Photos: Khmai Cambodian Fine Dining

Chef Mona Sang hugs her mother, Sarom Sieng, at their restaurant, Khmai Cambodian Fine Dining, on Sept. 22, 2022, in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago. Sieng fled Cambodia after the Khmer Rouge genocide, and lost two sons and her husband. Her daughter, Mona Sang, was born in a Thailand refugee camp. (Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune)