Sunday, May 29, 2011

Review: Pei Wei Gluten Free Menu

Pei Wei is a national chain of 5 different types of Asian cultures. They currently have an available gluten free menu:
Sweet N Sour Chicken from Gluten Free Menu with Steamed White Rice

GLUTEN FREE
Gluten Free Edamame 
Salted soybeans in the pod
Gluten Free Asian Chopped Chicken Salad
Sliced chicken, assorted lettuce, Napa cabbage,
carrots, Thai basil, tomatoes, toasted sesame seeds,
lime vinaigrette
Gluten Free Pei Wei Spicy Chicken Salad Spicy
Wok seared chicken, assorted lettuce, Napa cabbage,
 carrots, cucumbers, snap peas, scallions, cilantro, rice sticks,
tomatoes, lime vinaigrette
Gluten Free Pei Wei Spicy Shrimp Salad Spicy
Wok seared shrimp, assorted lettuce, Napa cabbage,
 carrots, cucumbers, snap peas, scallions, cilantro,
 rice sticks, tomatoes, lime vinaigrette
Gluten Free Vietnamese Rolls
Chicken, butter lettuce, Napa cabbage, mint, carrots,
 scallions, peanuts, rice noodles, sweet chile sauce,
 lime vinaigrette, wrapped in rice paper and served
 with sweet chile sauce
Gluten Free Pei Wei Spicy Chicken Spicy
Wok seared chicken, chile vinegar sauce, scallions,
 garlic, snap peas, carrots
Gluten Free Pei Wei Spicy Shrimp Spicy
Wok seared shrimp, chile vinegar sauce, scallions,
 garlic, snap peas, carrots
Gluten Free Sweet & Sour Chicken
Wok seared chicken, Cantonese sweet and sour sauce,
 red ginger, onions, green bell peppers, pineapple
Gluten Free Sweet & Sour Shrimp
Wok seared shrimp, Cantonese sweet and sour sauce,
 red ginger, onions, green bell peppers, pineapple
 SPICY    VEGETARIAN WHEN ORDERED WITH VEGETABLE & TOFU

A link to their Allergy Menu is available here.


The flavor of the chicken was amazing! I may not be a connoisseur of Asian cuisine,
but I did enjoy this.
They use a potato breading instead of regular breading but I didn't notice much
difference between
the normal sweet n sour I used to eat and this.
I don't normally care for white rice, but in this case the flavor was nice, the
texture was good for
using chopsticks, and I didn't have to add any flavoring to it. Please note,
soy sauce and teriyaki
sauces contain gluten unless otherwise listed.
I have visited two different Pei Wei's and the flavor of the dishes were consistent.
However, I did start to feel ill within a few hours of eating it so I checked their
allergy menu and
noticed egg was an ingredient.

>:( I plan on calling them if I'm craving their chicken to see if they can not use
egg in the recipe.
If they can't use an alternative, I sadly won't be able to go back. And just
when I thought I found
a great place to eat a quick Asian meal, I was brought back down to reality.
Gah.

*I am not paid to review restaurants or products and I did pay for my meal*

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