Sharkfin (melon) soup

Sharkfin melon is what the supermarkets here label this melon. I wonder why it is called sharkfin when there isn’t any thorns on the melon. So, out of curiousity, I bought one small melon which is rather cheap.

It can be made into soup like wintermelon. I removed the skin and cut them into large chunks. Boil it with some meat, red dates, garlic and boxthorne berries (kei chi).

Once cooked, I discovered why it is called sharksfin melon. The texture of the melon looks like sharksfin with those strands, don’t they. It has a rather nice aroma too, a little ‘woody’ smell. It tastes much better than wintermelon.

I found another blog about this melon.

BTW, the melon stores well because it stayed in my fridge for a while before I decided what to do with it.

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5 Comments on “Sharkfin (melon) soup”

#1 earl-ku
on Nov 21st, 2005 at 2:03 am

err my mom made “tong sui” with this … a quarter of it make a huge pot … but the strands are not as chewy than the real thing …

hehe

tried “har par chi” ?

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#2 Wuching
on Nov 21st, 2005 at 7:59 am

we have speghetti plant here that has strangs like that when you cook it too!
#3 babe_kl
on Nov 21st, 2005 at 8:25 am

lovely & sweet?
#4 kenny lee
on Nov 21st, 2005 at 10:54 am

always wanna have some of those long time oledi….mom doesn’t know how to cook.
#5 crazymommy
on Nov 22nd, 2005 at 10:27 pm

Hmm… sounds interesting. Would like to try this if they have it here. I think tthe one Wuching refers to is Speghetti Squash.