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Photo taken by: Rasheed Fazle
Route: London Gatwick, UK (LGW) to Dubai, UAE (DXB) January 2005
Ticket price: 1000 USD
Flight duration: 8 hours
Aircraft type & class: Airbus
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Lunch
Contents of the meal: Marinated artichokes with mushrooms, served with stuffed vine leaves. Seasonal Salad served with a dressing. Paprika Chicken. Tender braised chicken breast with paprika topping, served with roasted potatoes and Mexican vegetable mixture. Cinnamon cake, bread, butter, cheese and biscuits.
Drink: Lots of water.
Comments: Emirates meals are prepared according to the Halal method, no pork products are used. Emirates service and food are outstanding. The paprika chicken was delicious. One of the nice things about Emirates is small things such as cheese, chocolates and lots of waters.
There was a second choice of grilled Hammour fillet, served with a pine seed and herb tomato sauce, accompanied with vermicelli rice.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10
Camera brand & type: Canon PowerShot S100


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Photo taken by: Rasheed Fazle
Route: London Gatwick, UK (LGW) to Dubai, UAE (DXB)
Ticket price: 1000USD - Economy Class
Flight duration: 8 hrs
Aircraft type & class: Airbus
Business or leisure trip: Leisure Trip
Meal type: Breakfast
Contents of the meal: Assorted Fruit, Croissant served with butter and jam, Egg w/ mushrooms
Drink: Orange juice, water
Comments: Emirates meals are prepared according to the Halal method, no pork products are used. Emirates service and food are outstanding. The egg and mushrooms were delicious.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10
Camera brand & type: Canon PowerShot S100


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Photo taken by: Manfred Biel
Route: DUS-DXB, 15 July 2004
Ticket price: 699 €
Flight duration: 6:15 h
Aircraft type & class: Airbus A330-200 / Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Lunch
Appetizers
Bresola
air dried beef, served with a marinated pasta salad
Salad
Seasonal Salad
fresh seasonal salad, served with a salad dressing
Main Course
Pan Fried Fillet of Salmon
served with herb butter, accompanied with saffron tagliatelle and summer vegetables
Desert
Lemon and Ginger Souffle
ginger biscuit base, topped with strawberry filling, encased in a creamy lemon bavarois, served with a mixed berry coulis
Bred and Cheese
Drink: Red wine and water tea and coffee, chocolates
Comments: A very good and generous meal for economy.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9/10 :-)


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Photo taken by: The Purple Girl
Route: London-Gatwick (LGW) to Dubai (DXB) - 17 April 2005
Ticket price: Package
Flight Duration: 6 hrs 50 min
Aircraft type & Class: Boeing 777-200 / Economy
Business trip or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal Type: Hot Lunch
Pasta Salad with basil pesto sauce and tuna sashimi — the tuna was very good and was a great complement to the pasta and sauce
Seasonal Salad — just your usual greens salad but this one came with the freshest and crunchiest lettuce and greens
Grilled Chicken Breast marinated with herbs served with tomato concasse, creamy leek ragout, and potato wedges — the chicken was very tasty and grilled to perfection; the blandness of the tomato, leek, and potatoes were great accompaniment to an otherwise salty meat dish
Mint and Morello Royal — chocolate biscuit base with morello filling, covered with a mini bavarois, topped with brownie cake and chocolate sauce — absolutely the BEST dessert I have had on air (and I’ve been a frequent world-traveler for years); the heavenly filling was custard-like and gave contrast to the biscuit base and brownie cake — this dessert was TO DIE FOR!!!
Drink: Coca-Cola Light and Hot tea
Comments: One of the best airline meals I’ve had. The dessert was awesome and is probably the best tasting dessert I’ve ever had bar none.
Rating 1-10: ( 10 )
Camera Brand & type: Canon Ixus I


