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THE MEN BEHIND BIRDMEN TEACH YOU HOW TO REBEL AGAINST THE CORPORATE WORLD

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Choy Calaquian, Paolo Derroca, and Hadley Mariano tried doing the 9-to-5 in a company thing, and it didn’t really work out for them. That’s ne, considerin­g this generation is starting to get more and more disillusio­ned with the lifestyle. So they decided, after one failed venture, to start their own fried chicken place, Birdmen, and just go to town with it.

“It’s really about the passion of doing something you want to do, and not waking up hating Monday mornings,” says Paolo. “We work, we do errands for the business during weekends, so it’s doing what you really want to. You’re not forced to do a routine you’re not satis ed with. We didn’t feel like taking the route that didn’t give us the satisfacti­on.” And they put up a restaurant because everybody loves food—it also doesn’t hurt that it’s also their passions.

By the time you read this, Birdmen has already brought that Southern fried chicken avor, a type of chicken Filipinos aren’t too familiar with, to the Yard Undergroun­d food park in Kapitolyo, Pasig, but also check your nearest food bazaar or Backyard Grill at the Park HingeBYG . Go nd them wherever and whenever you end up in these parts. Zero regrets.

 ??  ?? Pro tip: Birdmen’s potato croquettes are underrated. You’re gonna want to get more; two isn’t enough.
Pro tip: Birdmen’s potato croquettes are underrated. You’re gonna want to get more; two isn’t enough.

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