Create Food-Allergy cards for restaurants

For those who visit the restaurants here on Madeira it can be one of the great pleasures. Also interacting with locals …. it is a pleasant way to gain an understanding of a culture …. sharing the local cuisine. Ordering food can be easy …. even if you do not know the language … you can always point to an item on the menu. However …. if you order something when you or your relatives / kids have food allergies or restrictions …. that can be a problem.

Madeira visitors that suffers of a food-allergy …. there is a new tool at their disposal … namely AllergyCards.com It lets you create printable cards detailing the nature of your allergy and emergency contact info.

The idea here is to hand one of these cards when dining out … asking the waiter / waitress to pass it along to the chef(s). Creating is easy … just type in your name and a description of the allergy to see a real-time preview. Add the emergency contact’s info, … choose the number of cards you want to print.

The site also includes about a dozen ready-to-print cards for common allergies like peanuts and seafood. Unfortunately they do not have a Portuguese version …. but I contacted the maker of AllergyCards.com with the request for a Portuguese version.

In the meantime an English card can be worthwhile for anyone living with allergies and can enjoy of the Madeira cuisine … without any fear.