Cooking

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The protagonist cooking in Persona 4 Golden

Cooking is a recurring mechanic in the Persona series.

Overview

Cooking was first introduced as a mechanic in Persona 4. Depending on the game, cooking is a social activity, or it produces consumables.

Mechanics by Game

Persona 3 Reload

Main article: Iwatodai Dorm#Persona 3 Reload

Cooking is a dorm activity. The protagonist can go into the kitchen with Yukari, Akihiko, Mitsuru, Ken, or Shinjiro on nights when they have an icon over their head. Doing this three times with each of them will either unlock or upgrade their Characteristics. They will give the protagonist a food item which changes into a better item on the third cooking hangout.

Persona 4

On certain dates, the protagonist can open the fridge at the Dojima Residence, discover that Nanako went grocery shopping, and choose to make a lunch for the next school day. While cooking, the game will give the protagonist three options to prepare the dish with. One leads to a very successful lunch, one leads to a moderately successful lunch, and one leads to him botching it entirely.

If the protagonist had a moderate success or a great success when cooking, then he will be able to invite a school friend to eat with him the next day during lunch. If the dish was a great success, he will gain +10 Social Link points with his friend. If it's a dish the friend likes, then he gains another +10 Social Link points. If it was only a moderate success, then there will be no points. If it was a complete failure, then he will not be able to invite anyone to lunch. A moderately successful lunch yields 3 Fishing bait and a botched lunch yields 5 bait.

In Persona 4 Golden, Bug Catching replaces botched lunches for fishing bait, moderate success lunches give no points, and additional dishes are available to make during winter.

This is a list of what can be made using the fridge ingredients, the success prep step, which school friends likes it, and any special conditions.

Date	Dish	Great Success	Moderate Success	Likes	Note
April 25	Ginger Pork	Score it with a knife	Boil to remove fat	Yosuke, Chie, Daisuke	Can only make after rescuing Yukiko
May 12	Meat Stew	Simmer with a dropped lid	Simmer with no lid	Yosuke, Chie, Kou
May 24	Sweet & Sour Pork	Potato starch	Flour	Chie, Daisuke	Can only make after rescuing Kanji
May 31	Yakiniku Bento	Use soy sauce	Sugar	Chie, Daisuke	Can only make after rescuing Kanji
June 12	Potato Salad	Smash while still hot	Stir fry with the ham	Yukiko, Ai, Yumi, Ayane
June 29	Hamburgers	Cut a hole and look for juice	Press it in the center to check how bouncy it is	Chie, Daisuke, Naoki	Can only make after rescuing Rise
July 6	Daigaku-Imo	Deep fry them	Grill with a grill net	Yukiko, Kou, Yumi	Can only make after rescuing Rise
July 12	Pudding	Vanilla extract	Vanilla ice cream	Kanji, Ai, Yumi, Ayane
July 14	Fried Chicken	Potato starch	Coat with flour	Yosuke, Yukiko, Chie, Kou
September 4	Carrot & Burdock Root Kinpira	Add soy sauce and mirin	Sugar and salt	Yukiko, Yumi
September 11	Chakin Sushi	Thinned eggs	Bamboo leaves	Yukiko, Rise, Yumi, Ayane
September 21	Vichyssoise	Add lots of milk	Add lots of water	Yosuke, Rise, Ai	Can only make after rescuing Naoto
September 26	Marinated Spinach	Strain it	Cool it	Yukiko, Kou	Can only make after rescuing Naoto
September 29	Tonkatsu	Flour, egg, then panko	Egg, flour, then panko	Chie, Daisuke	Can only make after rescuing Naoto
October 2	Kakuni	Mirin, sugar & sake	Salt, sugar, soy sauce	Kanji, Chie, Daisuke	Can only make after rescuing Naoto
October 12	Croquettes Curry	High simmer	Medium simmer	Yosuke, Rise, Chie, Naoki, Ayane
October 25	Grilled Fish	Strong heat but from far away	Low heat but close	Yosuke, Yukio, Kou, Yumi
November 1	California Rolls	Mix and cool simultaneously	Put in the fridge after mixing	Kanji, Naoto, Ai
Golden only
January 11	Gyoza	Olive oil	Snacks	Chie, Kou, Naoki
January 16	Mentaiko Pasta	Mayonnaise	Ice cream	Naoto, Yumi
January 23	Oden	Keep on a low flame and don't boil	Keep on a medium flame and gradually bring to a boil	Yosuke, Kanji, Daisuke
January 26	Cream Stew	Dump in all the cold milk	Add in milk little by little	Rise, Ai
February 1	Broiled Fish	Wrap it tightly	Wrap it loosely	Yukiko, Ayane

Persona 5

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Joker can learn how to brew coffee and make curry from Sojiro as part of the Hierophant Confidant.

Persona 5 Royal

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Persona 5 Strikers

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Joker can cook dishes in the RV after acquiring recipes and shopping for ingredients in the different cities the Phantom Thieves visit.

Nomenclature

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	お弁当を作るPersona 4 Golden Obentō o tsukuru 料理をするPersona 5 Strikers Ryōri o suru	Make a lunch box Cooking

Gallery

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  Mitsuru showing S.E.E.S. the kitchen in Persona 3 Reload

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  The protagonist shares homemade lunch with a friend in Persona 4 Golden

Trivia

• For the 25th Anniversary of Persona, Sega's employees only cafe had a takeout option called the "Persona 4 Protagonist's Homemade Lunch" which incorporated some of the dishes the protagonist can make in-game.

References

General

• "Chapter 1: Systems: Fridge: Making Lunches", Persona 4 The Golden: The Complete Guide, Dengeki Playstation Editorial Staff. Published by Kadokawa (2012). Japanese. p. 37. ISBN-13: 978-4048866637.
• "Chapter 2: Schedule: Topic: Try to be a Guy Who Cooks!", Persona 4 The Golden: The Complete Guide, Dengeki Playstation Editorial Staff. Published by Kadokawa (2012). Japanese. p. 95. ISBN-13: 978-4048866637.

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