Gluten Shmooten » CBD http://glutenshmooten.com.au Gluten Free Restaurant Reviews for Melbourne, Australia Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:08:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 The Age’s Melbourne Gluten Free List http://glutenshmooten.com.au/the-ages-melbourne-gluten-free-list/ http://glutenshmooten.com.au/the-ages-melbourne-gluten-free-list/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:40:41 +0000 glutenshmooten http://glutenshmooten.com.au/?p=1246 The Age recently published a list of gluten free eateries in Melbourne – click here to see the article…below I’ve listed their list but expanded on it a little for the places I’ve tried. Those I haven’t tried are on my list now!

Have you tried any of the below places? What did you think? Leave a comment, and if you’re interested in submitting a guest review just email me at info@glutenshmooten.com.au

Contemporary:
The Firehouse, Ringwood
Website: http://www.thefirehouse.net.au

This place looks really interesting

Italian:
Fifteen, CBD
Website: http://www.fifteenmelbourne.com.au

I’ve been to Fifteen years ago and loved loved loved it. I really want to go back and this time pay more attention so I can write up a post on it

Mezzo Bar & Grill, CBD
Website: http://www.mezzobar.com.au

Never tried Mezzo but it looks beautiful

Mexican:
Mamasita, CBD
Website: http://www.mamasita.com.au

This has been on my list for a while now but I get scared off because they don’t take bookings for under 8 people! I’m waiting for the hype to die down a bit before heading out to this one

Asian:
Penang Affair, Fitzroy
Love this place – check out my review here

Jade Village, Mitcham
Heard of this place but I’m unlikely to ever be around this side of town

Gedera, Caulfield
17 Derby Rd
I know of this place but didn’t realise they do GF – they do Sri Lankan food – yum!

French:
Le Triskel, CBD
32 Hardware Lane

A French creperie I will have to try! Love crepes!

Pizza:
Pizza Piazza, Windsor
One of the gluten free institutions in Melbourne – check out my review here

Pizza Farro, Thornbury
Website: http://www.pizzafarro.com.au
Haven’t tried this place yet but have heard great things

Mr Wolf, St Kilda
Website: http://www.mrwolf.com.au
Heard good things about this one too

Cafes:
Sacs, Northcote
Another gluten free institution but haven’t been here yet

Fox in the Box, Brighton
Website: http://www.foxinthebox.com.au

Looks like a cute place

Richmond Hill Cafe and Larder
Website: http://www.rhcl.com.au

I’ve been here years ago – nice little casual cafe to do breakfast, brunch or lunch

Cafe Eden, Canterbury
Website: http://www.cafeeden.com.au

Not tried this place yet, looks like a nice casual cafe

Olmecs, Richmond

Liked this place – check out my review here

How top restaurants have honed their menus

Abla’s: Caters for the gluten-intolerant on request.

Bacash: Includes gluten-free dishes on menu and functions.

Bistro Guillaume: Can modify every dish.

Botanical: Trains staff to advise patrons.

Canvas: Uses symbols to identify dishes that are gluten-free.

Cecconi’s Cantina: Plans menu; stocks gluten-free bread.

David’s: Will make stir-fries without gluten.

Esposito: Modifies dishes to dietary needs.

Gingerboy: Designs menu with gluten and lactose intolerances in mind.

Grossi Florentino: Makes its own gluten-free pasta, offers gluten-free rolls.

Jacques Reymond: Menu largely free of gluten, caters to special needs.

The Italian: Offers bought-in, gluten-free pasta dish on request.

Longrain: Waiters carry lists of dishes without gluten.

MoVida: Separate menu for gluten and dairy-intolerant.

The Press Club: Separate dietary training and tasting for staff.

I haven’t had the pleasure of trying any of the above restaurants except for MoVida (which was beautiful) – I think I need to celebrate more “special” occasions and try a few of these restaurants!



]]> http://glutenshmooten.com.au/the-ages-melbourne-gluten-free-list/feed/ 2 Spiga, Melbourne http://glutenshmooten.com.au/spiga-melbourne/ http://glutenshmooten.com.au/spiga-melbourne/#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:28:35 +0000 glutenshmooten http://glutenshmooten.com.au/?p=1209 Spiga is in the “laneways” section of Melbourne Central – kind of indoors, kind of outdoors. Nice atmosphere, good service, food was ok. Yes, just ok. Not an amazingly extensive menu with pastas, pizzas, salads, risottos and meat dishes (gluten free available for all) but enough choice to suit most people. The meals sounded a lot more interesting on the menu than what they actually ended up being, for example, “Grilled Yellow Fin tuna on a salad of dried tomato, baby beans, olives, crispy potatoes and lemon dressing” sounds great, yes? What came out was okay, but it was missing a key ingredient – potatoes!

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“Orecchiette Primavera – Ear shaped pasta with Spiga dried tomato, red peppers, broccolini, baby spinach and pine nuts” – yum sounds great! Result was actually penne, not “ear shaped pasta” (maybe they only had GF penne) and hardly any of the veggies mentioned. It was also a really small serve of pasta, a bit tight when you’re charging $20 for packet pasta.

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Overall Spiga was nice, but over-priced for what you get. For more details you can check out their website.

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2 Menzies Alley, Melbourne – enter via 360 Elizabeth St
]]> http://glutenshmooten.com.au/spiga-melbourne/feed/ 3 Boost Juice http://glutenshmooten.com.au/boost-juice/ http://glutenshmooten.com.au/boost-juice/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:18:34 +0000 glutenshmooten http://glutenshmooten.com.au/?p=779 OK everyone knows Boost Juice, if you don’t you need to get out more! For anyone not sure of what they can / can’t have they have detailed allergy information for all of their juices, smoothies and soups, including what is / is not gluten free. You can pick up a booklet in store or click here to download from their website.

My personal favourite is the Strawberry Squeeze smoothie :)



]]> http://glutenshmooten.com.au/boost-juice/feed/ 1 Bare Pear Cafe, Melbourne http://glutenshmooten.com.au/bare-pear-cafe-melbourne/ http://glutenshmooten.com.au/bare-pear-cafe-melbourne/#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:24:01 +0000 glutenshmooten http://glutenshmooten.com.au/?p=295 I have walked past this place hundreds of times, always meaning to drop in for a look – today finally I did. This cafe is a gluten free heaven for affordable lunches and snacks in the CBD. All foods are low GI, low fat and most are also organic and vegetarian. Everything in there is marked as to whether or not it’s gluten free – and 90% of the foods are. There is a huge range of smoothies and juices, freshly baked gluten free muffins, soups, salads, sandwiches (yes with gluten free bread options) and daily specials. It’s small so most of the traffic is office workers grabbing their take away lunch but there are a few chairs and tables too if you want to eat in. It’s open Mon – Fri for breakfast and lunch.

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars



]]> http://glutenshmooten.com.au/sumo-salad/feed/ 0 Lord of the Fries http://glutenshmooten.com.au/lord-of-the-fries/ http://glutenshmooten.com.au/lord-of-the-fries/#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:33:13 +0000 glutenshmooten http://glutenshmooten.com.au/?p=104 This place is a bit dangerous if you’re walking past it on the way home from work…it’s right next to Flinders St station and the wafts of hot chips can be very tempting! It’s on the corner of Elizabeth and Flinders st, and also has a smaller shop on the Swanston St side of Flinders St station (right opposite Fed Square). Their chips are gluten free and they also do gluten free burger buns which can be quite a rarity!

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

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