Yes, your video title caught my interest and not skip it! Nice move👍 If I were to open up a business anywhere, I would also think of a cafe, esp. I love coffee, but I would make my menu to have gluten-free option for pastries, bread, pasta , etc. and that should be easy in PI. with rice and corn being staple (no wheat for me). Have all around menu options for everyone - i.e. vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, meat/fish; cater to your target market/area population. It’s great, you’ve done your preliminaries. Excited to see the progress👏
Stas, it is a very good idea to open up a vegetarian cafe in Kaputian with Vitaly and some of your Filipino friends as investors. When I come to Samal someday, I will be your first out of town customer. I am a vegetarian and living in Butuan City and there is only one vegetarian cafe-restaurant here.😮
I am from food industry. It is one of the most saturated industry. Vegetarian cafe is very niche - when you look at Russian population in Samal, it can barely support your business. Filipinos are rarely vegetarian. Vegetables are easily accessible also in Samal - they can have vegetables in their backyard, why would they visit your place. Think of something else or just make it available only for delivery - this way, you will not need to rent out a space.
What about a Jolibeec and Chow King inspired menus and maybe a Karaoke Bar or Live Music performing at certain time of the day of the week? A Guitar,PoolTable, Picturebooth, chess, and dart corner will attract customers also
Try because there' no harm of trying. In business,do not expect that in your first venture, you succeed sometimes you failed because of mismanagement..Try to attend seminars on how to handle small but good business. I wish your success.God bless you.
You can put up Cafe maybe look for another location. More people or near 7/11 1. Filipino loves meat at home we always cooked veggies. But if you cook foods make 2 option, half vegetarian and half meat section. 2. Add Milk tea, Sikwati and Special Coffee 3. Choose nice color of your shop but affordable price. 4. You can make Vegetarian burger/crepes. 5. Add Filipino kakanin.
🌹I’m pretty sure many Russians look for a restaurant that serves food from their country. It will provide a taste of home, familiar flavors, and a connection to their culture, allowing them to experience a piece of their heritage even when living abroad or just visiting. It’s a way to feel more connected to their roots through food. I can relate to that where I’m at. And also many foreigners have a hard time finding restaurants that cater to vegetarians with more selections in some places out there. I believe your business venture will be good to try. You can’t win for not fighting. Think positive and stay on top of what you want to accomplish! My two cents. Best wishes🙏🏼
Hello.. Silent viewer here.its good idea to put business in that area.i can see you choose a good location.you can also add a Pisonet (vending machine for internet) in your bus place.. Glad to see upload video again. God bless hve a nice day
So, you're going to launch a Russian cafeteria in Kaputian now? Wow, that's impressive and a huge leap! My advise, start small -get the feel of the area and location - like wading your foot in the water if the temperature is right to your touch. Based on your opening statement, you sound very optimistic about the prospect vegetarian eatery. You said, you have a marketing background - living in small town, marketing strategy might help, might not. I suppose you will be posting a lot on youtube about the cafe's progress. Anyway, starting a business is a great way to make use of your free time, turning your passion about vegetarian food into a business deal and make some extra cash along the way - why not! You said, the place you've selected used to be a store or cafeteria - find out why their business failed to give you an idea what went wrong - is it mismanaged or something else. If you're into vegetarian cookery, make use of nuts as your flavoring - roast them first and grind and add the ground nuts in your sauce. I wish you luck!
I would have preferred if you opened up a Russian Restaurant and served Russian cuisine as there aren't many here. I would have wanted to try Russian food.
Lumpia ubud, lumpia gulay or toge, vegetarian okoy, pancit, tortang talong (eggplant omelette). These I think are easy to convert to vegetarian, just substitute the meat w tofu (toge).
