Eating Out Gluten Free in Portland: Gluten Free Gem Review
Even though it's been over six months since my visit to Portland, I still think about the gluten free desserts - and savory foods! - I enjoyed from Gluten Free Gem. Vegan quiche, gluten free cookies...in one word: YUM.
Gluten Free Gem is 100% gluten free restaurant - just like Petunia's Pies and Pastries and Butterfly Belly Asian Cuisine - that also offers vegan and soy free options. I also love that Gluten Free Gem is a family-run bakery, and since it's located in Portland's Lloyd District, it was within walking distance of my hotel. So within a few hours of stepping off my plane from Minneapolis, I walked to Gluten Free Gem and scored some major gluten free goodies.
Because I arrived inside a couple of minutes of the bakery closing at some stage in my first go to, there were not as many alternatives to be had. However, I nevertheless walked away with a HUGE gluten free chocolate chip cookie (it did incorporate dairy and egg, but there were vegan alternatives as well) and a vegetable vegan quiche (made with cashews!) that I saved for lunch the following day, paired with a small house salad. And permit me tell you...I turned into not dissatisfied. The cookie was crispy on the edges however chewy inside the middle, and the chocolate chunks had been large - similar to my chocoholic self likes them.
As for the quiche...This seriously blew my mind. Since I keep away from eggs and dairy in big quantities, I haven't had a "actual" quiche in many years, however this vegan and gluten unfastened model checked all the containers I remembered. Super wealthy and creamy. "Cheesy" taste. A "buttery" and crunchy crust. I planned on saving half of of the quiche for later, however ended up eating the whole lot for lunch with no regrets. Despite being quite easy, the side salad also hit the spot. It featured a mix of greens, sunflower seeds, dried cranberries, pickled onions and a garlic herb vinaigrette I ordered on the facet, and was a tasty blend of chewy and crunchy.
All of Gluten Free Gem's food changed into so desirable (and so reasonably priced, as compared to a whole lot of gluten unfastened eating places or bakeries!) that I went back the morning earlier than I left Portland. I stopped through shortly after Gluten Free Gem opened for the day, and oh my goodness. Options galore, from donuts to biscuits to big slices of cake. I ended up going with considered one of their huge cinnamon rolls.
I did love the cinnamon roll's (very generous) icing, and the cinnamon center tasted pretty dang heavenly. However, this wasn't my favorite gluten free cinnamon roll I've ever eaten.
But, typical, I become very satisfied with all of my trips to Gluten Free Gem and I would cross lower back for a vegan quiche and chocolate chip cookie - in addition to trying some of their cakes and other baked items - in a heartbeat if I were given the risk! And if you have the opportunity to go to Portland and want to hit up a few scrumptious gluten free eating places whilst you're there, Gluten Free Gem need to clearly be in your to-do listing.
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| Just some of their many baked items available shiny and early... |
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