Kebap, Our Love Hath Endeth

One of the small joys that I discovered upon initially moving to Europe was the Döner Kebap. For you non-Europeans, the Kebap is an extremely popular fast food dish located...everywhere. Essentially, it is a sandwich on pita bread made from sliced meat (chicken, turkey, lamb...never pork) that is cooked on a vertically mounted rotating spit as shown below.

It is then stuffed with your choice of veggies and sauce (non-spicy or spicy, neither of which are spicy). The end product is this delicious sandwich:

Now, you Europeans may say "oh my dear, those are rubbish". Well, for an American in the land of endless pork and schnitzel, it is a nice change from the local dishes. For me and my distaste for most pork, it has been a lifesaver during lunchtime. I love them so dearly, that I was considering opening up a Döner Kebap in the US since there are so few (none) in the Detroit area.

Unfortunately, this steamy love affair had cold water poured over it this weekend when I came down with a terrible case of food poisoning stemming from my treasured Kebap. After spending hours on the bathroom floor, I fear that Kebap will not have the same appeal to me anymore.

This is a disappointment on more levels than can be imagined.