If you don't have experience running a business, the smartest thing is just buy shares of a company say nestle, public banks and let the management have the headache of running the business.

No such thing as a low risk and high potential income business.

500k not enough for big franchise names, smaller ones that are not famous/local franchises then maybe can la.

Starting your own business from 0, especially FOOD is absurdly hard and time consuming.

If you want to start some halal chap-fan restaurant (there are Malay chap fan shops around, I’m surprised u said they don’t exist 🤣🤣🤣) I suggest u start by selling packed lunch box in ur office.

If u can handle a simple business like packed lunch box in ur office and find the time to cook & find the customers to sell to, then u can start thinking about starting a restaurant/shop.

And if ur idea of starting a business is to be an investor and not do all the work hands-on, then you’ll just lose ur capital and high chance would get cheated on.

Start small, and if u can handle starting small, then only go big and grow it.

Going big straight away without much knowledge and experience probably gonna fail.

Taste while important, is not the only factor. A lot of things like location, promotion and even luck plays a factor.

Many times I see shop which I think the food is better has less customers than shop with more mediocre food.

Quality control and a genuine love of food is needed, even for "fast food" franchise. I'd argue ESPECIALLY for fast food because everyone knows how it tastes like, they expect a certain level of speed and quality

must train cooks to handle food properly n cleanly, make sure quality is consistent, and comes out on time....pay for vaccination for typhoid....learn how to handle unreasonable customers....get honest people to work at cash register...get an intelligent manager or two who have proper leadership skills...

if TS not a foodie and not a people person then going to be problem to even get past local council food safety inspection