Sesame-crusted yellowfin tuna was lifted above the cliché by a crunchy, intriguing scattering of wasabi peas.

They are used to make mushy peas and also the snack food wasabi peas.

As well as cheese, there was duck liver pâté, hummus, wasabi peas and honey-roasted nuts, a platter of sushi and two rings of shrimp.

According to the official website, he is an Aquarius, snacks on wasabi green peas, video cameras are his favorite, likes to skateboard and would never watch a buddy cop movie.

We were getting pelted with beer nuts and wasabi peas, and I could see casino security at the door, trying to make its way through the crowd.

Smoke from Churchill-size cigars was infusing the Parmesan crisps and wasabi peas.

"I was eating wasabi peas," he said, "and thinking how good they were, even though they're probably not traditional, and might even have been invented in America."

As a change of pace from the usual wasabi peas, Feridies, from Courtland, Va., showed tantalizing wasabi peanuts.

For a snack that's a bit more exotic than corn nuts, pick up some wasabi peas or a baby banana.

"I was so self-conscious then," she said, munching noisily on fistfuls of wasabi peas.