Inside Britain's first Communist Kebab where dishes are named after Lenin and ... trends now
The owners and staff of the world's first communism kebab shop want to start a food revolution - from their small base in south east London.
Aptly named 'The Communist', the small six by six metre shop on Deptford high street has attracted customers from all over the world as they bid to turn people to communism.
The food itself is not cheap though, with a menu named after communist and other leading political and social figures which would put its prices at the higher end of kebab shop menu prices.
It comes after another fast food takeaway shop called the Golden Chippy, which is just two miles down the road in Greenwich, became embroiled in a row over a Union Jack flag mural.
Greenwich council ordered the establishment to remove it after receiving complaints, but the owner says he is prepared to glue himself to it.
The Communist Kebab shop pictured in New Cross Road on Deptford high street
Pictured: Mustafa Ali is a chef there and applied to work when seeing a job advertised in its kitchen
The 29-year-old said he enjoys working there and has been inspired by its message.
Pictured: Golden Chippy owner Chris Kanizi standing beside the Union Flag mural painted on the side of his restaurant
A look at the distance between The Golden Chippy and The Communist kebab takeaway
Communism itself is the theory in which all property is owned by the community and each person contributes and receives according to their ability and needs.
Its Marx Menu - a lamb shish with salad, rice or fries - is priced at £14. This is named after Karl Marx, the German philosopher, dubbed the father of Communism.
The Lenin menu - named after former Russian leader Vladimir Lenin who murdered his people and left millions to starve - is half a boneless chicken with salad, rice or fries. This is £12.
Marx - Lamb shish with salad, rice or fries (£14)
Fidel Castro - Lamb ribs, salad, rice or fries (£13)
Engels - Chicken shish, salad, rice or fries (£15.40)
Lenin - Half a boneless chicken with salad, rice or fries (£12)
Mao Zedong - Lamb kofte (£11)
Mahir Cayman - Sea bass (£12)
Che Guevara - Chicken wings 7 pieces, salad, rice or fries (£11)
The Communist Family Pack - Lamb shish, lamb doner, chicken shish, adana kebab, chicken wings and rice and chips (£55)
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The Fidel Castro menu is £13 for lamb ribs, salad, rice or fries. The Che Guevara menu, named after the Argentinian Marxist, is £11 for chicken wings, salad, rice or fries.
Mao Zedong - the Chinese politician and Marxist - has a £11 lamb kofte named after him. Mahir Cayman - the Turkish communist leader - is on the menu with a £12 sea bass dish.
A special called The Communist is a £55 family pack special of lamb, chicken in various specials and rice and chips.
They also offer a £13.20 Martin Luther King, which is a lamb doner with salad rice or fries, and a £13 Rosa Parks chicken doner.
Co-owner Armani Vatausever, 63, a self-confessed communist, said he wants to change the industry.
He owns the shop with his daughter, Sinem, 29, who are both from Turkey.
He said: 'We want to do something unique. We want to make a difference from our kebab shop here in south east London.
'Society out there is broken. It's ruined. It's a useless society and it only works for the very wealthy.
'We want it to be better and fairer. I have been a communist for many years and through the shop we want to encourage other people.
'It's not about forcing people. It's up to them. We think the world would be a better place with communism and we also love and are passionate about kebabs.
'I love them
