Gluten Free Sushi & Japan allergy info

[clanmcculloch]

I just heard from a chef from Tokyo Dining.

Sushi in Japan is not gluten free. They use grain vinegar to make the sushi rice so it's impossible to make gluten free sushi.

The noodles that they use come in contact with eggs so they're not safe for those with egg allergies.

A single fryer is used for cooking chicken, vegetables and sellfish so those with shellfish allergies can't have anything deep fried.

The oil they use contains sesame oil s anybody with sesame allergies can not eat anything fried.

They can not provide any kind of gluten or dairy free baked goods.

The chef actually stated that he's worried for our safety so I just contacted my TA to change that reservation. I'm really hoping that he can get us in at Coral Reef for the same date and time (or at least close to the same time). We eat early so I'm really hoping there's availability. Everybody please cross your fingers for me.

 

[pudge the fish]

crossing fingers and toes

I have eaten at Tokyo dining and Teppan Edo many times but I get rice (plain white - not sushi rice, grilled chicken and veggies

I only have an allergy to gluten so it's easier for me-I know your family has a lot to deal with with food allergies.

Good luck and let us know what happens.

 

[MrsPook]

Sorry that did not work out for you! Hope your travel agent can make something good happen for you!

We too have eaten at Teppan Edo in May and had no problems with white rice, plain grilled chicken, and steamed brocoli and carrots. They did not have any dessert items for DS however but did bring him some fresh fruit.

 

[clanmcculloch]

My TA couldn't get me in Coral Reef but he did get me an ADR at Garden Grill. Their menu looks pretty boring, but I'm sure my kids will enjoy another character meal. Since it's practically first seating (4:05) I'm hoping the chef will be able to make up a big batch of mac & cheese for them. He also got us an ADR at the Wave for the night I had originally left free. I've heard such good things about it that I'm likely going to keep it. They have nachos on the kids menu so I figure that the girls will love that (with advanced notice everywhere seems to be able to get in the dairy free cheeses). If Victoria chooses kids meals at a couple of places or I order an appetizer instead of entree once or twice and pay OOP for those then our DDP credits will stretch a bit farther so why not?

I'm sure at Tokyo Dining they probably could make them grilled chicken with rice and veggies, but I figure it's their vacation too and DD11 is the reason we were going to eat there so it just wasn't worth it. We'll just give her extra time looking around the country.

 

[pudge the fish]

we have now eaten at the Wave 2 times.
Both times the chefs were awesome, The service was WONDERFUL and I love the organic teas! I hope you enjoy the Wave too- It's still under the radar for now, But I am afraid it will get busy and we won't get an adr or walk up

Give Garden grill a couple days heads up and they do have the mac & cheese you are looking for! It is a fun place- we've always liked the boring menu
I have never had bad service (although I've read where some have) we've eaten there at least 15 + times (enough times that a few cm's remember us )
and we've had so much fun with characters there.
Chip and Dale tried to start a food fight and have colored with us, Pluto stole hubbys food and it has been a fun time when we have gone.

 

[clanmcculloch]

Thanks for the reviews pudge. Every review I've read of the Wave has been good including the allergy ones so I'm thinking it's probably one that's worth going to even if it means paying for a meal somewhere OOP.

I think because we have such an early seating at GG that the character interaction should still be good so I'm looking forward to such playful characters. I love getting first seating ADRs (this one's 4:05 and I didn't even think they opened until 4:30) because it seems as though the characters and chefs have more time for you and it's just so much better of an experience.

Brenda told me that if I put a note in the comment section for the specific ADR on the Allergy Request form that I shouldn't need to call the restaurants ahead of time (I asked if it would be a good idea to do so). We've had chefs do it without any notice other than the general allergy note on the ADR so I figure we'll be fine. I'm sure they'll do it. Mama Melrose already responding saying that they'd be able to do it as well. From what Brenda told me earlier in the week, the TS restaurants all carry the dairy free cheeses and milks. At home it only takes me a couple of minutes to make a cheese sauce using the same ingredients that they use (same brands and everything) so I can't imagine that they wouldn't be able to do it.

