Open a Betawi Cuisine Restaurant in His Home Yard, Mandra Wants to Preserve Betawi Culture

Kapanlagi.com - It turns out that comedian Mandra, who has not appeared on television for a long time, is currently focusing on his culinary business. For the past month, he has been opening a Betawi cuisine restaurant called 'Dapur Ngacir' in his very spacious private home yard in the Cimanggis area, Depok, West Java.

The uniqueness of the restaurant is that it is built in his private home yard, which is very spacious in the Cimanggis area, Depok, West Java.

1. Teach Children to Do Business

Mandra's children help manage the restaurant. (credit: Kapanlagi.com/Muhammad Akrom Sukarya)

The reason why Mandra opened the restaurant is to teach his children about business. In addition, he also wants to fulfill the desires of his wife and children who love to cook.

"It's only been about a month since we opened. Basically, indirectly, it's for educating the children so that they have steps towards the future. Because our children happen to love cooking, my wife also loves cooking. Yes, she (my wife) is directly involved in cooking," said Mandra when met at 'Dapur Ngacir' some time ago.

2. Favorite Menu

While the food menu at 'Dapur Ngacir' includes gabus vegetables, pecak fish, and jengkol stew. Mandra said many buyers come from various regions because they are curious to try his Betawi food.

"The favorite menu here ranges from gabus vegetables, pecak fish, jengkol stew, and several other menus. Because there are several regions that want to know what (Betawi food) is like, maybe there are many everywhere, but maybe he wants to see the version that I have," said Mandra.

3. Wants to Preserve Betawi Culture

According to Mandra, opening a Betawi-style eatery is one step towards preserving Betawi culture.

"Indirectly, yes, the direction is to preserve Betawi culture," he concluded.

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