Pandaren Cooking and Recipes

Leveling your Cooking skill in the Mists of Pandaria is a bit different than in previous expansions. Previously there was the one skill and no specializations. Now you have the general cooking skill and you have six specializations. You can learn any, all, or none of the specializations if you so choose. (See below for leveling from scratch.) Plus there are a few new achievements to work towards, as well as a set of Bind on Account cooking gear, as modeled by Ms. Draenei, below.

Pandaren Cooking Contents

Intro to Pandaren Cooking
Leveling Up Your Cooking – Getting to 525, before Pandaren Cooking.
General recipes – No special quests or anything are needed.
Way of the Brew – To gain a new outlook and master the hangover.
Way of the Grill – Buffs the Strength
Way of the Oven – Builds strong bones (Stamina)
Way of the Pot – The smart foods (Intelligence)
Way of the Steamer – Improves the Spirit
Way of the Wok – Great for the Reflexes (Agility)
Gear, perks, etc. – Stuff to earn with even more cooking.

Introduction to Pandaren Cooking

If you collect them all then you will eventually have 600 skill in the general Pandaren Cooking, plus 600 skill in each of the specializations.

Just because you have 600 skill in any one, or several, of them does not mean than you can cook all the recipes. You have to level you skill in each specialization.

Each of the specializations has a separate trainer. Sungshin has all the quests to get you started with these guys.

The Ironpaw Token is the cooking currency for Pandaria. While the recipes and such are bought with gold, the materials are bought with tokens (or you can farm most of them.) Most of your recipes will be bought with gold, as will a few basic ingredients.

Tokens are earned by completing the cooking quests and dailies.

Note that each of those specializations buffs one stat, so you might want to start off with your best stat and branch out later. For example, The Way of the Wok is for Agility. If your first priority is hangovers and altered senses, then Way of the Brew must be your first choice.

Gathering Ingredients

Many of the beasts of Pandaria drop the items you’ll need for these recipes. Start yer farmin’!

You can buy

Tradition of Cooking

This is an item set that you can pick up with Ironpaw Tokens. Each item costs you 50 tokens and you get a cooking bonus for the set. The bonus is probably useless since you’re already at 600, though it might have value in the next expansion.

The set is Bind on Account, so you can send it to your low level chefs. Here’s the Apron. There’s also a frying pan and a rolling pin to complete the set. The Draenei, top of page, is wearing the set.

Leveling Cooking Before Pandaria

Mists of Pandaria has introduced shortcuts to the profession leveling process. If you are 85+ and if you can get yourself down to Halfhill Market, then you’ll be able to take advantage of this. See out Sungshin Ironpaw, located at the market, and start training. She sells a limited number of recipes, so if you’re a collector you’ll have to get the rest elsewhere. The ones she does sell will get you to 525 skill or thereabouts. She also sells the ingredients. So bring a few gold pieces and get that leveling out of the way.

At skill 510 or so you will be able to do a quest, Ready for Greatness, which will teach you Zen Master Cooking (and allow you to get to 600 skill.) Alternatively, you can take the portal back to your home city, train there, and then come back.

If you’re too low level to get to the market, or you’re training cooking as you level, then you’ll have to do it the old fashioned way.

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General Pandaren Cooking Recipes

These do not requite any specialization of rep, just learn ’em like you always have. Most of these are available from Sungshin, at Halfhill Market and you can use them, and her, to level to 525+.

These are referred to as Everyday Cooking in your cooking profession tab.

