Caldo
Drink: water
Comments: always my favorite snack on PAL
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8.5
Camera brand & type: Canon PowerShot SD300


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Photo taken by: Darlene Litam
Route: Manila to SFO, 21 May 2005
Flight duration: 12 hours
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 747, Business Class
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Breakfast
Contents of the meal: Appetizer- Cereal and fruits, Main Course- Longanisa sausage, tocino, garlic rice, and scrambled eggs
Drink: orange juice
Comments:
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7
Camera brand & type: Canon PowerShot SD300


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Photo taken by: Darlene Litam
Route: Manila to SFO, 21 May 2005
Flight duration: 12 hours
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 747, Business Class
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Dinner
Contents of the meal: Appetizer- Shrimp cocktail and assorted cold meats, Main Course- Glazed Salmon with steamed veggies and white rice
Drink: water
Comments: Presentation of the appetizer was again much nicer than the main course
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7
Camera brand & type: Canon PowerShot SD300


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Photo taken by: Darlene Litam
Route: Manila to SFO, 21 May 2005
Ticket price:
Flight duration: 12 hours
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 747, Business Class
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Dinner
Contents of the meal: Appetizer- Shrimp cocktail and assorted cold meats, Main Course- Glazed Salmon with steamed veggies and white rice
Drink: water
Comments: Presentation of the appetizer was again much nicer than the main course
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7
Camera brand & type: Canon PowerShot SD300


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Photo taken by: Darlene Litam
Route: SFO to Manila, 05 Jun 2005
Flight duration: 13 hours
Aircraft type & class: Airbus 320, Business Class
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Dinner
Contents of the meal: Appetizer- Asian Prawns, Garlic Salami, Coppa Ham, Main Course- Chicken Inasal Bacolod with Achara and Paella Valenciana
Drink: water
Comments: Presentation of the appetizer, as you can see, was much nicer than the main course!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7
Camera brand & type: Canon PowerShot SD300


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Photo taken by: J-H
Route: SIN - MNL , 13 Jun 2005
Ticket price: US$300 (one way)
Flight duration: 3.5 hrs
Aircraft type & class: A330-200, J
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Lunch
Contents of the meal: Pre meal crackers, Appetizer of cold cuts & shrimp cocktail, main course was fish fillet with rice and steamed veggies.
Drink: Piper Hiedsieck champagne
Comments: Nice for them to pour the bubbly at your seat in business class.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9 for service, 8 for meal.
Camera brand & type: Nikon Coolpix 4300


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Photo taken by: Lornadahl Campilan
Route: CEB-MNL, date: 15 February 2005
Ticket price: 40USD
Flight duration: 1 hour 15 mins
Aircraft type & class: B737-400 Y
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Snack
Contents of the meal: 3 packs of chocolate-based snacks.
Drink: Sunkist
Comments: Maybe my friend established the succulent image of having dinner (read: rice, beef, dessert) thousands of feet above sea level on our way home and/or maybe we found it sickening that the population in Cebu is 10 Korean tourists to 1 Filipino that I could taste disappointment instead of chocolate. Swallowing has never been that easy! I didn't have the appetite to tear the second pack either. If there's any consolation, the flight attendant was kind enough to oblige when I asked for my second drink.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7
Camera brand & type: Sony Cybershot DSC P3


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Photo taken by: Alexander Sarmiento Schober
Route: Manila-Cebu , date: 27 February 2005
Ticket price: 56€
Flight duration: 01:05hrs
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 747-400, Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Snack
Contents of the meal: Sweet Cake Snack
Drink: Orange Juice
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 6


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Photo Taken by: John Ling
Route: LAX- MNL Date: February 7, 2005
Ticket price: U.S. $ 1,500.00 ( O/W )
Aircraft type and class: 747-400/ First Class
Business trip
Meal type: main course
Contents of the meal: Lobster thermidore and Beef short ribs with vegetables
Drink: Ginger Ale
Comments: tasty short ribs and good lobster.
Rating 1- 10 : 8.5
Camera Brand and type: Sony Cybershot carl zeiss 5.1


