open dusk to dawn
Run the brightest stall on Lantern Alley
You inherit a failing food cart at the end of the lane. Read the morning prices, stock a cooler that never seems big enough, price the menu, then work the night service one perfect wok at a time.
The market rewards the early
Ingredient prices swing with the weather and the festival calendar. Seafood dies overnight — buy exactly what tonight can sell, and mind the cooler’s slots.
Service is a rhythm game
Guests arrive in waves and each has a patience meter. Fire dishes across your burners, then plate them the instant the window glows — a perfect pull earns tips and word of mouth; a burnt one earns a review you’ll feel.
From cart to storefront
Reinvest into a shed, then a real storefront — more burners, seats and menu slots. Research new recipes, meet the lane’s regulars, and piece together its stories one fragment at a time.
How a night goes
- 01Read the day — weather, festival, market prices.
- 02Stock the cooler, set the menu, pick a price stance.
- 03Work the waves — fire, wait for the glow, plate it.
- 04Settle the ledger, upgrade, sleep. Tomorrow reads you back.