the way the game is played, is that most appetisers are pretty much premade, only need to be wacked for a few minutes. they all come out at once. in the mean time, the main courses can be generated. the first done lays around someplace until the all are done, and then the serving wench hauls them out. if a high quality restaurant, two people haul them out.

from reading threads in dining, it appears that the majority of the people eat steak, or "american" food, no matter where. banging out 8 steaks and 8 baked potatoes is a piece of cake. trust me, the potatoes are pre cooked, and usually, so are the steaks.

the greatest meals that i have had are either in french countryside 2*'s (or equivalent) where small courses of many different foods just arrived, or almost any italian restaurant where again, food arrived very piecemeal.

the same has been true in southeast asian restaurants in london(includes indian, Bangladeshi and Pakistani)