I'm back.
Like the new layout I got? Yeah, it was a bitch to do, and it still needs a little tweeking; the "Moi" and "SITE"'s keep resetting, it's driving me insane!! >:( And it was such a pain getting the header image and navigation to show the hell up, too. ARRRRGHHH!!
But it's pretty! ^.^
Anywho, I'm back because I want to talk about one thing.
Shawarmas.
Holy crap, man--the shit rules!!! Feel free to skip this bit, if you so choose, but you have to Google it! It's non-negotiable! ò.ó
Shawarma (Arabic: شاورما ) also spelled shwarma, shawerma, or shoarma from Turkish word çevirme (read "chevirme") meaning 'one that is rotated' and which became 'shewerme' under Arabic pronunciation) is a Middle Eastern-style sandwich usually composed of beef, chicken, or lamb. Depending on the origin or location of a restaurant, the recipes they use may be different. The process of cooking the meat is the same. It is slowly roasted on a rotating machine, similar to a gyro machine, usually with one or two sources of heat over a period of several hours. The meat that is slowly cooked is then shaved off with a large knife and drops to a circular tray below to be retrieved. It is served in a pita bread or a lafa, usually garnished with lettuce, tomatoes, and a milky type sauce with assorted spices. It is flavored with vinegar and spices such as cardamom, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
Shawarma is made by placing strips of meat or marinated chicken on a skewer with animal fat and an onion or tomato placed at the top of the stack for flavoring. The skewer rotates in front of or over a flame so that the meat is grilled from all sides (see vertical rotisserie) and cut right before serving. Traditionally a wood fire is used, but nowadays a gas flame is more common.
Shawarma is most commonly eaten as a fast food, made up into a sandwich with pita bread or rolled up in Arabic lafa bread (a sweet, fluffy flatbread) along with vegetables and a dressing. Vegetables commonly found in shawarma include cucumber, onion, tomato, lettuce, parsley, pickled turnips, pickled gherkins and cabbage.
Common dressings include tahini (or tahina) and hummus. Chicken shawarma is often served with garlic mayonnaise, pomegranate concentrate, a chili sauce, or any combination of the three. Once the sandwich is made up it is normally dipped in the fat dripping from the skewer and then briefly seared against the flame. In Syria and Lebanon, chicken shawarma sandwiches are generally toasted after being made up, whereas meat sandwiches are eaten straight away.
And so ends the history lesson/introduction!
Excerpted from wikipedia, because they can say it like I can't, and doesn't it just sound damned tasty? XD
How did I first come into contact with these delectable Heaven-wrapped-in-a-soft-tender-pita-dishes, you ask?
Stop begging, already! I'll tell you. XD
I went to see Macbeth a while ago, at a theatre downtown. Come lunch break, everyone was eating the same crap that they could get anywhere else; Micky D's, Burger King, KFC, that sorta crap. But I was like "WTF is wrong with you people, you can get that sorta crap anywhere! We're downtown for goodness sake." Nobody listened.
So I'm walking downtown looking for something different and cultered to eat, but something that still is within my budget. I come upon this Arabic place and I ordered a chicken shawarma not knowing what is was (it was cheapest, too). I was a bit wary as to what the lady was putting on it, but seeing as how I hadn't tried most of it, I couldn't be sure that I wouldn't like it, so I just let the woman work her magic.
And boy did she ever!
So I had that and a honeydew milk bubble tea. Usually I have strawberry milk, but they didn't have it at the store I went to--which was just as well, because honeydew kicks the seeds out off of strawberry, like whoa!! XD
Bottomline: I have been hooked on the things ever since. There's a Arabic food place by school, and they have them!! Kinda substandard, though. The pita's really small, you can't even eat it straight a wrap, you have to eat some of the stuff first. And it doesn't have all the usual stuff you see in them regularly. But they're still kickass, so I've been eating them every. Single. Day. That and a 500ml chocolate milk. Which is a reasonably healthy lunch (compared to the other junky places around school), and my 10 lbs. lost will vouch for such. Plus I walk a few times a week, now, too. ~.^
I've never noticed how many shawarma stores there are in Scarborough!
Of course, I'm just saying that because I've recently discovered their orgasmic goodness, and I'm always looking out for them. XD
If I hadn't made it clear enough as to how much I like them, I'm about to go 8 miles, give or take (or however many miles it is to Victoria Park) for a 2 for 1 deal, before I go to see Barry in Shakespeare's shorts.
