Edinburgh’s tasty Syrian Supper Club is set to return after a brief hiatus during the Covid-19 pandemic on July 14 between 7:00-9:00pm at Coffee Saints in the heart of the capital.
Diners are able to enjoy delicious meals cooked up by the husband and wife duo of Noura and Quays Salibi. Their infamous koubleh and Makluba will be able to be enjoyed by all in attendance.
Tickets for the event are priced at £35 but are said to be selling out fast. Previous Supper Clubs that ran from August 2018 until March 2020 were extremely popular with over 500 tickets sold for the 26 events.
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Proceeds from the Club go towards homelessness prevention charity, Cyrennians, so that they are able to offer cooking classes and introduction to food for vulnerable communities. As well as this, it has also supported Noura’s family in being able to set up a new catering business.
Noura, along with her husband and four children, stay in Edinburgh after fleeing the civil war in war torn Syria. They escaped the city of Palmyra that was taken over by ISIS in catastrophic fashion and lived in Turkey for a few years before making their way to Edinburgh.
Sue O’Neill-Berest, Cyrennians food education manager, spoke about the event and Noura’s story, she said: “From Cyrenians perspective the supper clubs are a social enterprise that align with our core values of integrity; respect; innovation and compassion. It allows us to raise money in an innovative and creative way that then supports our work with cooking classes, community cook clubs and overall training in helping others in our community to start their own food journeys.
“At a supper club our chef Noura will take you on a food tour of Syria where you will be able to sample delicious pastries, hummus and her signature Makluba amongst many other dishes.
“Noura and her family came from Syria as refugees and through sharing her love of cooking she has been able to integrate into her new community. The supper clubs provide a small income for her, but have also given her the platform to start and build her own outside catering business whilst bringing up her young family.
“Noura came to Edinburgh five years ago after spending a few years in Turkey. Her family had fled to Turkey from their home city of Palmyra.
“Noura was a primary school teacher in Syria, she arrived with her in-laws, husband and two children and they have subsequently had two more beautiful new Scots kids. She lives locally and runs an outside catering business around her caring responsibilities.
“Last year Noura along with a friend cooked at the Mull food festival for over 100 people, bringing a taste of Syria to the Scottish islands. Noura has always loved to cook even though her own mother used to chase her out the kitchen and told her to go and study and to not make a mess of her kitchen!”
Noura’s favourite dish to conjure up is a koubeh, which is made up of Bulghar wheat stuffed with either meat or vegetable filling and deep fried. It is understood to remind her of special occasions like Ramadan where her family were all together.
Noura and Cyrennians will also be joining up with the Slow Food Network for a special event celebrating refugee and migrant food in Edinburgh. The event will take place on September 8 2022.
In addition to Noura, there will also be a Peruvian chef and another chef who is part Scottish/part Iranian taking part. Like the aforementioned Supper Club July 14, it will have a similar format and be held at Coffee Saints in the city centre.
You can learn more about the events in this article and purchase tickets for the supper club in July by following this link here.
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