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New 'home sweet home' for Syrians

After a four-year odyssey as refugees, a family of Syrian pastry chefs have reopened their sweet-tooth haven in Berlin

Published Wed, Jan 25, 2017 · 09:50 PM

Berlin

A SYRIAN family of pastry chefs, the Sakkas, once delighted the people of Homs with their sugar-soaked Levantine delicacies, until a rain of bombs turned them into refugees.

Now, after a four-year odyssey, they have reopened the family's sweet-tooth haven in Berlin, a baklava shop called the Damaskus Konditorei.

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New 'home sweet home' for Syrians

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Former Zouk morphs into mod-Asian Jiak Kim House, serving laksa pasta and mushroom bak kut teh

Massimo Bottura lends star power to pizza and pasta at Torno Subito

Victor Liong pairs Aussie and Asian food with mixed results at Artyzen’s Quenino restaurant

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Mod-Sin cooking izakaya style at Focal

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