Dear sushi god…..
(a letter from a lost and wayward sushi sheep soul)
Please make there be sushi without gluten. So many of my favorite foods are gone. Nothing tastes the same as it used to be and it’s SO hard to be safe when I eat.
I was saddddd today because I got sushi from a Japanese place in the city and introduced my young secretary friend. She liked it and it was so much fun. And then I ate almost all of mine and realized that the filling in each of the rolls had a long stick of imitation crab meat. Now my belly hurts. :(::: Tears::: WHY is there gluten in everything good?
Dear sushi god, is there sushi that doesn’t have gluten? If there is, what does a little girl order at the sushi restaurant to not get sick and still enjoy good food?
From a sad sushi lover.
P.s. Why don’t they have wheat free soy sauce in restaurants? It’s such a pain to carry sauce with you and so hard to be prepared all the time.
<> (ok I’m feeling sad and a tad frustrated today…it’s Friday and everything is hard)
February 9, 2008 at 3:35 am
I have had the same problem with sushi for simple taste reasons. Even though mom used to get the K-Rab fake crabmeat all the time, after going to 100 or so crabfeasts south of the mason-dixon line, I can’t bring myself to eat the fake crabmeat rolls any more. Regrettably, the real crabmeat california rolls usually carry a $3 a plate upcharge. As for cross contamination of utensils in the work area, good luck. That chef is cutting everything with the same knife and wiping that knife with the same cloth (regardless of how often he replaces it it would probably still be a problem to some extent)
February 18, 2008 at 11:50 pm
This I can relate to. I remember finding out I couldn’t eat gluten. So I go home and get on the computer, find the list of things I can’t have. I was holding it together fairly well until I realize no soy sauce. Not tempura. No chinese out.
My husband and I loved to go out for sushi. It was our special thing we did together. I got so much enjoyment out of it. When it hit me that I was no longer going to easily be able to eat sushi, I sat and sobbed. I could not stop the tears. After a couple months we did go out for sushi to a place we go on a regular basis and where I knew the owner. He made me my favorite roll gluten free, but it wasn’t the same. There is such a high level of getting cc too. The other problem I find is if you go to a sushi place and they don’t speak English well. It’s hard to communicate what they need to do to make a safe meal.
I have found the best thing is to make it at home. At least I know it’s safe. It’s a lot of work and I really miss going to the bar, sitting down, talking to the sushi chef and watching him make us something beautiful. Everything else I can live without. Crusty bread, yes I loved it, but I could do without it. Sushi, it hurts to live without.