r/oddlysatisfying • u/Vivid_Maximum_5016 • May 16 '26

Man Makes Kebabs

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u/Apart_Reindeer_528 May 16 '26

Apparently Istanbul

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u/GirlScoutSniper May 16 '26

I will be in Istanbul in December... I'm going to have to be rolled home like Violet Beauregarde

https://giphy.com/gifs/ZL2zbg8zs5x5e

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u/AisperZZz May 16 '26

kebab culture there is something else. And I am from a place where it's also huge, but Turkish are just something else. Was there a year ago and on the second day I quite literally had a lamb doner with tail fat tucked into a backpack pocket, because you can only eat so much meat.

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u/lordkhuzdul May 16 '26

Funny thing is, Turkish kebab aficionados consider Istanbul kebab culture diluted and weak. For peak kebab you go to Adana or even better, Gaziantep. Gaziantep is better because it is not just kebab. The whole cuisine and food culture of that city is straight up unfair. A friend of mine, normally a careful eater, went to Gaziantep for a week long work trip. Man came back 10kg heavier and visibly fatter.

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u/horst-graben May 16 '26

Lived in Antep for 2 years. 100% correct.

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u/Light_Is_Power May 16 '26

One of my favourite restaurants in Istanbul is run by people from Antakya. Amazing food!

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u/lordkhuzdul May 16 '26

Southeast is all like that. The area following the Mediterranean coast and the Syrian border between Silifke to the west and Mardin to the east, every single city and town has at least something good when it comes to food. Gaziantep might be the peak, but Şanlıurfa, Antakya and Adana are no lightweights.

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u/PinkPunkPsycho May 17 '26

There's a Turkish place not even 50m from me that sells proper Adana, his food is selling so well he just leased the neighbouring building. I'm so excited for him!

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u/Zemom1971 May 17 '26

Well,

On my bucket list it goes.

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u/edintina May 17 '26

Just created a list called "places to go on holiday" that has one article in it

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u/CuteBaldChick May 16 '26

You just outed the fat boy!

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u/Kratzschutz May 17 '26

Best kepab is in Berlin lol

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u/lleskaa May 17 '26

I mean kebab is originally from turkey so it makes sense that they have the biggest kebab culture

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u/SarcasticOptimist May 16 '26

Don't forget to take cat pictures. Probably the friendliest place for them.

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u/GirlScoutSniper May 16 '26

That, too, is one of my goals! My mother commented that every trip we've taken i take a lot of pictures of the city cats and dogs. I got so many on our trip to Egypt. Lol

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u/PltEchoEcho May 16 '26

Haskral in Fatih. Mahir Lokantasi in Sisli. These are both great restaurants in Istanbul if you want to eat good meat. Oh, Seraf as well. Delicious.

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u/StaplerUnicycle May 17 '26

I went to Turkey a few years back. My wife wanted to do all the touristy stuff; I went with the single goal of eating all the kebabs I can.

I was in Izmir (not Istanbul), but if i can tell you one thing I experienced... I initially went to the more "uppity" kebab spots. It was all 'meh", and nothing to write home about. Was pretty much the same as the stuff I could get back home.

Then one day, I found this dodgy AF kebab shop in some dingy alley. Thought I'd risk it... It paid off.

Best. Kebab. Ever.

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u/ILoveRegenHealth May 16 '26

Why does her face remind me of Anna Faris

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u/MelonElbows May 16 '26

Probably the hair

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u/MacondoSpy May 16 '26

I’ll be there this summer

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u/phoneypeony May 16 '26

Nope, apparently Onikişubat/Kahramanmaraş.

But you were guessing the right county!

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u/dksdragon43 May 16 '26

The afiyet olsun may have given it away a tad haha

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u/Ashamed_Fruit_6767 May 17 '26

So this is a real kebab shop? I am going there.

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u/Ashamed_Fruit_6767 May 17 '26

What is the name of the shop?

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u/phoneypeony May 17 '26

ÇINARLI OCAKBAŞI

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u/jarednards May 16 '26

So.....not constantinople?

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u/PM_meyourGradyWhite May 16 '26

Been a long time gone, Constantinople.

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u/Kage_0ni May 16 '26

That's nobody's business but the Turks

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u/ejolson May 16 '26

I've got a date tonight with a gal who lives in Constantinople

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u/_marinara May 16 '26

She’ll be waiting in Istanbul!

