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6415546 No.6415546 [Reply] [Original]

Tell me why doner kebab isn't the best sandwich on the face of the planet.

>> No.6415550

American here.
Is this not just another name for fast food Greek gyros?
Serious question, because that's what it looks like to me. And Ive never fucking heard of doner kebab ever, outside this board. Even my spell checker marks it as being wrong.
Explain please. What is unique and amazing about it?

>> No.6415552

>>6415550
doner kebab is just the turkish name for that sort of shaved meat wrap
in arabic countries like lebanon, it's called shawarma
and for the greeks, it's gyro/yros
here in australia, it really depends who owns the store/who is the majority population in the area

>> No.6415554

>>6415546
>kebab
>sandwich
pick one

>> No.6415556

>>6415550
Gyros has another sauce and another seasoning, i have also only had chicken gyros and lambdoners.

>> No.6415564

>>6415552
>>6415556
Interesting, and thanks. Where would I go to get one in Chicago? Turkish/Lebanese area I guess?

>> No.6415566

>>6415554

meat inside bread = sandwich

>> No.6415576
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>>6415564
Danishfag here - we have kebabs and shawarma joints all over the places

One thing you must beware of is that there are two tiers of kebab/shawarma meat:

>shit tier is where the rotating meat setup is basically a long wad of meatloaf. You have no clue exactly what meat its made of, and its generally really low grade meat used to make it

>god tier is pic related, where you can actually see that its layered meat on a central spindle.
This is what you should try to find... though you can settle for the shit-tier stuff if there is nothing else

>> No.6415587

We call em Donairs in Canada.
WAAAAAAY better than gyros.

>> No.6415593
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Because chicken pot pie sandwiches are a thing.

>> No.6415621
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6415621

Döner literally means "turning grill"
Kebab is translated "grilled meat"
Pitta is when served in a half-round bread

My favorite: dürüm (means "wrap") with feta
Pic related

>> No.6415622

>>6415546

It is

>mfw it costs 6quid here cause I live in some boomer coastal resort town full of either tourists and(which are) old people waiting to die so they don't mind spending all their money on random shit so everything costs much more.


SIX.FUCKING.QUID.

granted it's a very large serving with tons of lamb with tons of salad as an extra.

>> No.6415648

Because the sausage peppers n onions sub exists

>> No.6415669

>>6415576
>where the rotating meat setup is basically a long wad of meatloaf.
What the fuck? Do you guys have no standard?

>>6415621
Fucking this.

>> No.6415675

European here.

Main difference to Gyros is the kind of animal used. Gyros is more likely to be pig meat, whereas Döner is a type of fast food also suitable for muslims.

So the meat used is more likely to be beef, lamb or chicken. It is rumored that ingredients also may contain traces of doves, rats, raccoons or every other possible type of fauna living in large cities.

Most Döner fast food joints have a special sauce. Don't ever inquire about the special ingredient.

In some districts of the town I live in, there are Döner joints every 100m, it is the most common type of fast food. American companies like McDo, KFC, Burger King have only a little amount of market share here ..

>> No.6415678

Am I weird for taking only the meat, salad and hot sauce ?

In Croatia you can pick various condiments and it looks like this >>6415576

Costs around 3 quid.

>> No.6415679

>>6415675
lol why are you using your europeanness as a claim to authority, you're flat out wrong as each dish originates from a different culture
probably norwegian or scandanavian

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>>6415546
When you come in from a night out with half a kebab and a calzone, wake up in the morning and microwave that shit. Garlic mayo and chili sauce soaking into the that sweet sweet pita. Truly the breakfast of kings.

>> No.6415681

Nice try homo

>> No.6415695

>>6415622

2,80 € average here or sometimes even 2,50 € with drink in some places

>> No.6415703

>>6415550

it really depends

gyros are generally cut thicker than doner kebab, and are usually served with some sort of sauce

incidentally, doner kebab simply means kebab cut from >>6415576 this sort of contraption, and includes different types of kebab, like iskender

kebab is also just the generic turkish word for grilled or roasted food, for example you can have eggplant kebab made in the oven, or chicken shish kebab on the grill

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>>6415576
Something like pic related would probably be one of the lower-tier, meatloafy ones that the dane anon mentions.

