don't underestimated hawker or any food seller, their turnover could be 3 - 5 times your salary.

I know a auntie just selling just noodles + side dish (liu fen), only sell morning, earn around 5k-8k per month. usually when i arrive around 11am in the market she's finished, now she retired jor =.=!

my parent's childhood friends, sell meats since I was born, no need rent place just park his lorry near a restaurant, also only sell morning after 11am he start to wash and leave, sell until 2 storey banglo, 2 foreign cars + 4 children's oversea university (i'm one of his son's friend) =.=!

regarding to TS, provided if your hawker's food is nice, you could earn a very good income, but, could you stand the heat everyday? i know this guy work as hawker, 6 month he give up because of the heat and now he's in australia doing another work.

oh by the way, the two above i mentioned is doing it in Ipoh, so maybe KL business more better provided your location is good. and yes location is very important, more people more chances your food can be tasted and spread with mouth around =D

This post has been edited by shoduken: Jul 3 2010, 05:10 AM

good point on this one, whoever do food business do not be stingy on their ingredients, make it affordable yet profitable. if you're stingy on your ingredients and it turns out bad and terrible, customer will know it and will not buy it the second time, and mouth will spread around your foods isn't that good enough (that's me lol)

about ba kut teh not everyone want more pork, i eat ba kut teh because of the soups herbs taste, i usually ask them to put less / entirely take out the pork and replace it with more vegetables.