(can you see what I've done there)
Well I eat quite a few kebabs, and here they all are, listed in excessive detail.
764 kebabs eaten since 12th November 2002 | Date | Type | Vendor | Notes |
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| 12th Nov 02 | Chips & Meat | Sultan Kebabs | I'm quite full but my first visit to Sultan in a while is a revelation. Its lovely, the chips have always been great here, the meet cools a bit quickly on the walk home but I finish the lot. |
| 13th Nov 02 | Small Doner | Tufnell Park Kebabs | I eat most of it in the shop while a friend waits for a chicken fillet burger. As usual it hits the spot, just enough to fill the gap with no waste. Chilli peppers poor again though. |
| 14th Nov 02 | Large Kofte | Planet Kebabs | Not feeling quite up to a doner, I brave the rain to aquire a kofte from my local. It smells delicious and its gone seconds after I get it home. |
| 17th Nov 02 | Small Doner | Sultan Kebabs | When I get there the day's doner is still a little pink so I wait 5 minutes or so for it to cook, its carved straight off the spit into my kebab. The thinly-sliced, peppery meat is delicious. I notice an unusual vertical onion slicing style resulting in long,fat shards. |
| 18th Nov 02 | Large Mixed Doner | Archway Kebabs | Archway kebab comes off fairly well here, the lamb doner is excellent though the chicken is still lacklustre by Planet's standards. Non-descript salad is uplifted somewhat by some thin very spicy chilli peppers. On the whole though Planet is still the best bet up this end of junction road. |
| 19th Nov 02 | Small Chicken Doner | Planet Kebabs | A succulent chicken Doner, its genrous for the paltry 2.60 I payed, washed down with a couple of glasses of wine its excellent |
| 20th Nov 02 | Small Doner | Planet Kebabs | The classic after-pub doner, the slight delay while a friend gets a veggie burger plus the televised autopsy thats on when we get home takes the edge of it a bit. I'm ashamed to say I throw a bit away |
| 21st Nov 02 | Small Chicken Doner | Planet Kebabs | Don't remember too much about this one, but there was certainly none left in the morning. |
| 22nd Nov 02 | Small Doner | Planet Kebabs | Me and flatmate are both starving around 3am, I'm persuaded to walk up to Planet on the off chance that they're open To my delight they are and the lamb doners we get are delicious, not a scrap left on my plate |
| 23nd Nov 02 | Chips and Meat | Planet Kebabs | Come back from the pub a bit worse for wear and decide to get a chinese. This I do but 20 minutes later I'm still starving, the only remedy is a trip up the road to Planet. Only a small portion and no salad was offered but it kicks ass. Job Done |
| 25nd Nov 02 | Small Chicken Doner | Planet Kebabs | Have this before going out, its actually a bit too much. I'm losing it. |
| 25nd Nov 02 | Doner? | Dionysus | I don't remember anything about this kebab, I'm not even sure I had it. |
| 27nd Nov 02 | Large Mixed Doner | Planet Kebabs | I have this one thinking it'll be my last for a while, its damn lovely however.. |
| 28nd Nov 02 | Small Doner | Dionysus | Happen to see a great band called 'The Archers' I celebrate with a small doner from Dionysus, oh dear thats two in about 8 hours. |
| 1st Dec 02 | Large Kofte | Planet Kebabs | I wake up not knowing who I am or what time it is after a heavy saturday, turns out it its 9.30pm and I'm hungry, a large Kofte seems the only solution. |
| 2nd Dec 02 | Small Doner | Planet Kebabs | I cooked a lovely steak for lunch but as I roll back in to Archway around midnight planet calls me, I eat the lamb doner open on the way back, its good, oh its realllly fucking good! |
| 6th Dec 02 | Small Schwarma | - | My first Kebab in Brighton is a winner, a tender scwharma rapped in a chapati type affair. And I thought London had the best kebabs...jeez |
| 8th Dec 02 | Small Doner | Tufnell Park Kebabs | Just the small doner again, problem with this weather is the damn thing is cold by the time you're half way through |
| 9nd Dec 02 | Small Chicken Doner | Planet Kebabs | As far as meals go I flit between the two and three stop strategy, seems that having a late lunch is only a good idea if I'm not out drinking, I'm feeling faint by the time I get this one home. |
| 12th Dec 02 | Small Doner | Archway Kebabs | This post-pub doner leads me to the conclusion that if you're just after a lamb doner, there's nothing to chose between Planet and Archway, certainly this number does exactly what it says on the tin |
| 19th Dec 02 | Small Doner | Planet Kebabs | I misjudge this one badly, going for loads of Garlic sauce when I should have gone lemon juice and salad, its a serious mistake and I throw most of this away. Sloppy. |
| 20th Dec 02 | Small Chicken Doner | Planet Kebabs | This one is a short lasting affair, a quick hit of chicken before heading off on a Friday night. |
| 23rd Dec 02 | Mixed Doner | Planet Kebabs | I have fallen out of the mixed-doner habit of late, but tonight I'm starving and it looks like the only bab up to the job. Its a cracker, I don't start feeling full until almost the end. |
| 02nd Jan 03 | Mixed Doner | Planet Kebabs | Flat mate comes home from work at midday with a KFC which leads me to contemplate a visit to the colenol, but in the end it has to be kebab. |
| 03rd Jan 03 | Small Chicken Doner | Planet Kebabs | Spend most of the day playing The Getaway, it proves to be hungry work. By midnight I'm ready for a chicken doner...Hammond! |
| 08th Jan 03 | Large Lamb Shish | Planet Kebabs | I wake up and the gaff is covered in bleeding snow. Proper deep and crisp and even stuff. I think this is the first lamb shish I've had in ages and certainly the first ever from planet. Its certainly a generous portion, the charcoaled lamb has a great smell but tastes a little..lets say cheap. Its good but I think I will stick to doners for now. |
| 09th Jan 03 | Small Chicken Doner | Planet Kebabs | Nothing fancy, its just a chicken doner for dinner. The chilli peppers of late have been excellent here. I'm disappointed to only get one this time out. I'm going to start asking for extra I think, or maybe buy a jar myself |
| 14th Jan 03 | Small Doner | The Hungry One | A few days at the parents' provides an oppurtunity to sample the state of play in west london. To be fair to this place they're really burger specialists, their 'olympic' doner however has a certain appeal. The meat is unusually 'blonde' with a somewhat mushy texture, nice pitta bread though. The type that doesn't disentegrate. |
| 16th Jan 03 | Large Doner | Sultan Kebabs | Its late, and I'm not really that hungry but a trip to sultan is always an enjoyable experience. I have a special soft spot for this place as it was my first regular kebab shop. Their meat has a unique peppery nose rich in spices that I haven't found up north. The garlic sauce also, manages to be pungent without being sickly or overpowering. This is a truly great kebab |
| 17th Jan 03 | Small Chicken Doner | Planet Kebabs | I get this on the way home after work, its a corker as usual. I have bought a jar of pickled chillies from the local greek supermarket, they are delicious though they're flavour is noticeably different to the kebab shop's offering. |
| 28th Jan 03 | Small Chicken Doner | Planet Kebabs | A gallon of guiness before 9 leads me to think a small chicken might not be enough, but this is as usual, great. |
| 29th Jan 03 | Small Doner | Sunlight Kebabs | I'd been meaning to try this Brentford outlet for a while. I expected it to be rather nasty but I'm fairly pleased. The staff look very smart in white uniforms and the shop is generally neat . My lamb doner when it comes is good, a rather light coloured almost porky meat pleases and the whole is served in a split brown bag rather than a polysterene tray which I like. I didn't try the sauces, it being lunchtime and all. There was a profusion of small, odd tasting chillies about which I couldn't decide. Full review of this place coming soon. |
| 29th Jan 03 | Small Doner | Archway Kebabs | Oh dear another two kebab day. A surfeit of guiness results in this trip to Archway kebabs, I'm pissed and determined and polish off the fatty doner in minutes. |
| 02th Feb 03 | Small Chicken Doner | Planet Kebabs | As I arrive home with a fresh chicken doner I realize with horror that I have mislaid my keys, a potenially horrific scene is avoided when my flatmate wakes up and opens the door. |
| 04th Feb 03 | Small Lamb Schwerma | Food @ 1.99 | Tastes more like a doner to me but this chapati-wrapped kebab kept me warm on the way back from Shepard's bush |
| 07th Feb 03 | Chips and Meat | Dionysus | Good as always though modesty gets the better of me and I throw some away rather than eat it on the N134. |
| 08th Feb 03 | Chicken Doner | Planet Kebabs | Everyone gets kebabs on the way home, I finish this in seconds. |
| 09th Feb 03 | Chips and Meat | Planet Kebabs | With my appetite suddenly back its time for anoter trip to planet, damn it this is a good meal, a small serving is enough though |
| 10th Feb 03 | Lamb Doner | Antique Restaurant | Purely for the purposes of research, I have a sit down doner in this Kentish Town babbery, see the reviews section for my impressions |
| 10th Feb 03 | Chips and Meat | Tufnell Park Kebabs | Bite of a bit more than I can chew here, the tufnell park chips and meat is a monster although tasty I come nowhere near the end. Think I must have ordered a large by mistake.Beware. |
| 20th Feb 03 | Small Doner | Ealing Common Kebab | Confirmed its position as the worst kebab ever, disgusting |
| 23rd Feb 03 | Chips and Meat | Planet Kebabs | Does amply for dinner, shame they don't provide salad with these as it would round it off nicely |
| 2nd Mar 03 | Small Lamb Doner | Planet Kebabs | Never really sure about the lamb, its nice but its just too greasy, maybe I'm not pissed enough |
| 3rd Mar 03 | Small Doner and Chips | Welywn Kebabs | Thought it was worth checking out this Welwyn-based kebabery, an order of a small doner and chips is an inspired choice for lunch |
| 8th Mar 03 | Small Chicken Doner | Planet Kebabs | After a long journey home, this well earned kebab satisfies immenseley. Everyone's is a bit greasy but at this time of night, who cares. |
| 10th Mar 03 | Mixed Doner | Planet Kebabs | Swimming always leaves me bloody starving so this best of both worlds option is a common choice. I get on well with this one as the lamb is on top, but still leave a bit of greasy bread and chicken. But then nobody's perfect |
| 23rd Mar 03 | Chicken Doner | Planet Kebabs | Having been out of the country for a while this one is truly the taste of home |
| 24rd Mar 03 | Mixed Doner | Planet Kebabs | Feeling hungry but this just not the right choice, I hardly make an impression on this monster. Very poor |
| 25th Mar 03 | Large Chicken Shish | Planet Kebabs | In sharp contrast to the day before this is just whats required. Great kebab |
| 27th Mar 03 | Chips and meat | Planet Kebabs | With a stomach full of guinness I stumble into planet in search of sustinence. This was lovely and I finished it as I walked through the door. |
| 11th Aug 03 | Small Doner | Welywn Kebab and Burgers | This uninspiring outlet provides a great small doner for lunch. The meat is springy and tasty and the ample salad nicely offsets the searing heat outside. |
| 22nd Aug 03 | Small Doner | Kebab Delight | Following a bad review I'm inclined to visit KD to see if standards have really slippes as far as is alleged. Things are complicated by having to warm the bab up in the microwave. It really is a poor show, meat tastes about a hundred years old |
| 23rd Aug 03 | Small Doner | Kebab Delight | Well I have this one pissed and on the way home ( the right way to do it) and its much better, still not up to the standards of the old management though I think |
| 27rd Aug 03 | Small Doner | Sarcan | An adequate lunch time bab, reasonable but it hardly sets the word on fire |
| 28rd Aug 03 | Small Doner | Welwyn Garden Kebab And Burger House | I'm half way through this enjoyable number when a health and safety insepctor shows up and starts nosing about in the salad trays and asking for food hygiene certificates. I want to stay and watch the whole thing but I decide not to prolong my visit to Welwyn further than neccessary |
| 1st Sep 03 | Small Doner | Welwyn Garden Kebab And Burger House | After the previous week's exceitement I am relieved to find this place still open, whether or not hygiene procedures have been overhauled my small doner is a little cracker. The meat is delicious and thin cut without any of the stale chunkiness this shop can occasionally dole out. I momentarily consider a second but modesty forbids. |
| 5th Sep 03 | Small Chicken Doner | Planet Kebabs | This is the first for a good few weeks from trusty planet kebabs. I notice big portions with lashings of salad. I think the doner was fresh on and it tasted superb. |
| 8th Sep 03 | Small Doner | Welwyn Garden Kebab And Burger House | The by now routine lunchtime doner passes without incident. My kebab is good though I notice the meat is pulled from a rather full looking pot rather than being carved. I observe the chillies to be particularly tough, not really to my taste. |
| 9th Sep 03 | Meat and Chips | The Euro Cafe | Pop in to check out this popular Ealing Broadway kebab and fry up place, the meat is very tasty but a little dry as if its been sitting around a while, traditionally a problem in here. Good though |
| 10th Sep 03 | Small chicken doner | Planet Kebabs | As usual this is good but I find the taste perhaps a little bland.Probably just me. |
| 14th Sep 03 | Lamb Doner | Planet Kebabs | As a sunday night treat this one works well, of course I eat it walking home as a congealed lamb doner is liable to be rank, I am very impressed with Planet's offering here. |
| 24th Sep 03 | Lamb Doner | Planet Kebabs | Stumbling back half cut a lamb doner seems the only way forward. I get all the sauces put on it and it absoloutely kills when I get it home, pleasant though. |
| 25th Sep 03 | Lamb Doner | Kebab Delight | The shop looks well tatty as I go in after a night down the new Inn. My small doner is adequate though the meat tastes a little old and the salad is uninspired. Sadly despite the recent fall in quality it's handy location means this probably won't be last kebab from here. |
| 29th Sep 03 | Lamb Doner | Welwyn Garden Kebab And Burger House | My usual lunch time doner,this leaves me still wanting more |
| 30th Sep 03 | Lamb Doner | Tufnell Park Kebabs | Unusually poor offering from this normally reliable bab shop. I observe the meat to be dry and chunky, a terrible combination. Not good. |
| 6th Oct 03 | Lamb Doner | Welwyn Garden Kebab And Burger House | A good-sized small doner, the kebabs here are very dependable. |
| 7th Oct 03 | Lamb Doner | Kings Fish and Chips | Useless kebab from this Northfields outlet, see review section for details |
| 8th Oct 03 | Chicken Doner | Express Kebabs | Dry, listless chicken from these guys. The irony is that they're the only kebab shop that delivers in Ealing.Rubbish. |
| 9th Oct 03 | Lamb Doner | Dicle Mangale | My lunch consits of a samashing lamb doner on a plate served with some excellent sauces and a huge salad . Top marks once again for this West Ealing trailblazer |
| 13th Oct 03 | Lamb Doner | Welwyn Garden Kebab And Burger House | As I enter an offcial-lookng man in suit leaves with the words 'I'll be back to see him next week then'.I wonder if this shop is still under the scrutiny of Health and Satety. My small doner is safe, if not particularly healthy. |
| 14th Oct 03 | Lamb Schewarma | Sultan Kebabs | Having not been for ages I'm looking forward to the dependable sultan 'bab. Disappointed to see it's changed hands and now does only schewarmas. Enormous chilli pepper not enough to lift my mood.See reviews section |
| 19th Oct 03 | Lamb Doner | Kebab Delight | I need this one to stop me collapsing in the pub after a heavy day,firmlyy average |
| 21st Oct 03 | Lamb Doner | Ealing Kebab | My sit down lunch kebab is decent, the large doner is served in a big flat bread, I can't remember if this has always been the case.Usual pink cabbage in evidence, not bad |
| 23rd Oct 03 | Lamb Doner | Dicle Mangale | Gorgeous lamb doner on a plate, the best kebab in Ealing by miles. |
| 28th Oct 03 | Chips and Meat | The Euro Cafe | This one forms my evening meal, though the place is deserted the doner meat is very good, genreous portions and not too dry |
| 29th Oct 03 | Small Doner | Sunlight Kebabs | Only my second doner from the Brentford boys, but it's smashing. Nice big portion, tasty meat, outstanding salad and chilli peppers. I will be noting this in the review section. |
| 11th Nov 03 | Small Doner | The Shahi Nan Kebab | Go to watch Brentford get beaten by QPR, this miserly doner only adds to my despondancy.See reviews. |
| 12th Nov 03 | Small Doner | Sunlight Kebabs | Another nice number from the brentford boys, portion a bit smaller this time but actually more appropriate. |
| 17th Nov 03 | Small Doner | Welwyn Garden Kebab And Burger House | My usual lunch-time kebab is jeopordized by the inclement weather, all the seats are taken by school kids. I am forced to swing by an hour or so later for my doner. When I finally get it it's not the best, a little dry and containing lots of small pieces rather than long strips. Oh well |
| 18th Nov 03 | Chips and meat | The Euro Cafe | Never the same meal twice it seems at this place. Today my doner comes with a chapati-type brea, much as in Ealing Kebab. Not bad, though service a little slow. |
| 20th Nov 03 | Small Doner | West Kebab | Bigger than I remember it, the small doner here is great value at 2.80, tons of meat for the walk home, on my way back I notice with excitement that a new shop, 'Kebab Spot' has openend next to the existing 'Chicken Shop' . Somebody's branching out. |
| 24th Nov 03 | Small Doner | Welwyn Garden Kebab And Burger House | Relieved to find the shop not full of school kids again. My small doner is very nice, the meat having a pleasing cripsy edge. My kebab is topped with two fat peppers which I enjoy also, good lads these. |
| 25th Nov 03 | Large Doner | Kebab Spot | More for the purpose of research than genuine need I sample a large doner from the new kids on the Northfields block , I am very disappointed with this doner ( see reviews ). West Kebab remains the one to beat around here. |
| 27th Nov 03 | Large Doner | The Euro Cafe | Not a great effort here, meat displays tell-tale end-of-roll chunkiness and chips seem undercooked. Broadway not a great place for the modern kebab fan. |
