The Syrian diet is more varied than the Scottish one. Scots kitchens are very small compared to Syrian, and dishes are very limited too

makes me both angry and sad. Rothesay is our home now. I could not leave it.”

Back in Edinburgh, the Syrian Supper Club customers start to arrive and soon the kitchen is full. They have come from Edinburgh, Perth and Glasgow.

“The incredible popularity of these suppers has taken us by surprise,” says Pamela Timms, Cyrenians project supporter and co-founder of the Syrian Supper Club.