I get it, they see me and Kayefi as their true legacy, and after Mum’s health scare years back, they want to take life easy. They don’t need to revive a struggling business, so why should they? But for me the restaurant was more than a business, a conduit for our survival; it’s a testament to my parents’ ability to spin gold from grit, the way the restaurant would fill on Sundays after church, on Eid, the home away from home for international students, a way for people to connect with their roots over a soup, swallow and Supermalt special.
