calvin

Hi guys, have not been on here for some time now. I am going to barbados later this year, any recommendations on where to eat there. I am going to St Lawence Bay.

Hi, You can get gluten free items in most major supermarkets, ie: pasta, cakes, biscuits (cookys ) & bread .

Sainsburys do very good sausages (3 types ) in there taste the different range and also in the freezer section ie: meat pies (very nice) yorkshire puddings pitzas etc. . As for restaurants london is a very big place. In the city,( which is very expensive ), the staff might not speak and understand english ( such as gluten ). When you get out a bit as in the boroughs it might be a bit easier. I live in a surrounding county and i dont have a problem with restaurants but it is always better to clarify when you book.

Hopefully this is of some help

Calvin

  bhart said:

I live in the US - San Diego - and am being sent by my company to London for six months on a temporary assignment. My husband is coeliac (diagnosed last July) and will be going with me (he's retired.) We are very excited! We've never been to the UK and have wanted to go for a long time.

I'm not sure where in London we'll be living. Are gluten-free products readily available in stores? What about restaurants? In the US there are certain "chain" restaurants (like PF Changs, Outback) that you can always count on for a gluten-free menu. Is that true in London?

Thanks in advance for any help you can give us.

  nikki-uk said:

Hi again Calvin,

Do you belong to Coeliac uk?I find the handbook they supply helpful sometimes.

When in uk,do you get prescription foods?

What's you're best supermarket for gluten-free food?,I find Tesco the best,but Sainbury's labelling easier.

How easy is it being gluten-free in Spain?This is the first year we haven't gone to Spain for a summer hol,bit nervous about it as hubbie's been so ill(dx 10 months ago)

Anyway,always good to share any uk related info.It's a small world!!

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Hi Nikki-uk

I dont belong to coeliac uk.

I dont get prescription foods as i have not been diagnosed as having coeliac desease.

My problem started after i had an operation 4 years ago, i had lots of tests at the hospital but was diagnosed as having IBS.

Through process of eliminatiom i have found out i cannot eat wheat or gluten and the longer it goes on the more sensitive i have become.

I find sainsbury's a lot better for shopping , although we mainly shop at tescos.

I manage without bread by eating prawn crackers and poppadoms from sinsbury's, they are clearly labelled "Gluten Free" on the front of the packet, also their expensive sausages called Taste the differance of which 3 types are gluten free and are labelled on the reverse of the packaging. When in spain i have to read the labelling all the time, Harina de trigo is wheat flour and malte is malt. In restaurants it does get a bit more difficult so i ask to the best of my spanish. Once i got it wrong with seafood sticks, i didn't know that some were made with harina de trigo.

Best regards

calvin

  nikki-uk said:

Hi Calvin,I live in Essex too and my husband is a coeliac.

We are in Dagenham-where are you?

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Hi Nikki,

I live in wickford, just down the road from you.

calvin

  JacquiUK said:

Hi Calvin - I live in  East Sussex. Where are you based?

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Hi Jacqui,

I live in essex and i also spend a lot of my time in chiclana in spain.

Great idea

I live in england & spain.

Would like to talk to anybody in SE England or Cadiz area of spain with same problem to compare notes on recipes and quality of life.

Calvin

Cannot find the flour mix in

Essex in the uk .

If anybody knows different please let me know.

Calvin

I keep trying different ways to make a yorkshire pudding , failed again.

Any ideas.

Calvin