What can I have? I'm desperate for food I haven't cooked myself! We have no specialty gluten free places. Is there anything at Indian/Thai or other places I can eat? Neither of my local places speak very good English to call and ask :(
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What can I have? I'm desperate for food I haven't cooked myself! We have no specialty gluten free places. Is there anything at Indian/Thai or other places I can eat? Neither of my local places speak very good English to call and ask :(
Thai is great! Rice is GF, and most of the dishes are unless the meat is battered, any asian for that matter, malaysian, vietnamese etc...
How sensitive are you (or the coeliac) to gluten? Some dishes may have small amounts in the sauces but generally they aren't large amounts.
What about pizza? Most places do GF bases now...
Thanks :) my dh rang the Thai place and they have 3 gf mains so he's off to get them now, I have no idea what they are though. I'm coeliac so no gluten at all :( hopefully yummy food on it's way but not the usual stuff we get. I don't do hot or spicy either so fingers crossed. I'll come back and post what we got.
Thanks again MB
Eagle boys and Dominos do GF pizza's now, they are only $2 more - fantastic!
No probs! Let me know how it goes!!
I am not allowed wheat while I am BF cause my DD reacts really bad!!!! so I have been trying to find new things to eat....
If you know the names of the dishes let me know too!! LOL. I can add them to my list!
fish and chips if you ask for grilled fish without the crumbs!!
Fish and chips, make sure you tell them grilled with NO flour. Our local actually does GF on a separate grill and has a separate fryer. They even do GF potato cakes and calamari and stuff. It's good, really crunchy!
Indian, you're pretty safe with the rice and curries. Ask first to make sure. Avoid anything battered unless you have been told it's gluten free. They use a lot of rice flour in Indian for the pakoras and stuff.
Thai, same as Indian... Noodle dishes with rice noodles are yummy. Soups and Laksa's (again, only rice noodles).
Pizza, most places have GF bases. Beware the salami, some contain gluten
Chicken and chips, avoid the stuffing, no gravy.
Chinese, most of the soy sauces contain gluten although it is usually only trace amounts. Fried rice is a good option.
Italian, risotto is good. Beware the 'potato' gnocchi, it often contains some wheat flour, make sure you ask first. Some places offer GF pasta.
My mum has been coeliac for the last 15 years or so. Most places these days know what coeliac is and can advise you what's safe to eat. Although some people still say 'oh, it's only got a LITTLE BIT of flour in it, you'll be ok'. Um, no.
Hope your Thai was yummy!
That's really helpful advice!! I am new to this no wheat thing!:
Have you contacted the coeliac society? They have really good resources.
Crust pizza (not sure if it is in your state) do Gluten Free pizza
We went to La Porchetta yesterday and there was a big sign up saying that they now have a range of pizza and pasta that is gluten free. It might vary from store to store though, might be worth a phone call first!
Yeh a lot depends on where you live.
The fish and chip shop where I used to live (Sunbury in Vic) did gluten free batter 2 days a week that's all they used.
They also sold the batter-mix separately so if home made fish and chips is your thing they may still be open, it's a long time since I lived there.