What is wasabi?

Wasabi is a spicy green paste that makes your nose and mouth tingle when you eat it.

Imagine you're eating a hot dog, but instead of ketchup, you put on wasabi, it’s like the hot dog got supercharged with a special kind of fire that starts in your mouth and zooms up to your nose!

Wasabi is not like regular spicy food. It doesn’t just burn your tongue, it sends tiny fireworks from your nose all the way to your brain! It’s like when you blow on a hot soup, but instead of steam, there’s spicy smoke coming out of your nose.

Wasabi grows in cold, wet places, usually near rivers. People take its roots and grind them into a paste, just like how you might mash up a banana with a fork to make a smoothie. That's how you get the green, spicy paste we know as wasabi!