The heat is on

are you hot?

because i am.

sizzling hot. humid. hazy weather, wilting weather.

the kind where you just sit, and sweat pours out of everywhere, even your eyelids.

heat so hot, you start sweating right out of the shower.

yeah that kind of hot.

i don’t mind it at all, because it makes me feel like… like… like…i’m “home.” makes me feel right at home.

and now there’s another reason to feel like you’re still home.



above, Red Mango in the Philippines (Megamall).

my brothers, oldest and youngest, made sure i “enjoyed”–as much as could possibly be enjoyed, under the prevailing circumstances–my visit home. and in May, when temperatures were constantly in the mid to upper ’90’s F., it was imperative to be an expert on where to find cooling things to drink and eat. my best memory of that is the green tea frozen yogurt with mangoes and strawberries that my younger bro got for me…





and now there’s no need for me to mope, and sulk and be “homesick” for it…

they’ve opened a branch in Boston: fairly new (November 2009), it is the first in Massachusetts, the only one in New England. (pinkberry opening soon too! stay tuned…)

i dragged my family out on the thunderstormy Sunday within the week of my return…sort of a cheer-up-and-welcome-back-to-the-fold food trip.

back here in Boston, sorry no green tea but there’s pomegranate and tangomonium (click here for a complete menu).



with blackberries, raspberries, strawberries and pineapple. i didn’t pick mango, because there is nothing to compare with Philippine mangoes.

you can betcha, i’m coming back here to get my fruit and frozen yogurt fix as often as possible.

red mango

334 Massachusetts Avenue

Boston, MA 02115

(857) 366-4116

(Symphony stop on the Green line)

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