Sadly, the answer is: not enough for you to leave the table satisfied. Now, six years later, what tasty morsels are on offer with Restaurant Empire II? Along the way, he managed to take down corporate food giant Omnifood, and the moral of that tale was don't mess with anyone whose last name translates to "the beef." Released in 2003, the first game stood out from a quagmire of hastily made tycoon games as a deep, well thought-out and engrossing strategy game. In the original Restaurant Empire, you played the role of Armand LeBoeuf as he rose from hopeful chef to Hall of Fame megachef.