Hi

I have a stall, serving western food. I can say it's doing quite ok, enough for me to live my daily life comfortably. after doing business for more 10 years already, I do have some cash now to spend, thinking of setting up new branch.

Since I'm manning the restaurant myself, I don't really have much time to go out to do some research on which area/places i should consider. I hope anyone here can suggest me an interesting area/food court/places that attract crowds, and I'll try to find some time to survey the area by myself.

Thanks.

p/s: here's the link to my stall's FB page....for you to get some idea how my small stall looks like, so you suggest more relevant places for me. This is not an advert

Moon's Kitchen

Thanks

This post has been edited by ciahcra: Sep 30 2012, 09:22 PM

Yes please come

Not really looking for investor/business partner for now, maybe in the future. Probably gonna manage by myself, since i already trained one cook to handle current stall.

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Added on October 1, 2012, 1:09 amYes please come and try

There's an album called Menu in the Page, but i guess it's not complete, coz it only has photos of some item in our menu. Some item are seasonal (like lobster, wagyu etc....), but most are there everyday.

This post has been edited by ciahcra: Oct 1 2012, 01:09 AM

I'm not worried about that one cook that I have, because I've known him for a long time already, I've paid him quite well, can be consider above average. Also, some of the receipe are still secrets eg. black pepper, mushroom, garlic sauces etc...the main paste of these sauces I still make them myself. So I believe it's a non issue. and my cook has been there for 4 years already, and I admit sometimes he cook better than me. I also asked some of our regulars, they said no different in taste, still as good like mine, if not better.

Yes we do have some staff issue at the moment. maybe because I only hire locals, and not many are interested to work at a small stall like mine. I did hired foreigners before, that was the time when I have no staff issue, because lots of them wanted the job. However, I want to give locals some opportunity, that's why for now I only hire them. I do get applications from time to time, but when I hire, most of them won't stick around for a long time.

I hope if I open a slightly bigger store, at a better location, that could entice them, the local, to come work with me. My backup plan is to consider hiring foreigners again. That could potentially solve the staff issue that I'm currently facing.....

lol, i'm about to say the same thing, but afraid it might sound rude. you're right, maybe it's not a big restaurant or anything. but I do know how to run my own business. after all, my humble stall has been at the same place since 2000. yes I do encounter problems from time to time, but it's still standing, so I believe in my capability to handle any problems thrown at me. but anyway, I'd really appreciate the inputs from you guys.

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Added on October 1, 2012, 7:39 pmI'm not sure what's my target market are, because as of now, all kind of people walk in to my stall. teenagers, young working adults, families. If I have to choose, probably middle to high income families.....I got tons of them coming every night.

price range vary. for main course, range from RM13 up to RM80. RM13 normally for fried dishes like chicken chop, fish n chip etc. some steaks also can fall into that price, depending on the type of meat. RM80 is for 600g lobster. I also have Wagyu, rougly around RM70. I guess these two are the most expensive at the moment.

Yes, I already had someone on training, but I'm looking to train 1-2 more.....

This post has been edited by ciahcra: Oct 1 2012, 07:39 PM

Ok thank you for your opinions

I have around RM100k, and planning to apply for loans from government agency. maybe MARA or any other relevant agency.

Are you living in Bandar Utama? I'm not too familiar with the area, but will check it out soon.

The reasons I'm thinking of Shah Alam is because quite high number of my regulars are from Shah Alam and Klang, so I guess, it would be good if I open at a place with ready customers.

I wonder as well. I'm neither looking for financial support, nor trying to promote here. So I'm not oblige to disclose who's who. He could probably be right, I might not be the real owner, but I can assure you, I have a say in this matter. That's all I could say. And thank you everyone for the suggestions. Really appreciate it.

So far not yet. But my first choice is shah alam, to cater the demand from that side (shah alam, klang etc...). So far I'm busy designing new concept for the shop, plus busy with my day job as well. do you have any place that you would like to recommend?

found a good rental deal at Jaya One, PJ. the position of the shop also not bad. just wondering how's the crowd there, day and night? and the accessibility?

you're very much welcome

Unfortunately no. The current one at Pandan Indah, KL is the only one at the moment.