#5 - DONAIR DUDE (GRANVILLE/HELMCKEN & DAVIE/BUTE)
YEAH MAAHFUCKAAAS!! DATS ROIGHT.. I WENT THERE. I left my comfortable neighbourhood of Mt. Pleasant to come down to the freakshow of granville and see what all the fuss was about. I had heard that Donair Dude had just opened a new location on granville so why not show up to the GRAND OPENING and say whuddup since i am after all a donair connoisseur. ITS NOT A JOB, ITS A LIFESTYLE. If i had a nickle for everytime someone said “MATT!! YOU GOTTA TRY DONAIR DUDE SOOOOOooOOOooOOoO GOOOooooOOD!!” i would probably have $1.35
So as you can see the grand opening was pretty bumpin’. They had a sandwich board, one balloon, and the “open” sign was almost on.
The grand opening also included these dudes workin on the last minute touches, i started asking them about the history and such of donair dude, then they told me that they were just construction workers…my baad…just wanted to know why your dome was half in the attic.
This is “THE DUDE” he’s a cool dude, straight gang related rollin up that shwarma and throwin her on the panini press like a true G. Pretty wack that he never heard of ‘DONAIR OR DIE” though, are you even in the donair game at all?? shiiiiiiiii $7.50
**DISCLAIMER: NOT SURE IF THIS IS A DONAIR**
So as my colleague (Andrew Pitchko) and I discuss the monstrosity of food we have in front of us we start to question whether or not it is actually a donair. It’s wrapped in a double thick pita followed by being grilled in what seem to be a panini press. The finished product that is presented to you resembles more of something like if “EXTREME PITA” had a “EXTREME DONAIR” on their menu. They essentially take everything that anyone has ever thought of puting in a donair and smash it into one hell of a melting pot gyro.
But you’re thinking “MATT!MATT! R U KIDDING ME?!?! U DIDN’T LIKE IT??” I FUCKING LOVED IT! whatever it was, we can call it a donair/pita wrap hybrid. However, this blog isn’t called “DONAIR/PITA WRAP HYBRID OR DIE”
woooowwwwwwwww….. i put everything they had in there on the goddamn thing.
MEAT: JOOOZZY AZZ LAMB, ye (5/5)
TOPPINGS: so many.. lettuce, tomatoe, onion, banana peppers, green peppers, pickled turnip, pineapples, tobouli, red onions…i know im forgetting some things. fresh, legit. (5/5)
SAUCE: hummus, garlic spread, chili spread, hot sauce, and SWEET SAUCE! dats what im freeeeeakin talkin boutz, i loaded that shit up. (5/5)
PITA: huge double thick tortilla style pita, grilled and flattened on a panini press. GORGEOUS. (5/5) OVERALL: (20/20) Sorry “Noor” you know you are ma dogz but fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck man, whatever the hell it was IT WAS THE BEST FUCKING DONAIR-LIKE THING I EVER DID HAVE. For $7.50 you iz gettin a lot. If you find yourself in the davie street area ever for some reason, obviously go to donair dude duh, dont be stooopid.
but hey, its not done yet, we had to check out the OG “Donair Dude” since its so close.
i was stoked to see the fluorescent light was on, and after we saw the “halifax style” donair, we wanted to see how they did that up, and if it was gang-related or not. "BEST IN BC" we’ll see about that…but as of right now, yes, yes you are.
This girl could not process the fact that we didn’t want it grilled, thats not how they roll in halifax. She still made it flat though.
Lamb, lettuce,onions,tomatoes, and sweet sauce. Thats the classic canadian donair. I was feeling this second round but pitchko kept callin out the pita because its too much. haha whatever andrew, this is the closest thing i have ever seen to the classic halifax donair…but who knows what the future holds… We finished the night by Andrew bringing me to a really dark bar.. and you're damn right, we were so fucking full.
YEEEEE
-MUNNCH