I would describe the average UK donner kebab meat as spongy. I doubt whether I would every eat a "normal" UK donner kebab if I was sober.

The only UK donner kebab I have ever had that didn't have the spongy texture is from Murdocks on Division Street in Sheffield. Instead of reconstitued spongy stuff it is thick slices of roast lamb that they use instead (still heated on the vertical stick like everywhere else).

I happily ate Murdocks kebabs when sober and they were also open until 3am (and a handy five minutes walk from the uni engineering department).

Don't know if they are still there, this was ten years ago now...

Not my favourite Sheffield take-away though, that was Nibbles Pizza in Broomhill. Best pizza I have ever had, I lived off it for several years.