The Ginger Exchange

I took an impromptu trip to Boston last weekend to hang out with some friends from college on Saturday and meet the newest addition to my extended family on Sunday.  It was a great 24 hours because babies are adorable and nothing beats hanging out with old friends in your sweatpants for 5 hours talking about nothing.

Saturday night, after finally managing to put some real clothes on, my friends and I ventured out for sushi.  I had already resigned to eating mine without soy sauce, but when we got to The Ginger Exchange I discovered that not only do they have gluten free soy sauce, but they have an entire gluten free section of their menu.  As always, I was very excited.  So excited that I just had to get the gluten free pad thai instead of sushi.  We also split some gluten free fresh rolls to start.  My friends still got sushi and it looked great.

From my friend at Total Noms.

For those gluten eating and drinking folks, they also have $9 PBR beer towers:

With lots of gluten free options for me, and good sushi, dumplings, and never ending beer for my friends, The Ginger Exchange turned out to be a great place to go.  It's always nice to be pleasantly surprised by restaurants you know nothing about.

Restaurant Review: Rhong-Tiam

I recently heard about a thai restaurant with a gluten free menu.  I love pad thai and have missed it since going gluten free.  I've had it a few times at Lilli and Loo (which has a large gluten free asian menu), but at $13 plus tax and tip, I don't like to go too often.  So I was pleasantly surprised to find it is only $8.50 at Rhong-Tiam.  I went tonight to try it out.  Not only was it cheap, but it was good.  Good and cheap gluten free pad thai?  They won me.

Much of Rhong-Tiam's menu is gluten free.  Not only that, but they use organic white meat chicken and grass fed hormone free beef.  The restaurant is tiny, and probably better for picking your food up or delivery.  I took mine home because it was so darn hot in there.  But if you are in the Gramercy area, or in need of some good cheap (gluten free) thai food, I recommend stopping by.  They are located at 31 East 21st Street, between Park Ave South and Broadway.