Brown Bites is a mini series on my blog where the fiance writes guest posts or features places he has tried without me. Why the name Brown, you ask? It is named after the Japanese LINE character, Brown. Brown is a cute, shy, emotionless cartoon bear but secretly full of love, and we adore him to pieces!
Welcome readers, to another edition of Brown Bites. Today’s post features one of my favourite types of food: the donair. Donair Dude is a local chain that has a few locations scattered throughout the Lower Mainland. I heard about Donair Dude from Maki and Nigiri, who love this place and order from them frequently.
After a quick Google search and a scan of the reviews, I was sold and decided I would visit the next time I was in the area. As fortune would have it, my job brought me back out that way, and I decided to stop in and grab some lunch.
Here is a photo of the menu.
Beef Donair in a Pita Bread Pocket
I went with the shaved beef in a pita bread pocket. It was a massive portion and very customizable, similar to Subway. You are able to pick your choice of spreads, fresh toppings, and sauces. The donair beef was well-seasoned and tender, and the huge amount of fresh veggies they load into the pita pocket made it quite a satisfying meal.
My only complaint would be the beef was a bit salty. On a few other occasions, Carmen and I ordered chicken instead of beef and found we weren’t as thirsty after eating it compared to the beef.
Chicken Donair in a Tortilla
As mentioned above, we ended up trying the chicken, and found it delicious as well. The chicken was also well-seasoned and tender, and did not leave us feeling as thirsty after the beef. No complaints about the chicken, but I prefer beef in general.
Carmen ordered the tortilla on her first visit, but after trying my pita wrap, she preferred the pita wrap a lot more and would get that instead.
Donair Dude has quickly become a favourite for both me and Carmen. The menu is quite flexible, giving you the option to have the donair meat in a rice or salad bowl if you aren’t feeling like a wrap or sandwich. They even offer up some not so traditional dishes like donair meat poutine, which I definitely would like to try in the future.
Thanks for reading my guest post! Until next time. Now back to Carmen’s regularly scheduled programming.