Wow it is going to be nice. I will go there right away in your cafe. Please make the snacks like a Filipino-Russian fusion of snacks or food, it is going to be great. Introduce Russian snacks and foods to the world. And also, build more simple rental houses in your land, owned or leased like in the Russian village with Denis and invite more Russians, show them the Samal islands' best places to offer for adventures like green mountains, beautiful waterfalls, green fields, rivers, beautiful beaches so that more Russians will come, not only Russians but also Central Asia like the Kazakhs and Europeans. Keep it up guys. I'm sooo excited for your coffee business my friend. By the way, the famous Master Chef Gordon Ramsey also opened tye Gordon Ramsey Bar and Grill in Newport City Reaorts World in Manila near the airport and Mall of Asia. By the way, before you put up a business, visit first famous tourist spots like Siargao also an island and ask business owners there how to start up cafe, cake and pastries and snacks in the Philippines, but the difference is yours have this Filipino-Russian fusion which is first in Asia and in the Philippines. Your advantage from other locations is that you are very very near to the most affordable fruit markets around the Philippines which is Davao and Samal island. Follow this business in Siargao, the name is Shaka. It is a cafe and resto and they serve fruit smoothies in their place, like very very delicious smoothies, and Davao have lots and lots of different varieties of fruits and you have this huge advantage. Your location in Kaputian is perfect. And also, imagine when Davao to Samal.island bridge is finished, for sure the very famous Casino beach resort will open again there in Samal.island and more rich tourists will come. Please make more Russian businesses in the Philippines, soon it will expand to huge malls around the Philippines. Cheers! ✨💖💖💖💐🎉🌿🌴🎇🥂
pls study who would be the target market.. from there you can have an idea what kind of menu you can offer.. would be great to add other beverages like fruit shakes, milk teas fuit sodas , you can just experiment.... start small and slowly.. its always a risk , but eventually you will know if it is going to be profitable...just a friendly advise...take care!
Hello,! Filipinos love to eat meat. However you can probably entice them to eat vegetarian food by serving popular Filipino food. You can include in your ads the health benefits of being a vegetarian and also a choice for weight watchers. My husband and I have been lacto-vegetarians since the 90s and are Filipinos living in Canada. We do not eat eggs but we would have milk and cheese. I cook vegetarian pancit, vegetable lumpia, adobo (tofu and potatoes or eggplant adobo), aroz caldo, sinigang , kari-kari , tinola, afritada or menudo using tofu instead of meat. The secret to the great taste is that I always use 1 heaping teaspoon of dried vegetable broth or “Vegeta” food seasoning (dehydrated vegetable broth without MSG) on every food I cook. I also make tofu tocino, using the tocino mix and soy sauce. I cook spaghetti with meatless mock beef, udon soup, macaroni salad using avocado mayonnaise from the store but you can make homemade tofu mayonnaise .You can also make tofu scramble, similar to scrambled eggs, but using soft tofu that are mashed and add turmeric spice for the yellow color. If you have nutritional yeast, it gives a cheesy flavor. I make a sandwich with fried tofu or fried eggplant.or avocado. I also make stuffed eggplant similar to rellyenong talong but without meat or eggs… I use mashed tofu, red peppers and mushrooms, veg seasoning and top it with breadcrumbs. I use diluted corstarch for thickening I hope these suggestions help.
Lets pray vice president sara Duterte will become the next president of the Philippines. It is because, she is from Davao , and I am sure, she will make this place her priority. That includes Samal and the Russian local community It will be easy for you to make business there, because you are a great help for the economy of Davao and the whole Philippines, of course. This will be a Russian vacation place especially during the extreme cold season.
Oh stop your politics,Sara Duterte is a troublemaker and she will soon be removed in office due to stealing taxpayers money and threatening the life of a sitting president.
old house (stone house as base, wooden chairs and tables, capiz windows cafe mindanaw coffee supply, plant cacao (resilient during typhoons); with coffee goes not only cookies but malagkit (steamed/ cooked in coconut milk)
VegetablLasagna is also good A neighbor made me one using eggplant instead of pasta A Vege Pancake Pizza VegeBurger Sweet Potato Fries and quesadilla will also be a hit
Opening a vegetarian restaurant in samal is not advisable. Vegetable in mindanao is cheaper. Create different business . Like coffeshop and offer vegetarian cookies and cakes . Majority of Filipinos is not also vegetarian
You have a good idea, however... Samal is a poor community, people there have less money to spend on good food, plus there's an abundance of cheap food. You're just going to lose money.