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Photo Taken by: John Ling
Route: LAX- MNL Date: February 7, 2005
Ticket price: U.S. $ 1,500.00 ( O/W )
Aircraft type and class: 747-400/ First Class
Business trip
Meal type: Salad
Contents of the meal:assorted veggies
Drink: Ginger Ale
Comments:ok
Rating 1- 10 : 6
Camera Brand and type: Sony Cybershot carl zeiss 5.1


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Photo Taken by: John Ling
Route: LAX- MNL Date: February 7, 2005
Ticket price: U.S. $ 1,500.00 ( O/W )
Aircraft type and class: 747-400/ First Class
Business trip
Meal type: Soup ( Pumpkin soup with prawns )
Contents of the meal: tuna with sea weeds
Drink: Ginger Ale
Comments: surprisingly taste good
Rating 1- 10 : 8
Camera Brand and type: Sony Cybershot carl zeiss 5.1


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Photo Taken by: John Ling
Route: LAX- MNL Date: February 7, 2005
Ticket price: U.S. $ 1,500.00 ( O/W )
Aircraft type and class: 747-400/ First Class
Business trip
Meal type: Appetizer
Contents of the meal: tuna with sea weeds
Drink: Ginger Ale
Comments: very good appetizer and very tasty
Rating 1- 10 : 10
Camera Brand and type: Sony Cybershot carl zeiss 5.1


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photo taken by: kat
route: HKG-MNL, 6 Apr 2005
ticket price: US$287
flight duration: 1hr 30 mins
aircraft type and class: 747 economy
leisure trip
meal type: dinner
contents of the meal: fish, green beans, baby corn, vegetable rice, mixed salad, brownie
drink: choice of drink is in the cart
comments: the whole meal was bland including the brownie, it lacked a little of everything i guess.
rating 1-10 (worst-best): 5
camera brand and type: canon powershot A40


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photo taken by: kat
route: HKG-MNL, 6 Apr 2005
ticket price: US$287
flight duration: 1hr 30 mins
aircraft type and class: 747 economy
leisure trip
meal type: dinner
contents of the meal: chicken, fried rice, baby corn, some sort of salad, brownie, bread
drink: there are a lot to choose from from the cart
comments: overall, the meal was alright the salad was awful up till now i dont know what it's contents were, the brownie was very moist but the taste was a little bland
rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7
camera brand and type: canon powershot A40


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photo taken by: kat
route: MNL-HKG, 30 Mar 2005
ticket price: US$287
flight duration: 1hr 30 mins
aircraft type and class: 747 economy
leisure trip
meal type: breakfast
contents of the meal: chicken tocino, mushroom, bread, garlic rice, tomato, corn muffin, fruits (honey dew, grapes and mango)
drink: depends on what you choose to have from the cart.
comments: overall, the meal was alright, it wasn't very good neither was it bad.
rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8
camera brand and type: canon powershot A40


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photo taken by: kat
route: MNL-HKG, 30 Mar 2005
ticket price: US$287
flight duration: 1hr 30 mins
aircraft type and class: 747 economy
leisure trip
meal type: breakfast
contents of the meal: ham, tocino, hasbrown, scrambled egg, tomato and mushroom
drink: i had orange juice but there were other choices of drinks in the cart too.
comments: overall, the meal was alright, it wasn't very good neither was it bad.
rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7.5
camera brand and type: canon powershot A40


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Photo taken by: Joe Pallon
Route: LAS-YVR, 9 Sep 2004
Ticket price: $350 o/w
Flight duration: 2 hours approx.
Aircraft type & class: Airbus A340-313X/ First Class
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Dinner
Ravioli with meatballs, garlic bread, dinner roll & fresh fruit.
Drink: Sprite and Water
Comments: Along with flying in a luxurious cabin for a two hour flight and impeccable in-flight service, this meal was very fine indeed. Truly did live up to what I expected when flying PR 107.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10

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Photo taken by: John Ling
Route: LAX- MNL, July 2004
Ticket price: US $ 1,500.00 one way
Flight duration: 16 hours
Aircraft type and class: 747 , 1st class
Business or leisure trip: Both
Appetizer
Drink: Ginger ale/ diet coke
Comments: Tasty and well presented
Rating 1- 10: 8
Camera: Sony Cybershot

