Doner kebab

Doner kebab (also spelled döner kebab) (UK: /ˈdɒnər kɪˈbæb/, US: /ˈdoʊnər kɪˈbɑːb/; Turkish: döner or döner kebap [dœˈneɾ ceˈbap]) is a fast food dish. A Doner kebab is made of any combination of meat, generally lamb, chicken or beef. The meat is cooked on a vertical rotisserie, then thinly sliced. When bought from kebab shops it is usually served on or with a flatbread with salad and sauces, and sometimes comes with french fries inside of the sandwich, or on the side.

Doners are often eaten as take-out food on the way home after a night out. There are several common ways in which doner kebabs are served.

• Wrapped in pita bread (the most common)
• On pita bread
• Served as a dish of "doner meat" (and maybe french fries), typically including salad
• Often preferred to be garnished with a range of sauces such as tomato ketchup, mayonnaise, white sauce, chili sauce, mint or garlic sauce.

It is a very popular Turkish fast food.

In the UK

Kebabs are very much part of the Friday and Saturday night culture in the UK rather than breakfast or lunchtime food. UK doner kebab often uses a different mixture of spices, because immigrants from Cyprus run many of the shops. They may offer doner, shish (lamb and chicken) and kofte kebabs, with a 'special' including some of each with bread and chips.

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