Cold Honeydew Dessert Soup

I first sampled this delicious dessert at the Sichuan Garden Restaurant in Hong Kong. It is suffused with the tastes, fragrances, textures and colours popular in Southeast Asia. While in the West we tend to prefer the firm white flesh of mature coconuts, in Southeast Asia the slightly green or immature coconut is preferred. The flesh is quite soft, like a jelly, and can be scooped out with a spoon or one’s fingers. The liquid from such coconuts is also rather sweet. Mature coconuts are swee