Three generations. One kampung. A village life worth returning to.
For years it was a working family kampung — rubber, coconut, durian, and the quiet rhythms of village life. But as children grew up and moved to the city, we watched something slip away. Fewer young people knew where their food came from. 'Going back to the village' was becoming a memory instead of an experience.
A little authenticity goes a long way.
It began with Lai Fook Tai — our grandfather — who built his life on this land in Felda Bukit Rokan, Gemencheh. A traditional timber house raised on stilts, a wood-fired stove, a hand-dug well, and fields tended by hand. He raised his family the way generations of Negeri Sembilan villagers had before him: close to the earth, rich in community, unhurried. The old house still stands today, weathered and honest, at the heart of everything we do.
My uncle, Calvin Lai, couldn't let that happen. Taking up his father's legacy, Calvin transformed the family kampung into Potai Farmstay — not by paving over its past, but by opening it up. He preserved the heritage his father built and enhanced it into something guests could step into and share. What was once one family's way of life became a doorway for others to rediscover it.
Today, Potai Farmstay carries that spirit forward. When you tap a rubber tree, sit down to charcoal-grilled standing chicken, or watch a Minangkabau performance under the open sky, you're not visiting an attraction — you're stepping into a real family home that three generations have kept alive. We built this to share it with you.
— The Lai Family · Potai Farmstay 佛带农家乐
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