Abstract: This research aims to describe and find the knowledge concept related to the the urban kampong’s ability to survive and adapt through local economic culture. The research methods employed in this research were the ethnography and the grounded theory, and its process was done by applying qualitative research steps. The combination of both research techniques are formulated as ‘QUAL + qual’ in which the ethnography is the first method while the grounded theory is the second one. This research found that Bustaman is the kampong of curry.