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One of the Hong Kong's cultural heritage
2017-02-09 5968 views
If you look close enough, there are actually a lot culture heritage in Hong Kong and Chan Yee Jai must be one of them,  and probably the top on the list. Chan Yee Jai  worked very hard on the food processing and maintained a lot of original taste. The taste 20 years ago, I would say, actually, tasted the same as the taste today and the associated memories, triggered by the taste, is what makes Chan Yee Jai so special to me. The Bird Nest's Cake was one of the "beauty triad", along with barley bi
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If you look close enough, there are actually a lot culture heritage in Hong Kong and Chan Yee Jai must be one of them,  and probably the top on the list. Chan Yee Jai  worked very hard on the food processing and maintained a lot of original taste. The taste 20 years ago, I would say, actually, tasted the same as the taste today and the associated memories, triggered by the taste, is what makes Chan Yee Jai so special to me. 
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 The Bird Nest's Cake was one of the "beauty triad", along with barley biscuit and almond milk, produced by Chan Yee Jai that gained a lot of reputation through decades, of which, the bird nest's cake has the most influence on me. Remembered when I was a kid, my father and grandfather used to award me with a bar of bird nest's cake whenever I got a high mark in exam and this good taste gradually became my motive to work hard. 
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 Each pack consist of 6 bars of bird nest's cake and cost $48 each pack. It has four main functions including increase your appetite, rehydrate, healthy and suitable for all age. Oh! I think some of you might not know fully what's bird nest. It is actually the nest produced by a swift/swallows and it is their saliva that makes the nest. Their saliva will get solidified and is edible and it has all these functions!!
Bird nest cakes
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 The bar of bird nest's cake has fragmented bird nest in the middle with the "cake" sandwiching the core. The texture is somewhat slightly more firm that a fresh bread with a hint of lingering sweetness, not a texture that you will find as a snack beside Chan Yee Jai. I am actually enjoying one bar while typing this review and another common saying popped in my head. I remembered Amy Cheung Siu Han, a famous write, actually wrote that buying a pack of  Bird's Nest Cake at Chan Yee Jai is actually good for woosah your girlfriend if she is angry. What if you are single? Then Cheung Siu Han said you can actually buy one to comfort youself! Haha, that was actually quite mean, but i guess she actually wanted to say Chan Yee Jai is so good that we should forget about the sad things! Unfortunately, I am sure that the name is gradually loosing among the youngs and girls might actually be more angry if a guy try to comfort her using Chan Yee Jai. 
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 Turning the box, we can see the expiry date and usually it is a week ahead, but I never wait for a week to finish. On day one, it is soft, cotton-like and refreshing. On day two, the cotton texture is missing. One day three, the softness gradually gone and by day four, the cake became hard and so on, and I'm sure by day seven, the cake is a test of your dental strength.

Who said there was no souvenirs from Hong Kong! Chan Yee Jai will always be the top on my list but I will also warn them about the lost of touch when they waited for too long, therefore, making this the best "last minute souvenirs". There are also many other snacks available in Chan Yee Jai and the bird's nest cake is only one of them. Chan Yee Jai is always one of my recommended items for people visiting Hong Kong and definitely one of my recommendation to the young. A heritage that lasted for so long without much change in taste itself. 
(The above review is the personal opinion of a user which does not represent OpenRice's point of view.)
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