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Maria's Italian Kitchen

confusedks

By confusedks
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confusedks Enthusiast
confusedks
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I am going out on Valentine's Day to a restaurant called Maria's Italian Kitchen, in Pasadena CA. I am gluten, dairy, soy and egg free. I was wondering if anyone has been there and if so, what did you have?

I think Italian food is the hardest as most of it is based in wheat! I have no idea what to even order....? I don't want to have to just have lettuce, LOL! :lol:;)

Any suggestions for this specific place or Italian in general? Thanks! :)

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If you haven't already talked to them, you probably need to do so BEFORE you go tomorrow night. V-Day is super busy for all restaurants....getting information from them tomorrow night might be difficult, even for a "one allergy" person, let alone someone with more than one allergy. I would talk to them today, explain you are coming tomorrow night, and ask what they think you can eat. Ask them to let the manager on duty on Vday that you are coming in, around what time, and what you wil be ordering.

My best bet would be a piece of meat/chicken/fish, with olive oil and basic spices, with steamed veggies/no butter.

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Thanks Happygirl! I will call them. I did email them, but I will also call them. I didn't even think about how busy it would be! Thanks again. :)

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I just got an email back from them saying:

OUR CHICKEN PRIMAVERA IS MADE WITH CHICKEN AND VEGETABLE.

Please specify that you cannot have butter. although we do not put

butter in this dish).

You can also have our RISOTTO dishes without DAIRY, NO CREAM CHEESE OR

BUTTER ALTHOUGH it WILL NOT TASTE THE SAME.

Amy our chef may make more suggestions for you.

Maddy

Wow! I'm shocked they emailed me back so quickly! In case anyone is interested! :)

Mango04 Enthusiast
Mango04
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:lol: They're basically telling you you can have risotto but without any risotto ingredients.

Maybe they have polenta. You would just have to get it w/o added cheese.

confusedks Enthusiast
confusedks
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:lol: They're basically telling you you can have risotto but without any risotto ingredients.

LOL! I know! But at least I can order the chicken off the menu...not having to ask for them to create something new. I once asked for a plain grilled chicken breast and veggies, and my plate looked so gross! It wasn't all nice and decorated like all the other people's...I was embarassed!

So...at least I can eat the same things as other people! :)

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