can you buy kebab where you live?

[Anonymous No.5497094]

here in sweden its sold everywhere, in fact its become the national food here.

srinacha sauce goes really nice with it

[Anonymous No.5497100]

Is this a kebab ?

[Anonymous No.5497107]

>>5497100
its a döner, which in euope is called kebab

[Anonymous No.5497116]

>>5497100
>Is this just fantasea.jpg

[Anonymous No.5497117]

>>5497094
Yeah, but we call it a gyro.

[Anonymous No.5497137]

>>5497117
ah yeah, gyro as in gyroscope ie spinning meat.
kebabs are are spun.

shawarmas are also pretty much the same

[Anonymous No.5497143]

>>5497137
tacos al pastor have the same concept as all of those for the meat, but the type of meat, spices, toppings, and bread are all different.

[Anonymous No.5497148]

No, you cannot. The ones here in Canada are shit tier. The ones in Europe are something special but it really is all you guys got for fast food. Everything else is pretty crappy. Some cities don't have anything except kebabs. I wish we had some awesome Berliner kebab place here but I wouldn't want to switch the food options.

[Anonymous No.5497157]

Gyro, doner and shawarma are all extremely similar overall and certainly look identical, but they're differently flavored.

Gyro is greek, doner is I think turkish, shawarma is arabic.

[Anonymous No.5497161]

There are a couple of places around me that do gyros but they're all pretty shit tier. The local greek pizza place does these shitty gyros with pre-frozen meat sticks, but if you order souvlaki they griddle up a real rib steak and chop it up into a pita, which is 100x better.

[Anonymous No.5497162]

>in fact it's become the national food here

I'm shocked.

Enjoy your cultural enrichment.

[Anonymous No.5497165]

>>5497094

out of Gyros, shawarma, doner, and tacos al pastor..... (tried them all many many times)....

greek gyros or souvlaki has always been more consistent. I've never really had a bad gyro... the only thing bad about it is sometimes they dont put enough meat.

but ive had so much shitwarma and doner that just is so hit and miss.... sometimes its absolutely disgusting.

[Anonymous No.5497171]

>>5497094
i live in toronto, we have basically every kinda of food here. there are a whole bunch of places that sell kebab, but shawarma is much more popular.

[Anonymous No.5497175]

I can get gyros in my town, but I haven't seen kebab anywhere. Small town north of Seattle here.

[Anonymous No.5497192]

>in fact it's become the national food here
Bullshit //Swedfag who enjoys a kebab from time to time.
But I wouldn't say it's swedish in any way.

[Anonymous No.5497199]

>>5497192
here in malmö, the future capital of sweden, all you see is falafel and kebab everywhere, nobody eats hotdogs anymore

[Anonymous No.5497242]

>>5497165
pastor tacos are nothing like gyros, shawarma, or doner

[Anonymous No.5497245]

>>5497199
thats because of you shit immigration

[Anonymous No.5497246]

Other than bread/toppings/shit I really don't see the difference between gyros, shwarma, and kabobs.

And until 4chan, kabob has always meant shishkabob for me.

[Anonymous No.5497255]

I never understood the popularity of kebab over the infinitely superior gyros.

[Anonymous No.5497260]

>>5497255
Gyros really are the best of the three. They're so consistently good, it's like it'd be impossible to make a bad one without trying to freeze it or something.

[Anonymous No.5497264]

>>5497094
I live in Canada. I can buy Kebabs but why would I want to? I never had it. Is it good? Is Shawarma good?

[Anonymous No.5497278]

>>5497260
the supermarket frozen gyros often have tons of fatty tissue in them, but nice quick meal to nuke and enjoy with a midnight beer

[Anonymous No.5497284]

>>5497242
>what is reading comprehension

[Anonymous No.5497286]

>>5497278
fucking ew dude

[Anonymous No.5497291]

>>5497094
I don't eat doner kebab, OP. I have a thing against cruelty to animals in Halal meat.

Also, I think the tastiest thing is including pork in rotisserie meats, something the greeks aren't afraid to do, nor the americans, nor the mexicans. We love pork. Muslims don't. So, I know you think that's superior, but even the sauce is shelf stable cheap sauce. I like a fresh dairy tzatziki. If I want chicken, lamb or beef "kebabs" I get shish-ke-bobs, aka shawarma, not the loaf of a gyro. But, like I said, overall, pork and all the blends are #1 juicy and delicious pita sandwiches. This turkish origin doner hasn't caught up with the more popular alternatives in the US for a reason.

[Anonymous No.5497296]

>>5497286
you say ew, but chances are - unless you actually saw the frozen gyro machine at the place where you tried gyros, they just use the Kronos Gyros distribution platform, which are exactly as that guy said - frozen strips they have to nuke.

it tastes almost the same but always missing that crispy outer edge.

[Anonymous No.5497297]

I'd really like to try a doner kebab. In the USA we do have Turkish immigrants to, but it's hard to find them where I live.

