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Döner Kebab
Sunday, March 15, 2026 @ 1:23 PM

I see we have been recently blessed with an alarming number of Döner Kebab outlets. My little Shangri-La has six (!) of them and Turre, the pueblo up the road, has another three.

Garrucha Port has eight of them (who needs fish?).

Indeed, the whole of Spain appears to be stiff with them. 

Is this the end of the late night pizza and the bocadillo filled with battered squid rings?

I checked with Google, which shrugged its shoulders helplessly. In Germany, there are 16,000 of them. Queues stretching around the block. In Spain, ¿quien sabe?

Another answer from Google says: 'Kebabs can be a healthy, high-protein meal, particularly when choosing grilled chicken or lean meat skewers served with vegetables and pita. However, commercial döner kebabs are often high in saturated fat and sodium, potentially exceeding daily allowances. Healthiness depends on meat quality, portion size, and sauce choices'. 

The BBC is equally catty: '...Last year food scientists for Hampshire county council found that döner kebabs were the fattiest takeaways. One contained 140g of fat, twice the maximum daily allowance for women, and the calorific equivalent to a wine glass of cooking oil. And 60% of the kebabs tested were high in trans fat, which raises cholesterol levels...'

Later it says: 'Research by the UK's Food Standards Agency in 2006 found that 18.5% of döner takeaways posed a "significant" threat to public health, and 0.8% posed an "imminent" threat...'

But that was in England twenty years ago. What about Spain in 2026?

Are they worth a try?

No doubt a good one is a culinary delight, especially with that yummy yoghurt sauce and some salad - however I imagine that restauranteurs blinded by the bright lights of commerce might find it easy to, er, cut corners. 

The last one I had was around 40 years ago. It was pretty tasty as I recall.

It's time I had another go. Maybe wash it down with a beer. 

But which one of them all is the very best? I suspect that I am only going to risk it the one time...



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6 Comments


Torsas said:
Sunday, March 15, 2026 @ 5:12 PM

Go for it !! Shangri - La , Turre, Garrucha give them ALL the Taste test and put the top one on here !


sdeleng said:
Sunday, March 15, 2026 @ 11:37 PM

None here yet. The fattiest thing is an entire large baquette full of grilled sepia in a rich oily garlic and parsley sauce. It makes me feel dick to look at it. All the men eating it are strangely very fat.


sdeleng said:
Sunday, March 15, 2026 @ 11:38 PM

Sick


johndee said:
Saturday, March 21, 2026 @ 10:21 AM

Same in the UK - all run by Turkish guys - cash only !


crostrad said:
Saturday, March 21, 2026 @ 9:21 PM

Well sdeleng,leave it to me to lower the tone of these comments ... Lucky old dick. I always use a spill chucker.


ukarranview said:
Thursday, March 26, 2026 @ 5:51 PM

Wow ....Spain certainly doesn't need that huge number of Kebab establishments when there are plenty of Iberian snacks and late-night suppers to eat which are much healthier and more appealing. I'll certainly walk on past any Kebab shops which I have the misfortune to come across in the future - I value my health too much to ever consider entering such an establishment !


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