What’s the nutritional value of the exotic and expensive?
Kelley Chan announced her wedding during a performance
Congratulations to expectant parents Kelley Chan and Alex Lau. The expected due day is sometime in August. Last year they finally tied the knot after a 16-year courtship. If this wedding wasn’t the “event of the year” in Hong Kong, then it certainly was the “wedding of the year.”
Merlion Cafe Talk did speculate on such happy baby news a mere three weeks after the wedding. At the time Kelley Chan just said she’ll let nature takes its course.
Now if you ever wondered about the diets of the rich and famous, then read on. We hear that this is what Kelley Chan consumes daily as part of her pregnancy diet:
- abalone (鮑魚)
- shark’s fin (魚翅)
- fish maw (花膠)
- bird’s nest (燕窩)
All these food items are pricey stuff. Her daily shark’s fin consumption will probably land her on a few blacklists if they haven’t already done so. Now, is there any scientific data to substantiate the claimed or perceived nutritional benefits of these items?
Don’t know if anyone has done any studies on the subject or not. All of the above food items, after cooking, are very bland, chewy or hard. The chef’s solution is to soak, simmer, boil, and cook them in favourful broths. It would seem that the nutritional value of the broths alone would be beneficial even without the added expensive ingredients.
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