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Photo taken by: The Purple Girl
Route: Dubai (DBX) to London-Gatwick (DGW) - 23 April 2005
Ticket price: Package
Flight Duration: 6 hrs 50 min
Aircraft type & Class: Boeing 777-200 / Economy
Business trip or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal Type: Hot Breakfast
Scrambled Eggs with roesti potato, baked beans, asparagus, and tomato -- perfectly scrambled eggs albeit bland but the sweetish baked beans and tartness of the tomato provided a good balance; the asparagus were crisp and tender
Croissant — warm and flaky
Drink: Coca-Cola Light and Hot tea
Comments: Great breakfast. A good way to start your day after a long nap.
Rating 1-10: ( 10 )
Camera Brand & type: Canon Ixus i


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Photo taken by: Daniel Rivkin
Route: Dubai-Nairobi
Ticket price: £400
Flight duration: 5 hours
Aircraft type & class: Economy
Business or leisure trip: Business
Meal type: Breakfast
Contents of the meal: Mushroom omelette, beef sausage, roll with butter, muffin, fruit salad
Drink: Coffee and Orange Juice
Comments: I wasn't able to get the other choice -- pancakes -- since I was sitting at the back of the plane and they had run out. The flight attendant told me, "Kenyans love their pancakes!"
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 5
Camera brand & type: Kodak HD single-use camera with Ektanar lens


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Photo taken by : Palace
Route : FRA - DXB
Ticket Price : 750 Euros ( FRA-BOM via DXB )
Flight Duration : 6.50 hrs.
Aircraft Type and Class : Airbus 332. Economy.
Business or Leisure : Leisure
Meal Type : Dinner.
Contents of the meal : Poached flaked salmon served with cucumber battons and mint flavoured crème fraiche.
Fresh seasonal salad, served with dressing. Braised Arabic lamb stew with garlic and rosemary, accompanied with chapsat rice and mixed vegetables. Tangerine Gateaux served with a raspberry coulis. Bread and Butter. Cheese and biscuits. Chocolate.
Drink ; Red Wine ( Syrah ). Mineral water specially packed for Emirates.
Comments : Good quality and quantity food. Very slow service by the crew.
Rating 1-10 : 7.5


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Photo taken by: MDK
Route: Paris Charles de Gaule CDG (LFPG) to Dubaï DXB (OMDB), date: 01 February 2005
Ticket price: 570
Flight duration: 0640
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 777-200, economy class
Leisure trip
Meal type: lunch
Contents of the meal: Smoked Salmon, Seasonal salad, Pan fried chicken breast, Rosewater ans raspberry parfait, bread, cheese, butter
Drink: water, cola, fruits juices, cofee, tea.....
Comments: veru good meal, and excellent service. Crew very obliging
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9
Camera brand & type: Nikkon, Coolpix 3200 (numeric)


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Photo taken by: JJ
Route: VIE - DXB , date 04 February 2005
Ticket price: ??
Flight duration: 5hours
Aircraft type & class: A-330/200
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Dinner
Contents of the meal:
Appetizer: Smoke Salmon served with amarinated mushroom salad;
Salad: Fresh Seasonal Salad served with dressing
Main Course: Lamb Curry ragout, accompanied with saffron rice and okra with tomates
Dessert: traditionally baked apple struddle, served with vanilla sauce;
Bread and Chees
Drink: Campari Orange; Red Wine, Water
Comments: simply perfect!!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10
Camera brand & type: Canon Ixus V


