North African Cuisine: Immigration

Halal Duck Dept: Mr. Saidi, 32, finally had his first taste of both those dishes three years ago, when he and his brother Sofiane, 28, put their money where their taste buds were and opened the first halal restaurant in France to serve traditional French cuisine, according to Globe And Mail. So do hundreds of hungry French Muslims. Dozens of restaurants have followed in their footsteps. The website paris-hallal.com, dedicated to promoting halal restaurants, lists 250 sit-down places serving only halal meat and no alcohol. As well as traditional Middle Eastern and North African cuisine, they include 26 French restaurants and dozens that serve Thai, Chinese, Italian and other international cuisines. “Ever since I was little I saw this. We'd go out to a restaurant and my friends would eat foie gras and magret de canard . But those dishes weren't halal, so we were always obliged to eat fish,” he says. “I grew up in France, I went to school in France, I consider myself more French than Algerian, and I was always disappointed I couldn't eat French food.” “I thought it was delicious,” he says of his first taste of certified halal duck breast, prepared with a crystallized mango sauce. As reported in the news.
@t traditional french cuisine, magret de canard