Background
The seventh child of the family, Kwan was born 1933 in Kluang, Johor, Malaysia. Kwan"s father was a labourer and her mother was a homemaker.
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Kwan Swee Lian
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She studied at Kuan Cheng Girls" School in Kuala Lumpur, where her family relocated to later.
Career
Known as the "nasi lemak queen", she is recognised for establishing Sakura, a restaurant famous for its nasi lemak and beef rendang. After two years of secondary education, Lwan decided to pursue a professional career. Starting out as a salesperson, she established Sakura, a hair salon, around 1958.
Sakura was subsequently converted into a restaurant some two decades later.
Due to unspecified bad choices, Kwan had to sell Sakura around the year 2000. Deciding to work from a rented food stall, Kwan suffered another setback when no profits were made.
Instead, large losses were incurred due to the high rent and the cost of the ingredients. The rendang sold at Madam Kwan"s is personally cooked by Kwan, alongside other food items.
The restaurant is recognised for its beef rendang and nasi lemak, the latter selling around a thousand plates a day.
Kwan also serves as a food taster for Madam Kwan"son
