It looks like the hype for Monster Hunter Wilds has even reached the food industry, as a local Nepali restaurant in Tokyo recently ran out of cheese naan.
On March 2—just two days after the release of Monster Hunter Wilds—the Nepali restaurant Salam Namaste received a staggering order of 99 cheese naans in the wee hours of the night. The timing coincided with the game’s release, as hungry hunters turned to online food orders.
The restaurant’s owner even had to make a late-night run to Inageya to restock, as they had completely run out of cheese naan. A series of posts on X (formerly Twitter) expressed deep gratitude for Monster Hunter’s influence, likely due to the game’s prominent use of cheese as a key cooking ingredient.
With Monster Hunter Wilds in full swing over the past few days, it’s clear that Capcom has a massive hit on its hands. The game recently hit 1.3 million concurrent players on Steam, making it the sixth biggest release on the platform—surpassing Elden Ring from FromSoftware and even Capcom’s own Monster Hunter: World.
But the game’s impact didn’t just stop at online storefronts—it reached a small restaurant in Tokyo, causing chaos in their kitchen. In Monster Hunter Wilds, the village of Kunafa in the Windward Plains serves as a settlement in the game’s first biome. Their main delicacy? Cheese. Capcom’s painstakingly detailed cooking cutscenes have left players so hungry that they’ve turned to real-world alternatives like the Cheese Naan from Salam Namaste. It’s both hilarious and heartwarming.
Food has always been an important feature in Monster Hunter games, providing stat boosts like increased health, defense, and stamina. If you’ve never watched a Monster Hunter cooking sequence, consider this a warning: You will get hungry.
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