Fun See and Fuzzy Melon Soup

• Lean pork, thinly sliced and seasoned
• 1 fuzzy melon, peeled and chopped in sticks
• 1 salted duck egg (haam daan)

Bring 5 to 6 cups of water with crushed slice of ginger, pork, mushrooms, and mushroom-soaking liquid to a boil. Simmer until broth is well-flavored, about 30 minutes. Cut vermicelli into shorter, more manageable (i.e. 4 to 5-inch) lengths, then add to the broth. Meanwhile, rinse black powder off the egg and crack it directly into the soup while stirring vigorously to break the egg white into f