From Tokyo to Damascus, With Love - a Japanese and Syrian Fusion Dinner

Japanese ingredients mixed with Syrian ingredients? Yes, you heard that right! On Sunday 9th November, two extraordinary chefs - Racha Abou-Alchamat from Racha's Syrian Kitchen, who's been featured on SBS' The Cook Up with Adam Liaw, and Naoya Shimada, former owner of Surry Hills' Sando Bar and currently at Paramount Coffee Project, will take you across from the east to the southwest corners of Asia.

From Tokyo to Damascus, with Love features a 7-course menu which includes 4 starters, 1 main course paired with a salad and finished with a dessert course. All this delicious food plus drinks served by Bloodwood guarantees a truly special night. What makes it more special is that every ticket you buy will be supporting our First Nations community members and people seeking asylum, $5 from each ticket will be split between two excellent charities - First Nations Response & the Asylum Seekers Centre.

Menu below, it has nuts, dairy and gluten. We can offer gluten-free options upon request. Unfortunately we can't cater to all dietary requirements. Vegetarian & pescetarian options are available. The chefs will take precautions to avoid cross-contamination, but all items are prepared in a common kitchen.

Limited spots, so make sure you book Early Bird tickets now.

Please note that we do communal seating at our events, think long tables where friends old and new chat over delicious food.

Starters

1. Tuna tartare, pomegranate, soy, garlic flowers, served with rice & sesame crackers

OR Syrian baba-ghanouj, walnuts, served with rice & sesame crackers (veg, gf option)

2. Spiced eggplant katsu sando, Japanese bbq sauce, toum, pickled turnip (hf option available)

3. Lamb & pistachio tsukune (kebab), sour cherry & kombu soy glaze, sumac and daikon oroshi

OR Vegettrian bulgur kibbeh, nuts, shiso & citrus dressing

4. Mushroom Shish Barak dumplings, served with yoghurt sauce, sautéed coriander, togarashi oil, pine nuts (vegetarian, gf option available)

Larger Plates

5. Sayadieh (fisherman’s plate) - rice cooked in a caramelised onion & fish dashi, baked market fish, yuzu kosho

OR: Mujadarra rice with tempura vegetables, tomato dashi (Veg)

6. Green leaf & cabbage salad, dried mint, radish, walnuts, ginger soy dressing 

Dessert

7. Halawet El-Jeben (sweet cheese roll) served with Adzuki bean ice cream & pistachio nuts (gf if icecream only)

Welcome Merchant is a social enterprise that collaborates with refugee-owned businesses. We promote them for free on our online directory and social media channels. We also run free skill building workshops for these entrepreneurs. We split the ticket costs and food costs with the refugee chef partner 50/50. Your ticket purchase will go a long way to helping refugees and people seeking asylum