Chris Mead Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Hello. I have now finished my Whole 30. I feel pretty darn tip-top. Reflecting on my month, I thought you guys might like to read my opinion on the differences between US and UK restaurant customer service and the impact on us Whole30-ers? https://medium.com/p/365a9b8932b8 Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators LadyM Posted March 2, 2014 Moderators Share Posted March 2, 2014 Your writing is brilliant. Such a delightful read! Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarolinaVol Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Hi Chris, I loved this post, very British indeed! I take a group of students to study abroad every summer at Cambridge, and I am getting anxious about my trip this summer as I want to try to continue to be as whole30 as possible while I am there. Did you find any chain restaurants in England that have easily adaptable Whole30 meals? We do a lot of field trips outside of Cambridge and it would help if I had some go-to restaurants around England where I knew I could find a good meal. I am post-Whole30, so a little added sugar, etc won't kill me but I'd love to stay as close to the guidelines when I can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jent103 Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 CarolinaVol, I'm so glad you asked - I'm likely headed to London in May and was wondering the same! Chris, that post is hilarious. I love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EsTher Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 I loved the post !! I had a very similar experience here in Argentina (also very different than the american way, and than the british ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACatCoop Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 I lived in the UK for 3 years (actually just outside Cambridge!). There are plenty of restaurants and quick eats places where you can get Whole30 compliant meals (Pret, EAT, etc). The grocery stores (Tesco, Sainsbury's, Waitrose) have tons of pre-cut grab and go fruit and veg. The best part is the easy-to-read food labels. You will find that many of the restaurant menus offer GF options. It's a very meat and white potatoes land and entree salads are hard to find. Enjoy the plentiful lamb and grass-fed beef on the menus! (Oddly enough, we had British friends who wanted us to buy American meat for them at our commissary because they like the taste better …. if they only knew!) Pizza Express has great salads. They are all over the place… but beware because the pizzas will be tempting! Rainbow Cafe in Cambridge is an all-vegetarian restaurant that sources local ingredients. It's delicious and has many GF options. However, they do serve a lot of dishes over legumes and rice. But I'm sure they'd be happy to accommodate specific requests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FernandaCastro Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 On 3/1/2014 at 7:55 PM, Chris Mead said: Hello. I have now finished my Whole 30. I feel pretty darn tip-top. Reflecting on my month, I thought you guys might like to read my opinion on the differences between US and UK restaurant customer service and the impact on us Whole30-ers? https://medium.com/p/365a9b8932b8 Thank you! This is awesome and so true. Americans has a variety of changes and swaps things in restaurant and way more flexible than UK. Its really difficult to stick with Whole 30 and have a social life in Uk specially Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abbie_Lu Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 I completely agree with this. I've loved doing my Whole30 this time because of the changes I've been seeing but whenever I've had to eat out it's caused me a great deal of stress. It's sad and I know it shouldn't happen but I've postponed meeting some friends who I usually meet for meals out until my reintroductions are over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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