Double A Cafe KL - Switched roles

When we started Double A, staffing was one of the biggest challenges we had but Alhamdulillah after all the chats and interviews we managed to build a team! And my major love for the team, you have no idea!

Having a cafe with a goal to introduce home grown local brands and promote the taste of local specialty coffee, some of the biggest problems we've had were whole cakes falling flat onto the floor (right before the shop opens) and a switched that was turned off which led to the death of our premium gelato. Or maybe that dripping water from underneath our coffee machine which we could not identify where it was coming from.

But more importantly, I learned to cut cakes perfectly and ensured that these cakes stood tall on plates for people to take photos.

Fast forward to 4 weeks after, request for hot food came flooding in and we decided to take that leap since the demand for food is there - why not we bring forward the plans for kitchen from 6 months after opening to a month after! We were prepared for the stress, we were prepared to miss our Raya this year eventhough it was our first as husband and wife. Tip: Make sure you marry someone who wants to chase after the same great things. Together.

Many people warned us about not understanding that we needed to be more prepared than we think we were at that time. But I guess you can never be very prepared for anything can you? 2 weeks in and we had one of our busiest week night last week. Customers were streaming in and we had some crazy orders going out and everytime this happens, I thank Allah for giving us such a great crowd! But of course we all went back tired. Happy, thankful and tired.

Tired that two of my boys were on EL the next day. Superteam was down by two and for a moment I sat down and thought gosh, they did so well serving our customers yesterday that they must have been very very tired.

Were we ready to not have chefs for 2 days? No, of course not (are you crazy! Will people buy what I cook? AM I ready to serve a lot of customers?). But we had no other choice but to step into those roles.

So what happens next?

I became chef for 2 days!