Yes, your video title caught my interest and not skip it! Nice move👍 If I were to open up a business anywhere, I would also think of a cafe, esp. I love coffee, but I would make my menu to have gluten-free option for pastries, bread, pasta , etc. and that should be easy in PI. with rice and corn being staple (no wheat for me). Have all around menu options for everyone - i.e. vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, meat/fish; cater to your target market/area population. It’s great, you’ve done your preliminaries. Excited to see the progress👏
I truly appreciate your support-thank you! 🙏
Stas, it is a very good idea to open up a vegetarian cafe in Kaputian with Vitaly and some of your Filipino friends as investors. When I come to Samal someday, I will be your first out of town customer. I am a vegetarian and living in Butuan City and there is only one vegetarian cafe-restaurant here.😮
Thank you! ❤️🙏
I am from food industry. It is one of the most saturated industry. Vegetarian cafe is very niche - when you look at Russian population in Samal, it can barely support your business. Filipinos are rarely vegetarian. Vegetables are easily accessible also in Samal - they can have vegetables in their backyard, why would they visit your place. Think of something else or just make it available only for delivery - this way, you will not need to rent out a space.
Thank you for your advice! ❤️
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Tofu Stick Bbq, Vege Ramen noodle Soup, Eggplant Omelet, Mixed Vege Salad, and Upo Tinola ( ginger soup) are also good
Thanks!
What about a Jolibeec and Chow King inspired menus and maybe a Karaoke Bar or Live Music performing at certain time of the day of the week? A Guitar,PoolTable, Picturebooth, chess, and dart corner will attract customers also
Try because there' no harm of trying. In business,do not expect that in your first venture, you succeed sometimes you failed because of mismanagement..Try to attend seminars on how to handle small but good business. I wish your success.God bless you.
Thank you! ❤️🙏
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That’s a good idea sir. Best of everything in your Russian menu🙏,for sure Pinoy loves vegetarian meals from time to time
Thanks for your advice! 🙏
You can put up Cafe maybe look for another location.
More people or near 7/11
1. Filipino loves meat at home we always cooked veggies.
But if you cook foods make 2 option, half vegetarian and half meat section.
2. Add Milk tea, Sikwati and Special Coffee
3. Choose nice color of your shop but affordable price.
4. You can make Vegetarian burger/crepes.
5. Add Filipino kakanin.
I truly appreciate your support-thank you! 🙏
welcome back!!! wow great news filipinos will surely support it.
Yes. Thank you! ❤️
That's fantastic 😊
Thanks!
Try also Macaroons made only of finely shredded coconut flake, condensed milk and eggs
Thanks!
Wow thats nice idea. You can include russian food or delicacies, filipinos love sweet and coffe. Goodluck
Thank you!!!
🌹I’m pretty sure many Russians look for a restaurant that serves food from their country. It will provide a taste of home, familiar flavors, and a connection to their culture, allowing them to experience a piece of their heritage even when living abroad or just visiting. It’s a way to feel more connected to their roots through food. I can relate to that where I’m at. And also many foreigners have a hard time finding restaurants that cater to vegetarians with more selections in some places out there. I believe your business venture will be good to try. You can’t win for not fighting. Think positive and stay on top of what you want to accomplish! My two cents. Best wishes🙏🏼
So thankful for your advice! 🙏
@ I mean authentic Russian dish on the menu not necessarily coming from your country🌹
A Russian themed cafe would be a good idea. we do not have one yet in the entire country
Thank you! ❤️🙏
Hello.. Silent viewer here.its good idea to put business in that area.i can see you choose a good location.you can also add a Pisonet (vending machine for internet) in your bus place.. Glad to see upload video again. God bless hve a nice day
Your support means so much to me-thank you for commenting!
