RE: Restaurant recommendation in Santa Cruz

[Guest guest]

I don't mean to scotch the party but a low to medium price range restaurant may not know anything about gluten. You put him at risk. How about some Tinkyada GF pasta from your local natural food store and Amy's Family Marinara Sauce, a salad with O/V dressing? That's not really cooking at all.

mb

-------------- Original message -------------- From: "braggh" <braggh@...>

Hi, I need recommendations for GF restaurants in Santa Cruz area, preferably low-medium price range. Any suggestions? My nephew is extremely sensitive to gluten and I don't feel like cooking tonight.Thanks!

[Guest guest]

My 9-yr old celiac daughter loves Thai food, and we've had no problems with it at our local favorite here in Palo Alto (we do talk with the owner first, she does understand). She orders chicken satay and sticky rice, and the restaurant doesn't use soy sauce in these dishes, not even in the peanut sauce. Perhaps there's a good Thai place in Santa Cruz? Mexican can also be safe -- you just need to discuss it with the owner/chef. A few phone calls before you go out might find you a good inexpensive place to eat GF. Best of luck.

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of melbatavia@...Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 5:39 PM Subject: Re: [ ] Restaurant recommendation in Santa Cruz

I don't mean to scotch the party but a low to medium price range restaurant may not know anything about gluten. You put him at risk. How about some Tinkyada GF pasta from your local natural food store and Amy's Family Marinara Sauce, a salad with O/V dressing? That's not really cooking at all.

mb

-------------- Original message -------------- From: "braggh" <braggh >

Hi, I need recommendations for GF restaurants in Santa Cruz area, preferably low-medium price range. Any suggestions? My nephew is extremely sensitive to gluten and I don't feel like cooking tonight.Thanks!

[Guest guest]

Try the crow's nest. Ask for gf menu.Sent from my iPhoneOn Jul 14, 2008, at 4:29 PM, "braggh" <braggh@...> wrote:

Hi,

I need recommendations for GF restaurants in Santa Cruz area,

preferably low-medium price range. Any suggestions? My nephew is

extremely sensitive to gluten and I don't feel like cooking tonight.

Thanks!

[Guest guest]

A little late for today, but just saw this the other day and mentally

filed it away....

http://sistersvegan.blogspot.com/2008/03/my-favorite-santa-cruz-silly-yak.html

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On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 7:33 PM, Ahroon Yoch <ahroonyoch@...> wrote:

> Try the crow's nest. Ask for gf menu.

>

> Sent from my iPhone

> On Jul 14, 2008, at 4:29 PM, " braggh " <braggh@...> wrote:

>

> Hi,

>

> I need recommendations for GF restaurants in Santa Cruz area,

> preferably low-medium price range. Any suggestions? My nephew is

> extremely sensitive to gluten and I don't feel like cooking tonight.

> Thanks!

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I've eaten at the Jumping Monkey Cafe in Santa Cruz -- it has some

south indian style dishes including rice, sambar (spicy soup) and

dosas (lentil/rice flour pancake with potatoe filling). I'm not sure I

would have eaten there when I was 9, but when I did eat there I

enjoyed it and did not get a reaction. The guyr working there are the

time seemed pretty knowledgeable about the ingredients.

I'll second the Thai recommendation, but I always ask if they use any

wheat, soy sauce, or oyster sauce in any of the dishes I am going to

order. Most restaurants don't, but I went to one Thai restuarant that

had soy sauce in every dish (even the green curry, yellow curry,

etc.). Oyster sauce might not have any wheat, but cheap ones do, or so

I have read.

I've had pretty good luck at most Mexican restaurants -- I usually

just order the burrito in a bowl instead of a tortilla.

-Luther

On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 6:01 PM, D Darcy <ddarcy@...> wrote:

> My 9-yr old celiac daughter loves Thai food, and we've had no problems with

> it at our local favorite here in Palo Alto (we do talk with the owner first,

> she does understand). She orders chicken satay and sticky rice, and the

> restaurant doesn't use soy sauce in these dishes, not even in the peanut

> sauce. Perhaps there's a good Thai place in Santa Cruz? Mexican can also be

> safe -- you just need to discuss it with the owner/chef. A few phone calls

> before you go out might find you a good inexpensive place to eat GF. Best of

> luck.

>

>

>

> ________________________________

> From: [mailto: ]

> On Behalf Of melbatavia@...

> Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 5:39 PM

>

> Subject: Re: [ ] Restaurant recommendation in Santa Cruz

>

> I don't mean to scotch the party but a low to medium price range restaurant

> may not know anything about gluten. You put him at risk. How about some

> Tinkyada GF pasta from your local natural food store and Amy's Family

> Marinara Sauce, a salad with O/V dressing? That's not really cooking at all.

> mb

>

>

> -------------- Original message --------------

> From: " braggh " <braggh@...>

>

> Hi,

>

> I need recommendations for GF restaurants in Santa Cruz area,

> preferably low-medium price range. Any suggestions? My nephew is

> extremely sensitive to gluten and I don't feel like cooking tonight.

> Thanks!

>

>

[Guest guest]

Next time bring a Food For Life brown rice tortilla and have

them steam it up for your burrito! (Caveat: make sure they clean the steamer

first.)

Pam

..

I've had pretty good luck at most Mexican restaurants -- I usually

just order the burrito in a bowl instead of a tortilla.

-Luther