9 hours into a 12 hour shift the other day, and I got my lunch break. Utterly starving what do I get to eat as we travel back to station? Well on the day in question I found a new Turkish restaurant and takeaway on Narborough road, 'Istanbul'. I didn't have much time so I couldn't choose one of the really tasty kebabs sitting there waiting to be grilled over the charcoal, but the nice family guy serving suggested the schwarma, lamb or chicken. I said yes please, lamb please.
To the uninitiated, schwarma looks a bit like Donner kebab. And I have a place in my hear for donner, but at three in the afternoon... Schwarma is different in that meat is sliced thinly, marinated and spiced then arranged on the big vertical spike for grilling. This is different from the thoroughly minced fat rich and often industrial product that is the Donner we know and secretly love. Schwarma are usually made in house and as such differ in flavour wherever you get it.
Istanbul serves its schwarma on a bed of really tasty shortgrain rice, with a separate tray of salad and pickles and half of a substantial flat bread which was moist and chewy coated in sessame and tasty. The lamb was so rich and flavoursome I'm thinking it was hogget, but all the better for that in my book, lightly spiced but with good flavours.
£7 for a whole takeaway meal? It was worth it. And for the same price I could have eaten it there if i'd had more time. Another day another kebab. Happy days.
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