Most mooncakes are made up of very, very cheap ingredients. Even the process is nothing really special. Unless you go for those custom made ones, ayam also don't understand how the price skyrocketed until what it is today.

Shark fin ppl eat the texture. Not the taste. By the time washing and processed the shark fin. Apa lanijiao nutrien, nutrition also lari.

Those who know how to eat is savor the texture. Those who b40 dunno how to eat will never know even I replace with glass noodle.

Shark fin last time considered a status dish which for Royalty and noble.

It is the same with sharks fin. Basically tasteless. I had a friend who was a cook. There is flavor in everything else in sharks fin soup except the sharks fin itself! Even if you remove the sharks fin from the soup, it will still taste the same.

Years ago my company (US based MNC) wanted to serve that dish in some appreciation lunch. I pointed out shark fin being a big contributing factor towards shark extinction. It was promptly removed & banned from future events.

I'm not sure why people actually spend money on bird nest, especially the older aunties.

It is tasteless and most of the time people consume them with rock sugar. In other words, you are just consuming sugar.

There is always risk when eating bird nest cause of potential contamination.

The so called health benefits like it containing antioxidants aren't backed by research or science.

Basically, people are just paying a bunch of money for something that has no benefit and has no taste while increasing the risk of diabetes and severely affecting the health if you are unlucky enough to consume one that is contaminated.

Bird nest sellers are like legal scammers.

Selling crap to stupid people.

Well, looking at the bright side, stupid people deserve to get their money scammed.

I understand people who eat caviar or black truffle or drink expensive wine cause those are acquired taste, which if you like them and you spend loads of money on them, it is still worth it.

Bird nest on the other hand is literally tasteless so you can't even say it is an acquired taste. You are just crazy stupid spending loads of money to taste nothing while increasing the risk of diabetes and getting influenza.

It's not tasteless

It tastes like bloody vomit

Eat snow fungus.

Eat bird saliva

I'm not sure why people actually spend money on bird nest, especially the older aunties.

It is tasteless and most of the time people consume them with rock sugar. In other words, you are just consuming sugar.

There is always risk when eating bird nest cause of potential contamination.

The so called health benefits like it containing antioxidants aren't backed by research or science.

Basically, people are just paying a bunch of money for something that has no benefit and has no taste while increasing the risk of diabetes and severely affecting the health if you are unlucky enough to consume one that is contaminated.

It's not tasteless

It tastes like bloody vomit

It is the same with sharks fin. Basically tasteless. I had a friend who was a cook. There is flavor in everything else in sharks fin soup except the sharks fin itself! Even if you remove the sharks fin from the soup, it will still taste the same.