Shawarma Keves (שווארמה כבש)
Lamb shawarma; traditional Middle Eastern style.
Israel
Shawarma Im HaKol (שווארמה עם הכל)
'Shawarma with everything'; all toppings and salads.
Shawarma Hodu (שווארמה הודו)
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.
Shawarma Charif (שווארמה חריף)
Spicy shawarma; with s'chug and hot peppers.
Shawarma b'Pita (שווארמה בפיתה)
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 b'Lafa (שווארמה בלאפה)
Shawarma in laffa; wrapped in Iraqi flatbread, larger portion.
Shawarma Al HaEsh (שווארמה על האש)
'Shawarma on the fire'; grilled fresh rather than from spit.
Shakshuka with Bread
Shakshuka served with bread or pita for scooping.
Shakshuka b'Pita (שקשוקה בפיתה)
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.
Sfeeha (ספיחה)
Meat pies; small open-faced pies with spiced ground meat.
Schnitzel with Chips (שניצל עם צ'יפס)
Schnitzel with fries inside.
Schnitzel Parmesan b'Pita
Parmesan schnitzel in pita; with tomato sauce and cheese.
Schnitzel Im HaKol (שניצל עם הכל)
'Schnitzel with everything'; fully loaded.
Schnitzel Hodu (שניצל הודו)
Turkey schnitzel; common alternative.
Schnitzel Cornflakes (שניצל קורנפלקס)
Cornflakes-breaded schnitzel; popular Israeli variation, extra crispy.
Schnitzel b'Pita (שניצל בפיתה)
Schnitzel in pita; breaded fried chicken cutlet in pita with salads, hummus, tahini. Israeli comfort food. Schnitzel adapted from Europea...
Schnitzel b'Baguette (שניצל בבאגט)
Schnitzel in baguette; French bread style.
Sambusak (סמבוסק)
Semolina pastry; smaller, often with cheese or meat filling.
Salat Chatzilim b'Pita (סלט חצילים בפיתה)
Over the flame the eggplant blackens to a smoke-soaked pulp, and that is the filling: salat chatzilim, the cooked-eggplant salad bound with tahini or mayonnaise, the meat-substitute aubergine in pita.
Salat b'Pita (סלט בפיתה)
The vegetable pita: salat katzutz, the finely diced Israeli chopped salad, cut fine enough to be the whole filling, lined with tahini so the bread holds. The falafel-stand order minus the falafel.
Sabich (סביח)
An Iraqi-Jewish Shabbat breakfast eaten cold and separate in Baghdad, folded into one Ramat Gan pita: fried eggplant, a slow-browned egg, tahini, and amba that crossed the Indian Ocean first.