Game Tips

Here is a list of game tips from Chef Wars' loading screen and tavern visits.

## Loading Screens

* There are more than 500 towns to visit!
* Want to find the Baron? Unlock Baron location fights by reaching Master Level 6, and either finishing the main storyline or a chef's personal missions.
* Rarer ingredients greatly increase a recipe's power during upgrades!
* Some special training and items can only be unlocked with gems! You can earn gems by defeating bosses or going to the ITEM STORE!
* As you go off the beaten path, you'll find rarer ingredients.
* The Brotherhood of the Beard is a band of manly men looking for the manliest dishes!
* There are 6 fame tiers: Green, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Diamond, and the elusive Masters!
* Every year, the TV show Super Chef hosts the Cheffy Awards! It's such an honor to be chosen for the Cheffy Awards!
* The Order of the White Rose is a group of distinguised... umm... old ladies who look only for the finest desserts!
* The further away you are from major cities, the higher the chance of finding rare ingredients. That extra bonus is called "Location Rarity"!
* The only way to get the freshest seafood is to visit markets close to the coast. Don't serve judges stale fish!
* You can insta-learn a previously discovered recipe by going to the recipe details in the library! Click on one of the greyed out chef portraits!

## Recipe Tips

When upgrading recipes, try to add one of each ingredient to get a "Full Set" bonus of +2 to the power of your recipe.

### **Asia**

#### **Japan**

* **Tokyo**
	+ Nothing like Chicken Teriyaki with a bit of rice to get the tedium out of the day. It's got soy sauce, mirin and sugar!
	+ You should check out some of the Curry Rice shops here in Tokyo! The curry sauce is tangy and chunky with potatoes, carrots and beef!
	+ You can change the spice level of Curry Rice... but I don't think they'll ever be as spicy as South-East Asian food!
	+ I just got some Anpan! Want a piece? Oh! It's a sweet roll made with milk, sugar, butter and red beans!

### **Europe**

#### **Italy**

* **Trieste**
	+ My mamma has some leftover Risotto if you're hungry. She put some white wine and cheese too!
	+ The specialty of the house is Pizza Bianca! It's just a flour dough with olive oil and rosemary. YES, it's worth what you paid for! HMPH!
	+ Can you imagine anything better than ladyfingers soaked in coffee with mascarpone cheese? No? I thought so
	+ Papa Luigi? He uses a bit of truffle oil in his Sausage and Mushroom Pizza! That cheat!
	+ Papa Luigi's Sausage and Mushroom Pizza is a closely guarded secret! I know he uses cremini mushrooms, Italian sausage but there's something missing!
* **Venice**
	+ We love seafood! Have you tried cooking risotto and squid in white wine and its own ink? It's amazing!
	+ Try out Sweet and Sour Sardines! We put vinegar and raisins - it's a great way to get your appetite going!
	+ Don't know what to do with octopus? I suggest dressing it up with chili, lemon, olive oil and some parsley for Insalata di Polpo!
	+ You know what brightens up an Octopus Salad? A chili and lemon dressing!

#### **Slovenia**

* **Bled**
	+ Let me introduce you to my first love, my dear Carniolan Sausage! She's made with pork and bacon... such a delight! Tee hee!
	+ Would you like a slice of Slovenian Nut Roll? I folded some walnuts, sugar and butter into the yeast dough!
	+ I love to have Carniolan Sausage with a side of dark bread and mustard!
* **Ljubljana**
	+ Have some Carniolan Sausage on the house! It's made with pork, bacon and pepper!
	+ Mama made some amazing Prekmurian Gibanica! It's got layers of apples, poppy seeds and walnuts! Yum!

