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Hantaran kahwin & bertunang · Malaysia

A tepak sireh, sculpted in chocolate.

The gift that opens a Malay engagement, sculpted in solid chocolate. Filigree walls, lidded cembul, sirih leaves and a kacip across the top, all of it chocolate, with both families’ names engraved on the front.

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A chocolate tepak sireh for a Malay hantaran, with gold filigree walls, lidded chocolate cembul, sirih leaves and a kacip across the top, ringed with maroon and gold chocolate roses
RM680
one size, one price
14 days
is the usual wait
10% off
from 3 pieces up
From 7 days
if you are in a hurry

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A hand-sculpted chocolate likeness built from one phone photo

The portrait figurine

Her husband sent one photo at eleven at night. Ten days later she was holding herself in chocolate, earrings and all.
A 40 cm sculpted pair, outfits painted from the engagement shoot

The couple on the cake table

Painted from their engagement shoot. The lace on her dress is cocoa butter, put on one line at a time.
A sculpture that looks like ceramic until the knife goes in

The cut

Everyone at that table was sure it was ceramic. Then the knife went in.

Ordering is four short steps

  1. Pick the size and say when

    The order panel builds the WhatsApp message for you, total included.

  2. Send us the two names

    Rumi or Jawi, spelled the way you want them engraved on the cartouche.

  3. You approve, we make it

    Half up front. We send progress photos so there are no surprises.

  4. It arrives cold and whole

    Insulated packing and a cold pack, or we set it up on site if it is large.

Merisik · Meminang · Bertunang

Nothing begins until the tepak sireh is accepted.

It is handed over before anyone says why they came, which is why it is called the kepala adat, the head of the custom. Here is what is inside one and what the carving on its walls is saying.

Read the history
  • Tepak sireh
  • Puan
  • Cembul
  • Kacip
  • Sirih junjung
  • Kepala adat
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