During my mandatory time-off I spent most of my waking hours logged into Facebook playing my favorite online game, Cafe World.

Like most games in Facebook, Cafe World is very easy to understand. The game starts with you being given a cafe to manage. You start out with a stove, a counter, a few tables, and an employee. When you click the stove, a cookbook will open indicating the dishes that you can cook at the level you are in. Once you decide on a dish, you continue to click the stove until the image indicates the amount of time it will take until the dish is cooked. Afterwards, you will be asked to click on the stove to serve the food. This will trigger your character, the cook, to bring it to the counter so that your waiter can start serving the dish. To be able to find out how many servings you have left, you place the mouse pointer on the counter. Those are the basic things you need to know to be able to serve a dish.

I like this game because you can design the cafe any way you want. You can go crazy with the decoration you can use. A friend of mine designed his cafe with a Moroccan theme. Let your creativity flow. The only thing that will limit you is the cash you have which you also use for buying a dish before you can cook it. It is fairly easy to earn money in Cafe World so this should not be a problem.

Another thing why I like Cafe World is because I imagine cooking, and eating, some of these dishes that sound so appetizing. Just thinking of dishes like Lemon Butter Lobster, Atomic Buffalo Wings, and Triple Berry Cheesecake makes my mouth water.

So if you haven’t yet, try out Cafe World and start cooking.

Cheers!