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Photo taken by: John Ling
Route LAX-MNL, July 2004
Flight time: 14-15 hours
Aircraft type and class: 747 / First class
Meal: Dinner
Special request meal: Lobster meal
Drink: Ginger Ale/ Diet coke
Comments: Food is excellent. Lobster so tasty and the soup is so good.
Rating: 8.5/10
Camera brand/ type: Sony Cybershot 5.1

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Photo taken by: Eli
Route: Manila - San Francisco, 19 Feb 2004
Ticket price: US$897
Flight duration: 10 hours 30 minutes
Aircraft type & class: B747-400, Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Breakfast
Again, there was a choice of Continental or Filipino breakfast. I picked this traditional Filipino breakfast of garlic rice, sauteed corned beef, eggs and tomato, poached fruit, breakfast muffin, roll, jam and butter
Drink: Coffee, orange juice, water
Comments: It was delicious and filling. This is comfort food for me. The eggs were not dry this time. Warm towelettes before breakfast were a nice touch. Service was very good.
Rating: 9.5
Camera brand & type: Olympus C-750 UZ Digital

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Photo taken by: Eli
Route: Manila - San Francisco, 19 Feb 2004
Ticket price: US$897
Flight duration: 10 hours 30 minutes
Aircraft type & class: B747-400, Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Midnight snack
Contents of meal: Sweet bun, crackers and cheese spread, fruit jelly, caramel candies
Drink: Orange juice, water
Comments: A wide choice of items in this snack pack. I only ate the bun and the fruit jelly and saved the rest for later.
Rating: 8
Camera brand & type: Olympus C-750 UZ Digital

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Photo taken by: Eli
Route: San Francisco - Manila, 10 Feb 2004
Ticket price: US$897
Flight duration: 14 hours
Aircraft type & class: B747-4F6, Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Dinner
Beef fillet in sauce with potatoes and veggies, shiitake mushroom salad, cake, dinner roll with butter
Drink: Red wine, water, coffee
Comments: It tasted as good as it looks. The beef was moist with excellent flavor. The red wine paired well with it. The salad was interesting, wish there was more. Cake was good, not too sweet and perfect with the coffee.
Rating: 9.5
Camera brand & type: Olympus C-750 UZ Digital

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Photo taken by: Eli
Route: San Francisco - Manila, 10 Feb 2004
Ticket price: US$897
Flight duration: 14 hours
Aircraft type & class: B747-4F6, Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Breakfast
There was choice of Continental or Filipino breakfast. I picked this traditional Filipino breakfast of garlic rice, longaniza sausage (chicken) and scrambled eggs. This was served with melons + grape, breakfast muffin, Filipino breakfast roll, jam and margarine.
Drink: Water, coffee
Comments: A wonderful familiar comfort. The meal was tasty and served warm. The egg was a little dry, but that was expected because eggs are hard to keep moist in this situation. The sausage was perfect although I prefer the traditional pork to this chicken which tends to be a little tough because it has less fat. I wish PAL would use metal cutlery instead of plastic. The hot towels before breakfast were a nice touch.
Rating: 8.5
Camera brand & type: Olympus C-750 UZ Digital

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Photo taken by: Eli
Route: San Francisco - Manila, 10 Feb 2004
Ticket price: US$897
Flight duration: 14 hours
Aircraft type & class: B747-4F6, Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Midnight snack
Chicken bun, fruit cup and Snickers candy bar
Drink: Water
Comments: A filling tasty snack. Would have preferred ice cream to candy bar.
Rating: 6.5
Camera brand & type: Olympus C-750 UZ Digital

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Photo taken by: Eli
Route: San Francisco - Manila, 10 Feb 2004
Ticket price: US$897
Flight duration: 14 hours
Aircraft type & class: B747-4F6, Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Dinner
Contents of meal: Fish with bell pepper sauce, steamed rice, mushrooms and green beans, bay shrimp salad, pear cake, dinner roll and spread
Drink: Coke, water, coffee
Comments: A good light and tasty meal before going to sleep. The salad was your standard iceberg lettuce salad with shrimp and sweet dressing. The fish tasted good but a little bit on the dry side. The pear coffee cake was just the way I like it, not too sweet. SFO-MNL flight is like a long red-eye flight. They dim the cabin lights most of the way so the passengers could sleep.
Rating: 7
Camera brand & type: Olympus C-750 UZ Digital

