Dong Qua (Winter Melon) is that giant squash-looking thing usually sold in grocery stores not whole, but in thick slices wrapped in cellophane. It looks so harmless, I ask myself how I've lived so long without ever trying it before. To start with, it really is, in texture and taste, much more a melon, like watermelon or honeydew, than a squash, like zucchini or butternut. The rind is dark green and too hard to eat, but inside the melon is juicy and fresh-tasting, with little other taste; it will take on the flavours of what it's cooked with.
Dong Qua
Dong Qua
Dong Qua
Dong Qua