Cooking Guide for Like a Dragon: Ishin
Cooking is one of the mini games tied to the Like A Dragon: Ishin! (LAD Ishin/Yakuza: Ishin) Another Life side story section. You will occasionally get orders to cook and deliver specific types of food to be able to progress through paying off Haruka’s debt.
Like A Dragon: Ishin Another Life Guide
Food can also be eaten to gain various temporary buffs in battle. This makes cooking very useful throughout the game whether you want to meet orders through trading or need additional boosts during tough encounters.
How to Cook Meals
You can start cooking by interacting with the kitchen at Ryoma’s villa upon unlocking Another Life in Chapter 4 of the game’s main story.
Cooking Mini Game Cycle
Preparing food during the cooking mini game consists of four types of steps. The tasks needed to cook a dish varies greatly for each type of recipe.
| Step | Details |
|---|---|
| Cutting | The process of chopping the raw ingredients. You must time your button presses in a rhythm correctly (watch for when the “○” and “x” button indicators appear). The speed of cutting increases as you progress through this process. |
| Seasoning | The process of pouring the seasoning into the pot. You need to watch the gauge on the left side of the screen to help you add the right amount of sauce to the dish. When the gauge approaches the optimum amount, let go of the ○ button to stop. |
| Boiling | The process of boiling the ingredients. Press ○ repeatedly to blow on the bamboo tube and air more air to the fire. |
| Grilling | The process of cooking the dish on a grill. During this process, sparks will appear on the dish. Watch for when the large spark appears and press the ○ button to stop grilling. |
Taste Test (Haruka)
Once you are done cooking, Haruka will taste the dish. If the dish is good, Haruka will tilt her head a little and say that it is good. You will also obtain the completed dish in your inventory as well as be rewarded with some Virtue.
If the dish is bad, Haruka will start to cough. Your Virtue will slightly be decreased whenever you fail to make a decent meal. The ingredients you use are also wasted in the process. If this happens, just reload your last save and begin cooking again.
Special Meals
Food that you prepared very well will be indicated by the “special” label. These dishes have greater beneficial effects than normal, making them extremely handy against bosses and other challenging enemies you need to take down during the main story.
How to Get New Recipes
You can learn new types of dishes to make by talking to various NPCs in the game or by purchasing the different kitchen upgrades from the Shinto Priest Virtue exchange shop.
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List of All Recipes
Below is a list of all food recipes in the game, including how to unlock each recipe for each star difficulty, required ingredients, and each type of food’s effects in battle.
★1 Food Recipes
| Recipe | How to Unlock | Ingredients | Food Effects |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homemade Pickled Vegetables | Unlocked by default. | Cucumber x2 | Small Stamina Recovery, Concentration 1 |
| Katemashi | Unlocked by default. | Radish x 2 | Small Stamina Recovery, Patience 1 |
| Salted Plums | Unlocked by default. | Out-of-season Ome x5 | Stamina Minimal Recovery, Concentration 1 |
★2 Food Recipes
| Recipe | How to Unlock | Ingredients | Food Effects |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warm miso soup | Purchase Cookware Expansion “Ordinary Kitchen” from Virtue Exchange. | Radish x1, Carrot x1 Sweet Potato x1 |
Small Stamina and Heat Recovery, Concentration 1 |
| Genki Rice ball | Purchase Cookware Expansion “Ordinary Kitchen” from Virtue Exchange. | Rainbow Trout x1, Green Onion x2, Spinach x2 | Small Stamina Recovery, Patience 1 |
| Overflowing Miso Soup | Purchase Cookware Expansion “Ordinary Kitchen” from Virtue Exchange | Filefish x1, Green Onion x2, Ginger x2 | Small Stamina Recovery, Small to Medium Heat Recovery, Endurance 1 |
★3 Food Recipes
| Recipe | How to Unlock | Ingredients | Food Effects |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warm Miso Soup | Purchase Cookware Expansion “Ordinary Kitchen” from Virtue Exchange. | Radish x1, Carrot x1 Sweet Potato x1 |
Small Stamina and Heat Recovery, Concentration 1 |
| Genki Rice Ball | Purchase Cookware Expansion “Ordinary Kitchen” from Virtue Exchange. | Rainbow Trout x1, Green Onion x2, Spinach x2 | Small Stamina Recovery, Patience 1 |
| Overflowing Miso Soup | Purchase Cookware Expansion “Ordinary Kitchen” from Virtue Exchange | Filefish x1, Green Onion x2, Ginger x2 | Small Stamina Recovery and Small to Medium Heat Recovery, Endurance 1 |
★4 Food Recipes
| Recipe | How to Unlock | Ingredients | Food Effects |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fisherman’s Teppoyaki | Purchase Cookware Expansion “Universal Kitchen” from Virtue Exchange. | Conger x2, Squid x2, Chili Pepper x4, Green Onion x4, Ginger x1 | HP Recovery, Strength 1, Concentration 1, Patience 1 |
| Tireless Nutritious Pot | Purchase Cookware Expansion “Universal Kitchen” from Virtue Exchange. | Eel x2, Bardock x3, Green Onion x3, Chinese Cabbage x2, Potato x4 | HP Recovery, Strength 1, Reduced Heat Gauge Depletion |
| Happy Udon | Purchase Cookware Expansion “Universal Kitchen” from Virtue Exchange. | Udon Flour x1, Pumpkin x2, Carrot x2, Radish x2, Ginkgo x10 | HP Recovery, Endurance 1, Increased Enemy Drop Rate |
| Shrewd Kazo Sora | Purchase Cookware Expansion “Universal Kitchen” from Virtue Exchange. | Egg x15, Udon Flour x2, Honey x3 | Stamina Recovery, Endurance 1, Increased Experience Gain |
★5 Food Recipes
| Recipe | How to Unlock | Ingredients | Food Effects |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hanamaruju | Purchase Cookware Expansion “Universal Kitchen” from Virtue Exchange. | Genki Omusubi x2, Overflowing Miso Soup x2, Turnip x2, Strawberry x6 | Medium HP Recovery and Small Heat Recovery, Concentration 1, Patience 1 |
| Onigami Bento | Purchase Cookware Expansion “Universal Kitchen” from Virtue Exchange. | Powerful Stew x1, Guts Chirashi Sushi x1, Soft-Shelled turtle x2, Taro x2 | Large HP Recovery, Physical Strength 2 to 3, Concentration 2 to 3, Patience 2 to 3 |
| Healthy Medicinal Meal | Purchase Cookware Expansion “Universal Kitchen” from Virtue Exchange. | Exhilarating Flavor Kakiage x1, Boiled Tekka x1, Refreshing Vegetable Aemono x1, Broad Beans x5, Cabbage x 1 | Large HP Recovery, Concentration 2, Activates HP Regen While Stationary |
| Super Spicy Chanko Nabe | Purchase Cookware Expansion “Universal Kitchen” from Virtue Exchange. | Spicy Seafood Miso Hotpot x1, Tireless Nurticious Pot x1, Ito x1 | Large HP and Heat Recovery, Concentration 2, Reduced Heat Gauge Depletion |
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The 2 and 3 star recipes are the same.