His passion for cars, racing and rallying has led Emirati youth Abdullah Al Shuaibi to enter the business world and open his own Hot Dog Garage in Dubai, which was not his first project, preceded by a garage project for racing cars in the desert. Shuaibi was exposed to a dangerous traffic accident because of the speed of making him aware of the seriousness of the matter, and that a simple mistake may cause loss of life or damage to the lives of innocent people. This incident played a role in the direction of Shoaibi to establish projects to raise awareness of the risks of speed in the wrong place allocated, So.
Al Shuaibi said in an interview with Emirates Today that his passion for racing began early, and participated in many races and charity events aimed at raising awareness of social issues. He also participated in the Umm Al Quwain Rally, pointing out that he sought to acquire cars with equipment suitable for racing more, 2009, he asked America, but over time discovered that there are no garages for repair and maintenance of this type of cars, so he and his brother and a number of owners opened a garage to take care of their own cars, and with the days began speed lovers and racing cars know the garage and frequented him.
"What distinguishes our work is that we treat it as a hobby, not a business that aims at material gain from the customer, we deal with customers' cars as if they own us, we also create a community for racing fans, we give them experience, even in ordinary cars, Safely and without endangering themselves. "
Shuaibi, who studied the media at the colleges of technology, pointed out that his project was not without difficulties, the most important of which is spending on the garage, paying rent, etc. "But these difficulties have declined after we have customers who frequented us,
A different project
"Hot Dog Garage" is the second project inspired by Abdullah Al Shuaibi from his passion for racing; a fast food restaurant inspired by his designs from the world of cars, where he collected the spare parts of old cars had the processing and dyeing himself, and used in the place as pieces of decoration, The restaurant has a location close to the desert, offering customer draws and winning tours of the desert rally cars, even the menu and food names derived from the racing world.
"I love everything that is strange, and I always look for the difference, which is what I do in my restaurant," he said. "From the beginning, I was keen to change the public's view of hot dogs as an unhealthy food made from meat. "Unlike the rest of the restaurants that add different flavors to Hot Dog through the additions after processing it, we consider the first restaurant to be based on flavors, with the addition of meat and bread, Black in black), which consists of hot dog and bread with the addition of healthy charcoal, and so each meal carries Of different, such as ice Krk, coal, coffee and other ». The difference in the restaurant depends not only on the decoration of the place and the menu, but also on the way of serving. For example, drinks are served in bags resembling blood bags and have strange symbols, such as skulls and others. Shuaibi says some of his friends are afraid of presenting these strange ideas to the public "but over time people like them, because they are different."
Safe areas for speed
Al-Shuaibi expressed the hope that specific areas in the desert will be allocated to speed-racing enthusiasts, to exercise their hobby and organize their races in a safe environment away from the streets, with the importance of providing safety precautions and an ambulance unit in these places, pointing out that he refrained from driving very quickly within cities, After he suffered a serious accident when he was driving a race car and entered a repair area in Ras Al Khor. He fell into a hole five meters deep, filled with water and almost drowned until the police came and rescued him. "Then I realized that speed had no place on the internal roads. the cities".