Kokoro Kitchen
In this delightful farm-to-table cooking game, you’ll restore a cozy Japanese restaurant, cultivate a bountiful garden of fresh ingredients, and prepare mouth-watering Japanese dishes for hungry locals. Use your culinary skills to help bring a little life back to the spirit world!
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13 itemsAbout the Game
Welcome to the spirit world! You might not remember how you got here, but don’t worry—Alan, the cutest (and grumpiest) poultry-geist, has a plan! In this farm-to-table cooking game help Alan restore a rundown Japanese restaurant, serve delicious meals, harvest fresh crops, and prepare special ingredients to meet all your customers’ needs.
Manage Your Restaurant:
Choose the menu that you want to serve each day. Experiment with new recipes and cater to what you think your customers will enjoy the most!
Balance your time and quality of each dish to keep your customers happy and earn money for future upgrades!
Prepare meals to put on your takeaway tables and meet the needs of customers on the go!
Farm-to-Table Cooking:
Water and harvest ingredients from your very own garden! Use these ingredients to create the freshest meals for your ghostly friends.
Make sure to take special care of your cows and chickens so that you can have fresh milk and eggs everyday!
Play mini-games to prepare certain ingredients for your recipes. Ferment soybeans to make your own soy sauce, dry green tea leaves to create your own matcha powder, and more!
Purchase Items & Upgrades:
Make sure to manage your finances so that you have enough funds to make purchases for your shop and yourself. Purchase new plants for your farm, decorations for your bedroom, and more!
Spend points to purchase upgrades to restore your shop, add extra elements to your kitchen, and activate other elements that make running your restaurant even easier!
Explore the NPCs:
Something has been missing from this restaurant for a long time. Learn about Alan’s history with the restaurant and help him find his missing piece!
According to Alan, this restaurant used to have some regulars. When they come into the restaurant, complete their challenge to learn more about the history of your store!
