Can anyone recommend a kosher restaurant in Puerto Plata city? I will have an Orthodox Jewish acquaintance visiting.
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Can anyone recommend a kosher restaurant in Puerto Plata city?
go to http://www.chabadominican.com or call the rabbi, Shimon Perlman at 809-542-6049. He will know and be able to advise you about whatever possibilities are locally available.
Nope. There is no kosher restaurant anywhere on the island. You could ask Rabbi Pelman of Chabad in Santo Domingo to put food on a bus. Depending on the level of observance---if your guest eats dairy/vegetarian in non-kosher restaurants---your guest had better pack a lot of snacks. Otherwise, you're pretty much stuck.
There is a kosher caterer in Santo Domingo. I spoke with them several years ago about a group of riders who required kosher food.
I'llk try to fine the info if I still have it.
Edit: here is the link- Glatt/Kosher catering Dominican Republic
I'llk try to fine the info if I still have it.
Edit: here is the link- Glatt/Kosher catering Dominican Republic
As I said: the only totally kosher resource (if you accept Chabad as kosher: there are so many things about Chabad that I don't, but it's the best we can do) is Rabbi Pelman in SD.
See the "e" and "d" on your QWERTY keybord? They are next to each other, and I have manly fingers.
My experience was not borne from Rage Googling. My experience was multiple calls with the guys in Santo Domingo to arrange 8 days of catering all over the country, and included a conference call between the tour organizer, a NYC rabbi, and the rabbi in Santo Domingo.
And it wasn't just kosher. It was glatt kosher.
Don't worry CB - she rarely steps out of the Women's League any more.
People were too hard on she says....the worm turns at times....
quite the switch
People were too hard on she says....the worm turns at times....
quite the switch
i have been told before that lifestyle has a kosher restaurant in their AI hotel.
http://www.lhvcresort.com/196612.html
maybe you can call or email for more information.
http://www.lhvcresort.com/196612.html
maybe you can call or email for more information.
I would therefore venture to guess that the "kosher caterer" is the Rebbetzin in Santo Domingo.
If there is a kosher caterer on this island, it would be important to know the supervision they are under. There are levels of certification, and some hashgachot are more reliable than others. I would be delighted---in fact, THRILLED---to know about it.
They have some special person that brings the food, and only he can touch it, no exceptions.
AFAIK all they do is cater from one kitchen in Santo Domingo.
For a motorcycle tour all over the island and needing three meals a day on the road, with the food coming from Santo Domingo, the logistics made no sense...and was ridiculously expensive. We declined the tour.
I don't know the certifications but the rabbi said he had two people---only two specific people---who can do it. I assume they are properly certified.