[Anonymous No.5497301]

>>5497296
>it tastes almost the same but always missing that crispy outer edge.

I don't even know how to reply to this.

[Anonymous No.5497302]

>>5497296
I don't know about you, but the cheapest I've ever seen was just that gelatinous frozen cylinder, but it's toasted with electric heat elements, not microwaves.

[Anonymous No.5497303]

>>5497296
hers more info

http://kronosfoodsinc.com/products-and-brands/food-service-products/meats/portion-control-gyros/uncooked-portion-control-gyros/

the same company also sells authentic gyrocones, so make sure you see that shit right tehre in the kitchen. If it says "Kronos Gyros" on the wall and you dont see a cone youre eating strips.

every single place ive gone in my area uses that Kronos. I haven't seen a single authentic place where they built the cone themselves.

[Anonymous No.5497308]

>>5497297
Just get a gyro.

[Anonymous No.5497311]

>>5497302

> gelatinous frozen cylinder
That's fine. That one is great. Thats the good one. Looks like this, right?

[Anonymous No.5497315]

>>5497311
That's obviously not gyros.

[Anonymous No.5497316]

>>5497311
Oh yeah, it's great, but it doesn't beat legit strips of variations of beef, lamb, and whatnot imbued with haji goodness on a spike.

[Anonymous No.5497317]

>>5497308
Are they really the same thing?
I've had gyros, they are very bland and unimpressive, while I imagined doner kebab to be spicy for some reason.

[Anonymous No.5497319]

>>5497094
no because I live in a first world country. AMERICA.

[Anonymous No.5497321]

>>5497315
wut

[Anonymous No.5497322]

>>5497321
That's ground meat, gyros is not made from ground meat.

[Anonymous No.5497323]

>>5497316
well, for me it does. best gyros i had were the indiscernable cone ones. The real stacked one is good but, it just didn't taste as good over all.... its like id still take an In-n-Out burger over a sirloin burger, for example.

[Anonymous No.5497324]

>>5497322
in america it is.

While some Greek restaurants in America make gyros in a traditional way from sliced meat arranged on a vertical rotisserie,[citation needed] most, particularly fast-food restaurants, use mass-produced gyros loaves, of finely ground meat pressed into a cylinder and cooked on a rotating vertical spit, from which thin slices of meat are shaved as they brown. Some restaurants even sell pre-formed, frozen strips of ground gyros meat, grilled or pan-fried individually, to prevent waste.

[Anonymous No.5497325]

>>5497321
>they're called gyros cuz they gyrate

[Anonymous No.5497328]

>>5497317
>gyro
>bland
There's no pleasing you

[Anonymous No.5497329]

Mmmm.... American Gyros.

[Anonymous No.5497331]

>>5497324
>in america it is.

Well then that clears everything up.

If you get the opportunity try one made the "original" way.

[Anonymous No.5497333]

>>5497317

no, ive tried doner and gyros and gyros have way more flavor. if yours was bland , go to a different place.

[Anonymous No.5497336]

>>5497331
i tried it, dude. i told you.

wasn't that good. the meat tasted old, some of it was undercooked and some of it was burnt.. it was just not a good experience. and since its rare to find that around here, id rather just stick with my cheap fast food gyros.

i tried real shawarma and it was disgusting.

[Anonymous No.5497337]

>>5497329
>buy can of gyro
>skeletonize can
>place sideways over a burner

SOMEONE INVENT THIS!

[Anonymous No.5497342]

>>5497337

i just realized i own a rotissery grill and 10 pounds of gyros is like 70 bucks.

[Anonymous No.5497350]

>>5497328
The meat lacked texture and wasn't spicy, it was seated on a pile of boring iceberg and diced tomato, and came with a small cup of what might have been tzatziki, which tasted creamy and very subtle.
It was terribly unimpressive.

[Anonymous No.5497354]

can u buy döner where you live? come on.. im german. its my daily food.

[Anonymous No.5497369]

>>5497350
yeah sounds shitty as fuck. it should be pretty spicy, but... not "hot spicy"... they have to serve sensitive people too, you capsicum badass.

But it should be very flavorful... like.... charbroiled metballs or some shit... a symphony of flavors from the spices, the meat, and the sear.

Here is the best gyro ive ever had. Sadly that place closed down :( It was called Panos Charbroilers... if there is any russians on here they will laugh at the name. I used to eat panos at about 12:30 every day.

> lettuce
As far as i remember, they served meat, with diced tomatoes, and fresh onion - no fucking lettuce... but their Tatziki sauce was teh SHITTTTTT it was like god's jizz.

[Anonymous No.5497375]

>>5497336
Sounds like an error on the owner's fault, not the actual method

[Anonymous No.5497380]

>when your local kebab place is run and owned by indian people
??????????

[Anonymous No.5497385]

>>5497369
Yeah, lettuce does not belong on a gyro.