| 28th Nov 03 | Large Doner | The Olive | Relieved to find this place (formerly Dicle Mangale) has reopened.Business very much as usual despite the refit, superb lamb doner salad and rice. Excellent stuff. |
| 29th Nov 03 | Small Doner | Veraz takeaway | Can't make up my mind this time, the lamb is straight of the elephant's foot but it has a curious absence of taste that I have never found anywhere else.Odd but certainly edible. |
| 1st Dec 03 | Small Doner | Welwyn Garden Kebab And Burger House | Usual monday affair though this one is accompanied by chips. Bit full afterwards |
| 2nd Dec 03 | Small Doner | The Olive | Another lunch time blockbuster from this great restaurant. |
| 3rd Dec 03 | Small Doner | Kebab Delight | The 3 minute ride home seems enough to cool this doner to room temperature. Thin, end of roll strips are covered in uninspiring garlic and chilli sauces. This really won't do.This place used to be good. |
| 6th Dec 03 | Small Doner | Kebab Delight | Starving and on my way out i pick up a Delight doner and eat it on route to the tube. In contrast with previous offerings this is actually rather good. |
| 6th Dec 03 | Large Doner | Veraz Kebabs | Drunk as a lord I forget that I had a doner a few hours and get a large one from this dodgy outlet. It's ok but rather tasteless as usual. |
| 26th Dec 03 | Small Doner | Bulu Kebabs | This Camberwell outlet provides an extremely quick lamb doner. Nice meat and tasty salad make this one a winner. Sad to say I am forced to eat on the bus |
| 27th Dec 03 | Chicken Doner and Chips | The Euro Cafe | I dive into the Euro Cafe seeking refuge from the sales madness, my chicken doner is not great, lacking a bit fo flavour and some burnt pieces. Nice salad as usual though |
| 28th Dec 03 | Lamb Doner | West Kebab | Near perfect tasting conditons as I walk back from The Plough with a few Stellas inside, these boys don't disappoint. The kebab is superb, loads of meat and very well put together, I am compelled to upgrade their rating. This is by far the best in Northfields |
| 30th Dec 03 | Lamb Doner | The Hungry One | Not as bad as I remember, The Hungry One small domer is good vfm at 2.80. Unsually man takes the somewhat scrappy pieces out of the bain marie and cooks them briefly on the hotplate, on the whole it works, the meat is warm and not at all greasy. It's still a somewhat undistinguished flavour but on the whole I'm pleased |
| 1st Jan 04 | Lamb Doner | West Kebab | Ample reward for the ten minute trek up to west kebab, my small doner though slightly scrappily cut is still good. I notice the finely shredded salad again and I think it works well. Good work guys. |
| 3rd Jan 03 | Lamb Doner | West Kebab | So long has it been since I have augmented my doner with a good dollop of chilli sauce that I am taken quite aback by the power of this saturday night kebab. For the record the chilli sauce here is fantastic!, proper thick stuff with flavour as well as heat. First class. |
| 4th Jan 04 | Lamb Doner | West Kebab | Once again West Kebab come up with the goods, my mouth is burning by the time I get back home but my stomach is saying 'nice one' |
| 5th Jan 04 | Lamb Doner | Brothers Kebabs | Very reasonably priced and competent doner from this South Ealing outlet. |
| 06th Jan 04 | Lamb Doner | The Diner | While shopping I decide to try out these guys in the Broadway. It's a reasonable but fairly unmemorable kebab, the chilli sauce is not much cop |
| 7th Jan 04 | Lamb Doner | Express Kebabs | Though perhaps better than last time (largely I suspect due to shorter carving to consumption interval) this kebab still struggles to assert itself. The problem seems to start with the pitta which falls apart almost immediately, perhaps as result some unholy reaction between the chilli sauce and the seasoning.Before long it's a case of fishing for rapdily cooling splinters of offal in a sopping bed of rotting salad, paper and muck. |
| 16th Jan 04 | Lamb Doner | The Diner | Roll back from the pub to find the only available booze is my Marques de Riscal Rioja which I was hoping to save, fat chance. It's downed in minutes and throwing this messy, over sauced doner after it only adds insult to injury. Gah. |
| 22nd Jan 04 | Chicken Doner | Essen Hauptbahnof | A rare delay on DB gives me a window to sample the always reliable German Kebab. Two Euros fifty secures me a decent chicken doner and a small coke. Garlic sauce alarmingly pungent but this is very nice |
| 24th Jan 03 | Lamb Doner | Express Kebabs | Another no-marks doner from these clueless South Ealing merchants. Meat not only dry but also very manky. These guys should be shut down. |
| 29 Jan 04 | Doner Burger | Burger stand, Dusseldorf Flughafen | Not strictly a kebab, but a 'doner burger'. An unpromising concept but in fact quite tasty. A lamb patty is covered in a garlic-y mayonnaise and salad to good effect.Amazing these Germans. |
| 7th Feb 2004 | Lamb Doner | West Kebab | Well put together as it is, I find this one gets the better of me. It's all good particularly the chilli sauce, but the sheer meatiness is just too much |
| 19th Feb 2004 | Lamb Doner | West Kebab | A massive burst of meat & heat, the chilli sauce on this leaves me gasping. Hit the spot. |
| 22nd Feb 2004 | Lamb Doner | The Hungry One | The hungry one has always been my 'closest' rather than 'favourite' kebab shop, I really can't be arsed to cycle the extra 200m up hill in a biting wind to reach West Kebabs. To be fair this is reasonable, my main gripe would be that there are few whole strips, just chunks. |
| 25th Feb 04 | Lamb Doner (plate) | Tandur Restaurant, Dortmund | Exquisite doner kebab plate ( meat plus rice and salad) , dolmades and a beer costs a miserly 14 Euros. Absoloutely lovely as one would expect from the teutonic doner, I'll be going back here. |
| 2nd March 2004 | Lamb Doner (plate) | Tandur Restaurant, Dortmund | If anything even better than last time, the meat bursting with succulence and a note worthy finely-chopped salad. Absoloutely first rate. |
| 4th March 2004 | Lamb Doner | Angel Kebab | It's been years since I sampled the delights of this Islington stalwart. Though there are some new faces, this succulent lamb doner gives me that warm, tingly feeling..and that's not just because I'm dripping fat onto my gut. |
| 8th March 2004 | Chicken Doner (plate) | Kaiser Grill, Dortmund | Rather a disappointment after my last couple of kebabs here, but I suspect it was largely my fault. I opted for the 'donerteller' (kebab meat with rice or chips and salad) which is always good value. However they gave me chicken rather than lamb doner and the rice was not so great. I suspect if I had gone lamb and chips things would have been better. Hot sauce was laughable in comparison with British efforts. |
| 12th March 2004 | Lamb Doner | Kebab Delight | Not terrible meat-wise but the chilli sauce was unbelievably poor. Place has become very second rate. |
| 13th March 2004 | Lamb Doner | Kebab Delight | Giving these boys the benefit of the doubt, I opted for their medium doner, sans of course the vile chilli sauce, in the take-home format. My advanced state of refreshment sadly precluded any detailed observation of this particular kebab, however I noted upon descending to the lounge the following morning that there were few traces of it remaining and thus conclude it was probably 'tasty'. |
| 14th March 2004 | Chips and Meat | The Euro Cafe | Few surprises here, but I am irked by their habit of covering the meat in a pasty looking chapati-type thing which makes me cross as I feel the meat is being hidden from me. Average. |
| 17th March 2004 | Lamb Doner (plate) | Tandura Restaurant | Good, but it's clearly the end of the roll, bit chunky for my liking. Very nice herbs and spices, reminds me of stuffing. |
| 27th March 2004 | Chicken Doner | The Diner | Dry, listless and generally shoddy, the poor thing looks have dead on the spit and tastes very poor. |
| 30th March 2004 | Grill kebab platter | Sultan Kebabs | Ultimately promising more than it delivers, the platter features lamb kofte, lamb shish and chicken shish plus rice and salad. All are reasonable but then I only chose this because after sitting down I noticed they only had Chicken doner and not lamb.One must be careful in Germany, doner kebab can mean chicken or lamb and poeple don't seem to differentiate much. |
| 7th April 2004 | Lamb Doner | Tandura Restaurant, Dotmund | Dinner consists of some delicious mixed starters followed by a 50 percent share in the excellent doner kebab plate. Great as always, but I learn that the kebab is made from 'Kalb' or calf, not lamb. My halting german does not allow me to say for sure whether this means the kebab contains no lamb whatsover, or only calf meat. |
| 11th April 2004 | Lamb Doner | Crystal Kebabs | I think this is only time I have managed to spill chilli sauce down the back of my jacket as well as the front. And on trainers. And jeans.
I think it was tasty though. |
| 14th April 2004 | Lamb Doner | Tandura Restaurant | Not much to say (except that I think it's not actually lamb). Usual high quality offering. |
| 16th April 2004 | Lamb Doner | Kebab Delight | I notice with some apprehension that this place has become a one-man show. Meat is not well looked after, it's clearly been cooked some time ago and matey merely reheats it on the spit, contrary to health & safety guidelines for Doner kebabs. Predictably the end result is fairly mediocre. Sloppy. |
| 17th April 2004 | Lamb Doner | Former Angel Ocakbasi place, upper st | In contrast to the mess of the night before this is a superb kebab, served in german style bread wedge, very good place this, can't believe this was my first visit. |
| 21st April 2004 | Lamb Doner | Tandura Restaurant | Good as usual |
| 23rd April 2004 | Lamb Doner | Kebab Delight | Still the same sloppy practices in evidence, not that it stops me enjoying a medium doner on the way home |
| 26th April 2004 | Chicken Shwarma | Station Imbiss, Dortmund | Flavourful and satisfying offering from this small concern in the railway station, nice big pieces of chicken and some interesting sauces. Embarassingly good really. |
| 1st May 2004 | Lamb doner | West Kebab | Thorough professionals these,no less than four guys wait in attendance as I walk in on a Saturday afternoon, seconds after placing my order I'm holiding a cracking little doner, small but perfectly formed. West kebab are masters of the Bain Marie; time after time the meat comes up succulent and juicy, regardless of the hour. It's beautiful when it's this good. |
| 1st May 2004 | Chicken Doner | The Diner | I'm all set for KFC when I spy a monster chicken doner rotating in the window here, it looks too good to pass up. They're very busy but service is still speedy, 4 quid gets me the large chicken doner, and very nice it is too. Lots of greasy chicken and salad on a chapati type thing, (they don't have pitta bread ). Must admit I'm pleasantly surprised by this, they were really geared up and obvioulsy doing a shed load of business. Well worth a look on a fri/sat night, just mind you don't get murdered though |
| 2nd May 04 | Lamb Doner | West Kebab | Stacks of meat, chilli sauce and a couple of rather titanic chilli peppers..a blockbuster. Feel a little odd eating it on the street in broad daylight, but then it is Bank Holiday weekend.
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| 4th May 04 | Lamb Doner | Welwyn Garden Kebab And Burger House | Though it's all there as far as I can see i find my lunch time doner a little lacking in taste. |
| 4th May 04 | Lamb Doner | Ealing Kebab | Nothing if not dependable, these lads are still upun around 2am as I get off the night bus, the police are in here getting kebabs as well. |
| 7th May 04 | Lamb Doner Plate | Kings Fish and Chips | Very good sit down lamb doner form this turkish restaurant, flavourful and with character. |
| 11th May 04 | Lamb Doner | Tasty Corner, Camden | 'Filthy corner' would be more appropriate for this rank doner, like the fare at Yeraz in Ealing common, only worse. Chhrist it was bad. |
| 12th May 04 | Chicken Doner | Planet Kebabs | I had quite forgotten what a treat this kebab is, bursting with greasy flavour. A real north london classic. |
| 13th May 04 | Lamb Doner | Expresso Kebabs | Not had one from here for a while, value-wise it's a winner at 2.50 but the dark, grainy meat won't be to everyone's taste I feel. |
| 13th May | Lamb Doner | West Kebab | Escapes being my second kebab of the day on a technicality (it's just past midnight) and fills me to the brim. The titranic chilli peppers of last week seem to have given way to thinner fellows with a more bitter taste. |
| 15th May 04 | Chicken Doner | West Kebab | Thoroughly competent chicken doner, plenty of decent quality chicken and the usual diverse salad and chilli peppers. Tasty, if perhaps lacking the depth of flavour of somewhere like Planet Kebabs |
| 17th May 04 | Mixed Doner | West Kebab | My first try of the mixed doner at West Kebab doesn't disappoint, good portions and a good mix with the chicken at the bottom as I like it. |
| 19th May 04 | Lamb Doner | Kebab Delight | Get around their stupid early closing by getting one just before 11, this means spending a few minutes in the pub with a wrapped up kebab in my hands, but it's worth it. |
| 22nd May 04 | Chicken Doner | West Kebab | Very good quality chicken meat in evidence here. Both lamb & chicken doners look in excellent condition at 5pm on a Saturday. Proffessional. |
| 23rd May 04 | Chips and Meat | West Kebab | Monster portions in evidence, plenty of the usual delicious meat while the chips, though clearly home made indicated these guys have yet to perfect the process. |
| 26th May 04 | Mixed Doner | West Kebab | Thoroughly delicious, a chat with man establishes that these guys own the Pitshanger west kebab too. |
| 26th May 04 | Lamb Doner | Kebab Spot | Thought it only fair to give thsi place another crack of the whip. Still a rather uninspiring doner, but this one is something of an improvement on the last one. Meat though not of great quality is at least well sliced. It'll be West Kebab next time though. |
| 27th May 04 | Lamb Doner | West Kebab | Usual homeward - staggering doner. More than I can east frankly. |
| 28th May 04 | Chicken Doner | Euro Cafe | Verytnice kebab, chilli sauce of an unrivalled potency. |
| 2nd June 04 | Mixed Doner | West Kebab | Good though it is, without any sauces the chicken lacks flavour somewhat. Relieved to get to the Lamb. |
| 1st June 04 | Chicken Doner | Euro Cafe | Only enough in the pot for a small doner, but it does fine. |
| 2nd June 04 | Lamb Doner | Kings Fish and Chips | Certainly better than last time but still a very unexciting doner and still with that odd aftertaste in the meat. |
| 8th June 2004 | Lamb Doner | Golden Chips | Sultan is inexplicably closed, so I soldier on to this fish and chips orientated place in Hanwell. Good value for 2.90 but little to admire in the simple salad and very standard meat. |
| 9th June 2004 | Mixed Doner | West Kebab | A dash of salt solves the chicken doner blandness problem, this one just goes on and on, can't quite finish it. |
| 8th July 04 | Mixed Doner | Sarcan | Can't find fault with this generous kebab for lunch. Very similarto Archway kebabs, almost certainly same lamb doner supplier.
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| 12th July | Chicken Doner | Sarcan | Ample or lunch as usual. |
| 13th July 2004 | Mixed Doner | Sarcan | Excellent value, real cracker. |
| 15th July | Chicken Doner | Sarcan | Succulent, though man fails to give me a fork for the second time. Confusion on my part really. |
| 17th July 2004 | Lamb Doner | Crystal Kebabs | It's hard ( well impossible ) to resist an oppurtunity to witness the masters at work. I only have a small doner, but it oozes quality, still one of the best kebab shops I have ever visited. |
| 19th July 2004 | Mixed Doner | Sarcan | A hitherto unseen third matey serves me this lunch time kebab, a small man it seems he favours smaller portions and for once I agree; just right. |
| 20th July 2004 | West Kebabs | Lamb Doner | Probably could have been avoided, good though it was |
| 24th July 2004 | Lamb Doner | Kebab Delight | Pissed and not particularly co-ordinated,I drop this one on the floor well before the conclusion. Thankfully my companion donates hers and a scene is avoided. |
| 27th July | Chicken Doner | Sarcan | The by now routine lunchtime kebab passes without incident, this is till a rather middling doner I note, the colouring of the meat looks most artificial. |
| 28th July 2004 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan | I like grease as much as the next man (maybe more) but this park-consumed, lunchtime doner threatens to drown me in hot liquid fat, the pitta is sopping in seconds and still it comes. A bit much frankly. |
| 29th july 2004 | Lamb Doner | Kebab Delight | Deeply unsatisfactory second of the day, didn't particularly want another only there were no other option en route to the pub. Usual cooked meat on spit reheat job. |
| 3rd August 2004 | Mixed Doner | Sarcan | I go to lunch late, and as result feel up to tackling the sargan small mixed. Jolly good stuff. |
| 4th August 2004 | Mixed Doner | Sarcan | Quantity and quality; this lunch time mixed doner has it all, two types of lovely meat plus a very generous helping of salad. An engaging kebab right up to the last mouth full. |
| 9th August 2004 | Mixed Doner | Sarcan | As far as mixed doners go, there are two schools of thought; those who believe in the chicken on top, and those who prefer it beneath. I am squarely in the latter camp as I like breaking through to the chicken after innevitably getting bogged down in the greasy lamb. This time it's the other way round and I find the end a little testing, maybe a straight chicken doner would have served me better |
| 11th Aug 2004 | Mixed Doner | Sarcan | Spirited mixed kebab, only slightly spoilt by matey's neglect to provide me with a fork.Lamb particularly nice and springy. |
| 14th August 2004 | Lamb Shawarma | Elias | Shwarma is a very different beast to doner as I am reminded by this compact little kebab, a very flavourful snack boasting good quality meat and some interesting sauces. I am less keen however on this place's 'one size fits all' policy,the preparation of my kebab seemingly requiring no input from me whatsoever. Good, but I'd like more control over what goes in.
