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Obviously just exagerating, but it was not was I was expecting.

I had spent a few months in Turkey earlier in the year and been really disappointed to learn that the British do it better for once, so I was excited to get home and try it again. I moved to Scotland shotly after I came back, and I figured it would be just the same. It is not.

First of all, the pros:

In Scotland you have the option to get a munch box, which contains doner meat, a variety of pakore, and the legendary pink sauce. This shit is good, and the portions are abundant, to say the least.

Later though when I wanted to get a regular doner kebab, the salad was not on point, and the sauce, first of all they didn't even have garlic sauce as an option, and when I learned that the chilli sauce was sweet instead of tangy, oof. Not good.

While I have continued to adore Scottish cuisine for being exactly the kind of food I imagine stuffing my face with when I am drunk or high, my rose tinted glasses were broken. If they can commit such a cardinal sin as this, what else can they do?

A doner kebab pie.

I saw one today in the co-op and immediately had to try it. This is the most delicious thing I have ever eaten in my entire life, and the sweet chilli sauce made it taste vaguely Chinese, like char sui? God damn, I could eat these all day. I had an Irn Bru energy drink to go with it.

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[–] AcidMarxist@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

living under the English jackboot forces you to get creative I suppose. Ngl, this all sounds delicious

[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

Irn Bru

I tried some of this stuff after hearing from scots how nice it is, I got it from a store that sells international things. It's awful idk how anyone likes it

[–] NewLeaf@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

Scotland has out burgered burgerland with the munchy box. I'm pretty impressed

[–] ProfessorOwl_PhD@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

Scottish cuisine is largely a matter of convenience, which is why it so readily adapts to new dishes. Doner meat? Put it in a pie. Pizza? Put haggis on it. Burritos? Deep fry 'em. Deep fried haggis pizza is delicious, despite you feeling your arteries harden with every bite.