Diabetic-Friendly Yummy Restaurant for Celebration Tonight?

Question

My future brother-in-law is diabetic. He just got some fantastic news and we want to celebrate by taking him out to a nice restaurant tonight. Any suggestions for some place nice and not too frou frou where you don't need a reservation? W. LA/BH/Culver City/WeHo/Beaches? Thank you!!

Answer

the Lobster would have a number of things that he could eat, but it is somewhat pricey. how about irori, a sushi bar, at which he could order sashimi?

Answer

Because it's more prevalent, I'm going to guess he's a type 2 and is following the same high-protein/low-carb dietary advice that my endocrinologist gave me. Not sure how a type 1's eating patterns may differ. For normal-weight T2s, fat isn't an issue, according to my endo. T2's have to avoid all sugars, meaning both sweeteners and starchy foods that rapidly turn to glucose once ingested. This means no bread, pasta, or rice in addition to no sweet stuff. I've found that I can eat just about anywhere as long as I make my needs known to the server. Often, the chef will come out and speak with me directly. I tend to call in advance to find out if accommodating my dietary preferences is a problem. I've found that higher-end places are actually more difficult - I've run into my share of chefs who think the only way to eat their food is the way they make it, no substitutions, health be damned. It's the mid-range places that I have the best luck at. The center of a T2's meal should be protein, and the sides should be salad or other veggies. As long as the restaurant doesn't have issues with substitutions, it's usually pretty easy to find a grilled chicken or seafood entree, and just sub double veggies for the usual potato or rice side. I hope that helps - I'm on the wrong side of town to recommend specific restaurants, but I hope that now that you have more info about the diet, you may be able to think of a place.

Follow us:

Topics

Locations

Your post has been published!

Diabetic-Friendly Yummy Restaurant for Celebration Tonight?

New to Chowhound?

Recommended from Chowhound

Keep Reading

Reservations? Rome/Florence/Lucca

6 days in Paris - Any help appreciated :)

Reservations for French Laundry

Nassau County

How do you justify $300 for sushi?

How Food May Help to Reduce Diabetes Symptoms

Basic Steamed White Rice

Basic Boneless Roasted Leg of Lamb

Chiles Rellenos

Spicy Oven-Roasted Chickpeas

Trending Discussions

L.A. Area Restaurants for Thanksgiving?

Hot Pot NYC Thoughts...

November 2018 Cookbook of the Month NOMINATIONS

Table Talk with Samin Nosrat of Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat

Table Talk with Dorie Greenspan of Everyday Dorie

CBS Interactive

Chowhound

Topics

Cities

Editorial