Walking down Uxbridge road, I notice with excitement that a new kebab shop ,'Ealing Mangale' is about to open, roughly opposite Daniel's. |
| 16th August | Chicken Doner | Sarcan | Halfway through lunch, a pigeon who has been eyeing me for a while attempts to land on my chicken doner, this rather dulls my appetite but I don't give the beast the satisfaction and throw the rest in the bin. |
| 18th August | Lamb Doner | Angel Kebab | First time for me at this Essex road eatery and I'm, not expecting too much, but this kebab confounds my expectations. Decent meat with a hearty flavour but what really impresses is the masses of very fresh, chunky cut salad. Good kebab, a really big, brassy eat. Will be adding this place to reviews section. |
| 22nd Aug 2004 | Mixed Doner | West Kebab | Though the chicken doner is very much in the twilight of it's years, this mixed kebab still hits the spot. Surprise star turn from some very exquisite chilli peppers, hot but agreeably sweet with it. I laugh at the fools in Kebab Spot as I go past. |
| 22nd August | Lamb Doner | West Kebab | Not a fan of polystyrene cartons myself, and as such am slightly upset to find my favourite Northfields kebab shop has started using them. Packaging notwithstanding though, nice kebab. I sample the garlic sauc and it's not bad. |
| 24th August 2004 | Chicken Doner | Euro Cafe | Low quality pieces slopping around in grease. Not pleasant and not finished |
| 28th August 2004 | Lamb Doner | Tufnell Park Kebabs | Job done for sure, but not an especially distinguished effort. |
| 30th August 2004 | Lamb Doner | West Kebab | Very nice small lamb doner, great value and full of lovely chilli peppers. |
| 1st September 2004 | Mixed Doner | Sarcan | A very nice mixed doner from this evergreen Islington vendor ushers in the autumn. Chilli peppers large and with plenty of bite, meat plentiful and greasy. |
| 6th September 2004 | Chicken doner | Sarcan | Bothersome wasps make this a rather tense lunch, decent kebab. |
| 8th September 2004 | Lamb doner | Crystal Kebabs | Hard to appreciate the quality of this kebab through the merciless heat of the chilli sauce. Much too hot for sober consumption. |
| 12th September 2004 | Mixed Doner | Pera | I thought it was about time to try new kids on the Holoway road Beyti. Very good kebab, reminisscent of Dionysus, though I'm a little to ill to finish it. |
| 13th September 2004 | Lamb doner | Pera | Feeling somewhat better I decide to try this place again. Definately a good lamb doner, nice chopped salad in a greek style. |
| 16th September 2004 | Lamb Doner | Bodrum , Upper st | I can hardly focus on this kebab as I stumble up the road, from what I can tell it was a good, if small kebab. Rather like the kind of thing you might get in Germany. |
| 17th September 2004 | Chicken Doner | Sarcan | Feeling dodgy so I walk out to get some fresh air and a bab.feel better |
| 22nd September 2004 | Mixed Doner | Pera | High performance mixed kebab, it has to be said though I prefer the lamb here to the chicken. |
| 26th September | Lamb Doner | West Kebab | Cometh the hour, goeth the man to West kebab, in this case it's 9.15 on a sunday night. I reflect that the meat here though nice can be a little salty sometimes even for my tastes, still a great kebab for the money. |
| 27th September 2004 | Mixed Doner | Pera | Very nice and very filling.Heatwise, the home made chilli sauce turns out to reside just the right side of hades. Funny salad, parsley everywhere. |
| 29th September 2004 | Chicken Doner | Sarcan | Lovely cool october day to eat a chicken doner. Very light coloured salad, and some rather long if a little browning chilli peppers make this a satisfying kebab. |
| 29th September 2004 | Lamb doner | Angel Bodrum | Second of the day for me, tasty if a little tricky to eat, i loose my chilli pepper overboard after a few metres. |
| 30th September 2004 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan | Cracking little lunch time kebab. Almost fancy a second one.Meat in good condition and for once not too greasy. |
| 1st October 2004 | Mixed Doner | Sarcan | Fancying a bit of excitement and considering it's Friday and all, I opt to have my small mixed kebab with chilli sauce. Frankly I'm expecting the worst but it turns out to be good stuff, orange coloured, mushy and mild. It evokes pleasant memories of the sauce they used to dish out at Sultan Kebabs in Hanwell during the late nineties |
| 3rd october 2004 | Doner with Rice | Crystal Kebabs | A serious contender for most filling meal of the century, this comprises reddish spiced rice, lashings of lamb doner meat and salad. This could feed a family of four. |
| 5th october 2004 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan | Good value lunchtime kebab, the normal guy seems to be taking a break and is replaced by two small guys, anyroads the lamb doner is a winner. I count three crunchy chilli peppers. |
| 5th October 2004 | Chicken Doner | Pera | Daft second of the day, only get this because it's too late to eat anything healthy. Rather poor effort on the chicken front, dry and scrappy. |
| 6th October 2004 | Chicken Shish | Pera | Wholesome if somehwhat dry kebab, nice chilli peppers again. |
| 7th October 2004 | Mixed Doner | Pera | Delicious mixed number from my local shop, stuffed after this fella. |
| 10th October 2004 | Lamb Kofte | Pera | So - so effort from the Holloway road boys, a little tame for my liking. |
| 12th October 2004 | Mixed Doner | Pera | Pedestrian mixed kebab, tasty chicken soon gives way to some rather scrappy bits of lamb.Poor finisher. |
| 14th October 2004 | Miced Doner | Sarcan | Nice fellow the proprietor here, tells me all about his business and how he still loves kebabs after all his years in the trade, my mixed kebab is rather agreeable too. |
| 18th October 2004 | Mixed Doner | Sarcan | Huge mixed kebab for the money and very nice too, chilli peppers a little long even for my liking. |
| 19th October 2004 | Mixed Doner | Sarcan | Splendid little lunchime kebab, finish every last scrap. |
| 20th October 2004 | Mixed Doner | Sarcan | Well built mixed number with loads 'up top', my mate in here is both generous and a seasoned kebab maker. Juicy white cabbage really works and the chilli sauce pleases as ever. |
| 24th October 2004 | Lamb doner | The Euro Cafe | Not a bad effort, I note that the meat while dry as usaul is of a fair quality with an appealing spicyness. Not much there for five and a half quid though. |
| 24th October 2004 | Mixed Doner | Pera | (erm) you didn't see this one right? |
| 25th October 2004 | Miced Doner | Sarcan | Nothing wrong with this, plenty of chilli sauce and loads of meat. Very good large peppers in here of late and meat is depndable. |
| 26th October 2004 | Mixed Doner | Sarcan | An instructive lunchtime kebab; my normal mate isn't here and his replacement serves a mixed doner the way I like it - lamb up top and chicken down below. However, I notice that the low positioning of the greasier chicken meat results in a liquid fat pool at the bottom of my pitta quickly leading to structural failure and contents spillage. My advice in future - only go chicken below if you have a)a strong pitta or b)the ability to finish a mixed doner very quickly . |
| 27th Octiber 2004 | Mixed Doner | Sarcan | Matey's back, and with him the generous, cabbage-heavy mixed kebab. Hurrah. |
| 28th October 2004 | Mixed Doner | Sarcan | As I chomp down on my 204th kebab since starting this log, an american guy comes in and orders what sounds like hs first ever. I wonder if he enjoyed it. |
| 2nd November 2004 | Mixed Doner | Sarcan | Despite being mysteriously free of chilli peppers this mixed kebab has probably the nicest,freshest lamb doner meat I have had in this place. So pleasing is it that I am almost disappointed to reach the chicken layer, and that's saying something. Good work Sargan 2 ! |
| 03rd November 2004 | Mixed Doner | Sarcan | A bad day for politics, but a good day for kebabs as this lunchtime staple confirms. |
| 4th November 2004 | Mixed Doner | Sarcan | Formidible as usual, so much value here, I think matey is charging me small doner prices for big doner portions. I notice that the chilli peppers here are hotter than the chilli sauce. |
| 4th November 2004 | Lamb Doner | Woody Grill, Camden Town | I hate Camden, always have done, but this fairly new kebab shop really blows my socks off. Smashing lamb doner meat with sauces and salad wrapped up in a roll rather than in pitta. The meat is phenomenally good I have to concede. |
| 8th November 2004 | Mixed Doner | Sarcan | Nicely put together though it is, I have to call time on this one well before the end as I feel a little quesy. The chilli sauce feels hotter today. |
| 08th November 2004 | Mixed Doner | Sarcan | It's a cause of familiarity breeding respect with this kebab. Although samaller than I'm used to this one comes in a tray making consumption easier. very nice doner. |
| 10th November 2004 | Mixed Doner | Sarcan | Other man, good flavour |
| 12th november | Mixed Doner | Sarcan | Very hungry, hits the spot. |
| 13th November | Mixed Doner | Sarcan | Man is surprised to see me on a Saturday, but as he turns without a word to prepare my small mixed doner I know it's business as usual. |
| 14th November 2004 | Chips and Meat | Pera | It's technically Sunday morning as I roll in with our order of thrice chips and meat. Matey looks somewhat confused but after a time produces the goods. Value for money tremenduous but in the time it took them I could have walked up to Crystals and upgraded to first class, as it were. |
| 15th November 2004 | Mixed Doner | Sarcan | Good as ever, particularly nice chilli peppers today, most crunchy. |
| 16th November 2004 | Mixed Doner | Sarcan | Small. Otherwise unremarkable. |
| 17th November | Mixed Doner | Sarcan | Rather more than I can finish |
| 18th November 2004 | Lamb Doner | Kebab Delight | Drunk as a lord I consume this one at a bus stop much in the style of cookie monster.Class. Reasonable. |
| 22nd November 2004 | Mixed Doner | Sarcan | Nice and fresh meat, straight of the spit. Extremely greasy as a consequence. Peppers fierce today. |
| 22nd November 2004 | Lamb doner | Crystal Kebabs | Awesome little kebab, unsullied by their ferocious chilli sauce I am able to savour the quality of the meat. Extremely tasty. |
| 23rd November 2004 | Lamb Doner | Crystal Kebabs | Crystals is an institution, and like any institution it's full of nutters. It's a long wait for my lamb doner but there's so much going on in here I'm kept entertained.I am lucky to see the changing of the chicken doner guard. Kebab wonderful again. |
| 24th November 2004 | Mixed Doner | Sarcan | While I am enjoying my lunch some Japenese students come in and try to order kebabs, they just don't have the vocabulary however and matey soon becomes impatient. The smallest takes a bite of his chilli covered chicken doner and emits a very oriental 'whoaaagghhh' sound. It amuses me so much I nearly fall off my stool. |
| 25th November 2004 | Lamb Doner | Crystal Kebabs | Cracker of a kebab, service much quicker than last time though the place is still busy. |
| 27th November 2004 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan | Pop in for a quick doner on a saturday afternoon. Man is surprised that I am not having my usual mixed. Nice. |
| 28th November 2004 | Lamb Doner | Crystal Kebabs | A thing of beauty in a place of much horror. Crystals really is the pride of Holloway Road. |
| 30th November 2004 | Mixed Doner | Sarcan | I'm so hungry by the time I eventually get to lunch that any notions I may have had of a light meal are quickly dismissed. My mixed kebab shows up not a second too soon. |
| 01st December 2004 | Mixed Doner | Sarcan | Competent lunch time solution from my friend at Sargan. Generous to a fault with the chilli peppers. |
| 2nd December 2004 | Lamb Doner | Crystal Kebabs | Superb for dinner, generous in size |
| 5th December 2004 | Lamb Doner | Crystal Kebabs | Fat has congealed somewhat by the time I unwrap it, but it's all finished. |
| 6th December 2004 | Lamb Doner and Rice | Crystal Kebabs | The more I see of this place the more I like, five pounds secures me a blockbuster kebab and rice meal with a side plate of fresh chillis, olives and bread plus a delicious salad AND a coke. Remarkable value. |
| 7th December 2004 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan | Not my first mixed kebab in here, though its just a small one I'm quite full. Only one chilli pepper today, but its a good 'un. |
| 08th December 2004 | Mixed Doner | Sarcan | It's all Christmassy as I consume a gorgeous lunch time kebab. As I contemplate kebabs and christmas I am put in mind of two things: 1) The question of a seasonal 'Turkey Doner' 2) A splendid lamb doner I had from West Kebab late last new years day. |
| 9th December 2004 | Mixed Doner | Sarcan | Feeling more than a little 'peaky' I approach this kebab with a certain apprehension but in the event I am more than equal to the task. Two chilli peppers are provided, one rather manky, the other very long and crunchy. Pitta comes apart quickly but otherwise good. |
| 13th December 2004 | Mixed Doner | Sarcan | Very nice though the shop is full of people which I dislike. |
| 14th December 2004 | Mixed Doner | Crystal Kebabs | First mixed doner from her or me and it's pretty good. Lamb is not quite ready and gets a secondary cooking on the hotplate but the chicken is perfect. |
| 17th December 2004 | Chicken Doner | Sarcan | Rather uninspiring little kebab, lacking in flavour. |
| 2nd Feb 2004 | Lamb Doner | Hanwell's First Choice Cafe | Not the most noble meat, but the fellow takes care in the preparation cutting me nice long juicy strips. It's only 3.50 on a plate and is more than I can finish. |
| 12th Feb 2005 | Lamb Doner | Kebab Delight | 'Kebab Misery' might be a more accurate name for this disgraced South Ealing operator. Limp, lifeless salad and poor quality meat. Again. |
| 21 Feb 2004 | Lamb Doner | Pera | Lamby and salty, the pera doner is a reasonable proposition, i think things have improved here recently. |
| 25th Feb 2005 | Lamb Doner | Pera | A corker. A huge lamb doner has recently been loaded ahead of the friday night rush and I get pretty much the first crack at it. The guy carving has one of the best techniques I have ever seen as he strims the meat off in long, long slices. About as good as this kind of kebab gets. |
| 27th Feb 2005 | Lamb Doner | West Kebab | Reliable as ever, I consume this small doner in a plate within the shop, the inclement weather permitting no other option. I don't like the chilli peppers here today, odd flavour.
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| 28th Feb 2005 | Mixed Doner | Holloway Best Kebab | Reasonable dine-in kebab form this brand new Holloway Road venue. It takes 3 people to open our bottle of wine but then as its only 8.95 I'm not inclined to grumble too much. Nice quality lamb and chicken doners and friendly service. |
| 2nd March 2005 | Lamb Doner | Angel Bodrum | Really good, chilli and garlic sauces are excellent and the meat some of the best in N1. |
| 09th March 2005 | Mixed Doner | Sarcan | Big and mean as ever, lamb doner meat unusually dark. Full now. |
| 18th March 2005 | Lamb Doner | Brothers Kebabs | A really nice kebab, served on a plate with some decent fries. I am inclined to agree with Lucky Marker's observation that this is a proper old fashioned kebab. I like this place. |
| 24th April 2005 | Lamb Doner | Sunlight Kebabs | A long overdue return to this agreeable Brentford outlet confirms the quality I detected last year, but also that for 3 pounds thirty the portions here are hardy generous |
| 5th May 2005 | Lamb Doner | West Kebab | Its polling day and as a reward for the trek across to Ealing I elect to have dinner at West Kebab. Good though this kebab is I'm starting to notice its not a great sober experience, somehow bitter. |
| 6th May 2005 | Lamb Doner | Pera | Always a sound bet on a Friday evening my friends here don't disappoint tonight. Despite retrieval form the bain marie my lamb doner meat is succulent, juicy and as ever, expertly cut.
Good lads.
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| 9th May 2005 | Lamb Doner | Pera | Another out of the pot doner from my local chums, its good though and the portions are generous enough. |
| 12th May 2005 | Mixed Doner | Sarcan | Usual high-value offering from matey, nice peppers. |
| 17th May 2005 | Lamb Doner | Pera | Another very good lamb doner, meat juicy and springy as it should be. These guys seem to have put their dryness problems behind them. |
| 20th May 2005 | Lamb Doner | Kebab Delight | With both myself and the kebab liberally sauced this is a rather pleasant meal, meat for once is hot and in good condition and the garlic sauce seems to mask any flaws. |
| 22nd May 2005 | Lamb Doner | Pera | Seemed like such a good idea but despite lashings of sauce this kebab is too much for me in my compromised state, no-one's fault. |
| 25th May 2005 | Lamb Doner | Pera | Good though the split pitta barely makes an effort to contain the generous helping of greasy meat. Chilli sauce burns long into the night. |
| 30th May 2005 | Lamb Doner | Brothers Kebabs | Though the meat is cold and the chilli sauce somewhat 'Pinkier' than usual this is still an enjoyable and restorative kebab. |
| 1st June 2005 | Lamb Doner | Pera | These guys have definately turned the corner as far as meat storage goes. My small doner is juicy, hot and entirely satisfying. |
| 4th June 2005 | Lamb Doner | Pera | Big, meaty and nice. |
| 7th June 2005 | Lamb Doner | Pera | Not lacking in either quantity or quality, I can't finish this one. |
| 10th June 2005 | Lamb Doner | Kebab Delight | An interesting configuration ; meat, salad and mayo. No chilli or garlic sauce. I think all this proves is that after six or seven pints all kebabs taste wonderful. |
| 13th June 2005 | Lamb Doner | Pera | An absoloutely first class serving of meat and salad is rather let down by a stale, tasteless pitta. At my request the meat is liberally sprayed with lemon juice, I can recommend it.
