Donor kebabs Yes or no???

PandaPoo

Omackeral wrote: »

Donor kebabs are manna from the gods. They're savage. I hate the reputation they have as just being good when drunk. This is wrong. Also, I'm not gonna be that fella that says "ah you have to get them from the right authentic Turkish place because all you're getting other wise is muck". I love them from chippers, Zaytoon and even abrakebra. The independent spots are fantastic too.

Long live doner kebabs.

I get chicken kebabs sometimes, just as nice. I love kebabs.

topper75

The Simpsons once brilliantly referred to such things as 'meat-inspired products'. :-)

It is actually quite a bit CHEAPER to buy a strip loin or ribeye steak and fry it at home. Salt n'pepper and a few flips and you are done.

Why people buy kebabs, muck posing as food, is beyond me. Can't get into their minds at all.

MRnotlob606

topper75 wrote: »

The Simpsons once brilliantly referred to such things as 'meat-inspired products'. :-)

It is actually quite a bit CHEAPER to buy a strip loin or ribeye steak and fry it at home. Salt n'pepper and a few flips and you are done.

Why people buy kebabs, muck posing as food, is beyond me. Can't get into their minds at all.[/QUOTE]

Maybe because its late at night, they are inebriated, and have non access to cooking facilities

TPD

I love a good kebab. Moreso if they fire one of those pickled chillies on top of all the sauce and salad.

Sofiztikated

I love a kebab, used to get just meat because I was a picky ****, but now just load it up, but hold the matos, please.

Love getting them in Berlin, nice crisp salad, the sauerkraut, meat (I genuinely don't give a **** if it's lamb, cat, or human) the sauces, and a bottle of Fritz Cola, little knackered out truck on the side of the road beats the best kebab places here.

Or go to Munich and get a Krusten braten wrap from BaziBox. It's like a Bavarian kebab, roast pork, crackling, dumplings, redkraut, and gravy, in a wrap.

Damn I want a kebab.

Hoboo

Brian? wrote: »

That’s nonsense. Legally a donor kebab must be made of lamb. EU regulations.

Nonsense? Bit harsh, you could have at least done a search before stating something is nonsense, because of EU regs. You know its illegal to deal drugs, but guess what, people still do it!

I suppose you think Fresh Cod in chippers is actually Cod? And I know, legally it should be, more often its not.

Heres something to back up my nonsensical post, Food Safety Authority research.

https://www.independent.ie/life/food-drink/food-news/no-horse-but-its-not-lamb-either-whats-really-in-your-donner-kebab-30457005.html

Sofiztikated

topper75 wrote: »

It is actually quite a bit CHEAPER to buy a strip loin or ribeye steak and fry it at home. Salt n'pepper and a few flips and you are done

Its even cheaper to fill a glass with water, and drink that instead of eating a steak. But it's not the same thing.

Have you tried eating a steak walking down the street? Rather difficult. A kebab? Perfect, because it's street food.

And I like steaks, but they're not the only meal.

pickarooney

Sofiztikated wrote: »

I love a kebab, used to get just meat because I was a picky ****, but now just load it up, but hold the matos, please.

Love getting them in Berlin, nice crisp salad, the sauerkraut, meat (I genuinely don't give a **** if it's lamb, cat, or human) the sauces, and a bottle of Fritz Cola, little knackered out truck on the side of the road beats the best kebab places here.

Or go to Munich and get a Krusten braten wrap from BaziBox. It's like a Bavarian kebab, roast pork, crackling, dumplings, redkraut, and gravy, in a wrap.

Damn I want a kebab.

Damn, I could do with one of those!

Gravelly

Sofiztikated wrote: »

Its even cheaper to fill a glass with water, and drink that instead of eating a steak. But it's not the same thing.

Have you tried eating a steak walking down the street? Rather difficult. A kebab? Perfect, because it's street food.

And I like steaks, but they're not the only meal.

All you need to complete the look is a can of Dutch Gold in the other hand.

Gwynplaine

I've had a total of 2 kebabs in my life. I thought they were disgusting. Couple of bites from each. Whatever you're into I suppose.

lawred2

Gwynplaine wrote: »

I've had a total of 2 kebabs in my life. I thought they were disgusting. Couple of bites from each. Whatever you're into I suppose.

where did you get them from?

Gwynplaine

lawred2 wrote: »

where did you get them from?

One was from local Turkish place that most of the town loves. Other one was in big fancy place in Cardiff.
I just didn't like them, plus I don't like the look of that kebab meat, looks like there could be anything in it.

