Germans go for doner kebabs - Shawarma outstrips sausages, fries as the country’s No. 1 fast food

Germans go for doner kebabs - Shawarma outstrips sausages, fries as the country’s No. 1 fast food
By The Associated Press
Sat. Apr 10 - 4:53 AM

BERLIN — Forget about bratwurst, currywurst and other kinds of sausages — doner kebab, or shawarma, has overtaken traditional German fast food as the country’s favourite snack on the go.

First brought to Berlin by Turkish immigrants in the 1970s, the grilled meat snack that comes wrapped in a pita bread with shredded lettuce, tomatoes, onions and different dressings, is now being sold everywhere in Germany from the Baltic Sea to the Bavarian Alps.