The Langkawi Bamboo Centre: Building a More Sustainable Future
Bamboo is more than a beautiful plant. It has enormous potential as a renewable building material. It grows rapidly, can be harvested repeatedly and, when properly selected, treated and constructed, can be used to create buildings that are both practical and beautiful. Yet in Malaysia, serious interest in bamboo as a viable construction material remains […]
Our Bamboo Story: From a Few Plants to 100 Species
Our fascination with bamboo began more than 30 years ago. What started as a simple interest gradually grew into a passion, inspired by remarkable people, places and the extraordinary possibilities of this ancient plant. An early influence was a visit to Bali, where the pioneering work of John Hardy and the Green School opened our […]
Unwelcome Visitors: When Otters Come Calling
Normally, we are very hospitable and welcome all visitors with open arms. But last week, we had two visits from a family who were not only unpleasant, but decidedly unwelcome. We hope they never, ever visit us again! Although otters are fairly common in Langkawi, they are rarely seen outside their usual habitat — rivers […]
Visiting Langkawi Cooking School
Choose Your Dishes: How the Langkawi Cooking School Menu Works
One of the things that sets Langkawi Cooking School apart from a standard cooking class is the flexibility built into the experience. Rather than working through a fixed menu that may or may not reflect what you actually want to cook, the school lets you choose your own dishes from a selection of traditional Malaysian […]
Langkawi on a Plate: How the Island’s Food Differs From the Rest of Malaysia
Malaysia does not have a single cuisine. What it has is a collection of regional food traditions — shaped by local geography, historical migration, trade routes, and the cultures that settled in each area — that share a common language of ingredients while speaking in distinctly different dialects. Langkawi’s food is one of the most […]
Cooking Fun at Lanagkawi Cooking School
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Why Rendang Isn’t Just a Dish — The Story Behind Malaysia’s Most Misunderstood Food
Order rendang in Langkawi and you’ll receive something rich, aromatic, and deeply satisfying. What you won’t receive — at least not from a restaurant plate — is any sense of what the dish actually is, where it came from, or why it takes the better part of a day to make properly. That story is […]
From Market to Table: What a Morning at Langkawi Cooking School Actually Teaches You
Most cooking classes follow the same formula. You show up, an instructor talks you through a recipe, you eat what you made, and you leave with a printed card you’ll probably never use. Langkawi Cooking School, set on the Buluh & Tebing organic farm in the rural north of the island, does something different — […]