Former refugee restaurateur Imad Alarnab will open a new all-day deli-cafe in Somerset House next week – Aram, a follow-up to Imad’s Syrian Kitchen in Soho. Aram – an ancient name for what became Syria – will offer breakfast items such as zaatar croissants alongside cardamom coffee and Syrian mint tea, followed by more substantial Middle Eastern-inspired […]
A group of chefs and food-writers including Sami Tamimi, founding partner in Ottolenghi deli-restaurants, and Ravinder Bhogal of Jikoni are hosting a Souk el Salam or peace market in London next Sunday, 28 January, to raise funds for aid to Gaza. The souk is to be hosted by Imad’s Syrian Kitchen, whose owner, Imad Alarnab, […]
Imad’s Syrian Kitchen, the tiny West End restaurant founded by a refugee from war-torn Damascus, is expanding into bigger premises to offer a wider range of dishes. Imad Alarnab fled his home in 2015, leaving a flourishing restaurant business behind, and cooked for fellow refugees before rebuilding his career as a restaurateur in London. His […]
