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Photo taken by: jacky
Route: Perth - Bandar Seri Begawan, 20 Apr 2006
Ticket price: 2450
Flight duration: 5h 30m
Class: economy
Aircraft: B767-300ER
Meal: lunch-Chicken with Potato -
Drink: mineral water
Comments:
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 5.5

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Photo taken by: Bosco
Route: Bandar Seri Begawan - Hong Kong, 18 Jan 2006
Ticket price: n/a
Flight duration: 3h 20m
Class: economy
Aircraft: Airbus 320
Meal: Lunch - Entree: Creamy Crab Salad
Main: Choice of Chicken with Potatoes or Sour Fish with rice
Desert: Chocolate Cake
Extras: Bread Roll and Twix bar
Drink: Coca Cola
Comments: Extremely dissapointed this was one of the Airbus fleet that did not have the personal TV's, as was my dissapointment at the B 767 for the same reasons. But more food talk. The Sour Fish with rice was pretty bland. The fish was awful, rice was hard again and plastic cutlery. Though the crab salad was refreshing and the chocolate cake was divine! Bread roll was warm which was good.

The Chicken was again average, flavourless chicken with vegetables that had been boiled til all flavour was leaked out. Wasn't very good. And to make matters worse we were offered the same choices on the return flight to Brunei AND also the same flight back to Sydney.

It seems only the food from Sydney tastes good.
5 for the fish and 6 for the chicken
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 5.5

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Photo taken by: Bosco
Route: Sydney - Bandar Seri Begawan, 12 Jan 2006
Ticket price: n/a
Flight duration: 7h 00m
Class: economy
Aircraft: B 767
Meal: Lunch - Entree: Chicken Salad
Main: Beef with Rice and Vegetables
Dessert (not pictured): A cup of gelato
Extras: Cadbury Chocolate, Arnotts Crackers and some Vintage Cheese, Bread Roll
Snacks: Garlic Muffins, Camel Peanuts
Drink: Mango Juice
Drink: Mango Juice
Comments: The juice colour was a bit off, maybe I'm not used to it, but it seemed a bit dark and tasted a bit off too. Anyway, the stewed beef was fantastic, much better than the chicken but still not a perfect 10. The rice was a bit hard but still an excellent meal!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9

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Photo taken by: Bosco
Route: Sydney - Badar Seri Begawan, 12 Jan 2006
Ticket price: n/a
Flight duration: 7h 00m
Class: economy
Aircraft: B 767
Meal: Lunch - Entree: Chicken Salad
Main: Chicken with Potatoes and Vegetables
Dessert (not pictured): A cup of gelato
Extras: Cadbury Chocolate, Arnotts Crackers and some Vintage Cheese, Bread Roll
Snacks: Garlic Muffins, Camel Peanuts

Drink: Tomato Juice
Comments: Well let me start off by saying the juices are all Arabic which was interesting. The entree was very nice breast chicken. The main was bit bland mushed up potatoes and soggy pumpkin and zucchini. Overall a pretty average meal.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7

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Photo taken by: Bosco
Route: Sydney - Bandar Seri Begawan, 12 Jan 2006
Ticket price: n/a
Flight duration: 7h 00m
Class: economy
Aircraft: B767
Meal: Lunch - Appetizer: Chicken Salad
Main: Cheesy Pasta with herbs
Dessert (not pictured): A cup of gelato
Extras: Cadbury Chocolate, Arnotts Crackers and some Vintage Cheese, Bread Roll
Snacks: Garlic Muffins, Camel Peanuts
Drink: Mango Juice
Comments: Cheeeesy, mmm, was scrumptious. My only fault would be the prune like thing in the picture, a date I think, it tasted odd. The salad consisted of real breast chicken which was nice. I was suprised they gave us real cutlery besides the knife which is understandable. Also the main was in a real ceramic dish.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9

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Photo taken by: RJ Huang
Route: BWN-SIN (BI 427), Aug 2005
Flight duration: 1hr 45min Aircraft type & class: A319 Economy
Business or leisure trip: Business
Meal type: Dinner
Contents of the meal: Beef Bulgogi with fried rice and mushrooms, Thai Spicy Mango Salad, Cut fruits, rolls and chocolate bar.
Comments: A relatively empty flight. Service was of high standards. Food was of sufficient portions and taste. The mango salad was very very fiery spicy even for someone who is used to spicy malay food! I had a one mouthful and left it aside!
Rating: 7.5

