Game update: 27/02/13

This week we're hitting the Wild West.

Notification for Western theme update

Topping the bill is another new appliance in the shape of the Cowboy Stove which requires four Wagon Wheels and six Black Kettles to build. Both of these components are new. This shiny new appliance yields three recipes:

For the Cowboy Stove

For the Cowboy Stove

For the Cowboy Stove

I like the addition of some more 'real world' dishes (Bagpipe Ham anyone?), and the Cowboy BBQ has a very high level of income at 8,800 coins in total. My only gripe is that we already have quesadillas on the Basic Stove - these are merely a 'Cowboy' variation.

Here is a comprehensive list of new items:

Chairs:

• Frontier Chair - 2 gems

Wall decorations:

• Birch Lamp - 15 gems

Floor decorations:

• Sitting Buffalo* - 24 gems

Wallpaper:

• Frontier Quilt - 1 gem

Floor tiles:

• Frontier Floor- 4,000 coins

Appliances:

• Cowboy Stove -10,000 coins

Counters:

• Frontier Counter - 38,000 coins

*Sitting Buffalo is a limited time offer available for this week only (from 27/02/13).

So there's not that wide a range of items in this update. Outside of the new appliance only the Sitting Buffalo really attracts my attention, but at 24 gems I'm passing on this occasion. But for any players who have enough gems to buy this beast, it's well worth thinking about (and quickly) due to the short timespan you can purchase it for. You could be one of a very small band of restaurants boasting a buffalo. Just keep him out of the kitchen!

Notification for Sitting Buffalo limited time offer

Then there's the other stuff. Again the Birch Lamp looks quite good and would fit well in my warm restaurant, but at 15 gems a pop it doesn't represent value to me considering you'd probably want to pay for two or three to make them work. Meanwhile the Frontier Table costs 63,000 coins. After last week's Svanga Table which is retailed at 72,000 coins, I'm a tad concerned at the sky-high prices of tables these days.

Regarding the Cowboy Stove, it looks more like something spooky you would expect to see in the Halloween edition. In fact it looks very similar to the Witches Cauldron in Bakery Story from last year. And as for customer and staff safety with those naked flames...