Have you ever seen a smiley wasabi? Let me show you. This is Yang Mama Japanese stand up meal eatery and is located in a traditional market in Taiwan. Stand up meal 立食 originates from Japanese culture in the old days, with stalls selling tea to passerby's. Since it's a quick drink, no seating was available and customers would stand and drink it. Actually, this is very similar to say Italians having an espresso at a café in the morning, or Brits having a beer in the pub in the evening. Often they'd just stand at the counter to have their drink. Back to Japan, the stand up thing evolved over the years and more eateries began offering this type of service.
I'm not sure why Yang Mama calls her place a stand up meal as it was all sit down, albeit not many seats. Maybe she started off as a very small stand up place and just kept the brand. She even has her own cartoon character, and the tag line "it's worth standing because it taste so good"
This place is actually quite a well known eatery, just look at all the celebrities and politicians that have visited. The guy in the top right corner photo is the mayor of Taipei city, and the woman in the bottom right is the ex vice President of Taiwan.
Back to the food. I sat at the counter in front of the fridge and Yang Mama (on the left) was working in the other side. Although I couldn't see her working clearly, I got a pretty good view, plus sight of all the fresh produce.
The quality of the food was perfect, she didn't skim on quality just because she was located in a traditional market. Likewise the presentation was immaculate. I love Japanese food, and this was absolutely delicious. Price wise, it was cheaper than normal sit down restaurants of course, as it was located in a traditional market, and had none of the fancy decor.
I promised you a smiley wasabi at the beginning of the post. Here it is. Normally we're just given a blob of green wasabi. Here they moulded it into a little ball and imprinted a smiley face on top. How cute is that!!!
MARCH HPUD GUESSING CONTEST
Now you've seen how cute wasabi can be, it's time to show you how much a piece of good quality real wasabi plant will cost. The answer to my March HPUD Guessing contest is NTD300.
This month I had a very good turnout of 31 entrants. However due to my bad, I didn't get around to responding and upvoting some of your comments, so sorry for that. I have rectified that by upvoting either your recent meaningful post or comment where possible. Of course, I know you all join my monthly HPUD Guessing Contest because you love to engage and have some silly fun, and not because I upvote your entry comment 😉
Back to the results, we have 5 correct entries this month. Congrats to @dbooster, @phortun, @awah, @coquicoin and @nkemakonam89. Even better, each one of your powered up on the day, but unfortunately @coquicoin and @nkemakonam89 didn't power up at least 20 HP as per my rules. However, in the spirit of HPUD and engagement, I've decided to change my rule and lower the power up requirement to 10 HP which is in line with the official HPUD requirement with immediate effect. Therefore, every winner is eligible for the bonus and you will each receive 8 HBD!!!
| Name | HPUD Answer | Power up > 20 HP |
|---|---|---|
| @soyunasantacruz | 170 | -- |
| @nicklewis | 230 | -- |
| @emeka4 | 230 | -- |
| @idksamad78699 | 240 | -- |
| @opidia | 240 | -- |
| @christianyocte | 250 | -- |
| @miljo76 | 250 | -- |
| @ace108 | 250 | -- |
| @jenthoughts | 250 | -- |
| @jpatrick28 | 250 | -- |
| @technicalside | 250 | -- |
| @libertycrypto27 | 250 | -- |
| @littlebee4 | 258.46 | -- |
| @tengolotodo | 260 | -- |
| @sjarvie5 | 260 | -- |
| @hoosie | 275 | -- |
| @itchyfeetdonica | 280 | -- |
| @micheal87 | 290 | -- |
| @farm-mom | 299 | -- |
| @dbooster | 300 | yes |
| @phortun | 300 | yes |
| @awah | 300 | yes |
| @coquicoin | 300 | no |
| @nkemakonam89 | 300 | no |
| @beauty197 | 320 | -- |
| @poplar-22 | 350 | -- |
| @acidyo | 350 | -- |
| @voidd | 380 | -- |
| @hiddenblade | 380 | -- |
| @leaky20 | 400 | -- |
| @trangbaby | 450 | -- |
Thanks again to everyone who entered this month and your diligent detective work to try to work out the correct answer!! I hope to see you again next month.
Hihi my detective skills worked
They did indeed and I´m sorry you didn´t stick to what they originally lead you to, there could have been one more winner of this round ;)
That was some great detective skills, I'm really impressed that you picked out that little stroke I didn't hide. And you actually did mention the correct answer, but sadly I can only accept the answer you put forward 🙃
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I was just 1 NTD away 🥲.
Congratulations to the winners.
