A disappointed and hungry Aer Lingus customer has complained the wrap they received on a trans-Atlantic flight "tasted and looked like cardboard".
Pat Phelan claimed that the pre-landing snack left a huge amount to be desired, posting a picture of the "tiny" tubular dish on Twitter.
The "disappointed" passenger took to social media to describe his alleged unsatisfactory flight experience that took place between Shannon Airport and JFK, New York at 12:30pm on Sunday, Dublin Live reported.
To make matters worse, Pat claimed there was no tea or coffee on the flight due to a lack of lids - with only paper cups of water available.
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Pat said that the wrap fitted in the palm of his hand and tasted awful.
"The snack before landing was a quarter of a wrap. It fitted in the palm of my hand and tasted and looked like cardboard," he raged.
"You could only have water with it. The flight was seven hours due to strong headwinds and the food was appalling.
"There were no lids available so all that was served was water with the snack, not even bottles just paper cups.
"The flight was very poor, a full flight. I flew business a few weeks ago and it was the same experience
"It appears to be a race to the bottom and wasn't a cheap flight. I feel seven hours is a long flight to get this kind of food to be honest."
An Aer Lingus spokesperson said: "We are sorry to learn of the customer's inflight experience which was not the the level of service we seek to provide.
"The feedback has been passed on our Customer Experience team for review."
While this probably isn't the source of the allegedly low quality wraps' issues, taste buds change notable during flights due to the air pressure in the cabin.
Passengers should slurp on a particular drink if they want to get the most out of their inflight meals when heading on holidays, a nutrition expert has claimed.
Nutrition coach Alice Williams, said: “During a flight, two main things happen to the air: the pressure increases and the humidity drops.
"This combination of low pressure and dryness is ultimately what makes your taste buds change.
"The dryness in a plane also reduces your sense of smell. Since smell actually makes up a large part of how we taste food, this will also affect how food tastes in the air.”
Alice advised people to choose foods full of umami flavours, "since umami is not affected by flying".
Tomatoes are a particularly good source of umami flavour, "which is why many airlines offer tomato juice as the option of a complimentary drink on their flights," she explained.
In fact, it's estimated that one million litres of tomato juice are served on flights around the world every day.