Good to know 👍👍👍👌✌️
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good location for a cafe because its near the road were plenty of people can see it.
Yes, it's center of Kaputian. Very good place, bus station in 70 meters
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So, you're going to launch a Russian cafeteria in Kaputian now? Wow, that's impressive and a huge leap! My advise, start small -get the feel of the area and location - like wading your foot in the water if the temperature is right to your touch. Based on your opening statement, you sound very optimistic about the prospect vegetarian eatery. You said, you have a marketing background - living in small town, marketing strategy might help, might not. I suppose you will be posting a lot on youtube about the cafe's progress. Anyway, starting a business is a great way to make use of your free time, turning your passion about vegetarian food into a business deal and make some extra cash along the way - why not! You said, the place you've selected used to be a store or cafeteria - find out why their business failed to give you an idea what went wrong - is it mismanaged or something else. If you're into vegetarian cookery, make use of nuts as your flavoring - roast them first and grind and add the ground nuts in your sauce. I wish you luck!
I truly appreciate your support-thank you! 🙏
I would have preferred if you opened up a Russian Restaurant and served Russian cuisine as there aren't many here. I would have wanted to try Russian food.
Thank you for your advice!
Lumpia ubud, lumpia gulay or toge, vegetarian okoy, pancit, tortang talong (eggplant omelette). These I think are easy to convert to vegetarian, just substitute the meat w tofu (toge).
I truly appreciate your support-thank you! 🙏
I remember that place u rent was karinderia and sari sari store before, good location mga Bossing 👌
Thanks!!!
Wow it is going to be nice. I will go there right away in your cafe. Please make the snacks like a Filipino-Russian fusion of snacks or food, it is going to be great. Introduce Russian snacks and foods to the world. And also, build more simple rental houses in your land, owned or leased like in the Russian village with Denis and invite more Russians, show them the Samal islands' best places to offer for adventures like green mountains, beautiful waterfalls, green fields, rivers, beautiful beaches so that more Russians will come, not only Russians but also Central Asia like the Kazakhs and Europeans. Keep it up guys. I'm sooo excited for your coffee business my friend. By the way, the famous Master Chef Gordon Ramsey also opened tye Gordon Ramsey Bar and Grill in Newport City Reaorts World in Manila near the airport and Mall of Asia. By the way, before you put up a business, visit first famous tourist spots like Siargao also an island and ask business owners there how to start up cafe, cake and pastries and snacks in the Philippines, but the difference is yours have this Filipino-Russian fusion which is first in Asia and in the Philippines. Your advantage from other locations is that you are very very near to the most affordable fruit markets around the Philippines which is Davao and Samal island. Follow this business in Siargao, the name is Shaka. It is a cafe and resto and they serve fruit smoothies in their place, like very very delicious smoothies, and Davao have lots and lots of different varieties of fruits and you have this huge advantage. Your location in Kaputian is perfect. And also, imagine when Davao to Samal.island bridge is finished, for sure the very famous Casino beach resort will open again there in Samal.island and more rich tourists will come. Please make more Russian businesses in the Philippines, soon it will expand to huge malls around the Philippines. Cheers! ✨💖💖💖💐🎉🌿🌴🎇🥂