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Photo taken by: RJ Huang
Route: SIN-BWN (BI 428), Aug 2005
Flight duration: 1hr 50min Aircraft type & class: A320 Economy
Business or leisure trip: Business
Meal type: Breakfast
Contents of the meal: Satay chicken (without the obligatory skewers) with ketupat and pickled carrots, fresh cut fruits, cold roll, coffee and water.
Comments: Just got off an SQ flight from Seoul 2 days ago before hoping onto this BI flight, I was getting pretty exhausted from flying... and was thus losing my focus when I started another round of picture taking of my inflight meals...apologies for the poor quality of the pictures ;-p
Overall, a good meal but it was obvious that the food was heated up prior to take-off in view of the short flight. Food was hardly warm by the time it reached the passengers. Service was good, comparable to SQ, which I am very used to. Portions were however very very small... albeit sufficient for a short hop to the eastern peninsular.
Rating: 7

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Photo taken by: Shin
Route: Sydney - Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei), 14 Jul 2005
Ticket price: A$960 Return
Flight duration: 7h 20m
Class: economy
Aircraft: Boeing 767-300
Meal: snack - Pre-arrival Snack.
Orange Poppyseed Muffin
Drink: Milk Tea
Comments: The orange poppyseed muffin smelled sweet and buttery. It was soft with an almost melt-in-your-mouth texture. Very yummy.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8

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Photo taken by: Shin
Route: Sydney - Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei), 14 Jul 2005
Ticket price: A$960 Return
Flight duration: 7h 20m
Class: economy
Aircraft: Boeing 767-300
Meal: lunch - main - Bread Roll with Butter
Appertizer - Asian Style Coleslaw
Main - Vegetable Curry with Rice
Dessert - Cruncy Chocolate Muesli Slice
Snacks - Coon Tasty Cheese & Arnotts Crackers and a snack-size Cadbury Chocolate Bar
Drink:
Comments: The longish bread roll was quite soft. Lovely when spreaded with butter and eaten while still warm.

The asian coleslaw with sweet chili sauce dressing was alright. I only wish it was a little more soury to kick up the appetite.

The inviting curry aroma reached my nose well before the meal cart reached my row! Pity about the flavour though. It was quite bland and more salt was required to make it flavoursome.

I particularly like the dessert - crunchy chocolate muesli slice. The slice was very crunchy and was drenched in this honey/treacle syrup that I found very satisfying.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 5

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Photo taken by: Shin
Route: Sydney - Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei), 14 Jul 2005
Ticket price: A$960 Return
Flight duration: 7h 20m
Class: economy
Aircraft: Boeing 767-300
Meal: snack - Camel Cracker Peanuts
Drink: Pineapple and Mango Juice
Comments: The more-ish Camel Cracker Peanuts has a very crunchy coating with a rather distinct garlicky flavour.
A wide range of juices were available. There were the usual orange and apple, as well as pineapple juice and mango juice. I ordered a mix of pineapple and mango which was very refreshing for the start of a long flight.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8

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Photo taken by: David Klages
Route: Sydney - Brunei 04 November 2004
Ticket price: $1200 AUD return
Flight duration: 7.15 hrs
Aircraft type & class: B767-300 Business Class
Business or leisure trip: Leisure Trip
Meal type: Lunch
Contents of the meal: Smoked Chicken Breast with Citrus Salad (Appetiser), Followed by Grilled Chicken with Paprika Sauce and then a light malaysian refreshement before arrival
Drink: Non alcoholic wine and water
Comments: An excellent meal, together with exemplary service
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9
Camera brand & type: Sony DSCP9

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Photo taken by: Lemuel Tay
Route: BI874 & BI73 KUL-BWN-BNE, 2 Jan 2005
Ticket price: AUD$1150 (cost included taxes for return trip BNE-BWN-KUL)
Flight duration: 2:25 & 6:45
Aircraft type & class: Airbus A319 (KUL-BWN)), Boeing 767-300 (BWN-BNE), Thrift
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Lunch (KUL-BWN), Snack & Dinner (BWN-BNE)
Contents of the meal: Beef makasar with rice, breadroll (KUL-BWN), peanuts & drink, salmon salad, fish & rice, cake and cream, chesse & biscuits (BWN-BNE)
Drink: Water, juice and coffee (no alcohol available)
Comments: For KUL-BNE: Note airline pillow under tray-table in picture above, as tray-table was sloping towards me at a dangerous angle and needed pillow to prevent meal from sliding into lap. Also, no alternative of chicken meal was available on first leg of flight, even though I was seated 5 rows from the front. Food was very bland though – needed plenty of pepper!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 5
Camera brand & type: Sony Cybershot DSC P-150

