Saturday, September 18, 2004

Mystery Kebabs

We all know the ancient tradition of getting quite steamed and stumbling home via the kebab store, something I always believed was a bit of an australian tradition, but it seems this phenomenon is an international occurrance, here in Nice is no exception.

But the kebabs here aren't quite like home, for starters you can order 'kebab frites' which funnily enough is a kebab with chips in it, quite good really but not all that interesting. The interesting part of this is the meat.

At home we can get a lamb, chicken maybe even a felafal kebab, not the case here in france, you order a kebab, and thats it, no choice of meat, thats because no one seems to know what the meat is, i have theories, but i can never be certain. I suppose my theories are sort of wishful thinking because the reality is probably far more scary. My main idea is that they get several different types of meat, and put them all mixed up onto a pole, and then roast it on a rotissary, much like at home, things like lamb, bacon chicken etc. and then shave it off, there you have it a kebab. The taste is quite unique but the mystery adds a bit of a scary element, something i am pretty sure i could only stomach whilst quite drunk, mainly because im too out of it to think that hard, but the next day i always have my concerns, so there you have it, the mystery kebab meat, some sort of blend of bacon and lamb mainly i think but who can be sure. The meat shake lucky dip. je pense que je vais vomir

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