Beijing, China – Citing Safety, Beijing Olympics Eateries Go Kosher

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    Beijing, China – The capital’s only Kosher restaurant opened 10 months ago, drawing the small Jewish expatriate community, tourists, curious Chinese and even a few Muslims. Business has been so good at Dini’s Kosher Restaurant, that part-owner Lewis Sperber is talking about setting up a second branch closer to the Olympic venues in northern Beijing.

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    Like many restaurateurs and bar owners, Sperber is hoping to benefit with as many as 550,000 foreigners expected to descend on Beijing for the Aug. 8-24 Games.

    “What we’ve thought about is preparing sandwiches and other items at a venue closer than we are now to the Olympic sites,” Sperber said. “If people leave the Olympics and want a Kosher meal, we could have a place for them.”

    Eating Kosher – food that meets Jewish dietary laws – is hardly a raging fad. However, there is a real boom is the number of Chinese factories being certified to export Kosher products. This is driven partially by recent food safety scares in China involving contaminated seafood, pet food and toothpaste.

    Kosher certifications in China conducted by the Orthodox Union – the best-known certification body – have doubled to 307 in the last two years. The total number of Kosher certifications is about 2,000, exporters working to reach the world Kosher market.

    “I think business will be very overwhelming during the Olympics,” said Minette Ramia, who manages Dini’s, a modern, pastel-colored eatery located on Super Bar Street, an aptly named alleyway lined with restaurants and bars just down the street from the Israeli embassy. [newswire]


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    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    16 years ago

    My mom was there for business for a week, and she said the restaurant is great, the food is good, and decently priced.

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    Anonymous
    16 years ago

    犹太人吃饭!好吃!

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    Anonymous
    16 years ago

    And the hashgocha stinks. I would not trust the Chinese for nothing.

    Just remember that the Chinese are number one in the return dept!

    So far they took back 369,000 cribs because they were dangerous.

    4 million pirated videos.

    126,000 tubes of fake toothepaste.

    And how about all the toys that had lead and other dangerous materials.

    China is a disgusting place. Don’t eat anything coming out of that stinkin place!

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    16 years ago

    i like how they give the credit to the OU all the kashrus is run under the strict supervision of Rabbi Shimon Freundlich whos the chabad rabbi in the are u can check the website if your not sure

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    Anonymous
    16 years ago

    Protest against the OLympics in China, until they stop harvesting organs from prisoners. That country is one of the lowest of the rung in human rights. Peeuuu!!!