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| 13th June 2005 | Lamb Doner | Pera | Up to the usual high standard, |
| 14th June 2005 | Chicken Doner | Pera | Rather gnarly. I remain unconvinced by the poultry option here. |
| 17th June 2005 | Lamb Doner | Pera | Friday night always a good time for a kebab here, perhaps I should have got some chilli sauce. |
| 24th June 2005 | Lamb Doner | Kebab Delight | Straight off the spit and into the pitta this did exactly what was required. While it cooks,I attempt to persuade matey to install a chicken doner on the second machine.
I'm not holding my breath. |
| 26th June 2005 | Lamb Doner and Cous Cous | Crytsal Kebab | Whats yellow,brown and very,very filling. This is. |
| 27th June | Lamb Doner | Pera | Though I feel my decision to add mayo works, the meat is rather stiff and curly. |
| 28th June 2005 | Lamb Doner | Pera | Nice and flavoursome doner,greasy as hell. |
| 2nd July 2005 | Lamb Doner | Crystal Kebabs | Though I ask for chicken, matey gives me lamb and I can't be arsed to argue with him. I get about half way through before feeling ill. My fault not theirs. |
| 8th July 2005 | Lamb Doner | Pera | A very good example. The meat is very fresh and tasty and the salad excellent. |
| 9th July 2005 | Lamb Doner | Pera | Another very good kebab, loads of succulent meat and salad. These guys can do no wrong at the moment. |
| 14th July 2005 | Lamb Doner | Pera | Little corker. |
| 23rd July 2005 | Lamb Doner | Angel Bodrum | These lads are still going strong at 2.30am. A crack at their classic german - style doner proves to be just the thing after an evening of continental lager. |
| 24th July 2005 | Lamb Doner | Best Kebab Brentford | Best kebab is the new name for sunlight kebab, although the friendly owner tellsme everything has changed, I recognize the prices and the doner meat. |
| 25th July 2005 | Chicken Doner | Sarcan | My old friend has left this shop, so I decide against a mixed doner in favour of a straight chicken. Pretty good but that odd aftertaste rears its head once more. |
| 25th July 2005 | Lamb Doner | Ealing Kebab | The place has certainly had a lick of paint but little else but the decor has improved. Lamb doner comes out rather leathery though for once I enjoy the vinegary red cabbage. |
| 10th August 2005 | Lamb Doner | Boston Grill | First doner for me from the new face of Sultan, and I can't quite make up my mind; The meat tastes similar to before but is poorly cut with few long strips. An average kebab |
| 18th August 2005 | Lamb Doner | Kings Fish and Chips | Its still there, that curious aftertaste on the lamb doner, salad is nicely done with plenty of fresh onions but there are too many question marks over the filling for this to be really enjoyable |
| 21st August 2005 | Mixed Doner | West Kebab | A splendid, splendid kebab. Although it takes a while to prepare its obvious that so much care has been taken over this one. First rate. |
| 23rd August 2005 | Mixed Doner | West Kebab | Another very good mixed kebab from the Northfieds champions, generous portion and of their first-rate chilli peppers |
| 26th August 2005 | Lamb Doner | West Kebab | Being based in Ealing certainy has it advantages, chief among them the opportunity to enjoy this spirited late night doner whenever I wish. Filling, firery and fun. |
| 29th August 2005 | Mixed Doner | West Kebab | Perfection in a piita. Superb chicken and lamb with plenty of their very sepcial chilli sauce. Fantastic salad and extra chilli peppers for no charge. I could have eaten a second. |
| 31st August 2005 | Mixed Doner | Sarcan 2 | Over the top greasyness doesn't stop this being very good vfm at 3.70, plenty of everything. |
| 7th September 2005 | Lamb Doner | West Kebab | After witnessing England's capitulation to Northern Ireland I seek comfort in the meaty folds of a lamb doner; it only partly works, victory would have tasted far sweeter. |
| 14th September 2005 | Chicken Doner | Sarcan 2 | Sometimes I forget to note a kebab, no chance of this with the Sarcan chicken doner, that odd aftertaste returns at various points of the afternooon. The kebab itself was the usual tasty, greasy affair. |
| 18th September 2005 | Lamb Doner | West Kebab | Rather gets the better of me this one, though the salad is great I find the meat rather difficult, so salty. |
| 17th October 2005 | Lamb Doner | Brothers Kebabs | This place rarely disappoints, nice basic lamb doner with a good helping of fries all enjoyed in pleasant surroundings. |
| 23rd October 2005 | Lamb Doner | West Kebab | Very good Sunday night kebab, well worth the walk. Meat good as ever and lots of small tasty chilli peppers. I get served in seconds. |
| 28th October 2005 | Lamb Doner | Kebab Delight | Once again, with both kebab and consumer heavily sauced (the former with garlic mayonnaise, the latter with continental lager) this doner kebab is decent if not quite a 'delight'. |
| 14th November 2005 | Mixed Doner | Sarcan 2 | Compact lunch time kebab - very nice all the same. |
| 15th November 2005 | Lamb Doner | Olive Grill | Nice kebab, chips and drink combo from this new Angel outlet. Dark meat. |
| 19th November 2005 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan 2 | Unpretentious small doner - nice long strips of meat and the usual pleasant chilli sauce. |
| 24th Nov 2005 | Lamb Doner | West Kebab | A biting northerly quickly turns this lovely doner to ice. Cold windy evenings mean kebabs must be eaten indoors. |
| 9th December 2005 | Lamb Doner | West Kebab | Although the shop is fairly heaving with punters my lamb doner is prepared in seconds by the friendly, smiling lads in here. I opt for both the red and the white sauces and trundle homeward. West is Best! |
| 15th December 2005 | Mixed Doner | Boston Grill | Largely unimpressive effort from the new face of Sultan Kebabs. Lamb was dry and curling and chicken charred and lumpy. I won't be back. |
| 18th December 2005 | Mixed Doner | West Kebab | A welcome seated kebab after a gruelling tube journey. Lamb very good as usual but chicken was end of roll and hence a little scrappy. Great value as usual. |
| 21st December 2005 | Lamb Doner | Hanwell's First Choice Cafe | Nice late lunch courtesy of the Hanwell specialists - plenty of thin, porky doner meat for my money. Yum. |
| 27th December 2005 | Lamb Doner | Ealing Mangal | Wonderful, wonderful lamb doner from this new West Ealing vendor. |
| 30th December 2005 | Lamb Doner | Laroash Kebab | It'll be a cold day in hell before I go back to this place. I would have expected more from such a long serving operator. Exactly the kind of grainy, tasteless lamb doner one gets anywhere near the Uxbridge Road after 11. Awful, just awful. |
| 3rd Januray 2005 | Lamb Doner | Ealing Mangal | Another flawless kebab from my new Ealing favourite - perfect flavour and spot-on quality. |
| 3rd January 2005 | Mixed Doner | West Kebab | Big kebab, lamb a little dryer than usual but it's all finished - a king size lunch. |
| 7th January 2005 | Lamb Doner | Hanwell's first choice cafe | Mild mannered little kebab on a plate. Meat is actually cut too thin today, several strips are crispy in texture. Cracking value as usual. |
| 14th January 2005 | Mixed Doner | West Kebab | A good rather than outstanding exmaple. It strikes me, not for the first time that a West kebab is best appreciated after several pints of lager. |
| 19th January 2005 | Lamb Doner | The Hungry One | Acceptable lunch time kebab, the meat which I notice is supplied by Vatan of north London is juicy and well cut but bafflingly under seasoned. Meat is cooked on the hot plate again after emerging from the bain marie. |
| 30th January 2006 | Lamb Doner | Brothers Kebabs | Splendid kebab - loads of juicy meat and a great salad. Pitta toasted to perfection and plenty of delicious home-made chilli sauce. You can tell this kind of kebab comes naturally to the Brothers. A real benchmark of a seated kebab. |
| 3rd Febuary 2006 | Chicken Doner | Laroash | My last lamb doner from here was so bad I decide to try the chicken effort. Little better - a meagre portion and fairly dry meat, three plump and juicy chilli peppers improve matters somewhat but this is still poor. |
| 6th Febuary 2006 | Lamb Doner | Brothers Kebabs | Another quality lunchtime kebab, only slight gripe is that the meat could have been hotter. All finished. |
| 07th February 2006 | Lamb Doner | The Olive | I hadn't been to this place since the last refurb so I thought it would be a useful exercise to compare this with recent kebabs at Ealing Mangal. To be fair there's little in it, both are premium doners. These guys though had a very good lunch offer which I took advantage of. |
| 6th March 2006 | Lamb Doner | West Kebab | A chunky late night doner which entirely satisfies. A bit too much in the event and I have to pitch a fair bit of meat into a skip. |
| 11th MArch 2006 | Lamb Doner | West Kebab | Giant kebab which cools long before I can finish it. |
| 12th March 2006 | Chicken Doner | Express Kebabs | Reasonable chicken effort, meat a little scrappy but the salad is nicely done and the peppers tasty. |
| 24th March 2006 | Lamb Doner | Night Star Kebab | Good, straightforward plated kebab - excellent meat and a crunchy salad. No complaints. |
| 29th March 2006 | Mixed Doner | West Kebab | Plenty of kebab for the money but to be quite frank the chicken doner is rather mediocre - too dry and lacking in flavour. |
| 3rd April 2006 | Chicken Doner | Planet Kebabs | Welcome return to this old Archway favourite. Nice sauces complement a tasty load of chicken and salad. |
| 8th April 2006 | Lamb Doner | The Lebanese Taverna | Interesting rather than great doner - meat is nice and fresh put lacking any real distinction. I should have gone for one of their tasty looky schwarmas |
| 9th April 2006 | Lamb Doner | The Olive Tree | Excellent as usual though a little more meat wouldn't have hurt (when would it?). I only go here as Ealing Mangal appears to be shut as a result of a fire. |
| 13th April 2006 | Lamb Schawarma | Shebab | Indifferent offering from this uxbridge road vendor - meat is tasty but somewhat dry. The next morning I discover drops of grease all down my jeans and the lingering aroma of kebab. Nice. |
| 21st April 2006 | Lamb Doner | Brothers Kebabs | A big, blockbusting lunch. This kebab really is a timeless classic. |
| 22nd April 2006 | Lamb Doner | West Kebab | Nothing if not generous this is decent but more than my equal in the end. It has to be said though that Brothers Kebab has a certain sophistication which is lacking here. |
| 30th April 2006 | Lamb Doner | West Kebab | A gruelling journey home is compensated for by this lovely sit-down kebab. Matey even opens the seating area specially for us. Great lads. |
| 16th May 2006 | Lamb Doner | Brothers Kebabs | A splendid late night sit down doner. It's ready in seconds and I wolf down the lot. What a great kebab shop. |
| 19th May 2006 | Lamb Doner | Brothers Kebabs | A leisurely lunch courtesy of my new favourite kebab shop. The boss is in and he prepares a mean large lamb doner. |
| 20th May 2006 | Lamb Doner | Brothers Kebabs | Just a small one today but it does the trick admirably. You just can't fault the Brothers. |
| 24th May 2006 | Lamb Doner | New River kebab shop | Decent plated lamb doner, meat abundant and well cut. Reasonable salad and chilli sauce. |
| 25th May 2006 | Chicken Doner | Planet Kebabs | A messy affair...half way through I offer some to my friend but the handover is fumbled and the kebab is still decorating the pavement of Holloway road as I drunkenly stagger home the next morning.
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| 26th May 2006 | Chicken Shish | Brothers Kebabs | Feeling extremely ropey but this huge helping of meat and salad helps put things right. |
| 28th May 2006 | Mixed Shish | Brothers Kebabs | An inspired choice, one skewer lamb the other chicken. Very nice indeed. |
| 29th May 2006 | Lamb Doner | Brothers Kebabs | Returning to a more normal order after all the experimentatiion with skewer kebabs. Not quite finished but good as usual. |
| 30th May 2006 | Chicken Doner | Kebab Centre | Large helping with the second half of the container fairly bursting with a cabbage-heavy salad. Meat though tastes decidedly cheap and I opt not to finish it all. |
| 31st May 2006 | Mixed Shish | Brothers Kebabs | Another posh kebab for lunch, this one gets drizzled with their special chilli sauce. Cracker! |
| 7th June 2006 | Chicken Shish | Brothers Kebabs | A cracking helping of chicken and salad, with some perfect chilli sauce on the side. |
| 8th June 2006 | Lamb Doner | Dionysus | It's been a while since I had one of these chaps in my hands, and my gosh this place has lost none of its quality. Fantastic if very small for the asking price. |
| 13th June 2006 | Lamb Doner | Angel Restaurant | Another competent doner from the Essex road boys, it's got plenty of their trademark chunky salad although the chilli sauce fails to please. |
| 16th June 2006 | Chicken Shish | Brothers Kebabs | A fine lunch as usual courtesy of the brothers. They really have worked it out. |
| 17th June 2006 | Lamb Doner | Angel Kebab | Surprisingly good seated bab. Very nice seasoned salad and an extremeley fierce chilli pepper. Meat was decent and the chilli sauce excellent. Good job. |
| 17th June 2006 | Lamb Doner | Anatolia Restaurant | Couldn't resist a second, this place does a mean doner.Yum. |
| 19th June 2006 | Lamb Doner | Brothers Kebabs | A splendid large lunch. Great presentation again and plenty of their classic chilli sauce.Spot on! |
| 22nd June 2006 | Lamb Doner | Brothers Kebabs | Nothing wrong with this one, served assembled in the pitta as I like it. Hot, greasy and tasty. |
| 24th June 2006 | Chicken Shish | West Kebab | Not great it has to be said, although lots of chicken is provided for the high £8.20 asking price it's not that nice plus the chilli sauce is rather poor. West kebab really is best enjoyed after several pints of Stella - for an afternoon kebab I'm afraid the Brothers can't be beat! |
| 29th june 2006 | Lamb Doner | Euro Cafe | Pleased to find these guys still open around midnight on a Wednesday night, so I can forgive a rather pedestrian doner. |
| 30th June 2006 | Chicken Shish | Brothers Kebabs | Highly agreeable lunch, would have had a doner but it's too bleeding hot for the lamb. |
| 3rd july 2006 | Lamb Doner | New River Island | Not bad, darkish looking meat but generally flavoursome. Pitta a little stale no doubt as result of this vile heat. |
| 6th July 2006 | Lamb Doner | Brothers Kebabs | Standard lunchtime offering, slightly irked that it's served in kit form - meat and pitta seperate.With this kebab I prefer to have it built, still one to remember for next time. |
| 10th July 2006 | Lamb Doner | West Kebab | Huge kebab for the money but hard to get through on account of the meat being so very salty. Good but not finished. |
| 14th July 2006 | Chicken Shish | Brothers Kebabs | Fine lunchtime effort from my friend at the Brothers. Nicely cooked chicken with trademark homemade chilli sauce. |
| 11th August 2006 | Lamb Doner | Crystal Kebabs | Awesome lunch time combo. Lamb, rice and salad all present. Fantastic as usual. |
| 15th August 2006 | Lamb Doner | Crystal Kebabs | Sub-optimal temperature doesn't stop this being rapidly wolfed down sometime around 2am. Our kebab novice companion is smitten by his first taste of Holloway Road meat. |
| 23rd August 2006 | Lamb Doner | Dionysus | Fabulous sit down kebab from the west end masters. It's been years since I sampled this marvellous seated kebab and it's a welcome return. Awesome. |
| 27th August 2006 | Lamb Doner | Dionysus | Another good example although the meat may have been a tad overcooked. |
| 27th August 2006 | Chicken Doner | Olive Grill | Oops. That'll be two today then, but this proves a good choice for dinner. The kebab is freshly made and delicious while the salad is impressive and features small olives. V Good. |
| 31st August 2006 | Mixed Doner | Planet Kebabs | A welcome return to this classic kebab. Big up top, big down below. A beauty. |
| 2nd September 2006 | Lamb Doner | Archway Kebab Centre | Nicely done lamb doner meat with rice and salad, served in a container with freshly made bread on the side. Excellent value for £4, as Arnie says - 'I'll be back'. |
| 6th September 2006 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan 2 | Nothing to write home about, meat from the bain-marie and dry with it, pitta not the best only the chilli sauce was up to scratch. Not as good as I remember. |
| 7th September 2006 | Lamb Doner | City Best Kebab | This friendly kebab cafe provides refuge from the vile circus that is Shoreditch - nice kebab with a good salad (see reviews) |
| 13th September 2006 | Chicken Doner | Anatolia Restaurant | Another impressive offering from this quality vendor - big portion of succulent chicken with great salad and their excellent firey chilli sauce. Dinner taken care of. |
| 15th September 2006 | Mixed Doner | Planet Kebabs | Nice sit down kebab, the owner recognizes me straight away, and there's something more than a little familiar about this huge helping of meat, bread and salad. |
| 17th September 2006 | Lamb Doner | West Kebab | Reasonable kebab on a plate. Meat is decent but their chilli sauce works best in the dark, after a few lagers. |
| 21 September 2006 | Lamb Doner | Dionysus | Leaving aside the shame of eating this one on the N134, a stunning kebab that despite my somewhat compromised state still grabs the attention. Meat is so singularly tasty and fresh and the salad good as ever. They really don't come much better than this. Burp. |
| 22nd September 2006 | Chicken Doner | Archway Kebab Centre | Not bad, plenty of fresh salad but I found the meat slightly bitty. |
