Starry Garden
The Starry Garden is an immersive RP experience located on the Mateus server on the Crystal data centre of FFXIV. We are located in Empyreum, Ward 9, Plot 42! We always have our doors open for all kinds of casual RP, meet cutes, and dinner dates for those that have interest in those kinds of scenarios!We are happy to inform you that the Garden is no longer just a restaurant, but a place of refuge, recreation, and merriment! We hope that we have crafted a myriad of environments for you to enjoy any number of casual RP sessions!If you would like to RP in the Starry Garden with active staff members, please swing by on the date shown below!Also, while gil prices might be added to our menu, they are not a requirement, and are only there for flavour! Please don't feel obligated to pay that amount to us! Just for RP purposes for the most part! :D
HoursHiatus for RP events!
Apply
If you would like to apply for a position at the Starry Garden, you will have to message either Jaydin Byrd or Myrddin Wynn of the Starry Knights «.SKG.». Please note that everything that happens at the Starry Garden is for the fun of it, and that there is no real gil that will be paid unless by the customer that comes in. If this is fine for you, then feel free to message us at any time!Keep in mind: you do NOT have to be a part of the Starry Knights «.SKG.» in order to have your character RP work at the Garden! We would like it, however, if we could establish an in-character reason as to why your character is working there, though. No rush on that aspect, however!We do have a dress code that people who want to work at the Gardens should abide by. If you do not have the following, please do your best to just dress as close to it as you can!Server or Waitress• Nophica Green Craftsman’s Apron OR any pastel hue Salon Server's Top of either kind (body)
• No gloves preferably (so things like the Emperor's New Gloves or False Nails for example) -- if it's in character, that's okay!
• Soot or Jet Black Best Man’s Slacks / Dashing Slacks / Craftsman's Leather Trousers (legs)
• Soot Black Craftsman’s Leather Shoes / Best Man’s Dress Gaiters / Kupo Shoes / Valentione <shoes> (feet)
• Free to wear any other kinds of accessories if you want!
• If you can’t get the above clothing for any reason, please dress as close to it as you can or let the FC leads know so we can outfit you!Bartender• Void Blue/Soot Black/Jet Black Best Man’s Jacket or Dashing Vest OR Ice Blue Salon Server's Top of either kind (body)
• Emperor’s New Gloves (hands) // Can also wear False Nails from Ananta Beast Tribe Quests, Summer's Flame Wrist Torque or the Dirndl's Wrist Torque if you so wish
• Void Blue/Soot Black/Jet Black Best Man’s Slacks, Craftsman's Leather Trousers, or Dashing Slacks (legs)
• Soot Black/Jet Black Best Man’s Gaiters, Craftsman’s Leather Shoes, Kupo Shoes, or Dashing Gaiters (feet)
• Feel free to wear any kind of accessories you want!
• If you can’t get the above clothing for any reason, please dress as close to it as you can or let the FC leads know so we can outfit you!
Bakery
If you're here for only a brief time, we have a bakery and packaged goods that are all made in our kitchen! All these items are purchasable from the front counter!
Cookies
☆Chocolate Chip Cookies 300 gil - A dozen, freshly baked, gooey chocolate chip cookies that just melt in your mouth with a tantalisingly sweet and warm crumble. Made with semi-sweet Kukuru beans, Smooth Butter, Maple Sugar, Apkallu Eggs, and Sunset Wheat Flour.☆Double Ishgardian Chocolate Cookies 350 gil - Chocolate cookies with chocolate chips! These cookies deliver with a rich, chocolatey flavour. Made with semi-sweet Kukuru beans, Smooth Butter, a small amount of Olive Oil, Maple Sugar, Apkallu Eggs, and Sunset Wheat Flour.☆Gingerbread Cookies 380 gil - A collection of festive-shaped gingerbread cookies straight from our bakery to hopefully end your night with glee. Made with Pearl Ginger, Cinnamon, Cloves, Nutmeg, a dash of Ala Mhigan salt, and some La Noscean Orange zest, our gingerbread cookies have a delightful spice to them. All complemented with our Cream Cheese frosting!☆Maple Sugar Cookies 300 gil - A sugar cookie packed with maple flavour! These are a delicious treat that you can either hoard for yourself or share with friends and family! Made with Maple Sugar, Sunset Wheat Flour, Smooth Butter, Apkallu Eggs, and Honey.