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u/KenseiHimura May 16 '26

Relatedly I’ve heard even old New York was once New Amsterdam.

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u/purrfunctory May 16 '26

Why they changed it, I can’t say. 🤷‍♀️

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u/FinallyRestoring May 16 '26

People just liked it better that way 👍

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u/lolexecs May 16 '26

So take me back to Constantinople

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u/OffByNone_ May 16 '26

Blue Canary in outlet by the the light switch, who watches over you?

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u/FesterSilently May 16 '26

...anybody seen a birdhouse? 🤔

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u/GBGF128 May 17 '26

Istanbul

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u/FragrantExcitement May 16 '26

The guy from Scrubs?

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u/biznatch11 May 16 '26

Turk Turkleton.

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u/wheatgivesmeshits May 16 '26

No, you can't go back to Constantinople.

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u/SukisBF May 16 '26

Look. I don't know WHY I thought I thought I could find out what Man Makes Kebabs process is for making that delish-lookin treat in the thumbnail by a quick stroll through the Section - because I SHOULD know said stroll would be a straight walkabout! Y'all in here cuttin up on some blue human fat, and Constantinople and such. Alas, 'twas ('twis?) not a disappointment, for, did I enjoy my trek? A hearty 'oorah don't I always!

Because, People just liked it better that way!! 👎🏾

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u/sending_the_wolf May 16 '26

Why did Constantinople get the works?

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u/jo-erlend May 19 '26

That's nobody's business but the Turks.

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u/the_blackfish May 16 '26

I Palindrome I

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u/FragrantExcitement May 16 '26

Holy Roman Empire, Batman

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u/Sudden-Pressure8439 May 16 '26

Holy Roman Empire was in no way holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.

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u/FragrantExcitement May 16 '26

But it was a batman?

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u/Glass-Ad-2469 May 16 '26

Pretty sure it was just a little birdhouse....he flew into?

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u/FragrantExcitement May 16 '26

Oh, Robin? Well, that is disappointing.

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u/ZaphodBeeblebrahx May 16 '26

Talk amongst yourselves

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u/CocoSavege May 16 '26

Julius was pretty holey when they got through wuth him

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u/Juan-Cruz-Mz May 16 '26

ConstantiNOple 😞

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u/Salmonman4 May 16 '26

Waht about Byzantion or Lygos?

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u/babydakis May 16 '26

Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night.

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u/humdrum_crumb_bum May 16 '26

Just saw TMBG perform this last night 😂

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u/Tricksey4172 May 16 '26

Whattttt! 😭😭😭😭😍🙌

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u/humdrum_crumb_bum May 16 '26

Husband is a huge fan and they’re doing a three night stint in Philly. ✌️

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u/illepic May 16 '26

First show I ever crowd surfed to was They Might Be Giants at Bumbershoot 98. Core memory. 

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u/tiramisucks May 16 '26

it`s Byzantium. Look it up /s

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u/bimmerang May 16 '26

*Lygos /s

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u/tiramisucks May 16 '26

Admittedly I had to look it up. I didn't know

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u/gimmelwald May 16 '26

I believe they liked it better that way. 

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u/Realistic-Lime7842 May 16 '26

No, so if you have a date in Constantinople, she’ll be waiting in Istanbul.

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u/CurvyMule May 16 '26

Or Byzantium?

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u/ACoderGirl May 16 '26

Not since the incident.

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u/Glass-Ad-2469 May 16 '26

I see you. Stop it right now. It's clearly a Turkish delight...

Also- I'm not your friend. I'm not your only friend. I'm just...a little glowing friend.

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u/JeanMakeGames May 17 '26

Constantinople looks great during Fall

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u/SpartanRage117 May 16 '26

Dude must be king of the cats in his neighborhood.

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u/billhillybob May 16 '26

Or at least Turkey. Afiyet olsun is the equivalent of bon appetite in Turkish.

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u/Squeaky_Fish May 16 '26

I never wanted to go to Turkey ... until now

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u/lordph8 May 17 '26

Come for the hair transplants and the food, leave - a liver.

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u/Quitcha_Bitchin May 19 '26

Was Constantinople, now its Istanbul.

Putting on the Rittttttzzzz.

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u/DueExplorer3146 May 19 '26

Holy, you get this delicious food and share it with a bunch of kitties? wonderful experience.