My family has a bird’s nests farm that we mostly use for our own consumption and sale within Malaysia. From young, my mother has inculcated in me the importance of nourishing the body well with traditional tonics. Taking bird’s nests is something I’ve done since I was little.
Having become accustomed to consuming bird’s nests, I sought to recreate my mother’s bird’s nests that I’ve grown to love –– those made using 燕盏 with zero sugar. However, my attempts to look for freshly cooked bird’s nests was to no avail as I soon realised that there was nothing in the market that offered pure, high-quality, nutritious bird’s nests. I thus sought to create a special product suitable for daily consumption. Despite the higher costs that accompanied the superior-quality pure bird’s nests, I refused to compromise on the quality as I truly believe that health is the best investment.
With zero sugar and incorporating pure monk fruit extract instead, we rely on natural sweetness to enhance the flavour of our bird’s nests without compromising its nutritional benefits. This distinguishes us from the vast majority of sellers in the market, allowing us to rise to the forefront of the bird’s nests market. Using yan zan (whole nests) instead of yan sui (nest fragments), we retain the purity of bird’s nests, ensuring maximal health benefits reaped as opposed to many canned bird’s nests. With yan sui, there is a need for fillers to supplement the fullness of the adulterated-flavoured bird’s nests. As such, many other sellers commonly use white fungus to replace the lack of bird’s nests. Further, we double boil our bird’s nests so as to extract the nutritional benefits of the nests while retaining the original flavour.