Pastries
☆Brownie Bits 350 gil - Eight Kukuru brownie bites baked fresh with Kukuru Powder, Night Milk, Sunset Wheat, and Maple Sugar.☆Cinnamon Apple Biscuits 370 gil - Six flaky and buttery pastry biscuits that house a delicious Faerie Apple slice in the middle with our signature cinnamon caramel filling! A delicious treat all the way from the summer heat, to sitting warm by a winter fire!☆Pumpkin Fold-Overs 230 gil - Ogre Pumpkin pastries that are flavoured with Cinnamon, Cloves, and Pearl Ginger. Three in total. Comes with a Cream Cheese dipping sauce that you can either use as intended, or to drizzle over your fold-overs as a glaze!☆Rolanberry Braid 390 gil - A large pastry that is intended to be cut and served in slices! Typically serves eight. Our Rolanberry Braid makes for a great breakfast pastry with the delicious Rolanberries and Cream Cheese that make every bite worth going back for more~!☆Star Cakes 320 gil - Four, small, light and fluffy bite-sized cakes that come in vanilla or chocolate topped with whipped cream and star-cut Snurbleberries, Apricots, La Noscean Oranges.
Cakes
☆Pecan Butter Ponze Cake 410 gil - A fluffy, decadent, delicious pound cake baked and glazed with our special pecan pie sauce glaze. Topped with pecan halves as a final touch. Two slices total.☆Red Velvet Cheesecake 400 gil - A delectable cheesecake covered in a silky red velvet cake crumble. Comes with three different glaze options: warm caramel, chocolate, or a Rolanberry glaze.☆Rolanberry Cheesecake 450 gil - A fluffy cheesecake with a rich and decadent flavour, topped with fresh Rolanberries from our gardens, and a sweet Rolanberry glaze drizzled over top.☆Sweetheart's Chocolate Apple Cake 430 gil - A thick slice of decadent chocolate apple cake, sweetened with honey and spiced with cinnamon. Iced with fluffy chocolate frosting and dark chocolate ganache. Topped with a slice of dried apple.
Pies
☆Apple Garden Tarts 410 gil - Four delicious, flaky apple tarts made with locally sourced apples and cinnamon from the Shroud.☆Banana Crème Pie 450 gil - Our banana crème pie is made with bananas picked specially from the Dravanian Hinterlands. It is sure to be a deliciously sweet treat to take back home and enjoy.☆Chocolate-Hazelnut Pie 460 gil - If the name alone didn't make your mouth water if you're a sweet tooth like some of us here in the Garden, then we don't know what will! Our chocolate-hazelnut pie is one of our in house specialties made with premium Kukuru beans, hazelnuts, Night Milk, Honey, and Vanilla Bean. This pie is also topped with roasted, chopped hazelnuts.☆Lunar Tarts 350 gil - Four delicious, flaky Cream Cheese and Apricot tarts with decorative, edible stars on top.☆Rolanberry-Apricot Crumb Pie 440 gil - One of our best summer pies, our Rolanberry-Apricot crumb pie is another one of our specialties that we take pride in! Made with our very own homegrown Rolanberries and Apricots from our gardens, we mean it when we say that this pie is made with nothing but love!
Tea, Coffee, & Cocoa
☆Autumn Breeze 120 gil - A fall themed black tea blend that utilises Almond Bark, Cinnamon, essence of Ogre Pumpkin, and Hazelnut. Helps to keep you warm during cold days or nights.☆The Limsan Brew 200 gil - Coffee made from locally grown beans procured from Bronze Lake. Served black with Buffalo Milk creamer and Maple Sugar cubes on the side.☆Slumbering Couerl 180 gil - A bedtime brew packaged in a nice box to bring home. Consists of a wonderful blend of Chamomile, Althyk Lavender, Pearl Ginger Root, with a hint of Sun Lemon.☆Snurbleberry Cocoa 200 gil - This cocoa blend is a rich one. With chocolatey and snurbleberry flavour, your warm mug will definitely give you a fuzzy and delightful feeling!☆Spring Rain 120 gil - A Chamomile and Honey herbal tea blend with Oldrose petals, a hint of Heavens Lemon. Said to be perfect to help combat any springtime allergies that start to come around!☆Summer Nights 120 gil - A mild rooibos tea blend that soothes the body and taste buds with the flavours of Apricot and Pixieberry. Said to facilitate the body's natural ability to heal.☆Winter Morning 120 gil - A cranberry herbal tea, the Winter Morning is a blend of sweet cherry and tart cranberry with a kick of cinnamon to start your day off right, especially on cold mornings.
