This hairy melon has a medium green skin covered with fine, hairlike fuzz. Its creamy-colored, medium-firm flesh is mildly flavored and has a tendency to take on the flavor of whatever food it’s cooked with. The hairy melons can be purchased in Asian markets and some specialty produce markets. Choose those that are fairly heavy for their size with wrinkle-free skins. Store ripe melons in a plastic bag in the refrigerator for up to 10 days. They must be peeled before using. They’re a popular addition to Chinese soups.

Here’s how to prepare the meal:

• Ingredients :
• 2 medium sized hairy marrow
• 2 packs pork ribs (got it from jaya jusco)
• 2 onions
• 1 tomato
• 25 pcs red dates
• 2 litre filtered water

Directions :

1. Peel the hairy melon and cut it into big chunks.
2. Boil a small pot of water. PP said this is to rinse away the pork smell in the soup.
3. In another pot, boil the 2 litre filtered water. When the water comes to boil, put in the rinsed pork ribs and the hairy melon. Boil it for another half an hour and simmer it to low heat.
4. Peel and cut the onions to big chunks. Same goes to the tomato.
5. Wait for the soup to simmer for another 1 hour and put in the cut onions and tomato.
6. Simmer the soup for another 2 hours.
7. Add salt to taste and the soup is ready.

Lens told us that there’s this new tim sum restaurant at Damansara Jaya. Heard that the tim sum is quite nice, and has a lot of varieties. So, PP and I went there last weekend to try it out.

The tim sum shop is big, it occupies 2 shoplots. We went there on Sunday morning, and it was packed with patrons. We’ve ordered fried prawn roll, few plates of tim sum, char siew bao and etc. to try out. PP loves the fried prawn roll and the char siew bao. They prawns in the tim sum were fresh. As for the char siew bao, the fillings inside were very juicy. Overall the tim sum tastes good and its satisfying.

We’ve also read from other food bloggers that this shop is famous for their Sang Chou Loh Mai (Fried Glutinous Rice). Hence we’ve also ordered a plate of that. This is quite special for us, first time trying this. The fried glutinous rice comes with egg, chinese sausage, shrimps and spring onion. Taste good, but a little oily.

Since there’s only the two of us, so we couldn’t try that much of dim sum. Will ask the house mates to come here for breakfast again so that we can introduce more stuffs from this shop. Stay tuned.

Hong Kee Tim Sum Restaurant Sdn Bhd ( Location Map )

Location: No 18 & 20, Jalan SS 22/25, Damansara Jaya
Contact: +6019 388 5631

Branch: No 31, Jalan Puteri 2/5, Bandar Puteri Puchong
Contact: +603 8061 9522

Food: Char Siew Bao - RM1.00, Glutinous Rice - RM4.00, Other Tim Sum - RM3.00 per plate

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