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Photo taken by: Nigel Talamo
Route:
Mumbai to Dubai EK503 date: 31 January 2005
Ticket price:
a proportion of £640 which was for LGW/DXB/HKG/DXB/BOM/DXB/LGW
Flight duration: about 3 hours
Aircraft type & class:
There used to be 2 types of airliner around, Concorde and the others. Concorde is sadly no longer in service so the new airliners are Economy and First/Business. When flying in First or Business the company who actually fabricated the plane seems insignificant next to the chefs who created the menus and the supermodels who serve their creations. This flight was in Business
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type:
Dinner
Contents of the meal: Thai Minced Lamb Salad: accompanied by julienne of vegetables, papaya & pineapple slices.
Fish Meuniere: Herbed fish with garlic flavoured butter served with butter beans, squash and Pariesenne potatoes.
Kesar Rice Kheer: Saffron flavoured rice pudding.
Selection of Cheeses: Cheddar & Camembert
Seasonal fruit
Chocolate
Drink:
Starter: Fleur De Champagne, Brut NV from Duval-Leroy
Red Wine: Vina La Rosa, Cabernet Sauvignon, 2001, Rapel Valley, Chile
Port: Chairman's Port, Late Bottled Vintage.
Tea, Water.
Comments: After the chaos of Bombay it was a real treat to be able to relax in front of a great meal and not worry about germs. Fantastic service. Thank you Emirates, your staff at Bombay airport (in particular Elvis) were teriffic and the boys and girls on the plane (Sally) equally so. It is a shame that Indian immigration authorities are so slow in letting passengers leave their dreadful airport that very few passengers had the chance to enjoy the Businness/First class lounge prior to departure.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10
Camera brand & type: Ricoh. Caplio R1. Digital


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Photo taken by: Nigel Talamo
Route:
Dubai to London Gatwick EK011 date: 01 February 2005
Ticket price:
a proportion of £640 which was for LGW/DXB/HKG/DXB/BOM/DXB/LGW
Flight duration: about 6:30 hours
Aircraft type & class:
Boeing 777 with plastic cutlery. Class: Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type:
Breakfast
Contents of the meal: Roesti Filled with Scrambled Egg: and topped with sauce mornay. Accompanied wiht sautéed peppers, spinach and pan fried Nuernberger sausage.
Warm Croissant & Cold Bread Roll
Muffin, Granola Bar, Salted Biscuits.
Cheese: Bel Paese
Seasonal fruit
Chocolate
Drink:
Orange Juice
Tea, Water.
Comments: Back to PLASTIC CUTLERY. Why is it that we can be trusted not to stab each other east of Dubai but not west? It would certainly be difficult to threaten the safety of the plane, it is hard enough to get out of the seats unarmed. Plastic or proper.
Fruit: excellent, cold & fresh. Croissant hot & soggy. Roesti thing, uninspired and bland. Peppers & spinach, delicious.
EK 011 is such a tricky flight to be happy on being that it departs at 2 something in the morning. Everyone is knackered and it only gets worse the longer the flight goes on. Emirates should have bought some Concordes. Their crew at least deserved them.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 5
Camera brand & type: Ricoh. Caplio R1. Digital


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Photo taken by: Nigel Talamo
Route: Dubai to Mumbai EK3506 date: 22 January 2005
Ticket price: a proportion of £640 which was for LGW/DXB/HKG/DXB/BOM/DXB/LGW
Flight duration: about 2:30
Aircraft type & class:
Airbus A330. Class: Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Breakfast
Contents of the meal: Fruit Salad
Vegetarian option: Mata Paneer with Puri (breadlike thing) and Dhal
Croissant, Bread roll, jam.
Drink:
Tea, Water
Comments: It is great to see the return of METAL CUTLERY. I don't know if it is a geographical thing but on all flights east of Dubai, Emirates trusted us with real metal knives forks & spoons. Bravo Emirates. I loved this breakfast. It gave a first taste of the India to come. Croissant was dreadful as usual. They should have thrown them out with the plastic knives.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8
Camera brand & type: Ricoh. Caplio R1. Digital


