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soy allergy - Chiller - 2012-05-25
Hi, I'm thinking of going to Japan soon and a possible travelling companion (who speaks no Japanese) has a soy allergy. I am wondering whether anyone has any tips for managing this? We would spend some of the time staying with a friend who lives in Osaka and who has a kitchen (ie we can cook plain food) and I can make some cards for him with the necessary warning. Is it possible to avoid soy in Japan? My language exchange buddy who I spoke to today had not heard of soy allergy.
Thanks, I know this is not a language question but a google search with 大豆 アレルギー
was not that helpful.
soy allergy - kitakitsune - 2012-05-25
This looks like it might be helpful
http://www1.kcn.ne.jp/~shimizu/arerugi/daizu.htm
soy allergy - Tzadeck - 2012-05-25
A friend of mine from America lives in Japan and has a soy allergy... kinda sucks.
I could ask her if she has any tips. But I'm pretty busy so I won't see her until June 2nd.
soy allergy - Chiller - 2012-05-25
thanks Kitakitsune, I had seen that site- now I think of it we could print that out and carry it around.
@Tzadeck, that would be helpful. Even if he doesn't come this time, at some stage he will need to visit Japan on business.
soy allergy - partner55083777 - 2012-05-25
I had a soy allergy the first time I went to Japan. If I ate soy I would get the runs, a headache, and fall asleep. I wouldn't die or anything, but it was still really annoying.
There's not much you can do except stay away from food with soy. Here are some foods I recommend eating:
- Sushi without soy sauce
- Tonkotsu or Shio ramen (とんこつ・塩ラーメン)
- italian dishes
- Some おにぎり from コンビニ. You'll have to look on the label to make sure there is no soy sauce in it.
- Maybe Indian curry?
- 大福 (usually made with 餅 and あんこ. I think あんこ is also a legume, so if your friend has problems with other legumes than maybe they should also stay away from あんこ.)
- 焼き鳥 as long as your order the 塩 version and not the タレ version
Here are some foods I recommend to stay away from:
- Chinese food
- Udon and Soba
- Anything with a dark sauce (because it usually has soy sauce in it)
- Most processed foods (but this holds true in America as well)
- Most どんぶり
- soups in general are pretty dangerous
If I think of more I'll update my list.
soy allergy - yudantaiteki - 2012-05-25
Of course one important question is how serious the soy allergy is -- is he fine if he just avoids eating soy products or does he have to avoid things that were manufactured in places with soy, or on machines that may have encountered soy before?
soy allergy - partner55083777 - 2012-05-25
yudantaiteki Wrote:Of course one important question is how serious the soy allergy is -- is he fine if he just avoids eating soy products or does he have to avoid things that were manufactured in places with soy, or on machines that may have encountered soy before?That's true. But if the allergy is really severe, then my advice doesn't apply. It's too dangerous to eat out at all.
soy allergy - vix86 - 2012-05-25
partner55083777 Wrote:- Tonkotsu or Shio ramen (とんこつ・塩ラーメン)I could be wrong but don't you mean Shouyu (soy sauce) ramen? Shio is salt. Of course I never check what goes into stuff, I just eat it lol.
soy allergy - Chiller - 2012-05-25
As I understand it, anything to do with soy. I am wondering whether restaurant meals will be out completely. He is used to dealing with this but not usually in countries where soy is so ubiquitous.
soy allergy - atreya - 2012-05-25
Indian Curry does not have Soy Sauce in them. Unless the Japanese are adding them to make Indian Curry suit the Japanese Tongue.