New Dine on Demand - J class
Nov 7, 2017, 8:52 am
#16
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Yes, the chickens I prefer are slaughtered non-halal (and the ham, pork and bacon). The operative terms are preference, opinion and taste - little to do with fact. No comment on whether Emirates could offer a halal and non-halal option on the menu? Most of the flights I'm on, to and fro Scotland and to and fro Australia, the halal eaters are in the vast minority but that's obviously not true for most of their flights.
To be clear, halal has nothing to do with spices or different salt or anything... Though it seems the bacon is what's really bothering you...
Here's a good concise explanation:
What is halal meat? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27324224
EK would have to have separate slaughterhouses for non-halal, and probably can't easily or affordably acquire large quantities of fresh halal meal in the UAE (I'd expect non-halal slaughter to be forbidden in the UAE)
Last edited by skywardhunter; Nov 7, 2017 at 9:02 am
Nov 7, 2017, 10:13 am
#17
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Yes, the chickens I prefer are slaughtered non-halal (and the ham, pork and bacon). The operative terms are preference, opinion and taste - little to do with fact. No comment on whether Emirates could offer a halal and non-halal option on the menu? Most of the flights I'm on, to and fro Scotland and to and fro Australia, the halal eaters are in the vast minority but that's obviously not true for most of their flights.
Nov 7, 2017, 1:12 pm
#18
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Also just realised that Caiarossa is not in J next week anymore. A pity, I thought it worked really well with all the halal food on the menu.
Nov 8, 2017, 11:03 pm
#20
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Just landed from LHR - EK now started serving (halal pork) Bacon Rolls for brekkie. 
I fondly remember being woken on landing on a JFK flight to LHR on the upper deck of a BA 747 with a warm bacon roll..
A big step forward from EK.
Hoping for Lancashire Hotpot made with Halal pork sausages on my next DXB-MAN flight.
I fondly remember being woken on landing on a JFK flight to LHR on the upper deck of a BA 747 with a warm bacon roll..
A big step forward from EK.
Hoping for Lancashire Hotpot made with Halal pork sausages on my next DXB-MAN flight.
Nov 8, 2017, 11:25 pm
#21
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Just landed from LHR - EK now started serving (halal pork) Bacon Rolls for brekkie.
I fondly remember being woken on landing on a JFK flight to LHR on the upper deck of a BA 747 with a warm bacon roll..
A big step forward from EK.
Hoping for Lancashire Hotpot made with Halal pork sausages on my next DXB-MAN flight.
I fondly remember being woken on landing on a JFK flight to LHR on the upper deck of a BA 747 with a warm bacon roll..
A big step forward from EK.
Hoping for Lancashire Hotpot made with Halal pork sausages on my next DXB-MAN flight.
Nov 9, 2017, 1:22 am
#24
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Nov 9, 2017, 1:24 am
#26
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Pork and bacon would definitely be available at some high-end hotels in the UAE, but sourcing bulk quantities on a daily basis for EK catering might not be so easy, especially as the slaughter and processing would likely have to occur outside the UAE and the meat flown in every day or two. Plus the need for separate facilities in DXB to cook and process the products for the flights and presumably have a separate catering cart for it as well.
Nov 9, 2017, 1:50 am
#27
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but why would one call it pork, I'm sure some would take offense.
Pork and bacon would definitely be available at some high-end hotels in the UAE, but sourcing bulk quantities on a daily basis for EK catering might not be so easy, especially as the slaughter and processing would likely have to occur outside the UAE and the meat flown in every day or two. Plus the need for separate facilities in DXB to cook and process the products for the flights and presumably have a separate catering cart for it as well.
Pork and bacon would definitely be available at some high-end hotels in the UAE, but sourcing bulk quantities on a daily basis for EK catering might not be so easy, especially as the slaughter and processing would likely have to occur outside the UAE and the meat flown in every day or two. Plus the need for separate facilities in DXB to cook and process the products for the flights and presumably have a separate catering cart for it as well.
And they couldn't print "All meals served are halal" anymore.
