Babi dan Swikee di restoran Jakarta dan sekitarnya

Hati-hati buat yang peduli dengan makanan halal. Pork and Swikee in the Restaurant

Ditulis Oleh HalalMUI.org

Rabu, 04 Juni 2008

Deciding to take lunch as well as dinner in a restaurant, then there is a clash of interest between your will with uncertain condition of restaurant chosen, particularly on its halal status. Because, in this regard, you may find any menus with unclear status of halal, or unhealthy menus and other strange menus which are not suitable with our taste. In Jakarta and around, various restaurants offer various menus with different style. There are luxurious restaurants with their glorious interiors and specific menus, and there are also small restaurant and food stall or cafes along a street, with very simple appearance. Such conditions, of course, are related with money and our power of pocket to choose. But one thing to wary out, any decision to choose, there is always possibility that unclear status of halal menus or even unlawful or haram menus may be found anywhere. In a luxurious restaurant selling various Western as well as Chinese menus, there are possibilities that unlawful food and menus are awaiting; such as menus with pork, beef where the cow has not been slaughtered in accordance with Islamic Shari’ah, and of course, alcoholic beverages. And such conditions also happen in small as well as simple restaurants and food stall along the street; unlawful components included in their menus. In this regard, Jurnal Halal has made a simple survey in some points of Jakarta and around, to find out any information concerning the existence of such kind of restaurants, namely the restaurants offering unhalal menus. And the results show that there are many restaurants selling various unlawful menus among their conventional menus, selling them either explicitly or openly and implicitly or secretly. In this context, there is no problem if the restaurants are selling such unlawful menus contained with pork or even dog menus openly, by stating them in their list of menus; so Muslim people can avoid them consciously. But there are also many restaurant do not state such menus explicitly. Even, many of them are selling such menus using a cover, such as seafood menus or Chinese menus. So that unaware Muslim consumers can be trapped into unlawful menus. Such findings through the survey carried out by Jurnal Halal prove that there are restaurants in Jakarta and around are offering and selling unlawful menus in accordance with Islamic Shari’ah. Such as menus contained with pork, meat of dog, frog or swikee, and even meat of cow or beef, which has not been slaughtered in accordance with Islamic law. Therefore, then, Muslim consumers must aware and be careful in deciding to have lunch or dinner outside. (JH)