Go to a Greek-run place and it'll be called a "yiros" (the proper way to pronounce "gyro"). It's just that there are more Turkish-run places. And, in fact, I think some Greek-run places call it a "kebab" because that's the more common term and they know people will understand it. But in the Greek place in Cambridge they call it a "yiros".
P.S. Never say in a Greek-run shop that the Turks invented the kebab/yiros, or vice versa.
P.P.S. a gyro is a mini-helicopter.
P.S. Never say in a Greek-run shop that the Turks invented the kebab/yiros, or vice versa.
P.P.S. a gyro is a mini-helicopter.
I've heard all about it, except that I appear to be the only person w/in miles (same as in the states) who knows the correct pronunciation.
I used to work in a restaurant that served gyros, and we had some guy try to order a gyro (like gyrate) on a piñata.
A kebab is a freaking gyro! These people are crazies.
- 27/02/2010 01:38:13 AM
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one of your foods is horribly wrong if this is what you had
- 27/02/2010 03:14:31 AM
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Kebab is meat roasted on a skewer, and then put into the sandwich. It does not involve a "stick".
- 27/02/2010 11:00:24 AM
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- 27/02/2010 11:00:24 AM
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No. Because gyros is supposed to have tziziki
- 27/02/2010 03:36:40 AM
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I didn't realize the condiment made the sandwich...make me wonder...
- 01/03/2010 07:47:50 AM
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It was weird to learn that shish-kebobs are not the only type of kebob
- 27/02/2010 06:57:49 AM
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Turkish vs Greek names for the same thing.
- 27/02/2010 10:23:44 AM
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Pedant.
- 27/02/2010 11:59:52 PM
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- 27/02/2010 11:59:52 PM
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Now ponder them asking if you want a salad when what they mean is...
- 01/03/2010 07:51:00 AM
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