Zenzai Recipe Guide (Story of Seasons: FoMT)

by Kal S.

Zenzai Recipe
Where to Learn	Inspiration
Ingredients	Mochi Adzuki Beans
Kitchen Equipment	Seasoning Set Cooking Pot

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.

Here’s everything you need to make Zenzai in your kitchen:

Where To Learn 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:

Ingredients	Number of dishes you need to cook
Mochi	5 dishes
Adzuki Beans	20 dishes

You can also learn the recipe for Zenzai by watching TV on Spring 5th and clicking on the New Year’s Festivities channel. Zenzai will be featured on the 5th episode of the show.

The farmer watches the 5th episode of the New Year’s Festivities show.

The New Year’s Festivities show will only air once a year during the first 5 days of Spring, but you can always just rewatch the episode next year if you missed the recipe!

Recipe Requirements

The farmer obtains Mochi during the Mochi Bonanza Festival.

Equipment Needed

The equipment needed to make Zenzai can be bought from Jeff at the General Store.

The downside is that Jeff sells his kitchen equipment one by one, in 10-day intervals after you buy the first of Gotts’ house remodeling upgrades.

This means that you can only access the next piece of equipment 10 days after the previous one becomes available for purchase.

Equipment	Availability	Cost
Seasoning Set	Immediately after upgrading to the Medium House	2,500 G
Cooking Pot	10 days after the Seasoning Set becomes available for purchase 10 days after upgrading to the Medium House	1,000 G

Equipment

Availability

Cost

Seasoning Set

Immediately after upgrading to the Medium House

2,500 G

Cooking Pot

10 days after the Seasoning Set becomes available for purchase

10 days after upgrading to the Medium House

1,000 G

Ingredients Needed

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!

Ingredients	Where to Get
Mochi	Attend the Mochi Bonanza festival on Spring 1st of every year with an empty slot in the Bag to receive Mochi Play the Harvest Goddess’ New Year Game on the TV from Spring 1st until Spring 5th for a chance to win Mochi
Adzuki Beans	Harvest every 4 days after 9 days of growth in Autumn Adzuki Bean seeds can be bought from the General Store for 300 G

Zenzai Uses

The farmer eats a bowl of Zenzai to restore stamina while mining.

As Food

Zenzai can be consumed to restore a moderate amount of stamina. But it does not offer any fatigue recovery.

Stamina Recovery	Fatigue Recovery
+30	0

Gifting Zenzai

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

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

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Villager	Birthday	Type of Gift	Friendship/Love Points Earned
Marriage Candidates
Ran	Summer 17th	Loved	+9 FP, +500 LP
Elly	Spring 16th	Liked	+3 FP, +300 LP
Cliff	Summer 6th
Gray	Winter 6th
Villagers
Saibara	Spring 11th	Loved	+9 FP
Carter	Autumn 20th
Ellen	Winter 13th
Duke	Winter 15th
Lou	–
Thomas	Summer 25th	Liked	+3 FP
Zack	Summer 29th
Yu	Autumn 5th
Manna	Autumn 11th
Dudley	Winter 11th
Nature Sprites
Plum	Spring 4th	Liked	+3 FP
Blueberry	Spring 15th
Aqua	Spring 26th
Mint	Summer 16th
Sunny	Autumn 10th
Cherry	Autumn 14th
Pumpkin	Winter 22nd

How To Sell Zenzai

Any dishes made in your kitchen can’t be shipped through Zack and the Shipping Bin. However, you can start selling food to Huang once you become friends with him at 4 friendship notes.

To sell a dish to Huang, stand in front of his counter while holding the item. Don’t interact directly with his sprite, as it will register as a gift instead.