The housewife behind Layong’s salted eggs
“My wife’s the one who really runs the place. She’s the one you should speak to,” said my gruff-looking driver, 58-year-old Hj Ali Hj...
The self-discipline that drives the Taurean brand
This year marks a decade that Taurean Cafe have been running at the Arch, and almost 20 years since they first opened in Kiulap serving colourful mocktails...
Brunei’s first homegrown coffee to debut in China
As officials crunched the final numbers of Brunei's agricultural produce in 2014, there was a startling reveal.
Labi, the most populous mukim of Belait's sparsely...
Furniture for your feline: Hadi’s Cat Scratchers
Driving into the vicinity of Hadi Hj Roslan’s house in Meragang, the loud roaring of a Hitachi variable speed jig saw machine echoes. The...
Entrusted to greatness: Khalifa MMA
The first flight of stairs at Tasek Lama are the first hurdle attempted by thousands - from the young to the elderly - looking...
This couple built a duck farm that took them out of poverty
2010 marked the beginning of a difficult spate for Nur Haziyah Abdul Rahman and her husband Muhd Hazim Abdul Rahim Mangkiling.
Hazim's work at Temburong's...
PAZ Tarbiyyah opens Brunei’s first Islamic enrichment centre for children
When Rafeah Serbini and Dr. Hjh Mona Yati Mohd Kassim first met several years ago, both women held budding professional and corporate careers.
Rafeah was...
From Los Angeles to Citis Square: the tale of Wing-it
When American Mexican Gustavo Zavala left Los Angeles in 2009 to visit Brunei, he was winging it.
In his mid-30s, the former graphic designer's contract...
The sisters keeping their teenage pursuit alive: Covered by AnNisa
As consumers in their teens, Hani (L) and Nisa Masir (R) noticed that when buying overseas - it was more cost-effective to buy wholesale...
The school chef behind Temburong’s Udang Galah burgers
In Brunei Tourism's newest pamphlet on Temburong, Udang Galah - known scientifically as Macrobrachium Rosenbergii and more colloquially as the giant river prawn - takes the top spot...