| 27th September 2006 | Mixed Doner | Crystal Kebabs | Scarcely believable value and quality from the north London heroes, loads of great meat and rice plus side a salad, plus olives and chillis, plus bread. £4.20 the lot. Kebab heaven. |
| 1st October 2006 | Mixed Doner | Planet Kebabs | Good to be sure, but a bit much for lunch frankly. Full for hours after this chap. |
| 5th Ocober 2006 | Lamb Doner | Archway Kebab Centre | So - so offering from the 'centre, it's getting near the end of the doner and you can tell. Chilli sauce certainly impresses though. |
| 12th October 2006 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan 2 | It's been a while since I had one of these for my lunch, Islington green has been redesigned but the formula here remains unchanged; meat + grease + bread = big lunch. |
| 18th October 2006 | Lamb Doner | Archway Kebab Centre | It takes some persuading but they finally agree to give me my kebab in the special 'turkish bread' rather than the tortilla type fella. The kabab is immeasurably improved, although at this time of night I'd normally prefer the brute force of a Planet mixed doner. |
| 22 October 2006 | Lamb Doner | Kebab Feast | Exactly what the doctor ordered, eaten on the premises this a decent bab. Plenty of salad and some nice chilli peppers complement the greasy meat. |
| 23rd October 2006 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan 2 | Not able to face another sterile Tesco sandwich I opt for a trip to my old friends on Upper Street. Matey doesn't really fill the pitta so much as pour the meat on top of it but everything else is good. Very taken by the vinegary cabbage and masses of long, thinly sliced onions. The chilli peppers are also very good, crunchy with a bright, tangy flavour. |
| 25th October 2006 | Lamb Doner | Planet Kebabs | Rather disappointing, salad is nice but the meat scrappy and the pitta stale. |
| 1st November 2006 | Lamb Doner | Archway Kebab Centre | Served in the turkish bread again this is quite nice, but not too much meat for the asking price. |
| 5th November 2006 | Lamb Doner | Brothers Kebabs | A welcome return to my favourite Ealing kebab shop,almost too drunk to focus on the plate but it's all dispatched. Sliglhtly miffed that once again they serve the thing as a big pile of meat with bread on the side rather than as a sandwich.Chilli sauce is nice and hot. |
| 9th November 2006 | Chicken Doner | Olive Restaurant | Not as good as last time but largely my fault. Previously I had this properly plated up - meat, salad and chips all on a plate and it was ace. This time I fail to make myself clear and it's served in one of those wrap things which I have decided I hate. Still nice though. |
| 11 November 2006 | Mixed Shish | Anatolia Restaurant | Possibly one of the best mixed shishes I've ever had - succulently marinated meat, wonderful chunky turkish bread and very hot and gorgeous chilli sauce. |
| 12th November 2006 | Lamb Doner | Tufnell Park Kebabs | Nice, old school doner. Plenty of lemon juic on the meat. |
| 13th November 2006 | Chicken Shish | Planet Kebabs | Reasonable lunch from the boys at planet, good chilli sauce. |
| 16th November 2006 | Lamb Doner | Dionysus | A heart breaking kebab, I get a small one open style. It's wonderful, plenty of meat for the money and great sauce..but the N134 come almost immediately and I have to chose between the bab and bus, with a heavy heart I put half in the bin. |
| 18th November 2006 | Lamb Doner | Doner Shish Kebabs | Indescribably awful serving of cat food-grade doner meat, so rank I threw it in the bin after three mouthfuls. Feel sick just thinking about it. |
| 25th November | Lamb Doner | Angel Bodrum | Fine kebab on a plate with rice and salad. Lamb has a fantastic charcoal taste and the whole thing with a drink is a very reasonable six quid. |
| 26th November 2006 | Mixed Doner | Planet Kebabs | The big fellow. I instruct matey to put the chicken underneath the lamb and he builds the kebab perfectly. Its delicious and I pretty much polish it all off. |
| 27th November 2006 | Mixed Doner | Planet Kebabs | The last one was so good I decide to have another, much the same. |
| 28th November 2006 | Chips and Meat | Planet Kebabs | First rate serving of chips, chicken doner and salad. The box is fairly heaving, although the sauce and grease had permeated the chips to a large extent by the time I got it home. |
| 30 November 2006 | Lamb Doner | Dionysus | Perfect end to the evening, I let two N134s sail past in order to enjoy this chap to the fullest.Wonderul meat and breathtaking chilli sauce. Still the one to beat in the West end. |
| 5th December 2006 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan 2 | Once again unable to face a supermarket sandwich I decide on a hot lunch, pretty decent all told but very greasy as usual. |
| 10th December 2006 | Chips and Meat | Planet Kebabs | Excellent value for money, chips salad and so much meat that matey struggles to close the box. First rate. |
| 13th December 2006 | Lamb Doner | Olive Grill | Lamb doner meat,chips and salad on a plate plus a coke for a very charitable £4.80. My reward for doing most of my Christmas shopping at lunctime. |
| 15th December 2006 | Mixed Doner | Planet Kebabs | Enormous dinner but I finish the lot. |
| 20th December 2006 | Chicken Doner | KCKF | Rather bitty and uninspiring kebab, probably not helped by a 15 minute cooling in the back of a taxi. To be fair to it I still polished it off so hungry was I. |
| 27th December 2006 | Chicken Shish | Planet Kebabs | Immensely satisfying dinner and a nice break from their doner, this one really had everything required. |
| 28th December 2006 | Chicken Shish | Planet Kebabs | Good as ever, nice and hot with plenty of meat. |
| 1st January 2007 | Lamb Doner | The Diner | Hats off to these chaps for opening on new years day, the plaudits end there however as this kebab gets 2007 off to a bad start. I look on in horror as my pitta is microwaved, yes microwaved then filled with poorly cut meat and last night's salad. |
| 2nd January 2007 | Lamb Doner | Brothers Kebabs | A return to this South Ealing classic, the kebab doesn't disappoint. Loads of fresh greasy mate and their great chilli sauce. |
| 3rd January 2007 | Lamb Doner | Brothers Kebabs | As good as the previous one only matey gives me it in a polystyrene box rather than a plate and I have to make do with a plastic fork. Something I said? |
| 5th January 2007 | Mixed Doner | Planet Kebabs | Big lad and the perfect accompaniment to World's Strongest Man, I wouldn't fancy having to lift this one above my head too many times. |
| 7th January 2007 | Chips and Meat | Planet Kebabs | To a coin a phrase, give planet kebabs four quid and they'll give you the world on a plate (well a polystyrene box anyway).A very, very large dinner. |
| 13th January 2007 | Mixed Doner | Planet Kebabs | Not having eaten all day this one is dispatched without trouble. |
| 14th January 2007 | Lamb Doner | Archway Kebab Centre | Very impressive sit down bab with rice, salad, fresh bread and a plate of olives and peppers. Still under a fiver with a drink, good job. |
| 17th January 2007 | Chicken Shish | Planet Kebabs | Large and good with plenty of hot sauce. |
| 18th January 2007 | Chicken Shish | Archway Kebab Centre | A reasonable effort but just not as good as the Planet boys. |
| 21st January 2007 | Mixed Shish | Planet Kebabs | Hugely enjoyable 'healthy' option from Planet, loads and loads of meat and salad. |
| 24th January 2007 | Mixed Shish | Planet Kebabs | Sterling effort from the boys, when the shish is this good one hardly misses the doner. |
| 14th February 2007 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan 2 | Recently upgraded to include some tables, Sarcan 2 are still serving up the same no-nonsense doner that made them a lunchtime favourite for so long.Lovely. |
| 15th Februaury 2007 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan 2 | Big boy's lunch. Despite its formidable dimensions this is dispatched fairly easily, perhaps the large is a little much during the day. |
| 18th February 2007 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan 2 | Nice Sunday lunch number, the addition of some tables has made this place a top lunch venue. |
| 20th February 2007 | Lamb Doner | Dionysus | Superb plated number, still an oasis of calm and quality in the filthy West end. |
| 2nd May 2007 | Lamb Doner | Angel Kebab | Reasonable lunch though one can't escape the essentially budget nature of their offering. The chilli sauce was an unusual purple hue. |
| 3rd May 2007 | Mixed Kebab | Planet Kebabs | This is it, the boss, the £5.50 showcase 'bab. A glittering array of meaty talents from skewer and spit covering the whole spectrum of greasy nourishment. Lamb doner,Chicken Doner, Kofte, Chicken Shish and Lamb shish. Wonderful. |
| 16th May 2007 | Mixed Doner | Planet Kebabs | Superior plate of meat and salad, these boys rarely go wrong. |
| 31st May 2007 | Lamb Doner | Planet Kebabs | Sensible lunchtime portions, the small offering does the job nicely here although once again they serve the bread and meat seperately which I dislike. |
| 18th June 2007 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan 2 | Competent lunch time doner. Meat is thinly cut and well cooked with that crispy edge - a beautiful thing when it's done well. How anyone can eat one of those stale supermarket sandwiches for lunch is beyond me! |
| 24th June 2007 | Lamb Doner | Best Kebab (and restaurant) | Not a bad sit down effort from this amusingly named Pentonville road outfit. Rather too drunk to identify any particular aspect of this kebab other than the fact that it was all finished. |
| 28th June 2007 | Mixed Kebab | Dionysus | A perfect mix of the best Dionysus has to offer, and believe me these guys don't mess around. Peerless. |
| 10th July 2007 | Lamb Doner | Archway Kebab Centre | Serviceable late night number, bread still very nice |
| 13th July 2007 | Lamb Doner | Whistable Fish Bar & Kebab House | Emergency late-night number. Eaten on the premises in about three minutes. |
| 19th July 2007 | Mixed Kebab | Planet Kebabs | The way to order this beauty is to phone up the planet boys a good ten minutes in advance. This lovely number was made to order and it didn't disappoint! |
| 25th Juley 2007 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan 2 | A frankly inspired choice for lunch, just the right amount of fresh doner meat plus oodles of cabbage-heavy salad. Why would you have anything else? |
| 27th June 2007 | Lamb Doner | Gigs | Very poor effort from this inexplicably popular Fitzrovia outfit. |
| 06 August 2007 | Lamb Doner | Kebab Centre | Pretty good value at 3.30 this lunch time kebab features plenty of fresh salad and a good amount of meat, not the most exciting kebab on the planet but it did the job. |
| 9th August 2007 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan 2 | Normally a sound choice for lunch, I'm a little disappointed here. Meat is rather darker than usual and seems under-spiced. Everything else is good, especially a large, succulent chilli pepper which is one of the best I've had. |
| 10th August 2007 | Chicken Doner | Planet Kebabs | Messy late number, haven't had a chicken for a while so it makes a nice change. |
| 11th August 2007 | Lamb Doner | Angel Kebab | Nice Saturday afternoon lunch, meat is cut very well and the chilli sauce is interesting. Good stuff. |
| 17th August 2007 | Chicken Doner | Planet Kebabs | Worthy lunch from my old friends at planet, the small chicken is something these guys know inside out. |
| 23rd August 2007 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan 2 | Welcome return to form from my old Islington faves. Nice blonde meat with a fresh, springy consitency allied to that slightly porky nose that a good strip doner should have. A classic lunch time kebab. |
| 24th August 2007 | Lamb Doner | Harput Kebab | Utilitarian Friday night number, very tasty, very small. |
| 24th August 2007 | Chicken Doner | Planet Kebabs | Only when I discover a half eaten chilli pepper under the sofa the following morning do I remember I actually had a second kebab last night. I have no memory of this meal. |
| 25th August 2007 | Lamb Doner | West Kebab | Ever reliable west kebab open up the back for us and a splended late night kebab is enjoyed by all. Lovely chaps. |
| 27th August 2007 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan 2 | Excellent large doner for a late lunch, these guys can do no wrong at the moment. The chilli sauce is wondeful as always. |
| 30th August 2007 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan 2 | A slightly bad habit to get in to, the lunch time doner but a tasty one. Meat is again very nice in that 'classic' way and the chilli sauce and a splash of lemon juice prove the perfect foil for its porky greasyness. Could have done with a bit more salad, and for that salad to be served on top of the meat rather than at the side, but I'm splitting hairs really. Super bab. |
| 2nd September 2007 | Lamb Doner | Tufnell Park Kebab | A day of drinking at the Brentford festival leaves me rather peckish around 9pm, always a nice kebab after the beers. |
| 3rd September 2007 | Mixed Kebab | Sarcan 2 | A mix up in the orders means I get some other bloke's lamb shish while he eats my doner seemingly not noticing. Matey more than makes good however by chucking some doner meat on top and charging me the original price. |
| 5th September 2007 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan 2 | Good but by no means great as matey resorts to the annoying habit of serving the meat on the plate with a sliced up pitta on the side. This irks me as I only like that configuration with a very good quality 'bab, anything less and I want my kebab in the pitta. Grr. |
| 8th September 2007 | Lamb Doner | Kebab Feast | Duck out at half time in the England match for a bit of much needed sustinance. Tidy little doner on a paper plate. |
| 10th September 2007 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan 2 | Another quality delivery from my new best mate at Sarcan 2. At my bidding he serves the kebab in a plate and in the pitta just as I like it. On its day this place is nearly as good as Brothers! |
| 12th September 2007 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan 2 | Another quality offering, matey has got the hang of it now. A succulent and generous doner is prepared in a 2 minutes and belive me, it's all good! |
| 13th September 2007 | Lamb Doner | Dionysus | Celebratory late night number and as usual it doesn't disappoint. Plenty of meat in the small kebab for a change, excellent. |
| 14th September 2007 | Lamb Doner | Golden Grill | This nice little bab on a plate soaks up the afternoon booze nicely! |
| 17th September 2007 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan 2 | Another fine doner in the kebab festival that has become September. Matey tells he is proud of his homemade chilli sauce and I have to agree it's great! |
| 18th September 2007 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan 2 | See above. |
| 26th September 2007 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan 2 | Another plated classic, matey gives me a free baclava to boot! What great kebab shop. |
| 27th September 2007 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan 2 | Just when I think things can't get any better here, my new best mate comes up with an even better formula. Salad is put together on the plate and then seasoned, the resulting extra room in the pitta is crammed with more meat on top of whcih he liberally sprays lemon juice and chilli sauce. It really doesn't get much better than this! |
| 28th September 2007 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan 2 | Chaos reigns in my favourite lunchtime haunt, the boss it out and the downpour outside seems to have forced more people in to the shop than usual. When it eventually arrives,my lamb doner is nice again, salad on the side and seasoned although not nearly as much meat as yesterday's blockbuster. |
| 29th September 2007 | Lamb Doner | Savvis | Though I'd try this local shop out, so-so in the end, not the most inspiring meat (see reviews) |
| 2nd October 2007 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan 2 | Another plated beauty gets October off to a good start. Meat is beautifully cut as always. |
| 3rd October 2007 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan 2 | Great as ever, I get to thinking the only way this place could improve is if they served their chilli sauce warm. |
| 10th October 2007 | Lamb Doner | Planet Kebabs | Fairly pedestrian dinner, the chicken doner is a far better proposition here. |
| 11th October 2007 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan 2 | Another wondeful kebab, this one served with masses of chopped salad. Superb. |
| 13th October 2007 | Lamb Doner | West Kebab | Sterling late night number, does the job nicely. |
| 17th October 2007 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan 2 | The usual careful construction but for once the meat is in sub-optimal condition, rather dry and curly in places. Still finished though. |
| 18th October 2007 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan 2 | Another marvellous offering, free upgrade to a special first-class salad. |
| 23rd October 2007 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | Another great lunchtime doner rolls off the production line. Meat is hot and greasy and the chilli sauce fiery as ever. Genius. |
| 26th October 2007 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan 2 | Another lovely lunch time kebab |
| 28th October 2007 | Lamb Doner | Savvis | I have started to really like this place, their greasy,old school lamb doner soaks up the beers nicely. |
