I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how tough it can be to try a new restaurant when I have ARFID
Today I went to a breakfast place only to see that most of their food had toppings that are unsafe for me but I thought I could just ask for them to alter their food to get rid of the toppings to make it safe for me. However the waiter ended up reacting negatively and absolutely bewildered by my request to just get rid of the toppings. He couldn’t fathom why I would order the food like that and I wasn’t sure how to explain why I needed them to remove the toppings… It’s hard to just say “I have ARFID” cause most people don’t know what ARFID is :( It made me feel ashamed of my ARFID even though I can’t control it. Have any of yall run into this situation? How would you explain to the server why you need the food to be altered?