This cold mango sago dessert is another example of Asian dessert "soup". If you like mangos like I do, this is a great, refreshing summertime dessert.
I wanted to learn how to make this for my husband, who loves this dessert very much. Eating this takes us right back to road trips to Toronto, Canada. We went there just last summer with my sister and her family and together, we visited landmarks and children-friendly places like the zoo but most importantly, we consumed an enormous amount of delicious Chinese food. There is a strong Chinese/Asian population in Toronto and going there feels a bit like visiting Hong Kong. The food is so good there!
And on our trip to Toronto, after we'd had a day of sightseeing with the kids and eaten a huge dinner, we would also visit a Chinese dessert house, where there'd be a variety of these dessert soups (hot and cold) and other desserts like ices and puddings to choose from. My husband adores this mango sago dessert. He'd get this look of rapture on his face and after we're done and the bill has been paid, we're thinking about when we can go back again. It takes us right back to a trip to Hong Kong we took when we first graduated from college. We went with our fellow foodies (i.e., my sister and brother in law - no kids at the time) and it turned out to be an amazing food trip. We ate non-stop and there were dessert houses featuring these kinds of fresh fruit desserts in almost every corner. We ate there as often as we could. We went to Japan and Hong Kong on that memorable trip; I swear I gained ten pounds in less than two weeks.
So I've been wanting to make this for a while. Not only is it delicious but it also brings back good memories. I was a little worried about how this would turn out. In Hong Kong and Toronto, they seem to have the most amazing tasting mangoes all year round and I didn't even know where I'd find one of the ingredients - plain mango juice - around here. Needless to say, I finally got it together and it came out terrific. Might not be quite as tasty as the ones from the dessert houses we visited but it's a mighty good homemade version. Happily, it was also quite easy to make once I got the ingredients together.
And on our trip to Toronto, after we'd had a day of sightseeing with the kids and eaten a huge dinner, we would also visit a Chinese dessert house, where there'd be a variety of these dessert soups (hot and cold) and other desserts like ices and puddings to choose from. My husband adores this mango sago dessert. He'd get this look of rapture on his face and after we're done and the bill has been paid, we're thinking about when we can go back again. It takes us right back to a trip to Hong Kong we took when we first graduated from college. We went with our fellow foodies (i.e., my sister and brother in law - no kids at the time) and it turned out to be an amazing food trip. We ate non-stop and there were dessert houses featuring these kinds of fresh fruit desserts in almost every corner. We ate there as often as we could. We went to Japan and Hong Kong on that memorable trip; I swear I gained ten pounds in less than two weeks.
