Froyo in Brunei: History, Trends & Shops

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For a small country in Southeast Asia on the island of Borneo with a population of 428k, Brunei has quite a bit of froyo. The country is oil-rich with a high per capita GDP and high literacy rates. About 79% of the population is Muslim and the majority of the population is Malay. The largest cities are Bandar Seri Begawan (population 64,409), Kuala Belait (population 31,178), and Seria (population 30,097).

Mochi was the pioneering froyo brand in Brunei, opening in October 2011. It was counter-serve and offered tart froyo flavors. A few other froyo shops opened in 2011-2013. Most were counter-serve and served a few tart froyo flavors like Mochi. Tutti Frutti was the first to offer self-serve froyo in Brunei when it opened in 2012. The majority of froyo shops that opened in the early 2000’s did not last longer than two years. The only one that is still open is Mochi.

Brunei is in the middle of a froyo renaissance with more froyo shops than ever. A new wave of froyo shops opened after 2020. Most of the froyo shops that are open today are counter-serve and Spanish yogurt or Spanish yogurt inspired brands like Llaollao, Smooy, and Yole. Llaollao and Yole opened their first branches in Brunei in 2021 and that seems to have touched off the froyo renaissance.

Current Froyo Shops

  • Heyyog, XW24+PRR Rimba Point, Bandar Seri Begawan, is a Spanish froyo influenced, counter-serve froyo shop, opened at Rimba Point in Brunei in August 2022.
  • Heyyog, J87J+J76, Seria, the second location opened at Seria Plaza in Seria in January 2023.
  • Heyyog, No. 33 Ground floor, Block B, Petani Mall Tutong, opened at Petani Mall Tutong in August 2023.
  • Jolly Froyo, The Core Residential College, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Tungku Link Gadong—BE 1410, opened in October 2022. It is a counter-serve froyo shop that claims to have the best froyo in town. The froyo might be vegan.
  • Llaollao, Unit 2.16c, 2nd floor, The Mall, Abdul Razak Complex, Jalan Gadong, opened in February 2021. This was the first Llaollao in Brunei.
  • Llaollao, Jalan Pandan Lima, Kuala Belait, opened new outlet at KB Sentral on December 1, 2021.
  • Mochi Frozen Yogurt, Grd Flr, Times Square Shopping Centre, Brunei, opened in 2018. This is not the original location.
  • Mochi Frozen Yogurt, Block C, No. 19, Ground floor, Kg. Pekan Muara.
  • Smooy, Unit No.16, Block B Ground Floor Bangunan Haji Awang Ahmad Bin Awang Hassan & Anak-Anak, Bandar Seri Begawan BE1518, opened in late 2022.
  • Smooy, Unit No. 4, Basement 1, Hua Ho Manggis Mall, Kpg Manggis, Jln Muara, BSB, BC3615, opened in June 2023.
  • Tropical Soft Surf Café, Unit 8, Aman hills, Jalan Muara, is a coffee and dessert café that serves yogurt, ice cream, waffles, milkshakes, and coffee. The café opened in April 2022. The ice cream and froyo are counter-serve.
  • Yeodeol Ice Cream, WW87+C9Q, Jalan Batu Bersurat, Bandar Seri Begawan, is offered
    at Eight Tea Batu Besurat as of July 2022.
  • Yeodeol, WXX7+87V, Bandar Seri Begawan BC3315, is available at Eight Tea at the Sunway Centre
  • Yeodeol, Jalan 18, Perumahan Negara Rimba, BE 3119, is available at Eight Tea at Rimba Point
  • Yeodeol, Mentiri, is available at Eight Tea in Mentiri.
  • Yole, Setia Kenangan 2, Unit No. F11, Ground Floor, Block F, Setia Kenangan 2, Kg Kiulap was the first Yole in Brunei. It opened in December 2021.
  • Yole, Unit G70, Rimba Point, Lot 58865, Kg Rimba, Bandar Seri Begawan, opened on February 1, 2022. Yole is the counter-serve Spanish froyo concept started by former Llaollao franchisees.
  • Yole, GR02, Block A, Ground Floor, Lot 16177, Kampong Parit, Mukim Kianggeh, BA1912,
    Negara, opened on July 22, 2023 at The One.
  • Yole opened a froyo truck in Brunei in December 2022
  • Yole, Ground Floor, One Riverside, 1 Jln Gadong, Bandar Seri Begawan, BA151, is listed on the Yole website. It either opened in 2022 or 2023.
  • Yonique Froyo, Unit 15, First Floor, Impiana Jaya Complex, Bandar Seri Begawan, is a local counter-serve froyo brand founded in late 2020 and certified halal. They also have yogurt drinks and shakes.
  • Yonique, WXX7+9CM, Bandar Seri Begawan, opened in March 2023 at Sunway Centre.

Closed Froyo Shops

  • Blitz Yogurt, 109 Mabohai Shopping Complex, Simpang 99, Bandar Seri Begawan, was a counter-serve froyo shop that opened in late 2011. The menu included froyo, crepes, gelato, waffles, and pancakes. This location seems to have closed in 2017 or 2018.
  • Blitz Yogurt, Jerudong Park Foodcourt. Phase 3 No.26, seems to have opened in 2016 and closed in 2018.
  • Dezato Yoghurt Ice-Cream, Unit No 21, Ground Floor, Bangunan Haji Matussin HA & Haji Abdullah HM Adik-Beradik.
  • Kampung Kiulap, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam, was a dessert shop that served counter-serve froyo, juices, milk tea, coffee, light snacks, etc. It seems to have opened in 2013 and closed in 2015.
  • Guilingao Dessert House, Harapan Complex, Kuala Belait, was a Chinese style dessert café that opened in 2015 and served froyo, waffles, ice cream, yogurt balls, dessert soups, etc. The shop closed in 2023. They announced plans to move in March 2023 but there has been no update on the new location since then.
  • Mochi Frozen Yogurt, WWRQ+3WF, Bandar Seri Begawan BB2713, was the original location at the Airport Mall. The shop first opened in 2011 and moved to Times Square in 2018.
  • Mochi Frozen Yogurt, Jalan Kampong Kiulap, BSB BE1518, Negara Brunei Darussalam, may have opened in 2013. The closing date is unknown.
  • Tutti Frutti, G27, Ground Floor, Citis Square, Berakas, Negara Brunei Darussalam, was the first self-serve froyo shop in Brunei. Part of the international froyo chain, Tutti Frutti Brunei opened in 2012 and closed in 2014.
  • Yole, Unit GFL2, Ground Floor, Times Square Shopping Centre Spg 13-29, Jln Berakas, Kg, BS2713, opened in February 2022 and closed in June 2023.

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