Rent
If you're interested in renting out the Starry Garden for any events that you might have in general or for your FC, you are absolutely free to contact one of the Founders of «.SKG.» on Discord so that we can respond more quickly. Please contact either FreeJayFly#0420 or Myrddin#6542 to do any scheduling!We will do our best to keep the front page up to date with events so that people know what days are available to them for scheduling!One of the biggest limitations we have is that we ask that you please not schedule Sundays to use the Garden! Aside from having our own public events every other Sunday, we often use it on the Sundays that we're not active for our personal FC story events!
Prices
One day event: 175,000 gilFor a one day rental, this basically means that you only want the venue for the day or night for your event and have no plans to use it again, or at least not again so soon.Month (30 Day) Rental: 1,500,000 gilThis price is if you want to have the venue for your events for an entire month. You can schedule at any time within that month aside from when official Starry Gardens events are going on for thirty days.Staff: 50k per headIf you'd like to rent out our staff members for your events, it'll be extra since we'll have to see who's available, and it is time they'll be spending! The gil here will go to the staff member directly instead of to the Free Company!Currently, we have six unique player staff members! Some of us have alts that we use occasionally for different roles within the Garden, which will be noted if necessary!Your choices for staff members, their roles, and okay scheduling hours are as follows! You can click on their names to be taken to a screenshot of them or their carrd if available!ALL TIMES ARE CENTRAL! (-6 GMT)C'vurihn Tia - Bartender / Cook || Mon., Wed., Sat. 12 PM - 12 AM
Elika Harel - Wait staff / server || Fri. - Sun. 7 PM - 11 PM
Iwa Ittetsu - Wait staff || Weekdays sans Thur. from 7 PM - 10 PM, Sat. from 10 AM - 6 PM.
Manaka Shimizu - Manager, can take on any role || Shares player with C'vurihn.
Qara Daznik - Bartender || Not available.
Rina Sabine - Wait staff || Sat. 5 PM - 9 PM
Tandem Chorus - Bartender or wait staff / server || Shares player with C'vurihn.
Yarothgar Korvasch - Bartender || Shares RPer with Iwa.
Drinks
Non-Alcoholic Beverages
☆Autumn Breeze 120 gil - A fall themed black tea blend that utilises Almond Bark, Cinnamon, essence of Ogre Pumpkin, and Hazelnut. Helps to keep you warm during cold days or nights.☆Dozing Moogle Mug 180 gil - A hot, frothy, and tantalisingly creamy Kukuru milk served with your choice of additive: Regular, Nutmeg, Galago Mint, Rolanberry, or Mirror Apple. Served in a moogle head mug!☆The Limsan Brew 200 gil - Coffee made from locally grown beans procured from Bronze Lake. Served black with Buffalo Milk creamer and Maple Sugar cubes on the side.☆Midnight Velvet 160 gil - A thick smoothie made with vanilla ice cream, freshly plucked Pixie Plums, Rolanberries, Blood Currants, and a dash of Galago Mint for a cool and refreshing aftertaste.☆Rolanberry Dream 160 gil - A refreshing Rolanberry smoothie a hint of Sun Lemon and plenty of creamy undertones.☆Spring Rain 120 gil - A Chamomile and Honey herbal tea blend with Oldrose petals, a hint of Heavens Lemon. Said to be perfect to help combat any springtime allergies that start to come around!☆Summer Nights 120 gil - A mild tea blend that soothes the body and taste buds with the flavours of Apricot and Pixieberry. Said to facilitate the body's natural ability to heal.☆Winter Morning 120 gil - A cranberry herbal tea, the Winter Morning is a blend of sweet cherry and tart cranberry with a kick of cinnamon to start your day off right, especially on cold mornings.