I have a couple of places that do stuff like this in my town. Its okay I guess. Unhealthy as all fuck, and best eaten when very very drunk.

I prefer chicken doners because at least then you actually know you're eating chicken, as opposed to some tasty mysterious meaty substance.

>> No.6415814

>>6415587
>How to be wrong: the post

>> No.6415826

>>6415714
What the fuck, its like a big ol' skinless sausage.

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>>6415576
Three tiers sadly

>Ultra shit tier where they thaw "pre-sliced" frozen kebab from a box

But only seen that in southern Denmark, Cph is godly!

>> No.6415843

99% of times when I've eaten a Kebab I regretted it almost immediately after.
Go buy your typical local sandwich. It's worth that extra 1€

>> No.6415845

>>6415566
So are tacos a sandwich?

>> No.6416183
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>>6415546
I've never had doner kebab / gyros / shawarma (uncultured American here, not entirely sure what the difference is) but they all look amazing. Would have had to drive over 3 hours before to try some, until out of nowhere a Mediterranean restaurant popped up less than 10 minutes from my house. Pic related is their shawarma, according to the menu.

To those that know better -- does this look like proper shawarma? Looks tasty but I don't want to waste my time if it's some bastardized form of it.

>> No.6416188

>>6415675
Gyros arent pig you kong, typically they're lamb.

>> No.6416206

>>6416183

onions and meat inside a pita

good enough

>> No.6416209

>>6416183
Thats not shawarma that looks like a gyro. Shawarma usually has a hot chili sauce. Gyros have the white tsatziki. Doner could have either.

>> No.6416223

>>6416209
Yeah that is tsatziki so I suppose it is a gyro. The menu lists it as
>Lamb Shawarma (Doner or traditional gyro)
>fresh lamb topped with tomato salad & tzatziki
So I guess they're just trying to hit all the key terms for people that haven't tried any of the three. Also because of that shawarma bit in the Avengers I'd bet.

>> No.6416241

>>6415695
JFC where do you live? here they vary from €4 - 9.50(the most expensive, is the best quality though to be fair and comes with chips + drink)

>> No.6416246

>>6415576
>shit tier is where the rotating meat setup is basically a long wad of meatloaf. You have no clue exactly what meat its made of, and its generally really low grade meat used to make it
you are an absolute faggot, not that the other stuff is bad, but having no respect for sausage makes you a dick weasel.

the only thing in that sausage is lamb, maybe beef, salt, garlic, pepper, oregano, onion, and maybe a bit of extra fat like bacon or fatback.

>> No.6416253

guys how the hell do you pronounce gyro
jiro?
jai-roh?
guy-roh?
year-roh?
euro / yuro?

>> No.6416259

>>6416253
i say jai-ro because i dont give a fuck about no greeks

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>>6415714
Holy shit people eat that?

>> No.6416263

>>6415679
Because Döner Kebap was most likely invented in Berlin, home of the largest turkish community outside of Turkey.

>> No.6416277

>>6415714
This.

Unfortunately, the only Dönerbude that served chicken döner discontinued it gor lack of demand.

Fun fact: In Germany, the government determins the meat/ground meat ratio.

If it has too much ground meat in it, it can't be called Döner Kebap, but merely spit roast döner style.

>> No.6416280

>>6416253
What is this, a 90s Seinfeld episode?

>> No.6416286

>>6416188

b..but wiki says so

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyro_(food)

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>>6416263

>> No.6416305
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>In civilised countries the doner is recognised as trash food that only drunkards eat
>High end cuisine to americlaps

>> No.6416309

>>6416246
And rats and whatever else happened to get swept into the grinder during cleanup.

