Amazing Wheat How would I appropriately ask about ingredients at a 5 star restaurant in NYC. I have many food allergies.
I am going to NYC next week with some friends and we are going to four 5 star restaurants. These restaurants are amazing and well known. Now let me explain my situation. I am allergic to eleven types of food, this makes going out to restaurant's very hard. The food that I am allergic too include soy,which is in everything, wheat, yeast, cashews, milk, cheese, eggs, etc... Anytime I go to a restaurant I always ask to speak with the chef or the sou chef to have them pre-pair me a special meal that wont effect me but, I am in a entirely different situation here. These chefs are some of the top chefs in the world; I don't want to smother them with my questions. What do you suggest I do?
I am a former chef and would go with the advice the last person before me gave, have a list of the allergy's and what you can eat listed and relay that to the restaurants or as said give it to the waiter, any 5 star chef would his salt will be accommodating, if not then as the other fellow said have a few drinks and go to a vegan restaurant, not to be sarcastic, I am well aware of food allergy's and there issues, and as a chef we are there to serve, not judge, I would try to communicate to them ahead of time just in case your arrival is at a rush period, so they know your there and how to accommodated you properly.
