MD2 pineapple history: from Hawaii to Changlun
A Hawaii breeding programme, a shipping crate to Costa Rica, and a hillside in Kedah. How the sweetest pineapple in the world ended up on our gate, and who it was named after.
MD2 Botanic stories
MD2 Botanic stories: notes from the estate. What we grow, what we cook, and what is changing on the hill.
Journal
Why we write these MD2 Botanic stories
A resort is easy to describe and hard to explain. These pages are the longer answer. They cover where the fruit came from, how it reaches the kitchen, and what it is like to wake up here.
Some of it is old. The variety we grow was bred half a century ago and an ocean away. Some of it is very new, and started in 2020 on a slope that had grown nothing for years. We write it down so you know what you are coming to see. Read one before you visit and the place makes more sense when you arrive.
Latest from us
Hi-tea in Kedah, above the pineapple valley
What is in the set, what it costs, and why the west-facing deck is the seat worth asking for. Also the shortest journey a glass of juice will ever make.
Where to stay near UUM Sintok
Ten kilometres from campus, for convocation weekends, conferences and families visiting students. Rooms, rates, and how long to allow for the drive in.
Where to eat in Changlun
A highway town keeps its own timetable. What opens when, what a plate costs, and where the hill table fits on that scale.
Laksa in Changlun, the Thai one
One word, two very different bowls. What arrives when you order laksa up here, why it is thicker and sweeter, and when the kitchen has it on.
MD2 Botanic photos, gate to hilltop
A photo walk from the sign at the gate to the infinity pool. What you will find at each stop, and when the light is at its best.