MAKAN UDANG GALAH & SOTO BRUNEI DI TEMPAT ISTIMEWA || SOTO PABO
Channel: Kang Adink
Date: 2022-02-01

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MAKAN UDANG GALAH & SOTO BRUNEI DI TEMPAT ISTIMEWA || SOTO PABO
MAKAN UDANG GALAH & SOTO BRUNEI DI TEMPAT ISTIMEWA || SOTO PABO
MAKAN UDANG GALAH & SOTO BRUNEI DI TEMPAT ISTIMEWA || SOTO PABO
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Sahabat Kang Adink, kali ini kita jalan jalan untuk mencoba makanan khas Brunei Darussalam yaitu Soto dan Ambuyat.. Tentunya ditempat yang istimewa membuat suasana semakin indah, makanan yang enak dan luar biasa bikin kenyang, Kang Adink ditemani pemilik restoran nya yaitu Pg. Abu Bakar bin Pg Hj Othman . Beliau sangat baik dan banyak menjelaskan tentang sejarah restoran ini. Tonton sampai habis, share sebanyak banyaknya kepada saudara kawan dan sahabat.. jangan lupa like nya! 
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Spg. 222, Jalan Kota Batu, Kampong Pintu Malim, Bandar Seri Begawan
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The riverside restaurant that saved Pg Abu Bakar
A bustling businessman in the 1990s, Pg Abu Bakar was left nearly broke after a series of bad business deals. With just $600, he opened Soto Pabo from home

Rising early to get the best beef parts at the Gadong wet market, Pg Hj Abu Bakar Pg Hj Othman proudly exclaims that his soto – and the rest of the items on their menu – are always freshly made.

Returning to his home at the end Spg 222 in Kg Pintu Malim, he walks along a wooden walkway to reach its rear end, revealing a scenic restaurant built on stilts overlooking the Brunei river.

Handing over the ingredients to his wife Diana Hj Untong, preparations for their lunch buffet – carrying arguably the widest spread you’ll find in Brunei for $5 – are now underway.

At 58-years-old, Pg Hj Abu Bakar – who often goes by his initials PABO – shows no signs of slowing down.

“This restaurant has given me a second chance at business,” he says as he takes a quick break. With the memories of his failed ventures still fresh, he continues: “We cannot take things for granted. We must be hands on.”

Pg Hj Abu Bakar made his name as a gregarious photographer working for Pelita Brunei in the 1980s. A decade later, he ventured into business, setting up De’ Hayat – named after his daughter Hayatul – that began in construction and homeware supplies before branching out to F&B and event management.

“In the beginning things were great – we were making good money building homes, supplying flooring and other home products,” said Pg Hj Abu Bakar. Early success fueled his ambition, and it wasn’t long before De’ Hayat expanded as a cafe at the Public Works Department’s sports complex.

“I figured running a cafe was easy money,” he said. “I hired all foreigners (from waiters to chefs to the manager). I didn’t have to do move a finger. At the end of the month I would roll by and collect the money.”

Pg Hj Abu Bakar’s next move was hosting concerts. In 2001, after aggressively networking around the region, he surprised his peers by landing Indonesian superstar Kris Dayanti – arguably at the peak of her popularity – to perform in the Sultanate.

Starting from home

Without much to his name, Pg Hj Abu Bakar continued to be sociable from his home in Kg Pintu Malim, hosting open houses with his wife several times throughout the year. The richly spiced beef broth known as soto was typically the only dish that was served.

The couple’s friendships and home – which they bought for $50,000 some 20 years ago and had slowly spent another $100,000 gradually expanding – proved to be their greatest assets.

“Even though we only served one dish (during open house) hundreds of people always came,” said Diana. “They never stopped encouraging us to open our own restaurant.”

In December 2015, after hosting an open lunch on the occasion of the Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH) birthday, Pg Hj Abu Bakar sat down with his wife to discuss the feasability of rolling out their signature soto as a business.

“At that point I had risked it all – lost – and was back at square one,” said Pg Hj Abu Bakar. “We had no money for a storefront, not even enough to renovate our home kitchen.”

What the 58-year-old lacked in capital however, he made up for with experience. He spent $600 on buying ingredients, and with the help of two of his children then on school holidays, revived De’ Hayat Cafe from his veranda as Soto Pabo.

https://www.bizbrunei.com/2019/02/the-riverside-restaurant-that-saved-pg-abu-bakar-soto-pabo/