This week I was inquired by my sister-in-law what business I have in mind that we might start this year. The truth is, I have my own plan of starting an online business (again!) but wasn’t sure if it will succeed because the items I like to sell are only focused on hobbyist and those interested on that hobby. The items are also expensive but I was really interested on it, in fact is also my passion. But I’ll set it aside for now and focus on a more realistic approach. My wife suggested that we should try a food card business and she choose a food cart that sells pizza. I was at first hesitant because the brand name is not popular. I saw another one, a nacho food cart that I think might be a good choice because I’ve seen it on malls like SM and Robinsons department store and the business has been running since 1995.
Nata de Coco is a chewy, translucent, jelly-like substance produced by the bacterial fermentation of coconut water. It is mixed in one of the most popular refreshment, the halo-halo, with other stuffs like red beans, macapuno, sweetened bananas and sweet potatoes, ube and leche flan. There are others stuffs that I forgot to mention but nata de coco is a mainstay maybe because of it’s unique taste and consistency. There have been a craze of this product in the past because it became a hit in Japan and exported in that country so many ventured on making nata de coco due to the high demand. But today, the fad diminished but the local demand is still there because you can still see bottles of nata de coco being sold in the supermarkets. If you are thinking of business and have plenty of coconuts, then this might be a good start. The below procedure have two versions, using mature coconut and using fresh coconut.
There is a food fad in Nasugbu, Batangas. It’s called the seaweed chips. It is made by the Rural Improvement Club. It’s a healthy snack because the main ingredient is seaweeds. Kabuhayang Swak na Swak featured this episode on their BIZ101 and demonstrated how to make the seaweed chips. Since the exact measurement of ingredients is not shown, I guess we just have to experiment until we get the exact recipe measurements. 
Kusina Salud, a new resto in San Pablo Laguna was featured in Kabuhayang Swak na Swak weeks ago and they shared their renowned fern salad recipe. Just seeing the video, the place looks very native and authentic as Amy Perez said that it was coutesy of Patis Tesoro. Chef Paul Poblador of Kusina Salud demonstrated on the preparation of the Fern or pako salad. Seems not very complicated to make. You just need the following ingredients:
Food cart business offers the most portable type of food service. Since all the things needed for your business are in the cart. For example, the cooking utensils and equipment, cashier and the items you sell. There are many types of food cart businesses you can think of like pearl shakes, fruit shakes, nachos, siomai, baked good, fish ball, squid ball or rice in a box. The popularity of this type of business makes 1 billion pesos of sales every year.