Alcoholic Beverages
☆Banemite's Sting 660 gil - White rum mixed with Allagan Melon juice, blended dragonfruit, and frozen chunks of passion fruit make this blend look toxic. Luckily, it seems to have a tantalizingly sweet flavour with a punch to the senses afterward.☆C'vurihn Tia's "Electric Shock" 600 gil - An acai tea mojito mixed with a Pixie Plum infused vodka, coconut milk, lime juice, a dash of Galago Mint, and a mix of fresh berries, this drink is sure to delight. The sensations and flavours that come together here might even be electrifying in how delicious it is.☆Dirty Chocobo 560 gil - A fizzy, citrus-y brew made up from La Noscean Oranges, lime, and Persimmon with a kick of Prickly Pineapple vodka and a dash of brine. A nice, strong bite accompanies this mix.☆Kukuru Rhapsody 640 gil - A cold, creamy blend of a Kukuru mudslide mixed with vanilla ice cream. Flavoured with a dash of mint for a refreshing taste, and topped with a sweet cream whipped cream with chocolate shavings. Suitable for when you feel like relaxing by the fire, or with friends.☆Murder at the Garden 600 gil - A kiwi smoothie makes up the bottom of the glass (the 'garden'). Poured on top is a mix of Rolanberry juice, honey mead, and hibiscus (the 'blood'). Mix it up, or drink the 'blood' first, the 'garden' second! Up to you! Either way, the Murder at the Garden is a nice, refreshing mix!☆Qara Daznik's "Dawn to Dusk" 600 gil - Homemade vodka soaked blueberries are muddled with absinthe, vodka, simple syrup and a splash of fresh sun lemon juice to make the night sky layer of this drink. Ginger beer and a drizzle of pixie berry liquor follow to add the shining sun. This layered drink, inspired by the legendary deities of the Steppe is garnished with a sun or moon shaped sugar cube.☆Tandem Chorus' "Sucker Punch" 600 gil - A mouth puckering sour concoction that will leave you feeling like you've stepped foot into the ringer! A special sour apple liqueur is mixed with a dash of lime juice, lemon-lime fizzy water, and blue agave spirits. Garnished with a slice of sweet, crisp Faerie Apple to offset the sourness.☆Yarothgar Korvasch's "Stiff Breeze" 600 gil - A bartender special! Yarothgar’s spin, or perhaps shake, on a timeless classic involves the combination of sugar, Galago mint, fresh lemonette, and a stiff spike of dark rum, shaken together vigorously to give a one-two punch of the strong taste of dark rum and the smooth flavour of mint.
Appetisers & Salads
Appetisers
☆All You Can Eat Butter Rolls Free with any lunch or dinner purchase! - Buttery smooth rolls baked fresh and ready for you! These rolls are sure to leave you feeling delighted.☆Garden Party Sandwich Platter 560 gil - A large platter designed for a big party. Small sandwiches that sample each of our signature sandwiches are served here for everyone to enjoy and tide their hunger with.☆Hingan Fry 460 gil - Breaded and fried Usuginu Octopus imported from The Ruby Sea and carefully prepared. Comes with a sweet and savoury Rice Wine and Oriental Soy Sauce dipping sauce.☆Hogs in the Shroud 510 gil - Cooked to perfection hog sausages enveloped in a light, buttery pastry wrap and then baked to a wonderful golden brown.
Salads
☆Limsan Salad 210 gil - La Noscean Lettuce, croutons, Heavens Lemon juice, and olive oil, the Limsan salad is a staple of many due to how easy it is to prepare. We also prepare it with sliced Hard Boiled Eggs, spicy Ala Mhigan Mustard, parmesan cheese, and Black Pepper.☆Garden Salad 220 gil - A healthy blend of Cieldalaes Spinach, Alpine Parsnips, Coerthan Carrots, La Noscean Lettuce, and Alligator Pears. Can be served with grilled tofu or your choice of meat for an additional 120 gil.☆Shroud Salad 280 gil - Chopped La Noscean Lettuce and Cieldalaes Spinach, Ruby Tomato, crispy Shroud bacon, grilled Chicken Breast, Hard Boiled Eggs, Alligator Pear, and chives. The Shroud Salad showcases fresh ingredients that can be found here in the Black Shroud.☆Tri-colour Salad 200 gil - Slice Ruby Tomato, sweet Basil, sliced Mozzarella, Olive Oil, and Gyr Abanian Rock Salt make up this delicious and simple salad.☆Wineport Salad 300 gil - A sweet and crispy salad, we make this with imports from La Noscea. Made with Faerie Apples, Noble Grapes, Gridanian Walnuts, La Noscean Lettuce, and a tangy citrus vinaigrette dressing.
Breakfast
☆Bacon and Cheese Quiche 470 gil - Our signature breakfast, our bacon and cheese quiche is a special mix of eggs with Buffalo Milk, Paprika, Black Pepper, Chives, and Clary Sage baked in a buttery and flaky pie crust, garnished with Curly Parsley.☆Eft-ortless Routine 300 gil - An Eft tail steak pan seared to perfection with sunny-side up eggs and karakul sausages to accompany it.☆Eorzean Morning 320 gil - A hearty breakfast that samples from all different breakfasts found across Eorzea. Aldgoat sausages from Ul'dah, Limsan buttered pancakes, Ishgardian dill devilled eggs, and a traditional Gridanian brewed Blood Currant tea.☆Limsan Crescent 310 gil - A light and flaky croissant sandwich with scrambled Puk Egg, Honey cured Dodo Tenderloin cuts, Ruby Tomato, and Stone Cheese.☆Shroud Slammer 500 gil - One of our largest breakfasts made up of fluffy buttermilk pancakes, hash Popotoes, hog sausage, and your choice of preparation eggs.☆Sultana's Dream 410 gil - A fragrant Ul'dahn breakfast comprised of a Puk Egg omelette (with or without cheese and Aldgoat bacon) made with freshly plucked Desert Saffron. Comes with an herb baked flatbread, and mashed or hashed popotoes.
