I'm Craving Sushi!

[lorka150]

Hey everyone!

My rice allergy has cleared up and I WANT SUSHI!

How do I go about ordering it? I never eat out, and am very nervous.

I am in the Southwestern Ontario area... So anywhere down there and Western NY... If you know some places. I WANT SUSHI!

[Jnkmnky]

MAKE IT YOURSELF!!!!! Very easy to do. Have fun with it.

[lorka150]

Ha, thanks! I've made it before, but I really just want to go out and get it made FOR me for once... You know? (Of course you know, you're a celiac!)

[VegasCeliacBuckeye]

Sashimi is fine and so is most Nigiri (regular sushi)

Nothing with "spicy" (most of the "spicy" contains soy sauce"

No eel (unless not marinated in soy sauce)

No mackerel (same)

No imitation crab

No California rolls (unless you do what I do and substitute shrimp for crab in those rolls -- yummy!)

No Tempura (pure flour)

No Soy Sauce (a given)

I usually get a few pieces of octopus, salmon, toro or albacore. The rice is fine and normally the wasabi is ok too.

[awesomeame]

zehr's sells sushi nori rolls cut up at their seafood counter here in kitchener-is there a zehr's near you? unsure about their ingrediants as i don't buy them...i make my own, and leave the rice out, just because i don't like the taste.

--matt

[lorka150]

thanks for the info.

yes, zehr's has it but everything in their whole pre-made area is made on the same boards, so i got sick once and never bought anything again.

my homemade sushi is probably better anyway

i just want to sit down at a restaurant!

[tarnalberry]

there are a handful of grocery stores (wild oats, for instance, and I think some whole foods) that make california rolls with real crab meat instead of imitation crab meat. in that case, california rolls are fine. some restaurants may do the same, but if it's not labeled, assume they use imitation crab meat for california rolls.

if I go out for sushi, I order vegetable rolls (and always ask to verify there's no sauce or anything in the roll) or cucumber or avocado rolls. seattle rolls (made with cooked salmon) can be fine too, but not everywhere has those.

[prinsessa]

When I go out to eat sushi, I bring my own wheat-free soy sauce. There is an all-you-can-eat sushi place by my mom's that is sooo good (and cheap). Does anyone know about miso soup? It comes free with the meal at that place, but I didn't eat it because I didn't know if it was gluten free or not. Thanks

[CeliaCruz]

Does anyone know about Philly rolls? You know, smoked salmon, cream cheese and cucumber?

Those were my favorite things to order from sushi places pre-diagnosis. If I can eat them again, I'll be so psyched!

[Odysseian]

When I go out to eat sushi, I bring my own wheat-free soy sauce. There is an all-you-can-eat sushi place by my mom's that is sooo good (and cheap). Does anyone know about miso soup? It comes free with the meal at that place, but I didn't eat it because I didn't know if it was gluten free or not. Thanks

Most of the miso soup in a cheap place uses stock from a can, which a trip down the grocery aisle will tell you is usually thickened with modified food starch (wheat). I keep trying on Friday nights, and usually I'm better by Monday... If you go to a really high-end place (or some hippie - earthy - crunchy places) everything is made fresh and cross-contamination in the kitchen becomes the larger concern.

Does anyone know about Philly rolls? You know, smoked salmon, cream cheese and cucumber?

Those were my favorite things to order from sushi places pre-diagnosis. If I can eat them again, I'll be so psyched!

Cream cheese... about half the american suppliers (including Sysco and Sodexho) deliver cream cheese that uses modified food starch as a thickener. Good luck.

[tarnalberry]

modified food starch is often perfectly safe (it can be made from any starch - and is more often corn than wheat), but you do have to check on it. miso can be safe, but you have to find out what the ingredients are - there is more than one type of miso, and some types are fermented with barley. most sour creams are fine, but you do have to be aware of ingredients, and since it's often hard to ask those sorts of questions in restaurants, I tend to avoid items that have ingredients other than 'avocado' and 'rice' and the like.