Manila Mango ???

During lunch last Friday, my Vietnamese friend took out a ripe mango from her bag and told me that it is a Manila mango. I looked at it and said, ” I don’t know Ha-Le but there has never been a Philippine mango ever around in the U. S. and this doesn’t look like a Philippine mango to  me. ” She said it was Manila mango. I don’t know what Manila mango meant. Does it mean it came from the Philippines or it’s just a name like the manila paper? Since she said it came from County Square I decided to check it out and  buy one box too. It was also sweet but a different kind of sweetness, it tasted a little , just a little bit like a ripe Indian mango.

When we got to County Square, there it was ” Manila Mango, 12.99 a box ” . I examined the box and it was not from the Philippines. It was a produce of Mexico. I wonder why they called it Manila mango then. Were they just using the Manila word to confuse people that it’s from the Philippines ?  Anyway I Googled it and tumbled upon this   Manila Mango article from ABS-CBN .

It’s just unfair that they are using our beloved Manila name. They should see how better and sweeter our Philippine mango is , especially the ones from Guimaras. My husband said just now that there already is super mango from the Philippines in L.A. I found out that this is the Super Mango that they know of and not the Super Mango ( carabao mango ) from the Philippines.

When is my beloved Philippine Mango finally coming in to America ? If it finally comes to Filipino stores all over states of America, I bet you, it would be mango mania for all of us Pinoy mango lovers. That would be absolutely heaven !!!

(in the picture is the Champagne mango, the one box that I bought, it’s  a produce from another country, not the Philippines.)