It looks like the best option is to go vegetarian. I think that it would be unfair to place such a burden on the Mexico Wikimania organisers when most travel guides are quite explicit about the difficuty of getting Halal certified food. Must be the same for Kosher food.
http://www.halaltrip.com/other/blog/halal-food-in-mexico-city-be-well-prepared/ Best regards Gabe On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 4:03 PM, Stuart Prior <[email protected] > wrote: > It's even a bit more complex than just sourcing a particular type of food. > You also have to make sure that it all arrives at the same time as the > rest of the catering, and that it is allocated to exactly the right people. > > I can imagine the disappointment of those at finding out that there are no > arrangements to provide Halal/Kosher food, but I think it would be somewhat > worse if promises were made that for whatever reason couldn't be kept, > because someone accidentally ate someone's Kosher meal, specific meals did > not meet expected standards or delivery was delayed. > All entirely possible when you're catering for >1000 people. > > As people have mentioned, it's contextual. So while sourcing Halal food in > Islamabad and Kosher food in Tel Aviv would be easy and cheap, sourcing > either in Mexico City is somewhat harder to do. > > I am sure that the local bid team will do their best to provide > information about where attendees can get hold of particular types of food. > > Best > > Stuart (User:Battleofalma) > > On 12 May 2015 at 14:05, Pharos <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I happen to live in a neighborhood of Brooklyn with both extensive Kosher >> and Halal options (which is probably not a coincidence, since there is >> significant overlap in rules). But Mexico City has a different cultural >> mix than New York City or London. >> >> I can understand, though, that it may be too expensive and difficult to >> get Kosher or Halal meat, or indeed fully catered meals, for Wikimania in >> Mexico City. >> >> Bur I would suggest going to a supermarket and getting something like a >> pre-packaged hummus with K and H marks, and some plain fruits and >> vegetables, so folks like this can at least have snack options during the >> conference sessions, and that can tide them over if they want to go out for >> a full meal fulfilling their dietary preferences later. >> >> Thanks, >> Richard >> (User:Pharos) >> >> On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 5:38 AM, Gordon Joly <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> On 05/05/15 23:22, Ellie Young wrote: >>> > We will try our best. And as Stuart says we don’t have access to >>> > reasonably priced kosher or halal service for those. >>> > >>> >>> >>> I find that an odd statement, where from my perspective halal is the >>> norm. I live in the East End of London, less than 10 km from Wikimania >>> in Barbican in 2014. Tesco (at Bromley by Bow) has opened a meat counter >>> in recent years that is 100% halal. All the "chicken shops" in area >>> halal, and I believe that local butchers are exclusively halal. My >>> knowledge ends there, since I am a vegetarian. >>> >>> It will be different in other part of London, and other parts of the >>> World... >>> >>> When in Rome? >>> >>> Gordo >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimania-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimania-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> >> > > > -- > *Stuart Prior* > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > >
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