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-prepa…
Best regards
Gabe
On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 4:03 PM, Stuart Prior <stuart.prior(a)wikimedia.org.uk
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 <pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com
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 <gordon.joly(a)pobox.com>
>
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
>>>
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