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Photo taken by: Nigel Talamo
Route:
Hong Kong to Dubai via Bangkok EK385 date: 21 January 2005
Ticket price:
a proportion of £640 which was for LGW/DXB/HKG/DXB/BOM/DXB/LGW
Flight duration: about 7:30
Aircraft type & class:
Large Airbus with 2 engines. 340?. Class: Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type:
HKG/BKK: Light evening meal
BKK/DXB: Breakfast
Contents of the meal: HKG/BKK Light Evening Meal:
Seasonal Salad with feta cheese & dressing
Braised beef with Black beans served with fried rice and Chinese vegetables.
Rasberry Gateau topped with roasted almonds & icing sugar.
Chocolate
BKK/DXB Breakfast:
Fruit Salad
Stir Fried Hokkien noodles with chicken and Chinese Greens with oyster sauce
Croissant

Drink:
HKG/BKK Light Evening Meal:
'Bonaqua' water. made by Coca Cola.
Haynes Ranch Syrah, 2002. Californian red wine.
Tea
BKK/DXB Breakfast:
Orange Juice
Tea

Comments: HKG/BKK Light Evening Meal:
Salad a bit on the limp side, not improved by the bland dressing.
Beef & vegetables better than it looked. Hot and satisfying.
I didn't attempt the cake as my body suddenly became a temple.
Wine did its job & sent me to sleep.
BKK/DXB Breakfast:
Fruit tasted like it had just been plucked. Excellent & refreshing to awaken the palate. Noodles a tad overcooked but good colour & smell. Croissant was stale but what do you expect after 7 hours in the air. Altogether a fine breakfast.
I like flying with Emirates. Their seats may be no bigger or no more comfortable than their rivals but their staff, from check-in to destination, always have a great disposition. They give off a truly professional approach and I love the uniforms. The planes don't seem as sparklingly clean (on the inside) as they always used to. I hope they start sprucing up the older ones soon.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best):
6 dinner, 7 breakfast
Camera brand & type: Ricoh. Caplio R1. Digital



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Photo taken by: Shabaz Hashmi
Route: Manchester - Dubai, 13 Jan 2005
Flight duration: 6h 10min
Aircraft type & class: Airbus A330-243 Business Class
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Lunch
Comments: Wonderful
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10
Camera brand & type: Olympus C-750UZ


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Photo taken by: Shabaz Hashmi
Route: Manchester - Dubai, 13 Jan 2005
Flight duration: 6h 10min
Aircraft type & class: Airbus A330-243 Business Class
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Drink: Lemonade
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8
Camera brand & type: Olympus C-750UZ


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Photo taken by: Holger Krank + Jochen Kuhlmann
Route: DXB – FRA , 17 Dec 2004
Ticket price: ˆ 600,--
Flight duration: 6 Hrs
Aircraft type & class: A330-200, Y
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Lunch
Contents of the meal: pan-fried chicken breast
Drink: Pepsi
Comments: rather good
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8
Camera brand & type: Sony DSC-P5


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Photo taken by: Holger Krank + Jochen Kuhlmann
Route: DXB – FRA, 17 Dec 2004
Ticket price: ˆ 600,--
Flight duration: 6 Hrs
Aircraft type & class: A330-200, Y
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Lunch
Contents of the meal: beef ragout
Drink: Diet Sprite
Comments: rather good
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8
Camera brand & type: Sony DSC-P5


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Photo taken by: Olivia de Santis
Route: Auckland, NZ to Melbourne, AU, 13 Dec 2004
Ticket price: NZ$524
Flight duration: 3 hours
Aircraft type & class: Boing 777
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Dinner (vegan), Economy
Contents of the meal: Pumpkin curry and mixed vegetable curry with Jasmine rice, green salad with dressing, antipasti salad with olives, tiny pickles, onions, and sundried peppers, wholemeal roll, fruit salad (honeydew melon, pineapple, watermelon), water crackers, Fruitarian bar and dried apricots.
Drink: Mineral water + non-dairy creamer for tea or coffee
Comments: This was the absolute best meal I've ever had on a flight.
The curry was superb, I'd have paid for it in a restaurant. The rice wasn't dried out as it usually is in airline food. The salads were fresh and delicious. The most shocking thing about the meal?
Everything was actually vegan. That hardly ever happens! We hadn't requested vegan meals in advance and they managed to get this on the flight for us when we checked in.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10
Camera brand & type: Canon 20D Digital SLR



