Lamb and Beef Skewers over Rice

So, the other day, I wanted kebabs, and I realized the only Armenian restaurant in Chicago had reopened. So I ordered lamb and beef skewers with rice. I then realized there are other variations from other cuisines, so here we are!

Friend bbq

(Xin Jiang)

BBQ Xin Jiang Special Lamb 新疆大羊

BBQ Beef Back Straps 烤牛板筋

Egg Fried Rice 蛋炒饭

Happy Lamb Hot Pot

(Mongolia)

Lamb Skewer 羊肉串
Beef Skewer 牛肉串
Steamed White Rice 白米饭

Jibek Jolu

(Central Asia)

Shashlik Beef (Beef cubes with red onion and red sauce)

 Shashlik Lamb (Lamb cubes with red onion and red sauce)

Steamed Rice

Noon-o-Kabab

(Persia)

Chenjeh (Tender choice rib eye steak)

Lamb Kabab (Boneless leg of lamb cubed, marinated and charbroiled)

White Rice

Salam Restaurant

(Middle East)

Skewer of Lamb Kabob (Grilled pieces of marinated and spiced tender lamb)
Skewer of Beef Kabab (Grilled pieces of marinated and spiced tender beef)
Homemade Basmati Rice
With Shatah (hot sauce) and Tahini

Sayat Nova

(Armenia)

beef kebab (cubed beef filet, spices, herbs)

 shish kebab (cubed lamb, spices, herbs)

rice (rice pilaf)

Serai and Kapitan

(Malaysia)

Cumin Lamb Skewers 孜然羊肉串

(Szechuan style BBQ lamb skewers topped with cumin) from Serai

Satay Beef 沙爹牛肉

(Beef marinated overnight with spices, skewed to satay and grilled) from Kapitan

Side of chicken rice 鸡饭

Tan lu 探炉
(I’m not sure what kind of cuisine it actually is. Their website doesn’t say, and their Google entry just says “regional Chinese cooking.” I detect cumin, so it’s likely towards Western China/Central Asia.)

Lamb Skewers 羊肉串
Beef Skewers 牛肉串 
Rice 米饭

Tiba Restaurant

(Mediterranean)

Lamb Kabab Plate (grilled pieces of lamb marinated and spiced) with rice and extra side of shish kabab (grilled pieces of beef marinated and spiced)

Xi’an Cuisine

(Xi’an)

Lamb Skewer 羊肉串

Beef Skewer 牛肉串

White Rice

This is going to be updated whenever I get lamb and beef skewers with rice from different restaurants just to show the similarities. I know there are many other cuisines that have skewers. The only thing is, I want to show lamb and beef skewers with/over rice only.

So, reader, I am asking for your food stories. Are you fascinated by similarities among different cuisines?

As always, please keep it civil and relevant. I promise I will refrain from commenting on your experience, but I might be curious enough to ask questions to better understand your story.