Dubai bans restaurants from cooking with alcohol (meh, NY wants to ban salt)

[The Straight Story]

Dubai bans restaurants from cooking with alcohol


DUBAI restaurants will face stiff fines for cooking with alcohol, a United Arab Emirates newspaper has reported.

The National reported that Dubai's municipality sent a notice to restaurants banning the sale of dishes cooked with alcohol and threatened fines of up to 20,000 dirhams ($5,948).

Restaurants had ignored a previous ban on using alcohol, a common element in dishes such as sushi and Teriyaki sauce, and in European cuisine.

"There have been a lot of violations, with hotels often hiding content of alcohol in food from customers," the newspaper quoted Ahmed al-Ali, the head of food inspections at the municipality, as saying.

He added that the decision was taken in part after customer complaints.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/dubai-bans-restaurants-from-cooking-with-alcohol/story-e6frf7jx-1225844050829

Salt ban in NY:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7890746

[DesertFlower]

1. i have no plans to ever visit dubai so

i don't care what they cook with.