Zizzi

We went here to eat a few days ago, and found it so lovely that on the menu it says to ask for the allergy menu if required.

The allergy menu was very easy to follow and find the products without milk, the only minus was that only two of the main meals on the menu was dairy free, the calamari and the duck.
They are a bit better if you are gluten sufferer, as they can substitute pasta with doves farms gluten free.

I went for the duck, and it was seriously good and can highly recommend.

I did have a quick chat with a waiter after the meal about the lack of dairy free choices, and she did say that some of the dishes could have been made without milk, and if that is the case I wish they would have put that on the allergy menu.

But all in all a really good eating out experience.

For more information visit Zizzi's website www.zizzi.co.uk

Wagamama

Nr. 42. Yaki Udon and Nr.104. Edamame with chilli and garlic salt.

I go to wagamama quite often, it is the sort of place that I can't really get enough of, and I am so addicted to their udon noodles.

Have normally picked a dish and then asked does this dish contain dairy, and they would find out for me, but last time I went I asked what dishes contain dairy, and the lovely waitress went and got me some laminated papers, with different pages for different allergies, and under the dairy one was all the numbers on the menu card, and next to the ones that contained dairy was a note if it contained dairy and in some cases if you could substitute a sauce. It was only a handful of dishes from the menu that contained dairy, and that list just made it so easy to pick out which ones to avoid.

I don't think I have ever gotten disappointed with a dish from Wagamama, and can highly recommend it to anyone.

For more information visit the wagamama website here.

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Le Pain Quotidien

Having the Vegan Mezze Platter and my boyfriend having duck
(don't know if his was dairy free though).

I think I have loved this place since the first day I looked through the window of the restaurant in Soho, so defiantly love at first sight. Then when I went there to eat my love just grew even bigger.

Le Pain Quotidien is a worldwide chain of restaurants that originates from Belgium, and serves everything from breakfast, lunch and dinner, but also works as a bakery, patisserie and a bit of a delicatessen/pantry with jams, chocolate, tea’s and much more.

The food is French (Belgiun) and uses the best and freshest ingredients that really come out in the taste.  And as a lactose intolerant sufferer, they have marked the menu with dishes that are vegan (meaning no animal products including dairy), and when I have asked about certain dishes containing dairy the waiters have always been super quick to find out for me without you seeming like you are in any way a bother.

One of my best memories of London was when I celebrated my birthday with a picnic by the Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain in Hyde Park, I had called the restaurant at Exhibition Road a few days before to ask if it was possible to have one of their picnic boxes without any dairy, and it was no problem at all, they just replaced the items containing dairy with ones that didn’t.
It was a perfect day, a warm summer day in August spent with good company and good food, I couldn't have asked for anything more.

For more information visit www.lepainquotidien.co.uk and for picnic boxes click here to see what they offer

The Lass O'Richmond Hill

Is there anything nicer than going to a good pub for Sunday lunch when it is amazing weather outside.
If you live in London, or are going to London at some point, Richmond is an amazing place to visit, it has so many things to explore, like the city center with all the little side streets that holds some lovely independent shops, the walk along the thames and Richmond park, that is in my mind one of the most tranquil places in London with a huge amount of deer’s freely walking around.

Just next to Richmond park near the entrance at Richmond Hill, is a lovely newly renovated Young’s pub, that is just like a pub should be, good seasonal food, picnic baskets. local beer on tap, smiling and friendly service, good parking in the back, outdoor seating back and front in the summer, and 3, yes 3, fireplaces inside for when it is cold in the winter, what more can you ask for.

Now down to the verdict of eating here when you have special food requirements, 4 out of 5 stars in my book, when telling the waiter that I couldn’t have any dairy he immediately said he would go and ask the kitchen and if I had any preference dishes or if I wanted to know which ones was dairy free. Ended up having the Sunday lunch with chicken, and it was really good with perfect cooked chicken, highly recommend.

For more information visit www.lassorichmondhill.co.uk