This is why authentic wasabi is so expensive. #Wasabi #Japan #SoExpensive

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[roughroadrunner]

Whoever invented the fake wasabi must be held accountable. Could have branded or called it anything other than wasabi.

[deadfrg]

I work at a wasabi farm!! It is the stupidest plant in the world and it’s also my favourite plant in the world. 😂

[DDFreddi]

Youd think a plant with such a high spice level would be much more resilient.

[xjdisuehd]

Hardest plant to grow naturally? Saffron laughs in background.

[JalaJala]

Sounds like my Apartment would be a great Environment for growing wasabi

[sairamsk]

Really other than Japan growing it in America is human magic. Such tight and elegant conditions for wasabi growth are nature's magnificence.

[greenmbsta]

So what the heck do we eat thats known as Wasabi?

[simonzhang]

Pour le wasabi, même au Japon il est très commun de ne pas consommer du vrai wasabi. C’est du au fait qu’il est très difficile à produire et le prix peut vite monter (120-250$/kg), c’est un produit de luxe. On retrouve très facilement du wasabi (qu’on a chez nous) dans le commerce au Japon sous forme de tube . Pour ce point là c’est pas si dramatique.

[shroomi_the_gnome]

lol but at korean fish markets its a free side 😅

[windsad_ray]

In Italy, is called Cren or Kren, eaten in some part of the Veneto region

[katherinekinnaird]

God made Wasabi so difficult to grow to keep the Riverbanks from becoming just erode...

[wzupify]

All plants takes months to grow but in America we eat gmo plants