It’s mi birthday. Fancy planning a nice meal with the other half tonight and absolutely craving Chinese food. Problem is I have a fatal anaphylactic allergy to sesame, and most Asian places use it in everything. I used to use Orient Express on aggy road because they used vegetable oil, but a couple of years ago that seemed to change and they advised me not to order. Don’t suppose anyone can recommend a takeaway that’s good with allergy requirements? Chinese is a bonus but I’ll take anything at this point. Even kebabs are risky
You might just have to fall back on good old fish and chips. Not a lot wrong with that. Anyway Happy Birthday pal. Hope you have a good one.
Happy birthday. lucky not to suffer allergies or have anyone in the family with them so no useful reccomendations but hope you find somewhere.
Get a decent Chinese cookbook and then make it yourself. Far better for you, and you control exactly what ingredients are in it (Mrs is intolerant of garlic so we can't have any takeaway that uses it - which is... tricky) They should cook using vegetable oil - preferably groundnut - then add sesame at the end for taste (cooking in sesame is too expensive and wasteful as you lose the benefit)
I wouldn't risk it, when you see the base sauce containers (what they use to make all the different meals) restaurants and takeaways chuck out, a lot appear to be from China, and the quality control of what's in or not in, is doubtful in my opinion. But Happy Birthday anyway!
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Happy birthday. The only sensible advice anyone can give here is don't order from a Chinese takeaway. Sesame oil is such a staple of Chinese cuisine that even if if they don't use it directly it will be an ingredient in some prepared sauces. Even if it's not in the dish you order, the whole idea of a Wok is it is not washed but simply wiped out. The high heat will make this extremely sanitary but it will not remove traces of sesame.
my daughter as a peanut allergy and a few other nuts and i know that a number of Chinese have moved away from cooking in say peanut oil but im sure they cant all be trusted she as had them from 2 that i know of and as been fine with Sansan in Bramton (NAP special fried rice) Mayfair on Platts Common (NAP chicken curry and chicken coy mein)
That’s what I usually do, I make a great sesame-free Chow Mein. But I really fancied the lack of effort and that greasy inauthentic heart attack giver for a change
That's the order of the day I think. An entire humpback whale, perfectly greasy chips and mi favourite gravy from Summer Lane chippy in Wombwell
Happy birthday but I reiterate what someone else has posted. Chinese cooking uses sesame in lots of things and a good restaurant like Japanese ones for Tempura uses sesame oil almost exclusively for frying as it has a very fry temperature without smoking. Makes Chinese and Asian virtually a no go area for people like yourself. My wife used to teach s child who had total intolerance to peanuts. If one so much as touched his lips he had a severe reaction and needed an EpiPen to prevent his airways closing up. Quite scary really. you have my sympathy as it makes dining out a bit of a gamble. I know someone who has similar issues with seafood and, in fact, I have a mild allergic reaction to prawn but in my case not severe enough to stop me eating them.