Hey all, I'm in Japan right now and watched a celiac friend struggle to communicate gluten restrictions to restaurants. Soy sauce contains wheat, tempura is breaded, and even "vegetable broth" usually has dashi (which is fine for gluten but worth knowing).
The existing solutions are mostly paid apps or low-quality printable PDFs.
So I built https://tabemasen.io pick your restrictions, get a Japanese card to show your waiter. The card calls out specifically that soy sauce contains wheat and asks for tamari/GF soy sauce instead. Free, no signup, works on mobile.
It's a v1, would love feedback from this community especially. If something in the Japanese phrasing reads off to a native speaker, please tell me.
u/Bob_QC — 15 days ago