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This is a cooking and dining adventure takes place in a Malay kampong house on Pulau Ubin, 10 minutes’ away by boat from Singapore.
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Audrey Phoon, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Mar. 2018
Pangkor's east coast is spangled by stilt houses in old-fashioned kampong villages, where fishing and boat-building are still the main occupations.
—Joe Yogerst, CNN, 11 May 2017
The kampong has long since disappeared, and the coast has changed beyond recognition.
—Samanth Subramanian, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2017
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Audrey Phoon, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Mar. 2018
Pangkor's east coast is spangled by stilt houses in old-fashioned kampong villages, where fishing and boat-building are still the main occupations.
—Joe Yogerst, CNN, 11 May 2017
The kampong has long since disappeared, and the coast has changed beyond recognition.
—Samanth Subramanian, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2017
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“Kampong.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kampong. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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