How Ecuador Fell in Love with Shawarma
How Ecuador Fell in Love with Shawarma
March 23, 2016 / 2:00 pm
By Melissa Kitson
A slab of meat slowly rotates on a shawarma spit, the fat glistening in the sun. A man takes a knife and carves a piece. He drops it into his mouth before his boss sees.
He’s not in Beirut or Istanbul. He’s in Quito, a small Andean city in Ecuador, 2,800 meters above sea level.
It’s not something you expect to see in a city known for volcanoes and dizzying altitude. But despite the odds, shawarma has become a hit.
In the business district alone, between the Peruvian Embassy, the Sheraton, and the Ecuadorian Ministry of Labor, there are five shawarma restaurants—each desperately trying to stand out.
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