Celiac safety profile

Asian Box

Restaurant · Asian Fusion Restaurant · Asian Restaurant · Gluten Free Restaurant

1401 Burlingame Ave, Burlingame, CA 94010

🍽️ What you can eat here

Pulled from Gluto's celiac safety report for this location.

✅ Reported safe options

  • The Workout (Six-Spice Chicken, Brown Rice, Extra Pickled Veggies, Bean Sprouts, Steamed Broccoli, Tamarind Sauce)
  • The Miss Jones (Lemongrass Pork, Chilled Noodles, Pickled Veggies, Caramel Egg, Steamed Broccoli, Extra Fish Sauce)
  • Chicken Curry (Six-Spice Chicken, Yellow Coconut Curry Sauce, Jasmine Rice, Potatoes, Carrots, Herbs, Peanuts)
  • Chicken & Veggie Green Curry (Six-Spice Chicken, Green Curry, Potatoes, Broccoli, Rice, Veggies, Peanuts)
  • The Chef Gracie’s Grandma’s Pho (Bone broth, chicken, rice noodles, traditional accompaniments)
  • Banh Mi (Lemongrass Pork, GF baguette, Crispy Shallot Mayo, Pickled Veggies, Herbs)

⚠️ Risks & cross-contamination

  • The collection contains strong signals of a dedicated GF kitchen across Asian Box locations, including statements about no wheat-containing ingredients and no dedicated cross-contact risk in many customer stories. However, there are scattered past anecdotes from other locations discussing potential cross-contact in sauces or ingredients (e.g., a rare report of gluten-related issues tied to a sauce in a different city). The restaurant’s own GF-focused messaging and menu structure mitigate these concerns for this Burlingame location, but as with any GF dining, a single ingredient nuance (e.g., a specific sauce) could theoretically pose a risk if not handled with the same rigor.
  • One cautionary review from a different location notes a gluten-containing ingredient in a sauce, underscoring the importance of confirming exact ingredients on a given visit. In this specific case, the business’s GF commitments and the menu’s stated practices (sauces on the side, no wok/fryer) reduce this risk substantially for the Burlingame location.

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