During a recent trip in South India, Allah was kind (as always) & I
was afforded the luxury of staying at a five star. Although I did not
originally intend to share my feedback with the hotel, recent
discussions on HFG's FB page make me feel that it may add some value to
the myth some Muslims have that Five Stars serve Halal Food!!
There isn't anything more absurd than that! While Indian five stars have separate kitchens for vegetarian & non-vegetarian food.. they have NO separate kitchen for Halal & Haraam foods..
When contacted for feedback, I wrote back that I was unhappy about the unavailability of Halal Food at their hotel. Here is my subsequent conversation with their GM.
There isn't anything more absurd than that! While Indian five stars have separate kitchens for vegetarian & non-vegetarian food.. they have NO separate kitchen for Halal & Haraam foods..
When contacted for feedback, I wrote back that I was unhappy about the unavailability of Halal Food at their hotel. Here is my subsequent conversation with their GM.
(All names have been disguised so as to not adversely impact the hotel's reputation or brand)
On 07-Mar-2013, at 7:57 PM, " R " <gm@XYZcom> wrote:
Dear F,
Namaskaram!
Thank you for choosing XYZ for your
stay. We have taken a note of your dietary preferences. Post your discussion
with Chef S, I would like to assure you that all mutton that we get in the
hotel is indeed halaal. However, being a 5 star hotel, we have to cater to
varied tastes including that of our expat guests.
Having said that I would like to assure
you that we will take care of your preferences as far as possible during your
next visit.
I look forward to welcome you again soon
to XYZ, SI city.
Warm Regards
R
General Manager
Brand Name
From: F
Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 8:47 PM
To: GM
Cc: Chef
Subject: XYZ - eSurvey Feedback
To: GM
Cc: Chef
Subject: XYZ - eSurvey Feedback
Thanks R,
your hospitality has been exceptional.
Full points
on that front.
As far as
Halal Food is concerned, I did indeed have a good discussion with the chef.
While the
mutton maybe Halal, the chances of contamination in a common kitchen (that also
serves pork) are high.
Increasingly,
as we go forward you will see a demand for Strictly Halal foods in the Indian
setting. Look forward to seeing a pioneer such as XYZ & Mr. ABC in particular taking the lead
in setting up Halal-friendly kitchens.
Sent from my iPhone
Sent from my iPhone
On 08-Mar-2013, at 9:23 AM, R <gm@xyz.com>
wrote:
Dear F,
Thanks a lot for your inputs. I will
take this up with my corporate team as well.
Hope to see you back in SI city soon.
R
General Manager
Its really good thinking as about Halal Food Guide .... I will like to more explore Like Best Restaurant Offers in Delhi.
ReplyDeleteI believe halal tortures animals and is a imposition of a food habit that I dislike at the expense of torturing animals before their death. Shame on whoever does not see that
ReplyDeleteThe ‘slaughtering’ is done by cutting the throat, windpipe and the blood vessels in the neck causing the animal’s Death without cutting the spinal cord.
ReplyDeleteBlood has to be drained completely before the head is removed. The purpose is to drain out most of the blood. The spinal cord must not be cut because the nerve fibres to the heart could be damaged during the process causing cardiac arrest, stagnating the blood in the blood vessels.
Animal does not feel Pain
The swift cutting of vessels of the neck Disconnects the flow of blood to the nerve of the brain responsible for pain. Thus the animal does not feel pain. While dying, the animal struggles, writhes, shakes and kicks, not due to pain, but due to the contraction and relaxation of the muscles deficient in blood and due to the flow of blood which comes out of the body.