#mango saigo

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Coconut Milk Saigo + Mango Saigo (not mine)

Location: Fruitti Mix in First Markham Place

Price: $16.95 total for 2 medium, warm :’)

This place has everything and for real cheaps! It serves all kinds of drinks, milk teas, slushies, HK desserts, and also hot crepes, sweet and savoury, french toast, banana boats, steamed rice sets, hk street food, Japanese savoury pancakes, all day breakfasts? The food court already covers a whole lot, and this stall is carrying like half the weight (lmao jk no every stall here kind of goes super hard on variety).

I am giddy the moment I hold the warm saigo in my hands, for that is an option they offered me, and i immediately pounced on it. Warm is, for me, the optimal temperature for most food and beverages, as the heat or cold doesn’t interfere with my ability to truly savour the taste. The exceptions are foods and drinks cooked/brewed specifically for a certain temperature in mind.

Coconut Saigo:

The first sip might not have suggested it, but as you keep going the drink blossoms into a warm, sweet, milky, lightly coconut-y concoction textured with lightly airy bubbles which I find personally much more manageable and appealing than tapioca. Listen, nothing beats a traditional cantonese dessert, and drinking it through a cup and bubble tea straw rather than a bowl and ceramic soup spoon is an updated modern version of ingesting the same thing that I highkey board the train for. It turns the tradition to something you can bring with you on the go, carry around and easily drink. It’s convenient! It’s good! It doesn’t leave tapioca pearls at the bottom for you to painstakingly slurp up! 西米露 revolution!!!

Saigo tangent: the prevalence of this dessert in hk and Guangdong in general is, I think, a testament to the unique cultural connections it shares with Southeast Asia countries like Malaysia and Indonesia, who produces the majority of the world’s saigo. It’s geographical placement has archaeologically/historically meant the region which Hong Kong lives in is a hot bed of cultural interactions unique to the area and it’s actors. Singapore, through its architectural visuals and lifestyles, provide one of the best examples alluding to this interconnectivity. Immediate thoughts, verify veracity later.

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Kojima Haruna (小嶋陽菜)  

Nickname: Kojiharu (こじはる), Harunyan (はるにゃん), Nyannyan (にゃんにゃん)

Birthdate: April 19, 1988

Birthplace: Saitama, Japan

Bloodtype: O

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Height: 164cm

Years Active: 2005-2017

Agency: OgiPro/AKS

Group: AKB48

Team: Team A

Generation: 1st Generation

2005-2017

Trivia

Favorite food: Nodoguro, sushi, mango

Favorite drink: Jasmine tea and tomato juice

Favorite artist: Morning Musume'16

Favorite TV show: Ametaalk!, travel and idol shows

Favorite magazine: Fashion magazines and BLT

Favorite season: Spring, summer and fall

Favorite fashion brand: Snidel, Language, Deicy

Favorite town: Upper Manhattan, New York

Favorite AKB single: Yuuhi wo Miteiru ka

Favorite mascot: Sanrio character My Melody

Hobbies: Shopping, idols, having tea with friends, spacing out alone

She is one of the original Team A members, and is close with the first generation members.

Before Eien Pressure, she had the record of being the only first generation AKB48 member to be present on every A-side single (from Skirt, Hirari up to UZA).

Known to be best friends with former member Komatani Hitomi. Sadly, she was not present when Komatani announced her graduation plan.

She dropped out of high school at the age of 16 due to school regulations which do not allow students to work in entertainment industry.

In a segment in AKBINGO!, she said that the only thing she dislikes the most is Milk.

Would rather have joined Morning Musume'16 than AKB48.

In an interview she said that the idol she most admire is Morning Musume former leader Michishige Sayumi

Kojima is well known as one of the tallest girls in AKB48.

Her autograph mimics a girl with hairstyle spelled "Haruna".

Natsu Mayumi, a former choreographer for Morning Musume-a group which she fancies for, challenged her to take part in the AKB48 audition.

She is the only victim in AKBINGO!'s AKRangers segment to be successfully rescued.

Her favorite Dragon Ball character is Vegeta.

AKB48 Senbatsu Elections

1st Senbatsu Election - #6 (Senbatsu)

2nd Senbatsu Election - #7 (Senbatsu)

3rd Senbatsu Election, - #6 (Senbatsu)

4th Senbatsu Election - #7 (Senbatsu)

5th Senbatsu Election - #9 (Senbatsu)

6th Senbatsu Election - #8 (Senbatsu)

7th Senbatsu Election - Didn't Participate

8th Senbatsu Election - #16 (Senbatsu) (as Nyan Nyan Kamen)

Janken Tournaments

1st Janken Taikai - #3 (Lost to Ishida Haruka)

2nd Janken Taikai - #13 (Lost to Oya Shizuka)

3rd Janken Taikai - Round 3 (Lost to Umeda Ayaka)

Singles Participation

AKB48 A-Sides

Sakura no Hanabiratachi

Skirt, Hirari

Aitakatta

Seifuku ga Jama wo Suru

Keibetsu Shiteita Aijou

BINGO!

