Oh no ... delicious 'bad' food opened nearby !

by Simon 12 Replies latest jw friends

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  Simon

  We're kind of fortunate in that the fast food in our local vicinity is quite poor. Greasy chips, chewy kebabs, minging pizzas etc...

  There was an old chinese family that had a chip shop that was *fantastic* but they have retired and the people who have it now are not as good. There's an excellent chinese takeaway but it's about 10 - 15 minutes drive away.

  A few nights ago, we got a menu pushed through the letter-box for a new takeaway opened: Turkish

  "What the hell" we thought "may as well give it a try" (the pictures looked nice) and ordered something to be delivered expecting the usual fare (ie. nothing like the pictures)

  Wow ! Only the *best* kebab I've ever had ! Nice fresh salad and beautiful delicious meat.

  Now we're doomed ... I want a kofte / shish / chicken / steak / istanbul / donner / charcoal special (I'm working my way through the menu) kebab every night !!

  They go so well with beer
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  Vivamus

  So... can I come and visit and have a taste too?

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  Blue Bubblegum Girl
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  Mutz

  Think it's best to wait until the day after before passing judgement on the quality of any kebab.......
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  Stephanus

  Er...what's "bad" about reasonably fat free meat, with a lot of salad, wrapped in Lebanese bread? Sound pretty balanced to me!

  From one of our local Kebab franchises:

  Ali Baba has three ?killer? competitive advantages, which are based on demonstrable fact as opposed to marketing hype, and which makes the Franchise desirable to people from all walks of life:

  1. Its food offering is amongst the healthiest and most nutritious fast food available anywhere. Unlike the majors, Ali Baba?s food typically has a low fat content (less than 10%), a high protein and fibre content, and a ?balanced? amount of carbohydrates. ?Our unique and proprietary bread wrap is bulky enough to satisfy those who want the taste and texture of a bread roll, but it constitutes a significantly lower proportion of the overall volume of the food offering? said Mr Marjan.
  2. It offers a unique and sensational taste, flowing from its proprietary marinades and spices which were originally enthusiastically welcomed ? and are now being sought out - by the market. A wide variety of natural herbs and spices have been blended for the purpose of delighting the taste buds, and one or two have even been included specifically because they also enhance digestion. ?What?s the point of providing an enjoyable meal if the net result is that the patron suffers from indigestion or ?after-taste? for a couple of hours afterwards??

  from: http://users.bigpond.net.au/redrock/Franchisors/franchisors.htm
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  DanTheMan

  Sounds delicious! I don't know that I've ever had carry-out kebabs - you mean like the ones on a stick?

  Here in America, when it comes to fast food, you have your choice of:

  Burgers from Wendys, burgers from McDonalds, burgers from Burger King, Burgers from White Castle, Burgers from Rallys....

  Dan, resident of Columbus Ohio, which has the highest fast-food restaraunt-per-capita ratio in the USA, and 99% of it is f*cking hamburgers
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  SheilaM

  Simon: they have a place called Iliki cafe that has to DIE for kabobs YUMMMMMMMM near us now you made me hungry.
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  Xena

  minging pizzas

  could someone please translate this for me???

  uuummm kababs with chili sauce...yum yum yum
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  little witch

  Sounds scrumtious. (from what I could translate into american english) LOL

  Bloomington Indiana.... The States first tibetan restaurant.

  It is called the Snow Lion...

  I havent eaten there yet, it is rather "high end".

  Just wanted to brag. LOL

  Gawd, how I miss delivery service.......all those wonderful restaraunts that bring dinner to your door!!!

  On a good note, living in the country has turned us all into good cooks. My 11 year old made a killer guacomole tonite!
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  drwtsn32

  could someone please translate this for me???

  LOL...I was going to ask the same thing!
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  Stephanus

  I don't know that I've ever had carry-out kebabs - you mean like the ones on a stick?

  No, that's a shish kebab. The kebabs we're talking about are slices of meat from a lump of formed meat (beef or lamb) on a rotissery in fromt of a gas flame. As the outer layers are cooked, they are sliced off and put on a layer of salad that tops a piece of lebanese flat bread. After your sauce of choice is added, it's wrapped up, crisped against the gas burner and put in a bag, from which you then eat yon delicate morsel. Yum!