Name of the Recipe	Ingredients	Get it from…	Skill required	Points earned	Real World Recipe
Sliced Peaches	Pandaren Peach	Trainer	1	5
Perfectly Cooked Instant Noodles	Instant Noodles	Trainer	30	5
Toasted Fish Jerky	Golden Carp	Trainer	60	5
Dried Needle Mushrooms	Needle Mushrooms	Trainer	90	5
Pounded Rice Cake	Rice	Trainer	120	5
Yak Cheese Curds	Yak MIlk	Trainer	150	5
Dried Peaches	Pandaren Peach	Trainer	180	5
Boiled Silkworm Pupa	SIlkworm Pupa	Trainer	210	5
Roasted Barley Tea	Barley	Trainer	240	5
Blanched Needle Mushrooms	2 Needle Mushrooms	Trainer	330	5
Red Bean Bun	Red beans	Trainer	360	5
Skewered Peanut Chicken	Farm Chicken	Trainer	390	5
Green Curry Fish	Rice 2 Golden Carp	Trainer	420	5
Peach Pie	2 Pandaren Peach	Trainer	450	5
Tangy Yogurt	Yak Milk Pandaren Peach	Trainer	480	5
Pearl Milk Tea	2 Yak Milk	Trainer	495	5
Fish Cake	2 Golden Carp	Trainer	500	5
Golden Carp Consomme	2 Golden Carp	Trainer	500	5
5 Spicy Salmon	5 Emperor Salmon 25 Witchberries 25 Stripped Melon Rice	Vendor	500	1
5 Spicy Vegetable Chips	25 Jade Squash 25 Pink Turnip 25 Juicycrunch Carrots	Vendor	500	1
Wildfowl Ginseng Soup	Ginseng Wildfowl Breast	Trainer	510	5
Rice Pudding	Yak Milk Rice	Trainer	520	5	Tapioca
Krasarang Fritters	Krasarang Paddlefish	Vendor	525	1
Viseclaw Soup	Viseclaw Meat	Vendor	525	1
Great Pandaren Banquet	100 year soy sauce 20 Jewel Danio 20 Raw Tiger Steak 100 Pink Turnip	Vendor	600	1
Pandaren Banquet	100 year soy sauce 10 Jewel Danio 10 Raw Tiger Steak 50 Pink Turnip	Vendor	600	1
Chocolate Cookie (Not a Pandaria Recipe)					These look good

Way of the Brew

You can create splendid brews, including for your entire raid. Rumor has it that when you have 600 skill in Way of the Brew you will suffer much less severe hangovers, but that’s just a rumor. The reality changing effects will stay the same, however.

Ginseng Tea	1 Gigeng	trainer	525	1
Jade Witch Brew	5 Witchberries 5 Jade Squash	trainer	550	2
Banquet of the Brew	100 Year Soy Sauce 50 Green Cabbage 50 Witchberries	trainer	575	5
Great Banquet of the Brew	100 Year Soy Sauce 100 Green Cabbage 100 Witchberries	trainer	575	8
Mad Brewer’s Breakfast	Black Pepper 50 Pink Turnip	trainer	600	5
Banana Infused Rum	Tel’Abim Banana Volatile Rum 200 Witchberries Silkworm pupa Black pepper	trainer	600	1
Four Senses Brew	100 year Soy Sauce Rice flour Black Pepper Pandaren Peach 200 Reb Blossom Leek	trainer	600	1

Way of the Grill

Just the thing for bodybuilders and plate wearers. You will be able to create delicious, Strength enhancing foods. As with the other groups you will be able to feed your entire raid.

Charbroiled Tiger Steak	Raw Tiger Steak	trainer	525	1
Eternal Blossom Fish	Jade Lungfish 5 Striped Melon	trainer	550	2
Banquet of the Grill	100 Year Soy Sauce 10 Redbelly Mandarin 10 Raw Crab Meat 10 White Turnip	trainer	575	5
Great Banquet of the Grill	100 Year Soy Sauce 20 Redbelly Mandarin 20 Raw Crab Meat 20 White Turnip	trainer	575	8
Black Pepper Ribs and Shrimp	Black Pepper 5 Giant Mantis Shrimp 5 Raw Tiger Steak 25 Green Cabbage	trainer	600	5

Way of the Oven

The third branch of Pandaren cooking uses an over to cook the delicacies. It’s a very healthy way of eating and boosts your stamina as a result.

