These Rice Cakes' Got a Real Kick
Last updated 2026-05-05
These Rice Cakes' Got a Real Kick is an Event Commission and part of the main storyline for Chronicle of Simmering Flavors at Lumina Square.
Parts
- Rice Cake Mayhem
- Delicious Debut
Steps
- Hear what everyone thinks about the taste test
- Talk strategy with Nangong Yu and the crew
- Track down rice cake ingredients with Sunna
- Deal with Stephen's provocation
- Complete Signature Spicy (II)
Gameplay Notes
- During step 2, the player will enter Quality Time with Sunna.
- Completing step 2 awards the When Opportunities Converge achievement Trial After Trial.
- After step 3, Blaze will replace Nangong Yu in the Simmer event interface.
Dialogue
- Nangong Yu: Hmm...
- Sunna: Umm...
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): (Hmm...Hmm... /
Well...Well...) - Aria: Huh? What's wrong? Is it not good?
- Sunna: It's good... but it doesn't really feel like spicy hot pot. It's more like Waifei-style soup with peppers and chili oil...
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): Hmm... I can't (quite put my finger on itquite put my finger on it /
really explain itreally explain it), but it just tastes different from what I had at Simmer before... - Nangong Yu: Sorry. That's on me... I should've paid closer attention when Blaze was making the base!
- Aria: Huh? How is that on you?
- Aria: You worked really hard on this. And everything looked so fresh!
- Nangong Yu: Thanks, Aria... The dishes we tested didn't have any real issues...
- Nangong Yu: But without Blaze's soup base, I feel like that Stephen guy would tear us apart anyway...
- Nangong Yu: I'll go talk to Pan Shifu again and see how we can improve it...
- (Talk to Nangong Yu)
- Nangong Yu: Hey everyone... I was just going over things with Master Pan and, while I was at it, double-checked our ingredients... turns out I might've missed some stuff for the desserts...
- Nangong Yu: Especially the brown sugar rice cake on the specials menu—only Blaze knew how to make it.
- Pan Yinhu: Huh? Brown sugar rice cakes? Yeah, I can make that. Only problem is we're fresh out of glutinous rice, and if you want it to taste good, you need top-quality stuff.
- Nangong Yu: Ugh... at this hour... where am I supposed to find quality glutinous rice?
- Sunna: Wait, glutinous rice? I might know where to find some!
- Sunna: Manager, you got time to come with me? We're about to open soon, so Nangong and Master Pan can hold down the fort and keep tweaking the base sauce!
- Pan Yinhu: You got it! Don't worry! If I can't nail this base sauce, I ain't leaving the kitchen today!
Alright, let's roll!
- (Listen to Ju Fufu, optional)
- Ju Fufu: Beef's all tenderized. How's it coming along with the other dishes on your end, (BelleBelle /
WiseWise)? - (SiblingSibling): (Yup, every single one's arranged perfectly!Yup, every single one's arranged perfectly! /
Yup, prep's all done for the simple dishes, and Senior Yinhu helped me knock out the trickier stuff too!Yup, prep's all done for the simple dishes, and Senior Yinhu helped me knock out the trickier stuff too!) - Aria: Drinks, desserts, and some chill background tunes are all set—just waiting on Sunna and the crew to bring back the sticky rice cake ingredients!
- (Talk to Sunna, if Quality Time is exited)
- Sunna: No time to waste. Let's roll out!
- Alright, let's go!
Wait a sec.
- (Enter Quality Time)
- (Idle)
- Sunna: C'mon, Manager! This way!
- (Ongoing)
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): So where are we (supposed tosupposed to /
gonnagonna) find sticky rice? - Sunna: Hmm... Oh, I've got it! Manager, follow me!
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): This (wayway /
directiondirection)... Are we going to Lumina Galleria? - Sunna: The sticky rice sold at the mall is pretty average! Come with me, I've had the best sticky rice drink just up ahead!
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): Sticky rice... drink?
- (Upon arriving at Richard Teamilk)
- Sunna: This is the place. Hope they've still got some left.
- (Talk to Sunna)
- Coco: H-Hey there! What can I do for ya?
- Hi, got any glutinous rice?
- Coco: G-Glutinous rice?
- Sunna: Uh... lemme ask, Manager.
