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Allergy and diet card in Chinese

Tick what you can't eat: you get a card in Chinese to show the waiter or cook, naming the hidden ingredients Chinese kitchens use (peanut oil, lard, oyster sauce, meat broth). It is saved on this device and appears in My trip for offline use.

More on eating with restrictions: Dietary needs. The Chinese is being checked by a native speaker.

Allergies I am allergic to peanuts, including peanut oil and peanut sauce. I am allergic to tree nuts (walnuts, cashews, almonds and others). I am allergic to sesame, including sesame oil and sesame paste. I am allergic to shellfish: shrimp, crab, clams, oysters, including oyster sauce and dried shrimp. I am allergic to fish, including fish sauce and fish broth. I am allergic to eggs. I am allergic to soy: soy sauce, tofu, soybean paste. I cannot have milk or dairy products.

Diets I cannot eat wheat (gluten): no noodles, dumpling wrappers, buns or regular soy sauce. I am vegetarian: no meat, poultry or fish, and no meat broth or lard. I am vegan: no meat, fish, eggs or dairy, and no meat broth, lard or oyster sauce. I eat halal food only: no pork and no lard. Is there a halal (qingzhen) restaurant nearby? I don't eat pork, including lard and pork broth. I don't eat beef. No chili or Sichuan pepper, please. No MSG (monosodium glutamate), please.

Anything else It is a serious allergy (adds a line saying even traces make you ill)

A card helps, but it can't make a kitchen safe: with a severe allergy, carry your medicine (an epinephrine pen if you use one) and know the emergency number, 120. See Emergency help.

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