Cool treat for summer heat
Translated by Phil

生活节奏越来越快的都市人越来越注重生活消费的品位和质量. 享用燕窝不再是可望而不可及的少数人的专利, 而是逐步成为寻常人家进补的选择. 作为2006 CCTV上榜品牌, 厦门"燕之屋"以全新的理念和贴心的服务让人们能够象订牛奶一样方便地在家享用到各种燕窝美食. Summer is here, and it's hot and sticky. As soon as you get outside you're drenched with sweat and forever picking at your soggy clothes. What's worse, the hot weather upsets your digestion, and leaves you with little appetite. To boost your appetite, you can eat bitter-tasting foods. These reduce the heat in your liver and can also cool the blood. You can also eat foods which boost your yin. Bird's nest soup has this property. It is not just a tonic for women, it is also great for men, to counter the effects of tobacco. However, some people worry that bird's nest soup is too fierce a tonic, and that it will actually increase the liver heat. This is actually a misunderstanding which arises from a lack of knowledge about what bird's nest is.

Bird's nest is a nest made by swiftlets, members of the swallow family. They secrete a thick saliva, which hardens into a rubbery nest. It is collected all over south east Asia, with different kinds coming from Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia. The highest quality bird's nest comes from Indonesia. Bird's nest is rich in carbohydrates and natural minerals such as calcium, iron, phosphorus and iodine as well as vitamins. It is easily absorbed by the body. It can boost your yin and tonify the kidneys, cool the liver and strengthen the spleen, prevent dryness of the lungs and help to extend your life. It is not excessively dry or cold, and is suitable for consumption by anyone, man or woman, young or old.


tremella, date and bird's nest

Bird's nest is sweet, and is often served with melon. This way it can fortify the diet without being dry or too rich, and it can dispel internal heat and dry lungs. This is because the protein which it contains is mainly soluble, and includes many vital molecules. These vital proteins can directly stimulate cell growth, and strengthen the immune system.

There are a lot of foods rich in protein, amino acids and other nutrients: eggs, tofu, tremella, milk and egg white powder. However, simply comparing quantities of nutrients is only a very rough way of looking at the issue. Nutritionists have made a chart of the quantities in of important nutrients bird's nest and the requirements of your body. This shows why bird's nest is so effective in helping recovery from sunburn, while milk or eggs, which contain superficially similar quantities of nutrients, do not have this property.

One of the most exciting recent findings is that bird's nest contains skin cell supplements, which means that it can help repair skin damaged by too much exposure to the sun. Eating bird's nest in the summer can help you protect your skin from the sun's rays and preserve a pale, youthful skintone.


Sweet coconut bird's nest soup

An adult should eat bird's nest roughly twice a week, consuming 3-5g each time. It is better if you eat it on an empty stomach. After 2-3 months you will start to see and feel noticeable results.

Xiamen Swallowhouse, one of the longest established leaders in the bird's nest industry, was named on CCTV's 2006 list of important companies. We source all of our bird's nest products from the bird's nest kingdom - Indonesia. Bringing Chinese culture to south east Asia's natural bounty, Swallowhouse melds traditional medicine with modern nutritional analysis. We are constantly developing our products to suit modern diners, and we have a range to please every palate.

Bird's Nest Tastings allow everyone to see for themselves the quality of Swallowhouse products. At the tastings you are not only able to experience the flavor and nourishment of bird's nest soup, you also have the chance to buy high quality bird's nest products and our range of informative books and DVDs. We aim to take bird's nest out of the pharmacy and the specialist store and place it where it belongs: on the dining table. In Xiamen, our branches offer bird's nest for consumption in store, to take home and even delivered to your door -with instructions on how to get the best flavor and results. Ordering bird's nest is now as easy as buying a bottle of milk.


muskmelon bird's nest soup

Below are some of the products we particularly recommend for summer consumption.

Swallowhouse guarantees the quality and prompt delivery of all our products. In addition, we have a series of specially designed offers to suit the different needs of all of our customers. These include: the Bird's Nest Card, the Health Month Card, the Beauty Season Card and the Eternal Youth Half Year Card.

These days, bird's nest is not only for the rich and powerful. With products ranging from portions of soup at under a hundred yuan to high grade products retailing for thousands, customers can select the products that suit their pockets and the occasion. For those who know the value of quality in life, on our Egret Island, bird's nest is at your fingertips.

燕窝功效

1.燕窝富含碳水化合物和钙、铁、磷、碘及维他命等多种天然营养素与矿物质, 很容易被人体吸收, 具有滋阴补肾、清热健脾、润肺养颜、延年益寿之功效, 不寒不燥, 适合男女老幼食用.
2.燕窝性平味甘, 常与瓜果搭配不仅补而不燥, 补而不腻, 而且可以消暑降火, 去除肺燥.
3.燕窝富含表皮细胞生长因子, 可修复被烈日灼晒的肌肤. 夏季常吃燕窝, 可保皮肤不怕阳光, 保持美白弹性.

燕窝吃法

成人每周2-3次, 每次3-5克, 临睡或早起空腹时食用最佳.

燕窝水果捞

将各种新鲜水果切好, 铺上炖好的燕窝搅拌食用即可, 是春夏季节吃燕窝的最佳方法之一. 各种水果配着燕窝, 每一勺都让你心满意足, 而且特别养胃. 浓汤煮出燕窝味
燕窝本无味, 且是燕子唾液, 不可久烹, 如浓汤不良, 就会暴殄天物, 因此, 有"要烹燕窝, 先要熬汤"之说.
花生牛奶燕窝

花生能使面色红润, 而牛奶是公认的美容霜, 将二者与燕窝加在一起, 不仅味道香浓滑口, 而且能补气润燥, 滋养容颜.

Vocabulary
toni 滋补的
swiftlet 金丝燕
phosphorus 磷
saliva 口水
spleen 脾
tremella 银耳
iodine 碘酒
carbohydratea 碳水化合物
palate 口味