Where To Dine on a Bad Stomach

If you have ever suffered from an either short-term or long term digestive disorder, you know how bland your diet must be. After two weeks with a bad case of dysentery (are there any good cases?), I was getting to hate the thought of eating plain toast. Yet that was all I could eat. Even when a friend barbequed a piece of pita bread, it just wasn't all that exciting.

That's why I am so thrilled that more and more restaurants have section of their menus marked "For those who suffer." Typical listings include oatmeal, bananas, rice, and of course, toast. The food may be dull, but at least now when your friends are about to go out and have fun, you are not stuck in the bathroom reading "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" for the ninth time.

If you ask for the "Suffer" menu, most restaurants also have the good sense to seat you near the restroom. this is not just for your benefit. Too many waiters have fallen when colliding with ill people racing for the bathroom. Separate seating avoids all those problems.

And for dessert, the best places will offer an assortment of Pepto Bismol, Kaopectate, and the great, new "Stop It!" You can take your choice to finish the evening and make it home with no trouble.

Being sick is certainly no fun, but creative dining can make it interesting, to say the least.