for people that have spent time living in Germany and surrounding countries, Döner Kebab is a very specific thing, which now finally exists in oakland!
currently only chicken or oyster mushroom options, but beef and lamb are soon coming
importantly, the owner has got:
- the correct bread!
- the correct Döner Kebab wrapping paper!
- more or less the correct sauce and cabbage/lettuce/tomato combination
despite it being with chicken, this is already 80% of an ‘authentic’ Döner Kebab
478 25th St, Oakland, CA 94612
open tuesday-sunday, but their operation is not yet a smooth machine
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When I read about it last month I was excited until I got to the only chicken and mushroom part. Looking forward to trying it when he adds lamb.
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Finally a decent doner place in the US ? But they should really move away from chicken which is really the least requested meat in Germany.
Is the bread slightly toasted outside to have a bit of texture ?
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yes, the bread is toasted such that there is a very faint crunch on the outside - it is 100% legit döner bread!
i too was skeptical of chicken, having never had a chicken döner in the course of the hundreds i have consumed, but between the bread and the wrapping paper, the mind can do some work to fill in the remainder, and the curried chicken actually works pretty okay
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All doner kebabs we have tried so far in the US were pretty dismal and hadn’t much to do with the real stuff you get back in Germany. But there were some rumors that a shop in Oakland had opened with real doner. And finally we found time to visit Black Forest Kitchen https://blackforestkitchen.square.site/#most-popular opened by German born Pierre Slack who missed doner when he moved to the US. And we finally found real doner kebab in the US - really good flavor in the meat, good bread, good fillings. Even back in the fatherland that would be a significant above average doner. The doner style salad was also excellent - and huge. So, now we hope he will one day open a shop in SF or on the peninsula and closer to us.
Don King - beef & lamb, red onions, cucumber, feta cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, red cabbage, jalapenos, house garlic & spicy sauce
Slim’bo Slice - chicken, mixed green salad, red onions, cucumber, feta cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, red cabbage, jalapenos, house garlic & spicy sauce
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yeah that place is legit - the clincher is he imports the wrapping papers
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