Before I order, I look around again. There are a lot of unoccupied seats. It worries me so I ask the hostess if it’s usually empty. I quite like emptiness, but not at restaurants. It makes me feel like there’s something unpleasant I don’t know but will find out eventually.

Food racism manifests in rather unique ways. One of which is Western food being considered superior so therefore healthier than African food. It also automatically assumes based on place of origin and the skin colour of the people who consume it the most that it probably isn’t nutritious for the body

It is okay to call food by their given names any where you find yourself in the world.