You were correct, other than perhaps the timing. A few years ago BA scaled down the WT meals in several stages. with the demise of pretzels in 2015. This was then re-introduced in two stages, the pretzels in May 2017, and then a revamped WT meal service in January 2018. The full threads are, sequentially, here:

https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/brit...ments-may.html

https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/brit...rovements.html

I think if you factor in the switch to Do&Co, the pre-paid meals and restoring some previously cut Special Meals, then I think there is a case for saying that BA's catering now is as good as it has been since the days of Sir Freddie Laker. That said, the second meal service overnight on Eastern Seaboard flights to the UK are fairly skimpy in all classes apart from First, but that's been the situation for at least 30 years to my certain knowledge. Ditto the midnight meal service from the Middle East.

So I think this is conflating a general point about catering, but personally I don't think people now feel hungry leaving a BA service unless they are a picky eater, whereas back in 2016 this was something that did happen. And nothing to do with 350 since it was only introduced mid 2019. There are only 4 350s in the fleet at the moment, and D has only done a few flights. The current routes are BLR, TLV, DXB, YYZ, which is similar to the way the 787s were introduced.

I've given my experiences upthread, so that's in there already but I've done quite a number of A350 flights now to all destinations apart from BLR (so far) in Club and I wasn't even aware of this being an issue, indeed I felt the Club Kitchen area was a bit over-stocked on a few flights. I've also mentioned the ice cream issue specifically.

It's interesting what you said that you don't have time to go through the thread, many people are not time rich, and this is where travel bloggers have a role. But if you want the detail, if you want the experience, well you best come to Flyertalk. Blogging generally attracts a lot of shroud waving, they make money doing that. If Piers Morgan spent his life nuancing his thoughts on water drainage issues in the Rift Valley we wouldn't be seeing much of him on TV.

Having said that, though GStP hasn't necessarily covered himself in glory here (he has edited back a lot of the posts in this thread, I think the original story has been scaled back too unless my memory is playing tricks on me), there is a big "however". His blog is quite an effort to do, he hasn't got the backing of a big business with deep funds, he lives by sheer personal hardwork alone. I'm comparing with the TPG emporium here. So he is providing a valuable insight into flying and he has had a few very good scoops in the past. This particular story would be more realistically explained as how many airlines are having to cram everything into these new jets, with various trade offs, I don't think there is any doubt on that point.