Sushi-less sushi popular at Japanese restaurants

[Taro Toporific]

Baked chicken curry sushi with nori inside and without mirin

[color="black"][SIZE="3"]"Halal' sushi crops up as Japanese restaurants woo Muslims[/SIZE][/color]
Kyodo Press, Feb 8
"Curry sushi" and "Hainanese chicken rice sushi" are some of the exotic new hybrids of sushi that have emerged in Singapore, where Japanese food is hugely popular and some local companies have tinkered with the Japanese dish to tease local taste buds.
But an even bigger trend now is "halal sushi" as a rising number of Japanese restaurants adopt strict Islamic rules...
"Halal" means permissible or lawful in Arabic and provides assurance that food does not contain ingredients that Muslims are forbidden to consume...
When it comes to Japanese foods, this inevitably requires the omission of mirin, a kind of rice wine that is a major condiment of Japanese cuisine, including sushi....
...Besides that, they also cannot serve alcoholic drinks such as beer, sake ......more...

[Neo-Rio]

I never would have thought that sushi contained anything non-Halal to begin with. There's no dog or pork sushi last time I checked, and if it exists it's in the minority. And mirin? Give me a break.

This Halal stuff looks like it has been totally modified to fit with Arabic cultural imperiali.... ahem, I mean Islam. It just seems to me that the whole thing is an exercise in cashing in on Muslims. What was that quote about ships of fools and business opportunities?

[ichigo partygirl]

"sushi" bars the world over are cashing in on people, so i dont see how this is any different. In NZ its on the certain 'cool' factor and health factor which sells sushi; here they are cashing in on religion.
One of the most popular "sushi" flavours where i lived was Satay chicken....

[Greji]

[quote="ichigo partygirl"]"sushi" bars the world over are cashing in on people, so i dont see how this is any different. In NZ its on the certain 'cool' factor and health factor which sells sushi]

"Satay"????