>> No.6416323

>>6416305
>be American
>Have to wait in line for hours before the meat man will serve you
>Every time the line moves forward, the entire line breaks out in raucous applause and fireworks
>There's a bandit robbing people in line
>A cowboy shot him before he got to me though
>Recite the star-spangled banner between mouthfuls of expensive arab-american food

>> No.6416326

>>6416280
And what's the deal with airline food?

>> No.6416330

>>6416305
>ive never been drunk in america

>> No.6416344

>>6416326
NO DÖNER FOR YOU!!!

>> No.6416372

>>6416209
personally I like Israeli style chicken shawarma, which is typically served with tahini sauce (sesame paste, lemon juice and garlic)

>> No.6416444
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>>6416183
>shit that looks really good
>driving 3 hours for mediterranean fast-food?
>give him 1 week till he surrenders to this

Bon appétit!

>> No.6416450

>>6416262
Not "people".
Mudslimes and mudslime enablers do.

>> No.6416463

>>6416305
in germany it's pretty much the go-to fast food

>> No.6416506

>>6416253
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gt6HuxEYOTs

You got your answer

>> No.6416515

>>6416506
Sounds about right

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>>6416305
>eating food according to social standards and not flavour

you are already dead.

>> No.6416713

>>6415845
no but burritos are

>> No.6416904

the difference between döner kebab and gyros is the spices being used faggots

>> No.6416928

>>6416246
See that's the thing

A couple of years ago there was a big scandal because a shit-tier kebab supplier was caught hawking meat-tubes that weren't really.... well...

The food safety lab that tested the meat gave it the full workover. It wasn't beef, mutton, goat, rat, human, horse, or anything else they could identify.

It was meat, yes - but they had no clue what kind of meat.

So no, I'm gonna keep considering those sausage-tubes shit-tier

>> No.6416933

>>6416928
pigeon?

>> No.6416948

>>6415546
because it is a wrap

>> No.6417068
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>>6415546
That's called Lahmacun. It's like a rolled Pizza. Döner Kebab is a piece of bread filled with cheap meat, Salat and yoghurt sauce

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>>6417068

>> No.6417292

>>6415552
>>6415564
Doner and Gyros are vastly different though.

Gyros is made from pork, Doner is made from lamb. The sauce, which is, to me at least, the most important ingredient, is also very different. Gyros sauce is regular Tzaziki, Doner sauce is kind of a mystery but it doesn't have cucumber or herbs in it, it's just some kind of yoghurt/sour cream mix with garlic. Doner is also ideally sliced very thin while gyros is cut into thicker chunks. I prefer Doner by a lot.

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D-do you enjoy eating little girls, anon?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1552482/Missing-girls-body-put-into-kebab.html

>> No.6417311

>>6416928
It was probably human meat. Just another discarded under aged rape victim.

>> No.6417324

>>6417292
>GYROS IS MADE FROM PORK

EXCUSE MY CAPS BUT I CANT STOP LAUGHING AT YOU

>> No.6417334

>>6415593
when is kfc going to release the potpie double down sandwich

>> No.6418150
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>>6415621
>>6415546
I was driving down the road the other day and there was a giant sign that read "KEBAB". So, being a hungry young man, I pulled over and crossed the median to try my first kebab. I get in, they were really nice, I brought in my laptop to do some homework. I order the doner kebab as I had seen in posted around ck a few times. I didn't know what I wanted for my side so the motherly, plump ?Greek? lady orders the humas for me. I would have rather had something I never tried before, but I went with it.

The humas was served along side another dish of oil with some sort of tomato paste sunk to the bottem. Can you tell me what this was for? I just dipped my warm pitta slices in them before scooping up the humas.

The kebab was served with the feta sauce (forget what the name is) greek salad, white and wild rice mix on a flat plate. It was great but I was really sad it didn't come in a sandwich. I was expecting something like OPs pic. I even went as far as ordering another pitta so I could make my own, but she brought it back in quarters like she did for my humas.

I think they do more of an authentic style. Which is strange since it's in a really bad spot in the middle of a small ass city in illinois. There were like 14 sides to choose from. What do I get next time thats a bit more adventurous?

