Casa Romana was always a firm favourite of mine before becoming gluten free. After that, I ruled out visiting any Italian restaurant ever again. That was difficult for a pizza and pasta lover.
So, when it was decided at work that I would have a “leaving, but not leaving” night out, I found out that Casa Romana offered extensive gluten free options. It was settled, we’d have a meal there first before heading up town.
Arriving on a Friday night and shown up to the dining room upstairs, we were asked if anyone would like garlic breads for sharing. I used to jump at the chance of garlic bread when I ate gluten, who cares if your breath stinks afterwards! I asked if they had a gluten free option available, already telling myself that they wouldn’t have anything similar. I was wrong. I was offered pesto & cheese gluten free focaccia, result! I accepted the offer and when it arrived in front of me I was certainly not disappointed. The texture of the focaccia was excellent and not like other gluten free breads, it was like I was eating normal focaccia like everyone else.
For my main I had pre-ordered chicken and chorizo risotto. This was an absolute plateful of flavour and I couldn’t finish it all. They have lots of mains available and can adapt pasta dishes with gluten free pasta and offer a gluten free pizza base too.
A few of our group had desserts, but I decided not to (eating is cheating after all…) however, I was really surprised at the amount of gluten free dessert options they had available: sticky toffee pudding, hot chocolate sundae, Eton mess, to name but a few!
Sorry, I have no photos of the food as I was enjoying the night too much to think about it. I will definitely be back to Casa Romana very soon!
A photo from later on of my “leaving, but not leaving” night out.
The Dairy Free Cow in the Gluten Free Field 