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Ingredients are items that are used to level up dishes. There are many ways to obtain ingredients in Restaurant City.

Each ingredient has a 'quality' rating, depicted by one to five stars. The stars indicate how rare an ingredient is or how much is needed to complete all the dishes.

Originally, there were only 49 different ingredients. Several upgrades since have drastically increased the number of ingredients available. As of April 8th, 2012 there are 101 ingredients available.

Note: the quality rating and number required will change from week to week.

Obtaining Ingredients[]

There are multiple ways to get ingredients.

  1. By playing the game, you are given up to five random ingredients per day.
    • If you did not play the day before, you are given one ingredient.
    • If you play more often than the above, you are given one to five ingredients per day. It starts off at one and then adds another ingredient the next day. This goes up to five ingredients in one day before the cycle starts over again. So if you play every day, you will first get one ingredient, then two, then three, four, then five. After that, the cycle starts over for another five unless you miss a day.
  2. The first time you visit a new neighbor, you are given one free random ingredient.
  3. By answering the daily food quiz correctly, you are given one free random ingredient.
  4. You can trade ingredients with your neighbors, exchanging one of your ingredients for one of theirs.
    • Players can 'lock' ingredients, requiring your neighbor to give permission to trade that item.
    • If an ingredient is not 'locked' and has a quality rating equal or less than the quality rating of the ingredient you wish to give them, it will automatically trade.
    • If the ingredient is not 'locked' and has a higher quality rating than the ingredient you wish to trade, it will require your neighbor's permission to trade.
    • Places to find new friends to trade with:
  5. The ingredient market sells three random ingredients for 2,800 to 5,400 coins each day.
  6. The ingredient market also sells all ingredients for 4 to 8 Cooking Cash. Some ingredients can be as low as one Cooking Cash though, especially during certain sales.
  7. At level 6, you gain the option of starting your own garden. Garden plots are the cheapest production of ingredients that you may need, such as Tea Leaves or Basil.
  8. Upon finding the Gourmet King, you may be able to share an ingredient with your friends. You do not get the ingredient yourself (but you may claim ingredients shared by friends).
  9. When a friend visits your restaurant, they may find a Mystery Crate containing a random ingredient. You can claim the ingredient if they post it to your Facebook wall. You may also find other things such as bears, penguins, skunks or fire. They do not guarantee finding an item to post to someone's wall to claim, but there is a high chance of finding ingredients that way.
  10. Friends can send you gifts: players can send out free gifts to up to 20 friends every day. Originally, only four ingredients were available to choose from for gifting, but after the energy function was removed, the number increased to 8. The specific ingredients available for gifting changes from week to week.
  11. As of 2011, you can also request that your friends send you ingredients of your choice from the gifting list. In this way, you can receive two ingredients through gifting from each of your friends every day: by them sending you a free gift, and by them accepting your request for a free gift.
  12. By liking Restaurant City on Facebook, you receive one free ingredient in your restaurant every day, in addition to the daily random ingredients.
  13. Links to free ingredients are posted about every other day on the Restaurant City Fan Page.
  14. By subscribing to the Playfish forums and visiting the Restaurant City Freebies section. A free ingredient is given out every few days.
  15. Every time you level up your restaurant, you are given one or two ingredients.

Awards[]

There are three awards associated with trading items with friends, depicted by a basket of ingredients on a stand:

Barter Buddy
Trade 50 ingredients
Sales Sage
Trade 100 ingredients
Trading Expert
Trade 5000 ingredients
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List of ingredients[]