[Anonymous No.5497387]

>>5497375
probably but i like consistency in my food sometimes.... thats why i hate shawarma. ive tried amazing ones but it was 2 out of 30. 25 were disgusting, and 3 were literally raw in the middle. Raw... lamb.... jesus disgusting christ.

[Anonymous No.5497388]

Pic related as to what is the best spit type meat meal in existence.

Second best is Tacos Al Pasdor. Preferably from this small place in Puerta Vallarta, open only tuesdays to saturdays.

[Anonymous No.5497389]

>>5497321
>>5497311
>>5497329

What do they do to make their meat look like tihs?

[Anonymous No.5497393]

>>5497369
Ah, ah, >>5497329 is what the meat in my gyro mentioned in >>5497350 looked like.
I had no idea that was considered abnormal.

[Anonymous No.5497394]

>>5497389
apparently theres a video...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO2A4svt-kU

[Anonymous No.5497396]

>>5497389
its the most efficient way to roast on a spit like that

[Anonymous No.5497403]

>>5497393
> I had no idea that was considered abnormal.

its NOT abnormal. That meat is fine. I told you, thats the same meat in my delicious one. Its not authentic cause greeks dont use ground beef, but in america its always like that.

either way it should still taste bomb.

[Anonymous No.5497407]

>>5497317
>Are they really the same thing?
>I've had gyros, they are very bland and unimpressive, while I imagined doner kebab to be spicy for some reason.
Neither is spicy in a heat kind of way. They a bit different flavor profile, but the sauces are different. The major difference is that the gyro is a blend of pork, delicious pork, some amount of lamb, and veal or beef. It's meatloaf that packs a flavor punch. Herbwise, the halal doner is oregano and such. Same deal, just minus the expensive lamb and minus the juicy pork that self bastes.

The sauce they add to a doner kebab is ketchup and harissa (so cumin and a mild amount of other seasonings). The sauce on a gyro is garlic bite punched sour cream and yogurt sauce with lots of cooling cucumber and mint. If a muslim place even offers a version of tzatziki, you can be assured it's more like a shelf stable mayo ranch dressing devoid of dairy and fresh anything.

As far as toppings go, like a falafel, a doner kebab will likely offer some form of pickled cabbage. A gyro will likely offer a lot of crisp sweet onion, maybe some cucumber, lettuce, tomato.

[Anonymous No.5497411]

>>5497387
>ive tried amazing ones but it was 2 out of 30

How do you expect anyone to take you seriously when you just admitted to buying something you decided you didn't like... 28 fucking times?

[Anonymous No.5497412]

>>5497407
pork and chicken in greece...

in america ive never once saw a pork gyro. ive seen beef, beef-lamb, and chicken.

[Anonymous No.5497414]

>>5497411
I don't expect anyone to do anything they don't want to. Everyone is free to think how they like. But I'll have you know it was literally the only thing to eat for 10 days straight. 30 was exaggeration, probably ate it about 15 times.

[Anonymous No.5497416]

>>5497412
This. I've seen lamb/beef, but not pork.

Sounds good though.

[Anonymous No.5497425]

i don't even know what kebab is
is it similar to a schiskebab - the stick with veggies and meats you grill?

[Anonymous No.5497436]

>>5497425
No. It's an all beef gyro with more veggies and a different sauce.

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>>5497494
just kill yourself

[Anonymous No.5497586]

remove kebab

[Anonymous No.5497604]

kebab is delicious but it will kill you faster than hamburgers, it is damn greasy

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[Anonymous No.5497736]

From these pictures I'm starting to think European street doner is pretty trashy food. They just take a hunk of mixed meat and make little shreds and dump it with random vegetables and a shitty piece of bread in a styrofoam container? And you eat it with a fork?

[Anonymous No.5497777]

>>5497736
Doner kebabs are fucking gross, why would you want to eat that spinnning mystery meat?

Flame grilled chicken kebabs on the other hand are amazing.

[Anonymous No.5497780]

>>5497094
>in sweden its sold everywhere, in fact its become the national food here.

SWEDEN
YES

[Anonymous No.5497784]

>>5497780
My first thought when I read OP's post... so proud of his countries "new culture".

[Anonymous No.5497789]

fladenbrot masterrace

[Anonymous No.5497795]

>>5497789
shit forgot epic pictoral

[Anonymous No.5497803]

>>5497165
i totally agree with you about shawarma. some places are really amazing, but SOO many in my city are absolute shite and way over priced.

funny thing is, the really good places are usually cheaper.

[Anonymous No.5497808]

>>5497094

kebab, pls go. You have been removed.


Also yes, there are approximately no more than6 and no fewer than 5 places in my state to get a kebab. When I visited sweeden, there were some pretty good kebab. Best one I had was a little shop in Vasteras. It was massive, like the size of whatever is large in sweeden.

[Anonymous No.5497813]

HINT: Best place to get kebabs in europe is in switzerland.

[Anonymous No.5497842]

>>5497094
unable to find it in PA other than poor neighborhoods in philly