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Photo taken by: Alexander Sarmiento Schober
Route: Dubai-Munich, 29 Feb 2004
Ticket price:
Flight duration: 0640hrs
Aircraft type & class: Airbus A 330-200, Economy
Business or leisure trip: leisure
Meal type: dinner after departure
Contents of the meal: beef with potatoes/two kinds of salad/chocolate cake
Drink: water
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8


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Photo taken by: Alexander Sarmiento Schober
Route: Manila-Dubai, 28 Feb 2004
Ticket price:
Flight duration: 0905hrs
Aircraft type & class: Airbus A 330-200, Economy
Business or leisure trip: leisure
Meal type: snack prior arrival
Contents of the meal: square bred with cream noodles/chocolate mousse/dried
mangoes
Drink: cafè and water
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7


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Photo taken by: Alexander Sarmiento Schober
Route: Manila-Dubai, 28 Feb 2004
Ticket price:
Flight duration: 0905hrs
Aircraft type & class: Airbus A 330-200, Economy
Business or leisure trip: leisure
Meal type: Dinner after departure
Contents of the meal: rice with chicken and vegetabels/green salad/fish
salad/cream dessert
Drink: diet coke and water
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8


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Photo taken by: Alexander Sarmiento Schober
Route: Dubai-Manila, 31 Jan 2004
Ticket price:
Flight duration: 0800hrs
Aircraft type & class: Airbus A 330-200, Economy
Business or leisure trip: leisure
Meal type: Lunch before arrival
Contents of the meal: omelette with roasted potatoes, sausage and
vegetables/fruit salad/muffin/bred
Drink: orange juice
Comments:
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8


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Photo taken by: Alexander Sarmiento Schober
Route: Munich-Dubai, 30 Jan 2004
Ticket price:
Flight duration: 0550hrs
Aircraft type & class: Airbus A 330-200, Economy
Business or leisure trip: leisure
Meal type: Lunch
Contents of the meal: chicken with vegetables/green salad/fish salad/cream
dessert
Drink: Coke and water
Comments: much, but even the only meal on this flight
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8



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Photo taken by: Sarmad Al-Khozaie
Route: EK413 Sydney Kingsford Smith Arpt, Sydney, AU (SYD) to
Dubai Intl Arpt, Dubai, AE (DXB), 24 Nov 2004
Ticket price: $2071 to London Return
Flight duration: 14 Hours 33Min (non-stop)
Aircraft type & class: A340-500 (A6-ERA)& Economy
class
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type:Breakfast
Contents of the meal:Creap filled with scrambled egg
and smoked salmon melted with cheese, accompanied with
spinach, tomato Provencal & sweet corn. Served with
orange juice and assorted fruit salad.
Drink: Orange and tea and coffee
Comments: Great meal, top class service with emirates
airlines, would recommend to anyone to fly with
emirates, but this meal is very light for b'fast
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9 (light meal)
Camera brand & type: Fuji A330



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Photo taken by: Sarmad Al-Khozaie
Route: EK413 Sydney Kingsford Smith Arpt, Sydney, AU (SYD) to
Dubai Intl Arpt, Dubai, AE (DXB), 24 Nov 2004
Ticket price: $2071 to London Return
Flight duration: 14 Hours 33Min (non-stop)
Aircraft type & class: A340-500 (A6-ERA)& Economy
class
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type:Dinner
Contents of the meal:Hokkin Noodles with prawn and
white fish, with Chinese green chopped with oyster
sauce, Appetizers was Tasmanian Hot smoked Salmon with
seed mustard and potato salad, Dessert was strawberry
cheese cake.
Drink: Anything you ask for you get
Comments: Great meal, top class service with emirates
airlines, would recommend to anyone to fly with
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10
Camera brand & type: Fuji A330