Master So Kitchen, Holt - Gluten Free - Review

Master So Kitchen website (it takes a while to upload unfortunately)

a few weeks, on our way to the library, we noticed that the Chinese restaurant in Holt was advertising gluten free. we hadn't eaten Chinese since Rora's diagnosis, so we went down and got a copy of the menu to have a look at and discovered they had heaps of gluten free options!!

today we were one (fussy) child down so decided to go there to try it for lunch. when we walked in we discovered that they also do yumcha, and that there were also some gluten free options in that too!

so we decided to have a combination of regular and yum cha style gluten free dishes, with the help of the lovely lady who was there (an owner?).

Pork Ribs with Garlic

the end result was that we were very impressed and will definitely be back! we enjoyed the food - some of the dishes seemed a bit bland at first, but then as you ate more the true subtle flavour came out and was delicious! the service was good, though the young male waiters (who said they were only new) were a bit unsure of the whole gluten free thing but the lady who helped us mostly was very helpful and seemed to know a lot about the gluten free side of it. the prices were quite reasonable too.

here is what they can do gluten free (you need to specify GF), with stars next to what we tried:

Yum Cha Menu:
Seafood Dumpling
Har Gau (Prawn Dumpling)
Mixed Veggie Dumpling
Scallop & Snow Pea Dumpling
King Prawn Fun Gao
Prawn & Crab Meat Wrap
Pork Ribs with Garlic *
Plain Cheong Fun
Beef Cheong Fun
King Prawns Cheong Fun
BBQ Pork Cheong Fun
Salt & Pepper Calamari *
Desserts:
Chilled Coconut Pudding
Chilled Mango Pudding *
Sticky Rice Pudding * (girls LOVED this one!)

Salt & Pepper Calamari

Regular Menu:
Entree:
Steamed Har Gau
Sang Choy Bow
Soup:
Chicken & Sweet Corn Soup
Crab Meat & Sweet Corn Soup
Combination Short or Long Egg Noodle Soup
Specialities:
Fried Squid with Hot Rock Salt
Peking Shredded Chilli Beef
Lamb with Lemongrass & Fresh Chilli
King Prawns with Hot Rock Salt
Thai Specialities:
Thai Red or Green Curry with Mixed Veggies
Thai Red or Green Curry with Beef or Chicken
Thai Red or Green Curry with King Prawns or Seafood
Cashew Nut Dishes:
Sliced Beef or Chicken Breast Fillet with CN
Combination with CN
Meat Lovers with CN
King Prawns with CN
Curry Sauce Dishes:
Sliced Beef or Chicken Breast Fillet with Curry Sauce
Sliced Lamb Fillet with Curry Sauce
Combination with Curry Sauce
Seafood with Curry Sauce
Scallops with Curry Sauce
Ginger & Shallot Dishes:
Sliced Beef or Chicken Breast Fillet
Sliced Lamb Fillet
Seafood with Curry Sauce
Scallops with Curry Sauce
King Prawns
Sweet & Sour Dishes:
Boneless Battered Chicken
King Prawn Fritters
Seasonal Vegetables:
Sliced Beef or Chicken Breast Fillet
Meat Lovers
King Prawns
Seafood
Omelettes:
Vegetable
BBQ Pork or Chicken
Combination
King Prawn
Chow Mein:
Beef or Chicken * or BBQ Pork Chow Mein
Combination
King Prawn
Seafood
Vegetarian Delights:
Red Cooked Bean Curd
Bean Curd with Hot Rock Salt
Stir-fried Mixed Seasonal Vegetables
Lightly fried Chinese Broccoli with Ginger
Lightly fried Vegetables with Nuts
Law Hon Jai
Rice:
boiled rice
Fried Rice
Vegetable Fried Rice
Master So Special Fried Rice

Sticky Rice Pudding

PS: you know it must be ok when it is so busy on a Saturday lunch and more than half full of chinese people ;)