This Restaurant Is Keeping Uyghur Food Traditions Alive

It’s a London spot

Valentina Valentini
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5 min readJul 17, 2019

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“You look like us,” Mukaddes Yadiqar says, studying my face, turning to her husband, Ablikim Rahman, for confirmation.

I grin back, welcoming the acceptance. “I get that a lot.” Which I do. I guess I have one of those faces that melds in an environment, provided it’s not Scandanavian.

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Valentina Valentini
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