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Originally Posted by Knalus
I was always under the impression that if it was Beef, it was a Donair, and if it was Chicken, it was a Shwarma. Like if it was Chickpeas, it would be a Falafel.
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There's Beef shawarma; I've never seen it in Calgary but it's everywhere in Ottawa. "Donair" is usually pressed meat, beef shawarma is chunks of beef rather than ground, pressed together and marinated in different spices.
THere's a middle eastern grocery story in Ottawa that you could buy marinated beef shawarma and fry it up at home. Buy the pickled turnips, and they sold garlic sauce and hummus in tubs, and you could eat shawarma at home for $5 or less for a huge sandwich.
Much bigger middle-eastern population in Ottawa to support that kind of stuff, but I've never been to any of the ME grocery stores (except Shaganappi on 17th) to see if they have similar products.
ETA: you can also get chicken as "shish taouk" which is more of a BBQ-type than the spit-roasted; there's also ground beef sausage BBQ called kofta/kafta. It's all yummy.