I ate bird spit today
or bird’s nest as it is called. I went with Wandering Chopsticks to a Chinese herbal gourmet lunch press event today at the San Gabriel Hilton, co-presented by Wing Hop Fung herbal retailers and Eu Yan Sang products. The bird’s nest is made out of bird regurgitation and somehow this nest of spit came to be known to help skin rejuvenate. Apparently this is how all the Asian movie stars have such great skin; they’re eating bird spit. I’ll post pictures of the two nests that I ate. Thanks WC for introducing me to so many new foods. First head cheese, now bird spit.
The menu:
The nests:
Pureed Partridge with Bird’s Nest
Sweet Bird’s Nest in Hawaiian Papaya
The texture is gelatinous with a few firm bits in it. Both dishes were tasty but I admit to having a hard time chewing on the nests because of knowing what they were. For a play-by-play of the entire meal, check out Wandering Chopstick’s blog.
I just found out I recently ate dried and rehydrated fallopian tubes of frogs!!!
Comment by Wandering Chopsticks — October 10, 2007 @ 3:45 am
OMG, I bow down to you if you can eat head cheese and bird spit.
how does it occur to ANYONE to eat bird spit?
Comment by MK — October 10, 2007 @ 5:59 am
WC - hahahahhahaah.
MK - I will get back to you the origins of bird spit and skin care.
Comment by UnHip LA — October 10, 2007 @ 9:00 am