Hmmmm.... organic tea options...... I may not want to get up and leave. LOL The last 2 times we went to WDW I ended up coming home with new teas plus a new diffuser (DH saw a mickey head ball and had to get it for me as a gift and when I told him I don't have any loose teas for it after he already paid, he picked out a package of loose tea for me as well). I wonder what flavour(s) I'll end up bringing home this time?

 

[pudge the fish]

This is from the Wave menu

Whole Leaf Silk Sachet Hot Tea $2.19
Organic Breakfast
Long Life Green
Lavender Earl Grey
Monsoon Chai
Chamomile Blossoms*
Vanilla Rooibos*
Energy Tea*
Relax Tea*
*no caffeine

 

[nfceagles]

The Wave sounds very good. We're staying at BLT so I'm thinking we'll have to eat there once.

What cheese sauce do you use? Road's End or something else? My DS is milk, egg, and peanut allergic and has never really liked the mac-n-cheeses I've tried, but I'd love to find another easy kid friendly meal to work into our rotation.

 

[clanmcculloch]

I take either Tofuttie or Galaxy american slices and melt them together with some margarine and unsweetened soy or rice milk then salt to taste. It only takes a couple of minutes to melt. Make sure to stir frequently or it'll burn. You can then toss it over your favourite pasta.

That chreese stuff if disgusting. I don't blame your son for not eating it. YUCK!

 

[ashley0139]

I just wanted to pop in and say something about Disney that actually makes me extremely angry.

Grain vinegar is actually 100% gluten free. The fact that they don't know this makes my blood boil. The distillation process vinegar goes through makes it impossible for even wheat based vinegar to have gluten in it.

Anyone who gets Gluten Free Living will have read this information 100 times over. Vinegar is gluten free and therefore safe!!!

The information Disney uses is often pretty ancient - and gluten free information is being updated all the time. I was just there this past weekend and found that they are sometimes counter productive with their "overabundance" of knowledge. And sometimes it's completely incorrect. They almost would not let my friend, who is lactose intolerant and NOT allergic to milk protein, get chocolate syrup on her rice dream ice cream.

While I appreciate their knowledge of ingredients, I feel as they are often counterproductive and are even ignorant of advances in knowledge.

Don't take my word for it - research it. But, really, any type of vinegar is completely safe. Eat their sushi and be merry!

 

[clanmcculloch]

I just wanted to pop in and say something about Disney that actually makes me extremely angry.

Grain vinegar is actually 100% gluten free. The fact that they don't know this makes my blood boil. The distillation process vinegar goes through makes it impossible for even wheat based vinegar to have gluten in it.

Anyone who gets Gluten Free Living will have read this information 100 times over. Vinegar is gluten free and therefore safe!!!

The information Disney uses is often pretty ancient - and gluten free information is being updated all the time. I was just there this past weekend and found that they are sometimes counter productive with their "overabundance" of knowledge. And sometimes it's completely incorrect. They almost would not let my friend, who is lactose intolerant and NOT allergic to milk protein, get chocolate syrup on her rice dream ice cream.

While I appreciate their knowledge of ingredients, I feel as they are often counterproductive and are even ignorant of advances in knowledge.

Don't take my word for it - research it. But, really, any type of vinegar is completely safe. Eat their sushi and be merry!

Grain vinegar is not always gluten free. It's not always distilled. In addition, many products that are distilled are then infused with the source grain to add extra flavour to the final product. On top of that, some of us react to other components of the grains beyond just gluten and some of us are much more sensitive to gluten than others and while technically the distillation process does remove the gluten, that doesn't prevent cross contamination as the grain is everywhere in the distillery. The chefs can not take a chance of stating that it's gluten free without knowing a person's level of sensitivity and the conditions of the place where it's produced. In our case, the sesame allergy is what makes the restaurant generally unsafe but even without that, I wouldn't take a chance with distilled grain vinegar any more than I would take a chance with a distilled grain alcohol. Some people are fine with as much as 200ppm of gluten but some can't even tollerate as little as 20ppm. The generally accepted unofficial standard for gluten free is 200ppm. That's way more than what my daughter and I can tollerate. At that level, we'll both have GI and neurological symptoms and I'll also have skin and respiratory symptoms. The literature you're referring to all accepts 200ppm as acceptable levels to be called 100% gluten free.

 

[EDuke98080]

We ate at Garden Grille w/ 2 GF people and had an amazing meal. Hoep you enjoy it!