Tiffin carriers or dabbas are a kind of lunch box used widely in Asia and the Caribbean for tiffin meals. From India, they spread to Malaysia and Singapore[1] and Trinidad and Tobago.[2]
In the Indian city of Mumbai, there is a complex and efficient delivery system that regularly delivers hot lunches packed in dabbas to city office workers from their suburban homes or from a caterer. It uses delivery workers known as dabbawalas.[1]
The book Tiffin: An Untold Story covers 172 tiffin carriers, some over a century old.[3][4]
- ^ a b Leong-Salobir, Cecilia (2011). Food Culture in Colonial Asia; A Taste of Empire (Hardback ed.). London: Routledge. p. 57. ISBN 9780415606325.
- ^ Yang, Eun; Gibson, Teneille (6 July 2021). "Food Fare: H Street's Cane Pays Tribute to Trinidad Roots with Tiffin Boxes". NBCUniversal Media.
- ^ Filmer, Andrea (2020). "Malaysian book explores the wonders of vintage tiffin carriers". The Star. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ Ong, K.H. (8 March 2020). "Story of tiffin carriers never dies, say authors after book launch". Buletin Mutiara. Retrieved 20 November 2022.