dimanche 1 janvier 2012

Expansions, special stoves, equipment

With the money of the apple crumbles, and the points of the baklavas, I expanded the cafe a bit more, got more stoves and counters. I still have to buy a single piece of decoration, and that doesnt affect the buzz rating as you can see.


All right, I set up a phone booth, because one of my friends needed some invites, but that's all.

 I started to set up some special stoves and equipment. What is that ? In CW, you have a certain number of slots for standard stoves, where most dishes are cooked. The maximum number you can have is 27 at level 150. Besides that, you have a number of special stoves, also called stations, which allow to cook specific recipes. You also have some kitchen equipment that allow standard stoves to cook more recipes. Here is a quick list :

  • Special stoves
    • Pizza oven (2 allowed) : cooks pizzas ; the Mike's Mystical Pizza has a high number of servings, allowing to serve food overnight.
    • Pastry Station : I tried all pastries, but the first recipe you get, the Sixties Cake, is simply the best for coins and points.
    • Slow Cooker : same here : the Beef Bourguignon is immediately available, and very profitable.
    • Fondue Station : cook Swiss Cheese Fondue for points, Cookies and Cream Fondue for coins.
    • Sushi Station : sushis are very good for points and cash. It takes quite awhile to get all the sushi recipes, but it's worth the effort. I tend to cook a Sushi Boat overnigh (12h) and a Uni in the day (8h). Whenever I have some free time, I cook Spicy Tuna Rolls (2h). The tuna rolls are the most profitable, but the short cooking time forces you to login often.
    • The Deep fryer (2 allowed), Bread Oven, Toaster, Soup Station, Sandwich Counter and BBQ Station are less interresting, but you'll want to devellop them on your free time because some of their recipes are sometimes required  by some mission goals or catering orders.
    • The Chocolate Station is no longer buildable. Mocha Truffles used to be a good profitable recipe, though.
  • Equipment
    • Pasta Maker and Kitchenus Maximus statue allow more recipes to be cooked on standard stoves. Some of them are particularly good like the Lobster Stuffed Ravioli (24h) or the Julius Caesar Salad (12h). I use them when I can't login in a while.
    • Salad Bar, Coffee Bar and Drink Bar : again, you'll need some  of their recipes for goals. In addition, drinks and coffee produce buzz, but with the teleportation trick, that's not an issue for us, is it ?
I also rearranged the stoves and counters. The waiters are now enclosed in their own reserved area to speed up serving time even more. So here's how it looks now :