00:00New year, new ideas for earning money.
00:10This is it Pancit!
00:15The Pancit of Orago called Pancit Bato will now be tasted in Manila.
00:21Lord give me a sign.
00:23And on the first day, Mike opened the pancit cart of the former OFW.
00:42I am very excited to see how Mike is making pancit bato.
00:46Let's see inside how he is making pancit bato.
00:49What is this?
00:51This is soft wheat flour.
00:54So to make it like this, what are we going to do?
00:58We have the ingredients here.
01:00What is this?
01:01Food color and secret recipes.
01:03So we are going to mix it here?
01:05Yes, we are going to mix it.
01:06Let's put it here.
01:08Oh, don't do it like that.
01:10People will think it's orange juice.
01:14We are going to add it to the flour.
01:20Here it is.
01:21Here it is.
01:22So we are going to flatten it?
01:24Yes, we are going to flatten it.
01:25Another machine to flatten until it becomes noodles.
01:29It's so long.
01:36What are you doing?
01:37Are you making kumot?
01:44Here it is.
01:45It's beautiful.
01:46It looks like Rapunzel's hair.
01:49Can we eat it now?
01:50Not yet.
01:51We are going to steam it.
01:52We are going to cook it.
01:57After an hour in the steamer,
01:59it's done, right?
02:01This is one of the exciting parts.
02:04Mike is going to cook his pancit bato.
02:08Before Mike can see his own pancit,
02:11he has a long journey ahead of him.
02:14I have been abroad for 10 years.
02:16That's why I came back to the Philippines to try a business.
02:20Last year, I was on vacation in Bali.
02:23I was on vacation for one month.
02:25Actually, I prayed for 15 days.
02:28I prayed to God that I don't want to go back to another country.
02:33In his last day in the Philippines,
02:35Mike decided to sell pancit bato.
02:38I bought a cart.
02:41My target is on the street.
02:44We serve live cooking.
02:46I am the one who cooks.
02:48That time, I cook.
02:50I prepare.
02:51I do everything.
02:53Because he is from Bicol,
02:54he wants to show others how to make their pancit bato.
03:00Bicol is well-known for pancit.
03:03Why not introduce it here in Manila?
03:06At first, I thought that capital is cheap.
03:10So, our product can be mass-produced.
03:13That's why I decided to start a business.
03:18Although he is not sure if his pancit bato is for good,
03:21he doesn't hesitate to sell it.
03:25My goal is,
03:26I remember that it was only 20,000.
03:29Including the process of making the cart,
03:31I think it's around 5,000 or 7,000.
03:34That's my goal in food.
03:36Since we are just on the sidewalk,
03:39on a cart,
03:40we can't really leave.
03:42There are perceptions that it might be dirty
03:45because you're on a cart.
03:46What kind of product is that?
03:48Why is there soap?
03:49Things like that.
03:50Because he's not that well-known at that time.
03:54That's why I'm still nervous.
03:56But when Mike started cooking on the street,
03:59On the first day,
04:03I was happy because
04:04within 5 hours, I earned 15,000.
04:07At the same time,
04:08God answered my prayer
04:11that I don't want to go back to another country.
04:13Give me a sign.
04:14In just 5 hours,
04:15it was already sold out.
04:16There were still a lot of people in line.
04:20The next day,
04:21Mike tried again
04:22to make his pancit bato.
04:25On the second day,
04:26the number of customers kept increasing.
04:28We were able to sell 50 to 70 kilos a day.
04:33The next day,
04:34we were able to sell 100 kilos a day.
04:37But at the same time,
04:38the number of customers increased rapidly.
04:40This is where the problem started.
04:43There were times
04:44when our neighbors complained about us.
04:47Since my experience as a manager
04:50is to manage the business
04:53and manage the people,
04:54it was a big help for me
04:57that I was able to delegate tasks
05:00to everyone.
05:03Because of the complaints,
05:04Mike found a way to get a job.
05:06Along with his prayer for the business,
05:09the answer was really a blessing.