Hoboo

Gwynplaine wrote: »

looks like there could be anything in it.

Anything and everything


https://www.independent.ie/life/food-drink/food-news/no-horse-but-its-not-lamb-either-whats-really-in-your-donner-kebab-30457005.html

Ush1

I used to love donor kebabs but too salty for me now so it's chicken shish all the way, might have to get a Zaytoon for lunch!

shaunr68

Hoboo wrote: »

Anything and everything


https://www.independent.ie/life/food-drink/food-news/no-horse-but-its-not-lamb-either-whats-really-in-your-donner-kebab-30457005.html

Elephant's leg of course!

GHOST MGG

I once saw one of those kebabs like pictured up top..it was sliced down the middle and in the centre where a writing ball of maggots....havent had a kebab in 20yrs after that.

TerrorFirmer

I've only ever had one kebab and it was alright, but it was unbelievably messy to eat....and I was sober. Can't imagine the state of some people trying to tackle them at 3am!

backspin.

house45 wrote: »

Had one last nite for supper, seemed a good idea at the time , I now realize that they are in fact pure evil my arse is in bits I’m up since 6 on the toilet. Please stay away from this evil food.

That's not the kebab its the establishments food safety standards. I have two places near me that do great doner kebabs and i have never had any issues with them.

shaunr68

It does smart a bit on the way out though, especially if in your drunken state you opt for the hot chili sauce. :eek:

Sofiztikated

Gravelly wrote: »

All you need to complete the look is a can of Dutch Gold in the other hand.

A bottle of Berliner pilsner or Fritz Cola would be my preference.

Not sure if they have Dutchie in Turkey, where kebabs come from, Austria where kebabs outsell burgers and wurst, or Berlin where doner sales were over €2.5 billion in 2010 and is hotly contested where the original and best kebab in Europe might be.

Xterminator

i had a bad apple once, so now i boycott all greengrocers ..... ffs

Sofiztikated

pickarooney wrote: »

Damn, I could do with one of those!

A quick nose says that the place is currently closed, but due to reopen soon.

100% would find it again, if/when I'm back in Munich. 4.5/5 Sofs, official rating.

Mint Sauce

Abrakebabra. Despite the name, they are bloody awful. Frozen slices of kebab meat defrosted on the grill, and shoved into some pitta bread, is not my definition of a kebab.

Local independents do theirs in a flat bread or a nan, delicious at the right time. Nicest in Ireland I have had, think it was Kebabish Tandori, near the Barge Pub, Dublin.

Nicest ever was on a side street in Lyon, France. Hollowed out peice of bread, loaded with meat, salad and sauces.

All washed down with a curry chip.

GLaDOS

Nectar of the gods

Boom_Bap

I haven't had a decent Kebab in Ireland.
But when I'm in Germany, I eat the f*ckers as often as possible.

the beer revolu

GHOST MGG wrote: »

I once saw one of those kebabs like pictured up top..it was sliced down the middle and in the centre where a writing ball of maggots....havent had a kebab in 20yrs after that.

I once cut open a post on boards and found that the centre was full of horsesh1t.

keepalive213

Its hard to beat the Turks for a good kebab. Its hard to get a good kebab in Ireland, I've heard they use meat from young calves not fit for rearing ..

Foxhound38

They're not evil, they're just largely (with a few notable exceptions) complete muck here.

Go to Berlin and have one there - there is no comparison. I'd happily take a kebab over a steak dinner in Berlin.

Zaytoon and the Capel Kebab House are as good as it gets here, but they are still a far shout from what it's like over there.

suicide_circus

Foxhound38 wrote: »

Go to Berlin and have one there - there is no comparison. I'd happily take a kebab over a steak dinner in Berlin.

+1 absolutely, pretty much the first thing I do when I get off the plane in germany is drink a beer on the street and have a kebab

Nekarsulm

keepalive213 wrote: »

Its hard to beat the Turks for a good kebab. Its hard to get a good kebab in Ireland, I've heard they use meat from young calves not fit for rearing ..

Where would they get young calves? The traceability and animal ID system is pretty tight.
And what's wrong with veal in a kebab?

wakka12

even smell of them makes me wanna hurl

Fann Linn

suicide_circus wrote: »

+1 absolutely, pretty much the first thing I do when I get off the plane in germany is drink a beer on the street and have a kebab

Regularly used to do that myself when I lived in Tallaght.

pawdee

Boom_Bap wrote: »

I haven't had a decent Kebab in Ireland.
But when I'm in Germany, I eat the f*ckers as often as possible.

