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Mchi Restaurant - Gluten Friendly Rating

18/3/2018

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Yet another Restaurant Week try-out. This time we set our mind on Mchi, an Asian style restaurant on Amsterdam IJburg. We (husand and I) looooove Asian food. After last week's gluten scare in another restaurant, I rang them the day before, to make sure they cater for gluten free customers. Yes, they certainly did, they said. Upon arrival, our host confirmed they knew about the gluten free requirement. Good start! There were prawn crackers on the table, I did not touch them, just in case. During Restaurant Week, you don't get to choose, there is a set menu. We happen to love pleasant surprises :o)
To make a long story short: everything was just fine. Actually, almost perfect. The food was absolutely delicious. We are serious sushi monsters, and we liked the sushi. Noticed the word 'like' rather than 'love'? Having lived in Asia for a while, we are kind of spoilt when it comes to sushi. For a change, the gluten free version was even better than the 'gluten containing' version. This is what husband told me. 
The tricky bit was: both gluten free and gluten containing sushi were together on the same 'boat', not touching the other though. People with coeliac disease would, ofcourse, freak out and not be able to eat it. But for me it was fine. And this is what I was really happy with: they had tamari! Strangely enough, most Asian restaurants don't have tamari, the perfect gluten free alternative for soy sauce. Really, how easy is this? Small investment, great joy to the gluten avoiding customer. The other dishes were meat dishes, also very nice. And out of 5 desserts, there was one gluten free version, a panna cotta, also very tasty, and not too sweet, which I love.

Besides the gluten story, this restaurant was just very pleasant in many ways: nice, modern, warm Asian style gezellig interior, all staff very friendly, just the right amount of attention from the staff, good price also outside of Restaurant Week, the noise level was good (yes, I  have very sensitive little ears). But from a gluten perspective I would give this restaurant a gluten friendly rating of 8 or even


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Klaag jij vaak? En wil je er vanaf?

14/3/2018

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Misschien is het anti-klaag polsbandje dan iets voor jou. Ik kwam hiermee in aanraking door de oprichter van het opleidingsinstituut ConAmore. De oprichter vertelde dat het 'werkt als een tierelier'. Wij, studenten, kregen allemaal een gratis polsbandje om het uit te proberen. Hoe werkt het? Elke keer als je klaagt, verwissel je je polsbandje van de ene naar de andere pols. Je zult zien dat je vaker klaagt dan je beseft. Nu ben ik gelukkig geen erge klager, dacht ik,
maar ik was toch verbaasd over hoe vaak ik eigenlijk klaag. Het lijkt me heel fijn om minder te klagen, en het lijkt me vooral heel fijn voor mijn omgeving, dus ja, ik ben er fanatiek mee aan de slag gegaan. Minder klagen, en dus méér positieve gedachten, zijn ook nog eens heel gezond! De opbrengsten van het polsbandje gaan naar een goed doel. Voor meer informatie kun je hier lezen en bestellen: NietBalenMaarStralen.

Mocht je het voor elkaar krijgen om 21 dagen niet te klagen, dan heb je de status van 'meesterschap' bereikt. 
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Harbour Club Oost - The Gluten (S)care Rating

11/3/2018

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It's restaurant week, and we managed to select a few. The first one was Harbour Club Oost, not far away from where we live. We had passed by several times before and were always wondering how it would be inside. Well, there are soooo many restaurant review sites already, you're probably not waiting for yet another one. Every time when I go to a restaurant, I pay extra attention to possible gluten contamination. Over the years, I've become more and more 
intolerant, to the point that a product that 'may contain gluten' already sets me off. And every time when there is a scare, or, when the restaurant is taking extra good care of the gluten fearing customer, it makes impression on me. So why not sharing it so others be warned, or reassured. My scale is going to be named 'The  Gluten Care Rating', taking it from the positive side (not gluten SCARE rating....). 

During the booking process it was already possible to indicate special dietary requirements, so ofcourse I added 'one person gluten free'. In the confirmation mail it was recommended to mention the dietary requirements again to the host. So upon arrival I mentioned to our host that I had requested gluten free dishes. The host was very helpful and said she was going to mention it to the kitchen. She came back to us, telling us about the dishes containing gluten and the possible alternatives. It was a pre-set menu, it looked lovely, and I was completely happy with the alternatives offered.

Starter warning: the host mentioned there were gluten in the mushrooms (strange I thought, but it could have been the sauce on the mushrooms). My starter had mushrooms in it so I double checked before I ate any of it. Unfortunately the kitchen had given me a gluten containing starter. It didn't take long before I was served the gluten free version. Happy,  so far, can happen.

Main dish warning: a fish dish, but there was something on it that looked like a bitterbal/croquette with bread crumbs on the outside. The guy (not our host) apologised and it did not even come across his mind to take the whole plate away. I was a bit confused and I decided to just eat around the scary bitterbal, making sure not getting too close to the scary bitterbal. I had taken my anti-gluten medicines before just in case but looking back to it, I should have sent the whole plate back. Lovely main dish by the way. When our lady host checked upon us I mentioned to her that her kitchen is not very careful with the gluten request. I was absolutely sure she had done her job, making sure she got the message across to the kitchen, but it was not enough, apparently. 

Dessert: this was clear, it had gluten, so I got the cheese platter instead, with gluten free bread. Also very nice.

Tea/coffee alert: as hubby and I had a good time anyway (we both don't get upset very easily), despite all of this, we decided to have a mint tea to end our evening. You would think they learned their lesson by now. But no! My mint tea was accompanied by a pretty scary glutenous cookie!!!! I would have loved some chocolate instead, or, something else small and sweet, gluten free. Not so complicated, is it? Our bill came, plus a special iPad, and we had written down all our concerns, basically all I'm writing down right now, but the short version.
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Unfortunately, despite our really friendly host, and the nice food, I give this restaurant a 'Gluten Care Rating' of: 

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