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Photo taken by: silklink
Route: Sydney - Tokyo, 11 Mar 2006
Ticket price: n/a
Flight duration: 8h 00m
Class: business
Aircraft: Boeing 747
Meal: Lunch - Smoked Salmon,Butterfly Prawn,Scallop & Prosciutto Ham for starters; Potato & Leak Soup; Choice of Fillet Beef with Mustard Sauce ; Grilled Vegetable Salad; Bread or Steamed Rice; Desserts.
Drink: Selection of Wines - but I chose Mineral Water, not very adventurous!
Comments: Out of the several long-haul JAL flights I have taken recently, the best meal (it deserves 9 points)on the airline was on the flight from Sydney to Tokyo. The Sydney Caterers for JAL are fabulous, I wonder which company JAL uses in Sydney? (Does anyone know?). I am afraid the LEAST GOOD meals (only 5.5 points in my view) were on JAL flights that started from Tokyo Narita, the home base of the airline! The JAL Sakura business class lounge in Tokyo Narita Airport was also extremely poor, tired and sad-looking. In addition, tthere was hardly any real food and the drinks selection was very limited, unlike some of the other Asian airlines which are very good in their offer of good food and drinks selection in their luxurious lounges. JAL Cabin Crew are friendly, professional and welcoming.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9

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Photo taken by: Gavin L.
Route: Tokyo NRT - Singapore SIN, 19 Mar 2006
Ticket price: n/a
Flight duration: 7h 00m
Class: economy
Aircraft: B767-346/ER JA602J
Meal: Dinner - From the menu,
Grilled "Hoki" Fish Miso Flavor with Steamed Rice
Beef Pastrami
Cod Fish "Escabeche"
Potato Salad
Fresh Salad
Onion Dressing
Panna Cotta
Roll and Butter
Drink: I had JAL's skytime
Comments: There was only one older stewardess serving my row so by the time the meal had reached me, everyone else on the opposite rows had finished their meal and I was famished. The task of giving meals proved more tedious for one sole trollie dollie to handle herself and after the stewardesses on the opposite rows and finished their task, they came along to help this poor old maid. However, the meal was still warm and delicious and I enjoyed it alot, minus the bread which the absent-minded stewardess forgot to give. Service was quite good, with the FAs constantly walking up and down the aisle making sure everyone's flight was comfortable.
Later, delicious green tea icecream was also served. What can I say, Oishi!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7.5

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Photo taken by: Gavin L.
Route: Singapore SIN - Tokyo NRT, 17 Mar 2006
Ticket price: n/a
Flight duration: 6h 30m
Class: economy
Aircraft: B767-346/ER JA611J
Meal: Lunch - According to the menu,
Beef Bowl
Fresh Garden Salad
Honeydew Melon Pudding
Japanese Cold Noodle "Udon"
Roll and Butter
Drink: I had JAL's skytime (a citrus flavoured punch)
Comments: Was quite disappointed they only had one meal for this rather long flight, but overall was quite satisfied that we still had a choice of Beef Bowl or Fried Perch with Sweet & Sour Sauce/Egg Noodle despite sitting all the way at the back of cattle class.
But my choice of Beef Bowl definately didn't taste any better than it looks. Rather fatty pieces of beef.
A JAL packet of nuts was served with a drink right before meal time. After the meal, the FAs disappeared.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 4

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Photo taken by: silklink
Route: London Heathrow - Tokyo, 12 Feb 2006
Ticket price: n/a
Flight duration: 11h 30m
Class: business
Aircraft: Boeing 777
Meal: Dinner - Millefeuille with Spicy Pork Fillet and Foie Gras with Plum, Mixed Marinated Seafood , TImbale of White Wine
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Consomme Soup with Cabbage & Tomato
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Choice of
Australian Fillet of Beef with Wild Mushroom Sauce
or
Pan Fried Turbot with Creamy Mild Curry Sauce
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Fresh Salad
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Bread and/or Steam Rice
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Cheese & Fresh Fruits

Opera Macarpone & Cherry Mousse
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Coffee Tea
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Petits Fours

Drink: Mineral Water. But if desired, there is a selection of Champagne Pier Heidsieck, Laboure Rois Chablis 2004 AC, Schloss Vollrads KG. Oestrich-WInkel 2004 Goethe Riesling Spatlese, Lacheteau Vouvray 2004, Chateau Beau-Site 1997 Saint-Estephe AC, Jaboulet Vercherre:Mercury 2003
Comments: Nice Amuse Bouche/Amuse Guelle. The Millefeuille described in the menu were missing fom the starter (!) but still, the dish was good. As with most airline steaks, it was not really possible if one required the steak to be "rare" as the airline galley did not really cook the meat on board, but it was still delicious with the Wild Mushroom Sauce. Steamed rice was available on request for all meals, including Western meals. The dessert was good though not exceedingly so. Petit fours of Japanese choclates were surprisingly excellent, comparable to the best of Belgian chocolates. The cabin crew service was very, very good indeed and the cabin attendents really know how to make passengers feel welcome and they seem to take the notion of "service with a smilie" to heart.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7

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Western Tray: Cioppino with garlic toast, fresh salad, pineapple rum tart, roll and butter. All of these items are served together as part of a "tray" from the a la carte menu.

