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?

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