NEXT time you complain about the rubbish meal on a plane, think about this poor passenger who ended up with a bunch of raw vegetables.

The traveller, who was flying with Aegean Airlines, ordered the "Vegetarian Oriental" meal in advance.

2 The traveller flying with Aegean Airlines ordered the 'Vegetarian Oriental' meal and got this Credit: musterknabe/reddit

But when the cabin crew on the Greek airline started to hand out hot meals to passengers, the passenger was disappointed to discover his entire meal consisted of a handful of crudites – with a knife and fork.

The man, who goes by the name Musterknabe on Reddit, uploaded a picture of the meal onto the online forum.

He said: “I booked my flight online and chose the "Vegetarian Oriental" meal. This is what I got.”

While the name of the dish initially seems a bit misleading, according to Musterknabe the “Oriental” part of the dish was the stick of Chinese celery.

The traveller wasn’t even upset with the dish until he realised that everyone else on the flight had been given a biscuit for pudding.

He said: “I didn't complain about this yummy dish. But then I realised that all passengers who ordered a non-vegetarian meal got an extra cookie for dessert, so I demanded a cookie and got one.”

2 The 'Oriental' part of the dish on the Aegean flight was the stick of Chinese celery Credit: Alamy

He added: “I am not a vegetarian, I just prefer good meat.

“I have to know where it comes from, how the animals were treated and what they got to eat - when I don't know it, I order a vegetarian dish.”

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At least the grub was edible though - some poor passengers have been served up in-flight meals that were completely inedible.

Last month, the Sun Online shared some of the worst pictures of food that they had been given by cabin crew, from dodgy desserts to stomach-churning sarnies.