>>56006348Another angle to look at this is the ease of which certain ingredients can be resourced.
Leeks and Mushrooms are some of the worst to acquire beaten only by Slowpoke tails, but they're also used for some of the best recipes.
The introduction of corn however was a big upset to this balance.
Four of the five best recipes with a base +48% bonus require corn. All of the Corn recipes are great, and Bewear is an excellent Corn gatherer.
A Lapis Lakeside team with a good Bewear for Corn, a good Victreebel for Potatoes and Tomatoes, and a good Venusaur or Meganium for Honey, gives you most of what you need to alternative between Green Grass Fruit Salad (needs oil) and "Calm Mind" Fruit Salad (needs apples).
A Gardevoir or Raichu can pitch in apples, a Lucario or Wigglytuff can pitch in oil.
There's just a whole bunch of synergies here that make corn and Lapis Lakeside work really well, especially with salads.
Whereas with Cyan Beach there's a big predisposition towards desserts, and Taupe Hollow is heavily biased towards curries.