This is such an unhealthy healthy obssession for me. XD
But it's pretty! ^.^
Anywho, I'm back because I want to talk about one thing.
Shawarmas.
Holy crap, man--the shit rules!!! Feel free to skip this bit, if you so choose, but you have to Google it! It's non-negotiable! ò.ó
Shawarma (Arabic: شاورما ) also spelled shwarma, shawerma, or shoarma from Turkish word çevirme (read "chevirme") meaning 'one that is rotated' and which became 'shewerme' under Arabic pronunciation) is a Middle Eastern-style sandwich usually composed of beef, chicken, or lamb. Depending on the origin or location of a restaurant, the recipes they use may be different. The process of cooking the meat is the same. It is slowly roasted on a rotating machine, similar to a gyro machine, usually with one or two sources of heat over a period of several hours. The meat that is slowly cooked is then shaved off with a large knife and drops to a circular tray below to be retrieved. It is served in a pita bread or a lafa, usually garnished with lettuce, tomatoes, and a milky type sauce with assorted spices. It is flavored with vinegar and spices such as cardamom, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
Shawarma is made by placing strips of meat or marinated chicken on a skewer with animal fat and an onion or tomato placed at the top of the stack for flavoring. The skewer rotates in front of or over a flame so that the meat is grilled from all sides (see vertical rotisserie) and cut right before serving. Traditionally a wood fire is used, but nowadays a gas flame is more common.
Shawarma is most commonly eaten as a fast food, made up into a sandwich with pita bread or rolled up in Arabic lafa bread (a sweet, fluffy flatbread) along with vegetables and a dressing. Vegetables commonly found in shawarma include cucumber, onion, tomato, lettuce, parsley, pickled turnips, pickled gherkins and cabbage.
Common dressings include tahini (or tahina) and hummus. Chicken shawarma is often served with garlic mayonnaise, pomegranate concentrate, a chili sauce, or any combination of the three. Once the sandwich is made up it is normally dipped in the fat dripping from the skewer and then briefly seared against the flame. In Syria and Lebanon, chicken shawarma sandwiches are generally toasted after being made up, whereas meat sandwiches are eaten straight away.
And so ends the history lesson/introduction!
Excerpted from wikipedia, because they can say it like I can't, and doesn't it just sound damned tasty? XD
How did I first come into contact with these delectable Heaven-wrapped-in-a-soft-tender-pita-dishes, you ask?
Stop begging, already! I'll tell you. XD
I went to see Macbeth a while ago, at a theatre downtown. Come lunch break, everyone was eating the same crap that they could get anywhere else; Micky D's, Burger King, KFC, that sorta crap. But I was like "WTF is wrong with you people, you can get that sorta crap anywhere! We're downtown for goodness sake." Nobody listened.
So I'm walking downtown looking for something different and cultered to eat, but something that still is within my budget. I come upon this Arabic place and I ordered a chicken shawarma not knowing what is was (it was cheapest, too). I was a bit wary as to what the lady was putting on it, but seeing as how I hadn't tried most of it, I couldn't be sure that I wouldn't like it, so I just let the woman work her magic.
And boy did she ever!
So I had that and a honeydew milk bubble tea. Usually I have strawberry milk, but they didn't have it at the store I went to--which was just as well, because honeydew kicks the seeds out off of strawberry, like whoa!! XD
Bottomline: I have been hooked on the things ever since. There's a Arabic food place by school, and they have them!! Kinda substandard, though. The pita's really small, you can't even eat it straight a wrap, you have to eat some of the stuff first. And it doesn't have all the usual stuff you see in them regularly. But they're still kickass, so I've been eating them every. Single. Day. That and a 500ml chocolate milk. Which is a reasonably healthy lunch (compared to the other junky places around school), and my 10 lbs. lost will vouch for such. Plus I walk a few times a week, now, too. ~.^
I've never noticed how many shawarma stores there are in Scarborough!
Of course, I'm just saying that because I've recently discovered their orgasmic goodness, and I'm always looking out for them. XD
If I hadn't made it clear enough as to how much I like them, I'm about to go 8 miles, give or take (or however many miles it is to Victoria Park) for a 2 for 1 deal, before I go to see Barry in Shakespeare's shorts.
This is such an unhealthy healthy obssession for me. XD