{"id":4690,"date":"2010-12-17T03:47:45","date_gmt":"2010-12-17T11:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=4690"},"modified":"2010-12-17T03:47:45","modified_gmt":"2010-12-17T11:47:45","slug":"portland-or-doner-kebab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=4690","title":{"rendered":"Portland, OR – Doner Kebab"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Doner Kebab, Portland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The sign outside says “German food”, and<\/p>\n

doner kebab <\/strong><\/a>certainly qualifies, despite its origins – it has become one of the most popular take-out dishes in Germany.\u00a0\u00a0 The words “doner kebab” literally mean “rotating meat”, and you might be familiar with the concept from other cultures – being similar to a gyro, or shawarma.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I’d never noticed this little place at 515 SW 4th in downtown Portland, largely because the sign, store front, really don’t leap out at you.\u00a0 And for some reason, I discovered, I am more likely to walk on the other side of the street in this neighborhood.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But “discover it”, I did, yesterday, and was surprised, when I inquired, to find out they have been open over two years.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In addition to the rotating meat sandwiches and plates, you’ll find a wide variety of typical German sausages, including garlic, bier, brat, or weisswursts (the latter made from minced veal and bacon), as well as schnitzels, rouladen, and sauerbraten.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Doner Kebab has some vegetarian options, and salads as well.\u00a0\u00a0 My first inclination was to go with wienerschnitzel on\u00a0 a bun, however they only offer the veal on a plate – if you want a schnitzel sandwich, chicken is your choice.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I would have liked a little more flexibility from the kitchen to accommodate my request, but it was strictly “verbotten.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

So I went with the garlic sausage on a bun, akin to a polish sausage in texture and taste, and the bun is more like the traditional flat bread used for the gyro-like sandwiches,\u00a0 but no complaint from me on that.\u00a0 It was stuffed full of a delicious kraut, with was generously flavored with bacon pieces, a nice surprise.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Doner Kebab, Portland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

They’ll bring you a nice tray of mustards, 7 or 8 varieties, which I thought was a nice touch, and although I am usually not adventurous in this category, I really like the wasabi-lime mustard.\u00a0\u00a0 Their specialty mustards are furnished by<\/p>\n

Terrapin Ridge<\/strong><\/a>, a northern Illinois company.\u00a0\u00a0 I hadn’t heard of this company before, unusual, having lived in that area.\u00a0 It’s a nice change to see these, in a town where usually ‘adventurous’ mustards are usually provided by local producer,<\/strong> Beaverton Foods<\/strong><\/a>. (which is a very good product, as well). <\/strong><\/p>\n

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The restaurant touts their ‘home-made’ fries, which were kind of unusual.\u00a0 They have a slight breading, and almost the texture of an extruded potato product, but with bits of potato skin which would lead you to believe they are cut potatoes.\u00a0 The result is a very light french fry, fried in, I believe, one of the ‘healthier’ oils, giving a tasty and not so oily experience.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Table condiments are completed by having salt and pepper grinders ringside.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This place reminds me of a typical casual food shop in Europe, and certainly that’s their goal – and they succeed, right down to the bathroom style and fixtures.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The help is perfunctorily courteous, the food hot and fresh,\u00a0 This is definitely a new lunch stop for me, as perhaps a new take-out dinner choice (open til 8PM), and – for some reason, open 1A-4A on weekends for the bar crowd.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Beverage choices range from Pepsi products to a dozen well-known German beers, little emphasis on local craft brewing here, and that’s absolutely fine.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are more than a couple places to get your schnitzel on in Portland these days, but these guys really do it right.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Menus and descriptions can be found online<\/strong><\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Garlic Wurst, Doner Kebab, Portland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The sign outside says “German food”, and doner kebab certainly qualifies, despite its origins – it has become one of the most popular take-out dishes in Germany.\u00a0\u00a0 The words “doner kebab” literally mean “rotating meat”, and you might be familiar with the concept from other cultures – being similar to a gyro, or shawarma. I’d… Continue reading Portland, OR – Doner Kebab<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11,16,34,26],"tags":[2774,2807,2812,2836,2884,2891],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4690"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4690\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}