Ingredient Total Ingredient Total Ingredient Total
Almond
Almond
5star
80 Apple
Apple
3star
250 Asparagus
Asparagus
4star
30
Bacon
Bacon
2star
140 Banana
Banana
4star
90 Basil
Basil
1star
60
Bayleaf
Bayleaf
3star
80 BBQ Sauce
BBQ Sauce
2star
40 Beans
Beans
3star
150
Beef
Beef
3star
410 Blackberry
Blackberry
5star
50 Bread
Bread
5star
260
Butter
Butter
4star
300 Cabbage
Cabbage
4star
40 Candy
Candy
4star
130
Carrot
Carrot
3star
280 Cheese
Cheese
5star
410 Cherry
Cherry
5star
190
Chick Figurine
Chick Figurine
2star
40 Chicken
Chicken
5star
300 Chili
Chili
4star
220
Chili Paste
Chili Paste
5star
50 Chives
Chives
5star
40 Chocolate
Chocolate
5star
430
Chocolate Bunny
Chocolate Bunny
2star
30 Coca-Cola®
Coca-Cola®
4star
20 Coconut
Coconut
4star
150
Coffee Beans
Coffee Beans
4star
170 Coriander
Coriander
1star
80 Crab
Crab
3star
80
Cream
Cream
5star
380 Cucumber
Cucumber
4star
60 Dr Pepper
Dr Pepper
1star
10
Dragon Fruit
Dragon Fruit
1star
120 Duck
Duck
5star
80 Easter Egg
Easter Egg
2star
30
Easter Spices
Easter Spices
1star
40 Egg
Egg
5star
400 Fizzy Powder
Fizzy Powder
3star
50
Florida's Natural® Brand Orange Juice
Florida's Natural® Brand Orange Juice
4star
10 Flour
Flour
5star
670 Garlic
Garlic
3star
220
Ginger
Ginger
5star
130 Gold Dust
Gold Dust
5star
60 Ham
Ham
4star
100
Hazelnut
Hazelnut
4star
30 Honey
Honey
4star
110 Ice
Ice
2star
230
Icecream
Icecream
4star
220 Jamie Oliver Pasta
Jamie Oliver Pasta
5star
40 Kiwi
Kiwi
3star
100
Lamb
Lamb
3star
140 Leek
Leek
2star
100 Lemon
Lemon
4star
280
Lime
Lime
4star
210 Lobster
Lobster
2star
70 Mango
Mango
4star
140
MapleSyrup
MapleSyrup
5star
90 Mayonnaise
Mayonnaise
5star
50 Milk
Milk
5star
330
Mint
Mint
5star
160 Mushroom
Mushroom
2star
160 Noodles
Noodles
1star
70
Olive Oil
Olive Oil
3star
140 Onion
Onion
1star
230 Orange
Orange
5star
300
Oregano
Oregano
2star
90 Pasta
Pasta
1star
110 Peach
Peach
3star
110
Peas
Peas
1star
60 Pepper
Pepper
4star
120 Pepperoni
Pepperoni
2star
70
Pineapple
Pineapple
4star
140 Pomegranate
Pomegranate
3star
80 Pork
Pork
5star
200
Potato
Potato
5star
310 Prawn
Prawn
4star
120 Pumpkin
Pumpkin
1star
70
Radish
Radish
5star
50 Raisins
Raisins
4star
70 Raspberry
Raspberry
5star
210
Rice
Rice
5star
210 Saffron
Saffron
2star
50 Salad
Salad
5star
270
Salmon
Salmon
4star
140 Salt
Salt
5star
270 Sausage
Sausage
2star
140
Seaweed
Seaweed
4star
60 Soda
Soda
5star
100 Strawberry
Strawberry
1star
370
Sugar
Sugar
5star
770 Sweetcorn
Sweetcorn
1star
220 Tea Leaves
Tea Leaves
4star
100
Tofu
Tofu
3star
100 Tomato
Tomato
5star
310 Tuna
Tuna
4star
110
Turkey
Turkey
1star
70 Vanilla
Vanilla
5star
250 Wasabi
Wasabi
3star
40
Water
Water
5star
210 Wheatgrass
Wheatgrass
4star
70 Yoghurt
Yoghurt
4star
90
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