Eating out when you are on a restricted diet always has the potential for difficulty. Only yesterday I was reminded of this when we went out for a late Sunday meal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As always we had spoken to the restaurant, in fact it is one I have used before. Gravy is the usual problem for a traditional Sunday roast dinner, however we were assured that the chef would produce a gluten free version. So far I have yet to find any catering establishment that produces a gluten- free Yorkshire pudding. If you know of one please let us know so we can spread the work through our website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We had been putting a room straight after decorating all day, so were more than ready for our meal. All went well through the meal until ordering the desert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Those who know me well know that I really enjoy the sweet course best of all and whilst I love fruit but will choose to have something different when eating out. I do get irritated when restaurants offer fruit\/ fruit salad as the only option as it shows so little imagination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Back to our meal. On the menu board there were two good gluten free options or so I thought, Eton Mess, which is a concoction of broken meringue, raspberries and whipped cream and a lemon cream brule\u00e9. I ordered the Eton Mess but as always asked the waiter to check it was gluten free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A couple of minutes he came back saying that the only option I could safely eat was strawberries and cream. Not the end of the world but somewhat irritating if you have got your mouth in the right shape for something else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Next of course there is the decision whether to challenge what is said or to go quietly. Mt sister had the Eton Mess; in fact they had served it up in a biscuit basket, which was of course made with wheat and so not gluten free. As for the brule\u00e9 – who knows?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I think that in a society which is becoming ever more ready to sue when things go wrong restaurants get very nervous and in the end make decisions based on ignorance. I will be sending them my “What You Can And Can’t Eat Food List” before I eat there again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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