| 29th october 2007 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan 2 | Just the small today and very nice it is too, masses of fresh salad and firey chilli sauce. |
| 31st October 2007 | Lamb Doner | Savvis | Enjoyable late night number, gets better the further in I get. The lower layers of meat have mixed with the thin chilli sauce in a pleasing way. |
| 1st November 2007 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan 2 | I order my usual large but what turns up is more like an extra large, masses of meat and salad bursting out of the pitta. Classic stuff. |
| 3d November 2007 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | The boss is out so the service is slow and erratic but when the kebab does arrive it's another nice one. |
| 4th November 2007 | Chicken Doner | Planet Kebabs | Nice late night job, meat is a little bitty but it's all good. |
| 5th November 2007 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan 2 | A real bonfire night banger, matey serves upa perfect doner every time now. |
| 7th November 2007 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | Small doner with the boss's special chopped salad - a real tret |
| 8th November 2007 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | The special chopped salad number once again, a great kebab for lunch. |
| 8th November 2007 | Lamb Doner | Planet Kebabs | It has to be said that after enjoying sarcan kebab's fine offering the planet lamb doner is a bit of a come down. Sure it's homemade but it's not very nice. |
| 12th November 2007 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | Anther very professional lunch time effort - a new batch of chilli peppers apparently arrived in the morning and they're wonderfully sweet and juicy, some of the best I've ever tasted. |
| 13th November 2007 | Lamb Doner | Savvis | Very nice late night number eaten on the street - a tidy little kebab this and the walk home is just long enough to polish off the small size. |
| 14th November 2007 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | The boss is apparently off sick today and his stand-in serves a small, well cooked doner in the classic style. |
| 15th November 2007 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | The boss is still ill but his replacement doesn't miss a beat with this skillfully prepared small number. Chopped, seasoned salad plus the lovely new chilli peppers. Meat splashed with lemon juice and chilli sauce. A class act. |
| 19th November 2007 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | Matey's back and he serves up another lovely number. Outside the pitta again though which I think he considers the deluxe option. Must remind him next time. |
| 22nd November 2007 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | Most impressive small number, the usual succulent meat is evident but what really steals the show is the chilli peppers. Big and juicy with a nuanced flavour the like of which I don't recall. |
| 23rd November 207 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | Another classic, these peppers are so good I ask matey for a few to take home and he gladly obliges. |
| 27th November 2007 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | Just a modest small today but it's all I need.I take some more of their superb chilli peppers home in a box at no extra cost! |
| 29th November 2007 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | Usual peerless lunchtime offering. Small doner with masses of the speciality chopped salad. A good format I've decided, and one that leaves me with the impression of a healthy meal. |
| 30 November 2007 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | Another blockbusting large lunch. Only conventional salad offered this time but it's all finished. |
| 1st December 2007 | Lamb Doner | Tufnell Park Kebabs | Drunken late night number, exactly what TPK do best. Sorted. |
| 3rd December 2007 | Lamb Doner | Planet Kebabs | I may have been a bit hard on good old planet as this shop-eaten lunch time number is superb. It's served in kit form with a whole pitta on the side, so I split the bread in two and construct a pair of mini doners, topping each off with onions. It's really really good - reminds me of the old Sultan kebabs. The boss still remembers me as well! |
| 5th December 2007 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | Full house in sarcan today as I walk in for my lunch. Back to normal salad but the quality chilli peppers are still here. Very nice. |
| 6th December 2007 | Lamb Doner | Bolu | Impressive late night feast courtesy of the camberwell green magicians |
| 7th December 2007 | Lamb Doner | Planet Kebabs | Not as good as last time, a small and rather dry pitta proves unequal to the task of making two small doners. |
| 8th December 2007 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | Brilliant stuff from the lads at Sarcan. As I walk in the doner is being cut into lovely long but thin strips. When my kebab comes it is one of the best - meat so fresh and juicy. |
| 10 December 2007 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | Apparently a victim of its own success, Sarcan is so busy today I'm compelled to eat my small doner in the park - a tricky affair against the clock. |
| 12th December 2007 | Lamb Doner | Planet Kebabs | Back to form once again, a delicious little lunchtime kebab served on a plate and in the pitta by request. |
| 13th December 2007 | Lamb Doner | Clapham Junctiom Place | Functional small, eaten in 3 minutes. |
| 14th December 2007 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | Massive reward for completing the xmas shopping, a large doner with all the trimmings. Merry Christmas! |
| 18th December 2007 | Lamb Doner | South East Kebab | Reasonable dinner, it's too cold outside so I eat the kebab in the rather busy shop. Unremarkable but tasty enough. |
| 26th December 2007 | Lamb Doner | Ealing Kebab | Largely unimpressive boxing day kebab. They no longer seem to serve pitta bread here, the kebab instead being served on some kind of round bread. This may work for the skewer kebabs (of which there looks to be an interesting range here) but it makes the doner difficult to eat. Furthemore the meat appears to have been chipped rather than carved and is in small pieces. Not good. |
| 31st December 2007 | Chicken Shish | Planet Kebabs | Very tasty skewer number, lots of succulent chicken and a plenty of chilli sauce. |
| 2nd January 2008 | Chicken Doner | Sarcan Kebab | A mix up behind the counter leaves me withn a chicken rather than a lamb doner. Pretty good and slightly more healthy although a strange after taste is still evident. Back to lamb next time though. |
| 4th January 2008 | Lamb Doner | Planet Kebabs | It's late and I'm hungry, I eat my small lamb in the empty restaurant for a change mindful of the detrimental affect even a short interval can have on a lamb doner by way of cooling. Even so much of the salad is covered in a film of cold grease well before the conclusion. |
| 5th January 2008 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | Another Saturday classic. Meat is thinly cut and springy, just how I like it. |
| 5th January 2008 | Lamb Doner | West Kebab | Not proud of having two kebabs today but it's difficult not to proceed directly to West Kebab after an evening on the black stuff in Players. |
| 9th January 2008 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | A smaller than usual pitta bread holds a moderate amount of meat but it's very tasty nonetheless. |
| 10th January 2008 | Chicken Doner | Planet Kebabs | Late night number lacking any particular merit. |
| 11th January 2008 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | Just the small but accompanied by chips it all adds up to a large lunch, but then it is friday! |
| 13th January 2008 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | Decent Sunday special, plenty of meat and salad. Sarcan rarely disappoints. |
| 17th January 2008 | Lamb Doner | Planet Kebabs | Bearing in mind the cinderalla-like qualities of the Planet lamb doner, I wolf this chilli sauce laden number on the walk home. I have to say this is the only way to go and the kebab is superb! |
| 14th February 2008 | Lamb Doner | Dionysus | Classic small doner eaten in the street at 2am. In retrospect I should have got the large. A quality act as ever. |
| 21st February 2008 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | The boss is away and the two guys standing in take an age to produce a rather small and unimpressive doner for my dinner. Not a high point if I'm honest. |
| 22nd February 2008 | Chicken Shish | Planet Kebabs | Hi quality skewer kebab, subtly flavoured chicken and extra chilli peppers at no cost. |
| 24th February 2008 | Lamb Doner | Savvis | Most agreeable Sunday night number, despite outward appearances this place does a very nice lamb doner. The chilli sauce is runny but potent and mixes pleasantly with the meat. Good stuff at £2.70. |
| 25th Fenruary 2008 | Chicken Shish | Sarcan Kebab | A generous large shish with (free!) chips for lunch. The proprietor is very excited as Sonya from Eastenders is apparently being interviewed in the shop tomorrow - Exclusive! |
| 29th February 2008 | Mixed Doner | Planet Kebabs | Superb Friday night blockbuster, you have to be hungry to tackle this beast |
| 4th March 2008 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | Functional small as dinner, matey is away but for once his surly stand-in makes a nice doner. |
| 6th March 2008 | Chicken Shish | Bolu | Frankly outstanding kebab from Bolu, loads of delicious chicken for £3.50 with a superb salad. The guys let me eat in at no extra cost - hats off to Bolu, they really are the business! |
| 10th March 2008 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | Fitting 500th kebab this, plenty of meat and the usual superb chilli peppers. |
| 14th March 2008 | Lamb Doner | Dionysus | Superb 2.30am number, eaten in traditional style on the street after about 12 beers and a bottle of wine. |
| 15th March 2008 | Chicken Doner | Bolu | Hangover from hell life saver this one, pulls me back from the brink with its South London value. |
| 30th March 2008 | Lamb Doner | Savvis | Excellent Sunday night kebab, I go for the large and don't regret it one bit. Once again the grease/chilli sauce mixes just right to produce a great old school doner. |
| 1st April 2008 | Chicken Doner | Sarcan Kebab | I certainly avoid making an April fool of myself with this smashing plated lunch. Why would anyone queue up in Tesco to get an overpriced sandwich made yesterday when the friendly lads in Sarcan can have the worlsd on a plate for you in 2 minutes and four quid? |
| 8th April 2008 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | A massive offering for the price, this one has the lot. A lunch fit for a king. |
| 15th April 2008 | Mixed Doner | Planet Kebabs | A massive dinner the planet mixed, and I'm more than up to it today. Not the most subtle of kebabs but a classic nonetheless, eliminates hunger for up to eight hours. |
| 16th April 2008 | Lamb Doner | Planet Kebabs | Superb late night job, chilli sauce is very red and unusually spicy. |
| 17th April 2008 | Lamb Doner | Dionysus | Large doner as a reward for a productive night at the LA2, superb as ever although if I were being picky I'd say the pitta could have been fresher. |
| 25th April 2008 | Chicken Doner | Planet Kebabs | Restorative large though I feel so ill I can't really taste anything. |
| 27th April 2008 | Lamb Doner | Dionysus | Excellent sit down number with a side order of chips. Very nice although I won't be in a hurry to pay 15 sheets for a warm bottle of Berberana Rioja again. |
| 30th April 2008 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | Not had one of these lunch time boys for a while and this small example is a fantastic reminder of what Sarcan does best. Lots of fresh springy meat seasoned with lemon juice and a large pepper-heavy salad. Lovely stuff. |
| 1st May 2008 | Chicken Doner | Bolu | Brief, shop-consumed chicken number, good stuff though I inadvertently tip half the salad on the floor. |
| 15th May 2008 | Mixed Doner | Planet Kebabs | Another classic mixed from my old friends at planet. This kebab destroys hunger for hours and hours. |
| 20th May 2008 | Chicken Shish | Planet Kebabs | Tasty chicken number form the evergreen Planet Kebabs. I sensibly order this one by phone on the bus. |
| 25th May 2008 | Lamb Doner | Planet Kebabs | Drunken midnight feast this one, my doner has garlic sauce on it and for once I throughly enjoy it. |
| 26th May 2008 | Lamb Doner | Planet Kebabs | A lovely Bank holiday doner, Garlic and chilli sauce is the new way to go for me, the mixture of these two with the meat really adds something to this doner. In other distressing news I hear on the grapevine that Savvi's on Hollowy Road has closed down. Gutted. |
| 29th May 2008 | Chicken Shish | Bolu | The sit down chicken doner, one of the highlights of the marvellous Bolu. None left at the conclusion. |
| 30th May 2008 | Chicken Shish | Galipolli | Superb and apparently healthy lunch from these long time champions of upper street. Very special homemade chilli sauce served here - well worth a look. |
| 31st May 2008 | Lamb Doner | Planet Kebabs | Useful late night number with both sauces on - swiftly dispatched. |
| 5th Jun 2008 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | Welcome return to the famous Sarcan large doner - the kebab that made lunchtime great! |
| 6th June 2008 | Lamb Doner | Planet Kebabs | It's late at night and no food and lots of beer seems to have disagreed with me, luckily my friends at Planet are on hand to prescribe the ideal meaty remedy. |
| 7th June 2008 | Chicken Shish | Planet Kebabs | Super, large chicken lunch. £4.70 might sounds like a lot, but there's so much lovely marinated chicken breast for your money. |
| 10th June 2008 | Chicken Shish | Planet Kebabs | Polished lunchtime number, once again loads of chicken for the money. |
| 14th June 2008 | Chicken Shish | Planet Kebabs | Big, big poultry lunch, once again I pre-order this one on the phone. Good stuff though a few shavings of doner over the top would have been sheer heaven. |
| 19th June 2008 | Chicken Shish | Sarcan Kebab | Nice big lunch number with lots of very nice if rather small peppers. Sits a lot better than the large doner if truth be told. |
| 20th June 2008 | Lamb Doner | Tufnell Park Kebabs | The Tufnell Park classic small lamb doner with everything on, on a Friday afternoon with a half day off - it doesn't get much better than this! |
| 26th June 2008 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | The builders are in as I enter this afteroon and what follws is a superbly constructed lamb doner. The meat is cut just so - fine cut meat with that essential springiness that marks a great kebab. Awesome. |
| 28th June 2008 | Chips and Meat | Planet Kebabs | I know of no baser pleasure than a tray full of chips and kebab meat and this turns out to be just the ticket after a two bottles of wine and four pints of cider. Filthy but restorative. |
| 29th June 2008 | Lamb Doner | Global Kebab | Cheeky snack from this handy Hendon outlet, generic but tasty and very reasonable |
| 1st July 2008 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | shouldn't really but it's hard to resist the charms of the Sarcan doner for lunch. I'm not the pope after all. |
| 2nd July 2008 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | Lunchtime again and I find it hard to see past Sarcan's finest and a drink for a fiver. I bloody love this kebab. |
| 3rd July 2008 | Chicken Shish | Sarcan Kebab | Back to Sarcan again and why not? Today I sample the excellent 'boss special' - a large chicken shish with a special salad pitta and chips. The boss knows what he's doing. |
| 3rd July 2008 | Chicken Doner | Bolu | Nice dinner from the good people at Bolu, it doesn't look much on the spit but their chicken doner is a real bargain. |
| 7th July 2008 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | The classic lunch time choice, feels good at the time but it's a long, tired afternoon until 6. |
| 9th July 2008 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | Not the absoloute apex if I'm honest, both lamb and pitta a little dry. Even on an off day however, this still give every other kebab in N1 a run for its money. |
| 10th July 2008 | Lamb Doner | Planet Kebabs | A late night chance to appreciate the ephemeral appeal of the planet lamb doner, a kebab that loves to be eaten on the road. Once indoors this lamb cinderella shows it's true colours - a greasy b*stard. |
| 11th July 2008 | Lamb Doner | Park View | The opening night of this new kebab/chippy on the site of the old Savvi's. Not a bad effort all told and the free chips were certainly appreciated. Review to follow. |
| 14th July 2008 | Mixed Kebab | Sarcan Kebab | At the insistence of the boss I try a mixed kebab, chicken and lamb shishes covered with a little doner meat. All served up with salad and bread. |
| 15th Jul;y 2008 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | The boss's wife prepares the large lamb just the way I like it, loads of meat chilli sauce, lemon juice and extra peppers in the salad. Nothing to see here, just another great Sarcan lunch. |
| 16th July 2008 | Lamb Doner | Planet Kebabs | Drunken late night doner, both chilli and garlic sauces were applied to good effect. |
| 17th July 2008 | Chicken Doner | Bolu | There's a another mix up with the orders and we're one chciken shish short, I bravely offer to go doner instead. Nice although for once I actually fancied the healthy option. |
| 19th July 2008 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | Big lunch from the Upper St champs, rather gets the better of me in the end. |
