Some of the trickiest quests you’ll encounter throughout Star Path events in Disney Dreamlight Valley involve cooking. Most of these types of duties feature vague riddles, as is the case with the cook a nearly perfect appetizer mission.
Your idea of a nearly perfect appetizer may not be the same as what this quest calls for, making it a tricky one to work through. If you’re having trouble getting this one done, here’s how to cook a nearly perfect appetizer in Disney Dreamlight Valley.
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What is a nearly perfect appetizer in Disney Dreamlight Valley?

A nearly perfect appetizer is any dish that falls under the appetizer category and is labeled as four-star in DDV. You need to make meals that are nearly perfect, but not quite five-star, to fulfill this requirement.
To ensure you make the right meals for this quest, make sure you’re only cooking appetizers, not entrées or desserts. Any four-star item listed under these other two categories won’t count here, as they’re not appetizers.
Cook a nearly perfect appetizer in Disney Dreamlight Valley
To complete the cook a nearly perfect appetizer duty for the Godly Glamor Star Path event, you need to make a total of three four-star appetizers. Any appetizers work for this quest, regardless of whether they’re recipes learned in the main valley or DLC worlds like Wishblossom Ranch, as long as they’re the right star rating.
There are lots of appetizers you can make for this quest, but sorting through to find the ones that count as four-star can be tricky. You can use the filtering system at any cooking station to make this process easier by selecting the “Search & Filters” option in the upper right corner, then selecting appetizers and four-star to narrow down the list.

Even the narrowed-down list can be overwhelming to look at, as there are many dishes that fulfill the right requirements. There’s also a chance you may not have cooked meals that meet these requirements at all, which means your list may be limited. Regardless, if you’re still unsure what to make, here are some of the easiest recipes that work for this quest.
| Name | Ingredients |
|---|---|
| Buñuelos | Wheat Cheese Milk Egg |
| Dream Fizz | Dreamlight Fruit Sugarcane Wheat Slush Ice |
| Creamy Soup | Any Spice Milk Potato Any Vegetable |
| Soufflé | Cheese Egg Milk Butter |
| Gazpacho | Cucumber Tomato Onion Any Spice |
| Pickled Herring | Herring Lemon Onion Any Spice |
| Tea Sandwiches | Wheat Corn Cherry Any Fish |
| Pumpkin Soup | Any Vegetable Milk Ginger Pumpkin |
| Shad Ceviche | Shad Onion Tomato Lemon |
| Conch Ceviche | Sea Snail Onion Tomato Lemon |
| Radicchio Slaw | Cauliflower Green Beans Radicchio Radish |
| Buttermilk Borscht | Beetroot Egg Milk Dill |

Checking off this task for the Godly Glamor Star Path earns you 15 Tokens to spend in the event. It’s a decent reward, but not enough to purchase most prizes, so you’ll likely have to put in some extra work to redeem whichever one you have your eye on. Some good tasks to tackle next for additional Tokens include crafting a potion you can really “dig,” cooking a fairly fancy dessert, selling green veggies, and digging for pottery material.