Then in 2008, another opportunity came along. A friend of Han came to know of a Malaysian restaurant at 22 Torrens Road in East Tamaki, up for sale, told Han about it. Though The Chin Family have not been to Malaysia at that time, they love the food from the region. Han make a quick decision to buy the restaurant, retained its name, Sri Mahkota, and their venture into the restaurant business widened. The restaurant was renovated and kitchen upgraded, however, due to its popularity, some coming from as far as North Shore, and the size of the premise, customers are often left queuing for seats, customers demand for another restaurant to be opened. Thus, Sri Mahkota Restaurant at 164A Great South Road in Epsom, was added in 2009 to cope with the demand is being managed by Leslie and Alan. In the following year, 2010, yet another Sri Mahkota Restaurant was added into their chain of restaurants at 207 Symonds Street in Auckland City, which is managed by Denis and Hean.

Mahkota means 揅rown?in English. And this restaurant certainly deserves its name. Sri Mahkota serves a variety of Malaysian Cuisines. Beef, chicken, pork, fish, prawns, squid and vegetables cooked in different Malaysian styles ?deep fried, curry, assam, rendang and sambal are just some examples. Some of the popular Malaysian noodle dishes are Wat Tan Hor, Char Kuay Teow, Curry Laksa, and not forgetting their famous and most popular of the lot, Fish Noodle Soup. And if you prefer rice, then there is the Hainanese Chicken Rice, Bak Kut Teh, Combination Fried Rice, Curry Chicken Rice, and, of course, also the Nasi Lemak.