05:12I talked to my neighbors
05:14and I apologized.
05:17God's mercy,
05:18we became good neighbors.
05:21He gave me his house.
05:24Now, thanks to God,
05:27we have 4 company outlets,
05:3049 franchises,
05:32and it's growing.
05:33It's been 5 to 6 months
05:36since we expanded.
05:39Family is one of Mike's ways
05:41to expand his business.
05:44My motivation everyday
05:45is the people around me
05:49and my family
05:51and the people who depend on us.
05:53At the same time,
05:55being an OFW,
05:57I don't want to go back to the past.
05:58Those were really hard times.
06:01I always thank God
06:05that my family won't go through
06:07what I went through.
06:10Mike's pancit bato
06:11became popular again.
06:12But his pancit
06:14doesn't seem to last long.
06:16Especially when it rains,
06:17the pancit doesn't shift.
06:19It's a fresh pancit.
06:20When it rains,
06:21the pancit only lasts for 2 days
06:23and it develops molds.
06:24There are times when the store is closed
06:27because the pancit is out of stock
06:29because it comes from Bato,
06:32in Bicol.
06:34Mike's solution
06:36is that our product is cheap.
06:37I even thought of reducing the cost.
06:40At the same time,
06:41since we are now franchising,
06:43you can say that
06:46you can make your own pancit.
06:48Since machines are not cheap,
06:51they are also important,
06:53we made them one by one.
06:55One by one.
06:57His first challenge
06:58in making pancit bato noodles
07:00is that it's not easy to sell.
07:02There are noodles that are too hard
07:05because there's not enough water.
07:06There are noodles that are too soft
07:09because there's too much water.
07:11There are noodles that are burnt.
07:13There are noodles that are raw.
07:15That's why it's not easy
07:17to make your own pancit
07:19if you don't know the formula.
07:22Research is the key
07:23for his product to be perfect.
07:25To be honest,
07:26it came to the point
07:27that during our first and second week
07:31of making pancit,
07:32some customers complained
07:34that their pancit was different.
07:36But we didn't give up.
07:37I looked for an R&D
07:39where we can get a lot of help
07:42until our pancit is perfect.
07:46Now,
07:47his pancit bato isn't just plain.
07:50The plain pancit
07:51costs 30 pesos.
07:52If there are toppings,
07:53they just add 10 pesos.
07:55If there are eggs,
07:56depending on the toppings,
07:57there are eggs that cost 15 pesos.
07:58Now,
07:59the price is still the same.
08:04It looks appetizing, Mike.
08:06How much longer?
08:07So here it is, Kapuso.
08:09The pancit bato
08:10that Mike and I made earlier,
08:11it's already cooked.
08:13And this has soup.
08:14It has vinegar.
08:15It's good to have vinegar.
08:20This is already called soup.
08:21It's already a dish.
08:23Because we make noodles every day.
08:25Every day,
08:26it's fresh.
08:27One day,
08:28that's all we make.
08:31In Bicol,
08:32the pancit we make
08:33is really good.
08:37The pancit is good
08:38and the pancit we make is good
08:39that's why I said it's good.
08:41It suits you.
08:42It suits me.
08:43As a pancit person,
08:44I'm mad at Kapuso.
08:49Now, he earns 6 digits
08:51per month for his pancit bato
08:53and his secret
08:54for a long life business.
08:56You, as an owner
08:57or as a manager of a company,
08:59you need to raise your salary
09:01per day.
09:02Where?
09:03You'll get your personal allowance there.
09:04So you need to secure yourself
09:06so that you won't be able to
09:08move money from business.
09:10You need to work hard
09:11and persevere.
09:14Be consistent in what you do.
09:17If you have a dream,
09:18don't wish for it,
09:19work for it.
09:21So that you can achieve
09:22what you want to achieve.
09:25Sacrifices are part
09:26of business.
09:27Because those who work hard
09:28are blessed
09:30by hardships
09:31and they don't become
09:33stones.
09:40Hey!
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