Tenerife (spain)

[nikki-uk]

Had a great holiday in Los Cristianos and found eating out suprisingly easy for hubby.

Armed with a celiac.com dining card in Spanish we found the Spanish very accomodating to his diet.

Terry mainly ate steak or fish-and when we showed the waiter the dining card they would speak to the chef,come back and say 'no problem'.

My main piece of advise is to avoid English restaurants!

The only English run restaurant we went to said Terry's meal would be ok-then served it up with croutons!(wonder what the chef thought they were made from?)

Don't be put off by Pizzerias as they serve many other foods-and we found the Spanish quite knowledgable about coeliac disease.

One head waiter come out to speak to Terry and said 'Ah yes,coeliac-it's no problem with your steak,but I cannot recommend chips as the frying oil is used to fry battered dishes'

Oh wow,he knew about cross contamination!

Terry always had 'canarian potatoes' with his dinner instead of chips.

They come with two dips-Green and Red in colour.

We was informed that the Green dip was okay for Terry but not the Red.

Pleasantly suprised that it wasn't a huge problem to them,and no tutting and rolling of the eyes!

[nikki-uk]

I only posted the above post in the international (outside USA) category but it's turned up here too?

Please ignore.

[Ursa Major]

Ummmm, Nikki, I MOVED it here when pinning it, as I feel it belongs into the travel section. The outside USA section would have been appropriate if you LIVED in Spain. Other people travelling to Teneriffe would benefit more from what you have to say if it's in the travel section.

[nikki-uk]

OOps ,sorry Ursula!

[Ursa Major]

That's okay, but you see, if something isn't in the right forum, we're supposed to move it to the right one, that's one of the jobs moderators are doing here. I am not saying we're infallible and always make the right choices, but I believe that this one was right.

What you said about Teneriffe was very interesting, and if I ever go there I'll be able to check your post again. I am glad you had such a good time.

[AndreaB]

That's great that you guys were treated so well. Don't think that would have happened here in the US from what others have posted (except for some places).

It must have been nice to actually be able to get some rest amongst the fun, without having to worry so much about the food.

[jerseyangel]

Nikki ,

I'm so glad that you had such a relaxing vacation without constantly having to worry about food!

How wonderful for Terry that he could eat in almost any restaurant there