Photo taken by: Rwy31R
Flying from: Riyadh to Manila, 15 June 2003
Aircraft type and class: 747-400, First class
Duration: 9hr 30min
Meal type: Dinner – It began with a pre take off welcoming arabian coffe and dates which were no photo graphed. After take off a pre-dinner drink of fresh orange juice and mixed nuts was offered.
The meal is presented as an ala cart menu from which you ask the FA of your selctions. The appitizer was smoked salmon, hommous and magdos. Fresh seasonal salad with choice of dressing (oil and viniger). Entree was a choice of prawn kapsa, fillet steak forestiere, chicken madini and fish hammour Bilkhaqdour (pictured). Accompaniments included white rice, vegetable bouquetiere (pictured), potato & pea stew and cheese noodles (pictured) as well as a selection of breads (white, brown, garlic and arabian). Lastly in mid flight, a cup of hot chocolate.
Drink: Water, sparkiling lemon and orange juice
Rating: for first class I’d rate this meal 7.5/10
Photo taken by: Karthik Balakrishnan
Flying from: Washington Dulles to Oakland California, 22 June 2002
Class: Standard
Meal type: Snack – Crackers, Tootsie Roll, Chewy oatmeal bar, weird cheese dip
Drink: We were constantly watered/ caffinated/ etc… I drank alot of Sprite;-)
Comments: “Very good service throughout. While they didn’t serve full meals … a professional, yet funny crew made the flight enjoyable… leather seats and DirectTV helped as well.”
Rating 1-10 (worst-best):7.5