Japanese grilled fish tray: braised mountain jelly vegetable, salt grilled salmon, Japanese pickles, miso soup, steamed rice. All of these items are served together as part of a "tray" from the a la carte menu.

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Mushroom risotto and vanilla ice cream (with chocolate sauce) from the
a la carte snack menu. "Skytime" JAL yuzu citrus fruit drink (delicious!).

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Inari sushi with miso soup (from the a la carte snack menu), with warm sake to drink.
Close-up of sake service.
Open face sandwiches and mango sherbet (from the a la carte snack menu).

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Japanese fourth course:
Fruits in season.

Japanese fifth course:
Japanese sweet (first picture shows it in the wrapper, and the second shows it unwrapped).

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Japanese third course: in a 2-compartment box
Kobachi: vinegared jellyfish and large surf clam.
Nimono: deep-simmered royal fern.

Japanese third course: in a moon-shaped dish
Mukouzuke (sashimi): fillet of tuna and squid.

Japanese fourth course:
Dainomono: grilled fillet of flounder miso flavor, steamed Koshihikari rice,
Japanese pickles, miso soup.

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Close-up of Zensai from Japanese first course.
Japanese second course:
First picture is of closed bowl, and second shows its contents of
"Wan" (clear soup with sea-bream fillet).

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Cappuccino with cinnamon stick.
Japanese place setting.
Japanese first course:
Zensai: fried lobster with egg yolk sauce, grilled chicken sesame flavor, sushi ball, simmered sweet potato. Sakizuke: deep-simmered bamboo shoots and seaweed

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Desserts of fruit tart and cream puff (from 4 choices including Tiramisu and opera cake).
Petits fours (chocolates) with cappuccino to drink.
Close-up of Champagnes and Port wine

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Close-up of Western main.
Fresh vegetable salad with side of Japanese-style dressing.
Assorted cheeses with accompaniments and fresh fruits. Port wine to drink

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Close-up of caviar and lobster salad.
Beef consomme Celestine. For drink, I tried another kind of Champagne.
Western main course of "Roasted cod and clams with New England chowder stew".

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Western place setting (2 pics).
Caviar with accompaniments. Maine lobster and avocado salad with "wasabi" cream sauce. Drinks of Champagne and still water.

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Champagne, Bloody Mary, canapes, Japanese nibbles (all served after take-off).

Photos taken by: James Barclay
Route: ORD-NRT
Flight Duration: 14 hours
Class: First
Aircraft: 747-400
Meal: lunch, snacks, pre-landing meals
Contents: see individual pictures
Comments: Japan Airlines provides excellent meals that are presented beautifully.
The quality of the meals out of Chicago was quite high. There are multiple choices
for a la carte dining after the main meal, available whenever one wants throughout the flight. Service is attentive and done in a very professional manner. Of special note is how quiet the FAs are - absolutely no chit-chat or idle discourse as often seen on other carriers. Wonderful and truly first class. Well done JAL!

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Photo taken by: Aldo G
Route: MEX - NRT, 20 Sep 2005
Ticket price: Around 2000 USD
Flight duration: 16h 35m
Class: economy
Aircraft: Boeing 747-400
Meal: Pre-Landing Snack - Boiled egg and mayonaise sandwich, small macarroni salad and apple cinnamon nutri-grain bar. Pickles and Tomatoes.
Drink: Black Tea
Comments: The last of the meals in this long flight via YVR, just an hour or 2 before landing at Narita. This was the worst meal they served, the others were superb but this one was just to fill the stomach. Was a little bit greasy...
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 6

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Photo taken by: Sjamsu
Route: NRT - Chicago, 3 Jan 2006
Ticket price: upgrade award
Flight duration: 11h 30m
Class: business
Aircraft: B747-400
Meal: Kyoto cuisine, Mebaekai - Snack (pic 309):
Assorted nuts
Lunch (pic 310):
Appertizer:
Beef tataki, kuchitori, kobachi
Entre'(pic 311):
Dainomono (grilled flouder with miso flavor), miso soup,
steamed rice, seared sea bass, pickles, and fresh fruits.
Dessert (pic 312):
Vanila ice cream with rasperberry sauce. Hot green tea.

