This is the foodcourt meal by which all others are compared. Reliable, faithful, consistent. A good midday meal that will keep you going until dinner.
This is my standard kebab. The ingredients, in order of application are pita bread, hommus, tabouli, cheese, lettuce, tomato, cucumber, onion, capsicum, olives, extra jalopenos, chicken, and finished with an egg. To that is added garlic sauce, barbeque sauce and hot chilli sauce.
Quality salad ingredients are important in a kebab. The hommus is tasty without being too vinegary; the greens are fresh and crisp. A nice touch is that the olives are not the flavourless sliced black Spanish variety which seem to pop up everywhere - instead they serve up tasty kalamatas.
This particular kebab was done just right, except for being a little light on in the sauce department. Otherwise all the key factors were there - good quantity of meat, not greasy, soft fresh pita, well rolled and easy to eat without spilling it everywhere.
Presentation There's only so many ways to serve a kebab. This one was double-wrapped in paper, cut in half and placed on a plate. Marks off for not putting a serviette on the plate - it is an essential item for eating a kekab - although they are readily available on the counter. 8/10
Size Very good lunch size. Leaves you feeling full but you don't get the loss of concentration and heavy feeling that can follow a grease fest (refer previous post on Foolok). 9/10
Value for money Perhaps a bit steep at $9.40. 7/10
Quality Very good. An advantage of getting a kebab during the busy lunch period is that you're not getting 3 hour old pre-cut dried out meat. 8/10
Overall I would say 'very impressive', but it is hard to be impressed by such a simple meal. However, what is impressive is how many meals are unimpressive by comparison. Capisce? An all but guaranteed winner every time. 8/10
Who wins - kebab or kebab? Iron Chef Kebab
This is my standard kebab. The ingredients, in order of application are pita bread, hommus, tabouli, cheese, lettuce, tomato, cucumber, onion, capsicum, olives, extra jalopenos, chicken, and finished with an egg. To that is added garlic sauce, barbeque sauce and hot chilli sauce.
Quality salad ingredients are important in a kebab. The hommus is tasty without being too vinegary; the greens are fresh and crisp. A nice touch is that the olives are not the flavourless sliced black Spanish variety which seem to pop up everywhere - instead they serve up tasty kalamatas.
This particular kebab was done just right, except for being a little light on in the sauce department. Otherwise all the key factors were there - good quantity of meat, not greasy, soft fresh pita, well rolled and easy to eat without spilling it everywhere.
Presentation There's only so many ways to serve a kebab. This one was double-wrapped in paper, cut in half and placed on a plate. Marks off for not putting a serviette on the plate - it is an essential item for eating a kekab - although they are readily available on the counter. 8/10
Size Very good lunch size. Leaves you feeling full but you don't get the loss of concentration and heavy feeling that can follow a grease fest (refer previous post on Foolok). 9/10
Value for money Perhaps a bit steep at $9.40. 7/10
Quality Very good. An advantage of getting a kebab during the busy lunch period is that you're not getting 3 hour old pre-cut dried out meat. 8/10
Overall I would say 'very impressive', but it is hard to be impressed by such a simple meal. However, what is impressive is how many meals are unimpressive by comparison. Capisce? An all but guaranteed winner every time. 8/10
Who wins - kebab or kebab? Iron Chef Kebab
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