Wildfowl Roast	Wildfowl Breast	trainer	525	1
Twin Fish Platter	2 Krasarang Paddlesish	trainer	550	2
Banquet of the Oven	100 Year Soy Sauce 10 Krasarang Paddlesish 10 Raw Turtle Meat 50 Mogu Pumpkin	trainer	575	5
Great Banquet of the Oven	100 Year Soy Sauce 20 Krasarang Paddlesish 20 Raw Turtle Meat 100 Mogu Pumpkin	trainer	575	8
Chun Tian Sprint Rolls	Rice Flour 5 Redbelly Mandarin 5 Raw Tiger Steak 25 Red Blossom Leek	trainer	600	5

Way of the Pot

Casters will argue that The Way of the Pot is the best of the six specializations, because anything that boosts Int must be the smart way to go. (BTW – it’s not The Way of Pot, rather it’s The Way of THE Pot.)

Swirling Mist Soup	Jade Lungfish	trainer	525	1
Braised Turtle	Raw Turtle Meat 5 Juicycrunch carrots	trainer	550	2
Banquet of the Pot	100 Year Soy Sauce 10 Reef Octopus 10 Mushan Ribs 50 Juicycrunch carrots	trainer	575	5
Great Banquet of the Pot	100 Year Soy Sauce 20 Reef Octopus 20 Mushan Ribs 100 Juicycrunch carrots	trainer	575	8
Mogu Fish Stew	Black Pepper 5 Emperor Salmon 5 Raw Crocolisk Belly 25 Mogu Pumpkin	trainer	600	5

Way of the Steamer

When I think of steaming I think of Pork Steamed Buns, but those Shrimp Dunplings will likely do just fine. These recipes boost your spirit. For real world dumplings you can check Amazon: Asian Dumplings: Mastering Gyoza, Spring Rolls, Samosas, and More (Kindle version.)

Shrimp Dumplings	Giant Mantis Shrimp	trainer	525	1
Fire Spirit Salmon	Emperor Salmon 5 Scallions	trainer	550	2
Banquet of the Steamer	100 Year Soy Sauce 10 Emperor Salmon 10 Wildfowl Breast 50 Jade Squash	trainer	575	5
Great Banquet of the Steamer	100 Year Soy Sauce 20 Emperor Salmon 20 Wildfowl Breast 100 Jade Squash	trainer	575	8
Steamed Crab Surprise	Rice flour 5 Jewel Danio 5 Raw Crab Meat 25 White Turnip	trainer	600	5

Way of the Wok

These recipes are for the Agility crowd; Rogues, Monks, & Druids.

Sauteed Carrots	2 Juicycrunch carrots	trainer	525	1
Valley Stir Fry	Reef Octopus Wildfowl Breast	trainer	550	2	How about Pad Thai? Cashew Stir Fry
Banquet of the Wok	100 Year Soy Sauce 10 Giant Mantis Shrimp 10 Raw Crocolisk Belly 50 Red Blossom Leek	trainer	575	5
Great Banquet of the Wok	100 Year Soy Sauce 20 Giant Mantis Shrimp 20 Raw Crocolisk Belly 100 Red Blossom Leek	trainer	575	8
Sea Mist Rice Noodles	Rice Flour Tiger Gourami 5 Raw Turtle Meat 25 Scallions	trainer	600	5

Items to be Earned, Gear, Etc.

Achievements

As usual, there are a bunch of achievements. The last one is for all of you Role-Players out there.

Master of Pandaren Cooking: Obtain 600 skill points in all six Ways of Pandaren cooking. Title: Master of the Ways
Master of the Brew: Obtain 600 skill points in the Way of the Brew.
Master of the Grill: Obtain 600 skill points in the Way of the Grill.
Master of the Oven: Obtain 600 skill points in the Way of the Oven.
Master of the Pot: Obtain 600 skill points in the Way of the Pot.
Master of the Steamer: Obtain 600 skill points in the Way of the Steamer.
Master of the Wok: Obtain 600 skill points in the Way of the Wok.
Ironpaw Chef: Learn 240 cooking recipes.
The Pandaren Gourmet: Cook 15 of the Pandaren recipes listed below.
The Pandaren Gourmet: Cook 30 of the Pandaren recipes listed below.
Zen Master Cook: Obtain 600 skill points in cooking.
Now I Am the Master: Take on an apprentice in the arts of cooking, and teach your student to become an expert.