‘New normal’ demand for veteran craftsman Tok Wan’s traditional Raya biscuit moulds


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Who says a star nozzle has to be shaped like a star? Mohd Yusof has designed his own patterns. Photo: Filepic

In the month of Ramadan, Mohd Yusof Abas is usually kept busy making all kinds of copper biscuit moulds and cookie cutters as that is the time the demand for his handmade craft goes up two-fold.

The 78-year-old seasoned craftsman, who is affectionately known as Tok Wan, would normally have customers even from other states coming to his small 15sq m workshop at Kampung Pinang in Kamunting, Perak, to buy his moulds to prepare biscuits and traditional cakes for Hari Raya Aidilfitri, which happens tomorrow.

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