Mom's Diner is a restaurant located in the east side of the Den. It is run by a robust older woman lovingly dubbed "Mom" by her patrons.
Dining
Patrons can order rat-pie, rat-loaf, or spaghetti with rat sauce. Each rat dish costs $10 and heals 2-8 hit points.[1]
If the Chosen One completes the "deliver a meal to Smitty for Mom" quest, Mom serves up a "combination plate of the best darn food [she has]"[2] that heals 5-20 hit points.[1]
Though the player can only order rat-based dishes, Mom's Diner sometimes offers non-rat dishes according to The Vault Dweller's Official Cookbook.[3][4][5] Presumably, the menu frequently changes based upon whatever food source is presently in the kitchen. The recipes attributed to Mom's Diner in The Vault Dweller's Official Cookbook are as follows:
- Radscorpion stew
- Braised pig rat
- Steamed radscorpion tails in drawn butter
- Cabbage soup
- Fresh brahmin fries
- Gecko pie
- Flank steak
- Well-marbled mole rat
- Fricasseed floater
- Filet mignon
- Medallions of grilled gecko
- Mantis marsala
- Molerat manicotti
- Brahmin en brochette
- Radscorpion en croute
- Centaur chops
Shop inventory
Mom sells the following items with a Barter skill of 120% and restocks every 13-15 days.[6] Any item with a percentage after it is not always restocked.
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Notes
If Mom has been killed, the next time the Den's east side is entered, an out of business sign will be present.
Appearances
Mom's Diner appears only in Fallout 2.
Behind the scenes
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Regularly eating food was necessary for Fallout 2's survival system before it became cut content. Mom's rat dishes would have been considered a "large meal" and the quest reward for "deliver a meal to Smitty for Mom" would have been considered a "huge meal".[1]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Mom, who run's Mom's in the Den" scripting file
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Mom: {485}{}{That was good work. You must have worked up quite an appetite. I have a real treat for you as a reward. A combination plate of the best darn food I have here, just for you.}
(Mom's dialogue file) - ↑ The Vault Dweller's Official Cookbook p.33: "My journeys out west brought me to a charming establishment called Mom's Diner. One particularly unenthused patron suggested I stay away from the brahmin fries, but I couldn't help myself and ordered a plate. These are... not the same recipe, but I much prefer to harvesting the brahmin, uh, "meat" myself from one of the beasts."
- ↑ The Vault Dweller's Official Cookbook p.103: "Mom over at Mom's Diner loved this recipe, but thought mole rat would work just fine as a replacement. We also determined that a combination of Hubflower and a few fern flowers replaced the spices easily. Well, it probably isn't nearly as delicious but at least the recipe won't taste like dirt."
- ↑ The Vault Dweller's Official Cookbook p.99: "When I visited Mom's Diner, I couldn't believe how much radscorpion tasted like chicken. It's certainly easier to find!"
- ↑ "Mom Box in the Den" scripting file
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