Lunch
☆Baked Popoto Soup 340 gil - A creamy soup with Popotoes, Chives, Stone Cheese, and diced Aldgoat. Can be served in a bread bowl for an additional 50 gil.☆Comet Burger 400 gil - The Starry Garden Café's signature burger made of your choice of a Buffalo, Magma Beet, or Tofu burger. Toppings include Cieldalaes Spinach, Spicy Tomato Relish, Ala Mhigan Mustard, Alligator Pear, White Truffle, Cyclops Onion, and Stone Cheese. Served with a side of shoestring cut Popoto chips.☆Garden Grilled Chicken 360 gil - Seasoned chicken grilled all the way through, before being plated on top a bed of Cieldalaes Spinach, drizzled with a special citrus-y sauce made up of La Noscean Oranges, Rolanberries, and Sun Lemons.☆Star Slugger 370 gil - A sandwich made with grilled Canard Breast, La Noscean Lettuce, Ruby Tomato, Stone Cheese, pickled Alpine Parsnips, and Ala Mhigan Mustard. Served with a side of shoestring cut Popoto chips.☆Star Stuffed Buns 360 gil - Six Gil Buns baked with a three cheese blend, hog sirloin, and a Garlean Garlic and herb mix. Served with a side of either creamed Cieldalaes Spinach or Cornbread.
Dinner
☆ Eggplant Parmesan 470 gil - Deliciously seasoned and baked Wizard Eggplant in a lasagne with a savoury Ruby Tomato sauce and perfectly melted Stone Cheese.☆ Garden Pot Roast 510 gil - Aldgoat Chuck slow roasted with Coerthan Carrots, Cyclops Onion, and Popotoes with a fragrant herb blend. Served with a side of creamed Cieldalaes Spinach or Cornbread.☆ Ishgardian Blanket 420 gil - A pie with savoury stewed karakul meat in a creamy broth with Coerthan Carrots, Wild Onions, Buffalo Beans, and Garlean Garlic.☆ Logger's Pie 430 gil - Grilled hog makes up the bottom of this pie, with a layer of Millioncorn and Coerthan Carrots in the middle, and mashed Popotoes mixed with Garlean Garlic, herbs, and Smooth Butter on top.☆ Smoked Hog Ribs 490 gil - Smoked hog ribs with our signature Garden Sauce. Has a bit of a Dragon Pepper kick to it, but a soothing Prickly Pineapple and La Noscean Orange aftertaste. Served with a Yugr'am Salmon salad.☆ Smoked Yugr'am Salmon 560 gil - Fished locally from the Shrouds, our Yugr'am Salmon is smoked with a Garlean Garlic and herb butter, served alongside with a Coerthan Carrot and Alpine Parsnip salad with our optional honey sauce drizzle.
Dessert
☆Apple Garden Tarts 410 gil - Four delicious, flaky apple tarts made with locally sourced apples and cinnamon from the Shroud.☆Floral Jellies 370 gil - Two Othardian inspired water jellies with edible flowers. Edible flowers served in our Floral Jellies include: Carnations, Dandelions, locally procured Hibiscus, and Feijoa.☆The Garden's Basket 520 gil - An assortment of six muffins baked fresh. You can mix and match between poppy seed, rolanberry, banana nut, chocolate chip, double chocolate, and cinnamon pumpkin.☆Lunar Tarts 350 gil - Four delicious, flaky Cream Cheese and Apricot tarts with decorative, edible stars on top.☆Rolanberry Cheesecake 450 gil - A fluffy cheesecake with a rich and decadent flavour, topped with fresh Rolanberries from our gardens, and a sweet Rolanberry glaze drizzled over top.☆Star Cakes 320 gil - Four, small, light and fluffy bite-sized cakes that come in vanilla or chocolate topped with whipped cream and star-cut Snurbleberries, Apricots, La Noscean Oranges.☆Sweetheart's Chocolate Apple Cake 430 gil - A thick slice of decadent chocolate apple cake, sweetened with honey and spiced with cinnamon. Iced with fluffy chocolate frosting and dark chocolate ganache. Topped with a slice of dried apple.
