{"id":66739,"date":"2016-05-12T16:50:59","date_gmt":"2016-05-12T14:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=66739"},"modified":"2016-05-27T16:19:30","modified_gmt":"2016-05-27T14:19:30","slug":"halal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/halal\/","title":{"rendered":"Halal Restaurants in Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"

Barcelona<\/a> is a highly diversified city.\u00a0 You may never know how diverse the city really is until you move or spend an extended amount of time here. Upon moving to Barcelona<\/strong>, I was impressed when I saw how easy it was to find a Halal restaurant<\/strong> in the city.\u00a0 In other big cities in\u00a0Europe<\/strong> or in other Western-inspired societies, finding easily accessible Halal restaurants<\/strong> is challenging.<\/p>\n

In Barcelona, on the contrary, you can find\u00a0at least one Halal restaurant<\/strong> every 600 feet (a usual measure of a city block). Ethnic dishes from Turkey, Lebanon, Pakistan, Tunisia, India, and Morocco are all present in Barcelona. If you dig deep enough, you may even stumble across a tantalizing Senegalese restaurant that serves Halal<\/strong> meats and foods<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n

What is Halal?<\/strong><\/p>\n

S\"islam\"<\/a>o what exactly does Halal<\/strong> mean? It simply means permissible in Arabic.\u00a0 Permissible meats, according to Shariah law, are meats that are slaughtered in a religious manner and not struck upon the head or died from shock or a stun gun.\u00a0 It also means that the blood of the animal was fully drained prior to consumption or fully cooked upon eating. \u00a0It doesn’t only pertain to animals, it also refers to vegetables. All edible vegetables are considered Halal,<\/strong> so if you’re on a strictly vegetarian or vegan<\/a> diet, that’s considered halal<\/strong> too. Some seafood is considered Halal,<\/strong> and others aren’t (like shrimp because of their dietary habits), but that’s an ongoing debate. In simple terms, halal<\/strong> is all about foods that are healthy, sanctified and supporting of man’s long-term survival. \u00a0Similar to the Kosher<\/strong> diet of the Jewish people, the Halal<\/strong> diet involves certain treatment of animals prior to slaughtering and consuming.<\/p>\n

Halal Restaurants Las Ramblas<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"gyros-1222616_1280\"<\/a>Enough of the technical stuff; let\u2019s now dive into where to get well prepared of highly favored Halal<\/strong> dishes in Barcelona. They\u2019re many so take notes!<\/p>\n

Our journey begins at Las Ramblas, at Rajah Hindi Restaurant on 1 Career Nou de la Rambla, which serves Halal Pakistani and Indian Tandoori dishes.\u00a0 There\u2019s also the Pita House that focuses on Middle Eastern<\/a> Halal dishes and A La Turka that serves Turkish halal dishes as well.<\/p>\n

The Turkish Halal Restaurants are one of the first that you or other tourists may notice if you\u2019re walking from North on Las Ramblas<\/strong>. You can spot a highly visible one, right next to H&M on Las Ramblas and several others nearby.<\/p>\n

Halal Restaurants throughout the City<\/strong><\/p>\n

Throughout the city, there are many more to choose from. Restaurant Bombay Spicy located on Calle Sant Pau 16-18 is an Indian restaurant that serves Halal<\/strong> dishes. It is important to note that any restaurant that serves an all-vegetarian menu is considered Halal<\/strong>. There\u2019s Abou Khalil, a purely Morrocan<\/a> Halal<\/strong> joint on Carrer de Santolo 88 and Natural Kebab on Diagonal 3.\u00a0 One of the few favored Lebanese Halal Restaurants<\/strong> in the city located on Rambla de Sant Josep \u00a075 is Habibi Restaurant & Sisha Bar.\u00a0 Habibi can also be considered Morrocan cuisine, but it\u2019s also creatively fused slightly differently than traditional Moroccan food.\u00a0 It\u2019s rumored to have a few Lebanese chefs that add styles of Lebanese cooking to their dishes, thus a fusion of Moroccan\/Lebanese dining.\u00a0 Whatever the true case may be, it\u2019s fantastic food, and it\u2019s Halal.<\/strong>\u00a0If you have a hot date and you\u2019re interested in something a little fancier with an ambiance of ethnic romance, you can try out Cordoba Restaurant on Avinguda Joan XXIII, 18 in Sant Adria de Besos Badalona.\u00a0 Another<\/p>\n

\"food-812869_1280\"<\/a>If you have a hot date and you\u2019re interested in something a little fancier with an ambiance of ethnic romance, you can try out Cordoba Restaurant on Avinguda Joan XXIII, 18 in Sant Adria de Besos, Badalona. Another semi-fancy restaurant is Can Borbo, in Barceloneta,<\/strong> near the beach, on Passeig de Joan Borbo 70. There is a stream of restaurants on that street that are all connected, which sometimes make it difficult to pinpoint the exact one, but they do have a Halal<\/strong> symbol \u062d\u0644\u0627\u0644\u200e\u00a0at the entrance of their terraces. They mainly serve sea<\/a> and Mediterranean<\/strong> food, but with a few halal<\/strong> dishes and drinks to support the religious observant eater. There\u2019s a nice terrace to enjoy the ocean breeze and views on a nice sunny day. \u00a0Alcoholic beverages\u00a0aren\u2019t considered Halal,<\/strong> but rather Haram (not permissible). Despite that, many restaurants that serve Halal<\/strong> dishes do also serve Haram beverages and foods.\u00a0 This is understandable to some, since these restaurants are being inclusive to all, catering to the public at large.\u00a0 Whether you prefer to eat Halal<\/strong> for the sake of your animal-sensitive views, you\u2019re a devout Muslim, or simply because you\u2019re trying something new, Barcelona<\/strong> has many options, places, and varieties to delve into it.<\/p>\n

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Barcelona is a highly diversified city.\u00a0 You may never know how diverse the city really is until you move or spend an extended amount of time here. Upon moving to Barcelona, I was impressed when I saw how easy it was to find a Halal restaurant in the city.\u00a0 In other big cities in\u00a0Europe or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":63982,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4422],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66739"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/63"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66739"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67336,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66739\/revisions\/67336"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}