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Photo taken by: World Liner
Route: AUH - BOM, 20 Aug 2006
Ticket price:
Flight duration: 3h 00m
Class: business
Aircraft: A330-200
Meal: Breakfast - Fruit slices
Choices of mini bread
Choices of fresh juices & beverages
Drink: ?
Comments: The meal was very tasty.....
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9

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Photo taken by: Daniel Erler
Route: AUH - BKK, 9 Apr 2006
Ticket price: 600€ for FRA-AUH-BKK and return
Flight duration: 5h 30m
Class: economy
Aircraft: Boeing 777-300
Meal: Breakfast - Croissant, Fruits, Orange Juice, Marmelade, Sausages, Potatoes, Chicken breast, a Tomato slice and some baked beans
Drink: Tea
Comments: Catering ex FRA was much better
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8

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Photo taken by: Daniel Erler
Route: FRA - AUH, 8 Apr 2006
Ticket price: 600€ for FRA-AUH-BKK and return
Flight duration: 5h 30m
Class: economy
Aircraft: Airbus A340-300
Meal: Breakfast - Croissant, Butter, Jam, Fruits, Orange Juice and Yoghurt
Drink: Tea
Comments: A small breakfast shortly before landing at Abu Dhabi.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7

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Photo taken by: Daniel Erler
Route: FRA - AUH, 8 Apr 2006
Ticket price: 600€ for FRA-AUH-BKK and return
Flight duration: 5h 30m
Class: economy
Aircraft: Airbus A340-300
Meal: Dinner - Salmon salad
Arabian lamb with two sorts of beans and cinnamon rice
Sort of Black Forest cake
Drink: Light beer
Comments: One of the best airline meals I've ever had. Etihad offers three choices of each meal, a very good product.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9.5

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Photo taken by: Konstantin von Wedelstaedt
Route: AUH - FRA, 26 Feb 2006
Ticket price: n/a
Flight duration: 6h 00m
Class: business
Aircraft: Boeing 777-300ER
Meal: prelanding snack - choice of various mini sandwiches, scones with clotted cream and strawberry preserve, fresh fruit
Drink: choice of three red wines, three white wines plus the usual stuff
Comments: excellent snack before landing!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9

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Photo taken by: Konstantin von Wedelstaedt
Route: AUH - FRA, 26 Feb 2006
Ticket price: n/a
Flight duration: 6h 00m
Class: business
Aircraft: Boeing 777-300ER
Meal: lunch - starter - salad, roll, salmon mousse canape on "cucumber carpaccio" (yes, that's what they call the cucumber slices!) and mango chutney
Drink: choice of three red wines, three white wines plus the usual stuff
Comments: Etihad calls it Fusion cuisine - it's good but a bit overhyped
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8

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Photo taken by: Raffik Homsy
Route: Abu Dhabi - Beirut, 1 Jan 2006
Ticket price: £370
Flight duration: 0h 00m
Class: economy
Aircraft: Airbus A330-200
Meal: Lunch - Starter of Potatoe Salada, Olives and Salad Garnish.
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Beef in a black bean sauce served with rice and peas
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Pistachio Sweet, Cheese and Biscuits
Hot bread roll
Drink: Diet Coke (not pictured)
Comments: Very nice! The beef was tender and the rice was good.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7

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Photo taken by: hansjoerg huegli
Route: bangkok - abu dhabi, 5 Jan 2006
Ticket price: n/a
Flight duration: 6h 30m
Class: economy
Aircraft: a 330-200 a6-eyv
Meal: refreshment - fresh fruitsalat
sandwich
Drink: coffee
Comments:
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7

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Photo taken by: hansjoerg huegli
Route: bangkok - abu dhabi, 5 Jan 2006
Ticket price: n/a
Flight duration: 6h 30m
Class: economy
Aircraft: a 330-200 a6-eyv
Meal: breakfest - seasonal fresh fruit,
stuffed panecake with seafood paella
bread roll and croisant
Drink: coffee
Comments:
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7

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Photo taken by: hansjoerg huegli
Route: abu dhabi - bangkok, 11 Dec 2005
Ticket price: n/a
Flight duration: 5h 55m
Class: economy
Aircraft: airbus a 300-200
Meal: light refreshments - sandwich-fruitsalat-
Drink: orange juce
Comments: not bad food
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 5.5