| 23rd July 2008 | Lamb Doner | Park View | Another middling effort from this new Holloway outlet. Production is slow, the meat rather dark and salty and if I didn't know better I'd say they were using Encona hot pepper sauce instead of a proper chilli job. |
| 25th July 2008 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | Huge lamb lunch, a titanic kebab |
| 27th July 2008 | Chicken Shish | Planet Kebabs | Healthy Sunday lunch from the ever dependable Planet. |
| 31st July 2008 | Chicken Shish | Planet Kebabs | Large and healthy dinner, not quite as much chicken as one normally gets in the large but still generous by any other standard |
| 3rd August 2008 | Lamb Doner | Archway Kebab | Late night everything on number from the other side of Junction road. As noted elsewhere if it's a late night doner you're after there's not much to choose between Planet and Archway. |
| 4th AUgust 2008 | Chicken Doner | Planet Kebabs | 2.30 am fill up, good stuf.. |
| 6th Augusr 2008 | Mixed Doner | Planet Kebabs | Another massive dinner from the Planet boys, it's all there. |
| 7th August 2008 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | I consider a sandwich but at five pounds with TWO drinks there's no beating Sarcan's class leading lamb doner lunch today. |
| 13th August 2008 | Chicken Shish | Bolu | Another classic small shish, this is Bolu's signature dish and never disappoints. |
| 14th August 2008 | Lamb Doner | Kebab Centre | Not the best meat but after four pints I'm not about to argue with them. To be fair a 100 yard walk to Sarcan would have paid dividends - but sometimes you just need street meat - ASAP. |
| 17th August 2008 | Chicken Shish | Planet Kebabs | High spec healthy kebab from Planet Kebabs. A very big dinner. |
| 22nd August 2008 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | The boss prepares the classic small doner just the way I like it. Every one is a winner at Sarcan. |
| 22nd August 2008 | Lamb Doner | Planet Kebabs | Another everything on late night number. Very nice. |
| 24th August 2008 | Lamb Doner | Rose Kebab | Excellent half time intermission during an evening of heavy drinking. The establishment is hardly grand but there wasn't much wrong with my small doner. Delicious. |
| 27th August 2008 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan 2 | Just the small for lunch today and a tidy little kebab it is too. |
| 28th August 2008 | Lamb Doner | Planet Kebabs | Naughty, this one but alighting in Archway around midnight it's hard not to be drawn to Planet Kebabs. The Planet small doner is a fine beast if smothered in both sauces and devoured quickly. Not a kebab to brood upon. |
| 3rd September 2008 | Chicken Shish | Sarcan Kebab | Full spec chicken number, as usual it takes a while to prepare but it's guilt-free satisfaction at around a fiver. |
| 7th September 2008 | Lamb Doner | Planet Kebabs | Filthy but compelling late night number. Kebab heavily sauced, self likewise. |
| 9th September 2009 | Chicken Shish | Planet Kebabs | Big and good dinner from Planet,God the doners looked great though. |
| 12th September 2008 | Chicken Shish | Sarcan Kebab | Another healthy lunch from Sarcan. |
| 18th September 2008 | Chicken Shish | Bolu | A large helping of what Bolu does best, you can't go wrong with the chicken shish. |
| 20th September 2008 | Chicken Shish | Sarcan Kebab | Nice Saturday lunchtime offering, the boss gives me a free falafel and hummus to complement my tasty skewer 'bab. |
| 21st September 2008 | Lamb Doner | Planet Kebabs | Samshed late night number half of which ends up on the floor. The carnage the following morning is a stern reminder never to drink on a Sunday. |
| 23rd September 2008 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | Slightly guilty lunch time number, unusally the shop is packed so I have to wait a while for my small doner. When the kebab arrives it confirms everything I know about what makes Sarcan a great kebab. Champion stuff. |
| 25th September 2008 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | Pleasing small number which is entirely contained by the pita until the conclusion. |
| 3rd October 2008 | Lamb Doner | Archway Kebab Centre | Eye opening value here as a five pound stake secures meat,rice,salad a bowl of olives and peppers plus bread and a drink. Difficult to fault this package. |
| 6th October 2008 | Chicken Doner | Planet Kebabs | Feeling most sickly and this one only partly alleviates my symptomns. A well man's kebab. |
| 8th October 2008 | Lamb Doner | Archway Kebab Centre | Respectable takeaway version of what I had for lunch the previous Friday. Meat, rice, salad chillies and Olives + 2 drinks comes out at a very reasonable £5.20. |
| 10th October 2008 | Lamb Doner | Best Kebab | Good stuff from the Brentford boys. I miss my bus in order to get a small number and it doesn't disappoint. The kebab is wrapped into a paper cone and the chilli sauce is nice and firey. Essential sustinance for the long trip back to North London. |
| 14th October 2008 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | Autumn is always a favourite time for the large Sarcan lunch and this is another fine example. The shop is increasignly busy at lunch and the staff seem almost overwhelmed at times. |
| 16th October 2008 | Mixed Doner | Planet Kebabs | Big, bad supper with the lamb up top. Chilli and garlic sauces applied. This massive parcel of meat presents a compelling case at £4.20 |
| 22nd October 2008 | Lamb Doner | Dionysus | Long after most pubs are shut you can still get a (warm) bottle of wine and a fantastic kebab at this West End institution. This 'bab is tinged with sadness though as we learn that the current premises is to be demolished to make way for a new Station. Enjoy this one while you can. |
| 24th October 2008 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan | Just the small version for lunch but it's all I need today. The counter as moved and the rear of the shop is still being worked on. |
| 25th October 2008 | Lamb Doner | Archway Kebab Centre | Another full spec lunch for a fiver from this very reasonable local outfit. Top stuff at five pounds. |
| 31 October 2008 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | A little on the small size for the £4.40 payed but it's all I need today. Plenty of salad and matey seasons it with salad oil and salt. A frighteningly satisfying Halloween lunch. |
| 4th November 2008 | Chicken Shish | Planet Kebabs | Big and healthy lunch, phone ordered as usual. |
| 7th November 2008 | Lamb Doner | Archway Kebabs | It takes a bit of detective work, but I finally identify what's strewn all over my lounge as an Archway Kebabs large doner - evrything on. |
| 12th November 2008 | Lamb Doner | Planet Kebabs | Big, meaty dinner from my local lads. Both sauces on works well even when not drunk, only the smallest morsel is left. |
| 13th December 2008 | Lamb Doner | Planet Kebabs | Not strictly necessary and pedestrian middle of the road meat - still the Planet doner is a handy chap to have about on the street around midnight |
| 21st November 2008 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | Not a bad effort but matey serves it with the bread in slices on the side - not my preference. Another quality chopped salad accompanies the meat. |
| 24t November 2008 | Lamb Doner | Planet Kebabs | Frankly superb lunch. I order a second pitta and have enough meat to construct four mini doners. This treatment suits the Planet meat so, so well. I'll be back for another one of these soon! |
| 25th November 2008 | Chicken Shish | Dionysus | Not the best if I'm honest, meat is very dry and for the £7 asked you'd expect a bit more. |
| 25th November 2008 | Lamb Doner | Dionysus | Just to prove the earlier kebab was a blip I sample the Dionysus doner 'al fresco'. Say what you like about the subtleties of grilled chicken but for me nothing beats eating a large doner over a bin in Charring Cross road after a few pints. |
| 28th November 2008 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | I duck out early from one of those bars where they turn the lights down and the music up every five minutes until you end up in the dark, screaming into the ear of the person next to you. I dedicate myself instead to a short, but to the point conversation with my friends in Sarcan resulting in a large lamb doner with everything on. Presentation on a Friday night is sloppy but there's no faulting the quality of the meat, I devour the lot on the street. |
| 30th November 2008 | Lamb Doner | Planet Kebabs | Very, very drunk and once again the Planet large doner proves to be the right kebab for the mission. |
| 2nd December 2008 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan | It's another full spec lunch from the newly refurbished Sarcan and I sample this beauty with both sauces on. |
| 5th December 2008 | Lamb Doner | Roseberry Kebab | Despite having consumed a massive porterhouse steak some hours earlier this tidy little doner comes in very handy for the walk home |
| 9th December 2008 | Lamb Doner | Planet Kebabs | Far too cold to eat this chap in the road so I'm compelled to rush him home. I stick it in the microwave for a minute which works on the meat but leaves me with warm salad. |
| 12th December 2008 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | Friday is celebrated with this no nonsense lunch from Upper Street champions Sarcan. Lovely kebab. |
| 16th December 2008 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan | Meat on the top is a little dry but things come good once into the 'bab proper. Garlic sauce is great once again. Filling festive fun from five pounds. |
| 19th December 2008 | Chicken Doner | Planet Kebabs | Satisfying foray into the poultry side of things, prepared in seconds and consumed within a similar time frame. |
| 23rd December 2008 | Lamb Doner | Brothers Kebab | It would be madness to spend a week in Ealing without trying this sit down staple. It's good but once again served kit form which I hate. |
| 26th December 2008 | Lamb Doner | Archway Kebab Centre | It's boxing day and to celebrate I get a box full of kebab meat, rice and salad. A very agreeable meal at a very reasonable price. |
| 29th December | Lamb Doner | Dionysus | Suitably primed with 3 pints of Grolsch, myself and fellow enthusiast Ben enjoy a superb lamb lunch courtesy of the kebab experts at Dionysus. No firm date for its imminent closure is forthcoming from the staff, the wisest choice then seems to be to squeeze as many of these beauties in as possible. |
| 2nd January 2009 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | A huge plate of what Sarcan does best opens the 2009 account in style. A great lunch weighing in at a very reasonable five sheets for the kebab and two drinks. |
| 5th January 2008 | Chicken Doner | Sarcan | Not fancying the lamb for once I opt for a large chicken lunch at Sarcan. Not bad but once again served kit-style which I dislike. |
| 12th January 2008 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | Another classy doner from Sarcan, the kebab is a rather messy proposition with all the sauces on. |
| 16th January 2009 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | Morbidly hungover I'm unable to see off even the small variety for lunch. Nice enough though. |
| 17th January 2009 | Chicken Doner | Bolu | Excellent sit down number served kit-style but for once I don't mind. |
| 17th January 2009 | Lamb Doner | Pearl | Cracking late night stuff. |
| 18th January 2009 | Lamb Doner | Planet Kebabs | Messy but fun Sunday night example - a real six pinter this kebab. |
| 27th January 2009 | Lamb Doner | Planet Kebabs | I know of no better way to get 98% of my reccomended salt intake in one sitting. Once again the kebab cools a little on he way home, would have been better consumed en-route I think. |
| 10th February 2009 | Lamb Doner | The Lebanese Taverna | Reasonable doner which arrives rolled up in a wrap, a rather odd sesame type sauce accompanies the decent lamb. Definately not your standard arrangement but its a satisfying lunch nonetheless. |
| 13th February 2009 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | Superb lunch time number with the usual generous salad. |
| 19th February 2009 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | Cracking lunchtime effort on a plate. It rarely disappoints this one. |
| 21st February 2009 | Chicken Doner | Archway Kebabs | A good looking rotating chicken doner catches my gaze and its hard to resist. I eat in the street and its splendid |
| 2nd March 2009 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | Quality lunch from my local favourites, pitta slightly broken but there's little else wrong with this plate of meat. |
| 6th March 2009 | Lamb Doner | Tufnell Park Kebabs | A half day Friday wouldn't be the same without a leisurely street consumed TPK doner. I choose a minimal salad in order to get the meat seen to quickly. The weekend starts here. |
| 19th March 2009 | Lamb Doner | Angel Kebab | The 3 minute ride home seems enough to cool this doner to room temperature. Thin, end of roll strips are covered in uninspiring garlic and chilli sauces. This really won't do.This place used to be good. |
| 23rd Macrh 2009 | Mixed Doner | Crystal Kebabs | A sit down feast courtesy of this long standing champ of Holloway Road. A generous serving of olives, peppers bread etc means the small mixed with rice is almost a challenge to finish but it's all dispatched in the end. Lovely meat as ever and a tremendous sense of value. |
| 25th March 2009 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan | Big lunch time number this, the kebab that never disappoints. |
| 2nd April 2009 | Lamb Doner | Archway Kebab Centre | Fully rounded package here for five pounds: Lamb, rice, salad, olives and chilli peppers. A civilized dinner time kebab. |
| 4th April 2009 | Chicken Doner | Efes | One of those occasions when it just has to be chicken doner, lovely meat and a generous fresh salad all set off with a liberal splash of lemon juice. The right kebab at precisely the right time. |
| 8th April 2009 | Lamb Doner | Angel Kebab Centre | Far from the most sophisticated doner on the market, but its location is extremely handy for the Camden Head. Meat is nothing to write home about but this certainly fills the gap. |
| 9th April 2009 | Lamb Doner | Kebab City | Enjoyable large number from this fairly new Holloway outfit, a good friday night fill up washed down with a cold beer. |
| 12th April 2009 | Lamb Doner | Pizza Carousel | Rather thickly cut meat slathered in the garlic sauce, tasty nonetheless after a number of drinks. Possibly not Whitstable's finest but ever so handy. |
| 16th April 2009 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | The evening crew here don't take the time and care of the boss, the result in this case is a rather messy lamb doner. Starts off well but I tire of it well shy of the end and sling the carton in a bin. |
| 17th April 2009 | Lamb Doner | Crystal Kebabs | A satisfying companion for the stagger home, I manage to pour half down my front.Frankly this was very nice. |
| 24th April 2009 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | Big meaty conclusion to a very drunk Friday night, does the job although I wash it down with four pieces of KFC for good measure. |
| 25th Aprl 2009 | Chicken Doner | Planet Kebabs | Nice work from the planet boys, the chicken doner with a splash of lemon never fails to please |
| 26th April 2009 | Chicken Shish | Planet Kebabs | Tasty conclusion to the weekend in the form of a healthy chicken shish from Planet. A thoroughly civilized meal this, the kind of kebab you could take home to meat your mother. |
| 28th April 2009 | Lamb Doner | Kebab Centre | Straightforward after work fill up from this handy Angel outlet, lacking the polish of somewhere like Sarcan but cheap and cheerful |
| 4th May 2009 | Chicken Doner | Sarcan | I ask for the small but a large chicken doner arrives nonetheless, a bit more than I really needed if truth be told. |
| 5th May 2009 | Mixed Kebab | Planet Kebabs | Having eaten only the lightest of lunches I feel more than up to taking on Planet's £6 meat monster for dinner - and I have to say I truly get the better of the beast. Lovely. |
| 7th May 2009 | Lamb Doner | Archway Kebab Centre | An enjoyable late night meal, quite a competent little bab this with everything on |
| 14th May 2009 | Lamb Doner | Planet Kebabs | I try a new layout, lemon juice, then chilli sauce topped with a simple salad of just onion and white cabbage. It works really well and the simplified salad lets the meat really sing. |
| 20th May 2009 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan | Big, no holds barred lamb lunch with the by now common free 2nd drink. |
| 21st May 2009 | Lamb Doner | Planet Kebabs | Competent evening fun from Planet, I opt for the onions and white cabbage config again but forget the chilli sauce. Nice stuff nonetheless |
| 29th May 2009 | Lamb Doner | Tufnell Park Kebabs | Fun little Friday afternoon number, eaten on the streets in the sunshine. A classic conclusion to an afternoon off. |
| 30th May 2009 | Mixed Doner | Planet Kebabs | Messy second of the evening, don't remember a great deal about this kebab but I found a good amount of it down the front of my coat the next morning. |
| 30th May 2009 | Chicken Shish | Bolu | Very nice dinner from the Camberwell experts - their chicken shish really is first class. |
| 6th June 2009 | Chicken Doner | Planet Kebabs | Nothing special if I'm, honest, a kebab better suited to the beers than the wine |
| 10th June 2009 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | Smashing lamb lunch at my favourite Islington kebab shop - plenty of salad and not shy with the meat either! |
| 18th June 2009 | Chicken Doner | Bolu | Nice bit of camberwell chicken action, a fairly greasy recipe but tasty.
