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| - OMG, you know that feeling you get when something brings you such joy that you want to shout it from a mountain top? Shawarma Max is giving me such joy at the moment that I need to shout it out between bites!
I walked into Shawarma Max starving this evening, knowing full well what I needed before this day would end. It had been one hell of a long day and I had no patience for anything so I parked illegally and marched in to get some take-out, my usual: chicken shawarma plate. Their portions are already pretty huge and the food is always fresh, even if you may not get that impression when you first walk in, but I think they ran out of the usual dinner-sized containers by the time I showed up because today I got double the amount of food in two containers!! YUM! I sped down the highway trying to get home while the smell of my dinner stank up my car, but in a good way. Man, was it ever worth the wait--and still warm when I opened up the bag. Everything was just perfect.
I don't have a lot of faith when it comes to shawarmas in this town, and it's a shame given the enormous Middle Eastern population. Every nation does things a bit differently, but I like how they do things at Shawarma Max. Tons of fresh food and all the right flavours. One reviewer mentioned the chicken is lacking flavour, but I never noticed that. Maybe because I always get my platter with the different sauces? I normally don't like it when the meat is grilled off the spit but I don't mind it at SM because it comes out with just the right amount of crisp on some edges and those crispy parts enhance the flavours of the spices. One reviewer mentioned that they sometimes forget to pack up the pita and I've actually had this happen so I always remind them. It's such a travesty not to have the pita with the platter! It's not that they try to rip you off a pita bread, I think they just forget. I probably would too if I had to stand behind a counter all day, enduring the smell and heat from the grill and spit.
The guys that work here are always super nice and accommodating (I always take mine as it comes but I've overheard other customers with their no this and no that, etc.), and I really appreciate that. I always wondered what nationality they were as I couldn't figure it out during previous visits and it turns out they're Turkish, which explains a lot, but not why they don't call it 'doner' instead of shawarma--maybe people recognize the latter moreso than the former? Whatever the case, it's good.
To some people a shawarma is just a shawarma, kind of the way a rose is a rose is a rose--WRONG! I had some pretty crappy doner when I was in Istanbul, but I'm guessing it was because I had it in the touristy area of Sultanahmet and no one gave a damn. Shawarmas and doners are such a common street/snack food in Europe that it's actually hard to find a shitty one out there otherwise. I've not visited Germany yet, where the Turkish population is pretty huge, but I will say the best doner I've had to date? *GUESS!* In France! Believe it!
So while there are no mountains nearby, it's a bit cold out so I'm not even going to take this one to the streets--just Yelpin' it. If you're in the area and craving something tasty and filling, I suggest you stop by with about $12 in cash or a debit card because that's all they take. It's also open late (someone needs to update the hours for this place in the right side!). I've not been to the one just south of this location, but then I don't feel the need to.
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