Bread Talk

Recently in three out of six mailing lists I’m subscribed to the discussion focused on bread talk.  Nope, they’re not talking about secret recipes in making breads, but Bread Talk  the brand.  Bakery franchise originated from Singapore.  I think the product enters the country less than a year ago, but it was a big hit (or still is, if you notice the queu of people in every outlet).
 
It’s only recently the news spread that POM MUI claim it as a non-halal food.  Well hello, where were you the past few months?  Suspiciously speaking, this seem to be a scheme where a group of people are trying to smear the product’s brand, or worse, POM MUI working their way to have the ‘right’ to decide what is halal and what is not.
 
Interesting to see how people reacted to the news.  Some try to defend MUI’s legitimate position to protect the moslems, some question DepKes’ POM’s position, which should be considered more legitimate, some took the easiest path, that is to enjoy the tasty bread as there’s no way that we can guarantee 100% that everything we consume is pork-free.
 
Logically chain resto (or in this case bakery) should stick to the original recipe, utensils used, etc.  From what I see Bread Talk’s bakeries here don’t vend pork meat contained bread like the ones they have in Singapore (dang!), but who knows what they put in the ingredients.  If the bread could only talk...
 
It’s not about halal or not, it’s politic (what’s new??).  So hey, why ban such alluring delicioussss bread, where just by staring at them you could actually drool? Ignorance is bliss & I believe everything that’s yummy ARE halal!