Re:Udupi Palace in SF - YUM!!

[Guest guest]

Hey all, That's cool to hear about Udupi Palace in SF.

I recently went to what I think is its counterpart in Berkeley, however, and was not confident that it was safe to eat there. The restaurant is on University.

For example, under the category of the rice dosas on the menu, there is something that said cream of wheat. I asked if all the dosas are made in the same area, they said yes. There were also one or more items on the menu with semolina, which I understand is a form of wheat. Then, when I asked about the curry dishes, the waiter said that they use flour in every sauce! Maybe he was mistaken, I don't know. But at that point I left because I just didn't want to take the risk.

Just FYI.

L²

[Guest guest]

I don't know if the various Udupi Palaces are connected, but the one in

Sunnyvale is absolutely not safe. We used to eat there quite often, but then it

changed ownership and both the recipes and attitude changed. After getting

glutened twice, we no longer will eat there.

Maureen

> From: Linden <redchickn@...>

> Subject: [ ] Re:Udupi Palace in SF - YUM!!

>

> Date: Tuesday, November 4, 2008, 8:42 AM

> Hey all, That's cool to hear about Udupi Palace in SF.

>  

> I recently went to what I think is its counterpart in

> Berkeley, however, and was not confident that it was safe to

> eat there. The restaurant is on University.

>  

> For example, under the category of the rice dosas on the

> menu, there is something that said cream of wheat. I asked

> if all the dosas are made in the same area, they said yes.

> There were also one or more items on the menu with semolina,

> which I understand is a form of wheat. Then, when I asked

> about the curry dishes, the waiter said that they use flour

> in every sauce! Maybe he was mistaken, I don't know. But

> at that point I left because I just didn't want to take

> the risk.

>  

>  

> Just FYI.

>  

>

>  

>

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> L²

[Guest guest]

Ditto on what Maureen said. My husband is from India, and he has talked to the guys at the Sunnyvale location several times. We finally got them to admit that they add a small amount of "medha" (which is the word for white flour) to ALL of their dosas. And they do use the same grill for the rava dosas, which are made from semolina. BTW, I've come across many people from India that think that white flour does not have wheat in it, only the brown whole wheat flour.

I used to eat at Udupi, but felt a little glutened each time, so I avoid it completely now.

Amy in Sunnyvale

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From: Marciana R

Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 10:22 AM

Subject: Re: [ ] Re:Udupi Palace in SF - YUM!!

I don't know if the various Udupi Palaces are connected, but the one in Sunnyvale is absolutely not safe. We used to eat there quite often, but then it changed ownership and both the recipes and attitude changed. After getting glutened twice, we no longer will eat there.Maureen> From: Linden <redchickn >> Subject: [ ] Re:Udupi Palace in SF - YUM!!> > Date: Tuesday, November 4, 2008, 8:42 AM> Hey all, That's cool to hear about Udupi Palace in SF. > > I recently went to what I think is its counterpart in> Berkeley, however, and was not confident that it was safe to> eat there. The restaurant is on University. > > For example, under the category of the rice dosas on the> menu, there is something that said cream of wheat. I asked> if all the dosas are made in the same area, they said yes.> There were also one or more items on the menu with semolina,> which I understand is a form of wheat. Then, when I asked> about the curry dishes, the waiter said that they use flour> in every sauce! Maybe he was mistaken, I don't know. But> at that point I left because I just didn't want to take> the risk. > > > Just FYI. > > > > > > L²

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 11/4/08 10:41:01 AM, marcianar@... writes:

Then, when I asked

> about the curry dishes, the waiter said that they use flour

> in every sauce! Maybe he was mistaken, I don't know.

We had dinner at Roti's in San Mateo the other night, and the waiter insisted that the only thing that was safe for me to eat was the tandoori. I told him that that seemed unusual -- that I'd eaten at many Southern Indian restaurants and that none used wheat flour in any sauce. He then checked with the head chef, who confirmed that there was no wheat flour in the sauces and that they were all safe. Then the waiter took it upon himself to bake papadum for me, since it normally is fried in the same oil as the samosas. So it turned out to be a very delicious and safe evening. If only there were gf beer to go with it!

In any case, I would never ever trust a waiter's answers one way or the other - I always check with the manager and/or the chef. I've found that even well meaning, relatively well informed waiters mess up, either by forgetting about some ingredient (what? pasta in the rice?) or simply not knowing something isn't ok (like barley malt in a chai mix, because "my best friend has celiac and she drinks this tea all the time"...)

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[Guest guest]

I looked at the Berkeley Udupi website and they list their other

locations. SF was not among them. Also there are differences in the

menu.

I did not have any reaction to the chickpea pancake I had at the SF

location, but didn't try any of the dosas.

S

--- In , Linden <redchickn@...>

wrote:

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> Hey all, That's cool to hear about Udupi Palace in SF.

>  

> I recently went to what I think is its counterpart in Berkeley,

however, and was not confident that it was safe to eat there. The

restaurant is on University.

>  

> For example, under the category of the rice dosas on the menu,

there is something that said cream of wheat. I asked if all the dosas

are made in the same area, they said yes. There were also one or more

items on the menu with semolina, which I understand is a form of

wheat. Then, when I asked about the curry dishes, the waiter said

that they use flour in every sauce! Maybe he was mistaken, I don't

know. But at that point I left because I just didn't want to take the

risk.

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> Just FYI.

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> L²

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