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Photo taken by: LK
Route: CEB-MNL PR 858, 19 Aug 2003
Ticket price: USD 70
Flight duration: 1h10min
Aircraft type & class: Airbus A330-300, Mabuhay Class (Business)
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Snack - Beef with jasmine rice, bread roll, chocolate cake
Drink: Coke and water
Comments: Beef was tasty, overall nice meal
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9
Camera brand & type: Fuji Finepix 2600Z

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Photo taken by: Miss Chin
Route: Los Angeles - Manila, 6 Jan 2004
Flight duration: 17 hours
Aircraft type & class: Fiesta Class (Economy) Boeing 747
Business or leisure trip: Business
Meal: Dinner
Chicken and rice, fruit, muffin
Drink: juice/coffee/tea
Comments: The most disgusting food & terrible service ever encountered on a long haul flight.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 1

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Photo taken by: Joe Pallon
Route: Iloilo (ILO) to Manila (MNL)
Aircraft Type & Class: B 737-3Y0 (EI-BZJ), Fiesta/Economy Class
Meal: Snack
Snack pack consisting of custard-filled cake, cream-filled wafer sticks, and "Essen" cookie sandwiches.
Drink: Orange Drink
Comments: Everything seemed to have something inside it in this snack. Very generous for PAL to serve this much for such a short flight.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7

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Photo taken by: Joe Pallon
Route: Manila (MNL) to Los Angeles (LAX), 1 Jan 2004
Aircraft type & class: B 747-4F6 (N753PR), Economy/Fiesta Class
Business or leisure trip: leisure trip
Meal: Dinner
Beef fillet topped with gravy with potatoes, carrots, and string beans. Served alongside with some sort of salad with turkey in it, a dinner roll with butter, and a brownie for dessert.
Drink: 7UP
Comments: The beef fillet was tender and juicy. Certainly one of the best in-flight meals I ever had!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10

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Photo taken by: Joe Pallon
Route: Manila (MNL) to Los Angeles (LAX), 1 Jan 2004
Aircraft type & class: B 747-4F6 (N753PR), Economy/Fiesta Class
Business or leisure trip: leisure trip
Meal: Breakfast
Chicken sausage with hash brown sticks, scambled eggs, a slice of tomato, and mushrooms. Also served with a dinner roll with butter and jam, fruit, and a muffin.
Drink: Orange Juice
Comments: A very good breakfast, the only thing I didn't really touch was the tomato slice.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8

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Photo taken by: Ken
Route: Manila to Cebu, 7 Dec 2003
Flight duration: 1 hour
Aircraft type & Class: Airbus A330-300, Business (Mabuhay) Class
Meal: Brunch - choice of prawn and rice, or beef and noodles (shown), strawberry gateau, hot roll
Drink: Coffee, water, OJ
Comments: Pleasantly surprised to be offered a hot meal for such a short flight - at 10 am it wasn't even meal time. Service was excellent.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8

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Photo taken by: Dick Chiang
Route: Bangkok to Manila, 4 Nov 2003
Ticket price: Economy
Flight duration: 3 hrs
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 737
Business or leisure trip: leisure
Meal: dinner
noodles with beef and vegetables + pudding dessert
Drink: soda
Comments: The food was not bad. I liked the pudding more.
Rating 1-10: 7

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Photo taken by: Stephen Chan
Flying from: Xiamen to Manila, 16 May 2003
Flight duration: 2 hours
Aircraft type & class: Boeing B737-300, Economy
Meal: Dinner - Bread with butter, fish fillet and shrimp with rice and
veggies, mocca cake
Drink: Choices of orange juice, soft drinks, red/white wine, coffee and tea
Comments: fish fillet taste a little stale, shrimp is also not fresh
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 1

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Photo taken by: Stephen Chan
Flying from: Manila to Shanghai, 8 May 2003
Flight duration: 3 hours
Aircraft type & class: Airbus A320-200, Economy
Meal: Lunch - Bread with butter, fish fillet in white sauce with flat noodles and veggies, strawberry mousse cake
Drink: Choices of orange juice, soft drinks, red/white wine, coffee and tea
Comments: Snack (two small packs of salted peanuts and orange juice) was served later in the flight.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 4

