German Doner Kebab – Tikka Masala Kebab

Hello, and thank you dear reader for logging on once again for one of my increasingly infrequent pieces of kebab discourse. Today, it’s the Tikka Masala Kebab, available at your local German Doner Kebab for a limited time, and as always with these kind of things, theres a bit of blurb I can quote to […]

Lebanese In A Van

Hello again. It’s been a while. What has been going on during Shawarma Police’s brief soujourn into semi-retirement? Oh, there are tales. Long, DARK, tales. I subscribed to Disney+, that’s quite good, you can get Duck Tales on that – both the classic ones and the gritty reboot. What else? I managed to root an […]

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From Doner Haus’ Instagram, err, well, three hours ago. The Shawarma Police were, to be frank, getting a little worried. On my final trip to the old gaff, I asked what the plans were, and a member of staff told me that they were looking to open a steak restaurant similar to their sister restaurant, […]

Aye, Dumbarton Road

Hello, Hello, it’s good to… *the phone rings* “Shawarma Police speaking, who is this please” “My name is not important. Listen up. Were you really going to start a blog post with…” “Well let me interrupt YOU, sir, right there. These were CAREFULLY CHOSEN WORDS. I’ve not updated this blog in who knows how long, […]

Not dead

Hello chums. It’s been a while! Well, no easy way to say this, though I hope you dear reader will understand – I’ve been pretty depressed of late. I’ll not bore you with the details. Regular updates will commence as and when they can. The last time I posted, I mentioned I was going to […]

Damasqino, Saltmarket

HELLO, It’s been a while. 2023 was an odd year – I’m just going to leave that there on account that I am in no way ready to unpack any of it, certainly not publicly. I guess what I’m trying to say here is, there’s been not much by way of updates to this website […]

The curious demise of the gourmet kebab place

Hello! A quick one from me today – no review as such but a bit of news on the kebab front: Der Berliner is no more, and Dรถner Haus is shortly to be no more. Der Berliner, which opened (as a soft launch) in March, is to be replaced by Apostel, which opens this weekend, […]

Doner Kebab Pies Part 2: Paisley Pie Co.

(Part 1 – David Cox Butchers in Bridgeton – is here) HOO! So, I did a post about David Cox Butchers back in July (on the 13th to be precise), about their rather splendid kebab pies, and I finished by saying that I would follow up with another post about where to get pre-baked, warm, […]