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Gluten Free Asia

mrtea

By mrtea
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mrtea Newbie
mrtea
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Hello folks,

My girlfriend and I will be travelling around Asia for 4 months from mid April. She suffers from celiac disease and I'm currently gathering as much information on each country as possible. We're going to -

Japan

China

Philippines

Vietnam

Cambodia

Thailand

I've searched through this forum and done google searches - if anyone can give anymore help with food she can eat, good restaurants/shops, any general tips in any of the places listed I'd be eternally grateful! We're going to write about it when we've finished, so we need as much help as we can get!

We've lived in South Korea for the last year and been able to find quite a few gluten free foods.

Ed

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There are quite a few posts on Japan and Japanese food on this board. I hope you found them and found them to be useful.

mrtea Newbie
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I spent a good afternoon looking through the Japan posts, thank you! Does anyone have any more tips for China?

Itd mean so much! Thank you!

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