Restaurant Recommendation – Giraffe

July 16, 2008 at 7:42 pm | In Allergy Related, Eating Out | Leave a Comment
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Yesterday, I headed into London with a friend and both our sets of children – were we mad?! We actually had a really lovely day, enjoying lunch out on the Marylebone High Street and then playing in Regents Park.

On the Marylebone High Street, we headed straight for Giraffe – a family friendly restaurant chain – and it turned out to be a great success! First of all the older kids (at a grand old age of 3 yrs!) were given crayons and a colouring mat whilst we were helped with positioning of double buggies etc.

The menu was really great. Not only was the children’s menu really good – both kids went for grilled chicken and veggies (brocolli, carrots and sweetcorn) for main – but the adult menu was also really impressive. They had a good selection of burger type dishes but also some delicious sounding salads. I chose one of the salads which involved marinated feta, spinach leaves, sprouting beans and lots of other goodies – it also said toasted seeds which I asked to be left out. Not a problem! And it’s not that I don’t like seeds but Taran is still allergic to sesame so I like to be careful.

The kids menu does a meal deal of drink, main and dessert. Two of the desserts involved ice-cream and the third was mango sorbet. I’ve been caught out many a time mentioning ice-cream only to find that it contains egg and so Taran can’t have it. This time I decided to order the sorbet and call it ice-cream!! Taran was quite happy with this until he spotted chocolate sauce on his friend’s dessert!! So I simply asked the waitress if it was possible to get some chocolate sauce on his dessert too. Again, not a problem and she brought over a pot of chocolate sauce. Yum!!!

So all in all a great meal out which both the adults and children enjoyed (and of course the babies but they only got to eat mush!!)

It’s that time of year again – Party Season!!

June 1, 2008 at 5:37 am | In Allergy Related, Eating Out | Leave a Comment
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Yes, it’s party season here again – all the 3rd birthdays are coming round.

This year, it’s much much easier for us though as Taran has outgrown several of his allergies leaving us only egg and sesame to deal with. 

So, the biggie at parties is obviously cake! The birthday cake is usually cut up and put into party bags so either me or the hubby get to secret that away and eat it later on at home!! And thankfully, Taran doesn’t seem fussed about missing out on any other fairy cakes served up.

At yesterday’s party, the problem was ice-cream! Since he’s been able to eat dairy, Taran has discovered ice-cream and loves it!! But unfortunately some ice-cream contains egg so we always have to check out the ingredients beforehand. As I saw the ice-cream being wheeled in on a trolley, I quickly asked one of the girls if it contained egg. She said she’d phone the kitchen to check for me -fantastic thanks. Oh no, another one of the servers had already put some in front of Taran so cue a mad dash to remove it before he started eating. And all credit to him, although there was a slight curling of the bottom lip “but mummy she gave it to me”…”yes I know but I just need to see if it contains egg”, there were no tears or tantrums.

Unfortunately, it did contain egg so he couldn’t have it. Out came my back up plan of M&S organic chocolate buttons – a def treat and firm favourite. “Oooh look what you’ve got instead, chocolate buttons”. All of a sudden all the other kids around him were like “can I have one, can I have one”!! And the ice-cream was forgotten! :-)

 

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