...is that nobody takes any damn notice. Case in point, lunch today:
Sarah, to waiter: I'd like the tofu masaman curry please, with brown rice. That doesn't have peanuts in it does it? Because I can't eat peanuts, so if it comes with peanuts, I don't want them.
Waiter, to Sarah: Oh no, no peanuts; that curry is potato-based. There's no peanuts at all.
Of course, the meal arrives with a GIANT handful of peanuts dumped on top of it. Uh huh. Thankyouverymuch a-hole. So I spent the first part of lunch and much of the rest of the picking the darn things out, accidentally ate two halves and now I feel sick. I've been shoveling the Tums in, which is my usual remedy for accidental peanut-induced nausea, which works if I can do it quick enough. Otherwise I may have to go and stick my fingers down my throat. Bleh.
I mean, thank god I'm not actually allergic to the damn things, like anaphalactic shock allergic. Although I suppose then a) I wouldn't have set foot in a Thai restaurant, no matter how my coworkers wheedled and tried to get me to, and b) I'd have sent the meal back. Next time it happens, though, I will NOT be such a lame ass and I WILL send the meal back.
No doubt it had flour in it too, as the tofu seemed coated in something. So much for gluten free, as well.
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
The problem with restricting certain foods...
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I would have sent the dish back! I guess I'm a bit high maintenance.
I'd like to say I'd have sent it back...but I'm rather non-confrontational, and I know I would have just picked out the peanuts too. Unless it was for E, in which case I'd have sent it back AND raised a big ugly stink, because I'm much better at standing up for them than I am for myself.
I've had to learn to be very assertive about food because of dairy allergy. I question the wait-person when I order and when the dish is served. I always ask that the chef is notified of a dairy allergy. Most of the time it helps. And yes, dishes have gone back. If all goes well I leave a big fat tip. ;D
In a Thai restaurant you need to look out for soy sauce or hoisin sauce and obvious wheat-based things like fried rolls and whatnot. Other than that, Thai restaurant are among the easiest to eat gluten free. I don't even try Chinese. My husband found that telling waitstaff that I would barf everywhere if I had wheat helps in some places (think TGIF Fridays type places). Although it isn't true, the people that don't give a shit if you get sick are the same people that DO give a shit if they have to clean up vomit. /novel
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