Happy Dumpy

Design Entrepreneurship

I created my design brand with the name Happy Dumpy that produces creative and unique merchandises base on the colourful diversity of food and culture we have in Malaysia. The gift of Malaysian flavour that reflects our identity as Malaysians.

Malaysian food is just as diverse as the colourful mix of people of different cultures here. The distinct variety in taste, spices and origins add on to the colourful story of one's culture. However, the younger generation nowadays are unaware that there are actually lots of interesting stories, characteristic and origin behind Malaysian food.

Unveiling the unique characteristics, origin and stories of Malaysian food, Happy Dumpy puts a fun and modern twist on the colourful array of Malaysian food into handcrafted bags, purses, pouches, pillows, lip balms and soaps. As for tourists, they can’t bring back Malaysian food but they can take back these delightful Malaysian food designs as a memory of the rich multiracial food culture in Malaysia.

Beraneka bentuk dan citarasa,

Sajian menarik dinikmati bersama,

Resepi lama pembuka selera,

Selera warisan budaya kita.

Kuih Kapit / Love Letters Pouches

Modernize Food Tales

The story about why these treats are called “Love Letters” seemed to harken back to days when Peranakan girls were not allowed to meet boys their own age without chaperons, but some intrepid maiden inserted little slivers of notes into the folded kuih kapek and toss them over the wall for the heart-throb next door. As stories go, apparently it was the guy’s younger kid brother who retrieved the “letters” and spilled the beans to the whole neighbourhood.

Reviving the story of kuih kapit, the modern yet authentic kuih kapit pouch is designed. You can insert messages and warm greetings into the kuih kapit pouch and send it to your loved ones or insert paper notes, coins for personal usage.

Serving an array of Nasi Lemak Pouches

100% Goodness. Zero Calories.

Nyonya Dumplings

The eco-friendly reusable rattan basket serve as the packaging for the food purchased.

Feel free to mix and match your favourite food into the rattan basket served. To pack it as a surprise gift, you can choose different fillings and insert them into the bamboo leaf pouches, palm leaf pouches or the banana leaf pouches.

Various Bak Zhang From Various Descendents

Nyonya Zhang, Kee Zhang, Cantonese Zhang, Teo Chew Zhang, Hokkien Zhang and Red Shrimp Zhang Design Collection.

Each has its own origins and story to tell.You can choose your favourite fillings to be inserted into the bak zhang pouches.

A surprise filling with its "clothing" to be given to your loved ones. Just like how colourful our culture is in Malaysia.

Bak Zhang Backpack & Sling Bag

The Unique Dumpling Bags Design Collection

Versatile as it is designed in a way that it can be a backpack or slingbag anytime according to your style. Adjustable sling just like how you unwrap a bak zhang. Synonymous with the Dragon Boat Festival, which is celebrated on the fifth day of in the Chinese lunar calendar, the well-known local favourite - Zongzi or Bak Zhang in Hokkien is a traditional Chinese food made of glutinous rice stuffed with different fillings and wrapped in bamboo, reed, or other large flat leaves. They are also known as rice dumplings.

Bak Zhang Pouches

Various dumplings we have in Malaysia

Chinese New Year Design Collection

Piggy Mandarin Oranges

A Combination of Pig in Mandarin Oranges

Piggy Bank Coin Purses - Make your piggy bank fat with the money saved rather than spent.

May the more the cash flows in, the double the savings will be in your Piggy Bank Coin Purses.

Angku Kueh Ang Pau Holder and Purses

紅龜粿 Ang Ku Kueh is a much-loved steamed “kueh” which influences several communities in Malaysia as a shared heritage. It originated from the south-eastern coastal province of Fujian, China. Typically associated with the Hokkien-speaking communities in Fujian as well as across the Straits in Taiwan, the Hakka community too have their own version which they call 龜粄 or 新丁粄

For the Chinese, the tortoise is a symbolic of longevity, to be blessed with a good life. Longevity is translated into good wishes for our loved ones, especially to the elderly and is echoed within Peranakan culture to be “ho miah” and be blessed with “panjang panjang umur“. Prosperity, longevity and good fortune. It is designed into purses and Ang pau holders.

Piggy mandarin oranges purses and plushies
Mandarin orange has always been considered as a traditional symbol of good fortune. This is mainly because the word orange, when spoken in mandarin, "kam" sounds similar to the word “wealth”. Based on the Chinese tradition, the orange hue of the fruit also symbolises “gold”, which makes it a very auspicious fruit. The Ongink purses and plushies design collection.

Serving Angku Kueh Soaps too.

Healthy yet delicious on skin. Each has its very own natural fragrance.
Natural Colouring extracted from fruits, essential oils and flowers with sweet almond oil,

jojoba oil, coconut oil & olive oil with a pinch of Malaysian flavour. Tasty recipes for your skin.

Essential oils used for each colour of angku kueh soaps are

Red-Rasberry
Orange-Sweet orange
Yellow-Lemon
Green-Green tea
Purple- Lavender

Angku Kueh Backpacks and Sling Bags

Let your taste buds travel with you wherever you go. The tortoise shaped Angku Kueh is designed into backpacks and slingbags. For the Chinese, the tortoise is a symbolic of longevity, to be blessed with a good life. Red tortoise cakes are also prepared for occasions that are culturally important to the Chinese such as a newborn baby's first month or birthdays of the elderly. Eating red tortoise cakes during these times is meant to represent blessings for the child and longevity for the elderly. Isn't it cute for children, students or young adults walking with the tortoise shell as a backpack?

Malaysian Kuih-Muih Soap

Kuih lapis, kuih talam, ondeh-ondeh, kuih pelangi soaps....

A variety of colourful Malaysian kuih soaps to pick 🇲🇾
Pick your favourite flavour and scent. 85% olive oil.

Moulded into soaps, this traditional Malay and Peranakan kueh called ondeh-ondeh is a boiled rice cake stuffed with gula melaka (brown sugar) and coated with grated coconut with pandan paste. Ondeh-ondeh is also called Klepon and is originated from Java. The shredded coconuts are handmade into soaps too.

Kuih Puteri Ayu Lip Balm

A type of Malay steamed sponge cake that capture the hearts of many with its pandan and coconut aroma.

It is usually crowned with shredded coconut. Named after Puteri Radin Mas Ayu,

it was called Puteri Ayu literally translated as a beautiful and charming princess.

Nasi Lemak Bungkus Satu!

Setting up a Malaysian food stall narrating food tales that bring Malaysians together,

keeping our tradition and food culture alive this Malaysia Day.

Serving various mooncakes soaps with different fillings from different descendants, kuih lapis, kuih talam and kuih pelangi soaps with a pinch of local flavour. The stories from various descendants are buried in the mooncake soaps.

The more the content of soaps used, the more interesting stories are revealed for each traditional food served. Natural fragrance and natural colouring from flowers such as the butterfly blue pea flowers, bunga raya, orchids, pandan, goji berries, jojoba oil, essential oils, shea butter and jojoba oil. 85% Olive Oil. As tempting as it is, recipes and stories are narrated through the fillings of each food served, preserving our heritage and food culture through a fresh perspective.

Bags designs selected & featured at Korea's Fashion Runway in Korea's Oldest & Largest International Art Exhibition

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Happy Dumpy

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Happy Dumpy

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