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Photo taken by: Wayne Kwong and Suzanna Lau
Flight: BI636 from HKG-Bandar Seri Begawan
Aircraft: A320 reg. no. V8-RBT
Flight time: 2h 45m
Class: Economy
Meal: Lunch
Pre-lunch drink of apple juice, or mango juice, Camel nuts, Vermicelli salad Thai Style, either Fish with potatoes or Chicken with rice, Fruit slices, TWIX
Drinks: Anything, but no booze. RBA is a ‘dry’ airline.
Comments: It has been 2 years since we flew RBA and it was interesting to see if they had made any improvements in its food, meal, catering. The juices and Camel nuts were great. The rest….well……the first thing I noticed was that the lid on the main dish has a ‘Royal Brunei food, meal, catering’ sticker on it and that meant it came all the way from Brunei. It showed in the vermicelli, which was very soggy. The chicken dish was horrible. The meat itself was bearable, but the rice had this horrible, stale, mouldy, goodness-knows-what taste to it. Even an avid airline meal fan like me could not stomach it! The fish fared better. The taste was ok. The potatoes were reasonable. The fruit slices were at room temperature and that did it no favours. The saving grace of the meals was the TWIX bars.
Ratings: 1 for the chicken and 4 for the fish, but 10 for the Camel nut

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Photo taken by: James Lee
Route: TPE- BWN- LHR, 5 Aug 2004
Ticket price: USD $735
Flight duration: 22hr
Aircraft type & class: A320(TPE-BWN) & B767(BWN-LHR); economy
Business or leisure trip: leisure
Drink: tonic water, sparkling water, & juice.
Comments: The food didn’t taste good, but the service was OK.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 5
Camera brand & type: SONY P100

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Photo taken by: Johnny Lim Chung Ni
Flying from: Denpasar Bali to Brunei, 21 Mar 2004
Trip: Leisure
Flight duration: 2hr10min
Aircraft Type: B767-300, Economy
Meal: Lunch - Seafood Meal (Special Request)
Warm bread roll with magarine spread
Appetiser: Smoked salmon with young palm fruit
Main: Grilled fish with rice and boiled broccoli and carrot
Dessert: Fresh fruits (Honey Dew, Papaya, Grapes)
Drink: Water, Sparkling Grape White (non-alcoholic substitute for wine) and Tea
Comments: The smoked salmon was not very fresh.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7

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Photo taken by: Ann Gee
Flying from Perth to Bandar Seri Begawan, 5 Sep 2003
Flight duration: 4 hours 55 minutes
Aircraft type & Class: Boeing 767-300, Business Class
Meal: Lunch
What was in the meal: Marinated prawns with swett chili dressing to start, garlic bread, pan-fried salmon on dill cream sauce, cheese plate, Trio delight dessert, chocolates
Drink: Sparkling Grape Rose (non-alcoholic wine substitute)
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7

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Photo taken by: Ann Gee
Flying from Bandar Seri Begawan to Perth, 30 Aug 2003
Flight duration: 5 hours 05 minutes
Aircraft type & Class: Boeing 767-300, Business Class
Meal: Dinner
What was in the meal: Tandoori Chicken Breast to start, Grilled Lamb Chop entree
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7

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Photo taken by: Ann Gee
Flying from Kuala Lumpur to Bandar Seri Begawan, 30 Aug 2003
Flight duration: 2 hours 10 minutes
Aircraft type & Class: Boeing 767-300 Combi, Business Class
Meal: Lunch - smoked Salmon and seasonal salad to start, Main course of grilled prawns
Drink: Lemon Tea
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 6

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Photo taken by: Wayne Kwong and Suzanna Lau
Flying from: Brunei to Hong Kong, 23 September 2002
Class: Economy
Meal: Dinner - The 'Camel' peanuts again as pre-meal snack.
The same chicken dish with the three sauces. The other option was the
beef stew with creamed potatoes, which tasted good. There was a
dressed celery salad as starters.
Drink: water and tea
Comments: "The chicken dish was the same as before. The beef stew
was good. The salad was OK. The roll was warm, but turned cold and
hard very quickly. The portions are quite small, though."
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 5, mainly for the beef

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Photo taken by: Wayne Kwong and Suzanna Lau
Flying from: Hong Kong to Brunei, 21 September 2002
Class: Economy
Meal: Lunch - Pre-lunch snack and lunch
Drink: Water and Tea
Comments: "Lunch was either chicken rice or fried fish with roasted potatoes. The little plastic tubs contain the three sauces for the chicken, soya, ginger and chili. The fish was very dry! I needed the chicken sauces to give it a bit of taste."
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 4

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Photo taken by: Wayne Kwong and Suzanna Lau
Flying from: Hong Kong to Brunei, 21 September 2002
Class: Economy
Meal: Lunch - Pre-lunch snack and lunch
Drink: Water and Tea
Comments: "Lunch was either chicken rice or fried fish with roasted potatoes. The little plastic tubs contain the three sauces for the chicken, soya, ginger and chili. The fish was very dry! I needed the chicken sauces to give it a bit of taste."
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 4

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Photo taken by: Wayne Kwong and Suzanna Lau
Flying from: Hong Kong to Brunei, 21 September 2002
Class: Economy
Meal: Lunch - Pre-lunch snack and lunch
Drink: Water and Tea
Comments: "The 'Camel' peanuts were very tasty, with a garlicky crust to each kernel. However, the pineapple juice was a bit strange in taste."
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 4