The Facebook Game "Restaurant City"!!! 10 Points!!!?

[jadestone22]

I am at level 9 with 5 employees. I was wondering if anyone can give me some tips and advice that I don't know about the game!?

Things I know!!!
1) You can shake trees and clean up garbadge to get coins!
2) Get rid of door or put mail box infront of it to prevent bad ratings!
3) Feed or put your employees to rest to get them to 100%

Want to know!
1) Any way to keep employees happy longer?
2) What is the best stove to use? fastest... Etc?
3) Any other purpose for visiting other neibourhoods besides rating, shaking trees and picking up garbadge?
4) How do you get rid of cracks in plates?

Ingredients are what gets to me the most!!!! In the market they are too expensive! Everyone I know has theirs locked and I find alot of the questions are a bit hard!!! the only other way I can get ingredients are the ones you get once a day but they are usually ones I don't need!!!???

[CT]

lol, that game is fun ! (= i just turned level 9 too !

1) you could feed them, but it's sorta expensive
2) i think right now, it doesnt matter which stove you have, they all cook at the same time. the more expensive ones are just for decoration, w/e.
(I KNOW ! such a rip off..)
3) umm, if you do a certain amount of rating, picking up garbage, visiting people, giving gifts, etc. you get a trophy (= other than that, i guess enjoying their restaurant & maybe learning a thing or two from them
4) it's just a design, you could get rid of it by leveling up your dishes (which will give you a higher gourmet point too)
http://forum.playfish.com/showthread.php?t=620099

ingredients...i hate those..but you could get them by...
1) getting the food quiz right (http://forum.playfish.com/showthread.php?t=529150)
2) a freebie everyday
3) visiting your friends' houses for the first time
4) trading (you could do 'trade lock ingredients')