Birds nest

Birds nest. A pleasure once reserved to be enjoyed only by the emperor and his inner circle during the Tang Dynasty. Today it remains one of the most expensive food available. Today a tradition of emperors is made available to us.

At Marquise Exquisite Foods, we value the hard work of the local community who works along the entire harvesting and cleaning process. We choose only to work with farms with sustainable practices, while protecting the dignity and safety of the harvesters and nest cleaners.

Our own hygienic bird's nest farm

We will not harvest the nests in natural caves out of concern for the safety of the harvesters, but only harvests from purpose built ‘swift-let houses’.

And we do not practice the cruel act of throwing the nestlings and eggs away. We only take the nest when the swiftlets have moved to another nest.

Sustainable practices:

we do not harvest till chicks vacate their nests

We do not use chemicals in our cleaning process. Our edible swiftlets nests are harvested from purpose built ‘swiftlet houses’ located in Indonesia. Harvesting the nests only after the nestlings leave. These nests are painstakingly, manually cleaned with spring water from the adjacent mountains. The nests are subsequently air dried and delivered to you.

Birds’ nests are dense in nutrients: half of the weight of dry bird’s nest consist of water soluble proteins, carbohydrates and the next thirty percent are inorganic salts, trace elements and fibre making up the rest of the composition. Birds’ nests are prized by royalties, mandarins and traditional medical practitioners for its health and beauty benefits.

Give a precious gift of health and tribute for the very special people in your circle. It is a tradition of the emperors available for your loved ones today.

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