1000 Tiny Birds: 2025 edition

Club World x British Airways

The sky, 2025-05-05

More food! Enrobed in White Company bedding in my own little pod, I sink into a fully reclining seat, put on Paddington In Peru, and await the Club World meal service. Today I have already eaten too much food and drunk too much alcohol. Let’s have more of both, please! The welcome glass of champagne starts me off nicely, before a healthy gin and tonic with dinner. I pick my dinner options strategically. A creamy broccoli soup doesn’t overwhelm me, even with the croutons, and was perfectly nice. Not being able to handle any more pasta, I go for the braised beef short rib, with potato fondant, green beans, carrots, and some kind of gravy, all absolutely fine! Better than the premium economy food, which is better than economy food, but it’s all relative, isn’t it. The blueberry bread and butter croissant pudding, with a fine-dining-esque smear of vanilla custard nearly finishes me off, but I survive to vaguely doze off for a bit - massively helped along by a hot chocolate topped off with Baileys. In the morning, I am treated to some tea and orange juice with a breakfast ciabatta, some muesli, and a chocolate muffin that I realistically get one bite into before realising that it simply wasn’t going to happen. Next time, I’m getting business class in the day time and not worrying about being able to sleep or not.