Saturday, February 12, 2005

Eating Out

Some of the safer restaurant types:

  • Thai : These are safe for me: panang curry, green / red / yellow curry and laksa (as long as it is rice noodle)
  • Malay / Indonesian : Soto Ayam is safe for me. Some of the soups are really good. Avoid the peanut sauces.
  • Vietnamese : These are safe for me: Beef Noodle Soup or Chicken Noodle Soup (they call it pho`)
  • Japanese : Sushi is safe for me. But, I don’t think the teriyaki beef / chicken is 100% safe (probably has some wheat or bean paste in the sauce).
    I don’t think I reacted to Miso soup the last time I tried it, but I want to give it another test.

And the not so safe are:

  • Chinese: I avoid chinese restaurants as they love to put corn flour on the vegies - they also corn flour inside some of their dumplings. Most of the sauces are based on corn flour or bean pastes.. very bad. BBQ duck/chicken on rice might be safe but ask for no sauce on the veggies.
    I was surprised to find that I react to BBQ Pork ! There are several ingredients to char siu sauce that could cause grief including: yellow bean, Hoisin sauce, and oyster sauce.
  • Indian : I avoid indian as they make their sauces out of onion puree and dairy. Tandoori chicken on rice might be the safest thing here?

Posted by zarkme at 02:58:11
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One Response to “Eating Out”

  1. zarkme says:

    == eating out ==
    Folks, this post is way out of date. I would only recommend this list of restaurants if you are following a Low Starch Diet that includes rice.

    I used to eat quite a bit of rice but had to give it up in order to experience further remission and to relieve some annoying health complaints.. ie: eczema, yeast infections, dehydration at night.

    These days when I do eat out I typically eat meat and salad. Often with the sauce served separately.

    == grilled fish ==
    When ordering fish make sure that you ask them not to ‘flour’ the fish, or just let them know you can’t eat wheat / flour. It is common practice in restaurants when cooking grilled fish to dust the fish lightly with flour.

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