Heavy vehicle driver switches from life on the road to running a restaurant

Samsul (left) supervising his staff in his restaurant called Shahida Lee Kitchen near Che Lijah in Dungun, Terengganu.

NO ONE would have thought that a driver of 50-tonne trailer lorries could become a chef and own a restaurant.

Samsul Zam Zam Paan, 34, has successfully made the switch from gripping the steering wheel to handling pots and pans in the kitchen of a restaurant in Dungun, Terengganu.