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Mystery Guest

JULIAN VELARD: This is ASK ME ANOTHER, NPR's hour of puzzles, word games and trivia. I'm Julian Velard here with puzzle guru Art Chung. Now here's your host Ophira Eisenberg.

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OPHIRA EISENBERG, HOST:

Thank you, Julian. Now, before the break, our contestant Jake won his way to the final round. But we're going to find out a little later who he will face off against. But first, we have a game called Mystery Guest. A stranger is about to come onto our stage. Julian and I have no idea what this person does or what makes them special.

But only our puzzle guru Art Chung knows the answer.

ART CHUNG: That's right, I do. Our mystery guest today is responsible for a hot new food trend. Mystery Guest, please introduce yourself.

DARREN WONG: Hi, my name is Darren Wong.

CHUNG: So what's interesting about Darren is that his food creation looks like something else. So your job is to tell us what his creation is and what it looks like.

EISENBERG: Both things.

CHUNG: You and Julian will have to ask yes or no questions to figure it out.

EISENBERG: OK, is your food creation made out of meat?

WONG: No.

VELARD: Is it made out of bread?

WONG: No.

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CHUNG: That's it.

EISENBERG: That's it? All right, is it, like, a sculpture?

WONG: Yeah, I'd say that, yeah.

EISENBERG: OK, all right.

VELARD: Is it a vegetable sculpture?

WONG: Oh, I'm going to go with yes.

EISENBERG: OK.

CHUNG: Plant based is what we said?

WONG: Yeah.

CHUNG: Yeah, it's plant-based.

WONG: Plant-Based is a vegetable.

VELARD: Right, so, like, vegetable, animal, mineral, vegetable, right?

CHUNG: It's not meat.

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EISENBERG: Would I recognize it as a plant?

WONG: No.

EISENBERG: What?

VELARD: Is it seasonal? Like, can you only eat it in a certain season?

WONG: Well, I've only been in business for one season.

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VELARD: Where'd you find this guy, Art?

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CHUNG: Ask him how big is it, maybe.

EISENBERG: Yeah, all right. Is it bigger than a bread box? What's a bread box? I don't know what a bread box is.

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EISENBERG: Is it bigger...

WONG: I can give you a big clue.

EISENBERG: Give me a big clue.

WONG: It's about the size of a boob.

EISENBERG: It's about the size of a boob, is that what you just said?

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EISENBERG: Who's boob?

(LAUGHTER)

VELARD: Oh, God. I don't...

CHUNG: Maybe a question of either its color or its consistency.

EISENBERG: Does it look like a boob?

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WONG: Yes, a lot of people have said that.

EISENBERG: A lot of people say it looks like a boob. Is it pinkish, flesh-colored?

WONG: No.

VELARD: Does it look like a ghost, like a Pokemon or something? I don't know.

WONG: It is clear.

VELARD: OK.

EISENBERG: It is clear, weird.

CHUNG: All right, I think we're going to give you one question each. That's a pretty big hint. It is clear.

EISENBERG: And it's the size of a medium boob.

(LAUGHTER)

EISENBERG: What's - oh, I guess jelly is see-through. Maybe it's made of jelly.

WONG: It's a jelly.

EISENBERG: What? It's a jelly.

WONG: It's a jelly.

CHUNG: All right, Julian, one more question.

VELARD: Is it a clear marshmallow basketball thing? I don't - really? I was onto something there?

WONG: Pretty close, yeah.

VELARD: Really? Wow.

WONG: There's a lot of...

CHUNG: I think it's pretty close, but we can't give it to you. But Darren, can you please explain your food creation?

WONG: I make the raindrop cake.

EISENBERG: Oh.

VELARD: Oh, my God. I've seen you on television.

EISENBERG: Yes.

(LAUGHTER)

CHUNG: All right, Darren, for our listeners at home, please explain what the raindrop cake is.

WONG: So the raindrop cake is made out of agar, which is a seaweed.

EISENBERG: Oh.

WONG: So that's where the plant comes from.

EISENBERG: Right, right. I would have known that.

WONG: And it looks clear. It looks like a giant raindrop. Some people think it looks like a boob.

EISENBERG: Sure. And what made you decide - like, how did you come to create this thing?

WONG: I originally saw it in Japan. And I was sort of inspired. I thought that it would be a really cool sort of trendy New York food item. I thought people would eat it up. And...

EISENBERG: You were right.

WONG: Yeah.

EISENBERG: So how are sales?

WONG: Pretty good.

EISENBERG: Can you keep up with them?

WONG: Yes. I have a kitchen, and I can make thousands in a week.

EISENBERG: And is your background as a - are you, like, a pastry person or a chef?

WONG: No, I used to be in advertising.

(LAUGHTER)

EISENBERG: Clearly, yeah, yeah.

CHUNG: And because it doesn't taste like anything, you serve it with...

WONG: Well, whatever toppings we want to put on it. So it's matcha sauce or brown sugar sauce or roasted soybean flowers. So it's kind of nutty and sweet.

CHUNG: And the best part is it's calorie free.

WONG: Except for the toppings.

(LAUGHTER)

EISENBERG: Right, he's silent. He's like, yeah, yeah, sure it is. Sure it is. Give it up for our special guest, raindrop cake man Darren Wong.

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