The holidays are a wonderful time to relax, but not for Emily! Delicious – Emily’s Holiday Season has Emily working through the winter while also juggling a complex love life. Which suitor she chooses is ultimately up to you, but there are far more important things to worry about like finding all of the Easter Eggs, Trophies and Mouse locations in the game. This walkthrough offers tips and tricks to help you obtain all achievements, extras and unlocks in every level as wells as a basic gameplay guide, hints and cheats.

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General Tips & Tricks

 

During preparations for a family holiday party hosted by the Snuggford Hotel, Emily is talked into managing the hotel restaurant to pick up some extra cash. Emily soon becomes involved in a love triangle, and the choices you make determine who she ends up with in the end. In Delicious – Emily’s Holiday Season, your goal is to help Emily keep customers happy while completing winter themed special challenges such as making snowmen and ice-skating. Each level begins and ends with a story line segment in which you meet new characters or catch up with Emily’s old friends and family from other Delicious games.

Settings

There are three difficulty modes: beginner, normal and advanced. The default mode is normal, but you can change the difficulty at any time by accessing the settings button in the main menu. You can also adjust the volume of music and sound effects; however, because the sound effects often give clues to challenges, it is recommended to always keep the sound effects turned on.

Basic Gameplay, Tips, and Tricks

There are three difficulty modes: beginner, normal and advanced. The default mode is normal, but you can change the difficulty at any time by accessing the settings button in the main menu. You can also adjust the volume of music and sound effects; however, because the sound effects often give clues to challenges, it is recommended to always keep the sound effects turned on.

Every level consists of a day at Emily’s restaurant. There are 50 levels split across five different restaurants. Throughout Emily’s shifts, she must take customers’ orders, prepare and serve food, run the register and clean up after everyone. Customers who receive prompt service are more likely to leave larger tips, but patrons who feel neglected may walk out without even ordering. You can tell a customer’s satisfaction by whether or not they have hearts next to their heads; no hearts means someone is on the verge of walking out.

Each level has a timer, and Emily must reach a minimum score before the timer runs out to progress to the next day. Every level also has a target expert score for players who desire a greater challenge.

Bonus Points

Aside from providing prompt service, you can collect extra points by doing the following:

-Take payment from several customers at one time
-Serve a complete order on a single tray
-Serve multiple orders on one tray
-Complete the level’s special task
-Catch each level’s mouse

Preparing Food

Preparing food starts out simple and becomes more involved as the game progresses. Some items require multiple ingredients, which must be combined in a specific order and then restocked. Other items must cook for a while before they can be served. New menu options become available at the beginning of some levels. Your goal to is to best manage your time and resources to optimize your service and therefore your score, so change up your menu often to experiment with different strategies.

Cleaning

When customers leave, click their dishes to clear the table. If you don’t keep your tables clean, new customers might walk out.

Entertainment

You can increase customer satisfaction by sending out an entertainer while you work on other tasks. Happy customers leave larger tips, so employ your entertainer as often as you can.

Shopping

Emily can spend her earnings on Francois’s Decorating Catalog, which carries items that improve customer satisfaction. Don’t horde your money; reinvest your profits to earn even bigger tips! Purchase every item available in the game to win the “Decorator” trophy.

Building Your Menu

Each level begins with setting your menu for the day. Your choices are initially very limited, but your options quickly increase, so you must deploy an effective strategy to reach all of your goals. Some items have benefits over others: For example, some take less time to prepare, which allows for quicker service and bigger tips. Switch up your menu if you find yourself having difficulty beating a level.

Customer Types

Every restaurant has a different clientele. You can view a level’s customer types in the menu. Identify each customer’s type to gauge their patience levels, tipping tendencies and dietary preferences. You can use this information to help you during busy times. For instance, you should always prioritize large tippers who have low patience before serving customers who have high patience.

The Serving Tray

When serving orders, Emily can only carry a limited number of items on her tray. She gets access to larger trays as you progress. Click on items and hold down the mouse to drag them onto the tray. If you make a mistake, click on the item again to put it down.

General Gameplay Tips

– For popular items that need to be cooked on the stove or grilled, start cooking a few right away to get a head start on serving big groups.
– The number beside an item indicates the amount you currently have in stock. Every item has a maximum limit; try to never allow any item’s stock to fall below half the maximum limit so you don’t wind up in an emergency.
– In levels that require fishing, berry picking, cooking turkey or baking cookies, start on these tasks first before things get busy.
– For items that require stirring, taking your eye off the pot too long can result in a mess that you must clean up. This can set you back, so keep your eyes and ears out for pots that need to be stirred.
– Items that are cooked on the grill or stove must be taken up as soon as they are done. Click on them before they burn to a crisp and you’re forced to start over. Just like in real life, never walk too far away from a hot stove!
– During the levels that take place in the hotel, you can actually check out four customers at once thanks to hotel keys and mail. If you have two customers waiting for check out, wait a few seconds to see if other patrons come asking for their key or mail. This method can quickly and easily boost your score.

Mouse Locations

Like in previous Delicious games, every level in Emily’s Holiday Season contains a hidden Mouse. You have up to four opportunities to catch the Mouse by clicking on him when he appears. He will squeak right before he pops his head out of his hiding spot, so listen carefully. Catching the Mouse gives you 100 extra points, and catching all 50 Mice earns you the coveted “Pest Control” Trophy.

All Mice Locations

Below are maps of each restaurant indicating where every Mouse can be found. The number beside each Mouse is the day it will appear.

