For the final instalment of the debut LP Eats series on Preston's kebab scene, we headed down to Aliz on Church Street to sample their chicken shawarma. Here's what we made of it...
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00:00 Good afternoon everyone. Well, today's a very exciting day because we are doing the final
00:09 installment of our LP Eats series on kebabs. Searching for Preston's best kebab, best chicken
00:15 shawarma, tastiest, best value, best atmosphere in the restaurant. So yeah, it's been a journey.
00:21 We've done nine restaurants so far. This is the tenth. It's going to be Ali's on Church
00:25 Street in the town centre. So I'm just walking across now, leaving the media factory at UCLan.
00:31 Just going to walk across and let's see what we can find. Let's see how it stacks up.
00:35 Right, so here's the kebab from Ali's. The vibe in the restaurant was amazing. Came out
00:41 of it with this absolutely humongous kebab. A few bonus chips chucked in on top there,
00:47 courtesy of the very kind man who was serving me at the time. He basically sought my kebab
00:52 and then said, "A few extra chips here, do you want them chucked on top?" I mean, who's
00:55 going to say no to that? First impression was very good. It looked delightful. It looked
01:00 just so tasty. Smelled amazing. So yeah, really keen to get stuck into this one. Like I say,
01:06 the size of it was just amazing. It doesn't do justice to it. So got stuck in, really
01:11 enjoyed it. This was a proper hefty meal and yeah, review to come.
01:15 Hi guys, Jack Marshall here. Now I've just been to Ali's for the latest edition of LPE.
01:22 Now, as you all know, we are reviewing kebabs in Preston. We're trying to find the city's
01:27 best chicken shawarma. And this is the end of the series, basically. This is the last
01:31 video in the series because this is the 10th one we've done. We're now going to rank them
01:35 and yeah, let's basically just get stuck into the ranking for Ali's and then I'll tell you
01:39 what's going to happen after that. So basically head across town to Ali's. It's the final
01:43 one. I'm really excited for this one. A very popular place, really good Google ratings,
01:48 really good word of mouth ratings. So yeah, I was anticipating a lot heading over to Ali's.
01:52 And the first thing to say was the vibe in there was brilliant. It was packed out. It
01:55 was a Monday. There were plenty of people in there. It was dead popular. The staff were
01:59 really helpful. They were really kind. They were, you know, they were just really courteous.
02:03 It was a 5 out of 5 on the vibe front. On to the kebab itself. Now, first thing to say,
02:08 it was massive. It was huge. This thing was like a mini rugby ball. It was massive. Really
02:14 hefty, really weighty, plenty in there. They didn't scrimp on anything. It was just what
02:20 you need when you're really hungry. You really fancy a kebab, something like that. Really
02:24 satisfying. So the naan itself was a 3 out of 5. It was a little thinner than you'd want.
02:29 It was tasty. It was nice, but a little thinner. Not quite got that classic softness from a
02:33 proper homemade kind of naan, that kind of thing. So 3 out of 5 on that front. The meat
02:38 was better. The meat was a 3.5 out of 5. The only thing I'm marking it down on is that,
02:44 I don't know, it was kind of, it was nice, it was succulent, there was plenty to it.
02:48 But I don't know, it was kind of missing that intangible classic chicken shawarma taste
02:54 to it. I don't know what it was. I couldn't quite put my finger on it. I've been thinking
02:56 back, I still can't quite think why it didn't hit the spot where others have. But that's
03:03 a good reaction. That's a 3.5 kind of gut rating from myself personally. So yeah, it
03:08 was still good. There was plenty of it. So yeah, it wasn't, I'm tempted to say I'm being
03:13 a little harsh there, but like I say, that's a good reaction. That one. And one of the
03:17 extras, the salad in it wasn't the best. It was okay. Didn't really add much to the kebab.
03:22 It was nice to kind of have it there, I suppose, for a different bit of freshness every now
03:25 and again. A cucumber would pop into your mouth full and that'd be nice. Nice kind of
03:29 freshness. The garlic mayo was a little overwhelmed by the chicken itself. And it was quite like
03:35 oily and greasy. That's kind of nice in a way, but it did overwhelm a lot of stuff like
03:39 the garlic mayo, so you didn't really get that kick from it. So that's a 3.5 out of
03:42 five on that front as well. And then the price tag, it was £6.50, which as viewers will
03:47 know, that's kind of towards slightly the higher, middle to higher end of our price
03:52 range. But like I said before, this thing was massive. So you get plenty of food for
03:55 your buck there. So again, 4 out of 5 on that front, I reckon. Also, they were really kind
04:01 and they chucked a few extra chips on top of me, which is, I mean, you're not going to
04:04 say no to that either. So that was a good bonus as well. So total, they get a 19 out
04:08 of 25, which puts them just towards the top of the leaderboard. Pretty healthy, Champions
04:13 League spaces. So yeah, that's the review for Ali's. Thanks for watching. And yeah,
04:17 stay tuned next week for an update on what we're going to be doing next time. And hopefully
04:21 we'll be looking to speak to some award winners from this series. And then we'll keep you
04:24 posted on what kind of cuisine we'll be ranking and reviewing next. Be sure to comment if
04:29 you want us to do anything in particular, stuff like, I don't know, pizzas, burgers,
04:34 wings, whatever it might be. Hit us up, let us know. We'll go and review it. Thanks for
04:38 watching.
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