The origin of tiffin carrier has sparked many debates. Tiffin has been used for centuries in India. The first and earliest enamel Peranakan tiffins found in Malaysia were from Czechoslovakia in the 1950s-60s.
Tiffin carrier was popular as “lunch box” in the olden days. Today, there are still countries producing tiffins but the demands are slowly diminishing with the use of plastic and polystyrene boxes.
The European manufacturers such as Czechoslovakia, Sweden, Germany, Hungary and Austria mostly produce enamel tiffins while the stainless steel or aluminum tiffins are produced by Thailand, China and India.
The Peranakan community love the tiffins which were manufactured in Europe as they tend to have an affinity with the British. Hence, Peranakan tiffins have bright and colourful floral motif on one side while the other side was painted with Peranakan greetings like Slamat Bukka (Happy Opening), Slamat Angkat (Happy Carrying), Slamat Makan (Happy Eating) and Slamat Untong (Happy Profiting), as shown in the pictures below.
Do check on my previous post about the tiffin carriers.
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Tiffin carrier was popular as “lunch box” in the olden days. Today, there are still countries producing tiffins but the demands are slowly diminishing with the use of plastic and polystyrene boxes.
The European manufacturers such as Czechoslovakia, Sweden, Germany, Hungary and Austria mostly produce enamel tiffins while the stainless steel or aluminum tiffins are produced by Thailand, China and India.
The Peranakan community love the tiffins which were manufactured in Europe as they tend to have an affinity with the British. Hence, Peranakan tiffins have bright and colourful floral motif on one side while the other side was painted with Peranakan greetings like Slamat Bukka (Happy Opening), Slamat Angkat (Happy Carrying), Slamat Makan (Happy Eating) and Slamat Untong (Happy Profiting), as shown in the pictures below.
Do check on my previous post about the tiffin carriers.
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