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The perfect kebab.......
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21-03-2011 8:41pm#1
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I consider myself a bit of a connoisseur on the whole kebab thing. I've yet to get a good kebab in Ireland. Like all good chippers are Italian, all good kebabs are Turkish. Similarly, just like you don't get good chips in Italy, you don't get good kebabs in Turkey. Best kebabs I've had have been in Belgium and Germany.
Firstly the meat should never, ever be hacked off with a knife but rather shaved off the spit with an electric thingamabob that looks like an angle grinder. Secondly the bap should be crispy yet puffy flat bread that will hold the kebab and not explode at one end once you take the first bite. Thirdly, less is more - there's nothing worse than ordering a kebab that is so full that you would be better off getting in to the bath before attempting to eat it.
Best way to prepare is start off with the bap, lightly toasted, add a little salad followed by some of the shaved meat, a little garlic sauce, a little more salad and some more meat. All topped off by sprinkling a spoon full of dried chilli flakes. Makes for consistency the whole way through and a really 'proper' doner!
P.S. - Just like the meat must be shaved, pita bread is never, ever acceptable.0 -
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I consider myself a bit of a connoisseur on the whole kebab thing. I've yet to get a good kebab in Ireland. Like all good chippers are Italian, all good kebabs are Turkish. Similarly, just like you don't get good chips in Italy, you don't get good kebabs in Turkey. Best kebabs I've had have been in Belgium and Germany.
Firstly the meat should never, ever be hacked off with a knife but rather shaved off the spit with an electric thingamabob that looks like an angle grinder. Secondly the bap should be crispy yet puffy flat bread that will hold the kebab and not explode at one end once you take the first bite. Thirdly, less is more - there's nothing worse than ordering a kebab that is so full that you would be better off getting in to the bath before attempting to eat it.
Best way to prepare is start off with the bap, lightly toasted, add a little salad followed by some of the shaved meat, a little garlic sauce, a little more salad and some more meat. All topped off by sprinkling a spoon full of dried chilli flakes. Makes for consistency the whole way through and a really 'proper' doner!
P.S. - Just like the meat must be shaved, pita bread is never, ever acceptable.
there is no one way to make kebabs. they are made differently, in different regions of turkey. there are a few different regional recipes etc.
outside turkey there are differences across the middle east and the greek version "gyros" etc.0 -
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i've always been a big fan of kebabs, but it's hard to find a good one in ireland and impossible to find a truly great one unfortunately.
i've tried iskanders (very disappointed after the talking up that it gets on here) and zaytoon which was actually pretty good, but i'm rarely round that way to get one.
there'a a decent spot that does kebabs in the inside corner of the food emporium on the corner of middle abby street & lower liffey street too.
the best kebab i've ever had though was my local in the town where i grew up in the UK. they're totally out of this world and they've been there as long as i can remember (a good 20 years at least) and i'm going to be home to visit my family in 3 weeks and my mum said she really wants one after the last time i got her one when i was home, so nom noms for me.
i'll take a picture and post it here when i come back so you can all lick your screens. :pac:0 -
i've always been a big fan of kebabs, but it's hard to find a good one in ireland and impossible to find a truly great one unfortunately.
i've tried iskanders (very disappointed after the talking up that it gets on here) and zaytoon which was actually pretty good, but i'm rarely round that way to get one.
there'a a decent spot that does kebabs in the inside corner of the food emporium on the corner of middle abby street & lower liffey street too.
the best kebab i've ever had though was my local in the town where i grew up in the UK. they're totally out of this world and they've been there as long as i can remember (a good 20 years at least) and i'm going to be home to visit my family in 3 weeks and my mum said she really wants one after the last time i got her one when i was home, so nom noms for me.
i'll take a picture and post it here when i come back so you can all lick your screens. :pac:
I'm looking forward to it.
Where in the UK, if you don't mind me asking?0 -
Ely in Cambridgeshire.
one of those places where nobody is ever likely to go unless they are visiting someone and not really close enough to Cambridge even to be worth a detour if you were over that way unfortunately.
although it does have a very nice Cathedral that is (sometimes, depending on who you ask) considered one to be one of the 7 wonders of the medieval world if you like that sort of thing.
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Another vote from me for Turkish kebabs in Germany. I've never tasted better. I usually visit Germany once a year and having a kebab is one thing I really look forward to (along with Käsespätzle, Currywurst, Bratkartoffeln...).
Sorry, don't mean to sound negative but the ones I've had here come nowhere close. They are twice as dear and not half as good.0 -
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