Zen Corporation Group, a Bangkok-based operator of more than a dozen restaurant brands, is looking to expand its AKA Japanese yakiniku restaurant chain across Southeast Asia using the franchise model, Thai media reported on Friday.

Thanyachate Ekvetchavit, CEO of Zen Group, told the Nation that the company is in talk with prospective franchisees and expects to open 10 new AKA restaurants in Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia and Myanmar in the next five years.

Zen Group recently acquired Tummour, a chain of Isaan food restaurants with over 123 locations in Southeast Asia including Phnom Penh.