Rising Anti-Israel Sentiments in Pai Following Tourists Misconduct

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On 2/21/2025 at 8:27 AM, Sydebolle said:

Experience, simple as that! If it says Italian food it is very obvious, that this operator cannot offer kosher food.

Had a previous experience with another chosen gentleman who ordered a vegetable soup called "Minestrone". For taste this soup contains a little bit of minced pork. His dining partner mentioned that during eating the "excellent soup" (comment by the guest). Subsequently he spat out whatever he had in his mouth and refused to pay for the soup as he would have never ordered it, if he would have known that it contained minced pork. To avoid a lifelong argument I did not charge the guest and added in the menu the reference of "contains minced pork". 

If you have such tight religious diet then you either stay at home or dine only in "certified" restaurants which, in turn, charge a fortune as kosher is difficult if not almost impossible to get and also means extensive adjustments in the kitchen (different pans etc.). 

Your call! 

Leaving out pork doesn't make it Kosher. Not even close. Anyway, I find your use of "chosen" to be intentionally snarky, but in one sense I agree with you. If a customer has any kind of special dietary needs or allergies, it's up to them to make inquiries before ordering. In this example if he was told no pork and it did have pork then that would be fair grounds for complaint. To add, nobody is expecting actual Kosher food in general restaurants. People needing fully Kosher do their own research first to find the tiny number of places in Thailand that actually have that. Pretty much Chabad places and that's it. 

For Muslims on the other hand, I am no expert on all their rules (my impression is not as difficult as Kosher) but you often see restaurants posting signs that their meat is Halal. They wouldn't serve pork either.