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Easy
By Ken Hom
Published 1989
You must try it, just once. You will come back for more. As exotic and special as it sounds, bird’s nest soup is very popular in Hong Kong and many parts of Asia. It is held to be good for one’s complexion, to have medicinal virtues, and to slow down the aging process. Furthermore, it has a great taste – slightly gelatinous with the subtle flavour of whatever sauce or broth it has been cooked in. The nests are made, usually on rocky cliffs at the shoreline, by a species of bird in Thailand,