#### **United Kingdom**

* **Birmingham**
	+ Have some Bangers and Mash for breakfast! We use only the best sausages, potatoes, onion and gravy!
	+ Pork and apples are a suprisingly good combination! Besides the apples, cider will help cut through the greasiness!
* **Brighton and Hove**
	+ You haven't lived until you tried our Banoffee Pie! It has banana, cream, toffee sugar and butter!
	+ Banoffee Pie is banana and toffee, not coffee! Sheesh!
* **Cambridge**
	+ For Roast Beef, you need flour and egg for the Yorkshire Pudding... and lots of gravy!
	+ To make good Roast Beef, rub the beef in a little rosemary... gives it a nice earthy taste.
* **Canterbury**
	+ Ugh, I'm really sick of Gypsy Tarts! They always serve it for dinner at our boarding house. Ours had condensed milk and sugar! Too sweet!
	+ Kent's Gypsy Tarts are really simple. You just need flour, evaporated milk, and muscovado sugar!
* **London**
	+ Most cakes can be made with a standard base of flour, egg, butter and sugar!
	+ If you can make perfect Beef Wellington, you're a star! It has beef, mushroom duxelles and foie gras pate in a puff pastry crust!
	+ Having trouble beating Michel? Hmm, nothing more British than Roast Beef! You need beef, rosemary and gravy for it though!
	+ Our Kedgeree is definitely influenced by Indian food! We use top rice with flaked fish, curry, butter and parsley!
	+ Roast Lamb is an absolute classic! Graces our Sunday dinners every week! We serve ours with mint jelly and gravy.
	+ You should season Roast Lamb with rosemary and serve it with a side of potatoes. Very traditionally British!
* **Oxford**
	+ Devilled Kidneys are a true gentleman's treat! Make it with offal, butter, chili, mustard and Worcestershire Sauce!

## Ingredients Tips

### **Asia**

#### **Japan**

* **Tokyo**
	+ You should grab the freshest fish at Tsukiji Market before it's too late! Most stocks run out by noon!
	+ We have some normal chicken stock at the grocery, but I think you need to explore outside of Tokyo for really good dashi stock.

### **Europe**

#### **Italy**

* **Trieste**
	+ We use a lot of cheeses for our recipes here. Northern Italy has a love affair with dairy!
	+ My grandma says blue cheese was invented by accident! A drunk guy left a half-eaten loaf of bread in a cheese cellar, and the moldy bread became blue cheese!
	+ After boiling octopus, you should let it cool down in the poaching liquid before you rub off the skin. If the suckers fall out, you've cooked too long!
	+ I think you need to go to Umbria or Sicily down south for mushrooms. I think Perugia has some!
* **Venice**
	+ Our city may be slowly sinking, but we'll grab all the good fish before that happens!
	+ There's some lovely anchovy in a stall beside one of the canals? Which canal? Ummm... one... of them?
	+ The best type of tuna is probably Atlantic Bluefin. They're extremely delicious, but too much commercial fishing has made them very endangered!

#### **Slovenia**

* **Bled**
	+ We like hot mustard with our sausages. I think it's Austrian-influenced!
	+ Caraway seems to be an underappreciated spice, just because it's quite common in European cooking.
	+ If you're looking for pork and bacon to make Carniolan Sausage, you should drop by my butcher's shop!
* **Ljubljana**
	+ When Pastor Paunch stops by, he always picks up some Slovenian butter! It's taking hold of him like a passage from the Bible!
	+ Bread is so important in many religions. Like when you have the breaking of the bread during Catholic Mass!

