Comments on: Shawerma Review: Shawermer

By: gary smith

gary smith — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 18:51:07 +0000

i was in Kuwait from 1980 to 1982, great people there. I found a place in Salmia (bad spelling) on a side street, that had great chicken shawarmas, I miss that to this day. they would roast the chicken (I think with lemons inside) in a big glass rotiserie (a lot of chickens at one time) then all the meat would be cut of the bone and stacked on another rotiserie and they would keep pouring some kind of juices over it. when we ordered the shawarmas, they would be cut fresh from the rotiserie and placed in pita bread. I sure like to find the receipe for that.

By: Mr.CHoCoLaTe

Mr.CHoCoLaTe — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 10:40:33 +0000

Mark I think you want the best place for shawarma

exactly chicken shawarma

I think best place of that is Al Faroj res.

in the begining of res. st. (shar3 al ma6a3em)

try Maxican 9aj meal ;)

and give me you reviwe

bye

(sorry for bad english)

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 17:20:48 +0000

you were like sitting right next to me, had a sticker with Toxy written on it stuck on your shirt.

By: Toxy

Toxy — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 17:15:39 +0000

Mark, I wasn’t there!

I had some work to finish.

Wtf!

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 16:55:54 +0000

btw it was nice meeting you at the bloggers meeting tonight.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 16:55:09 +0000

toxy the whole review was about how the shawerma was crap because the garlic was the worst garlic i had ever tasted. whats wrong with that? Nothing because to me the garlic is as important as the chicken and the bread in a shawerma sandwich.

it was also the most expensive shawerma in kuwait so who cares if the chicken wasn’t greasy or if the bread was soggy, the garlic was so bad and the price so high that the other stuff didn’t matter anymore. you think if the chicken was good it would have made a difference? it wouldn’t and didn’t.

this is my review, if you don’t like the style then fine but as i said don’t come and tell me how to review the food i eat. I have different requirements then you, I have a different expectation in food then you. this is the internet and you have a blog so you can always go have the shawerma yourself and right a better review. whats stopping you?

By: Toxy

Toxy — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 15:34:43 +0000

Mark, all I’m saying, is the whole review is about Garlic - a peripheral item.

What about the meat / chicken and the bread? Was the meat well cooked? Was it rubbery / too oily? What about the bread (too soft / dry ) tasted like shoes?

Don’t you think the dude who owns that restaurant would be pretty upset if you didn’t even give him a proper critical review?

It’s like me coming onto 248, looking at the first post and saying the whole blog is about fizzy drinks.

You may be right (about it being the worst shit you have ever tasted) but at least give the place a dignified, critical review.

That’s someones livelihood after all.

By: Nael

Nael — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 14:21:56 +0000

There are different types of shawerma by the way; there are lamb, beef, chicken and turkey, and each might have different ingredients such as tomatoes, onions, t7eeneh… etc, and not all of them necessarily have galic. However, you’re basically right, if one of the ingredients isn’t good like using GM tomatoes for example, then yeah, the sandwich is an abomination!

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 12:23:12 +0000

Toxy a shawerma is made of 3 things, chicken, garlic and bread. if either of these is fucked up the whole thing is fucked up. If you have ever had a shawerma before you would know you can’t have it without garlic. So going back there again and ordering a shawerma without garlic would probably leave them with a score of 0 since you can’t have shawerma without garlic.

If you think you can review better then please do. If you don’t like my reviews thats your opinion. This review is based on MY taste so if I give it half a star its because I think its worth half a star. If you give the place 5 stars it doesn’t make the shawerma taste better for me.

Reviews are based on personal opinions so don’t tell me how I should rate stuff.

By: Toxy

Toxy — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 11:12:28 +0000

I think it’s pretty pointless to comment (and subsequently base the whole review) on shit like Garlic. The servings of Garlic are dependent on individual taste.

Some people like to douse their stuff with as much garnish as possible, others like small hints of the stuff.

That’s not subjective reviewing Mark!

Go into the place, bitch them out, tell them you want a shawerma without the dollops of disgusting garlic - and then write a review.

It would be like me going into Johnny Rockets ; the waiter serving me my favorite burger with a new relish (which I end up hating) - then me making my whole review based on the relish!

Come on dude. You’ve done much better reviews than that.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 08:14:07 +0000

ali the hommous at canary is ok, nothing special. the hommous at bourj al 7amam is better although thinking about it now i can’t think of any place in kuwait that has really amazing hommous. hmm maybe pizza hut..

By: Musaed

Musaed — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 03:43:25 +0000

I haven’t seen anybody like that restraunt!
I would give there shawerma 1/4 star

By: ali

ali — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 01:14:31 +0000

mark, i recommend try something else too that will get you addicted .Perhaps , hummus would be a good idea. the place at hawally known as Canary is the best resturant i know of that makes Hummus.

By: Intlxpatr

Intlxpatr — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:15:20 +0000

“to be able to review the shawerma fairly i HAVE to finish eating them.. the price i have to pay for this blog lol”

You had to eat TWO to know how bad they were??? Dying laughing . . .

By: Stafa

Stafa — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 23:39:09 +0000

one day…we’re jst gna visit u at the hospital =P