Thailand Halal Food Everywhere....

* * * * * * * * * BANG SAN THAI CUISINE is 100% Halal food. We are the original Thai Halal restaurant in the Bay Area! Our soy sauce, fish sauce, and other cooking sauces are made in Thailand and they are certified Halal! Contrary to popular misconceptions Coconut Milk and Coconut Oil are 'healthy' fats. READ BELOW! (SOME FACTS AND INFORMATION ON COCONUT MILK AND COCONUT OIL...) Our food is traditionally cooked Thai food. The difference is the meats Halal certified meat meets strict health requirements. The meat is raised in a humane environment, and does not contain any chemicals (steroids, hormones, etc). It is slaughtered by hand, and contains less adrenals than machine slaughtered meat. There is also a health inspector present at the time of slaughter to ensure no sick animals are passed through. The animals have not been fed any meat or meat by-products (cause of many meat orientated diseases). YOU CAN TASTE THE DIFFERENCE! We hand select all our produce at various markets to ensure our food is the freshest possible. and use only the finest ingredients we can find. YOU CAN TASTE THE DIFFERENCE! Ameena (Pin) Khan, owner and chef, has had 16 years experience cooking in the Bay Area since coming from Thailand. She prepares all sauces personally from only the freshest of ingredients. Vegetarians: Bang San is proud to also present a 100% vegan vegetarian menu (at our O'Farrell location). We do not use fish sauce, oyster sauce, etc in our vegetarian dishes. We can substitute most of our meat dishes with imitation beef, chicken, or fish.

YourSingapore.com - Rojak

YourSingapore.com - Rojak

One rojak variation is adapted from Malay and Chinese cuisines, which is a veritable toss of beansprouts, greens, tau pok (or deep-fried soybean cake), yu tiao (a crispy long strip of fried flour) pineapple, cucumber, and a generous sprinkle of finely chopped roasted peanuts well-tossed (which gives it ample texture and a lovely crunchy bite) with a spicy fermented prawn paste sauce.

The other is the Indian version, which is also tossed in peanut sauce, although this version has an added red flavouring and colour for that tinge of spiciness. The Indian rojak can be personalised to one’s specific tastebuds as most stall vendors allow their patrons to choose the ingredients that they want – which includes baked potatoes, steamed fishcakes, prawn fritters, octopus, a mix of fried greens and many more.

Yet again, this is a popular dish in Singapore, so finding a rojak stall near you won’t be too much of a hassle. While the best rojak stalls are found outside the city (like in neighbourhoods like Bukit Merah and Katong) there are still reasonably good places within the CBD or in the Orchard Road area where you can find them. The Food Republic food courts in Wisma Atria and 313@Somerset are easy enough to find; but also do check out Straits Kitchen at the Hyatt Regency hotel along Scotts Road for a sampling of this true-blue Singapore dish in a stylish, sleek setting.

Singapore's Sensous Signature

There are two versions of this classic; the Malay (original) version has a straightforward offering of ikan bilis (fried anchovies) and nuts, fried fish, cucumber and sometimes an egg; whereas the Chinese version, like Chong Pang Nasi Lemak and the Changi Village Nasi Lemak (take the Bus No.2 to the Changi Village market to sample this unforgettable version) have a whole bunch of things like deep fried drumstick, chicken franks, fish cake, curried vegetables and luncheon meat (Asian Spam) in it.
Like the chicken rice, the accompanying chilli condiment can make all the difference; sometimes the chilli and plain lemak rice is enough for a satisfying meal.
Nasi lemak is always enjoyable whether at breakfast or any other time of day, and some stalls still retain the tradition of wrapping the rice in a banana leaf to enhance its flavour. It is commonly found at food centres in Singapore, with the more famous nasi lemak stalls being the ones at the Adam Road Food Centre.

The most famous laksa lemak recipe can be found in an area in Singapore called Katong, where the noodles are cut up such that that they can be slurped directly from a soup spoon, without the need for chopsticks. Princess Terrace Café also boasts a mean laksa that packs a punch, so while you’re in Singapore, don’t forget make a visit to sample this ever-popular dish.

Thailand: Halal Food Options

Thailand is popular with visitors from nearby Muslim countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia as well as countries from the Middle East. Although Thailand is a predominantly Buddhist country there is a significant Muslim population particularly in the southern region and places such as Krabi and Phuket.

Even in Bangkok you will find halal food and Muslim restaurants along Silom Road and a wider selection on Sukhumvit Soi 3 (also known as Nana Nua). In shopping malls such as MBK you will find food courts that will have a halal vendor, usually they would be Indian restaurants and its worthwhile asking as not all places will have a halal certificate. This does mean you are reliant on verbal assurances.

Some of the KFC branches in Bangkok claim to be halal. Even near the prestige hotels such as the Shangri La, you will find a halal restaurant such as Little India which is near the small mosque in the vicinity of the hotel.

