Meet Kamille Rodriguez Bories and her Belgian husband Jelle Bories, who are gracing both the foreign and Filipino communities in Belgium with exceptional ice cream experience. ‘Sorbetes ni Manong Jelle’ started in July 2020 at their humble abode in Sint Niklaas. And this couple who loves to eat and travel the globe couldn't be happier. For the man of the house, it was a business idea that looked so promising. After all, he's a Pastry Chef by profession. For the lovely wife, it had to do more about missing home. She couldn't help it. She started requesting to add one Filipino flavor after another to their ice cream recipes. The next thing they know. . .
There's a Belgian guy peddling around the famous Filipino ice cream in a kariton-inspired bike.
Maybe Kamille realizes it, maybe she doesn't — but she's definitely preserving her culture in a big way while living abroad.
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There's a Belgian guy peddling around the famous Filipino ice cream in a kariton-inspired bike.
Maybe Kamille realizes it, maybe she doesn't — but she's definitely preserving her culture in a big way while living abroad.
Here's another “love” hormone-releasing story for you. And we're taking you back to Europe.
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00:00I'm Camille Rodriguez-Burris. I'm currently living here in Sydney, Glasgow. I'm a part-time
00:24nurse and a part-time entrepreneur. Two-thirds of our menu, the mainstay is Filipino and one-third
00:34we offer the classics. Our mainstay Filipino food flavor is ube, we have Philippine mango,
00:41durian, we have guayabano, we have jackfruit, queso. We also have a halo-halo. We have ice cream
00:48kami na talaga may laman na halo-halo toppings. Yung mga typical na kinakain po nung bata ako,
00:53we try to incorporate as ice cream po. Disadvantage of working abroad is homesickness.
01:02So one of my friends suggested, uy, try masyadong makakapag-meet ng iba outside your circles. Siguro
01:08baka maiikot ka, ma-explain yung Belgian culture. Kaya dun po ako nag-start mag-sign up sa dating
01:14website. After a few swipes, sya po yung napili ko kasi compatible kasi kami. I like her personality,
01:22she is a very nice woman, she is fun, she makes good jokes, and she's very adventurous. Kung ano
01:28yung gusto ko, gusto niya rin. We're both adventurous. Dun po talaga kami nagkasundo.
01:34Pili na po kayo, thanks for this. My husband is a pastry chef. Hindi po niya ni-specialize yung
01:40ice cream, pero nadaanan nila in general yung class in ice cream making. And he wanted to make
01:46his own ice cream kasi parang mas may control kami with regards to sweetness, textures, and flavor.
01:53So one year prior, sige pumayag ako bumili sya ng maliit na ice cream machine. I did pastry school.
01:59We bought an ice cream machine ourselves. We did experimenting and we make a good recipe.
02:06At first, he's making classic flavor and then nag-request ako one time na gumawa sya ng
02:12Filipino flavor ice cream. So yung uno naming ginawa is durian kasi may nakita ako durian sa
02:18Asian market. Then after nun, nag-request ako nag-request ube, mango, hanggat inupista na po
02:24namin patikimin yung mga friends and family namin. And with our friends, they suggested that we should
02:30try selling to the Filipino marketplace kasi parang may potential daw po. So we started
02:35selling to the marketplaces po. Matagal na po kami nagkahanap ng bike. Nag-iisip kami kung
02:42actual shop or bike and we decided to have a bike so we can go around. And then luckily,
02:47I found a manufacturer in Austria. I just need some specific design na para magiging
02:55So Betes Cariton talaga. Kaya rin po namin pinili yan kasi we want to maintain po na
03:01we offer Filipino ice cream flavor po. Tsaka catchy sya. Kasi may mga ice cream truck din po dito.
03:11Yung first few weeks of business, the struggle po talaga is to find a
03:16client, a paying client. So iba ka po kasi yung family or yung friend na bibili
03:21sa hindi namin kakilala. So it took us around three weeks of posting online. So may dalawang
03:29naging interested, bumili. Dalawa. Dineliver pa namin 40 minutes ride from us. Free delivery.
03:36And luckily, they love it. They post it in Instagram and from there, nagboom yung business.
03:43Ice cream is a seasonal business so we have to be creative. Ngayon winter po,
03:48pinagkakabisiyan po namin is outside ice cream po. Nagkitin na rin kami. Ngayon starting,
03:53and yung praline bonbons. We're just trying to be creative to keep the business afloat during
03:59winter time. Before din po, nagkaproblema din po kami sourcing our ingredients po because
04:07yung mga inooffer namin na product is not easily accessible in Belgium or even all over Europe.
04:14Nagkakaproblema but we find ways to find a solution for it. Our name is not yet that
04:20stable to completely quit our job. Kaya nagpa-part-time kami pareho. About the name
04:27naman po, Sorbetes ni Manuel. We chose Sorbetes because we try to specialize specifically Asian
04:35or Filipino flavored ice cream. Kasi every corner naman po dito may ice cream shop. Pero kami lang
04:42po yung nagtitinda dito ng ube. Kami lang yung nagtitinda, for now, ng durian. So we chose
04:47Sorbetes because that's Filipino ice cream. And ni Yellen, ni Mano Yellen. Mano is normally,
04:54di ba, pag nagtitinda yung mga sorbetero, maano yung tawag natin. And Yellen is the one who's
05:03making ice cream. Wala pa kaming ice cream shop so we try to do it one step at a time because
05:12we have two kids and we don't want to gamble all our savings. So hopefully in a few years,
05:19baka magkaroon na kami ng production setup talaga or ice cream shop.
05:26Laki po ako sa tita ko. Tita ko po is laging umaalas. So na-instill po sa akin yung
05:32pagtatravel. So one of the easiest way to travel is to work abroad. Kasi yung sweldo ko naman po
05:38sa Pilipinas as a nurse. Honestly, di po malayo yung mararating. So nag-nursing po ako so I can
05:44work abroad. I came here 2013, mga nine years ago, to work as a nurse. Honestly, before po, parang
05:53hindi ko masyadong naririnig yung Belgium. Ang alam ko lang po sa Belgium nung na-Belgian waffle
05:58and that's it. You can earn good with selling ice cream pero sa dami ng investment, for now,
06:06di pa ganun kalaki yung kinikita namin. So hopefully in a year or two, sana makaipon kami
06:12enough para makapag-invest ng small shop. We don't want a big factory. That's not the goal. We just
06:20want to stay small and sell quality ice cream. So that's the plan. For our kababayans in Belgium or
06:30even in mainland Europe, you can always follow our Instagram page and Facebook page, Sorbetes
06:37ni Manong Yele. You can also visit our website at www.manongyele.com. We try to be creative.
06:47We try to bring our kababayan here in the Philippines through our ice cream.
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