Pounded yam (Iyán) is considered as the king of all foods because of its many outstanding characteristics ranging from how it’s been prepared to the palatable & pleasurable feeling it gives when consumed hence the popular saying “Iyán ni ọba oúnjẹ”. Pounded yam being a common food among the Yorubas and popularly called Iyán in the Yoruba language is a whitish/creamy looking food gotten from pounding of yam, the delicacy is a gooey dough-like textured food which is conventionally prepared by pounding/beating the boiled yams in a mortal with a pestle. Pounded yam........ read more on https://alawiiyeyoruba.com/pounded-yam-more-than-a-food-to-the-yorubas/

Pounded yam, the food of the land

Antoniosmile:
Pounded yam, the food of the land

As in ehn, Food so good.

meobizy:
I prefer loi loi. Maybe it’s because I came across the food later in life. Pounded yam can’t hold someone’s appetite for six straight hours.

lol, but many persons also claimed that the food is too heavy that they can't even eat it in the morning. Moi moi is also cool but I think I prefer the king of all foods to it