SINGAPORE (Kyodo) Singapore, home of curry sushi and Hainanese chicken rice sushi, is now seeing a new trend emerge, created by Islamic rules on food preparation.
Halal sushi is served by several Japanese restaurants that have become halal to woo the minority Muslim population here and grab a piece of the Muslim market in Southeast Asia and the Middle East.
Several Japanese restaurants, which are hugely popular here, recently have applied for halal certification from the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (MUIS), an agency of the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports that advises the government on Muslim affairs.