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Photo taken by: Zuned Osman
Route: Abu Dhabi (AUH) - London Gatwick (LGW), 4 Jul 2005
Ticket price: £277 Including Tax
Flight duration: 6h 50m
Class: economy
Aircraft: Airbus A340
Meal: dinner - main - Lamb byriani with cashew nuts, naan bread with hummus, vanilla flavoured mousse dessert. Salad with dressing.
Drink: Water & Tomato Juce
Comments: The byriani had an excellent taste, with a good balance of spices. The salad could have been more livened up as it was very basic in terms of contents. The dessert was a good end to this meal, in terms of being just right in the sweetness and serving.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8.5

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Photo taken by: Zuned Osman
Route: Abu Dhabi (AUH) - London Gatwick (LGW), 4 Jul 2005
Ticket price: £277 Including Tax
Flight duration: 6h 50m
Class: economy
Aircraft: Airbus A340, Economy (Coral Zone)
Meal: breakfast - Mixed fruit consisting of a large grape, slice of pineapple and watermelons. Strawberry yoghurt, croissant and orange juice.
Drink: Orange Juice & Cream Tea
Comments: A very apetising and light breakfast prior to landing at Gatwick. Could not really complain about much apart from lack of selection of food items.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9

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Photo taken by: Zuned Osman
Route: London Gatwick (LGW) - Abu Dhabi (AUH), 01 Jul 2005
Ticket price: £277 Including Tax
Flight duration: 6 Hrs 50 Mins
Aircraft type & class: Economy (Coral Zone)
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Snack
Contents of the meal:
Salad with dressing, coleslaw with rasins and two pitta bread style rolls with potato and spiced filling
Bread roll with jam.
Drink: Cream Tea
Comments: Weird dish with the salad and coleslaw did not like it that much, the pitta bread rolls tasted good with the spicy taste
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 5
Camera brand & type: Sony Ericsson P910i PDA Phone


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Photo taken by: Zuned Osman
Route: London Gatwick (LGW) - Abu Dhabi (AUH), 01 Jul 2005
Ticket price: £277 Including Tax
Flight duration: 6 Hrs 50 Mins
Aircraft type & class: Economy (Coral Zone)
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Hot Lunch
Contents of the meal:
Appetiser: Baby Shrimps with Zucchini Salad
Main Course: Arabian Lamb Machbous served with rice
Desert and Chocolate: Chocolate Alcazar (Rich chocolate slice with raspberry coulis)
Bread Roll and Butter.
Drink: Mineral Water, Tomato Juce with biscuits and Cream Tea
Comments: Rich and satisfying meal for a long flight. The only problem was that there were whole cardamoms in the lamb dish. It was quite irritating having to pick them out. Found 8 in total, the chocolate desert had a good contrast between an intense chocolate and a tangy raspberry taste.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7 (Would have been an 8 if it was not for the cardamoms)
Camera brand & type: Sony Ericsson P910i PDA Phone


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Airline: Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates
Photo by: Mealchecker
Route: Abu Dhabi-London Heathrow, 30 Apr 2004
Ticket price: unknown
Flight duration: 06hrs 40min
Aircraft type class: A330 / Pearl Class (Business Class)
Meal type: Hot meal, lunch
Pan fried hammour served in a tarragon sauce with saffron rice and grilled vegetables.
Thai beef salad served on sesame glass noodles.
Beef fillet Tenderloin in a pepper sauce roasted baby potatoes, green beans and garden vegetables.
Duet of choclate. White choclate mousse cake served in a chocolate sauce.
Cheese with crackers.
Fruit basket.
Pan fried hammour served in a tarragon sauce with saffron rice and grilled vegetables.
Drink(s): Mineral water,tomato juice, red wine, Casa Silva Merlot Grand Reserva Angostura 2001.
Comments: Meals in Pearl Zone of ETIHAD are ordered and served individually. At least a new idea,replacing the trolley service. Meal presentation rating 6,they could make more out of it! Meal quality: close to 10 points,for the wine 10 points. For a new airline (in operation since about 6 months,remarkable high standard wiwith professional flight attendants.
Camera: nikon cool pix 775