Homegrove You must have a local döner-kebab before you leave. Visiting Berlin always puts me off kebab you can get here, because they’re always absolute shit compared to the ones I had in Berlin.

Döner kebabs here are still greasy crap (and yes I’ve tried the most recommended place before) - I don’t understand how people can enjoy that stuff. Maybe some might consider them less shit than elsewhere, but they’re still shit.

If you must have something of that ilk then at least go for more like a shawarma, with actual meat - Maroush on Adalbertstrasse or Kebap With Attitude on Gipsstrasse are pretty much the only two places I’ve liked.

rhouses Can’t say the food in Berlin stuck with me, but I enjoyed the vibes and the burger at The Bird.

Yeah, The Bird is decent.

  • LT42 replied to this.

        hugopal with actual meat

        Döner isn’t actual meat? I’m all ears for this explanation.

            LT42
            Would imagine this depends on the parameters framing one’s definition of meat.

            Can remember, back in the 90’s being offered ‘Meat or Chicken’ by the waitress at an end of season awards ‘dinner’. Very confusing!

            • LT42 replied to this.

                Mad_Cyril A would imagine this depends on the parameters framing one’s definition of meat.

                There are no grey areas with Hugo, its either black or white so I just wanted clarification as it sounds like he’s saying Döner kebabs in Berlin are made from something other than meat.

                    LT42 There are no grey areas with Hugo, its either black or white

                    A fair comment!

                        I’ve put on my waders, Cyril, and I’m striding toward the undergrowth!

                          LT42 perhaps I should have been a bit more precise with my wording - obviously döners will contain meat, but my point is that they’re often whizzed up with all sorts of other crap like gristle and phosphates:

                          https://www.thelocal.de/20161121/this-is-what-is-really-inside-your-dner-kebab

                          It’s true that some places which call themselves “döner” that do have the meat on the spit which mostly resembles the still fully formed sliced chunks of chicken or whatever it is, but even then they’re practically without fail overly greasy crap with god knows what else in there.

                          Ultimately, I’ve never eaten a döner that didn’t seem like a piece of crap, while very rarely you can find an alright shawarma that won’t coat your guts with grease and give you explosive diarrhea.

                          • LT42 replied to this.

                              hugopal god knows what else in there.

                              Its layers of meat and layers of fat, Hugo. There’s no mystery.

                                  LT42 Its layers of meat and layers of fat, Hugo. There’s no mystery.

                                  I guess you didn’t click on the link I put in my above reply.