Zenzai

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Where to Learn	Inspiration
Ingredients	Mochi Adzuki Beans
Utensils	Seasoning Set Cooking Pot
Stamina Recovery	+30 STA
Fatigue Recovery	0

Zenzai is a simple dessert similar to Daifuku that you can make in Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town. The best time to cook Zenzai is in the Spring because you can obtain most of the ingredients needed for it at the start of the season.

Learning the Recipe

Cooking inspiration is something that happens automatically as you make dishes with different ingredients. Once you’ve cooked with an ingredient a certain number of times, you can unlock a new recipe that uses the same item!

The farmer gets inspired to cook Zenzai while in the kitchen.

To learn the recipe for Zenzai, you need to cook with the following ingredients:

Ingredient	Number of Dishes Required
Mochi	5 dishes
Adzuki Beans	20 dishes

Recipe Requirements

The farmer obtains Mochi during the Mochi Bonanza Festival.

Kitchen Equipment

Equipment	Availability	Cost
Seasoning Set	Immediately after Medium House upgrade	2,500 G
Cooking Pot	10 days after Medium House upgrade	1,000 G

Ingredients

The recipe for Zenzai might seem simple, but the challenge lies in actually obtaining the ingredients you need.

Mochi is a somewhat rare item in Mineral Town, as you can only get it at the start of the year during every Spring. So when the opportunity arises, make sure to get as much Mochi as you can!

Ingredient	Where to Obtain
Mochi	Attend Mochi Bonanza festival (Spring 1st) or play Harvest Goddess’ TV game (Spring 1-5)
Adzuki Beans	Harvest every 4 days after 9 days growth in Autumn (seeds: 300 G)

Gifting

Zenzai can be a great gift for most of the villagers in Mineral Town.

The farmer stands next to Saibara while holding a bowl of Zenzai.

Villager	Type of Gift
Marriage Candidates
Ran	Loved
Elly	Liked
Cliff
Gray
Villagers
Saibara	Loved
Carter
Ellen
Duke
Lou
Thomas	Liked
Zack
Yu
Manna
Dudley
Nature Sprites
Plum	Liked
Blueberry
Aqua
Mint
Sunny
Cherry
Pumpkin

Selling

Any dishes made in your kitchen can’t be shipped through Zack and the Shipping Bin. But you can sell food to Huang once you reach at least 4 FP.

Huang will offer you a price, which you can reject for a chance at getting him to bid higher.

Tip: To sell a dish to Huang, stand in front of his counter while holding the item.

Selling Method	Price Range
Huang (minimum)	180 G
Huang (maximum)	270 G

Huang offers to buy Zenzai from the farmer.

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