- Sunna: Miss Coco, do you still have any of that Bouncy Milky Softy and Sticky-Gooey in stock?
- Coco: Oh, you mean Bouncy Milky Softy and Sticky-Gooey?
- What "milky"?
- What "bouncy"?
- Coco: Which drink are you putting this topping in? I'd totally recommend the Yumyum Mint Teamilk!
- Sunna: No, no, that's not it. The hot pot place needs to make some sticky rice cakes—just gotta be "bouncy, milky, soft, and sticky-gooey."
- Coco: Oh, so you're gonna use bouncy, milky, soft, and sticky-gooey glutinous rice to make rice cakes, huh.
- So that longer-than-my-life name...
- Refers to the glutinous rice...
- Coco: I can hook you up with some steamed glutinous rice, but I've still got customers to handle. If you wanna pound the rice cakes, you're gonna have to do it yourselves.
- Coco: But you should be able to find what you need at Lumina Galleria—go check it out!
Rice Cake Mayhem
Special Event
Rice Cake Mayhem
Story Description: Pounding the rice cakes is way too much work, but luckily Belobog Heavy Industries show up right on time — experts at ramming and pounding. After some serious hammering action, they whip up some incredibly chewy rice cakes.
- You bought a stone mortar and a wooden mallet from Lumina Galleria to try making rice cake, but after barely a dozen strikes, you're already out of breath...
- Sunna: ...
- Sunna: I didn't realize pounding rice cakes could be this exhausting! It's harder than smashing Ethereals in a Hollow...
- (Ask about Sunna's condition.)
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): (YouYou /
Are youAre you) okay, Sunna? - Sunna: I'm fine, but Bubblegum is wiped out and needs to get back into the pet device for a nap...
- Sunna: Manager, do we really have what it takes to pound all this rice cake?
- Just as worry begins to set in, the sound of powerful footsteps approach from behind, followed by a greeting bursting with strength...
- Koleda: Yo, Proxy! That chubby panda shifu said you guys need some help.
- Ben: Ah... President! You can't call a bear Thiren chubby, you'll hurt his feelings!
- Koleda: Alright, alright. I heard you guys talking... you wanted to pound rice cakes or something?
- Yes!
- But do you guys know how to pound rice cakes?
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): Yes! Thank (you.you. /
you!you!) But do you guys know how to pound rice cakes? - Koleda: Hey! Don't look down on me! I'll show you how it's done right now!
- Koleda: Okay, whoever this Rice Cakes punk is better show their face right now! I'm gonna beat it into the ground!
- Ben: No, no, no, President. Rice cake is a type of snack... You take steamed sticky rice, toss it into a stone mortar, and pound it with a wooden mallet until it's completely smooth.
- Anton: Oh? That sounds even simpler! It's basically what a tamping rammer does!
- Ben: Huh?
- Anton: Yeah, think about it. Making rice cakes is steaming the sticky rice and pounding it like crazy. And tamping earth is just like leveling the dirt and pounding it like crazy. It's basically the same thing!
- It's completely different!
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): It's completely different!
- Koleda: Hey, don't sweat it. Leave the professional stuff to the pros! You can count on us, Proxy!
- Anton and Koleda take the wooden mallets and start pounding the sticky rice with fiery enthusiasm...
- Anton: Haha! Critical hit!
- Koleda: Hey! Take this!
- Anton: Come on, bro! Let's do this together!
- Koleda: I'm gonna pound you — into the pavement!
- (Remind Koleda.)
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): Pavement...? Koleda... We're making brown sugar rice cakes here...
- Koleda: Oh, oh, sorry... In that case, I'm gonna hammer you into the brown sugar pavement!
- After a furious round of pounding, the sticky rice cakes are finally done. You sneak a bite — it's insanely chewy... It feels like it endured an unforgettable beating to achieve such a texture...
You hurry back to Simmer Hot Pot with the rice cakes since they still need to be deep-fried to set their shape before they're ready.
- (Idles)
- Koleda: That pink-haired dude over there looks mad weird...
- Stephen: Tsk, that's it? And you call this a grand reopening?
- Cameraman: Director, our stream just broke a new viewers record!
- Director: What did I tell ya? The whole point of reality TV is drama and throwing down!
