Definition of shawarma
: a sandwich especially of sliced lamb or chicken, vegetables, and often tahini wrapped in pita bread
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Similar to shawarma or al pastor, döner meat is stacked on a rotisserie and cooked slowly on a rotating spit.
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Try lunch at the homey Atelier September and a meal at Geranium , Denmark's only three-star Michelin restaurant, before heading to Noma, which will be serving an menu made entirely of vegetables (including a celeriac shawarma) until late September.
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Tigers - Chicken Shawarma Nachos This is a neat twist on a chicken shawarma sandwich, with chicken, hummus and garlic sauce piled atop pita chips.
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The beloved Detroit shawarma chain will introduce its largest location yet this summer just a few blocks from where it was born more than a decade ago.
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The beef shawarma is marinated and stacked right here.
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There is smoked chicken shawarma and hummus and falafels.
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More than 50 beer, wine and spirits purveyors will be on hand, plus more than a dozen foods makers (from shawarma to bacon).
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My beef shawarma bowl and soda cost $16.50, but the market’s 18 food vendors also offer $2 pizza slices, arepas and an $8 heap of fried chicken served in a waffle cone.
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Origin and Etymology of shawarma
Levantine Arabic shāwurma sliced lamb on a skewer, from Turkish çevirme, literally, turn, rotation, from çevir- turn
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