10 Facts About Doner kebab

Doner kebab, spelled doner kebab, is a type of kebab, made of meat cooked on a vertical rotisserie.

Doner kebab likely arrived in Greece in the 1920s with the population exchange between Greece and Turkey, later transforming into gyros.

In Germany, the doner kebab was popularized by Turkish guest workers in Berlin in the early 1970s.

Doner kebab is increasingly becoming popular in Vietnam, mostly because of Vietnamese who used to live in Germany and introduced it to their homeland.

German Doner Kebab is a Glasgow-based chain operating 100 restaurants in the UK, which specialises in the dish.

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Doner kebab called it by the doner name rather than gyros, but it came to be pronounced, and spelled, as donair.

Doner kebab'storically found only in Atlantic Canada, the dish's popularity has expanded to other parts of Canada.

Doner kebab is best known in the United States in its Greek variation, now known as gyros.

In recent years a number of restaurants and food trucks specializing in doner kebab have opened in various parts of the country; a substantial percentage are owned by German immigrants.

In Germany, any doner kebab meat placed onto the rotisserie must be sold the same day.