Celiacs and the City

Hello everyone!

Awhile ago, I dined with a friend at a fancy Italian restaurant in Le Meridien Hotel. Not my usual scene, but I thought I’d write about it in case you guys wanted to go there for a special occasion!

The atmosphere was lovely – an audacious Italianesque furniture overlooking a garden! – and the lunch time crowd was not overwhelming. Very erudite-looking, everyone was!

The best part about the meal was the special gluten-free bread that came with the meal. It had a lovely bread-like consistency (rare!). The chef said that the bread was baked in-house.

The meal itself was good – wild mushrooms and roasted veggies were simple but fresh and delicious! All this girl needs or wants! 🙂 If you can get over the price for such a simple meal, it’s a fantastic place to go!

Service wasn’t all that, but the chef was nice enough to come out and speak about gluten-free options. Always nice when they do that.

Favola

Le Meridien Kuala Lumpur, 2, Jalan Stesen Sentral 5, Kuala Lumpur Sentral

Website: http://www.lemeridienkualalumpur.com/favola

• Allergy friendly: *****
• Taste: ****
• Atmosphere: Calm, peaceful, quiet ****
• Service: ***
• Cost: $$$$ Dishes range from RM40+ to RM100+ for entrees

Peace,

Daisy

Hi all,

Here’s another place I frequent with family often: Green Bamboo in Taman Desa. It’s a perfect, dress-down but healthy spot for even daily meals.

The food is vegetarian (there’s free range eggs available) and is cooked in a light, simple way. They use a lot of healthful ingredients, like ginger, lemongrass, and galangal. The chef there – Esmund – is super helpful and efficient. You’ll need to talk to him to ensure that the food is made without soy sauce or oyster sauce. Their vege-meat (made on site from soy) is gluten-free! Most of the food is cooked in traditional Chinese or Malaysian style – curries, tom yum, “belacan”-based, stir-fried with simple garlic sauce, etc. Best of all, the food is very affordable. They also have an organic shop right in the restaurant, so you could pick up your groceries there too.

My favourite dishes are the tom yum soup and the assam “fish.” I could go there every day!

Green Bamboo

Website: https://www.facebook.com/greenbambootmndesa/

• Allergy friendly: *****
• Taste: ****
• Atmosphere: Calm, peaceful, quiet ****
• Service: ****
• Cost: $ Dishes range from RM10+ to RM30+ for entrees

Peace,

Daisy