Drink: Piper-Heidsieck (Champagne, Brut), Sapporo (beer)
Comments: Snacks:
Nothing special but friendly service.
Great champagne
Lunch:
Excellent. Fish tastes excellent, great appertizer.
Sapporo beer is my favorite. Perfect dessert at 33,000
feet.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8

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Photo taken by: Joe Pallon
Route: KIX - LAX, 18 Dec 2005
Ticket price: $1,243 R/T
Flight duration: 10h 00m
Class: economy
Aircraft: Boeing 747-436
Meal: Dinner - Beef Stew Bourgeois Style, Marinated Jellyfish with Spicy Pork Sausage & Shrimp, Fresh Salad with Mustard Mayonnaise Dressing, Apple Cake, and a dinner roll with butter
Drink: Evian Water and Sprite
Comments: The entire meal was excellent but I'm still surprised that the side dish that had sausage and shrimp was marinated jellyfish.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10

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Photo taken by: Dan Ross
Route: Brisbane Australia - London UK, via Tokyo Japan, 6 Mar 2005
Ticket price: £600
Flight duration: 20h 55m
Class: economy
Aircraft: B747-200 BNE/TOKYO B777 TOKYO/LHR
Meal: Snack, Breakfast, Lunch, Pre landing meal. - Snack - Dep BNE 10.30pm- 3 finger sandwiches of ham and cheese, chicken, and vegetables; pretzels and dirnk

Breakfast - Pre arr Tok - 5am- Hot-bacon, scrambled eggs, baked beans, mushrooms and grilled tomatoe; Fruit salad, bread roll, potatoe salad, fruit jelly, cheese and crakers.

Lunch - Dep Tokyo 10am, served 11.30am. Hot- Beef stew with Spaghettie noodles and veg, Starter of potatoe salad with a slice of salimi and long chicken nugget, salad, sweet desert.

Prelanding - Arr LHR 3pm. Hot - Penne Pasta Bolagnaise, with cheese and veg; sundried tomatoe and salami salad, eggroll and japenese items; fruit salad; bread roll.
Drink: tea, water, green tea, white wine, red wine, juices, Jal's skytime
Comments: Snack: This flight does a triangle - Tokyo-Syd-Brisbane-Tokyo. The Sydney-Brisbane leg got a meal for a 1 hour flight and we got a snack shortly after take off. They were ok, but it would of been good if they make it clear before hand. I had eaten at the airport, but didn't over do it as I was expecting something more.

Breakfast: By this time I was relatively hungry. (There were snacks onboard) The bacon was ok but the eggs were a bit rubbery and in one lump as if they'd been baked rather than scambled and then cooked. The baked beens were a little tasteless but the grilled tomatoe helped ad flavour. The potatoe salad was an odd addition, but perhaps this is for the japanese passengers.

Lunch: The stew was tasty, but a bit too fatty for my liking. The chichen nugget strip was bizzare. It was processed chicken, not a strip of fresh meat. The dessert was reftershing.

Prelanding meal: Probably my favourite meal on this trip. The pasta was just right and tasty. Really hit the spot and I could of had another one. The eggroll was a bit too much carbs, but I liked it with the japenese touch. It must be hard to cater to both asian and western tastes. The salad was ok, not as good as the salad I had on the outbound leg with onion dressing that was really good. The fruits were fresh and plump.

Over all I liked the meals and was glad of my choices. I like JALs trays that have the heated bit in there so the food stays warm for longer. Staff were good and very prompt with regular drink runs and more was available in the galley if you wanted. Snackes included pretzels and and nutz and japenese crackers. The "house" wines weren't particualarly nice. Tried the red and white and left most of each bottle.

Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 6.5

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Photo taken by: Kevin
Route: NRT - SFO, 31 Mar 2005
Ticket price: 650USD RT SFO-HKG
Flight duration: 9h 10m
Class: economy
Aircraft: 747 -
Meal: Dinner and Breakfast - Dinner - Beef Tenderloin Pasta, Smoked Trout with Shrimp, Potatoes and meatballs, and Mango Pudding.

Breakfast - Plain Omelet, Pancake, Bacon, Fruit cup,yougurt, and crackers and cheese.

My friend had the Fried Chicken entree with Rice.
Drink: SKYTIME, and Green Tea
Comments: Bost meals were very good--the bacon I thought was too fatty and I spent 5 mins pulling the fat out.
My frined thought his Fried Chicken was just right-- not too greasey.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9