This weekend I went to visit one of my best friends in Houston. If you've seen my side bar you'll know I did some research beforehand to ensure our consumption success. Luckily, Frannie is amazing and did some research and grocery shopping on her own :) It was a great weekend with only one small hiccup for Sunday brunch, but even that wasn't too bad...
Friday:
I arrived at Frannie's around 6:30pm and she had wine and cheeses with gluten-free crackers waiting!! We're both huge fans of NutThins but she also purchased some Mary's Gone Crackers for us to munch on...great start. We went to pick up a friend at the airport and then headed to Yard House for dinner. They have a completely separate menu for gluten-free and were VERY aware of what it meant and what I could eat, phew! It was a fantastic dinner :)
Saturday:
Wow did we have a big day...shopping, getting hair feathers (super cute), visiting friends at a crawfish boil...and some great meals on top of that. Waking up a little later than expected we had a small breakfast (she had gotten some fresh pineapple, yum) and then got going. Our lunch was at Ruggles Green who has the gluten-free options embedded in their menu, everything (and it's a lot) with a blue dot could be made gfree. I got a chicken caesar salad and french fries (score!). It's a cute place where you order at the counter and then they bring your meal to the table, we sat outside and luckily didn't melt.
For dinner we stuck with my go-to, P.F. Changs. I have to admit their stuff is awesome and their gluten-free menu is fantastic. Even the girls ordered all of their food off of the gfree menu so we could share (they are so sweet). We had an appetizer of gfree chicken lettuce wraps, then for dinner shared the shrimp, Mongolian beef and chicken fried rice. Afterward, we went to a really fun piano bar called 88 Keys!
Sunday:
This one was a little tricky. Frannie went to the website of a cute place called Tiny Boxwood's. They state on their website that they have gluten-free options so we were good to go! Unfortunately, when we got there we were told that those options were only available during the week for lunch and not during brunch, shoot. The manager on duty (I assume that was her role) was a complete B. We asked her a couple different options, "maybe you could make some scrambled eggs", NO, "maybe you could do the mediterranean plate without the bread", NO, ugh...so I ended up with the fruit parfait without granola (basically fruit and yogurt) which was actually fantastic but still. If you are going to put gluten-free options on your menu and not offer them at brunch you NEED to do an * to let people know, it's deceiving! However, I will give them the credit of having the best lemonade ever, flavored with mint AND they are connected to a beautiful nursery where I bought an aloe plant.
Overall, the eating was fabulous and we had a lot of good luck! I had so much fun during our girls weekend, it was relaxing and enjoyable...plus Frannie is moving to South Africa so this was one of the last times I'll see her before she moves. She wants me to come visit...now that would be an interesting food diary :)
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