INTRODUCTION
Peranakans are descendants of migrants from China who settled in Singapore, Penang and Melaka, inter-marrying with local Malays. The Malay word nyonya is actually a term of respect and affection for women, and it has come to refer to the cuisine of the Peranakans nowadays.
Peranakan cuisine is the interesting and unique combination of Chinese ingredient with variety of spices and cooking techniques used by the malay community and other influences. The notable dishes are Ayam Ponteh, Assam Laksa, Cap Cai , Otak otak and etc.
Melaka, as one of the state which have large number of Peranakan community besides Pulau Pinang, have played an important role in development and inheritance of Nyonya’s food.
With the Peranakan descents, Nancy Mok Siok Kim had decided to open a Peranakan cuisine restaurant named Nancy’s Kitchen with the mission to promote delicious Peranakan cuisine with fair and reasonable price. Even though she did not start her business pretty, but the passion of her toward her business had help her to against all odds and finally become one of the most successful entrepreneur in Melaka with plenty of achievement.
PROFILE OF THE ENTREPRENEUR INTERVIEWED
The proud owner of a well-known Restaurant Nancy’s Kitchen in Malacca was Mok Siok Kim. She is a Nyonya who is 46 years old. Before she had started the Nyonya’s food business at the age of 33, she have a small catering at her home and sell home-made Nyonya’s cookies and cake and also a part-timer.
When she started the business, she felt difficulties have encountered her. Due to that time there were only three or four persons in the restaurant, she needed to do all things by her own. For example, she ha...
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...ceive training in order to upgrade themselves with the government’s incentive and cooperate with the hotel to run cooking class had proven that Madam Nancy seize every opportunity she had which will excel her business performance in the future without hesitation. Besides, she is fully aware that owning a wider space of shop and constantly creating new recipes will definitely boasting her business performance had shown that being visionary is what make Madam Nancy outstand her competitor nowadays.
We do believe that the four element that had discussed above are also apply for every equally success entrepreneur and future entrepreneur will be in order to success. With the positive characteristics possessed by Madam Nancy and the uniqueness of Nyonya’s food, Nancy’s kitchen will definitely become a well known restaurant globally, and it is just a matter of time
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