Point Them with the Sticky End

One allowance here buys 52,220 EXP, which places it 3rd of the 6 Lv 30 Culinarian tradecraft leves that record EXP. The best of them, Bloody Good Tart, This, returns 72,430 EXP for the same allowance, 39% more.

Across that rung the return runs from 17,230 EXP to 72,430 EXP per allowance — 6 distinct figures spanning 320%, so the wrong pick leaves 55,200 EXP of the allowance unspent.

On whether to wait: the best Lv 35 Culinarian tradecraft leve returns 79,780 EXP per allowance, 10% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 25 rung behind tops out at 55,060 EXP.

At Lv 30 this data holds 52 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 48 Tradecraft ones average 44,832 EXP per allowance, the 4 Fieldcraft ones 275,323 EXP, which puts this leve 16% above its own category's average.

Gil ranks it differently: 534 gil per allowance is 1st of 6 on the same rung against 3rd on EXP, with the best there paying 534 gil.

Tuna Miq'abob ×3 is a Lv 33 Culinarian recipe, 2 steps deep through 2 intermediates, costing 9 units of raw material and 9 crystals.

Handing that in returns 5,802 EXP and 59 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows.