Comments on: Gluten-Free Thailand: A Travel Guide for Celiacs

By: yasmeen

yasmeen — Fri, 02 Aug 2024 19:26:39 +0000

In reply to Kirsten. Thank you so so much! Really appreciate all the effort you put into this. Got your cards too!

By: Kirsten

Kirsten — Sun, 01 Jan 2023 22:39:48 +0000

Thank you so much!! I love eating street food but since being diagnosed with gluten intolerance (testing for celiac soon) it is stressful. Have you ever had anyone offended by you taking your own sauces? That’s my biggest fear, offending these amazing chefs.
Thank you

By: Stefan Lindholm

Stefan Lindholm — Sat, 24 Dec 2022 11:57:04 +0000

What about focusing on specific dishes if there is an urgent need for food? Tom Yum seems not to have oyster sauce or soy sauce. Fish sauce is almost always ok. So to order Tom Yum Khung means checking what brand of fish sauce is used.

By: Stefan Lindholm

Stefan Lindholm — Sun, 12 Jun 2022 19:31:10 +0000

Really interesting about the soy sauce. I was diagnosed with celiac disease 6 months ago so I am not yet fully knowledgeable about it. But soy sauce. I have always loved soy sauce. I thought that I had to stop eating it but then I found that the swedish authority checking if food contains gluten had checked all soy sauces sold in Sweden and the result was that that there were no traces of gluten despite it says that wheat is one component of it. The reason is that gluten disappears during the process of making it! So how come all thai soya sauces has gluten in it? I am just curious.

By: Aunty Tim

Aunty Tim — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 16:27:38 +0000

Great topic!! I agree with everything you said.
I am Thai, I live in the Netherlands more than 12 years and since August 2019 I got diagnosed with serious celiac disease.
My trip to visit Thailand in October 2019 was totally changed.
I am a good cook and I know all about the ingredients in Thai food.
As you know, a lot of kinds of flavoring contain gluten.

P.S. 1. Some of Thai dishes seem to be gluten free because they used gluten free products … please make sure that they did not put Rosdee powder (or another brand) in their dishes. It look like they can not cook without using this kinds of seasoning powder which contain gluten.
2.Wheat flour in Thai is known as แป้งหมี่ (Paeng Mi) too. Most ot Thai people know Paeng Mi instead of แป้งสาลี (Paeng-saa-lii)

By: cherry

cherry — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 01:33:43 +0000

In reply to Carrie Veatch. Seasoning powder is poppular here i. e. Knorr's, Rotdii (รสดี) and Fahthai (ฟ้าไทย). They seem to add them to nearly every single dish esp most curries that are supposed to be traditionally gluten free (including at some starred hotels). Regular MSG, plain white powder one, is ok though. Also if you use IG, you may search gf places by # + glutenfree + city i. e. #glutenfreethailand #glutenfreebangkok. And if you find any new place, kindly help hashtag it for us as well. Thank you!

By: Gaya

Gaya — Fri, 04 Oct 2019 06:34:07 +0000

I just got back from Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai and Taipei. I have celiac to the point that I cannot eat cross-contaminated food. I loved Theera in Bangkok. The Pink House in Chiang Mai was my mecca. And Barrab and the owner were amazing in Chiang Rai. Barrab’s owner recommended Sabroso in Chiang Rai and that became my alternate restaurant. It is owned by an Texan who is married to a Mexican. It is very authentic Mex cuisine and the gluten free items are marked on the menu, and they use very good food handling techniques to avoid cross contamination. (Their chips are baked, so chips are in bounds!) Loved their chipotle salsa and veggie street tacos. In Taipei I fell in love with Plants. It is dedicated gluten free and caters to other allergies and preferences as well (for instance calling out alliums (onions, garlic) for those in a strong meditation practice). Their housemade kombucha was amazing. My favorite meal was the Bibimbap–such a delicious combination of flavors. My biggest take away: on the trip (my first foreign trip since getting myself gluten free) my diet was restricted, to the point that a few times I skipped a meal (or ate a protein bar) for lack of suitable choices, but those times when I had a dedicated gluten free restaurant available, I felt such deep gratitude and aliveness in eating that I ordered generously and savored every morsel my food. Generally, I am just much less attached to food. Thanks for your recommendations!

By: Jennifer H

Jennifer H — Tue, 10 Sep 2019 23:10:05 +0000

WOW – great resource – thank you!!

By: Marc

Marc — Sun, 09 Dec 2018 01:31:15 +0000

Daura Damm Beer in not Gluten free. It states it has <3ppm (parts per million). My wife got caught out with this in Spain. Check the labels on everything even if it says gluten free. The only place that labels products 100% gluten free is Australia and New Zealand as their food laws state it must be 100% gluten free to claim to be gluten free.

By: Aleksandra

Aleksandra — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 12:30:08 +0000

You helped us so much! Me and my fiance are celiac and also we have allergy on milk. We are right now at Krabi but in few days we will be at Chiang Mai and Bangkok, we can’t wait to find all this amazing restaurants! Really thanks a lot, life of celiac is not so easy, especially when you love travelling. That’s why we love so much Italy, they have so many options off gluten free meals! We also stars to write a blog about travelling of gluten free people. I saw that you written an article about gf place at Krakow – it’s my city! :) it’s really nice that you visit Poland!