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Mia Pangyarihan shares her journey as a restaurant owner

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E. Kristhoff Cagape

<p>SexBomb member Mia Pangyarihan recounted her entrepreneurial journey.</p><p>Mia is now an owner of a Korean-Japanese fusion restaurant called Yoshimeatsu. &quot;Kami nag-umpisa kami dito nung 2018 so before kasi di ba nauso talaga &#x27;yung Korean samgyupsalan,&quot; she recalled in an interview with PUSH Bets. </p><p>The dancer turned entrepreneur relayed that she was a big fan of samgyupsal herself, so she encouraged her partners to build their own Korean food-inspired restaurant business.</p><p>&quot;Na-hook ako sobra, as in thrice, four times a week kumakain ako [ng samgyupsal], nakikipila ako then dun din ako nagkaroon ng idea... bakit di natin i-try gumawa ng sarili natin na samgyupsal kasi parang sobra siyang fad, sobrang lahat ng tao into samgyupsal eh,&quot; she said.</p><p>To make their samgyupsal business unique, they decided to offer a fusion of Korean and Japanese dishes in their restaurant business.</p><p>The restaurant has now 25 branches in the Philippines. &quot;Actually hanggang ngayon hindi rin ako makapaniwala sa sarili ko na meron ngang ganung kalaki pero although lahat naman halos franchise eh so ito lang talaga &#x27;yung pinaka-main branch namin, &#x27;yung Tomas Morato. Ito lang talaga &#x27;yung mina-manage ko pero the rest siyempre kahit papaano magbibigay suporta ka pa rin sa lahat ng branches na &#x27;yun kung ano man &#x27;yung kailangan nila,&quot; she relayed.</p><div><iframe width="670" height="377" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Z_x3Gs5Wrgs" title="Sexbomb Mia Pangyarihan, paano napunta sa food business? | PUSH Bets" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><p>When asked about her secret to success, Mia replied: &quot;Siguro &#x27;yung sipag at tiyaga talaga, pasensya. May mga times na siyempre na madadapa ka. May mga times na babagsak ka, pero kailangan malakas ka. Sabi nga di ba hindi tayo pinalaki na sexbomb para bumawi, kaya laban lang nang laban.&quot;</p><p>Mia also opened up about the challenges that they encountered when the pandemic happened. &quot;Dun kami parang muntik na panghinaan ng loob kasi sobrang imagine, one year, two years na wala talagang pumapasok na income,&quot; she recalled.</p><div><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2024/10/30/mia-pangyarihan-ikinuwento-ang-naging-challenges-noong-pandemic-2032" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Mia Pangyarihan, ikinuwento ang naging challenges noong pandemic | PUSH Bets</strong></a></div><p>Mia relayed that her partners decided to turn their restaurant into a grocery as dining was prohibited during the pandemic. &quot;Magaling na lang talaga yung partners ko kasi from restaurant ginawa namin siya na grocery nung time ng pandemic kasi bawal ang dining - pwede lang is mga takeout and grocery ang pinapayagan that time - so naisip ng partners ko na kaysa masira lahat &#x27;yung stocks natin, bakit hindi natin gawin na lang na grocery &#x27;yung store?&quot; she shared.</p><div><br/></div><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-0" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cz5b3lIygYw/embed/captioned/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A4574461.800000012%2C%22ls%22%3A4571349.300000012%2C%22le%22%3A4574443.699999988%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="1204" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><p>She went on: &quot;&#x27;Yung mga product namin dito na ginagamit namin for the restaurant binenta namin siya pang-grocery.&quot;</p><p>Despite the challenges during the pandemic, what made them push through with the restaurant business?</p><p>&quot;Siguro andito na eh parang kung tutuusin hindi naman namin ito inexpect. Parang nag-try lang naman kami and biglang nag-boom na siguro will na rin ni Lord na magkaroon ng ganito kasi nakikita naman Niya kung gaano namin talaga gusto &#x27;yung ginagawa namin, kung papaano namin nilalagay ang puso namin dito,&quot; she remarked.</p><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>Mia Pangyarihan shares how she built her Korean-Japanese fusion restaurant.</p>

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Mia Pangyarihan's restaurant business now has 25 branches in the Philippines

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Published November 08, 2024 08:26 PM PHT

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