This is where I miss London. I really fancy a large doner

[Dorset Gooner]

[Snin]

[Snin]

[Billy Goat Sverige]

[PSRB]

[Classic Jorge]

[Classic Jorge]

[Dorset Gooner]

[Classic Jorge]

[Nicosia Gooner]

:puke:

[Witharby 2-3 weeks]

[Snin]

its the taste of them i like sometimes so if thats what it takes to make them then so be it :-)

[Bergkamp's Brain]

what were the details?

[Classic Jorge]

'cept for t'attitudes to race, in which case we're more at the level of 1970s ITV

[Classic Jorge]

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

Were it not for my Xmas party tonight I would be kebabing for lunch.

[Bergkamp's Brain]

[Witharby 2-3 weeks]

We have UKIP instead

[Classic Jorge]

[Classic Jorge]

None of this implied, dog whistle business*.











*they'll win **** loads of seats up here, pretty much on the basis he does that fag/pint thing

[Dorset Gooner]

[barrybueno]

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

Iskanders on Dame Street is just round the corner from where the soiree is happening, or at least starting.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

For the man who has eaten shawarma, the doner is but a pale imitation of kebaby goodness. (Still a thing of wonder, of course.)

[Classic Jorge]

Aren't they both cooked on an upright spit, served in pitta with salad?

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

They are simply impossible to compare; it's like asking 'What are the major differences between Coco Pops and Weetabix?' They're both served in a bowl with milk for breakfast, but are completely different beasts.

Have you never eaten shawarma? There in your cosmopolitan multicultural paradise? :hehe:

[Snin]

[Classic Jorge]

I've always been more of a chicken shish man myself. Also, they did mean Shami and Seekh kebabs.

[Classic Jorge]

See, you managed to be informative and helpful in the title alone whereas C took up half the reply box to make a sneeringly superior point.

[Snin]

ive made sense :-)

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

Shawarma is Lebanese and can only be prepared by a hairy, sweating Levantine. A Green Lanes / Stroud Green Road generic Turk is NOT giving you shawarma.

I bet there was no tahini, was there?

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

concede, is quite the achievement for him, but has you no closer to understanding shawarma. Indeed, he has misled you into thinking you HAVE experienced the King Of Meals.

[Snin]

. Shawarma is eaten as a fast food, made up into a sandwich wrap with pita bread or rolled up in an Armenian lavash flatbread together with vegetables and dressing. A variety of vegetables come with the shawarma which include: cucumber, onion, tomato, lettuce, eggplant, parsley, pickled turnips, pickled gherkins, pickles, and cabbage. This will optionally be accompanied by French fries in some countries, including: Jordan, Libya, Syria, Israel, Lebanon, Pakistan, Palestine, Turkey, Egypt, India, and Saudi Arabia, also countries in Europe such as Romania, Italy, Germany, Bulgaria and the United Kingdom, and in Australia.[5] Other options include thick cut French fries served inside the lavash to help soak up the sauce and juices, keeping them inside the wrap.[6]

Dressings include: tahini (or tahina), amba sauce (pickled mango with chili), hummus, or flavored with vinegar and spices such as cardamom, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Chicken shawarma is served with garlic mayonnaise, toum (garlic sauce), pomegranate concentrate, or skhug (a hot chili sauce). Once the shawarma is made, it might be dipped in the fat dripping from the skewer and then briefly seared against the flame.

In Saudi Arabia, goat is as common as beef or lamb. Less common alternatives include fish and sausage. Some shawarma stores use hot dog buns or baguettes, but most have pita and lavash. In India, chicken and mutton are more common, and rumali roti is also used as a wrap, along with khubz and a long bun called "samoli".[citation needed]

In Israel, Shawarma is mainly made of turkey, although chicken, beef and lamb shawarma can also be found.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawarma

[Classic Jorge]

A sort of Now That's What I Call Kebabs Vol 1 and 2.

These lads knew their onions, both in bhaji and non bhaji form.

[Snin]

[Classic Jorge]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

Have you eaten shawarma on the Corniche in Beirut, with the cderry-scented smoke from hubble bubble pipes mixing with the fumes from Ferraris driven by young Saudis down for the weekend to go whoring and drinking the Chateau Musar?

No? Then you know nothing of shawarma. Nothing.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

This is all making me sad.

Get yourself to the Edgware Rd or Bayswater and dive into the depths of joy that constitute the True Shawarma.

[Classic Jorge]

[Snin]

in 1965 before the 6 day war in 1967 as since then its never been the same as the art was lost and corrupted by movements of people and original skills and herbs lost... so your musings are irrelevant as what you call a levant shwarma is in fact a poor replica of the post 1967 ones.. as i said..suck on my sweetmeats

[Snin]

and a good earner

[Classic Jorge]

so stick your tahini up your arse, boss

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

The lads flogging you dodgy doners are as Levantine as me.

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

Damned fine too though I have never since reached the peaks of Amsterdam for this delicacy.

I say this as a man who earned an honest living for 4 years on the Edgware Road also.

Maybe they put something in them in the Dutch city.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

[Classic Jorge]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

Is this an old music hall gag?

[Classic Jorge]

[Classic Jorge]

It wasn't until us brits came along and started drawing lines all over the place that it was an issue anyway.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

You chose to move to the arsehole of no where, mate.

[Classic Jorge]

[Nicosia Gooner]

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

Life is far too short to be overly concerned about every food article one consumes.

I am not advocating a doner every day but on that occasion when you have had a quick 10-12 pints.

[Nicosia Gooner]