Riaan Wonke umuntu unalokho kudla okukodwa okubuyisela ukunambitheka kwekhaya. Kungaba eyakho opha‘s i-rendangisobho lika-anti wakho wezinhlanzi, noma elikababa wakho chapati.
KuMei Lim, bekungumama wakhe opopiah (eyaziwa nangokuthi ama-spring rolls).
U-Mei owayeneminyaka engu-16 ngaleso sikhathi wacela iresiphi kumama wakhe, leyo eyadalwa uMei nezingane zakubo besebancane kakhulu. Le ndlela yokupheka efanayo kamuva izovumela u-Mei nezingane zakubo ukuthi basungule i-spring roll venture ebizwa Odadewabo uCrispy Popiah.
Into endala, entsha
“Ngangithanda ukudla upopiah. Wangifundisa ukuwenza. Unginike zonke izithako futhi wadala izindlela zokupheka eziningi. Ugogo naye wayethanda ukwenza upopiah kanye namanye amakhekhe esintu aseShayina,” kukhumbula uMei.
Ngemva kokunamathisela iresiphi yokuqala, u-Mei wanquma ukuzama izithako namasu ahlukene. Kwakuwumzamo onzima futhi wazama inqwaba, kodwa ekugcineni wenza owawuvumelana nalokho ayekuthanda.
Ngo-2001, u-Mei waqala ukuthengisa lezi ezenziwe ekhaya opopiah nomyeni wakhe e shiya malam eKuala Lumpur. Ukukhula nomama owayedayisa irayisi elixutshwe endaweni yokuthengisa eseduze nomgwaqo kwakusho ukuthi wayengaziwa endaweni yemakethe futhi wayeyazi indlela yakhe.
Umqulu we-popiah ngamunye wakhiwe ngososo kabhontshisi omnandi owenziwe ekhaya, isoso ye-chili, itheniphu egayiwe, izimfanzi ezomisiwe, ukhukhamba oshukiwe kanye nezaqathi, amakinati agayiwe kanye isithako sakhe esiyimfihlo—amabhisikidi acwebile.
Uma ungumlandeli ka-SisterS Crispy Popiah, ngeke umangale ukwazi ukuthi kungani ibe yingoma esheshayo nezihlwele. Iresiphi yayo yokuwina yayidumile nangaleso sikhathi futhi yenza ibhizinisi lichume. Kangangoba izingane zakubo kaMei zigcine sezingenele leli bhizinisi elichaza igama lomkhiqizo.
Eminyakeni emibili ngemva kwalokho, udadewabo kaMei u-Theresa waqaphela ukuthi uMid Valley Megamall wayenokuvulwa futhi watshela izingane zakubo ngakho ngenjabulo. “Ngabona ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi sinikeze umkhiqizo ophekwe ekhaya endaweni yenxanxathela yezitolo, okwakuyivelakancane ngaleso sikhathi,” kusho uTheresa.
Ngakho-ke ngemali engu-R20,000, izelamani zathatha leli thuba futhi zasungula Isitolo sokuqala senxanxathela yezitolo ka-SisterS Crispy Popiah ngo-2003. Lokho kwaba yinguquko enkulu ekukhuleni kwebhizinisi.
Imfihlo iwukuphelelisa ubuciko bakho
Sekuyiminyaka engu-20 leyo ndawo yavulwa futhi uSisterS Crispy Popiah usekhulile. Lo mkhiqizo ukhule waba yinxanxathela yezitolo ezinkulu eMpumalanga naseNtshonalanga Malaysia. Baphinde banikeze ukukhethwa okubanzi kwama-spring rolls ukuze kuhlangatshezwane nezidingo zezintandokazi ezihlukahlukene zokudla.
Ukuze zifeze lokhu, izelamani zasebenza ukucwenga imiqulu yabo yasentwasahlobo ngokwempendulo etholwe kumakhasimende athembekile. Ezinye izengezo kumenyu yazo zihlanganisa okuthosiwe upopiahiqanda upopiahkanye ne-teriyaki upopiah.
U-SisterS Crispy Popiah futhi unombala oluhlaza okotshani ohlukile okwenza igqame. “Ngokujwayelekile, upopiah isikhumba simhlophe. Sasebenzisa amaqabunga e-pandan emvelo, sagaya ukuze senze umhluzi, bese siwuxuba nofulawa ukuze sithole isikhumba sethu se-pandan. upopiah,” kusho uTheresa.
I-egg roll popiah yabo ingenye into eyagqanyiswa, ngenxa yendlela ethile yokugingqa edingekayo kubasebenzi babo.
Njengoba yenziwe ngamaqanda nje kuphela, ukuntuleka kwesithako esibophayo njengofulawa kusho ukuthi intekenteke impela. “Kuyacika kakhulu ukugingqa upopayi. Uma ungemuhle ngamakhono, izophuka kalula,” kuchaza uTheresa.
Ukuwina kuwukuwina
Ukuzimisela kwezelamani ukuqhubeka nokusungula lesi sidlo sakudala ngaphandle kokushintsha izimpande zakho akuzange kubonakale. Ngo-2014, ibhizinisi lawina i-Star People’s Food Awards, ngaleso sikhathi Ama-Brandlaureate Awards for World Halal Brands ngo-2019.
Ngaphandle kwezixuku ezingenakuphela ezithuthelekela kuDadewethu uCrispy Popiah, lezi zindondo zibuye zisebenze njengobufakazi bokuthi ukudla kwabo obumnandi kunendawo ezinhliziyweni zabantu.
Yebo, kwakungekona konke ukuhamba ngomkhumbi okushelelayo. Kuke kwaba nezihibe endleleni njengoba ukuqhuba ibhizinisi ndawonye nomndeni akulula neze. Kodwa u-Mei no-Theresa batusa impumelelo yomkhiqizo ekuqondeni okwabiwe kwezelamani ekusebenzeni kweqembu nokuhloniphana.
“Siyahloniphana, kubalulekile lokhu. Kukhona izingxabano, kodwa kamuva sizozitshela ukuthi kuphelile… Ngakho-ke noma iyiphi ingxabano ekhona, [we understand that] eyebhizinisi. Sifuna nje ukuyithuthukisa, yilokho kuphela. Ngemva kwalokho, sesibuyele esimeni esijwayelekile njengezelamani,” kusho odade.
Ezinye izinto ngeke zishintshe
Ngaphandle kokuduma komkhiqizo, abasunguli be-SisterS Crispy Popiah bahlala bethobekile futhi besebenzisana nebhizinisi. U-Mei uyaqhubeka nokuphatha uhlangothi lokukhiqiza lwebhizinisi, kuyilapho u-Theresa esebenza njengomqondisi ophethe.
Njengomuntu okhule ejwayele ukuvakashela izindawo zabo zokudayisa, ukunambitheka kukaSisterS Crispy Popiah akungikhumbuzi nje kuphela ngefa lami, kodwa nezinkumbulo ezimnandi enginazo zobuntwana bami.
Amajoyinti e-F&B ayaziwa ngokungena aphinde aphume endaweni yesigameko, kodwa ngikholwa ukuthi lena izoqhubeka nokuhlala futhi yethule izizukulwane ezintsha kulokhu kudla okumnandi komthengisi wendawo.
- Funda kabanzi mayelana no SisterS Crispy Popiah lapha.
- Funda ezinye izindatshana esizibhalile mayelana neziqalo zaseMalaysian lapha.
Ikhredithi Yesithombe Esifakiwe: SisterS Crispy Popiah / Mid Valley Megamall
