Brain Puzzle 3 Level 102

Overview

Level 102 is a "weird sushi shop" ingredient-matching puzzle. The yellow banner reads "Put the ingredients on the rice ball." A young chef in a white kimono and black apron stands behind the counter of a Japanese sushi restaurant. A female customer in a pink top sits at a small table holding chopsticks, facing a giant plain white rice ball on a black plate. Around the room are suspicious "ingredients": a lucky cat figurine on the shelf, a bottle of mayo, a jar of tempura flakes, a red octopus toy on top of the refrigerator, a metal bucket of ice, a fish bowl with a goldfish, a pink designer handbag on the table, and a bubble tea. The bottom caption reads "Welcome to Weird Sushi Shop. What sushi would you like?" The completed state shows the customer patting her full belly satisfied, with the refrigerator standing open and empty.

• Difficulty: Regular
• Estimated moves: 5

Step-by-Step Solution

1. Read the customer's first order. A thought bubble appears next to her head showing salmon nigiri — a slice of salmon over rice with a dollop of mayo/egg on top. Gather the ingredients from around the shop.

1. Find and place the salmon. A giant salmon fillet comes from the sushi poster on the wall (or from the fridge). Drag it onto the rice ball. In the intermediate frame, the salmon drapes over the plate.

1. Add the mayo and cheese. Tap the mayo bottle on the shelf above the window and a block of cheese; both are placed on the rice ball. The shelf bottle disappears.

1. The customer changes her order. The thought bubble clears and a new one appears: a fish-roe gunkan sushi — red salmon roe over a nori wrap. The bottom caption reads "I want to eat fish roe sushi." The salmon and cheese are removed from the rice ball.

1. Place the octopus. The red octopus on top of the refrigerator is taken down. Tap it to add it to the rice ball as a joke ingredient. The octopus disappears from the fridge.

1. Add the tempura flakes. The jar of crispy tempura flakes on the shelf is tapped and poured onto the rice ball. The jar disappears.

1. Watch the customer eat. With all the weird ingredients piled on, the customer eats the rice ball. She places both hands on her full belly and burps contentedly. The refrigerator door swings open empty, the window shows cherry blossoms, and the "Completed" banner appears with confetti.

Strategy & Reasoning

The puzzle logic is "find the requested ingredients wherever they are hidden in the weird shop." The shop is called "Weird Sushi Shop" because the ingredients are not in a normal kitchen — they are scattered as decorative objects around the room. The mayo bottle on the shelf, the octopus on the fridge, and the tempura jar are all treated as food despite looking like decor.

The customer changing her order from salmon nigiri to fish roe gunkan is a comedic beat: the chef must remove the first set of ingredients and source new ones. The goldfish bowl and the ice bucket are red herrings — they remain untouched in the final frame. The pink handbag and bubble tea on the customer's table are also not food.

The completed state shows the fridge empty because all its contents have been used on the rice ball. The cherry-blossom view through the window signals the meal is over and the customer is happy.

Tips & Common Mistakes

• Mistake: putting the goldfish or the ice on the rice ball. The fish bowl and ice bucket are not ingredients. They remain visible in the completed frame.
• Mistake: serving the first order and stopping. The customer changes her mind to fish roe sushi. You must remove the salmon/cheese and add new ingredients (octopus, tempura flakes).
• Mistake: ignoring the shelf items. The mayo bottle and tempura jar above the window look like decoration, but they are ingredients and must be tapped.