I'm not sure if this title needs any introduction at all. I mean, onlycasual games freshmen don't know the Dash game series and Flo. Withregard to those, Cooking Dash developed by Aliasworlds Entertainment and published by PlayFirst, is a new sequel in the series of time-management games.

And for the time-management veterans - you are going to meet Flo andGrandma themselves in this release. It's not like Coco or Quinn weren'tgood, it's just that Flo is better...

Cookie is making his own reality show while Flo and Grandma feel in for him and later for other restaurants' chefs. Thistime Cookie, Flo's great chef, was offered to star in his own realitycooking show on TV. But who's gonna take care of the diner?.. Yes, it'sFlo and Grandma.

After every level you are given some comments on how Cookie's doingwith his show. And he is doing only better and better. So soon (soonmeans 10 levels) сhefs from other restaurants are invited to his show.And who's gonna take care of their restaurants and customers?..Yes,it's Flo and Grandma.

Every new restaurant means that you aregoing to start all over again. I mean you can't rely on the upgradesyou used to increase customers' patience before just because you don'thave them here. You need to earn them again.

A new reastaurant means a new cuisine, a new background, a new type of customers, which is always good.

This time you get a chance to really cook. Goingfrom one restaurant to another makes it interesting to have new dishesevery once in a while. One of the new twists in this release is that the place does look morelike a diner because customers don't seat at the tables, butside-by-side at the counter.

The seats are colored and you get bonuspoints for matching the colors of the customers with those of theseats. But don't focus on that a lot because you may lose more onwaiting for the seat of the required color to be vacant.

The bigger part of the screen takes upthe kitchen area. Grandma stands in the middle ready to preparedifferent cold foods. Flo is rushing all over the place making allkinds of dishes - smoothies, fried eggs, french fries, pizzas etc.

The process of serving is nothing new. You seat a customer, wait forhim or her to make an order, cook it, serve it, take the money and takeaway the dirty dishes.

There is a shop in the game where you can buy things to upgrade yourrestaurant. Some of the things don't improve your score or speed at allthough like new doors or tiles. But there are those that add speed oradd more equipment or increase customers' patience.

The game is very interesting with the oldwell-known characters and different cuisines, and challenging with thespeed you have to rush around on.