My goodness has it been a long time! This has been the busiest time of my life so far, and I wish I was exaggerating. I'm in 3 week long courses that are condensed from the standard 14 week long course, so literally, everyday I'm at school, and every night I'm doing homework. It's super intense! On top of that, we're moving this month and the process has been anything but simple and straight forward. This month has been EXCELLENT for food though. Here's a little briefing of where we've been, and what we've eaten...
1) Noodle Box--Had the Spicy Peanut gluten-free finally and my tummy was delighted!
2) The Pink Bicycle--I had the Lamb Burger with Blue Cheese and Apricot Pesto...to die for!
3) Canoe Club-- A gluten-free success! I had the Cowichan Pulled Chicken Sandwich with a side salad, and my brother had the burger on gluten-free bread. I had heard some mixed reviews regarding their gluten-free foods, but I informed my server that my allergy was very severe and to ask the chefs to be extremely careful. It was great in the end!
4) Little Thai Place and West Coast Waffles--I would tell you more, but I haven't tried anything new from them yet! Still, love them!
I have two new favorite gluten-free products: Hunny Bunny Amazing Dad's BBQ sauce...it seems expensive for $8, but it's 100% organic, and the first ingredient is organic honey. It's SO good! San-J Tamari Peanut Salad Dressing...would be yummy on an asian-inspired salad, or on anything really! Both bought at Thrifty's.
My brother is in town and he's an excellent cook. We've been eating very well you might guess. He bought a deep-fryer just for his visit so we could have huevos rancheros with keffir lime hollandaise, and spicy fish tacos with coleslaw. Since he's been here, we've also had BBQ'd halibut, BBQ'd ribs, and burgers. Every day there has been a meal together, and it's been so delicious. It's been a marathon of food!
The future of this blog is looking very bright. I am discovering countless more places in Victoria that do gluten-free menus or food items and I'm just so excited to try them! The downside of being a student is that I can't dine-out very often, especially not 'fine dining'. Currently, I am at the end of my student loans and awards and all my funds are being set aside for bare basics for the next 25 days (yes, I really am counting down the days). It seems that gluten-free is expanding all over Victoria and I've compiled a little list of the places I'll be eating at in the coming months.
1) Brickyard Pizza--I'm curious to see how careful they are about cross contamination, but also excited!
2) Jackalope Bistro--A peculiar little place I've walked past a million times, but they have cheap burgers on gluten-free 'corn rounds'...we'll have to wait and see about this one!
3) The Reef--Not a particularly exciting gluten-free menu, but I'm hoping it's delicious still!
4) Bon Sushi--I had this sushi once before, but now I want to pay special attention to what they do to accommodate gluten allergies and what exactly is gluten-free from the menu.
5) SkinnyTato--Polish cuisine for me? The menu looks small, but I'd go just for the cabbage rolls and potato pancakes!
6) John's Place-- They carry Origin's bread for their breakfast menu...eggs benny? Fingers crossed.
7) Pagliacci's-- An exciting pasta menu, available with rice noodles. I'll double check about cross contamination.
8) Smoken Bones--when they open in December, I'm gunna be ALL over this place.
That's it for now guys! I promise to update more come September!
