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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Main Authors: Mohd Ghazali, Hasanah, Abdul Karim, Muhammad Shahrim, Abu Bakar, Ainul Zakiah
Format: Book Section
Language:English
Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2015
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48803/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48803/1/exhb02%20%284%29.pdf
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Abdul Karim, Muhammad Shahrim
Abu Bakar, Ainul Zakiah
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description 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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spelling upm-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
spellingShingle Mohd Ghazali, Hasanah
Abdul Karim, Muhammad Shahrim
Abu Bakar, Ainul Zakiah
Caviar of the east
title Caviar of the east
title_full Caviar of the east
title_fullStr Caviar of the east
title_full_unstemmed Caviar of the east
title_short Caviar of the east
title_sort caviar of the east
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48803/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48803/1/exhb02%20%284%29.pdf