$44 cup of soup
Summary -- the Clay Pit in Dallas is not a good location for gluten free diners. That's all you really need to know. The rest of this essay is whining. Continue at your own risk.
I had heard good things about the Clay Pit from my husband who goes there for business lunches. I found online reviews from patrons of the Austin location of the Clay Pit who said that many of their entrees were gluten free and that the staff had a list of safe choices.
I forgot two things. 1) Austin isn't Dallas. 2) It was Valentine's Day.
The Clay Pit in Dallas (actually in Addison on Belt Line Rd) had a price fixed menu for the evening. $44 per person including appetizer, soup or salad, entree, and dessert.
A manager did come out to speak with me and (after many trips back and forth to the kitchen) pretty much told me there were only two things on the menu I could eat. The mulligatawny soup and the Okra Vindaloo.
I really don't like okra, so after a couple more trips, she told me the kitchen could modify the Vegetable Korma for me to make it safe. The tandoori chicken, she said, was off limits.
So I had the mulligatawny soup. It had a very nice nutty flavor, and although the curry was hotter than a prefer, it was still very good. I also had the vegetable korma, which was very creamy and mild. It would have been really good with some chicken in it.... sigh.
Since there were no desserts that I could eat, Mark and Colin decided to pass on dessert and take me to Yogurtland instead. The Clay Pit still charged us the full price fix.
Lessons learned -- call ahead. I really dislike calling. I have kind of a phone phobia and it seems like I am never able to communicate as well on the phone as in person, but at the very least I would have learned that there was a restricted menu for that evening, and we could have tried it another night.
I'm done with the Clay Pit, but Caroline was enchanted with Colin's description of the Naan (the only thing he ate) and wants her Daddy to take here there. I see a $44 piece of bread in her future.
I had heard good things about the Clay Pit from my husband who goes there for business lunches. I found online reviews from patrons of the Austin location of the Clay Pit who said that many of their entrees were gluten free and that the staff had a list of safe choices.
I forgot two things. 1) Austin isn't Dallas. 2) It was Valentine's Day.
The Clay Pit in Dallas (actually in Addison on Belt Line Rd) had a price fixed menu for the evening. $44 per person including appetizer, soup or salad, entree, and dessert.
A manager did come out to speak with me and (after many trips back and forth to the kitchen) pretty much told me there were only two things on the menu I could eat. The mulligatawny soup and the Okra Vindaloo.
I really don't like okra, so after a couple more trips, she told me the kitchen could modify the Vegetable Korma for me to make it safe. The tandoori chicken, she said, was off limits.
So I had the mulligatawny soup. It had a very nice nutty flavor, and although the curry was hotter than a prefer, it was still very good. I also had the vegetable korma, which was very creamy and mild. It would have been really good with some chicken in it.... sigh.
Since there were no desserts that I could eat, Mark and Colin decided to pass on dessert and take me to Yogurtland instead. The Clay Pit still charged us the full price fix.
Lessons learned -- call ahead. I really dislike calling. I have kind of a phone phobia and it seems like I am never able to communicate as well on the phone as in person, but at the very least I would have learned that there was a restricted menu for that evening, and we could have tried it another night.
I'm done with the Clay Pit, but Caroline was enchanted with Colin's description of the Naan (the only thing he ate) and wants her Daddy to take here there. I see a $44 piece of bread in her future.
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