My bad, 299 is from farm-mom, you guessed 380 😉
Ohhhhh I missed it, but is fine congratulations to the winners and all participants, let's continue engagement and powering up.
I also appreciate the adjustment on the number of hive power up.
Hopefully you will join in power up as well next month
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Love the 😊 wasabi @livinguktaiwan . Well done @awah
Cheers @jgiordi
Come and join my HPUD Guessing Contest next month!!!
Hah, I wasn't close this time tho at first my mind said Go for "299" but well well my guessing sense seems like getting Better. Hehe!
Congrats to lucky one's. HP Engagement is pretty Good!!!!
It's all about the fun, that's the main thing!!
Indeed it was fun!
Happy Sunday sis.
Congrats to the winners, and thanks again for another fun compo !
You're welcome, appreciate you dropping by every month
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Oh I missed this month's guessing contest, I'm still very ambitious for next month. I've never seen such a sweet wasabi, but that doesn't mean it won't burn my whole body starting from my mouth haha.
You had a terrible and busy month in February. Don't feel bad about it. Saving lives is much more important, so kudos to you for your effort.
As to the wasibi, yes it can be quite hot, and sometimes one doesn't realise that take too much!!!
Congrats to all the detectives 😉! The food looks awesome 😋
I definitely was... very!!!!
I've never seen wasabi leaves but just its root. I also had way too many fake wasabis 🤣
Well, in Asia, you never know what's real and what's fake sometime!!
The food looks so healthy and inviting 😇
Wow...I am one of the winners 🎉🥳🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
I am so much excited right now
Much appreciated for the reward Thank you so much @livinguktaiwan
Well done, and congrats!
Thanks so much @livinguktaiwan - it was an enjoyable silly bit of fun. Pure luck on my side but thanks so much mate.
The smiley face is just brilliant!
That's what we need sometimes, just some silliness in life 😄 Congrats for winning this month
300 - that makes sense. I over shot by a bit too much.
The Wasabi looks happy 😁
A
littlebit, but hey,who's counting? 😄Wow! Congratulations winners. To more HPUD guessing game by @livinguktaiwan.
Oh that cute smiley food is cute and seems you don't want to eat it because it's smiling at you, seems saying hello.
My husband dug right into the smiley wasabi 😂
Thank you very much, @livinguktaiwan:)
The food looks delicious. I love Japanese food and here the good places to eat it are very few, and they are usually quite expensive.
The wasabi with a smiley face is very cute and a great idea.
Happy weekend!
Congrat and well done on guessing the correct price.
It's actually the same in UK as well, good Japanese food is quite rare of expensive when you can find them. I've been eating a lot in Taiwan
I loved your post about Yang Mama Japanese stand up meal eatery! Just reading this part made me salivate just thinking about the deliciousness and freshness of the fish!🍣
ha ha!! Guess I'm the lucky one with the real experience!
Yay! Thank you for the prize, it was a really fun HPUD round :) Also, congrats to the other cowinners, good job guys! That smiling wasabi is cute btw, definitely cuter than the unsightly blobs that are usually served on the plate :D
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Congrats on winning Petr, you all did a great job this month. I think it's the first month when multiple winners has has powered up
Thank you :) Well, in the past, I usually powered up on the last day of the month (to meet my monthly goals) and not on the first day of the month so I missed a lot of HPUDs but for the past few months, I have been actually powering up on both the last day of the old month and on the first day of the new one too so now, I´m not missing out on the HPUD fun ;)
Woohoo! I won I won I won!
I love the cute logo at that sushi place. The food looks great! Mmm...makes me want to go out for sushi soon.
Yup you won!!! Congrats !!!
Taiwan still has a lot to learn from Japan about Japanese food, but so far they're doing ok I think. Still need to go to Japanese for the real authentic food!
Just wow
Congratulations to the winners 🙌
Seems like you are pretty familiar with the restaurants there :) ... I'm glad that this little place survived Covid.
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I've walked past this place in the market before, but never paid much attention, then my local friend mentioned it the other day, and I happened to pass by again and I only had to wait for the next available table, couldn't pass on the chance to give it a go
Word of mouth is truly the best advertising :) ...
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This stand-up meal eatery serves creative food huh. Knowing it's just on the market, they prepare and plate the food so elegantly.
Anyways. The smiley wasabi was so cute. It makes you smile before you eat. 😅
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Loving the smiley Wasabi!! ☺️
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I love the wasabi smiley - the food looks great. I love anything Japanese.
Congratulations to all the winners and @livinguktaiwan 's flexibility.