Thread: Gluten Free Vegan needs your help!

Hello lovely people!
I am heading to Europe in two weeks for a ten week backpacking extravaganza.
I have celiacs disease and am also a vegan.
I was wondering if any one could reccomend any restaurants or even supermarkets that may stock gluten free goodies that I could visit whilst away.
Im traveling to Paris, Dijon, Amsterdam, London, Warsaw, Krakow, Prague, Berlin, Munich, Vienna, Salzberg, Zurich and then quite a few days in Italy.
If anyone has any recommendations it would be greatly appreciated!
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There's an organic supermarket chain in Germany that has all kinds of vegan treats, from carob chocolate to "like chicken nuggets". Look out for the yellow signs: BASIC Bio-Genuss für alle. These stores are usually very easy to find.

Re: Italy

Italians don't really understand the concept of being vegetarian, let alone vegan, but they are terrible hypochondriacs, so if you say you are allergic to certain things they will tend to be much more accommodating and take you seriously, in my experience. Otherwise you are at serious risk of having parmesan added to your meal regardless.
Italian menus are divided into three parts:
antipasti ( starters)
primi ( soups, pasta, risotto)
secondi ( what we would call main courses - could be meat, fish or veggie.
If you are careful you should be able to eat well : antipasti will often include a selection of grilled marinated ( in olive oil) vegetables.
Primi : the soups are usually vegetable-based, thin, and not thickened with flour, so you should be alright, but safest will be risotto. Generally parmesan is only offered at the table with risotti, and they rarely cook with butter, so that should be ok.
Also, you can easily buy rice pasta ( usually under the brand-name 'Scotti') in most supermarkets : it is widely advertised on tv. It is popular there as it is seen as lower in carbohydrates, rather than for its' lack of gluten. I promise you faithfully that if you turn up at a restaurant with your own box of wheat-free pasta and explain that you are allergic to gluten ( gluteine) then they will be happy to cook it for you and serve it with one of their sauces.
Secondi : often include vegetable dishes. Italians don't do 'meat and two veg' as we do, but protein first and veg afterwards, so you may well find things in this section that you can eat.

There is no nation-wide chain of health-food stores ( although they do exist, but only in major cities) and I have never seen gluten-free bread or tofu on sale, but long-life soya milk is available in some larger supermarkets ( sadly not in bars), and good icecream shops do often offer a range of soya-based products. Sorbets will be fine, of course.
Polenta ( cornmeal porridge, from the north of Italy) will be safe, although check they don't season it with parmesan. It is usually served with either melted cheese, butter or a meat-based stew ( and is pretty boring without either of these, to be honest).
Also check out pharmacies for gluten-free products.

Something to look out for, especially in the south, is almond milk ( latte di mandorle), which is dairy-free and delicious.

You are going to find breakfast the most difficult meal, I think.

Vx