Carluccio’s for lunch today. I’m a big fan of all things Italian (even getting married there!) but I’ve walked passed Carluccio’s Italian restaurants many times looking in wistfully at the fabulous pasta, foccacia and cakes on offer but never going in.
That is until I was trying to find somewhere suitable to have a weekday lunch with my Mum who fancied lunch and a shopping trip to Canary Wharf.
Since I went fully GF at the start of the year, I’ve taken to emailing restaurants in advance to find out what my food options are. I must say this has brought mixed results. Some have provided very detailed and clear responses (Wahaca) and some less so. One, the dim sum place Ping Pong, has yet to reply to my emails requesting details of their GF menu options, despite several chasers from me. I guess the absence of a response signals there are limited or no options available?!
Anyway, back to Carluccio’s. Their reply to my query submitted through their website was almost instantaneous. A friendly email back with gluten free menu attached. Yep, a whole menu of yummy safe food to eat!
When I arrived at the restaurant I explained to the waiter that I couldn’t eat gluten and asked to see the GF menu. Quick as a flash our friendly waiter returned with no less than a laminated GF menu.
I went for the Puttanesca pasta which the menu described as gluten free corn flour pasta served with a “traditional spicy sauce….
