Hi mein

Hi Meins

Hi meins are an improved type of chow mein. They are created by kicking elemental sour sauces up a notch in The Wok of Ages. Transcendental Noodlecraft is required to access The Wok of Ages. The Way of Sauce is required to make the elemental sour sauces. You must be able to Pulverize equipment to get half of the ingredients for the elemental sour sauces.

There are several disadvantages to hi meins that offset their advantages. Access to The Malus of Forethought is only available to Muscle classes, while The Wok of Ages is only accessible to Mysticality classes. Therefore, characters in Hardcore will have to belong to a Mystical class to make and consume hi mein, and will have to wait until they've found and smashed equipment good enough to produce elemental nuggets without the Malus' special combining properties - usually level 9 or higher, although it's possible earlier with access to The Haunted Gallery in Spookyraven Manor.

Hi Mein	Base Sauce	Adventures	Muscle	Mysticality	Moxie	Fullness
cold hi mein	cold and sour sauce	21-29	70-75	30-35	15-20	5
hot hi mein	hot and sour sauce	21-29	70-75	15-20	30-35	5
sleazy hi mein	sleazy and sour sauce	21-29	25-30	25-30	70-75	5
spooky hi mein	spooky and sour sauce	21-29	15-20	70-75	30-35	5
stinky hi mein	stench and sour sauce	21-29	30-35	70-75	15-20	5

Notes

• As of NS13, if you try to eat hi mein before Level 7, you will receive the message, "Your palate isn't sophisticated enough to eat food this good. (You must be at least level 7 to eat this item.)"

References

• Unlike chow mein and lo mein, "hi mein" refers to nothing in Chinese - it is merely a pun based on reading "lo mein" as "low mein".
• Otherwise, you can refer to hi mein as hymein...I advise you not to ask.