I have never had bird's nest soup, but my father has when he visited China for business, and he said it was like drinking a bowl of salty mucus... which doesn't sound particularly appealing, so I...
I have never had bird's nest soup, but my father has when he visited China for business, and he said it was like drinking a bowl of salty mucus... which doesn't sound particularly appealing, so I don't really understand why it's so popular. Even so, I thought this was an interesting short video on part of the process that I was not aware of before that at least explains why it's so expensive.
I've had it in Hong Kong. It wasn't enjoyable, but they believe it has a lot of benefits—better skin and "staying youthful" was what they told me it was good for. Oddly, we just saw some bird's...
I've had it in Hong Kong. It wasn't enjoyable, but they believe it has a lot of benefits—better skin and "staying youthful" was what they told me it was good for.
Heh, that definitely is an odd product for Costco to carry. I would assume that "genuine swallow bird nests" are significantly less valuable than the swiftlet nests shown being collected in this...
Heh, that definitely is an odd product for Costco to carry. I would assume that "genuine swallow bird nests" are significantly less valuable than the swiftlet nests shown being collected in this video though, otherwise those cases would probably be insanely expensive. ;)
but they believe it has a lot of benefits—better skin and "staying youthful" was what they told me it was good for.
I love the contrast of that belief against all the 0%s shown on the nutrition fact list for the product. :P
I don't know, I think it might be the same stuff. This is the brand: https://goldennest.com/ It wasn't cheap, I think the prices were comparable to what's shown on that site, or a little higher...
I don't know, I think it might be the same stuff. This is the brand: https://goldennest.com/
It wasn't cheap, I think the prices were comparable to what's shown on that site, or a little higher (those should be in USD). If I remember right, the pack of 8 bottles of the drink was over $30 CAD, and the soup was more. I think it was about $50 for 8 small bottles.
Hmm... same brand, but it seems the daily value % nutrition facts don't quite line up with the drink product from the site and the one in Costco. The one on the site has 0% sodium, 2% iron, 0%...
Hmm... same brand, but it seems the daily value % nutrition facts don't quite line up with the drink product from the site and the one in Costco. The one on the site has 0% sodium, 2% iron, 0% calcium and 15% Vitamin C, whereas the one from Costco has 5% sodium, 0% iron, 10% calcium and 0% Vitamin C, despite being the same volume. I call shenanigans! :P
p.s. I still have no idea if swallow nests are the same as swiftlets nests though. Every site I can find seems to use the terms pretty much interchangeably, so I guess they are the same? And maybe people just pay a premium for the cliff-side cave collected ones, which might explain the price disparity mentioned in the video.
I have never had bird's nest soup, but my father has when he visited China for business, and he said it was like drinking a bowl of salty mucus... which doesn't sound particularly appealing, so I don't really understand why it's so popular. Even so, I thought this was an interesting short video on part of the process that I was not aware of before that at least explains why it's so expensive.
I've had it in Hong Kong. It wasn't enjoyable, but they believe it has a lot of benefits—better skin and "staying youthful" was what they told me it was good for.
Oddly, we just saw some bird's nest soup and drinks available at Costco today, of all places. Probably one of the last places I ever would have expected to see it.
Heh, that definitely is an odd product for Costco to carry. I would assume that "genuine swallow bird nests" are significantly less valuable than the swiftlet nests shown being collected in this video though, otherwise those cases would probably be insanely expensive. ;)
I love the contrast of that belief against all the 0%s shown on the nutrition fact list for the product. :P
I don't know, I think it might be the same stuff. This is the brand: https://goldennest.com/
It wasn't cheap, I think the prices were comparable to what's shown on that site, or a little higher (those should be in USD). If I remember right, the pack of 8 bottles of the drink was over $30 CAD, and the soup was more. I think it was about $50 for 8 small bottles.
Hmm... same brand, but it seems the daily value % nutrition facts don't quite line up with the drink product from the site and the one in Costco. The one on the site has 0% sodium, 2% iron, 0% calcium and 15% Vitamin C, whereas the one from Costco has 5% sodium, 0% iron, 10% calcium and 0% Vitamin C, despite being the same volume. I call shenanigans! :P
p.s. I still have no idea if swallow nests are the same as swiftlets nests though. Every site I can find seems to use the terms pretty much interchangeably, so I guess they are the same? And maybe people just pay a premium for the cliff-side cave collected ones, which might explain the price disparity mentioned in the video.