It's not always easy finding the right thing on the menu.

Anyone with a dietary restriction knows the feeling of scanning a menu and whittling it down to the dishes you can actually eat.

When packing for university, I pilfered from my Dad's kitchen a vegetarian cook book with the brilliant title A Vegetarian in the Family - Meatless Recipes for the Odd One Out.

(Anyone who is keen, you can still get it second hand online)

Published in 1994, it included such meatless favourites as 'Jacket potato' and 'Salad'.

For one restaurant in Spain, recipes do not seem to have moved on much from this.

On Saturday, Gabbie Jarvis posted a photo of her older sister Georgina's 'vegan' meal, purchased in a restaurant in Malaga.

Eating out on holiday with her family, Georgina, 19, ordered a vegetarian pizza without cheese.

When restaurant staff told her the pizza contained egg, she opted for a salad.

What arrived reportedly made the family burst with laughter.

Picture: @gabbiejarvis/Twitter screengrab

Sister Gabbie told the Mirror how they reacted to the plate of chopped red onion and tomatoes.

When it arrived, me and Georgina shared awkward eye contact and I couldn't help but laugh

She posted a photo of Georgina's bemused reaction to Twitter, and the post has now been liked more than 81,000 times, and retweeted over 16,000.

To be fair to the unnamed restaurant, this is technically a vegan salad.