Valentione's Special Menu
Non-Alcoholic Beverages
☆The Bee’s Knees 440 gil - A chocolate and Cloud Banana smoothie blended together and topped with our delightful and light Garden whipped cream. Crystallised Honey crumbles and chocolate shaving bits are sprinkled on top, sliced Cloud Banana is layered in on the rim, and a waffle-style crisp is added for a little extra delicious panache.☆Cloud Nine 220 gil - A creamy and delightful Rolanberry and vanilla ice cream smoothie topped with either a Cloud Banana whipped cream, or our signature Garden whipped cream. Sliced Rolanberries decorate the rim of this treat.☆Moogle’s Hot Chocolate 360 gil - This delightful treat is a white chocolate hot cocoa that has been flavoured and coloured with Rolanberries to give it a fun, Valentione’s pink flare! Served hot in a Moogle mug with our Garden whipped cream and pink, red, and white sugar sprinkles!☆Raspberry Fizzy 270 gil - Carbonated Raspberry juice mixed in with a hint of lemon, this fizzy drink is a delight for people of all ages!☆Rose Kiss 270 gil - Rose infused water that has been carbonated, and both flavoured and coloured with a light Rolanberry mix to give it that sweet pink colour. This lovely drink is sweetened with Honey.
Alcoholic Beverages
☆Explosive Love 490 gil - A cherry bourbon, grenadine, and fizzy water cocktail with a dash of Mint-infused Maple Syrup, and freshly squeezed juice from a half a lime. Served garnished with two black cherries and fresh Mint leaves.☆Lakshmi’s Embrace 510 gil - A sharp, fizzy Heavens Lemon sake from Mor Dhona mixed with pomegranate, Oldrose nectar, and a dash of La Noscean Orange. This cocktail is then topped with a layer of Blue Bozja that might have you enter a dream-like trance.☆Lovers’ Retreat 530 gil - Coconut rum, and spiced rum mixed together with blended Rolanberries and pulverized ice to make a sweet, intoxicating drink that might make you feel as if you’re taking a nice vacation in Costa del Sol instead of dining at the Starry Garden. Topped with our Garden whipped cream.☆Secret Garden Love Potion 470 gil - Will not make someone fall in love with you. A light Oldrose wine and Rolanberry juice mixed together with a bit of absinthe, Oldworld Fig, and grenadine. Garnished with Rolanberry slices.☆Tickled Pink 500 gil - This delightfully pink drink is a Rolanberry Lemonade mixed with honeysuckle moscato, vodka, and a dash of La Noscean Lemon and lime. Sliced Rolanberries are added to the drink for some extra fun! Typically served with a sugar rim.
Appetisers
☆Cranberry Bourbon Pork 280 gil - Ground Shroud wild hog rolled into balls with Ala Mhigan salt, Rosemary, rubbed Sage, and Wild Onion flambeed in bourbon and left to rest in sweet and tangy bourbon sauce that uses cranberries, La Noscean Oranges, and Honey. Served atop a crisp bed of La Noscean Lettuce.☆Dragon Pepper Poppers 280 gil - Halved, battered, and fried Dragon Peppers with gooey melted Stone Cheese and Maple cured bacon bits. These little poppers have a great and fiery kick to them, sure to delight any spice fans out there.☆Mini Crab Cakes 450 gil - Buttery and smooth crab cakes made with fresh catches brought in from Coerthas, grated Stone Cheese, Cream Cheese, Sour Cream, Ground Black Pepper, finely chopped Chives, and . Seasoned with Wineport seasoning with added La Noscean Lemon juice for taste.☆Pulled Pork Crostini 330 gil - Shroud wild hog shoulder marinated in our Garden barbeque mix with a dash of lime added to it for extra zesty flavour, slow roasted and then pulled apart to be tossed together with diced a Ruby Tomato, minced Dragon Pepper, Millioncorn kernels, Olive Oil, and Cumin mix before being placed upon thick slices of Ishgardian bread and toasted. Served with your choice of Aldgoat Cheese, or Stone Cheese.☆Ruby Tomato Galette 280 gil - A freshly baked galette with a savoury Ruby Tomato and Stone Cheese filling. The tomatoes are cubed and spread out across slices of Stone Cheese before being baked for a few minutes till the galette is golden brown, and the cheese is bubbly. This appetiser is then drizzled with an herb and Olive Oil mix.
