I used to see those rotating in ‘chippies’ in the UK. They grossed me out. Some really like kebab, though.
>>. Mr Aygun went on to invent the yoghurt sauce<<
Same as on Gyros, right?
When I was in Sydney, they sold these on the street!
“...That allowed customers who had been drinking to wander off into the night with their food and eat it as they stumbled home....”
Has it ever! It’s become a ritual in the UK as well as much of the commonwealth - drunks lined up at the Kabob shop at 3AM!
Because of the very close political and cultural ties between NZ and Turkey (due to WW-I and Galipoli), there are literally hundreds or thousands of kebab shops everywhere. Doner Kebabs are considered authentic New Zealand cuisine.
I prefer them to hamburgers, actually. You could eat them all day and not put on an ounce of fat: they are actually good for you.
Mmmmmm!
I prefer the “Halifax [Nova Scotia]-style” donair, which uses a sweet sauce - grew up on those, and they’re still really tasty.
Invented 1973, according to Wikipedia ...
Here’s a fun wee video: it’s in French and it’s all about the Doner Kebab. The French isn’t at all challenging: http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=wJV6Akwxlo8&feature=related
Sounds like Olga’s! Yum!
Is this related to khal-khalash?
(You know, the stuff that goes with Mountain Dew or crab juice...anyone?)
Why would anyone think that Germany would be a good place to move to in order to open a snack stall in 1938?
I thought hubby was going to go into mourning when I read this to him this morning. The Doner Kebab is his most favorite food. He discovered it the day he got off the plane in Germany. He took the Princess and me to get our first the day we landed in Germany. It became a weekly ritual that every Saturday we could, we went to a little stand at the end of an alley in the market area of town. That guy knew us well. Since moving back to the states, he’s tried every Doner place he’s come across, but he’s not found the real thing yet.
We haven’t tried any place in the DC area yet. Maybe the weekend after next...I think that’s the soonest we will venture back into the downtown area again as a family.