In Krabi and Phuket halal food is plentiful. In Phuket itself you will have a wider choice of restaurants in Patong and Phuket town. Note that in Phuket the KFC will carry a Halal certificate. Again most halal restaurants in Patong tend to be Indian restaurants near the vicinity of the Jungceylon mall. In Karon beach you will find several Kashmiri restaurants, but again more often that not you are reliant on verbal assurances.

Welcome to Viet Nam

Vietnam officially is known as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam), is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea, referred to as East Sea (Vietnamese: Biển Đông), to the east. With a population of over 86 million, Vietnam is the 13th most populous country in the world.

The people of Vietnam regained independence and broke away from China in AD 938 after their victory at the battle of Bạch Đằng River. Successive dynasties flourished along with geographic and political expansion deeper into Southeast Asia, until it was colonized by the French in the mid-19th century. Efforts to resist the French eventually led to their expulsion from the country in the mid-20th century, leaving a nation divided politically into two countries. Fighting between the two sides continued during the Vietnam War, ending with a North Vietnamese victory in 1975.

Emerging from this prolonged military engagement, the war-ravaged nation was politically isolated. The government’s centrally planned economic decisions hindered post-war reconstruction[citation needed] and its treatment of the losing side engendered more resentment than reconciliation. In 1986, it instituted economic and political reforms and began a path towards international reintegration.[citation needed] By 2000, it had established diplomatic relations with most nations. Its economic growth had been among the highest in the world in the past decade.[vague] These efforts culminated in Vietnam joining the World Trade Organization in 2007.

Where to find halal food in Viet Nam

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If you are planning to visit Vietnam but don't know where to go for halal food then please check out these places: (We are in the process of compiling this list, please have patience with us)

South Vietnam
You need a local Muslim to take you to these places (just ask the Imam from the Dong Du Mosque for assistance):

66 Dong Du, District 1: Indian, Vietnamese cuisine. This mosque has a halal food court where you can buy lunch or dinner. Many Muslim foreigners come here to eat.
26 Bui vien, District 1: Indian, Pakistani.
45 Nam Ky Khoi Nghia: Malay, Indo cuisine.
443- 445 Le Hong Phong street, District 10: SHAMSUDIN RESTAURANT
459B Tran Hung Dao: Pho (noodle).
94/4A Huynh Van Banh (near fashion shop of Ms.Basiroh): Budget food.
52 Nguyen Van Troi: Goat Cari (cari de).
An Giang

Café Vila, 25 Nguyen Huu Canh, Chau Doc town.
phone: 867129; Indian food
North Vietnam

53 Ba Trieu, Hanoi.
10 Hang Thung, Hanoi.
Nisa Restaurant: 90 Nguyen Huu Huan: Malay and Indian cuisine. Email: nisarestaurant@hn.vnn.vn

Muslim Population in Viet Nam

Islam in Vietnam
Posted on September 23, 2009 by abuaina
Islam in Vietnam is primarily the religion of the Cham people, a minority ethnic group related to Malays; however, roughly one-third of the Muslims in Vietnam are of other ethnic groups. There is also a community describing themselves of mixed ethnic origins (Cham, Khmer, Malay, Minang, Viet, Chinese and Arab), who practice Islam and are also known as Cham, or Cham Muslims, around the region of Chau Doc in the Southwest.

Uthman, the third Caliph of Islam, sent the first official Muslim envoy to Vietnam and Tang Dynasty China in 650. Seafaring Arab traders are known to have made stops at ports in the Champa Kingdom en route to China very early in the history of Islam; however, the earliest material evidence of the transmission of Islam consists of Song Dynasty-era documents from China which record that the Cham familiarised themselves with Islam in the late 10th and early 11th centuries. The number of followers began to increase as contacts with Sultanate of Malacca broadened in the wake of the 1471 collapse of the Champa Kingdom, but Islam would not become widespread among the Cham until the mid-17th century. In the mid-19th century, many Muslims Chams emigrated from Cambodia and settled in the Mekong River Delta region, further bolstering the presence of Islam in Vietnam. Malayan Islam began to have an increasing influence on the Chams in the early 20th century; religions publications were imported from Malaya, Malay clerics gave khutba (sermons) in mosques in the Malay language, and some Cham people went to Malayan madrasah to further their studies of Islam.

After the 1976 establishment of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, some of the 55,000 Muslim Chams emigrated to Malaysia. 1,750 were also accepted as immigrants by Yemen; most settled in Ta’izz. Those who remained did not suffer violent persecution, although some writers claim that their mosques were closed by the government. In 1981, foreign visitors to Vietnam were still permitted to speak to indigenous Muslims and pray alongside them, and a 1985 account described Ho Chi Minh City’s Muslim community as being especially ethnically diverse: aside from Cham people, there were also Indonesians, Malays, Pakistanis, Yemenis, Omanis, and North Africans; their total numbers were roughly 10,000 at the time. However, Vietnam’s Muslims remained relatively isolated from the mainstream of world Islam, and their isolation, combined with the lack of religious schools, caused the practice of Islam in Vietnam to become increasingly syncretic. Command of Arabic is not widespread even among religious leaders, and some Muslims are reported to pray to Ali and refer to him as the “Son of God”.

