The great shwarma challenge

As you may be aware, I am acknowledged as one of the world’s foremost shwarma authorities. (Search for “shwarma” on Google, my name almost always comes up on the first page, many times at the top). I have sampled many shwarmas from all over the world and I have been doing this for many years. My expert opinion is that Maoz, on King George Street in Jerusalem, makes the best shwarma.

Recently, a number of young upstarts (yes Joel, you in particular) have had the audacity to challenge my wisdom and experience and claim that Maasov Burger, near Jerusalem’s Central Bus Station, is the best. I am well aware of Maasov. I ate my first shwarma there and I have eaten there many times. It is indeed a delicious, albeit very greasy, shwarma (though I admit, a lot of grease is aesthetically very pleasing). But once I experienced Maoz there was no turning back. Maoz is not only a cleaner, less greasy shwarma, but the meat is spiced in a special way that I have never experienced anywhere else.

I am going back to Israel tomorrow. In the interest of ending this debate and for the betterment of shwarma eating people everywhere, I am going to go to both Maasov and Maoz. I will decide once and for all what the best shwarma is. If I can figure out how to blog from Israel I will post my findings as they unfold.

Be a part of this big Mitzvah – let me know if you are interested in sponsoring a shwarma.

June 4th, 2006 General, Shwarma