How do you have your kebab?
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UnderOpenSky
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Well this was slightly bonkers. İskender kebap. Doner meat with tomatoe sauce and buttered bread underneath. Was quite nice though.
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UnderOpenSky
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Lunch. They claimed it was spiced. It wasn't but was still very tasty. Had a meat filled "pancake" to go with it. OH starting to rebel and had salad.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
I'm on track to eat a kebab every day of holiday. Might try to do a second one later.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Well I had this bizzare interpretation of a kebab in a fine dining restaurant last night. It was alright, but pretty tiny. Mostly went as I know it's something OH has wanted to do for ages and we can't afford in the UK. I'm more happy in the budge places.
I'm fact we're going back here to tonight. A main is literally 10 cheaper and gives me an excuse to try lots of stuff. The meat on bread thing was less then 50p
I'm fact we're going back here to tonight. A main is literally 10 cheaper and gives me an excuse to try lots of stuff. The meat on bread thing was less then 50p
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Think that was it! Going to try a different one tonight.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Most definitely. I'd say the donner meat in Turkey is similar to good shawarma I've had in the UK. This thread needs pics.
Didn't get a photo of lunch, but was well off the beaten path. They didnt speak any English or me Turkish, but with the aid of pointing I got donner... In a soft bap. Was pretty good and less then a quid.
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wtfftw
melting like a toastie
Definitely!
Since moving back to South London I go for shawarma as the donner is the usual kind. I miss North London kebabs (and north london drinks) but that's it. And shish/taouk.
I would also include halloumi and falafel tbh. Especially with bread.
NoXion
Craicy the Squirrel
Most definitely. I'd say the donner meat in Turkey is similar to good shawarma I've had in the UK. This thread needs pics.
Didn't get a photo of lunch, but was well off the beaten path. They didnt speak any English or me Turkish, but with the aid of pointing I got donner... In a soft bap. Was pretty good and less then a quid.
Next time I order from there, I will try to remember to take a pic and post it. My birthday is coming up soon, so I'll have an opportunity to treat myself.
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
Oh for sure, there are plenty of Mediterranean/Middle Eastern/N African variations on a theme, I can't speak for everyone but I for one am very happy to hear about (and see pics of!) any and all of them with their regional variations. Egyptian Kababs are also ace (with tahini ofc).
ouirdeaux
Caring, Understanding, Non-judgemental Type
Around the turn of the millennium, I worked nights for two different companies near Old Street, and there was a late-night outlet with amazingly good kebabs, given that most of their customers appeared to be chemically assisted revellers who would, frankly, have settled for anything. The meat was good -- best to wait for a shish to be cooked, but the döner was edible. Chicken and lamb. Along with falafel and hummus, for days when dead animals were a bit much. Fresh and abundant vegetables. A choice of garlic or hot sauce. What more could you want?
We moved to Victoria, and I pined. Then we moved back, and of course the first thing I did was make a beeline for the best kebab shop I'd ever known in London. It was still there, but perhaps it had changed hands. At any rate it was no better than any other purveyor of cheap food to the indiscriminate intoxicated.
I have never really recovered. I'm not sure I've eaten a kebab since. Maybe once, when there were freebies at work, but that doesn't count.
We moved to Victoria, and I pined. Then we moved back, and of course the first thing I did was make a beeline for the best kebab shop I'd ever known in London. It was still there, but perhaps it had changed hands. At any rate it was no better than any other purveyor of cheap food to the indiscriminate intoxicated.
I have never really recovered. I'm not sure I've eaten a kebab since. Maybe once, when there were freebies at work, but that doesn't count.
bellaozzydog
rolling turds in glitter
Kebab and chips is literally my healthiest balance meal nowadays
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
Aye, I lived at the Old Street end of Kingsland Road for much of the '90s and there were some fantastic kebab places, the one opposite where I lived was bloody amazing (have not found anything that even comes close near where I live now) and there were some really good sit down restaurants (mostly Turkish or Kurdish run) further up in Hackney.
Numbers
an ting!
Have you tried EFES or Meyden near C.Town station? I like both of them.
NoXion
Craicy the Squirrel
I love having chips with my kebab instead of a flatbread. Although it seems that not a lot of places will offer such on their menu. I'm sure that most places would do so on request, but I'm hesitant to ask in person or gods forbid over the phone, and most online ordering isn't that flexible, so in those cases I usually order the chips separately.
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
I've had sit-down meals a few times at Meyden and their food is excellent, they do good lunch deals. Haven't tried Efes yet.
They are a bit of a different beast to the one I used to go to where I lived back in the day though, in terms of being open at 3am and selling beer under the counter out of hours (and I think other things too) if they knew you. The good ones here are proper restaurant type deals
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
I thought donner meat and chips was pretty ubiquitous?
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
This was bonkers. I read it as a some kind of Kofte in sauce, which sounded great. Suspect they were ofal and were a bit average. Spuds were a nice touch and unexpected. Pide excellent.
NoXion
Craicy the Squirrel
I'd say there's a difference between chips with just some donner meat piled on top, and having the full kebab ensemble - lamb, chicken, salad, and garnishes like pickled chillis - but with the bread swapped out for chips. The former seems a lot more common than the latter, in my experience.
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
The one I used to go for at the kebab place I mentioned earlier (in the '90s, it doesn't exist now) was the mixed grill, fuck knows how I ever managed it once let alone regularly, no way could I eat that much food now - it consisted of lamb shish, chicken shish, lamb doner meat, chicken doner meat, kofte, grilled kidney, massive salad (with the usuals - lettuce, red cabbage, tomatoes, cucumber, chillies etc) - all that came in one container, not in a pitta. Then there was another container of chips. Then there was a large slightly oval pide put in the bag on top of the containers of hot food to keep it warm. Chilli sauce and garlic sauce.
OMG feel like I am going to die of overeating just thinking about it.
OMG feel like I am going to die of overeating just thinking about it.
neonwilderness
What would Badgers do?
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
I usually go for a chicken one #sorryBadgersA #fuckingkebab?
I think a takeaway may the on the cards this weekend
And we didn't have a #fuckingkebab that night
iirc , you two didn't fancy it ffs
neonwilderness
What would Badgers do?
In hindsight it might have helped with the hangovers next day
