Allergic to Nuts.... heading to Phuket

Hi there,

Hope someone can help us, one of our group is allergic to peanuts, so will not touch anything that has any sort of nut in it... can anyone tell me if the Thai people have nuts in ';everything'; or if we ask, will they not add it in, is everything cooked in Paenut oil (someone told us that). Or if anyone knows of any resturants aroun the Karon Bay area that are Nut free..... any help/advice much appreciated... thanks

Allergic to Nuts.... heading to Phuket

One of the problems is that everyone prepares Thai food differently. Southern food can have a lot of peanuts; Satay of course has peanut sauce, Musaman has peanuts in it, as do a few fish dishes. Food is not cooked in peanut oil as a matter of course, but may be cooked in other natural oils. You need to order carefully, ';Mai sai too-a'; = ';No peanuts';.

Allergic to Nuts.... heading to Phuket

The Thais tend to cook with soy bean oil more than peanut oil - from what I%26#39;ve seen when I%26#39;ve been in restaurant or friends%26#39; kitchens learning how to cook. The nuts you will most encounter will be cashews which are used stir-fried as an appetiser, in cashew dishes (another obvious one) and you will find cashews in some salads and Massaman curries.

It would be best to find out how to say you cannot have peanut oil or any nuts for when ordering food. Better still, get a Thai to write it down for you so you can show it when ordering food.

oh dear! I don%26#39;t mean to put you off but be very careful. I spent 2 wonderful years in Phuket, but I must warn you - if you have a high allergy, even the slightest contamination will be difficult to avoid.

The same oils can be used between dishes as well as using the same spatcular. A language barrier or misunderstanding could result in '; no problem madam ';

Hope someone with first hand experience with this allergy has more advice for you. Good luck

Snoopy, Here is another thread re peanut allergies, also do a search as theres lots more info on here as well from people who have been to Phuket with peanut allergies..

tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g293920-i5037-k147鈥?/a>

Cathy

I have seen examples of thai language signs that you can print off and take with you, but cannot locate - sorry.

Did find this..Food and Travel Translation cards.

http://www.selectwisely.com

hello

i hear you loud and clear... we have been to phuket over 10 times in the last 10 years and many other places around the world.. my husband has an extreme allgery to all nuts %26amp; peanuts...';deadly'; we always carry an epipen with us, but have never had an problems at all in thailand.. yet austrlia heaps... nuts %26amp; peanuts are deadly to my husband and we always eat at sweets %26amp; sabai sabai and every order we place we remind them of the allgery... thais dont cook in peanut oil... i have never come accross this... when ordering sring rolls just note that it comes with plum %26amp; also chilli sauce, the plum sauce has nuts in it.. sweets resturant always make my husband an plum dipping sauce with no nuts.. my husband is also carefull and tastes a very small amount of food and waits 2 mins for any reaction.. but never have had any prob%26#39;s, we have travelled to china, vietnam, hong kong, singapore, mayalsia, thailand %26amp; indonesia and not one problem, my husband even had chicken %26amp; cashew stir fry, without the cashew%26#39;s... yet we went on a australian cruise and he had an attack on a tuna sandwich, thank god they had an hostial on board,.... please dont stress and make your holiday unejoyable... just be carefull and maybe stick to resturants that are well known, sweets and sabai sabai are very well known with westerners for many years.. if you need and further info, please just ask

enjoy your holiday

boogs

you do need to be very aware especially if your heading to the less visited tourist places,

Perhasp some of our thai speakers on here can tell you how so no nuts etc

It depends on the allergy reaction you have, I know a couple of people who have a severe reaction to peanuts and even a trace of it in a wok is enough to casue angiodema.

There is no real answer, as our friends have been to Asia and been fine,whilst eating at Auge here in Adelaide became really sick. I guess you just have to be really careful and due to the language barrier even more so.

Not really my field so I don%26#39;t want to comment

Hi Snoopy.

I am allergic to ALL nuts and seafood products so you can imagine I was extremely concerned about being in Thailand (and I was going to be in hospitals etc too).

I found a person at work who had a Thai friend and they wrote up some script that detailed my allergies. At each restuarant and hospital I showed the script and in almost all cases they actually took it to the kitchen to show the chef - who then personally came out and directed me to the safest items on the menu.

I had two 3 week trips there last year for surgery and had utterly no problems thanks to that little piece of script. It specified foods, oils, sauces etc.

For my second trip I also had someone write up a thing about my stair and escalator phobia which results in panic attacks. That was a very helpful piece of paper too !

There are lots of helpful folk on this forum who are either Thai or married to a Thai - so I am sure someone can write something up and scan it or post it to you in time for your trip.

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