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Shawarma

Shawarma: what it is and where to eat it

Thinly sliced meat, either chicken or beef, marinated in spices and roasted on a vertical rotisserie, served with French fries.

11 restaurants on Tastavo serve it

Cuisine
Levantine

Typical ingredients

  • chicken
  • beef
  • spices
  • pita
  • french fries

History of the dish

Levant · 1st century

shawarma
© جنان مريش · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Origin
Levant
Dates from
1st century
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Shawarma (; Arabic: شاورما) is a Middle Eastern food that originated in the Levant during the Ottoman Empire. It consists of meat cut into thin slices, stacked in an inverted cone, and roasted on a slow-turning vertical spit.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article “Shawarma” · version used · CC BY-SA 4.0

Sources: Wikidata (CC0) · Wikipedia

Where to eat it

Valencia

Copenhagen

Hamburg

Frankfurt

Barcelona

  • Alo Beirut Shawarma (halal) - شاورما€14.50

Lisbon

Budapest

Dubai

Luxembourg

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