I've been in LA now for nearly a month, and I've been trying to find some really splendid places to eat. Splendid AND gluten-free.
I live in Hollywood Hills area and work in Westwood...so it's quite a commute. Quite a long, stressful, and annoying commute. In Westwood there is a place called Native Foods. Native Foods has a restaurant in Costa Mesa (i've mentioned it before), Palm Springs, and sooome where else. Anyhow, on their online menu they denote items that are gluten-free. It's all vegetarian and pretty vegan friendly anyhow.
So on my lunch break last week I mosey on down to Native Foods expecting something yummy and totally safe. I had already talked with a woman who I took to be a manager about what was safe for me to eat, because this particular location didn't denote on their menus what was and wasn't safe. I order the baja tacos (something like that) and ask for the Tempeh to be grilled NOT battered and blackened.
I sit down and wait for my food to arrive. It comes, and looks delicious. I start to dig in and half way through the first taco I realize my taco has a crunch to it that it shouldn't. I think to myself, oh no! I hope these aren't battered. Well I open the taco and dun dun duuuuuun....it is.
splendid.
That just teaches me to LOOK at my food before assuming it's safe and eating.
I want to write more, but i'm tired! and no one likes to read long posts...so i'll just try to be better at keeping up
