The comic is great, and I like the models of the game as well!
I ended up not fully understanding what was allowed to be put in and what wasn't. I would click on an ingredient and I couldn't do it that turn, but then another I could. I was also confused by the combine button. I was able to combine randomly one time, but that was it. From what I gathered, I guess that's what you were explaining when certain types of ingredients match, but some that I felt still didn't work :(. For a person like me, I need a more hands on representation of a tutorial (Telling me to do something and as I do it they explain why this works or doesn't work etc).
I thought I was doing okay until the end, when it told me I failed to make quota xD.
The game is cute, and I can see it flourishing in gameplay, it already does personality wise!