#### **United Kingdom**

* **Birmingham**
	+ If you visit towns near here, I'm sure you'll find good quality Worcestershire Sauce. It's popular in the UK!
	+ Telling people to throw away egg yolks is probably the worst piece of advice in the history of nutrition!
* **Brighton and Hove**
	+ If you overcook fish, the fillets will become dry and tasteless!
	+ If you're baking, use unsalted butter! Salted butter could change the profile of your dish!
	+ The best bananas come from South-East Asia, not here!
	+ I'm achin' for the bacon I saw at the market today! Yumms!
	+ It's not easy to find fresh mint here in the UK - you might need to backtrack to Belgium!
	+ Here's a tip for you! I found some good tropical fruits like bananas in Spain's Canary Islands! May be easier going there than Asia!
	+ Mint is great with lamb. Queen Elizabeth I wanted folks to stop eating lamb once and decreed it should be eaten with bitter herbs... well, that backfired!
* **Cambridge**
	+ You know why we call sausages 'bangers' here? During World War 2, our sausages had high water content, and could explode as it turned to steam!
	+ Rosemary, dear? I don't believe I know her... ... oh! The herb! Silly me! Yes, there should be some at the market!
* **Canterbury**
	+ The best way to know when your lamb is done is to invest in a meat thermometer! Stick it into the meatiest part, not the bone or fats!
	+ There are two ways to temper a mustard seed's heat - hot water or acid! That's why some mustards are weak, others are scorching!
	+ Kent is so famous for seafood, we have a whole species named after our main port - the Dover Sole! It's got an exquisite, delicate taste!
* **London**
	+ Ice cream was so popular in London in the 1800s that there were LOTS of ice wells throughout the city, with ice imported from America and Norway!
	+ Bread crumbs are just that - crumbled bread! You can make your own too!
* **Oxford**
	+ Some Worcestershire Sauce just came in from nearby Worcester. That's where they make it, you know!
	+ Chili isn't really native to British cuisine, but we do use it. You'll have to go to Spain to find some good ones!
	+ We Brits love our tea, dear. You should be able to find the best quality tea leaves in specialty shops around town.
	+ Worcestershire Sauce is a really complex mixture... it has tamarind, malt vinegar, molasses, anchovies, and it's all fermented. Luckily you can just buy it!

## Character Tips

### **Asia**

#### **Japan**

* **Tokyo**
	+ You're recruiting chefs? Well, Jiro's one of the best I've seen in Japan!
	+ Jiro is one of the fastest hands in Tokyo! Her hands with a knife, and especially with seafood, knows no bounds!
	+ Gosh, you should see Kimee Kandyshan go wild in Ginza! She buys all the jewelry and whisky bottles she can get her hands on!
	+ I heard Jiro was a humble fisherman's son. But he had to move to Tokyo because his village was destroyed. Isn't that horrible?
	+ Lola loves to perform at the bars in Kabukicho. Oh yeah, that's our wild red light district in Shinjuku!
	+ Madame Butterfry manages Baron von Pork's hotel businesses all over Asia. That woman gives me the shivers!
	+ Have you met Chef Hikaru, the Raman Queen? She's obssessed with making the best ramens in Japan! Frankly, I think she's mad!
	+ I once worke in Madame Butterfry's Imperial Hotel... gosh, that @$% fired me because my soup had an extra bean!!! She counts the beaaaans!
	+ I love watching Lady Miho's TV show, the 'Sexy Chef'! I enjoy seeing her buns... I mean her Red Bean Buns! Baka!
	+ Madame Butterfry is one of the most powerful women in East Asia. Beware!
	+ Madame Butterfry and Lady Miho are sworn enemies! I heard they had a great battle for control over Kyoto's geisha houses!

### **Europe**

#### **Italy**

* **Venice**
	+ I saw Michel St. Michel's lackeys drop a map of 'Ljubljana'!
	+ Have you been to Rome? I heard there's a famous chef there name Orsinia who has devoted her life to fighting Baron von Pork!
	+ Before you face Michel St. Michel here, you have to master a seafood dish!

#### **Slovenia**

* **Bled**
	+ The country is covered in forests, and we've got hundreds of brown bears! I don't know if I dreamed it but I thought I saw one of them with a chef's hat.
* **Ljubljana**
	+ That Giggles was wandering around town looking for walnuts. Isn't that strange?

#### **United Kingdom**

* **Birmingham**
	+ If you beat Michel St. Michel here, you're on your way to Manchester!
	+ Michel St. Michel loves to cook meat pies and roast beef while here's in Birmingham! Watch out!
	+ If you're having trouble with Michel here, make sure you have a beef dish!
* **London**
	+ Lord Fuzzywinkles is perhaps one of the most lovable Londoners I know! He's gracious to everyone, a true gent!
	+ I know Lord Fuzzywinkles has been trying to dismantle Baron von Pork's network for ages... but he just won't join you willy-nilly!
	+ Lord Fuzzywinkles has been fightining Baron von Pork for as long as I can remember! You should really meet him at his London estate!
	+ If you want to prove yourself to Lord Fuzzywinkles, you have to beat his classic British dishes!
	+ Oh that Lord Fuzzy! I tell you - he's the most intelligent, suave man I know... until he falls on his two left feet!