Victoria Rosenthal - The Ultimate Final Fantasy XIV Cookbook: The Essential Culinarian Guide to Hydaelyn

The Ultimate Final Fantasy XIV Online Cookbook

The Essential Culinarian Guide to Hydaelyn

Victoria Rosenthal

Thank you for your interest in this book!

Herein youll find recipes for dishes that appear in the video game FINAL FANTASY XIV.

Our development team goes to great lengths in devising the recipes to be featured in the game, by researching various cuisines across the globe, arranging those to match the world settings in FFXIV, as well as considering what types of ingredients and seasonings would be used for them in-game.

In this book, the recipes of those in-game dishes have been arranged so that they can be reproduced using real-life ingredients and seasonings. Its been a truly interesting endeavor and youll be sure to savor the delicious flavors in every dish. So, I hope that you, our Warriors of Light, will enjoy trying your hand at crafting them.

On a final note, for those of you who may have thought of this as just another cookbook when you picked it up, why not take this opportunity to jump into the world of FFXIV? Id be very happy if this inspires you to give the game a go!

Naoki Yoshida

FINAL FANTASY XIV PRODUCER & DIRECTOR

Welcome, welcome, to my greatest creation yet! This must be the very start of your journey through the wonderful world of cookinga tasty adventure for all, yes, yes! Ah, but I must introduce myself first. I am Gourmand Gyohan, the soon-to-be famous Namazu Culinarian. Back in Dhoro Iloh, we Namazu are hosting a great festival for all to come and enjoy! You will, yes, yes? Perhaps youll visit and spend lots of money, yes, yes? You see, this festival is necessary if we are to avoid calamity and save our people. And a festival without the best food around is no festival at all. I decided to become the best cook around and strive for culinary greatness, but out of the blue, I was visited by greatness themselves!

You know the Warrior of Light, yes, yes? I was working on a new cooking collaboration and requested Seigetsu send someone to assist. To my surprise, the Warrior of Light shows up at my campfire, offering a hand! They did what I asked to help me create a great dish of Namazu stylings, and the results were still mediocrea disappointment. Far less disappointing than all my previous attempts! And the components the Warrior of Light contributed were deliciousinspiring. After they left, I decided that my proud Namazu training would never make me the gourmand I wanted to be, so I departed on the first ship crossing the Ruby Sea. I was seeking the Bismarck, a great restaurant where the Warrior of Light first trained. But the ship I boarded ended up in very cold, freezing Coerthas.

Were you going to introduce your co-writer, kupo? Or am I going to have to save you like I did when you were a frozen fish in the highlands? I am Mogria, a master of meandering. I was part of the Mogmenders, but theyre always getting their hands dirty. Im far too busy seeing all the great sights across Hydaelyn, and none are greater than the places the Warrior of Light has been! I had gotten word that they were seen in Ishgard, so I was on my way when I came across two fish legs sticking out of the snow. I was quite surprised to find a Namazu all the way out here, almost frozen solid, and I took him to Moghome to thaw out. Once Gyohan was warm enough to talk, I learned of his cooking journey and just how bad his sense of direction is, kupo.

Indeed, indeed! I was certain I was heading in the correct direction, but Mogria saved my fins from certain disaster. Shes quite talented at getting around, you see. So, I asked if she could take me to the Bismarck to which she replied, Kupo, kupo! Im already late for my Warrior of Light visit. Another time, kupo! I was shocked, flooredwhat a coincidence that I was seeking the same person!

I do not sound like that! But its true, we have the same admiration for the Warrior of Light and realized our goals are the same. Gyohan dreams of being a great chef following the legend of the Warrior of Light, and I want to go to every locale they have graced, making us the perfect combo, kupo! So, I grabbed my sketchbook and Gyohan his skillet and off we went. This book is the result of our masterful cooperation. We hope you enjoy the amazing food and images from all the places our hero visited, kupo!

Yes, yes, and please visit our festival. Wasshoi!

Once Mogria set me in the right direction, I arrived at the epicenter of Eorzean cuisine, Limsa Lominsa, one of the city-states of Eorzea. I learned that all great chefs, the Warrior of Light included, got their start training under head chef Lyngsath Doesfalksyn at the illustrious Bismarck. If I am going to be the best Namazu chef on Hydaelyn, it was only natural that I follow suit, yes, yes! Limsa Lominsa is a port city, making it the perfect crossroads for cuisine of all types and varieties to mingle into beautiful dishes. Because of the major fishing expeditions launched from Limsa Lominsa and its seafaring population, many of these dishes are inspired by the sea itself.

Thanalan does not appear welcoming at first, but the rugged terrain, sprawling deserts, and daunting mountains give way to a unique culture with excellent dishes. The city-state of Uldah has wealth and expertise not seen in many other places. Very fancy, very extravagant! And nothing shows that wealth and extravagance better than my favorite theme park, the Manderville Gold Saucer! I have seen, however, that the material wealth doesnt extend to all the many hardworking citizens who work the land to earn a living, making a very interesting contrast in the regional cuisine, yes, yes.