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Photo taken by: Angeline Yu
Flying from: Hong Kong to Manila, 26 December 2002
Class: Economy
Meal: Lunch - Poached Chicken Breast with black pepper sauce, served with stir fried egg noodles, steamed carrots and broccoli, Served with Roll Jam & butter; a dessert of fruitcake , and a choice of coffee, tea or orange juice or soda.
Drink: choice of coffee, tea or orange juice
Comments: "Despite the Black Pepper sauce, Chicken was dry and somwhat tasteless. Too bad only one choice was offered for this flight."
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 2

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Photo taken by: Angeline Yu
Flying from: Manila to Hong Kong, 21 December 2002
Class: Economy
Meal: Breakfast - Poached Marinated Milkfish Belly (Bangus), Garlic Fried Rice,Grilled Tomatoes and Scrambled Eggs, served with Roll Jam & butter; a dessert with fruits in syrup
Drink: choice of coffee, tea or orange juice
Comments: "Fish was succulent and flavorful, scrambled eggs were a bit runny."
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7

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Photo taken by: Angeline Yu
Flying from: Manila to Hong Kong, 21 December 2002
Class: Economy
Meal: Breakfast - Steamed Chicken Breast with hash brown potatoes, grilled tomatoes and mushrooms, and scrambled eggs, Served with roll Jam & butter; a dessert with fruits in syrup
Drink: choice of coffee, tea or orange juice
Comments: "Chicken was tender and surprisingly tasty."
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7

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Photo taken by: Chris Smith
Flying from: Manila to San Francisco, 16 March 2000
Class: First
Meal: Dinner served by course from the cart - The appetizer course shows hot garlic bread, smoked salmon.

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Photo taken by: Chris Smith
Flying from: Manila to Los Angeles, 16 March 2000
Class: First
Meal: Dinner - Multi course service from the cart
Comments: "Hot and cold canapes are served with cocktails. Flight attendants make continuous rounds offering seconds, thirds, etc."
Rating 1-10: 10

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Photo taken by: Chris Smith
Flying from: Manila to San Francisco, 16 March 2000
Class: First
Meal: Multi course dinner served from the cart - Main course shows scrambled eggs with tomato salsa, garlic, and basil, ham, hash brown potatoes, and sauteed button mushrooms.
Comments: "Offering a two course breakfast service, with a choice of four hot entrees, it is obvious that Philippine Airlines considers the "second" meal on their long haul flights as a complete presentation, rather than an afterthought. A truly extraordinary flight at a first class fare significantly less than others with service from the U.S. to the Orient."
Rating 1-10: 10

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Photo taken by: Chris Smith
Flying from: Manila to San Francisco, 16 March 2000
Class: First
Meal: Multi course dinner served from the cart - The selected entree, one of three choices, is beef tenderloin with onion marmalade. Vegetables were braised zucchini, carrots and pumpkin. There was a choice of three starches, steamed rice with celery and carrots, Anna potatoes or fettucine with herbs and tomatoes.
Comments: "Beef was cooked to order, and was restaurant quality. A fruit and cheese course, a dessert course, were offered, and hot and cold snacks were available in between meals."
Rating 1-10: 10

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Photo taken by: Chris Smith
Flying from: Manila to San Francisco, 16 March 2000
Class: First
Meal: Multi course dinner served from the cart - This is the appetizer, with salmon, chicken roulade, sushi and kouloubiaka (sort of like a Beef Wellington but made with salmon). Hot garlic bread was one of many choices of baked items. The bowl located on the lower left of the table tray is soy sauce.
Comments: "High quality, properly served, and as with the cocktail service, you could take as much or as little of each item."
Rating 1-10: 10

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Photo taken by: Chris Smith
Flying from: Manila to San Francisco, 16 March 2000
Class: First
Meal: Breakfast - As with dinner, breakfast was served in courses, beginning with choice of juice, selections from a fresh fruit tray, assorted breads, cinnamon raisin rolls, or croissants, vhoice of cereals and yoghurts.
Comments: The crew was quite willing to allow people to sleep as long as possible, and if time became short, an abbreviated breakfast service was offered.
Rating 1-10: 10