JAKARTA - Legendary comedian Harry De Fretes is now seriously pursuing his new world as a culinary entrepreneur. Behind the success of the "Boim Chicken" porridge stall which has only been running for four months, there is a story of struggle full of "punches".
Harry admitted that the business world is very different from the world of acting that he has been doing for decades.
"Trading is different from the same as us, for example, I am an artist, so I am an artist," he said in South Jakarta, Saturday, December 27.
If as an artist everything has been prepared, in the business world he has to start everything from scratch. He also likened his experience over the past four months to being hit in the boxing ring.
"Yes, this is like I was told, do you know? Original. Like I was told, do you know? Buagh! Buagh!" he said in his typical style.
One of the hardest "punches" was when he had to learn how to make his own porridge. He realized that to be successful, a business owner must master his product from A to Z.
"I once read in a book about business, that when you just start, don't immediately hand it over to people. You also have to know how to make it," he explained.
Turns out, making porridge is not as easy as he imagined. "Even though it's been a long time, it's been almost 2 hours, it hasn't become porridge!" he remembers.
He even had to "interrogate" a porridge seller in Jagakarsa to get the secret recipe. One of the keys he got was that the water used had to really boil.
In addition, he also went directly to the market to buy ingredients. This experience made him aware of the price fluctuations that affected production costs.
Despite being full of challenges, Harry De Fretes feels very satisfied. For him, seeing others enjoy and pay for the porridge of his own work is an invaluable achievement.
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