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Be Careful At Pf Chang's!

cynicaltomorrow

By cynicaltomorrow
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Went to PF Chang's tonight. Hadn't been there in forever. My friend and I started with the chicken lettuce wraps. About half-way through my first wrap, our waitress comes out and says "I hate to do this to you guys.. but those aren't gluten-free." Luckily it wasn't enough to make me feel sick. But just thought I'd throw the warning out there. And, at least they noticed before I was through with it! :huh:

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Went to PF Chang's tonight. Hadn't been there in forever. My friend and I started with the chicken lettuce wraps. About half-way through my first wrap, our waitress comes out and says "I hate to do this to you guys.. but those aren't gluten-free." Luckily it wasn't enough to make me feel sick. But just thought I'd throw the warning out there. And, at least they noticed before I was through with it! :huh:

Did she bring you other lettuce wraps? What was in them to not be gluten free???

My husband took me to the one in Pittsburgh about a month ago. My first time there, and my first time out to eat in I can't even remember how long..... anyway, I was soooo sick! I lost 9 pounds in just a 24 hour period. It took me over 8 days to start to feel better.

melie Apprentice
melie
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Here's my trick for ordering the Chicken lettuce wraps at PF Changs, I think I learned it here:

Order the crunchy/crispy rice noodles on the side, this will make them look visually different from all the orders of regular ones, they sell so many of these I can see how they could get mixed up in the kitchen. So if you order them 'gluten free, noodles on the side' that just adds one more layer of attentiveness your server will have to give the order. Also, it seems that the gluten free chicken mix is a shade lighter than the regular ones, if you've seen them side by side, so you can also check color when it arrives to you.

Hope it helps, I love those chicken lettuce wraps so much I don't want to give them up!

Melie

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She brought me new wraps. I didn't notice any difference in the rice crispy noodles, but the gluten-free chicken was definitely lighter. The gluteny ones were fairly dark and saucy.. but the new ones weren't. I thought it looked a little too soy saucy. But, like I said, luckily they caught it and it wasn't enough to make me sick. I enjoyed the rest of my dinner right down to the chocolate dome! :D

jmd3 Contributor
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I didn't notice any difference in the rice crispy noodles

You are lucky, I was so sick.... BTW, I don't remember having any rice crispy noodles in mine.

astyanax Rookie
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sometimes they put rice noodles in mine, sometimes they don't. i don't understand why, by all accounts they are gluten free.

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Rob Wright Newbie
Rob Wright
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We had a bad experience at the PF Chang's in Columbia Maryland. The lettuce wraps were fine but the Steamed Salmon was contaminated.

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