I haven’t seen a decent kebab shop in Metro Vancouver yet. I could count on my Turkish brothers in their van parked next to supermarket in UK to hook me up anytime after 5pm.
Here they skimp on meat and you’re still hungry even if you order the largest portion.
Also the meat is shit in comparison to even the worst kebab I had in UK
About 5-6 places in my vicinity (within 10-15min driving distance) or along our commute/travel routes, any longer than that is a waste of time imo. Plus a fancy kebab in Nanaimo - though I don’t count that, it wasn’t a typical doner kebab, it was proper roasted lamb, which I personally hate in comparison, but my wife enjoyed it so I can’t call it bad objectively, and they didn’t have anything advertising what they actually sell as we went in seeing the stellar reviews (no pictures just people raving about it and the portion was decent for the meat quality)
Since then I occasionally look at kebab places’ menus wherever we drive in lower mainland and majority don’t even have a typical lamb doner meat, its usually mostly beef and absolutely no lamb in it. Out of the few that do even list it as an option, there’s currently only one on my list of places to try, but the reviews seem to be a bit negative lately.
By comparison, there were about 3-4 separate kebab vans near my commute routes or within 5-10min drive in UK that I’ve frequented over the years, plus tried another 4-5 shops and out of those only couple of shops that changed management had become shit. According my family members still there, one even managed to turn it back around.
Funny story; when we visited NYC several years back, I decided to check whether the situation is any better. It surprisingly wasn’t, there was only one place that seemed to serve something I could compare to UK meat or portion wise according to reviews and it was completely out of our way (we only had a few days, all walking/public transport) so unfortunately didn’t get to try. Also apparently it was some guy who kept going out of business and having to start new restaurants again, so he was known to people who enjoy a good kebab, which is a bit of shame.
This post is Euro-coded.
Because people only eat kebab in Europe?
No, but I don’t think you get what I’m saying and I’m not sure I could fully explain it.
Only Europeans can get it
And Canada. At least from Toronto to Montreal.
Nope sorry, only the smarmy Euro’s know what late night drunken kebabs are like. We lowly non-Europeans could never comprehend it.
Because kebab shops are not ubiquitous in the US. As everyone knows there are only two places that exist, the US and Europe. That’s simple geography.
They are pretty damn ubiquitous in Canada, so there’s really nothing uniquely European about this.
You must not have studied geography. Canada is not the US and therefore Europe.
I haven’t seen a decent kebab shop in Metro Vancouver yet. I could count on my Turkish brothers in their van parked next to supermarket in UK to hook me up anytime after 5pm.
Here they skimp on meat and you’re still hungry even if you order the largest portion. Also the meat is shit in comparison to even the worst kebab I had in UK
Where have you tried?
About 5-6 places in my vicinity (within 10-15min driving distance) or along our commute/travel routes, any longer than that is a waste of time imo. Plus a fancy kebab in Nanaimo - though I don’t count that, it wasn’t a typical doner kebab, it was proper roasted lamb, which I personally hate in comparison, but my wife enjoyed it so I can’t call it bad objectively, and they didn’t have anything advertising what they actually sell as we went in seeing the stellar reviews (no pictures just people raving about it and the portion was decent for the meat quality)
Since then I occasionally look at kebab places’ menus wherever we drive in lower mainland and majority don’t even have a typical lamb doner meat, its usually mostly beef and absolutely no lamb in it. Out of the few that do even list it as an option, there’s currently only one on my list of places to try, but the reviews seem to be a bit negative lately.
By comparison, there were about 3-4 separate kebab vans near my commute routes or within 5-10min drive in UK that I’ve frequented over the years, plus tried another 4-5 shops and out of those only couple of shops that changed management had become shit. According my family members still there, one even managed to turn it back around.
Funny story; when we visited NYC several years back, I decided to check whether the situation is any better. It surprisingly wasn’t, there was only one place that seemed to serve something I could compare to UK meat or portion wise according to reviews and it was completely out of our way (we only had a few days, all walking/public transport) so unfortunately didn’t get to try. Also apparently it was some guy who kept going out of business and having to start new restaurants again, so he was known to people who enjoy a good kebab, which is a bit of shame.
Real question : how popular are they in Australia?
Probably one of if not the most common food shops around. I can think of 5+ within 5km of me.
Nice. Now I’m curious about worldwide popularity of kebabs
Very (and honestly as a former UKer they’re better)
Yes.
There are as many kebab shops as there are fish and chip shops, that being out other main food group.
Turkey is barely Europe
The Turkish doner kebab man doesn’t live in Turkey though. He lives in Europe.
I can smell /r/europe on this guy