Sunday, February 28, 2010

Halal Bite, 169 Mile End Road, Stepney London London E1 4AQ

OK so here comes the first of the kebab roll reviews and I have to say It
does not start off promising.

There are at least 10 chicken shops within easy walking distance of my
house. Halal Bite is one of the largest of these and to be fair it is one
of the cleanest too. It is next to the mosque and I believe this building
is actually leased from the mosque so its a shame that after what is
presumably uplifting prayer those who attend the mosque come back down to
earth with a very hard bump indeed after visiting this place, certainly if
the kebab roll is anything to go bye.

A full lam doner kebab costs £3.00 which is not much at all and the doner
roll costs £2 and is in truth not that much smaller. the meat was spongy
and it was difficult to determine exactly what meat it was. The meat had
been cooked in a spicy sauce with onions and chilli but the meat had no
taste itself and the soft texture was a real disappointment. There was also
no shortage of grease either. So this was a step up from the Snacksters
Doner Kebab mentioned in a previous post, but believe me that is not hard.
I cannot give this kebab more than a 5. In its favour there was plenty of
it and the price was cheap.

Against it was the fact that the taste was indeterminate and the texture was
rather spongy though not as spongy as the Snacksters offering. The meat was
also incredibly greasy.

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