Snuggford Hotel
Day 1: lower left part of the screen beside the tray
Day 2: left corner of the counter
Day 3: bottom right beside the cranberry sauce
Day 4: in the small window above the turkey cooking station
Day 5: outside behind the left door panel
Day 6: Beside the register on the right part of the counter
Day 7: lower left area above the tray
Day 8: upper left area by the stairs
Day 9: lower right area beside the turkey hot plate
Day 10: upper left area to the right of the staircase

Delicious - Emily's Holiday Season - Mouse Locations Snuggford Hotel

Delicious – Emily’s Holiday Season – Mouse Locations Snuggford Hotel

Winter Fair
Day 1: center right area beside the greeting cards
Day 2: back left area by the huge tree
Day 3: middle left area atop the chestnut cart
Day 4: upper right area behind the snowman
Day 5: upper left corner by the pretzels
Day 6: right of Santa’s chair hiding behind the presents
Day 7: lower right area beside the cash register
Day 8: right side of the big tree behind Santa
Day 9: at the base of the lantern right in front of the chestnut cart
Day 10: atop the lantern in the upper right area near the top

Delicious - Emily's Holiday Season - Mouse Locations Snuggford Winter Fair

Delicious – Emily’s Holiday Season – Mouse Locations Snuggford Winter Fair

Snuggford Hotel (Renovated)
Day 1: lower left area by the plates
Day 2: atop the lamp on the right side of the main counter
Day 3: outside behind the left door panel
Day 4: center right area behind the ham plate
Day 5: between the main counter and desserts
Day 6: lower left area beneath the grill
Day 7: in the window right of Santa
Day 8: behind the desserts
Day 9: behind the table near the elevator
Day 10: atop the lamp on the left side of the main counter

Delicious - Emily's Holiday Season - Mouse Locations Snuggford Hotel Renovated

Delicious – Emily’s Holiday Season – Mouse Locations Snuggford Hotel Renovated

Ski Slope
Day 1: left of the register
Day 2: lower center area beneath the deck
Day 3: upper right corner
Day 4: lower right corner of the deck
Day 5: behind the tray in the lower left area
Day 6: lower left corner by the cutting board
Day 7: upper right corner by the fruit punch
Day 8: lower right corner
Day 9: upper left area behind the trees
Day 10: upper left area in between the brazier and the deck

Delicious - Emily's Holiday Season - Mouse Locations Ski Slope

Delicious – Emily’s Holiday Season – Mouse Locations Ski Slope

Mo’s Farm
Day 1: behind the table in the center
Day 2: right area near the pipe
Day 3: in the water by the pier
Day 4: center right area behind the table
Day 5: in the tree lights to the right of the gate entrance
Day 6: under the tree lights left of the gate entrance
Day 7: left part of the counter near the pier
Day 8: right area by the stove and Christmas cookies
Day 9: behind the scarecrow
Day 10: behind the register

Delicious - Emily's Holiday Season - Mouse Locations Mo's Farm

Delicious – Emily’s Holiday Season – Mouse Locations Mo’s Farm

Easter Egg Locations

Ten Easter Eggs are hidden throughout the game. If an object looks particularly out of place, click on it to reveal a secret. Most Easter Eggs are based off other GameHouse titles. Collect all 10 to win the “Perceptive Missile” Trophy. Here is a guide for where to find each Easter Egg.

Snuggford Hotel
(Day 2) Camera – Sitting in the window sill just right of the door
(Day 9) Coffee Cup – In the upper-right part of the screen. If you bought decorations, you may not see it, but if you drag your mouse over there during this level, the Easter Egg will reveal itself.

Winter Fair
(Day 1) Star Christmas Cookie – Front and center screen, at the base of the lantern next to the candle station
(Day 9) Ladybug – On top of the Chestnut Cart’s roof

Snuggford’s Renovated Hotel
(Day 6) Firefly – In the elevator on the right side of the doors.
(Day 10) Penguin Egg – Underneath the register

Ski Slope
(Day 3) Tea Platters – Near the lower left corner by the cutting board.
(Day 8) Crystal – Beneath the deck, front and center.

Mo’s Farm
(Day 4) Latte – In the barn beside the cow.
(Day 7) Block – To the right of the gate’s entrance.

Trophies and Fireworks

You can win 17 Trophies in total by completing certain objectives in the game. Besides a warm and fuzzy feeling inside, Trophies give you fireworks to play with during the game’s end credits. Here is the full list of Trophies and what you must do to collect them.

“Pest Control” – Find the Mouse in every level
“A Perceptive Missile” – Locate every Easter Eggs
“The Griller” – Grill 500 Items
“The Star” – Beat the expert score in every level
“The Taste Explosion” – Prepare one of each product in each restaurant
“The Master Decorator” – Purchase every available decoration
“The Queen of Clean” – Clean 500 customers’ tables
“The Great Listener” – Listen to each character talk during day 4 of Snuggford Hotel
“The Server” – Complete 2500 orders
“The Hogger” – Have items left over when everything is fully stocked.
“Quadruple Popper” – Score a quadruple payment combo.
“The Heart Blow” – Choose who Emily falls in love with at the end of the game. It doesn’t matter who she picks.
“Cash Combo Pop” – Achieve three payment combos back-to-back.
“The Special Delivery” – Receive 100 deliveries.
“Female Intuition” – Have a customer’s order fully prepared and on your tray before they actually order. The order must contain at least two items.
“The Planner” – Set 10 actions in your que.
“Santa’s Secret” – Open all of the the gifts around Santa at the Winter Fair

Delicious – Emily’s Holiday Season Walkthrough

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