Baise is a city and prefecture in the west of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. It is near to Yunnan province and the border with Vietnam. In addition to being home to a number of Chinese ethnic minorities, it is also of some importance in Chinese history as the site of the 1929 Baise Uprising led by Deng Xiao Ping and which led to the Long March. Of more recent interest is that it is the mango centre for southern China.
This afternoon a dear friend, who lives there, sent me this box of Baise mangoes.
So, I opened it.
It's going to be mango heaven for a bit. I've earmarked a couple for a new batch of my favourite spicy mango relish, a few will be eaten au naturel but if anyone has a stunning idea for mangoes (I'm sure many of you do), then I'm all ears!
NB. Be very careful searching Google etc for Baise. It has a very different meaning in French!