Thanks for such a detailed comment! ❤️❤️❤️
My Top 5 Favorite Veggies
• Law-oy
• Laing (Bicol)
• Pinakbet
• Chopsuey (w/ Quill Eggs)
• Tortang Talong
My Other Favorites (Mixed Veggies, Rootcrops, Seeds, Nuts, Mushrooms & Fruits)
• Adobong Kangkong
• Adobong Labong (Bamboo Shoots)
• Bicol Express
• Ginataang Labong (Bamboo Shoots)
• Ginataang Gulay (Mixed Veggies)
• Ginisang Gulay (Mixed Veggies)
• Ginisang Sitaw (String Beans) at Kalabasa (w/ Crab or w/ Prawns)
• Ampalaya Salad
• Ginisang Ampalaya (w/ Egg & Shrimp)
• Ginisang Sayote
• Ginisang Repolyo
• Ginisang Pechay
• Ginisang Tauge (Monggo Sprouts)
• Ginataang Talong Salad
• Ginataang Langka
• Ginisang Dilis w/ Kamatis
• Kare-Kare (especially w/ Peanut Butter)
• Kilawing Pusô ng Saging
• Monggo Guisado (w/ Dilis & Malunggay)
• Miswa Noodles (w/ Upo & Dried Shrimps)
• Pansit Canton (w/ Legumes & Mushrooms)
• Bok Choy in Garlic & Oyster Sauce
• Cucumber, Tomato & Green Herb Salad (in Virgin Coco Oil & Palm Vinegar)
• Talbos ng Kamote Salad (Budding Leaves of Kamote)
• Pakû Salad (Fern Salad)
• Cucumber, Singkamas & Radish Salad
• Lato, Guso & Lukot Salad (Seaweeds)
• Unripe Mango, Ibâ & Balimbing Salad (w/ Shrimp Paste)
• Avocado, Banana, Mango & Pineapple Salad (with Condensed Milk)
• Buwâ ng Niyog Salad (Sprouted Coconut)
• Lumpiang Sariwa (Fresh Lumpia w/ "Pusô ng Niyog" or the white core of a chainsawed Coconut Tree)
• Lumpiang Tauge (Monggo Sprouts)
• Chinese Lumpia (different from Fried Lumpia)
• Bird's Nest Soup (sprinkled w/ Herbs)
• Corn & Malunggay Soup
• Fruit Shake or Fruit Smoothie (sprinkled w/ Herbs)
• Kinilaw Seafood w/ Tabon-Tabon
• Sweet Corn w/ Butter
• Halo-Halo (w/ Macapuno Strips, Kaong & Nata de Coco)
• Binignit (especially during Holy Week)
• Cassava Cake
• Ube Pastillas
• Ube Cake
• Kamote Fries (Barbecue Flavor)
• Potato Twirl (Barbecue Flavor)
• Vegetarian Burger (using Mushrooms, Tofu & Veggies)
• Vegetarian Chicharon
• Vegetarian Pizza
• Kakanin Foods (my favorite is Masi, Biko, Bibingka (not the oily one) & Puto Maya w/ Sikwate)
• Any dish made w/ Chocolate (Cacao) & Cofee Beans (Kape)
And the list is endless ... 😁
Out of many, pick only the Best of the Best -- the Crème de la Crème.
Note: Some ingredients are available in Lazada like Tabon-Tabon (one of my favorite ingredients). Some ingredients are also "seasonal."
"Farm-to-Table Concept" is always the best resto concept in the 21st century. Middle Class to High End Market are the ones that can afford this kind of vegetarian / vegan dishes, especially if the ambiance is "al fresco," has expansive green landscape, a vegetable garden nearby, an orchard (fruit trees) or overlooking an ocean.
Thank you for such a detailed comment and for being so supportive! ❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏
I love that grilled banana!
Thank you! ❤️🙏
pls study who would be the target market.. from there you can have an idea what kind of menu you can offer.. would be great to add other beverages like fruit shakes, milk teas fuit sodas , you can just experiment.... start small and slowly.. its always a risk , but eventually you will know if it is going to be profitable...just a friendly advise...take care!
Thanks!
