Mrs H does Gluten Free!: June 2014

Having recently visited The Lizard peninsula in Cornwall, I'd like to share a list of gluten free places I visited or heard of.

VISITED

Coverack

Harbour Lights, TR12 6TE

http://www.coverackharbourlights.co.uk/Site/Welcome.html

A nice restaurant / café overlooking the small beach at Coverack. We went here for a lunchtime drink but apparently if you notify them ahead of your visit, they can do a gluten free meal.

Marazion

The Fire Engine Inn, TR17 0BB

01736 710562

http://chapelrockdesign.com/

This is a pub overlooking St Michael's Mount. They have their own (small) car park and are accredited by Coeliac UK.

The landlord's wife is coeliac and they have a menu marked with suitable items (at least half of the items were gluten free), ranging from local fish with new potatoes, steak and chips, cottage pie. They are very aware of cross contamination and the chips are fried separately to gluten containing items.

We dined here one evening. I had steak and chips, which came with grilled tomatoes, mushrooms, peas and salad. It was a large serving and I was unable to finish it!

Lunch is 12 – 3 (open until 4pm on Saturdays)

Dinner is 5 – 10pm Tuesday to Saturday

Penzance

Fat Fish Café, Wharf Road, TR18 2JY

01736 369080

http://www.fatfishcafe.co.uk/

Eating fish and chips near the sea, with St Michael's Mount in the distance!

This café and take-away do gluten free fish and chips any day of the week. They fry the gluten free fish in with the chips, which is a separate fryer to other foods.

It has to be said that these were the worst gluten free chips I had ever tasted but I am including it for the fact that you can eat fish and chips near the beach! We drove 10 minutes down the road and ate ours in the car, overlooking the sea with St Michael's Mount in the distance!

St Ives

Pizza Express, TR26 1HE

http://www.pizzaexpress.com/our-food/our-restaurant-menu/glutenfree/?rid=368

Get a table overlooking the harbour and it feels quite continental. The chain does Gluten Free, but I always mentioned when ordering that I am Coeliac and to ensure the chef uses separate utensils.

Madeleines Tea Room

http://www.teashop-stives.co.uk/

What a find! Having stuffed my face in Pizza Express, I still stopped by this cute tea room to grab some items to take away!

They had gluten free Cornish Pasties and many cakes (all make with Doves flour by a local supplier). I bought a pasty, slice of the carrot cake and some chocolate cake.

West Beach Bakery, TR26 1JZ – DO NOT VISIT!

http://www.westbeachbakery.com/

This is right on the beach and their website boasts that as they are an in store bakery they have gluten free bread and cakes..... HOWEVER, the day I visited, I was greeted with a bemused member of staff and chef who informed me that they didn't have ANY gluten free food that day!

Porthmeor Beach Café, TR26 1JZ

http://www.porthmeor-beach.co.uk/cafe/

We went here after a disappointing visit to the West Beach Bakery further along the beach. They have a nice outdoor seating area overlooking the beach and have a choice of different gluten free tapas to choose from.

The Tea Rooms
http://www.thetearoom-stives.co.uk/
I passed this on the way back to the car, but didn't visit, however, they advertised gluten free options.