Vietnam’s largest mosque was opened in January 2006 in Xuan Loc, Dong Nai Province; its construction was partially funded by donations from Saudi Arabia.

Vietnam’s April 1999 census showed 63,146 Muslims. Over 77% lived in the Southeast Region, with 34% in Ninh Thuan Province, 24% in Binh Thuan Province, and 9% in Ho Chi Minh City; another 22% lived in the Mekong River Delta region, primarily in An Giang Province. Only 1% of Muslims lived in other regions of the country. The number of believers is gender-balanced to within 2% in every area of major concentration except An Giang, where the population of Muslim women is 7.5% larger than the population of Muslim men. This distribution is somewhat changed from that observed in earlier reports. Prior to 1975, almost half of the Muslims in the country lived in the Mekong River Delta, and as late as 1985, the Muslim community in Ho Chi Minh was reported to consist of nearly 10,000 individuals. Of the 54,775 members of the Muslim population over age 5, 13,516, or 25%, were currently attending school, 26,134, or 48%, had attended school in the past, and the remaining 15,121, or 27%, had never attended school, compared to 10% of the general population. This gives Muslims the second-highest rate of school non-attendance out of all religious groups in Vietnam (the highest rate being that for Protestants, at 34%). The school non-attendance rate was 22% for males and 32% for females. Muslims also had one of the lowest rate of university attendance, with less than 1% having attended any institution of higher learning, compared to just under 3% of the general population.

The Ho Chi Minh City Muslim Representative Committee was founded in 1991 with seven members; a similar body was formed in An Giang Province in 2004.

Samy's Curry Restaurant

Business Description
25 Dempsey Road
#01-03 S247691
Neighbourhood: Tanglin
Tel: 6472 2080Fax: 6474 5024Email: info@samyscurry.com
Website: http://www.samyscurry.com/index.htmlOperating
Hours:
Dinner: 6pm - 10pm
Lunch: 11am - 3pm

Samy's Curry was founded by the late Mr. M. Veerasamy, back in the 1950's. Mr.Veerasamy, who himself was an excellent chef, is credited with the creation of several signature dishes like Chicken Masala, Fish Cutlet and Mysore Mutton.

Mr. Veerasamy started Samy's Curry as a small establishment in Tank Road back in the 1950's. After which he moved the restaurant to the Ministry of Social Affairs at Pears Hill. Then he finally moved to the restaurant's current location at Dempsey Road in the early 1980's.

In 1982, Mr.Veerasamy's son Mr.Maheyndran took over the restaurant. The restaurant became a popular place among locals and tourists alike for Fine South Indian Cuisine.

Our signature dishes like Masala Chicken, Fish Cutlet, Fish Head Curry are offered at affordable prices and are a must-have if you're visiting Singapore!

Samy's also provides catering services for private functions and household parties. We have a team of professional caterers to help you make your event a success.

So make sure you call us the next time you're hosting a special event! Our team of dedicated and diligent caterers will ensure that your event goes off without a hitch and your special occasion turns into a truly memorable one.

Chong Pang Nasi Lemak

447 Sembawang Road
Sembawang Park S758404

Situated along Sembawang Road, Chong Pang Nasi Lemak opens from 5pm until 7am and is a favourite with the people who stay around the area. The stall has been awarded many foods accolades including the green book award for its signature nasi lemak..The rice had a nice coconut smell and the texture was good, it wasn't too moist. Also, there was a wide selection of side dishes to add including ngoh hiang and fish fillets. Also, the price is relatively cheap.

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, 137 kilometres (85 mi) north of the equator, south of the Malaysian state of Johor and north of Indonesia's Riau Islands. At 710.2 km2 (274.2 sq mi),Singapore is a microstate and the smallest nation in Southeast Asia. It is substantially larger than Monaco and Vatican City, the only other surviving sovereign city-states.

Before European settlement, the island now known as Singapore was the site of a Malay fishing village at the mouth of the Singapore River. Several hundred indigenous Orang Laut people also lived along the nearby coast, rivers and on smaller islands. In 1819, the British East India Company, led by Sir Stamford Raffles, established a trading post on the island, which was used as a port along the spice route.Singapore became one of the most important commercial and military centres of the British Empire, and the hub of British power in Southeast Asia.

During the Second World War, the British colony was occupied by the Japanese after the Battle of Singapore, which Winston Churchill called "Britain's greatest defeat".[10] Singapore reverted to British rule in 1945, immediately after the war. Eighteen years later, in 1963, the city, having achieved independence from Britain, merged with Malaya, Sabah, and Sarawak to form Malaysia. However, Singapore's merger proved unsuccessful, and, less than two years later, it seceded from the federation and became an independent republic within the Commonwealth of Nations on 9 August 1965. Singapore was admitted to the United Nations on 21 September of that year.


The population of Singapore including non-residents is approximately 4.99 million.Singapore is highly cosmopolitan and diverse with Chinese people forming an ethnic majority with large populations of Malay, Indian and other people. English, Malay, Tamil, and Chinese are the official languages.