Gluten Free, R U?: Gluten Free in Iceland

Sunday, March 17, 2019

Gluten Free in Iceland - Restaurant Reykjavík

Our first dinner with the tour group was at Restaurant Reykjavík.

This place is on the Find Me Gluten Free app, so I was very excited.

It is a buffet of many of the Icelandic foods. I should have asked for someone to take me around but I decided to use my intuition and go on my own. It all worked out as I did not get ill at all and I loved everything I tried.

There were so many options (well except for dessert) and I definitely did not go hungry at all.

Fresh carved turkey, potatoes, veggies, dried cod, fish stew, salmon and I went for seconds on all of it. There was even more than this offered and that was gluten free but I am a pretty picky eater - I didn’t try the whale. I think the fish stew was my favorite, of course it had lots of cheese so you really can’t go wrong.

Easily recommend this place and highly suggest asking for a chef to take you around the buffet.

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My gluten free history

When I turned 30 years old, I started to gain weight that I couldn't lose and I was getting back to back colds. The final straw was I got bronchitis and I had to take an antibiotic to help me get better. The side effect for 4% of people on this antibiotic was gastrointestinal issues. Yes, I was part of that 4%. The medicine basically stripped away whatever had been protecting me through my first 30 years of life. You see I have always had gastrointestinal issues since I can remember. My father also had the same issues and my paternal grandmother too. I was so sick from the medicine (or so I thought) that I had to go back to the doctor and do a series of tests. During this time I was following the BRAT diet (Banana, rice, a, toast). Saltines and toast were my go to comfort, little did I know they were NOT what I should be eating. My co-worker gave me an article about food allergies and there was a quiz. You only needed to answer 4 of the 8 questions with yes to fall under their designation and I had answered 6 of the 8 with yes. I was on my way. My husband and I cleaned out all our cabinets of the 7 allergens… all that was left was rice. After a few weeks, I was feeling somewhat better when I stayed at a home where they told me to eat whatever was in the fridge. I saw the rice and started eating. Within a hour I was violently ill. I couldn't understand. I took the rice with me to work the next day and when I told my other co-worker about my issue she asked to see the rice. It was orzo… pasta… gluten/wheat filled pasta! I had my first allergen to check off the list as being an issue. It turned out at the time dairy and eggs were also triggers but I have since been able to add them back. My husband and I went on a full gluten free diet and within a few months I had lost my weight, stopped living in my bathroom, looked healthy and was not terrified to eat things any more. Now it has been 15 years and while I have gained some weight back (darn those yummy gluten free cookies and pretzels) my issues are still in check and I couldn't be happier to figure out what was wrong with my body and be able to fix it.