Food and Nutrition Documentaries
For years, dragon’s beard candy—aka, the cotton candy of the East—was not readily available in Singapore. That is, until Auntie Lili came onto the scene. In 1988, she brought the sweet treat over to Singapore, using a centuries-old technique that requires pulling and molding a lump of malt into thousands of strings that resemble the beard of a dragon. Today, her cousin Roger Poon is carrying on the family legacy—with a twist. His creations let you breath out a plume of smoke, just like a “real” dragon.
Lobster went from prison food to a well-known delicacy. Seafood was left out of rationed foods during WWII, and with the advent of railway transportation, lobster became known as an exotic delicacy.
The coconut crab (Birgus latro), is the largest land-dwelling crustacean earth. We saw them on a small island of Zanzibar (Tanzania). The fishermen of the island told us this crab. It is fast, likes to palm trees to climb and eat coconuts. Adult coconut crabs are large about 40 cm. They weigh up to about 4 kilograms. The span of the legs can be up to 1 meter tall. The shearing of the coconut crab have great power. They live on land.
Chinese-inspired takeout dishes that'll leave you wanting more