Gluten Free Lunch Experience at Asian Grill in Noblesville

The Asian Grill in Noblesville, Indiana has long been one of our favorite places .  Although not listed on the website, many of us know they have a gluten free menu that includes several tantalizing choices.

 

We decided to blog about our dining experiences and if you have not been there yet it’s definitely worth a visit……this is the only place in town that we know of where you can actually get gluten free orange chicken!

We decided to begin our meal with hot peppermint tea.  It was very aromatic and had the just the right peppermint taste to not over power any of the flavors of the appetizers, soups and entrees.

From the appetizer menu we sampled:

Satay Chicken

With this you get two skewers of chicken breast. The chicken is tender and slightly sweet, has a hint of curry flavor, but not overpowering.

Summer Rolls

I always get these summer rolls when I go to the Asian Grill. They are served with a peanut dipping sauce. Light and fresh and wrapped in rice wrappers they are filled with basil, julienned carrots, asian sprouts, rice noodles and shrimp.

I admit, I am a soup girl. I just love a good bowl of soup. Here are a couple selections from the gluten free soup section of their menu:

Mushroom Soup

This is one of my favorite items on their menu. Their mushroom soup is creamy without being too heavy. The mushrooms give it an almost meaty texture.  It’s light and fresh, slightly lemony.  I could eat this all day every day!

Vietnamese Beef Soup

This soup is made with a beef broth. The slices of beef are thin and tender. We  loved the rice noodles that come in the soup.

 

We tried 3 selections from their entrees:

Black Pepper Chicken

This dish was surprisingly good. Lightly breaded chicken in a crispy seasoned coating. The Black Pepper chicken will remind you of fried chicken, only slightly peppery and not too spicy.

Basil Beef

This dish was good too….but of course, I like spicy. The beef is tender, well seasoned and is coated in a light crispy coating. The basil taste is not overpowering, but if spicy is not your thing you might not like this dish. Comes with bell peppers, carrots and onions.

Orange Chicken  

Love the orange chicken! This dish is sweet and the chicken is crispy coated. This dish will remind you of the traditional sweet and sour chicken. If you are on the gluten free diet and have been craving orange chicken you won’t be disappointed!

From their noodle entrees we tried:

Asian Grill Pad Thai

 

We had our pad thai with shrimp. Served with a bounty of rice noodles and tossed in a savory peanut type sauce that is slightly sweet. Chopped peanuts, tofu, eggs, sprouts and carrots are intermingled on the dish.

Located at: 74 N. 9^th Street

                     Noblesville, In.46060

Phone number: (317) 773-9990

The Asian Grill is now open on Sunday. Their hours are Mon-Thur, 11 am-2pm and re-opens from 5-9pm

Fri  11am-2pm, 5pm-10pm, Sat 12pm-2pm, 5pm-10pm, Sun 12pm-3pm, 5pm-9pm

 

 

Gluten Free Doesn't Have to be Boring!

  Just because it's a Jungle out there in Gluten Free Land doesn't mean you can't enjoy it!

This amazing (and delicious) cake was made for our son's Blue and Gold Banquet by Shelia Cafferty of Gluten Free Living Now.  The theme for the banquet was a Jungle theme and hence all the animals on the cake.  The cake was intricate in all it's glory right down the signage of Pack 114 made with a Glutino pretzel and sugar paste.  The adults and kids alike were dazzled and impressed with this cake.  Everything on the cake was edible so there are NO plastic anmial replicas used here. 

The bottom layer of cake was made with Bob's Red Mill Vanilla Cake Mix and the frosting was cool whip, powdered sugar and caramel.  It had a wondeful taste and texture.  The frosting was just the right compliment to the cake.  The second and third layers were chocolate made from King Arthur's Gluten Free Chocolate Cake Mix.  We had people asking for seconds who weren't normally chocolate fans.  The chocolate cake was amazingly moist with a lighter chocolate taste.  The frosting was a vanilla creme that was the perfect accent to the cake.  The top layer of cake was once again King Arthur's Chocolate with chocolate icing.

The animals were made from sugar paste so totally edible.  The kids didn't want to eat the animals, they wanted to keep them forever.  It was fun to watch how excited the kids were over getting to keep a giraffe or a lion or monkey. 

Look at these great animals! Lions, Monkeys and a Giraffe Oh My!

I had no idea you could make a Lion's Mane using a Garlic Press. 

   

   

 

It was great that nobody could tell the difference from the old gluten filled cake.  There was even a newly diagnosed Celiac child there that was having trouble finding good gluten free foods and she was so excited that she could actually have a good birthday cake for her birthday this coming weekend. 

I know most of us can't make these types of creations but we can certainly use the cake mixes from Bob's Red Mill and King Arthur to make cakes taste like they used to before we all became gluten free.