Shawarma with Chips (שווארמה עם צ'יפס)
Shawarma with fries inside.
Shawarma with fries inside.
Chicken shawarma; white meat alternative.
Mixed shawarma; combination of meats.
Shawarma plate; served on plate with sides.
Lamb shawarma; traditional Middle Eastern style.
'Shawarma with everything'; all toppings and salads.
Most Israeli shawarma is turkey, a lean bird made to taste like fatty roast lamb by capping the spit with a block of lamb fat. Turkey won on cost and a national poultry habit, not flavor.
Spicy shawarma; with s'chug and hot peppers.
Order a shawarma in Tel Aviv and you get turkey, not lamb. Israeli shawarma b'pita runs on cheap turkey thigh basted with lamb-tail fat, sealed into a pita with hummus.
Shawarma in laffa; wrapped in Iraqi flatbread, larger portion.
'Shawarma on the fire'; grilled fresh rather than from spit.
Shakshuka served with bread or pita for scooping.
Shakshuka b'Pita takes the shared pan of eggs poached in spiced tomato sauce and packs it into a warm pita pocket, turning an Israeli brunch into something carried in one hand.
Meat pies; small open-faced pies with spiced ground meat.
Schnitzel with fries inside.
Parmesan schnitzel in pita; with tomato sauce and cheese.
'Schnitzel with everything'; fully loaded.
Turkey schnitzel; common alternative.
Cornflakes-breaded schnitzel; popular Israeli variation, extra crispy.
Schnitzel in pita; breaded fried chicken cutlet in pita with salads, hummus, tahini. Israeli comfort food. Schnitzel adapted from Europea...