He can be a little ‘negative Nancy,’ but we have to kind of force him to come along for this tradition.” “He literally wakes up 10 minutes before suhoor and drinks water and that's his fast. “My son is not too much of a suhoor guy,” he added. “My daughter brought it up - she likes to be goofy sometimes - and we said, ‘Why not? We’ll try it,’ and then that’s something we started doing ever since,” Malik explained. His wife and children order eggs (which Malik is not a big fan of). Malik orders waffles and hash browns (which have grown on him over the years, he said). They make sure to be seated an hour before the sunrise. Lucie, Florida, resident has gone breakfast chain with his wife and two children once during every Ramadan. “Waffle House is actually different in that the kitchen is open, you can see what they're doing, and they tend not to cross-contaminate,” he explained.įor the past four or five years, the Port St. (Muslims do not eat pork products and some eat halal or "permissible'' meats only according to Islamic teachings.) Malik opts for Waffle House for his suhoor spot as IHOP and other breakfast chains such as Denny’s and Cracker Barrel use a flat griddle where they cook bacon and other menu items, which could lead to contamination. I want to make sure that I make Ramadan special for me and for others.” 'Loading up for the day' “So, to do all this and go out of your way, especially so late and when everyone's so tired … I'm putting in effort for my religion … For me, it's important because I'm trying to make memories. “We're celebrating Ramadan - this is our holiday,” Qureshi said. While Qureshi and her friends typically dine out for suhoor once or twice during Ramadan, this year they are making up for the last two years by enjoying multiple outings. Taraweeh are special prayers offered during Ramadan as the Qur'an is read aloud throughout the month. "Not your traditional suhoor meals but they’re open late and super filling so we’d often go after Taraweeh," Qureshi said. The Maryland director of CAIR (the Council on American-Islamic Relations) and her husband coordinate the outing so that they arrive early enough to be seated (in case it’s crowded and “hopping, no pun intended,” Chaudry said laughing), order food and eat comfortably before the cutoff time, or when the athan (the call to prayer) goes off on their phones.Īmong their favorite spots are Artichoke Basille's Pizza and Creperie in the West Village. They would share a pie or two and grab a few crepes for suhoor. “Are there many things that are more American than going out to IHOP?” “We drive to IHOP and we order omelets and waffles and pancakes and tons of food, which we probably don't finish all the time because you still have the hangover from iftar,” she shared, referring to the ''food coma'' from the night before. “But it's really fun it's a really cool bonding experience.”Ĭhaudry sees these outings as “the blending of our religious customs and our American heritage.” Later when she got married, Chaudry and her husband continued the tradition, bringing her three nephews to the outing. Baltimore native and resident Zainab Chaudry started the IHOP tradition in college, going out at least once or twice every Ramadan.
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