2011-10-11, 01:00 | Link #44 |
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
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People/Muslims in SE Asia should be careful about fast food chains they're familiar with when elsewhere in the world. Fast food chains use whatever is "acceptable and legal" in different regions. In the US - it can be rather surprising what is "okay" in fast food (hamburger patties with wood as a major ingredient, animal fat in french fries, etc)
KFC (in the US) ... whatever their "original recipe" is now, it doesn't much resemble the "original recipe" I remember from 30 years ago, by the way.
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2011-10-11, 01:05 | Link #45 |
ゴリゴリ!
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
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Or y'know, you could just have authentic Japanese food.
I don't know about everyone else, but I sure as hell am not wasting meals at fast food joints if I go travelling.
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2011-10-11, 01:47 | Link #48 |
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@Jeffry2009:
You can find some info on Halal foods in Japan here (in Indonesian): http://pmij.us/halal-haram.html |
2011-10-11, 04:20 | Link #49 |
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Dublin, Ireland
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I could only imagine eating Halal in Japan is hard. In particular you probably won't be able to get "certified" Halal food. Not a big Muslim population there.
Which probably means you can't get Kebab either... |
2011-10-11, 05:38 | Link #50 | |
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In Singapore, it is certified by MUIS. I am not sure about it elsewhere....even much less outside of SEA where Islam is unheard of (or even marginalised and despised thanks to Bush's crusade gone wrong).
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2011-10-11, 06:10 | Link #52 |
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Be careful when eating in Japan, cause there is no organization supervising the terms halal. And in Japan, pork is one of the main ingridient for dish (even in the sauce or soup)
So to muslim, better check the information regarding halal restaurant there. And what irritates me is... This news comes out one day after i bought my ticket to Japan... ARRRRRGHHHHH !!!!! |
2011-10-11, 07:19 | Link #53 |
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Join Date: Mar 2008
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You should be safe sticking with a rice, fish and vegetable diet I think.
Plus there should be less hidden pork products all around (most of their gelatin stuff is generally konnyaku or agar-agar based). Now for any kind of Halal certified meat, you'll have a hard time finding any, altough I wouldn't dismiss some Halal restaurant or groceries existing in Tokyo.
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2011-10-11, 08:34 | Link #55 | |
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2011-10-12, 00:47 | Link #58 |
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There is a catch, of course, though it's not a really drastic one. You have to publicize your trip on a blog or social network site.
That's not too bad, but do you have to make a certain number of posts a day? What if you go out for a drunken round of karaoke one night and miss a night? Also, what if there's no net cafe near your hotel? Yes, I know they're almost ubiquitious in Japan, but what about a classic ryokan? And if you bring your laptop, I don't think you'll have wireless Internet at the more traditional places. |
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2011-10-12, 07:05 | Link #60 | |
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