Caviar of the east
Edible bird’s nest ‘yan wo’ has been referred to as the ‘Caviar of the East’. Like caviar, the salt-cured eggs of sturgeons, the edible bird’s nest is expensive and prized as a delicacy, but more than caviar, it is also highly regarded as a health food. Premium nests come from Malaysia, Thailand, an...
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my.upm.eprints.488032016-10-05T08:16:30Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48803/ Caviar of the east Mohd Ghazali, Hasanah Abdul Karim, Muhammad Shahrim Abu Bakar, Ainul Zakiah Edible bird’s nest ‘yan wo’ has been referred to as the ‘Caviar of the East’. Like caviar, the salt-cured eggs of sturgeons, the edible bird’s nest is expensive and prized as a delicacy, but more than caviar, it is also highly regarded as a health food. Premium nests come from Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. The edible bird’s nests are essentially constructed from the salivary secretion of swiftlets, small birds that usually dwell in caves. Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2015 Book Section PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48803/1/exhb02%20%284%29.pdf Mohd Ghazali, Hasanah and Abdul Karim, Muhammad Shahrim and Abu Bakar, Ainul Zakiah (2015) Caviar of the east. In: Nature's Yield and Wonders of Art (NYAWA)15: Bird. Universiti Putra Malaysia Press, Serdang, Selangor, pp. 66-67. ISBN 9789679603699 |
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Edible bird’s nest ‘yan wo’ has been referred to as the ‘Caviar of the East’. Like caviar, the salt-cured eggs of sturgeons, the edible bird’s nest is expensive and prized as a delicacy, but more than caviar, it is also highly regarded as a health food. Premium nests come from Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. The edible bird’s nests are essentially constructed from the salivary secretion of swiftlets, small birds that usually dwell in caves. |
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