MAS TAUFIK – OWNER REP RESTO DI ZAM-ZAM TOWER
Namanya Mas Taufik.
Mahasiswa saya—
yang sebentar lagi akan maju sidang skripsi,
tapi kesehariannya lebih sering terlihat seperti orang yang sedang mengelola negara kecil.
Mas Taufik bukan mahasiswa biasa.
Selain kuliah, ia adalah Owner Representative kepercayaan pemilik DAMBA Resto
yang lokasinya bukan main-main:
➡️ Clock Tower / Zam-Zam Tower,
tepat di area Kabah.
Singkatnya,
kalau mahasiswa lain mikir skripsi,
Mas Taufik mikir flow kitchen dengan view Ka’bah.
Tahun silam, saya sempat menjenguk Mas Taufik di Mekkah.
Niat awalnya silaturahmi.
Berakhir jadi rapat proyek lintas negara.
Kami berdiskusi panjang tentang rencana resto yang akan dibangun di Saudi Arabia.
Mulai dari drawing block plan, zoning dapur, sirkulasi tamu,
sampai hitungan detail yang bikin barista ikut pusing.
Diskusinya dimulai pukul 21.00 malam.
Dan berakhir pukul 02.00 pagi.
Lokasinya?
Salah satu coffee shop di Mekkah.
Enam bulan lalu, Mas Taufik mengabari saya:
“Pak, restonya sudah running. Tapi sekarang saya makin sibuk.”
Saya percaya.
Karena kalau resto sudah running di area Saudi Arabia,
kata sibuk itu artinya level internasional.
Lalu saya bilang padanya, setengah bercanda tapi penuh makna:
“Mas Taufik, you di sini cukup 10 tahun saja ya. Setelah itu pulang. Bangun Indonesia dengan pengalamanmu di sini. Ingat, bangsamu menunggu karyamu—walau mereka tidak pernah menagihnya. Tapi saya, sebagai dosen yang mentoring kamu, hanya mengingatkan hal ini.”
Mas Taufik menjawab dengan tenang:
“Baik, Pak. Memang begitu planning saya ke depan.”
Jawaban singkat.
Tapi berat.
Karena Mas Taufik adalah contoh mahasiswa yang sibuknya jauh dari kampus,
tapi hatinya tetap pulang ke Indonesia.
Dan sekarang, sambil mengurus resto di depan Kabah,
Mas Taufik juga bersiap menghadapi satu ujian sakral lainnya:
➡️ sidang skripsi.
Semoga sidangnya lancar.
Karena kalau sudah lolos ngurus resto di Zam-Zam Tower,
ujian dosen…
insyaAllah tinggal bismillah.
TIM
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PROFILE TODAY: MAS TAUFIK – OWNER REP RESTO IN ZAM-ZAM TOWER
His name is Mas Taufik.
One of my students—
who is about to face his thesis defense,
yet in daily life looks more like someone running a small country.
Mas Taufik is not your average student.
Besides studying, he serves as the trusted Owner’s Representative of DAMBA Resto,
located at a place that is anything but ordinary:
➡️ Clock Tower / Zam-Zam Tower,
right in the Kaaba area.
In short,
while other students are thinking about their thesis,
Mas Taufik is thinking about kitchen flow—with a Kaaba view.
Last year, I had the chance to visit Mas Taufik in Mecca.
What started as a friendly visit
ended up as an international project meeting.
We had a long discussion about his restaurant project in Saudi Arabia—
from block plan drawings, kitchen zoning, guest circulation,
to detailed calculations that even made the barista dizzy.
The discussion started at 9:00 PM.
And ended at 2:00 AM.
The location?
A coffee shop in Mecca.
Six months ago, Mas Taufik messaged me:
“Sir, the restaurant is already running. But now I’m even busier.”
I believed him.
Because when a restaurant is running in Saudi Arabia,
the word busy automatically means international level.
Then I told him—half joking, but full of meaning:
“Mas Taufik, stay here for just 10 years. After that, go home. Build Indonesia with the experience you gain here. Remember, your nation is waiting for your work—even though it never asks for it. But as the lecturer who mentors you, I must remind you of this.”
Mas Taufik replied calmly:
“Yes, Sir. That has always been my future plan.”
A short answer.
But a heavy one.
Because Mas Taufik is the kind of student whose busyness happens far from campus,
yet whose heart always returns to Indonesia.
And now, while managing a restaurant right in front of the Kaaba,
Mas Taufik is preparing for another sacred challenge:
➡️ his thesis defense.
May the defense go smoothly.
Because if you’ve already survived running a restaurant at Zam-Zam Tower,
a lecturer’s questions…
inshallah, just say Bismillah.
THE TEAM
