Hungry after the long day? I remember myself hounding the street on my way home after the shift to check on any place that I can have my midnight chow. Well, you might want to consider heading to Ortigas CBD to try this fantastic Turkish Doner Kebab from Jacob's Shawarma. As recommended by my friend Cha, we, our office buddies wheeled straight here after our shift ended one weekday night. The place is just simple. It is easy to find and vividly decorated with Turkish mementos (i.e. Turkish food and a gigantic wall map of Turkey).
We all had a serving of their specialty, the Doner Kebab which is also called the Shawarma. The meat inside is made of chicken instead of the usual lamb or beef. What surprises me about their shawarma is that I was able to eat it without the garlic sauce. This is unique since we are all fond of shawarma with garlic sauce which is usually made of yoghurt or mayonnaise which are then spiced-up with crushed garlic. Here in Jacob's, the shawarma is flavored already by itself and it comes with an accompanying lemon slices which you can choose to squeeze on your sandwich to give it a twist. Another thing which surprised me is the size of the sandwich. The sandwich is almost 12 inches long good enough for 2 people to share and just priced for 120Php. The pita bread that they use is also good since the dough itself is already infused with yoghurt giving it a soft, and chewy bite. When you choose to go this place, I suggest that you shouldn't ask easily for your sandwich to be spicy because if you ask for it, its gonna be way way spicy. Try to ask for a mild sandwich and just kick it up with their chilli red pepper sauce. This way, you can easily control the level of the sandwich's hotness.
Anyone a fan of yoghurt? You can also try their homemade Turkish drink to quench the thirst of your meal. The Turkish drink is just a plain yoghurt which you can choose to flavor with either sugar, to make it sweet or salt to make it salty. Great thing is, they have their yoghurt freshly made in their store.
Last is their dessert, the Baklava. Baklava is a Mediterranean dessert which consists of phyllo pastry flavored with a sweet syrup, nuts usually pistacchios and almonds and spiced with cinnamon, cloves and garlic.
Though a bit pricey since one piece is 50Php, the dessert is still worth trying if you want to have a try of Turkish cuisine.
Jacob's Shawarma is located at 115 Unit AIC Grande Tower, Sapphire Road, Ortigas center or you can also call 7065699 for inquiries.
Oh and before I forget, good thing is they are open 24 hours! So hop-in to your camels and ride your way to this hidden Mediterranean place.
Enjoy!
saw this on my way to ADB when i took meralco ave. hope i would be able to try it out.
ReplyDeleteyup peejay! try this out, they have a unique doner kebab.:)Im fond of putting garlic sauce din but on this one, the blend of the sandwich compensated well with the absence of the garlic sauce :)
ReplyDeletetried this place yesterday, its really great, the taste is not so strong as to assaut the palate, love the spices and the flavor.
ReplyDeletethe baklava is quite good also, the texture of the phyllo is great, though a tad too sweet for my taste.
I really like the place and i cant wait for them to have more stuff in their menu!!!!
thanks for the write-up.
p.s Jacob said he will have beef kebab once he gets to buy another doner machine
thanks Miss F! yup i love the place also! that sounds good that they'll have the Beef version. I like Beef shawarma than chicken kasi eh:)
ReplyDeletethakns again for reading!
we like uncles mos:)
ReplyDeletesarap!! although some are not fond of the cilantro inside. otherwise super sarap talaga!
ReplyDeleteTucked along a side street in Ortigas lies a treasure from the Middle East. Jacob’s Shawarma, home of the real Turkish döner kebab, is a glorified shawarma. What makes this different from the run of the mill shawarma you see in every corner, is that it comes with a lemon wedge instead of the usual aioli. That fact alone already makes it a winner in the Loser’s book.
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