Kaleli Kebab Tralee.....jaysus tis gorgeus!

Rumpy Pumpy

Boom_Bap wrote: »

I haven't had a decent Kebab in Ireland.
But when I'm in Germany, I eat the f*ckers as often as possible.

Passion4Food on Clanbrassil Street. Class spot.

Boom_Bap

pawdee wrote: »

Kaleli Kebab Tralee.....jaysus tis gorgeus!

I'm sure it is, but it's probably handier for me to get to Berlin

Rumpy Pumpy wrote: »

Passion4Food on Clanbrassil Street. Class spot.

I don't eat in places that use numbers instead of words in their name.

Wurly

Falafel kebabs are where it's at!

No scary meat to be concerned with, tasty as bejaysis and very hard to get wrong.

Only pisser is that they don't tend to do them in the bog standard chipper!

lawred2

keepalive213 wrote: »

Its hard to beat the Turks for a good kebab. Its hard to get a good kebab in Ireland, I've heard they use meat from young calves not fit for rearing ..

veal?

ginoginelli

I also have never had a tasty one in Ireland. Germany had some amazing ones, but the best I had were in Gdansk, Poland. They were simply out of this world.

I tried that passion4food place on clanbrassil and it was muck. Grisly meat, doughy bread and appalling hygiene in general. I heard there is a good one somewhere on Dorset st somewhere though that is the genuine article. I have been meaning to try it.

Army_of_One

Zaytoons FTW!

Boom_Bap

Best Kebab you'll ever have is in this little sh*thole

https://www.google.ie/maps/place/S+Babelsberg/@52.3913617,13.0927635,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sAF1QipNKVPZFRaywvBwkJ4SIW95bpU52pMg9HhSZfRjb!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipNKVPZFRaywvBwkJ4SIW95bpU52pMg9HhSZfRjb%3Dw203-h114-k-no!7i5333!8i3000!4m8!1m2!2m1!1sbabelsberg+station!3m4!1s0x47a8f5f6fe0f9765:0xb6a89ea733228034!8m2!3d52.3913891!4d13.0926974?hl=en

Grahamer666

suicide_circus wrote: »

+1 absolutely, pretty much the first thing I do when I get off the plane in germany is drink a beer on the street and have a kebab

Shouldn't that be Kebap.

OldMrBrennan83

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OnDraught

Patww79 wrote: »

How did this turn into 'I've been to Germany'?

I'm just back from Germany, haha. Anyway the Uber driver I had coming in from the airport reckons that the Turkish kebab places are becoming so popular that the McDonalds and Burger Kings are closing down.

When you can get a lovely fresh kebab and a beer for a fiver it's not hard to see why.

suicide_circus

Grahamer666 wrote: »

Shouldn't that be Kebap.

Or kebop. Or Kepap. Or Dürüm (usually a wrap type).

suicide_circus

Patww79 wrote: »

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Because honestly that's where the best kebabs are. It's like talking about pizza and mentioning Italy.

Foxhound38

ginoginelli wrote: »

I heard there is a good one somewhere on Dorset st somewhere though that is the genuine article.

That would be Pasha - it's servicable, not bad by any means but still not the genuine article. Try the Capel Kebab House on Capel Street too - again, not the genuine article but likely as close as you are going to get here.

Penn

I once ate half a kebab and threw the rest at a tree.

Basically, kebabs are drunk food. You only eat them when you're super drunk and your body knows when it's had enough and will subconsciously make you throw the rest away, most likely at a nearby tree.

Source: One really drunk night I had

biko

Donor - yes
Doner - yes, also

thejaguar

I once bought a kebab on the street in Istanbul. Was with the wife and not particularly hungry so we decided to share one between us. Cue my favourite ever food experience:

Me: Could I have a kebab please?
Kebab Seller: Two kebabs (points at me and my wife).
Me: No thanks, just the one - we're not all that hungry....
Kebab Seller: Two kebabs (starts making two kebabs and feigning poor english)
Me: Eh, that's ok... I'll eh....

I thoroughly enjoyed both kebabs - better by far than any kebab I've ever eaten in Ireland. And cost me about €3 I think.

sbsquarepants

thejaguar wrote: »

I thoroughly enjoyed both kebabs - better by far than any kebab I've ever eaten in Ireland. And cost me about €3 I think.

Including the flight?:D