Comments on: Divine Dabbawallas

By: Kristine Maitland

Kristine Maitland — Tue, 22 May 2007 13:10:00 +0000

I would give to get hot food delivered in a tiffin. I have a two-tier tiffin that I carry my lunch in here in Toronto, Canada. Given that Toronto is perhaps one of the most multicultural cities in the world, I find that it is great conversation starter – the tiffin brings back memories of “home” from Guyana to Poland.

By: Cool Insider

Cool Insider — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 14:56:00 +0000

jason,

Actually from an environmental perspective (my next pet concern... he he) using tiffins are better than the styrofoam containers, plastic spoons and forks which get disposed of. Speaking of which oftentimes the simplest solution can be the most elegant way to solve a problem.

By: Jason Ho

Jason Ho — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 08:52:00 +0000

These guys got my respect man..fwah..not easy carrying such stuffs...

Quite coincidental tho..I just learnt of the word tiffin yesterday and then read more about it today at your blog..coolio..:P

By: Cool Insider

Cool Insider — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 15:34:00 +0000

Good points there Tigerfish. I wonder if Indian cuisine is more amenable to carting over long distances compared to say Chinese vegetable rice or Western steaks? Its true that most Singaporeans are not home - we are too busy trying to earn a living. Also, the convenience of food centres here.

If you do go into this business, I am sure you will do well!

By: tigerfish

tigerfish — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 19:19:00 +0000

Hahah...I cannot imagine carrying the tiffins on my head ;p I need to wrap up my head with a white towel first...buahahaha.

Would you order from me? ;p

One problem about tiffin is Sg - it's hard to do home business since most pple that eat out are working. So when you do the delivery at std hours, no one is at home receiving the tiffin (so where to leave the tiffin of food?) And the food might even be cold when you reach home. IN the end, still have to heat up. So food outlets offer the convenience and flexibility. You can buy and eat when you are ready.
That's why so far tiffin can only target offices.

Unless for homes, tiffin business becomes pizza delivery. Call then deliver. But then it makes cooking at the front end so inefficient.

*still chewing*

By: Cool Insider

Cool Insider — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:01:00 +0000

slurp! I remembered that I used to receive my lunch at home (back when I was in school) from food conveyed in tiffins like this. That was at least 20 over years ago. The food wasn’t too bad but you can’t expect savoury delights hailing from the best chefs in Singapore!

By: slurp!

slurp! — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:25:00 +0000

i read that we used to use tiffins to packet our food from hawker centre in the past? err i not sure ler :P

i doubt any singaporean would want to be seen carry the tiffins on their head when making deliveries. talk about cultural differences! LOLz

By: Cool Insider

Cool Insider — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 00:18:00 +0000

Hi gals, yes they certainly have accomplished quite a feat without any use of hardware or software. I guess ultimately the most important machine ever created is the one inside our heads!

In Singapore, tiffins don't seem to be that popular though, as food outlets are abundant and generally serve fairly high quality meals. As the stay-at-home workers increase in future, there may be a market for this though. Something for Tigerfish to chew over? ;)

By: zeezee

zeezee — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 20:04:00 +0000

Wow.. superman in disguise??
simplicity is most difficult to achieve, bro.

By: tigerfish

tigerfish — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 19:17:00 +0000

So it's called tiffin *i've been ignorant*

always called it na chan ...think it's hokkien or some kind of dialect ;p