Also she served me free rice pudding and it was flame.

I want to give them more business because she was a nice lady, and I like places like that. But, what I ordered wasn't worth going back.

Could you help me out for what to choose next time?

>> No.6418163
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6418163

You have not lived life until you have eaten a Berliner Kebab. It's pretty much the best drunk food in the world.

>> No.6418197

>>6415621
>>6418150
Sorry, didn't read the Durum part you added at first. I feel like I might have read that on the menu when I was in there. I go for that next time. It won't be like the pitta wrap will it? That was pretty thick and would make a very small wrap. I'll be going there tomorrow if it's like your pic.

>> No.6418211

>tfw eating at verts kebap in texas

fuck man it's pretty good

>> No.6418220

>>6418211
Went there last week! I love it!

>> No.6418225

>>6416183
the bread is actually more like a gyro in it's thickness, traditional shawarma like i've had in lebanon and australia has thinner bread
still looks great though, no need to drive 3 hours

>> No.6418922

>>6418211
That's like a weekly afterwork spot for me. It's a little pricey, but damn is it delicious.

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>>6415546
I agree, but pizza is better.

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>>6415546
Having me a few right now. Really good stuff.

>> No.6419489

>>6419483
>inb4 black

how recently did you stop biting/picking at your fingers? i do the same thing.

>> No.6419651
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California Burrito

Real steak instead of shaved europoor mystery meat

>> No.6419661

>>6419651
>burrito
>better than anything

kek

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>> No.6421104

>>6418163
This man is correct. Berlin Donners are the best. Mitte district provides amazing donners after a night of getting fucked up.

>> No.6421111

>>6415546

Because falafel is better

>> No.6421112 [DELETED] 

>>6421111

QUADS
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C O N F I R M

>> No.6421115

>>6421112
>>>/b/

>> No.6421120

>>6421115

Falafel is better though

>> No.6421170

>>6415546
You like them, huh? So do I.

But try heating up canned dog food and eating it with hummus one day. I defy you to find a difference.

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>>6415546
>Tell me why doner kebab isn't the best sandwich on the face of the planet.
Because pic related exists.

>> No.6421932

>>6419673
>eating just the meat
atleast mix in some fries and veg, wa la prime dönerbox

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>>6415546

>> No.6421988

>>6415546
Because it's not a primanti's bros capicola

>> No.6422000

>>6421988
MY NIGGA

>> No.6422004

>>6421173
JIDF detected.

>> No.6422133

>>6416253

Here-O

>> No.6422136

>>6417311
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/06/23/sentenced-russian-case-human-meat-sold-kebab-stall/

>> No.6422138

>>6419483
dat niggertoe

>> No.6422337

>>6417068
no, lamacun is something different. it's a very thin türkish style pizza.

dürüm döner is döner rolled in yufka
kebab döner is döner rolled in pita
lamacun is a türkish style pizza

also türkish döner > greek döner

>> No.6422692

>>6418197
Durum is unique to the Turkish style, I believe. It's a Turkish word anyway and I don't know if there's a Greek equivalent related to Gyros.

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>>6422337
>kebab döner is döner rolled in pita
It's not. I mean I've just seen it in the pic of that American place but it's the strangest thing to me. A good pita puffs up with a big air pocket and is then cut open and the meat put inside.

I prefer grilled quarter pide though.

>> No.6422720

>>6419483
>no salad
>macfag
>nigger

sucks to be you

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>> No.6422753

>>6415622
are you from sowwie p you kid?
>southport man

>> No.6423601

>>6421173
LMFAO

>> No.6424347

>>6415621
best kebab i ever had were durum in berlin eastern parts

>> No.6424352

>>6418163
parisian here, berliner kebab (especially durum) were the best i ever had and i travel extensiveley.
Been to turkey many times, 3 times in istambul, best are still berlin

>> No.6424423

>>6422739
Christ even their elephants are disgusting.

>> No.6425732

>>6415550
It's the most common name in Europe, since it mostly comes from turks in germany.