Entrées
☆Fruit Slathered Ishgardian Toast 580 gil - Make this a meal for two for 275 extra! Thick slices of brioche bread coated in a sweet cream and egg mixture before being cooked over a buttered pan. Served topped with our freshly made whipped cream, made in house, and fruits of your choice! We have caramel, butterscotch, chocolate, and rolanberry sauces to choose from!☆Lovers’ Margarita Pizza 500 gil - This pizza has been shaped into a heart for those sweethearts that want to share in a delicious meal together. Made with a zesty Ruby Tomato and Garlean Garlic herb sauce and topped with thick slices of melted Mozzarella, fresh Basil leaves, and Dzemael Tomato slices.☆Red Wine Beef Stew 720 gil - Make this a meal for two for 360 extra! Our special Valentione’s stew is slow cooked prime cut of buffalo sirloin in a red wine broth with Cyclops Onions, Coerthan Carrots, Ala Mhigan Mustard, Gil Buns, Garlean Garlic, Thyme, Highland Parsley, and Celery.☆Rock Lobster Ravioli 840 gil - Make this a meal for two for 420 extra! A special ravioli thanks to our fisher friends in Thanalan. Our ravioli dish is made when the order is placed, so a little patience is needed. The Rock Lobster meat is cooked in a flavourful buttery and herb sauce before being placed into a ravioli pocket and boiled to eat. It is then served with a creamy cheese and herb sauce.☆Smoked Dodo Pot Pie 520 gil - Make this a meal for two for 260 extra! Vylbrand imported dodo smoked and then baked into a pot pie. The hearty contents of the pot pie is the dodo in a buttermilk stew alongside Millioncorn kernels, chopped Green Leeks, Coerthan Carrots, and Buffalo Beans.
Dessert
☆Chocolate-Covered Platter 250 gil - This platter has a myriad of fruits and bite-sized treats that commonly go with chocolate, and is free for you to pick and choose from! If you want a specific assortment of fruits, please don’t be shy! We serve this platter with the choices of Rolanberries, Cloud Bananas, La Noscean Oranges, Faerie Apples, Cheesecake Bites, or Marshmallows.☆Chocolate Rolanberry-Banana Cream Tart 410 gil - A delectable chocolate tart that has some Cloud Banana and Rolanberry undertones to it. It is served topped with sliced Rolanberries, Cloud Banana, and our Garden whipped cream. Optional caramel drizzle can be added, you need only ask!☆Lovey-Dovey Snickerdoodles 370 gil - Heart-shaped, soft snickerdoodles baked with love, care, and attention (like all our other meals and treats… but extra!) Enjoy the rich sweet taste of these smooth, buttery cinnamon sugar cookies baked with a hint of vanilla!☆Red Velvet Cheesecake Kisses 400 gil - Delectable cheesecake balls that are covered in a silky red velvet cake crumble. Six in total; perfect to share with the family, friends, or loved ones.☆Salted Caramel Chocolate Tart 320 gil - This tart is perfect for you and your loved one(s) if you have sweet teeth that have to be sated for any reason at all. We use Royal Kukuru Powder, the finest Ala Mhigan salt, Sweet Cream, and Beet Sugar to make this deliciously perfect tart for Valentione’s!
Venues
The Starry Garden now offers different venues within the building for people to engage in more private RPs, or in RPs that might suit a different aesthetic desire while remaining true to our Starry Garden environment! We implore you to take the time to look at our venues available! If any of them appeal to you, feel free to head on that way with your RP partner(s)! Should you need any of our staff to help make your experience more immersive, we are only a /tell away!
Moogle-Themed Party Room
Located in Room 3, owned by Manaka Shimizu.This moogle-themed room is dolled up in pink and there for anyone that wants to celebrate a light-hearted party. You and any of your little ones can also enjoy a "live performance" by our moogle troupe!
The Starry Shoppe
Located in Room 4, owned by Tandem Chorus.A newly renovated shoppe for everyone to enjoy! In our stock, we have aprons, slacks, teas, honey, baked goods, well-tended flowers and seeds, and freshly grown fruit and vegetables from our greenhouses!
Garden Bathroom
Located in Room 5, owned by Rina Sabine.... Well, you all kept asking for it, here it is. By popular demand: a Garden bathroom for you to take care of business. Just remember to wash your hands.
Garden Book Café
Located in Room 6, owned by Elika Harel.Book café. Please enjoy the serene sights and check out on your favorite book. Main staff may not serve you, but our assistant shall take your order.
