Is this the dullest airline meal ever?

This 'Vegetarian Oriental' meal consisted only of sliced raw veges. Photo / Musterknabe, Reddit

Airline meals aren't known for being gourmet, but even so, this one was particularly uninspired.

A traveller has posted a photograph of a "Vegetarian Oriental" meal he received on board a flight — and it merely consisted of a few slices of raw vegetables.

And some cutlery.

The picture was posted to social media site Reddit by user Musterknabe and it was simply captioned: "I booked my flight online and chose the "Vegetarian Oriental" meal. This is what I got."

Hundreds of comments have been posted about the image from shocked users of the site.

Musterknabe explained that the airline that served it was Greek carrier Aegean and the "oriental part was the Chinese celery".

He said: "I am not a vegetarian. I just prefer good meat. I have to know where it comes from. How the animals were treated. What they got to eat. That's it. When I don't know it, I order a vegetarian dish."

He added: "I didn't complain about this yummy dish, but then I realised that all passengers who ordered a not-vegetarian meal got an extra cookie for dessert. I demanded a cookie and got one!"