The Gluten Free Food & Drink Guide

Colchester Kawasaki upset another customer read about it here

Beware of this Kawasaki dealer in Colchester.

Read all about Colchester Kawasaki’s shocking treatment of a customer here

Beware of this company.

Colchester Kawasaki - King Edward Quay, Hythe Quay, Colchester, Essex CO2 8JB

Rated 1.0 out of 5.0 Rip off company - Beware!! - 2 Jul 2010

This company sold me a used bike with huge problems, the bearings went on the front wheel within the first 800 miles, they also promised to carry out other repairs while the bike was under warranty and reneged on this. Classic rip off.

They do not deserve to be a main dealer for Kawasaki, its run like a backstreet garage.

Seems like they are nice as pie when you are buying then turn into jerks when there is a problem…

I advise you to go elsewhere.

This Rant is posted here too: http://motor-cycle.org.uk/node/3
And here too Colchester Kawasaki ripped me off!

Tastes is a family run restaurant based in in Ashbourne, Derbyshire.
It had a well presented menu and the staff were very friendly and accommodating of my gluten free diet.
Starters were odd in the sense you had a platter of maybe 7 dishes at once, quite huge but very tasty.
The main courses were cooked to order and sauces were made without gluten as requested.

Overall a good place to eat!

Recommended.

I’m more likely to write up a report on good food but when people piss me off I have to spread the happiness and get it publicised on my blog so here is a contender for worst takeaway cafe/ restaurant in Foston.

Salt Box Cafe Derby Rd, Foston, Derby, DE65 5PT
Rated 1.0 out of 5.0 (google) Unfriendly service - try elsewhere! - 10 Oct 2008
Unfriendly and unhelpful if you have a special diet!

It was quite funny really, you had to be there to get the feel of how stupid and unhelpful these people really are.

The plan was to grab a bag of chips to eat outside (they do takeaway food).
So I asked for chips (which were on the menu) to take out, but was told ‘only in a chip butty!’

I asked for a ‘chip butty’ without the bread (please), and the response from 3 of the staff was adamantly NO!

Stick your chip butties where the sun don’t shine sprung to mind..

Not recommended.

Our recently ‘pruned’ Gluten free chat forums are here
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Aurigacrown Malaga
Travelers beware this company is just outright taking the mick! If you are unfortunate enough to book in with this outfit expect to wait for 1 hr in a cue to find the receptionist shutting the cue down and walking off without an explanation. Some companies that get the best deal for you will use Aurigacrown and you wont find out until you have paid!

This was our first and last experience:
A family carrying a baby was verbally abused then ignored after cuing for the same time.. disgusting!
Basically the staff are overworked and just don’t care.

There are many other reputable companies .. stick with those and smile as you pass that 1 hr Aurigacrown cue.

Giancarlo Girometti has established an excellent little restaurant specialising in Italian food such as Pasta, Pizza, salads, Fish and Meat.

Special Diets are no problem and Gluten free spaghetti was made for me in 15 minutes - excellent!
If you are in and around Ashbourne treat yourself to an authentic Spaghetti Bolognese or Spaghetti Bolognese with meatballs.
Good food and a friendly service second to none.
Recommended!

14 Church Street Ashbourne.
01335 345000

Review: Finowe cottage- Flowergate- Whitby
I recently stayed at this accommodation and here are my observations:

They required a £50.00 bond ( this was then withheld without communication, due to a pen/crayon mark on a single sheet)
£339.00 for 6 days. Not £400.00 = £61 overcharged.
The stairs were dangerous due to loose carpet offcuts laying around.
No towels, these had to be bought in when we arrived.
No dishwasher as described on the website.
Dirty cooking utilities left in cupboards.
Heating not working in bathroom (with old sign do not use!)
No table to eat from.
Cramped living space.
Not suited to children at all.

Basically we had to threaten to take the owner to court to refund our deposit, which she did almost immediately, Beware!

Whitby is famous for its fish and chips.
We were unfortunate as we had to book this accommodation as most other places were full due to several festivals happening and the half term holidays for schools. On the upside you can get Gluten free fish and chips in several chippies here.

Tesco Freefrom Gluten free Crumpets or Pikelets as we used to call them in South Yorkshire.

I was offered a try of these this morning and I have to say they were pretty good, a little less chewy [ more powdery, maybe too much bicarb of soda? ] than the ones I remember as a kid but overall a nice morning or afternoon snack.

I was wondering how long it would be before they arrived as a gluten free package, and here they are, labeled as NEW in the stores.
Recommended