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Best Buckwheat Galette Complète in San Francisco

“Buckwheat is not wheat. This is the original Breton creation — older than the wheat crêpe — and it happens to be naturally gluten-free.”

Buckwheat Galette Complète

What the real thing tastes like

Despite the name, buckwheat is not a wheat relative and contains no gluten. The galette — a savoury buckwheat crêpe filled with ham, egg, and cheese — predates the sweet wheat-flour crêpe in Brittany's culinary history; it was the region's everyday bread substitute long before wheat flour became common there.

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People avoiding gluten are often surprised to learn this isn't a modified recipe at all — it's the original regional dish, unrelated to the wheat crêpes served alongside it on the same menus. The slightly nutty, earthy flavour of buckwheat is called out as distinct from and, to many reviewers, preferable to a plain wheat crêpe.

Order it here when it has

  • authentic not a substitute
  • nutty earthy flavour
  • naturally gluten-free

Walk away when you see

  • can be dense if overcooked
  • less familiar to some
  • fillings still need checking for gluten

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