Cafe World Cupid's Helper Goals: Everything you need to know

If finishing eight Valentine's Day dinner goals in Cafe World isn't enough to put you in the mood for all things warm and fuzzy, Zynga has released yet another set of Valentine's Day themed goals in the game, so perhaps this one will do the trick. This latest set has just three parts, and is called the "Cupid's Helper" goal series. You'll unlock access to this trio of new missions after completing the eighth step in the previously released set (the full guide to those can be found right here).

If you thought that you were done collecting roses in Cafe World, I have some bad news for you, as immediately in this quest set, you're forced to gather more of them.

Earn 100,000 coins
Get 25 Roses
Serve 10 Oyster Shooters

Unfortunately, you do have to actually serve the Oyster Shooters for them to count, but luckily, this one hour dish can be cooked and then forgotten pretty quickly. The roses, again, can be gathered by asking your friends to send them to you via individual gift requests. Finishing this mission will reward you with 1000 Cafe Points and 10,000 coins, so I suppose it probably is worth doing, even if only for the boost of Cafe Points you'll receive.

Part II of III looks mostly similar to the first, requiring you to earn coins and collect more roses, but you'll be serving a different dish this time around.

Earn 200,000 coins
Get 35 Roses
Serve Creme Brulee 10 times

Creme Brulee is another of the new Valentine's Day recipes in the game, and it takes 20 hours to cook, which will slow your progress with this one quite a bit - even more so when combining this with the time it will take you to earn all of those coins.

Finally, Part III (the final part of this goal series) has you - you guessed it - earning more coins and collecting more roses, but you don't have to cook a specific dish for the third task. Rather, you must complete the entirety of the Valentine's Dinner catering order.

Earn 300,000 coins
Get 45 Roses
Complete the Valentine's Dinner Catering Order

This is a pretty hefty order, requiring you to cook all three of the new Valentine's Day recipes in fairly large quantities, all within five days' time for the three star rating. If you'd like the best chance of finishing this catering order with a high score, make sure to jump in with your friends when they start this mission for themselves - if you're unfamiliar with them, teamwork is the name of the game when it comes to Catering Orders. You can check out the complete details to this order in our guide.

As of this writing, this is where the Cupid's Helper goals end in Cafe World. If more Valentine's Day quests are added to the game in the future, you can be sure that we'll make you the first to know, so keep checking back.

Check out the rest of our Valentine's Day 2011 coverage right here.

What do you think of this new series of goals? Are these any more difficult than the other goals released this month?

Cafe World 2 Year Anniversary Manny's Journey Goals: Everything you need to know

After spending a few days in Great Britain, the Cafe World two-year anniversary extravaganza has moved onto the Philippines, where we'll meet Master Chef Manny in a new set of goals called "Manny's Journey." Through these goals, we'll be introduced to four new dishes, but of course, they won't simply be handed to you. You'll need to finish the Manny's Journey goals multiple times in order to unlock all of the prizes, which include a 50% Lightning Stove (that would reduce the time it takes your dishes to cook by 50%). Here's a complete guide to these new goals.

As a note, we weren't told by Zynga whether or not these goals contain the same dishes for all users across the entire game, or if they vary as in past goal sets. If you notice any differences in your own game, this will likely be the cause.

Manny's Journey 1

    Ask for 3 Old Filipino Recipe Cards
    Place the Roasting Pit
    Serve 20 Fish n Chips


You'll start this goal series out serving Fish n Chips which takes two hours to prepare. You can wait for those to cook while asking your friends to send you the Old Filipino Recipe Cards, and can finish off this goal by placing the base to your new Roasting Pit. Yes, there's a building project to go along with these goals, and we'll bring you a guide to building the Roasting Pit as soon as we can you can check out our guide to building the Roasting Pit right here. Finishing this first goal gives you 15 Travel Passes. As a reminder, these Travel Passes work as contest entries of sorts, giving you a chance to win in-game prizes, along with real world trips to exotic locations.

Manny's Journey 2

    Ask for 6 Filipino Postcards
    Spice 6 Neighbors Dishes
    Serve 20 Gnocchi Gianna


The Gnocchi Gianna takes six hours to prepare, and is unlocked while completing the Pasta Maker goals. For finishing this goal, you'll receive 20 Travel Passes.

Manny's Journey 3

    Ask for 10 New Filipino Recipe Cards
    Collect 4 Anniversary Collection items
    Serve 30 Broiled Rainbow Trout


Anniversary Collection items are earned by using spices on your dishes, while Broiled Rainbow Trout takes 12 hours to cook (at the very least, this gives you plenty of time to collect spices if you don't earn the four Anniversary Collection items after running through your supply). Finish this goal to receive 25 Travel Passes.

Manny's Journey 4

    Ask for 8 Filipino Postcards
    Serve 12 Cafe Bombon
    Serve 30 Osso Bucco


Osso Bucco takes 18 hours to prepare, giving you plenty of time to collect these Postcards from friends. As for the Cafe Bombon, this is a Specialty Coffee Drink that can only be served after you've hired Becky the Barista to work in your cafe. It costs 55 Energy for 10 Servings, so you'll need to prepare it twice in order to reach the total required number of 12 servings. You've almost reached the finale at this point, and finishing this particular goal gives you 30 Travel Passes.

Manny's Journey 5

    Ask for 12 Dirty Filipino Recipe Cards
    Serve 18 Acai Blueberry Juice
    Complete the Roasting Pit


Once again, the Acai Blueberry Juice must be served from a machine - this time the Drink Bar. It's not available until after you've hired Beverly Bartender. Once you finish this goal, you'll have finished off Manny's Journey, and will receive 500 Travel Passes. You'll also receive one of four new dishes, from a selection of Beef Mechado, Filipino Paella, Lechon and Sisig.

To be especially clear, completing this goal series the first time only gives you a single recipe, and it looks like you'll need to complete the entirety of these goals another three times to unlock the remaining three recipes. These goals (along with your chance to repeat the British goals) will expire in 10 days, so you'll want to make sure and complete as many goals as quickly as possible to stand the biggest chance of unlocking everything in time.

What do you think of these Manny's Journey goals? Do you think they're easier, or more difficult than Winston's Royals goals?