i do remember carrying the tiffin-carrier! that 3 tiered tiffin carrier is very popular in Vancouver and I have even seen one "modernized" (read more expensive) version in a mainstream health food store.
On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 8:13 AM, Namitha Jagadeesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Ashwin, > Oddly enough, everyone (around me at least) seems to think of "tiffin" as > the lunchbox rather than the breakfast/snack it carries. > Radhika, Deepa, > Funny we all thought it was a uniquely kannada/tamil/telugu thing :) > > On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 8:37 PM, Ashwin N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 22:30, Radhika, Y. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Tiffin is an Andhra staple and I always thought it was unique to > andhra! > > > > The MTR (Mavalli Tiffin Rooms) [1] is an old famous eatery in > > Bangalore. I always believed tiffin was of pan-Indian usage. The > > lunchbox I took to school was always called the "tiffin-carrier" :-) > > > > [1] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mavalli_Tiffin_Rooms> > > > > ~ash > > > > > -- Radhika, Y.R. Project Manager, Centering Women project, Sri Lanka International Center for Sustainable Cities 415 - 1788 W. 5th Avenue Vancouver BC Canada
