Assalaamu'alaikum wr wb
FYI, the food outlet 'Makan House' at West End is not halal. I personally went there last nite (Fri) and managed to squeeze out true facts abt the food served from the manager herself Ms Angela Fong. Funnily, when i went there few weeks back, dressed significantly as a Muslim man, she did say back then that only their chicken is halal. but last nite, all the truth came out, must be because I looked like a Chinese customer and I spoke to her in both Mandarin and English. she did acknowledge that she has had a number of Muslim customers. then she actually confirmed that the chicken and beef is not halal. she furthermore admitted "halal meat is expensive, and I dont want to change my menu just to suit the needs of the Muslim customers". She ended off by saying "business is business, you should understand, also rent is expensive here". I've heard of ppl saying they are trying to get a Halal cert, but apparently, nothing was mentioned to me at all. anyway, its her words (a kafir trying to do business at the expense of the Muslim ummah) against mine (just an ordinary Muslim brother trying to set things straight, with Allah as my witness). you be your own judge.

my dear muslim brothers/sisters, here is one perfect example of a kafir trying to manipulate and infiltrate our minds. its all up to us to stand in unity and guard our iman and aqeedah. "O Mankind! Eat of that which is lawful and good on earth, and follow not the footsteps of Syaitan. Verily, he is to you an open enemy." Al-Baqarah: 168.

no doubt abt it, there are also other food businesses here in Brisbane area that may adopt such scams just for the sake of making money. if anyone has info of such nature, please share with the rest of the local Muslim community. we are what we eat. Insya-Allah, may Allah reward us for the little but significant effort of ours.

p.s. in case anyone prefers to dine outside and you happen to be in West End, well, Nandos is just next door to Makan House, then there's Turkish Kebab just 2 shops away, and there's also other Halal food outlets around that area, like Indian Kitchen and Bombay Dhabas.

Wallahu a'lam.
Syahrom
maybe after this,we can be more careful in choosing place to eat eventhough there's halal sticker or certificate attach on the wall of the shop...