eating out while traveling

[Guest guest]

We have a week out of town coming up. What do y'all do

for eating out? Any restaurant tips/recommendations? I

am bringing my 4 kids - so kid friendly tips also would

be appreciated ) Thanks!

 

~Krista

[Guest guest]

for restaurants, 'ethnic' is much more hospitable. Thai, and for faster food,

there are two chains I like- Chipolte and Qdoba-a burrito bowl with lots of

veggies is about 6 dollars.

[Guest guest]

It's interesting, isn't it, that most ethnic styles of eating are better. Those

diets are thousands of years old, much older than that developed by white,

European settlers to North America since the 1600s. Most ethnic diets are based

on plant foods (rather than meat) and non-wheat. I'm glad North America is

learning from this, welcoming more of these ethnic restaurants and making life

easier for us all.

 

With all the issues Canada and the United States have with health care, one of

the BEST solutions I can think of is for people to eat healthier which greatly

reduces dependence on health care in general. That's my political two cents.

:-)

 

Deborah

 

 

for restaurants, 'ethnic' is much more hospitable. Thai, and for faster

food, there are two chains I like- Chipolte and Qdoba-a burrito bowl with lots

of veggies is about 6 dollars.

.

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Qdoba has allergens in some foods that I hadn't expected. I basically

discovered I can't eat there anymore:

 

http://www.qdoba.com/Allergen.aspx

 

We do tend to eat Thai and Mexican when we eat out. We also eat at

chef-driven restaurants (where they'll know everything that's in the food

since they made it on-site, and where the stuff is more likely to be

organically sourced) and try to give them lots of notice. I prefer to use

www.opentable.com when possible for my reservations, because it allows me to

post a note to the maitre d' with my allergens and intolerances. (I always

double-check with the server about whether the info has been shared when I

arrive, too.)

 

We usually get a place with a kitchen---often a condo through

VRBO.com---when we travel. That way I don't have to stress out about eating

every meal out. (It often ends up cheaper that way, as well.)

 

Sally

 

On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 6:12 PM, <danieldale wrote:

 

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> for restaurants, 'ethnic' is much more hospitable. Thai, and for faster

> food, there are two chains I like- Chipolte and Qdoba-a burrito bowl with

> lots of veggies is about 6 dollars.

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[Guest guest]

Just found a site called gopicnic.com that sales prepackages lunches which

are good for traveling. They have 2 items that are vegan and gluten free.

May have other allergens though.

At the bottom it says custom boxes can be made. I looked into it and it says

a minimum of 100,000 boxes per year have to be ordered! May be doable if you

have a large group of allergic people willing to go in on bulk orders, or

perhaps you could convince a store to carry them.

 

Anyway, I hope this is helpful to someone!

 

As for restaurants, oddly, steakhouses tend to be very accommodating! Eat'n

Park has a few things. They have a chicken and portobello salad you can get

without the chicken or cheese which is really good. Make sure you say no

bread as well as no croutons as many of the waitresses are clueless!

 

A great travel gear thing to own is one of those coolers/mini fridge type

things that plug into the cigarette lighter so you can carry your own

condiments etc without worrying they will go bad.

 

Hope you have a great trip!