Boku no Taiyou

Yuuhi wo Miteiru ka?

Romance, Irane

Sakura no Hanabiratachi 2008

Baby! Baby! Baby!

Oogoe Diamond

10nen Zakura

Namida Surprise!

Iiwake Maybe

RIVER

Ponytail to Shushu

Heavy Rotation

Beginner

Chance no Junban

Sakura no Ki ni Narou

Everyday, Katyusha

Flying Get

Kaze wa Fuiteiru

Ue kara Mariko

GIVE ME FIVE!

Manatsu no Sounds Good!

Gingham Check

UZA

So long!

Sayonara Crawl

Koi Suru Fortune Cookie

Heart Ereki

Mae Shika Mukanee

Labrador Retriever

Kokoro no Placard

Kibouteki Refrain

Green Flash

Bokutachi wa Tatakawanai

Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby

Kimi wa Melody

Tsubasa wa Iranai

LOVE TRIP/Shiawase wo Wakenasai

High Tension

AKB48 B-Sides

Dear my teacher (Sakura no Hanabiratachi)

Aozora no Soba ni Ite (Skirt, Hirari)

Dakedo... (Aitakatta)

Virgin love (Seifuku ga Jama wo Suru)

Namida Uri no Shoujo (Keibetsu Shiteita Aijou)

Only Today (BINGO!)

Mirai no Kajitsu (Boku no Taiyou)

Viva! Hurricane (Yuuhi wo Miteiru ka?)

Ai no Moufu (Romance, Irane)

Saigo no Seifuku (Sakura no Hanabiratachi 2008)

Yume wo shinaseru wake ni ikanai (Baby! Baby! Baby!)

109 (Marukyuu) (Oogoe Diamond)

Sakurairo no Sora no Shita de (10nen Zakura)

Majisuka Rock'n'Roll (Sakura no Shiori)

Majijo Teppen Blues (Ponytail to Shushu)

Yasai Sisters (Heavy Rotation)

Lucky Seven (Heavy Rotation)

Kurumi to Dialogue (Chance no Junban)

Yoyaku Shita Christmas (Chance no Junban)

Korekara Wonderland (Everyday, Katyusha)

Yankee Soul (Everyday, Katyusha)

Seishun to Kizukanai Mama (Flying Get)

Yasai Uranai (Flying Get)

Noel no Yoru (Ue Kara Mariko)

Rinjin wa Kizutsukanai (Ue Kara Mariko)

Hitsujikai no Tabi (GIVE ME FIVE!)

Yume no Kawa (Gingham Check)

Seigi no Mikata Janai Hero (UZA)

Totteoki Christmas (Eien Pressure)

Eien Yori Tsuzuku You ni (Eien Pressure)

Sokode inu no unchi fun jau ka ne? (So long!)

Romance Kenjuu (Sayonara Crawl)

Hasute to Wasute (Sayonara Crawl)

Namida no Sei Janai (Koi Suru Fortune Cookie)

Saigo no Door (Koi Suru Fortune Cookie)

Tiny T-Shirt ([[Heart Electric]

Senaka Kotoba (Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby)

Yasashii place (Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby)

Mazariau Mono (Kimi wa Melody) (Center)

M.T. ni Sasagu (Kimi wa Melody)

Set me free (Tsubasa wa Iranai)

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Mango Saigon Drink

Location: Deer Cake

Price: yeema got it

The lid even has a built in stopper :’) it’s the return of the sippy cup lid style!

Perhaps saigo isn’t the best choice to put in takeout cups, because it’s blocking the mouth of the lid and so the drink itself is staggering through. Let me take off the lid.

Okay nevermind opening this seems impossible without spilling the whole thing. Making do.

I just realised that dent on the lid is for SECURING THE STOPPER. This lid is living in 2052. Takeout cups have really innovated the last couple of years???? This cup is smarter than me and it doesn’t even have Bluetooth (implying that I do).

Strong mango taste, exactly what I would expect from mango saigo, just in a cup. Traditional way of eating it is hot, in a small bowl, with a Chinese spoon. This one is served cold. Of course, it depends on the environment, climate, season, time of day, whim, and what have you, but generally speaking I prefer the hot version, which I think brings out the sweet mango taste better. The hot one also usually has a thicker consistency to it, whereas this you could arguably say it’s more watery. Still good though!

Actually, the way the “spout” is arranged makes it quite conducive to sucking up the saigo so you can drink it!