döner kebap

A form of doner kebab — A Turkish dish in which meat (typically seasoned lamb or mutton, but alternatively chicken or perhaps beef) is grilled on a revolving vertical spit; when cooked, the meat is sliced off and served with fresh vegetables in pita or rolled in a piece of unleavened flatbread.

Meanings

noundöner kebap (plural döner kebaps)

plural döner kebaps

  1. alternativeAlternative form of doner kebab.

    “Sounds like a gyro or a shawarma,” you say. We said the same, except that there are some crucial differences. First of all, döner kebaps taste better.

    2012 January 20, Mick Vann, “Verts Berlin-Inspired Kebap”, in Louis Black, editor, The Austin Chronicle, volume 31, number 21, Austin, Tex.: The Austin Chronicle Corporation, →ISSN, page 34, column 3
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    The Zeybek Mangal Restaurant […] specialises in döner kebaps and has pleasant streetside tables. A portion of döner or one of their many other kebaps, with a salad and something to drink, costs about US$5.

    1993 November, Tom Brosnahan, Turkey: A Travel Survival Kit, 4th edition, Hawthorn, Vic.: Lonely Planet Publications, →ISBN, page 316, column 1

    Each year it becomes increasingly difficult to find traditional foods in Venice. There’s no market for them. All that tourists seem to want to eat is mass market gelato and döner kebaps, and the native Venetians are dying out.

    2011, Michael Krondl, “Sugar and Spice: Italy”, in Sweet Invention: A History of Dessert, Chicago, Ill.: Chicago Review Press, →ISBN, page 119
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