Description
A beauty drink of crushed 'Sea Bird Nest' (natural seaweed jelly made by boiling coral grass until gooey) with lemon juice and brown sugar (or honey).
Restaurants serving Lemon Sea Bird Nest Drink
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Sea Bird Nest(Coral grass jelly)
- Lemon juice
- Brown sugar syrup(or Sweetener)
- Ice
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- Wash salt off dried coral grass, rehydrate in water for hours.
- Put coral grass and plenty of water in a pot, simmer 1+ hr until shape breaks down into gooey gelatinous liquid.
- Transfer to container, chill in fridge to set (*Sets purely from seaweed compounds).
- Crush set jelly finely with a spoon, put in glass.
- Pour lemon juice, ice, a little brown sugar syrup (or zero-cal sweetener) to finish.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Intense lemon freshness and brown sugar richness
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Store-bought agar jelly or Aiyu jelly
Pairing
(As post-meal dessert or daytime hydration)
Trivia
[For Women] 'Sea Bird Nest' often seen in tourist spots like Jiufen. Named for its texture/beauty effects resembling real bird's nest (collagen mass). Near zero calories, moisturizes skin while cleaning the gut; a cheat drink for dieting Taiwanese women.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Scoop passion fruit (Baixiangguo) pulp to add, making tropical 'Passion Fruit Sea Bird Nest' to explosively boost Vit C!
Allergen
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