Almira adds tomato paste to a dish while cooking in the restaurant, Mrs. Khan, that she co-owns with her sister. (Photo by Magali Gauthier)
Sisters Almira and Kalbi are the faces behind Mrs. Khan in downtown Menlo Park.
By Kate Bradshaw
Published Dec. 8, 2022 in The Six Fifty.
Almira and Kalbi grew up in a foodie family. In their home region, the two sisters’ parents ran a restaurant for decades, and the four of them would go on epic six-hour road trips to seek out specific dishes, Almira said in a recent interview.
The sisters identify as ethnic Uyghurs and have just opened what they say is one of the only ethnic Uyghur restaurants in the Bay Area: Mrs. Khan in downtown Menlo Park.
The region has been occupied by China since 1949, and the Uyghur population represents the largest ethnic minority in the area. They are part of a Turkic ethnic group that has faced human rights abuses that include imprisonment in “reeducation” camps, forced assimilation and invasive surveillance by China.
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