Need A Chinese Dish

[skbird]

My brother just got engaged to a wonderful woman and I'm really happy for them both. She is Chinese and her family tends to have many meals out at Chinese restaurants (they come in from out of town pretty often) and there will be parties where they rent out a restaurant for the happy couple.

It would be great if I could think up one dish that I could eat or have easily modified to eat so I'm not looking too odd at these events. But all I can think of is steamed rice and steamed veggies. I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions of something else I could request? I haven't tried to eat Chinese since I went gluten free last October so I haven't really been able to come up with any ideas myself.

On the one hand it seems like this should be easy, being that her family is Chinese - they can help request a special dish for me. But on the other hand, this might not be possible because they will be preoccupied with events, etc. I have talked previously about this with my brother's fiancée and she has told me not to expect much from the restaurants as, in her experience, most Chinese restaurants don't care too much about peoples dietary limitations.

Anyway, along with gluten, I can't have shellfish, spicy peppers, bell peppers, or tomatoes. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Stephanie

[Emme999]

Is there a PF Changs near you? They have a gluten-free menu that is pretty comprehensive I went there last week with my boyfriend and had moo goo gai pan - it was tasty, but I don't know if they had to make special changes to it for it to be gluten free. Hmm...

There is a place near us called "Rumbi's Island Grill" where they do rice/noodles bowls and I usually order a bowl of brown rice with the vegetables steamed, and then ask that they cook my chicken on foil (so that it wont touch the contaminated grill) - then I take my own teriyaki sauce It's all good At first it seemed like a pain in the butt with all the special directions, but it is sooooo tasty! Let me know if you need the teriyaki recipe (I got it from Tarnalberry & tweaked it a little.) Actually, since you don't have a sesame allergy - there is a gluten-free teriyaki sauce that I've found in a couple health food stores that you could use. I don't remember the name of it right now - but you could look for one at your health food store

Good luck!

- Michelle

[Guest nini]

you could try carrying your own soy sauce, Braggs Amino acids or Sweet and Sour Sauce and ask them to cook your veggies and plain meat in a clean pan with your sauce... Like beef or chicken w/ broccoli

I usually just get steamed vegetables and rice and put my own soy sauce on it.