Park Royal’s Food and Restaurants Are Built on Asphalt and Man’oushe | Eater London

"In the courtyard water trickles from a stone fountain while customers sip strong Arab coffee and play chess on heavy wooden boards with ornately carved pieces; a waiter brings the café’s specialty dessert, booza, a traditional Syrian ice cream made with mastic that is pounded and stretched rather than churned, with an almost elastic texture, a refreshing taste subtly flavoured with rose water and topped with pistachios. Inside, shelves of Arabic books and phrases painted across the walls and ceilings — including “I live in London and Damascus lives in me” — make the café feel like a brief refuge for displaced Syrians and a momentary transport to Damascus for other visitors." - Zahra Al Asaadi