Food porn: pizza and meats

I gladly present four dishes I'd love to eat each and every day + one I don't ever want to see again.

Enjoy!

A new place called Kababa - a word play on kabab (kebab an Arab word for skewed meat) and baba (father) is now serving chicken shawarma alongside veal doner and a variety of skewers. All of the above might sound very old-school and hardcore but the place is operated like a McDonald's, with trays, brand paper cups and lots of employees to take your order and put it into a touch screen computer. Also: the meat is cut by a robot!

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Thin crust pizza with pineapple, corn and eggplants. It was awesome when it was hot but half an hour later it became tasteless. Seriously, it went from being a great pizza into cardboard just like that.

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This never came near my mouth but I just had to take a photo. I'm not a fan of meatballs or minced stuff in general. It sure smelled good but still - I feel bad just looking at it.

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A slice from a nearby Sbarro with a side of grape drink. This is a personal favorite that goes back to childhood. This specific branch was closed several weeks after I took the photo :(

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These gherkins alone are amazing but that whole meal is just mind-blowing. Turkey pastrami, corned beef, mustard cut with date syrup, it was like a miracle in my mouth. All that and an ice cold can of Dr Pepper.

Food porn: home and away

Yet another set of stuff I ate.

I know you won't enjoy this as much as I did eating, but there's some good stuff here.

A huge amount of prosciutto inside a soft bun. The prosciutto was really salty so I sweetened the whole thing by using date syrup as a sauce (and some mustard too). This creation made me tired, satisfied and really proud.

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Shawarma in a laffa (taboon bread) roll. Along the chicken shawarma there was a salad, some fries and two sauces: tahini & amba. Quite an awesome lunch.

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Grilled chicken breast with oven baked vegetables (potatoes, yams, beets, roots and some other stuff I can't recall). This was served on plain white jasmine rice.

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This deserves a post of its own. A wonderful place (called The Bun, as seared on the bun in the image) serving variations on Asian cuisine (noodles, soups, wok fried dishes, and this little gem). My favorite dish is a pair of steamed bao buns with pulled beef with sweet pickles and a tangy sweet sauce. If you ask nicely you can also get the same dish with pork belly (not on the menu).

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This is just a Persian style soup that came along with some meatballs (I'll see if I can find actual pictures of them). Pretty good dish, made by my girlfriend's aunt.