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Bring along a Triumph Dining Card in Thai. (_www.triumphdining.com_
(http://www.triumphdining.com/) )
Just an aside and in case you're interested, Taste of Thai and Thai Kitchen
(brands of Thai
noodes/sauces/mixes you can find at the store) both have GF varieties of Pad
Thai mixes/ingredients so you can make it at home. Also, Taste of Thai's
red, green and yellow curry pastes (just add coconut milk/veggies/protein) are
easy to cook with, GF and make it very easy to prepare authentic dishes at
home.
#1
The more authentic Thai places make their soy sauce from soy, not wheat. You
can ask about that. Some use GF soy sauce in their cooking in the kitchen,
but put commercial non GF on the tables. You can often just ask them to cook a
dish without the soy sauce. In the more authentic places you can't find a
drop of gluten to save yourself. They don't use it.
#2
I too love Thai Food. The place I frequent has told me that only their Egg
Rolls and Wonton Soup have gluten in it. I have eaten there with much success!
Ask for MSG free oyster and fish sauce. My restaurant says the peanut sauce
is GF that they use. I am very sensitive and have never had a reaction from
it. They cook with native Thai soy sauce but put Kikkoman (sp?) on the table
for extra seasoning if you want it. Kikkoman has wheat listed in the
ingredients so I just do not use it. : Enjoy!
#3
I'd say it depends on the restaurant, but as a general rule I make sure my
dish doesn't contain soy sauce, fish sauce or oyster sauce. Some places even
the chili sauce unfortunately.... I LOVE Thai food--- I've found lots of
hidden gluten, but commonly from soy sauce. The local Thai places here do use lots
of soy sauces... but... if I bring in my own Tamari (wheat-free soy sauce
commonly found in health food stores) they are always happy to use my GF
ingredients :) I also use restaurant cards for them to look over; they'll
substitute where necessary. Also, most oyster sauces that I've bought myself have
been GF--- but ask your restaurant what they use.
End result: I order whatever I want, they modify-- I usually order Phad See
Iew, Phad Kee Mao or curry dishes. I've never gotten sick so long as I
explained my wishes and handed the server a card to show the chef
I called the company called Epicurean International Inc. of P.O. Box 13242,
Berkeley, CA 94712-4242 1-800-967-THAI. The line of food is called THAI
KITCHEN, and they supposedly have a GF listing even on their website which is
_www.thaikitchen.com_ (http://www.thaikitchen.com/) they can be emailed at
[log in to unmask] (mailto:[log in to unmask]) , and their customer
service said if there was any difficulty in identifying GF products to please call
back.
The rest of this delicious line is gluten free except what is listed below.
This is according to their Gluten Free statement that they sent to me.
NOT GLUTEN FREE
Lemongrass & Chili Rice Noodle Soup, 5.3oz box
Savory Garlic Stir-Fry Rice Noodles, 5.3 oz box
The waiter spoke perfect English and looked out for me with many
recommendations. I ended up with a Thai Stir Fry and I put fish sauce on it. There soy
sauce comes in a larger bottle and then broken down into smaller bottles with
no labels. Their pad thai was already pre-marinated (that surprised me).
Thank you to the many that responded, I felt much more comfortable with the
knowledge that I went in with and Yes I would do it again.
Ask for rice noodles or ask if the food has wheat flour in it.
You have to know that each and every ingredient, including each spice, is
gluten free...not in a general sense by specific to that restaurant and location
What to watch out for is if you are allergic to coconut, or peanuts.
Thai food is largely not made with gluten products
Ask them to rinse the pan before cooking
Take your own gluten/wheat free soy sauce
Curries do not usually contain gluten. They use rice noodles and will fix a
GF sauce for them
Fish sauce which is GF is a good substitute for soy sauce
Peanut sauce is GF
Do not eat oyster sauce.
Everything is usually thickened with cornstarch.
Check to see what kind of rice noodles they use--dry are GF but 'fresh' ones
are not
(may have flour sprinkled on them to keep from sticking together).
Golden Mountain Soy Sauce is not made with wheat
They do not grow wheat in Thailand
Good dishes that were recommended
rice noodle dishes like phad ke mao or phad thai.
Order the lemon grass coconut soup!!! It's beyond good.
Pad Thai is the national dish of Thailand
chicken sartay (or satay)
Tom Ka Gai--Thai galanga soup--is ok.
I ordered the spring rolls, made with rice wrappers. They were filled
w/chicken, rice noodles, cucumber, and bean sprouts. Delicious with the chili
sauce. I also ordered a stir-fry veggie dish - cashews w chicken and veggies, a
clear sauce and steam rice.
Here's a link to a website that explains the gf diet in Thai (in case
they're not too good at English):
_http://members.aol.com/zoeliak/spr_info.htm_
(http://members.aol.com/zoeliak/spr_info.htm) .
The only items my Thai restaurant needs to omit for me are soy sauce &
imitation crab meat.
Its best to give them a copy of this page:
_www.zoeliakie-info.de/Spranchinfo/Thailandisch/thailandisch.htm_
(http://www.zoeliakie-info.de/Spranchinfo/Thailandisch/thailandisch.htm)
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