Carbuncle-Themed Room
Located in Room 8, owned by C'vurihn Tia.A carbuncle themed room for those that want a fun dining experience! While there are no "live shows" here like in the Moogle-themed room, there are plenty of stuffed carbuncles here that you can spend your time with while you eat!
The Secluded Balcony
Located in Room 13, owned by Risu Gaudium.A special, more secluded balcony for enjoying alone time while enjoying the beautiful wintery vista of Coerthas. If you're lucky, you might even see the aurora stretching across the sky!
Indoor Fish Farm
Located in Room 15, owned by Li'ren Tavich.Since moving to the cold of Ishgard, the Garden has had to find its own way in having fresh fish for their menu. Now supplemented with a fish farm, the Garden both utilises it for their menu, as well as assisting in repopulating overfished locations.
Staff
Get to know our staff! Sometimes, there might be a couple of them unable to make it on the night that we're open to the public! Sorry about that! But we always hope to make your experience immersive, and we hope that we help you have an enjoyable time at our venue!
Jaydin Byrd
Role: OwnerA rare sight, Jaydin has been away for business in Ishgard lately with her husband and co-owner to the Starry Garden. She originally opened the Garden as a means to start an honest way of living after leaving her home city of Ul'dah.
Elika Harel
Role: ManagerCourteous despite being a little short for conversation, the astute may notice that Elika appears somewhat stifled in her position. She is not much for discussing her personal life though is always willing to lend a horn for guests looking to chat.
Manaka Shimizu
Role: ManagerThough a typically no-nonsense kind of person, Manaka does her best to remain relatively neutral while on the clock. She doesn't often have to abide by staff dress code as often due to her position, but she does it anyway. Can often be found with a Sapphire Carbuncle following after her.
C'vurihn Tia
Role: Bartender / CookA little green behind the ears, but happy to help or talk to others! Just be a little careful: he has some wild aether, and might accidentally make a mess of things. Despite that, he's quite the cook in the kitchen!
Iwa Ittetsu
Role: Wait staff / BartenderIwa Ittetsu’s powerful magic is focused through her voice, and it made her a dangerous target for Garlean engineers. After living most of her life on the run in the wilderness, now she finds herself safely in the service of a new kind of garden… though she might have to do it silently lest her magic be unleashed accidentally!
Rina Sabine
Role: Wait Staff / ServerA half-elezen runaway from Ishgard whose fortune found her at the steps of the Lavender Beds. This eager and naive server is happy to be of assistance between visits to the book cafe.
Tandem Chorus
Role: Wait Staff / BartenderA refugee from Gyr Abania with experiences and stories to share from his time in Ul'dah. Tends to like working the bar, but has a good time speaking with and interacting with other guests if working as wait staff.
Yarothgar Korvasch
Role: BartenderOnce a longtime pirate serving on a lesser-known Maelstrom vessel, Yarothgar Korvasch now serves the Starry Gardens as a bartender. A distinctive Limsan drawl adorns his speech and accents his no-nonsense sailor’s attitude.
Photos
This segment is actually for any of our visitors and guests that have come to the Starry Garden and have given us permission to show off the screenshots that they took! :> Whether it's because guests are here for holiday events, or just want to take screenshots in general, we love to see you enjoying your time at the Garden!
These photos came from Radiant Moon and Ka'liyhe Tohka from Mateus enjoying time with our Hatching-tide Bunny, Huy Ng!
Starlight Initiative
We would like to invite you to the Starlight Initiative's Weekend of Gift Giving that will be taking place from December 8th thru to December 10th from about 6 PM to 11 PM Central each day. The main events will take place on Mateus of the Crystal Data Center @ Empyreum, Ward 9, Plot 42 with permission to use Plot 43 from the neighbor! No worries if you can't make it, let us know, and we'll make personal deliveries to you if you wish for anything!We have created an event to help gift people all over North American Data Centers things that they have been wanting in-game, though have difficulty obtaining. This is our first year in doing an event like this and certainly with the projected scale we would like to reach.We have a number of volunteers that are eager to provide for Warriors of Light and characters all over. We have crafters, gatherers, hoarders, and people just genuinely wanting to gift you some hard to obtain items in-game. We're always happy to have more volunteers or people willing to chip in.More information can be found on our Discord here: Starlight Initiative DiscordHigh profile items that cost 5 million gil and higher on average will be raffled off in our Discord server so that we can coordinate and better get winners their prizes when those raffles end!Be on the lookout for our Little Helpers in red during the event!
We hope to see you, and please look forward to it.