Hillo your open a coffee shop before you have to try to open a little amount and let God include to your business i am shore you will success Godbless
Thank you for your advice! ❤️🙏🙏🙏
Namiss ko ang video mo idol stasph.. super handsome my belived idol❤❤❤ double take care over there idol god bless
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Hello,! Filipinos love to eat meat. However you can probably entice them to eat vegetarian food by serving popular Filipino food. You can include in your ads the health benefits of being a vegetarian and also a choice for weight watchers.
My husband and I have been lacto-vegetarians since the 90s and are Filipinos living in Canada. We do not eat eggs but we would have milk and cheese. I cook vegetarian pancit, vegetable lumpia, adobo (tofu and potatoes or eggplant adobo), aroz caldo, sinigang , kari-kari , tinola, afritada or menudo using tofu instead of meat. The secret to the great taste is that I always use 1 heaping teaspoon of dried vegetable broth or “Vegeta” food seasoning (dehydrated vegetable broth without MSG) on every food I cook. I also make tofu tocino, using the tocino mix and soy sauce. I cook spaghetti with meatless mock beef, udon soup, macaroni salad using avocado mayonnaise from the store but you can make homemade tofu mayonnaise .You can also make tofu scramble, similar to scrambled eggs, but using soft tofu that are mashed and add turmeric spice for the yellow color. If you have nutritional yeast, it gives a cheesy flavor. I make a sandwich with fried tofu or fried eggplant.or avocado. I also make stuffed eggplant similar to rellyenong talong but without meat or eggs… I use mashed tofu, red peppers and mushrooms, veg seasoning and top it with breadcrumbs. I use diluted corstarch for thickening I hope these suggestions help.
Thanks for such a detailed comment! ❤️❤️❤️
Just want to clarify, you guys are planning to open a vegetarian cafeteria or café (centred around coffee or tea)?
Not around café more about vegetarian dishes. But maybe I advise Vitaliy about coffee and tea. Thanks!
you can convert filipino dishes into vegetarian by replacing meat with tofu and replace seafood with seaweeds.
Yes, good idea! thank you! ❤️🙏
Why not russian food new to filipino interesting huh and put some filipino food too...good luck and enjoy what ur doing all the best
Thank you for your advice! ❤️🙏🙏🙏
veggie foods are not popular in the phiippines, i think a fusion food with russian and pinoy combined elements will be nice
Thank you! ❤️
Lets pray vice president sara Duterte will become the next president of the Philippines. It is because, she is from Davao , and I am sure, she will make this place her priority. That includes Samal and the Russian local community It will be easy for you to make business there, because you are a great help for the economy of Davao and the whole Philippines, of course. This will be a Russian vacation place especially during the extreme cold season.
Thank you! ❤️🙏
Oh stop your politics,Sara Duterte is a troublemaker and she will soon be removed in office due to stealing taxpayers money and threatening the life of a sitting president.
make some sikwate and puto....ask the local about those recipe
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old house (stone house as base, wooden chairs and tables, capiz windows cafe mindanaw coffee supply, plant cacao (resilient during typhoons); with coffee goes not only cookies but malagkit (steamed/ cooked in coconut milk)
Thank you!
Why not try fastfood like Mang Inasal or food business serving filipino cuisine.Just try because No harm of trying
Thank you! ❤️🙏
VegetablLasagna is also good A neighbor made me one using eggplant instead of pasta A Vege Pancake Pizza VegeBurger Sweet Potato Fries and quesadilla will also be a hit
Thank you!
Opening a vegetarian restaurant in samal is not advisable. Vegetable in mindanao is cheaper. Create different business . Like coffeshop and offer vegetarian cookies and cakes . Majority of Filipinos is not also vegetarian
Thank you for your advice! ❤️🙏🙏🙏
You have a good idea, however...
Samal is a poor community, people there have less money to spend on good food, plus there's an abundance of cheap food.
You're just going to lose money.
We will have options for people that don't have money.
@@StasPH you'll do better creating interesting videos on youTube.
@ I will do it too.
Even if "cafe idea" won't work out, it will be an interesting experience
i give my green light brother
thank you! 😊