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| 22nd June 2009 | Chicken Shish | Sarcan Kebab | Big chicken lunch and the boss tops it off whith a little doner meat for good measure. |
| 30th June 2009 | Lamb Doner | Crown Fish and Chips | Long queue at the burger stall compells me to go for a kebab instead, but this turns out to be the wrong one for various reasons (see reviews) |
| 9th July 2009 | Chicken Shish | Bolu | Lovely light dinner - these Camberwell experts rarely put a foot wrong |
| 15th July 2009 | Chicken Shish | Sarcan | Excellent lunch time shish - plenty there for the money although as ever the doner rotates temptingly |
| 16th July 2009 | Chicken Shish | Sarcan | Pretty much a straight repeat of yesterday, right down to the omission of my chilli peppers. Otherwise edifying stuff. |
| 19th July 2009 | Chicken Shish | Planet Kebabs | Excellent Sunday night dinner, could have easily dispatched a second. |
| 23rd Jully 2009 | Chicken Doner | Archway Kebab Center | First doner in a while and all the tastier for it, the wrapped up presentation makes the ingredients combine most agreeably. |
| 30th July 2009 | Chicken Shish | Sarcan | An excellent lunch at a bustling Sarcan Kebab. The big chicken shish arrives with a beautifully seasoned salad, matey heaps on some of his new homemade chicken doner at no extra cost. What a fine kebab shop. |
| 30th July 2009 | Chips and Meat | Planet Kebabs | Dirty but captivating box of lamb doner meat, chips, onions and garlic sauce. With a glass of wine and a Top Gear challenge its full steam ahead for the weekend. |
| 31st July 2009 | Lamb Doner | West Kebab | The Holy Northfields trinity completed in style; Players, The Spinning Wheel and West Kebab. The friendly lads open up the back for us to enjoy this iconic plated doner. |
| 1st August 2009 | Lamb Doner | Archway Kebab Center | More wrappped up goodness from the local boys, consistent quality. |
| 5th August 2009 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan | Shouldn't really but a stupid queue at the sandwich shop forces my hand, slightly preturbed to see a new guy in there I don't recognize but I place my order for a large lamb doner nonetheless. While waiting I am greatly reassured to see they guy has a first rate carving technique, effortlessly peeling off long, even strips with the cylindrical cut of the keabab pro. Kebab arrived in a box rather than a plate but the meat was divine, a liberal sevring of garlic sauce making things all the more interesting. |
| 6th August 2009 | Lamb Doner | Archway Kebab Centre | Meaty treat for dinner, the large version is quite a handful. I get a box of pickles for good measure. |
| 7th August 2009 | Lamb Doner | Planet Kebabs | Despite a steak and chips supper a few jars in Camden has sharpened my hunger to the point that I'm in the mood for some meat around midnight. Plenty of lemon juice on here and a minimal salad, as usual I devour it on the spot and it's very nice indeed. |
| 8th August 2009 | Lamb Doner | Tad | See review for 'Tad Restaurant' |
| 10th August 2009 | Chicken Shish | Sarcan | Pleasant lunch time shish, I sample the homemade chicken doner and it's very good indeed. |
| 13th August 2009 | Lamb Doner | Kebab CIty | Functional rather than great example, seemingly in an effort to impress matey serves up my old enemy the kit form kebab. Not bad but the sandwich would have been better. |
| 15th August 2009 | Chicken Shish | Planet Kebabs | Decent phone-ordered Saturday lunch, five quid gets you a lot at Planet these days. |
| 17th August 2009 | Chicken Shish | Sarcan | First rate healthy lunch from a bustling Sarcan Kebab. Only one pepper provided but otherwise faultless. |
| 19th August 2009 | Chicken Shish | Sarcan | Lunchtime again and my friend at Sarcan rolls out a rather special looking Small Chicken Shish 'Turbo'. The normal portion is augmented by a huge seasoned salad with extra peppers, a large pitta and a cheeky serving of homemade chicken doner. |
| 25th August 2009 | Lamb Doner | Planet Kebabs | Lovley late evening fun from Planet, just the small number with a simple white salad and lemon juice on the meat. An excellent little kebab provided you're willing to wolf it down quickly. |
| 7th September 2009 | Lamb Doner | Munchies, Poole | First for a while, a chunky grey lamb doner opens up the scoring in an autumn that is certain to be a real lamb-fest! |
| 10th September 2009 | Lamb Doner | Planet Kebabs | Few pikier dinners exist than the doner kebab and chips, but what the hell. A big meaty win. |
| 11th September 2009 | Mixed Doner | Planet Kebabs | A relatively long wait for the usually efficient Planet but the big, bad mixed doner appears after a time. A lovely bit of autumn stuffing. |
| 12th September 2009 | Lamb Doner | Planet Kebabs | Late night weekend fun from Planet, it's an established formula: Lots and lots of booze, a big greasy lamb doner covered in sauces, scatter liberally on the floor. |
| 14th September 2009 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | Another excellent autumn lunch from Sarcan, plenty of lovely meat and salad. |
| 17th September 2009 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan | Awesome full spec number which I can't finish quickly enough. Heaps of juicy meat and a pitta toasted to perfection. No sandwich could ever come close. |
| 18th September 2009 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | Textbook Friday night purchase, small lad, everything on and eaten in the road. |
| 19th September 2009 | Lamb Doner | Planet Kebabs | Post-gig visit to Planet and always nice to have a sit down kebab although the stark lighting hardly flatters this doner. |
| 26th September 2009 | Lamb Doner | West Kebab | Blurry late night affair, not really appreciated. |
| 1st October 2009 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | I elect to open the October account early and in style. Sarcan's peerless lamb doner proves just the ticket for an autumnal lunch. |
| 6th October 2009 | Lamb Doner | Angel Restaurant | I pop in for a cheeky one on the way home from work. First of these for a year or so for me but the trademark chunky salad still impresses. Meat is cut into somewhat narrow ribbons but no problem with the rich greasy flavour. |
| 10th October 2009 | Lamb Doner | Archway Kebab Centre | Reasonable Saturday night outing, the meat is ready to go for once and I'm served quickly. Once home the large wrap displays a marked tendency to drip, half ruining my trousers before I notice. |
| 12th October 2009 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | An excellent lunch time investment, the Sarcan large doner comes today with a special chopped salad. A truely recession-proof kebab this. |
| 14th October 2009 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | Slightly smaller than usual but enjoyable as ever, lovely. |
| 14th October 2009 | Lamb Doner | Planet Kebabs | Nasty second of the day, when things go wrong at Planet, they go badly wrong. Shards of dry meat in a stale pitta. |
| 16th October 2009 | Chicken Doner | Sarcan Kebab | Middling Friday night number, rather untidily assembled and a lot of salad gets lost overboard. |
| 22nd October 2009 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan | Brilliant lunch and it seems the first outing for a new improved recipe doner at Sarcan. Very much along the same lines as before but with a subtly altered spice mix. First class. |
| 23rd October 2009 | Chicken Shish | Planet Kebabs | Straightforward half day lunch in the best tradition. They're wont to serve the eat in doner in kit form so I ask for mine in the pitta. This seems to confuse them and I get my kebab in a box rather than a plate. Still very nice. |
| 25th October 2009 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan | A powerful Sunday lunch from the ever reliable Sarcan, masses of succulent meat for the money. |
| 28th October 2009 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | A late lunch and the Sarcan large lamb turns out to be just the kebab to fill the hole. If you can have more fun for five pounds in Islington I'd like to hear about it. |
| 2nd Novemner | Chicken Shish | Sarcan | Frankly inspired choice, the large chicken shish is at once filling and guilt free. Great kebab, great kebab shop - simple as that. |
| 3rd November 2009 | Chicken Shish | Sarcan | Powerful poultry number, tons of succulent chicken and salad. Whether you want spit or skewer, Sarcan have the kebab for you! |
| 4th November 2009 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan | Stylish return to the all-lamb agenda, a full spec large doner does the job nicely for lunch. |
| 8th November 2009 | Chicken Doner | Planet Kebabs | Big box fun from the Junction road boys, the chicken doner never fails here. |
| 10th November 2009 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan | The Sarcan skipper prepares the lamb doner kit-from but makes it up for it with an extra pitta. Thinnish strips in evidence but the usual excellent quality and freshness. |
| 11th November 2009 | Lamb Kofte | Sarcan | What starts out as simple large kofte turns into a huge mixed kebab as the generous owner augments my serving with both lamb and chikcen doners. A five star late lunch. |
| 12th November 2009 | Chicken Doner | Planet Kebabs | A smashing small lunch from Planet, seasoned with a splash of lemon juice. Probably the most renowned chicken doner in Islington. |
| 13th November 2009 | Chicken Doner | Diamond | First visit for me to this shop, formerly the old school Greek outlet 'Savvi's' and briefly after that 'Park View'. Rather too drunk to observe much other than the generous portion. |
| 17th November 2009 | Chicken Shish | Planet Kebabs | This large, phone-ordered chicken number proves an excellent lunch time solution. |
| 10th December 2009 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | Decent street-consumed kebab with both sauces on. A little cold for al fresco dining if I'm honest. |
| 11th December 2009 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan | A further slice of pre-Xmas excellence from Islington's leading outlet, and in the spirit of the festive season I get a free side order of chips thrown in. |
| 13th December 2009 | Chicken Shish | Planet Kebabs | Excellent end to the weekend, much enhanced by the application of both the red and white sauces and some extra chilli peppers. |
| 17th December 2009 | Lamb Doner | Kebab Centre | A full house at Sarcan leads to a rare diversion to Kebab Centre. A class below my regular luch if I'm honest and 10p more expensive to boot. Surprised though at how busy this place is. |
| 21st December 2009 | Chicken Shish | Sarcan Kebab | High performance shish delivered with the usual Sarcan style. Value and presentation in one irresistible package. |
| 26th December 2009 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan | Late night street number which I eat on the street. Sadly truncated by the swift arrival of the 43, a bus which under any other circumstances one waits a miserable 20 minutes for.Not drunk enough to withstand the shame of eating a kebab on the bus. |
| 30th December 2009 | Lamb Doner | Archway Kebab Centre | Its pissing it down so I go and see the local lads rather than continue up to Planet, cheered to see you can now have have the lamb doner in the pitta rather than the wrap and I order my large lamb in this format. The usual long wait ensues, when I eventually get this home it's a little lacklustre. Sure it's all there, meat sauce, salad etc. but the kebab just doesn't work ths way. I'll stick to the wraps in future. |
| 1st January 2010 | Chipds and Meat | Planet Kebabs | A big, fat tray of chips covered in a mound of glistening greasy meat gets things emphatically underway in 2010. The kebab of the future. |
| 2nd January 2010 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | Saturday supremacy from the Angel champs. A titanic serving of meat in a king size pitta. Slathered in delicious garlic and chilli sauces, the peppery note of the meat remains discernible. |
| 6th January 2009 | Lamb Doner | Angel Restaurant | The cold, snowy weather certainly sharpens the appetite and I'm unable to resist the charms of a freshly-carved lamb doner on the way home from work. The simple white cabbage and onion salad my tribute to the Arctic landscape. |
| 10th January 2010 | Mixed Doner | Planet Kebabs | An excellent companion for the darts final, this large, everything-on number proves most satisfying. |
| 15th January 2010 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | A filling Friday treat, the thin slicing and juicy, peppery meat takes me right back to 1990 or so when I tasted my first ever Doner kebab. I believe 'Fu on' restaurant now stands on the site of the former 'Charlies' . Gone but not forgotten. |
| 25th January 2010 | Lamb Doner | Tufnell Park Kebabs | An unexpected early closure of my local tube station leads to an emergency diversion to TPK and I have to say it's nice to be back! The small number with all the trimmings certainly makes the walk home a lot more pleasant. |
| 28th January 2010 | Lamb Doner | Planet Kebabs | I brave the squally January evening and duck out for that most ephemeral of late night treats, the Planet lamb doner. Just lemon juice, onion and white cabbage selected - all the better to enjoy the meat below. Truly the kebab that built Archway. |
| 1st February 2010 | Lamb Doner | Planet Kebabs | Mighty late night entertainment, well worth the 5 minute round trip! |
| 3rd February | Chicken Shish | Planet Kebabs | A good choice this for a late lunch, filling but not incapacitating in the way a doner can be. |
| 11th Feb 2010 | Lamb Doner | Planet Kebabs | Fun bit of late night street meat |
| 14th Feb 2010 | Chicken Shish | Planet Kebabs | Nice conclusion to the weekend, some very long chilli peppers adorn this skewer favourite. |
| 17th February 2010 | Mixed Kebab | Planet Kebabs | The superb £6 special mixed seems the only way to go for dinner, what an excellent 'bab this is. |
| 18th February 2010 | Mixed Kebab | Sarcan Kebab | Another free upgrade to a house mixed. A single kofte skewer plus chicken and lamb doners. At £5.70 with 2 drinks this is an act of charity. |
| 18th February 2010 | Chicken Doner | Pasha | Reasonable bit of early evening sustinance, I avoid a cold and sinister looking lamb doner and plump instead for the small chicken number.Not bad all told, salad was excellent and the meat, what there was of it fairly tasty. Not the worst use of £3.50 ever. |
| 21st February 2010 | Lamb Doner | Planet Kebabs | Another installment of evening flavour featuring the simplified white salad. |
| 24th February 2010 | Chicken Shish | Sarcan Kebab | Top hole skewer lunch from Sarcan. Work on the new upstairs dining room is nearly complete. |
| 25th February 2010 | Lamb Doner | Angel Kebab | Pop in for this beauty on the way home. Masses of meat for £3.50, slightly narrow cut but beautifully juicy. A reliable option on Essex road this. |
| 2nd March 2010 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | Lovely golden pitta, heaps of beautiful meat. You won't find a better value lunch on Upper Street. |
| 6th March 2010 | Lamb Doner | Planet Kebabs | A protion of rather lacklustre jerk chicken fails to properly take care of lunch and so around 4 I head out to Planet in need of sustinance. I have the small sit down lamb with the extra pitta and as always find it a top notch solution. The chilli sauce has a lovely orage hue. |
| 11th March 2010 | Mixed Kebab | Planet Kebabs | £6 gets you an awful lot these days at planet. This blockbuster kebab rarely disappoints. |
| 14th March 2010 | Lamb Doner | Angel Restaurant | Fine Sunday afternoon fun, the more I see of this place, the more I like it. Can't help feeling they're missing a trick by serving their tasty chilli sauce cold. |
| 24th March 2010 | Mixed Kebab | Planet Kebabs | Once again my best intentions are thwarted by a generous free upgrade at Sarcan. This time my large chicken shish is augmented by a serving of the new-formula lamb doner. Jolly nice it is too with a subtly sweet garlic undertone. To round things off the boss talks me through a portion of his superior-grade french fries. |
| 30th March 2010 | Lamb Doner | Planet Kebabs | Meaty power lunch from the undisputed kings of the genre. |
| 10th April 2010 | Lamb Doner | Planet Kebabs | Late night top up in the classic style, white cabbage, onions and chilli sauce. |
| 11th April 2010 | Mixed Kebab | Planet Kebabs | Fantastic conclusion to the weekend, masses of meat and flavour, the kebab to beat in N19 |
| 15th April 2010 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | Awesome lunch time action from Sarcan, the upstairs dining area has yet to open but it's busy downstairs. |
| 18th April 2010 | Chicken Doner | Planet Kebabs | Basic and yet highly enjoyable Sunday dinner. There are times when only a chicken doner will do and this lemon splashed, white salad number fits the bill. |
| 20th April 2010 | Lamb Doner | Planet Kebabs | Beutiful meaty celebration as UK airspace re-opens, I'm thorugh the salad and into the meat as the first BA 747 comes overhead into Heathrow. |
| 22nd April 2010 | Mixed Kebab | Planet Kebabs | A kebab of such titanic proportions that the salad requires its own separate box. The phone-ordered planet special delivers the goods once again. |
| 25th April 2010 | Lamb Doner | Planet Kebabs | Dual-pitta power lunch which certainly hits the spot. The freshly carved meat is surprisingly good today. |
| 2nd May 2010 | Chicekn Doner | Planet Kebabs | Don't recall a great deal about this one rounding off as it does a boozy bank holiday Sunday. |
| 3rd May 2010 | Chicken Shish | Planet Kebabs | Civilized conclusion to the bank holiday festivities, just the small version this time. |
| 4th May 2010 | Chicken Shish | Planet Kebabs | Large version of what I had yesterday and it has to be said this is a fine kebab. |
| 5th May 2010 | Lamb Doner | Planet Kebabs | Celebratory lamb number with the classic simple salad. |
| 06/05/2010 | Mixed Kebab | Planet Kebabs | The full-power, six squid boss kebab with all sauces happening. |
| 10th May 2010 | Chicken Shish | Sarcan Kebab | Decisive lunch time solution, a willing coalition of meat sauce and salad. Excellent seasoning on the chicken shish with perhaps a hint of paprika. |
| 13th May 2010 | Chicken Doner | Planet Kebabs | Uncomplicated dinner of champions, Planet's classic chicken doner rarely disappoints |
| 17th May 2010 | Chicken Shish | Sarcan Kebab | A fine healthy lunch with a delicately seasoned salad. |
| 19th May 2010 | Chicken Shish | Planet Kebabs | Not the best chicken shish ever, though the usual massive value is evident. |
| 19th May 2010 | Lamb Doner | Archway Kebab | Curiosity gets the better of me and I check out the dark side, just as I remember a tatty looking shop and a doner that while large enough lacks the class of the Planet offering. |
| 21st May 2010 | Mixed Kebab | Planet Kebabs | Friday night excellence from Planet and I'm hungry enough to the large mixed justice. |
| 22nd May 2010 | Lamb Doner | Roseberry Kebab | Unimpressive bookend to a long afternoon's drinking - not as good as my last one from here |
| 24th May 2010 | Mixed Doner | Planet Kebabs | A futher installment of meaty magic from Planet. |
| 26th May 2010 | Lamb Doner | Tufnell Park Kebabs | Useless Northern line dumps me out at Tuffnell Park but there is some consolation in the form of this classic lamb doner. I take down the large with all the sauces on. |
| 2nd June 2010 | Chicken Shish | Sarcan Kebab | First kebab of June and a good start, free side order of chips to boot. |
| 3rd June 2010 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | The sunshine has filled Upper St with idiots of every description so I dive into Sarcan in search of a plate of sense. The full lamb doner with a chopped salad proves to be the correct response. |
| 7th June 2010 | Chicken Shish | Sarcan Kebab | Another superb lunchtime solution from the kebab shop that can do no wrong. |
| 8th June 2010 | Chicken Doner | Sarcan Kebab | A difficult late lunch decision - the quick and dirty fix of a large lamb doner or the more refined but lengthier process of a chicken shish. This small chicken doner is my ingenious compromise. |
| 11th June 2010 | Chicekn Doner | Kebab Centre | Nasty Friday night booze absorber, lacks the style of the Sarcan offering |
| 15th June 2010 | Chicken Shish | Sarcan Kebab | Another superb plated lunch, the doner looks fine today. |
| 16th June 2010 | Chicken Shish | Sarcan Kebab | Big chicken winner with a free taster portion of lamb doner draped over the top. Serious lunchtime. |
| 20th June 2010 | Mixed Kebab | Planet Kebabs | Another titanic Sunday night dinner from the chaps at Planet. Phone-ordered as usual, this an especially fine example. Few better uses of £6.50 exist. |
| 24th June 2010 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | Another Kit-form classic from a bustling Sarcan. |
| 26th June 2010 | Lamb Doner | Crystal Kebab | It's been a long time since my last Crystal kebab and this one convinces me not to leave it so long next time. A wonderful, juicy kebab served in a wrap. |
| 27th June 2010 | Lamb Doner | Angel Restaurant | Scant consolation for England being dumped out of the world cup, this kebab survives the cab journey home and is still hot and delicious at the other end. |
| 3rd July 2010 | Planet Kebabs | Lamb Doner | Back to basics style late night number, once again I deploy the simplified salad to good effect. Lovely. |
| 4th July 2010 | Chicken Shish | Planet Kebabs | Excellent accompaniment to Top Gear, the big chicken option is a firm Sunday favourite. |
| 11th July 2010 | Chicken Shish | Planet Kebabs | Top drawer Sunday night solution as always, the big chicken has become a late-weekend essential |
| 13th July 2010 | Chicken Shish | Sarcan Kebab | A busy afternoon at Sarcan but I get a delicious large chicken lunch without any fuss. |
| 15th July 2010 | Chicken Doner | Sarcan Kebab | Lunchtime luxury with a poultry theme. Served kit-from with both sauces. Very nice. |
| 16th July 2010 | Chicken Doner | Sarcan Kebab | Interesting Peri-Peri seasoned small number - a novel take on the Sarcan classic. |
| 17th July 2010 | Lamb Doner | West Kebab | The traditional and correct conclusion to an evening of Northfields boozing, splendid late night sustinance. |
| 22nd July 2010 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | Tasty first look at the new Sarcan Doner. The shwarma type kebab is excellent and can easily hold its own against the likes of Crystal or Angel Bodrum although I for one will miss the old homemade roll - perhaps they should host this on a third spit? |
| 7th August 2010 | Lamb Doner | Planet Kebabs | Messy late number though a quickly eaten planet doner still has a certain base appeal |
| 9th August 2010 | Chicken Shish | Sarcan Kebab | Passing over the attractive new lamb doner I head for the reliable poultry option - first rate as ever. |
| 10th August 2010 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | Only my second encounter with the new premium Sarcan doner but the addition of some nicely seasoned rice makes a very good kebab outstanding. |
| 15th August 2010 | Lamb Doner | Archway Kebab Centre | For once the centre comes up with exactly what's needed. A large lamb doner wrap with all the salad and all the sauces. Despite the longish wait, this is a first rate dinner. |
| 17th August 2010 | Lamb Doner | Planet Kebabs | Generous late evening doner with the simple white salad. |
| 23rd August 2010 | Chicken Shish | Planet Kebabs | Lovely dinner from the local lads, the big chicken fillet is sliced into long strips and the full range of sauces and salad applied. |
| 24th August 2010 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | Succulent early-autumn late lunch which confirms the superior quality of Sarcan's new lamb doner. |
| 25th August 2010 | Lamb Doner | Sarcan Kebab | Straight re-run of yesterday and I reach much the same conclusion: tasty. |
| 29th August 2010 | Lamb Doner | Planet Kebabs | Thumping good bank holiday fun, for once I take the kebab home and the simple salad seems to mimimse cooling. Excellent |
| 1st September 2010 | Mixed Doner | Planet Kebabs | Big league dinner here from Planet. |
