I am absolutely amazed at the anniversary update! Rare has done such a good job in adding fun new content to the game, and I hope that continues. After cooking and fishing for a while, I have just one thing that I want to suggest. Cooking and finding ingredients can take a while, so why not make things interesting by giving certain food items buffs?
For example,
- shark meat can give a 20% speed boost when swimming for X amount of seconds
- Golden Chickens give you Slow falling(no fall damage) for X amount of seconds
- Kraken Meat lets you breath underwater for 1 minute
- Golden Pig meat overheals your health bar by X percent for X seconds
These are just a few examples of certain things that can be added to make cooking more interesting and rewarding. While the examples I have given above may be too OP or not feasible, these are just some early suggestions/ Ideas that can be changed and balanced by the developers
Buffs from food is a mechanic that is seen in many different types of games, ranging from MMO games like world of warcraft to indie games such as Stardew valley
P.S I don't know if there is a chef outfit but if not please make one that would be amazing