Re: Glutenzyme and Spectrumzyme to Japanese restaurants

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Do you have an allergy to shellfish as well as Celiac? How scary! I am

lucky to so far not have those kinds of food allergies. With Celiac, I

just have to be wary of anything on the sushi counter that has been

marinated, of course avoid any fake seafood as it usually has wheat

binders, avoid white creamy sauces, tempura, the adorable little

tobiko eggs which are rumored to be preserved in some way that

contaminates them with gluten, inari zushi (tofu pouches) marinated in

soy sauce... *sigh* That makes it sound like I can't eat anything at

all, but I do find quite a bit- my new favorite is the nigiri sushi at

Yakko in Mountain view. I highly recommend them, if you're in the

area. Chirashi zushi, the rice with sashimi piled on top, is also

good. I don't eat the egg cube though, as it probably contains a small

amount of soy sauce for flavoring.

Oh, but the bitterest pill is probably the fact that most if not all

sesame (goma) dressing has soy sauce in it, so is off limits. I think

I read the label of every darned sesame dressing in Japan. lol.

However, interestingly Sushi Tomi in Mt. View makes their own dressing

using miso instead of soy sauce, so if they use the RIGHT miso that

would be gluten free. I am still trying to find that out...

>

> Pre-CD, I looked forward to Saturday lunches at Maki in the Japan

Center.

> Lovely, lovely food.

>

> I once had near-fatal anaphylactic shock after an excellent sushi

meal in

> Boston. Not the fault of the restaurant. The next year, I went

to Japan with

> my husband, staying in a Kyoto inn reputed to have the best sushi in

the

> world. We were guests of a Japanese client, who ate every meal but

breakfast with

> us. I didn't dare eat a bite of sushi, of course. It was quite

awkward

> socially.

>

> Travel certainly is possible with food restrictions, but it is more

> complicated.

>

> H.

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