A costume depicting a popular kebab-style wrap was auctioned off by Alberta. The internet took notice.

“People in Halifax are purists about the donair,” Ms Wickstrom said. “You will be publicly shamed, even driven out of the city for even putting lettuce on it.”

  • Mugmoor@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    6·
    2 years ago

    There is nothing worse about living in Ontario than its severe lack of donair. God what I’d give for a teleporter to Tony’s.

          • Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world
            3·
            2 years ago

            Shawarma is superior to donair. Anyone who thinks otherwise is still feeling the after effects of the Halifax Explosion and needs immediate medical attention.

        • BCsven@lemmy.ca
          21·
          2 years ago

          What constitutes Halifax style exacrly, besides no lettuce. Windsor is an uncultured armpit wreck of a city, but they have some of the best food compared to rest of Canada. My assumption is that for a very long time Windsor was the auto mecca with highpay and cheapest housing which led to lots of disposable income and families eating dinner out most days of the week, it grew tons of competition to be the best (insert food type) restaurant. There aren’t a lot of Indian places, but if you want Italian, Greek, Thai Jamaican, Lebanese, amazing Pizza, Donairs, Gyros etc (I’m sure I’m missing a ton of its all there. They used to have a Festival Epicure so you could sample from all nations.

    • darkpanda@lemmy.ca
      1·
      2 years ago

      There’s a few places around southwestern Ontario that ain’t too bad. Sammy’s Donair I. Burlington is a decent one. There used to be a place in the Danforth called the Fuzz Box that was run by a guy from Berwick, but that place closed down a while ago now. There used to be a place called Halifax Original Donair that had locations in Burlington and Milton but I see that they retired literally two weeks ago and closed down. If you’re in the Burlington area, I guess Sammy’s is your best bet.

  • zesty@lemmy.ca
    3·
    2 years ago

    I had a craving for a donair pizza the other day but couldn’t find any place that would deliver one in Toronto. Maybe that is a Calgary specific thing.

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    The strangeness of the listing - and the fact it depicts a beloved Canadian street food - captured hearts when it was posted online on an Alberta government surplus auction site.

    The restaurateur had ambitions of bringing the gyro to Atlantic Canada, but discovered that the savoury of flavours of garlic, yogurt and lamb didn’t align with local tastes at the time.

    A donair has spiced ground beef shaved into a grilled Lebanese pita and covered in a sauce of evaporated or condensed milk, and vinegar and sugar.

    Under a wave of interest earlier the summer, Alberta revealed the origins of the donair costume, which comes with a "silver-coloured body suit for that authentic tinfoil look!

    But the costume features lettuce, fuelling a long-standing regional dispute between Halifax and Edmonton on what constitutes a true, authentic donair.

    For Canadian YouTuber Steve Wallis, a life-time of eating donairs inspired him to join the bidding war for the man-sized outfit.

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