- Aria: Sunna! You're finally back! C'mon, let's go find Blaze!
- Sunna: Huh? How am I supposed to find her? The whole area was gridlocked when I got back!
- NPC 1: Oh, so this is that place where the owner is infamous online for her nasty temper?
- NPC 1: Never thought she'd actually be going head-to-head with a gourmet today...
- NPC 2: It's so crowded...
- (Talk to Nangong Yu)
Delicious Debut
Special Event
Delicious Debut
Story Description: Blaze is running late, and the showdown is coming up fast. Out of nowhere, Cissia comes roaring up on her motorcycle with Blaze on the back, tearing down the highway straight to the hot pot shop...
- Stephen: You're reopening without the restaurant owner...? Hah! What a joke~
- Stephen: You're not going to try to fool me with some trash cooking again, are you? That would be so inelegant...
- Nangong Yu: Y–You can save the sarcasm! Our perfect ingredients and soup base will make customers fall in love with Simmer all over again!
- (Remind Nangong about the taste.)
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): Nangong... But the soup base we made isn't the same as Blaze's recipe...
- Nangong Yu: I know... Aria and Sunna already went out to look for her, but the nearby blocks are jammed with traffic. Unless some flying Void Hunter can bring her over...
- Before Nangong could finish her sentence, the wail of a siren cuts through the air, followed immediately by the screech of tires... a motorcycle cmes [sic] rushing straight up to the restaurant entrance...
- Cissia: Hey! Anyone here? Which one of you lost a store owner? I'm bringing her back! If no one's claiming her, I'm taking her with me!
- Nangong Yu: Ah! Blaze! You're back!!
- Blaze: Yeah... Everyone... wassup.
- Cissia: This lady was about to burst into tears looking at the traffic, but luckily, I was there~ I "borrowed" a portable siren from the precinct... and saved the day~
- Cissia: All those idiot drivers blocking the road scattered out of the way just like that!
- Blaze: I'm sorry. I was stuck at home all day yesterday working on the soup base. I couldn't decide on the salt level, and my taste buds are failing me, so I ended up making ten different batches with varying amounts of salt...
- Blaze: I was so exhausted I ended up passing out... When I finally woke up, all the roads to the restaurant were completely blocked off...
- Seth: Miss Specialist! What are you doing here?! According to Public Security regulations, borrowing a portable siren requires filling out a request form in advance...
- Seth: Uh... why are there so many people here... and what's with the cameras?
- Cissia: Huh? Oh, Commissioner's baby bro, don't tell me you're camera shy...
- Seth: Come on, Miss Specialist, we have to go now! If we don't get back soon, Miss Jane is gonna get angry!
- Seth leaves the hot pot restaurant with Cissia, while Blaze takes the soup base into the kitchen. After a quick taste test, she finally finds the flavor she has been looking for.
- One by one, everyone brings the dishes to the table according to Stephen's order. As the soup base begins to boil, the final showdown is about to kick off...
- Stephen: Gotta say — I'm getting excited...
- Stephen: Let me have a... mmm... taste. I want to see just how good this "unbeatable" hot pot of yours really is!
- (Idles)
- Stephen: Oh man, I'm getting hungry just watching this.
- NPC 3: Are they frying up spices in there? Smells amazing!
- (Talk to Blaze)
- Blaze: You ready? It's do or die—everything's riding on this!
- Come on! (Enter stage)
- Hold on.
Other Languages
| Language | Official Name |
|---|---|
| English | These Rice Cakes' Got a Real Kick |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 这糍粑有力气 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 這糍粑有力氣 |
| Japanese | 餅つきパワー！ |
| Korean | 힘이 넘치는 츠바 Himi Neomchineun Cheuba |
| Spanish | Este pastel de arroz glutinoso pega fuerte |
| French | Ces gâteaux au riz ont du mordant |
| Russian | Сила в рисовых пироженках Sila v risovykh pirozhenkakh |
| Thai | ขนมแป้งข้าวเหนียวทรงพลัง |
| Vietnamese | Bánh Gạo Này Có Lực Đấy |
| German | Dieser Reiskuchen hat Wumms |
| Indonesian | Mochi Ini Keras Sekali |
| Portuguese | Esse Mochi é Poderoso |