Re: Disney update/ Maggiano's

[Guest guest]

Sorry we missed you, Joe, yes, it would have been nice to go as a posse!

Vineyard Room

was great for us, too - and Catal had lots of gf options. The only thing I kept

thinking as I

went around the park asking for gluten free food was the waiters' expressions of

" oh no,

here comes another one, where do they find these people? " Maybe you had gotten

there

before me lol!

Oh, I also wanted to share a final input on Maggiano's - we had the group of

friends we

went there with over for dinner last night, and they all declared that next time

we will all

claim to be celiacs because the food was actually better than the " normal "

offerings!

That one still remains my favorite.

Steph

>

> > So we went to Disneyland over Christmas, and I had some awesome and not so

> > inspiring

> > experiences. First off, we went to the Pizza Port in Tomorrowland and their

> > gluten-free pizza

> > was wonderful. Also, in DCA I had great tacos in the Cannery Row area,

> > although the staff

> > didn't really understand what gluten free meant until they asked the chef.

> > The Carnation Cafe, however, was so disappointing. Their idea of gluten

> > free (and they

> > actually had a separate menu for this) was to make the standard sandwiches

> > wrapped in

> > lettuce instead of on bread. It was probably healthy, but left me pretty

> > crabby - I need my

> > starches! I did tell them that even just offering the fillings as a baked

> > potato topping would

> > have been delicious. but as usual, non-celiacs found it very hard to think

> > outside the box.

> > Breakfast was a challenge, but I had thankfully brought a box of Mariposa's

> > biscotti with me

> > so I just had those with a latte and was happy. Of course, now I'm out of

> > biscotti and craving

> > more lol.

> > Oh, I also thought I'd share a find I made over Christmas. I made a

> > cheesecake using Trader

> > Joe's new gf gingersnaps crumbled and mixed with butter as the base. It was

> > wonderful and

> > no one realized it was gf. Hooray for TJ's!

> >

> > Steph

> >

> >

>

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>

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> Joe

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