With My Superb Cooking, I Blaze a Trail Through Ancient Times with Delicious Food
厨艺超高的我在古代用美食开道
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- Ancient Romance
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- Slice-of-Life Farming
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There Are Hardly Any Good Foodie Stories These Days. I Dare You to Prove Me Wrong
Food Novels That Make Great Mealtime Reading
Nothing too basic, please. I want something well written, ideally with detailed descriptions of the food, but without overly flowery prose!!!!
Give Me Some Food Fiction About Street Stalls or Opening a Shop. No Starting Out With a Kid
No more child-rearing plots. I'm so sick of them. If it's a food story, just make it about food.
Food Novels Focused Purely on Cooking, No Random Plotlines!
Don't recommend it unless it's actually a food novel. If it doesn't feature food, what the hell am I supposed to read it for? I'd be better off reading something else!
Looking for Food-Themed Stories Rated 9.0 or Above, with Upright Values
If there are any set in prehistoric times, that would be even better, something like Transmigrating to the Beast World: A Foraging Journal.
Travel Back to Ancient Times, Make All Kinds of Delicious Food, with Clear Logic and No Saintly Main Character
Stories Where the Heroine Is an Amazing Cook, and Everyone Would Risk Their Life for Her Food!
I Need Ancient-Era Food and Farming Novels!
Looking for stories where the heroine transmigrates to ancient times, cooks, and builds a prosperous life. CP or no CP is fine. Not too many awful characters, and the male lead shouldn’t have too high a status. No palace intrigue, please. Great writing and airtight logic are a must.
Ancient Chinese Food Stories: Transmigration, Crawfish, Hot Pot, and Beauty Treatments
Food-Focused Stories
Looking for some good food-themed novels.
Looking for Food-Themed Stories with Great Writing and No Stupid Characters!
Food stories with delicious cooking.
Modern-Day Heroine Travels to Ancient Times, Cooks for Her Father, and He Takes Her to Court
The Female Lead’s Cooking Is So Good It Makes the Three Kids Next Door Drool
The Female Lead's Cooking Is So Good, It Makes the Neighbor Kids Drool
Farming Stories with All Kinds of Food Discoveries, a Decent Family, and Some Comeuppance for the Villains
Something like discovering all kinds of delicious food in an era where everything is still unknown. Preferably over a thousand chapters. I want a one-on-one romance and a money system that isn't all over the place. It's hard to accept when buying vegetables costs one or two taels, but selling some wild game gets you dozens of taels.
Looking for Stories Where the Female Lead Runs a Shop. Cozy Overall, With or Without CP, Modern or Historical
Something like a flower shop, a guesthouse, or a restaurant: a small business run by the female lead herself. No nasty characters, just cozy, cozy, cozy stories!! Thank you, thank you (❁´ω`❁)
I’m Really Into Food Stories Lately. Anything That Isn’t Clichéd?!!!
Looking for books like This Boss Is So Cautious: He Sets Up a Food Stall and Wanders Everywhere (Random Food Stall).
Any Good Food Novels?
Ancient-Era Setting, Food, One-on-One Romance
Are There Any Ancient-Era Novels About Opening a Canteen, Dining Hall, or Something Similar?
Something set in ancient times or a particular historical era, like The Imperial College's Little Canteen.
The Female Lead Is an Amazing Cook and Makes the Three Kids Next Door Drool
I want to read books similar to "After the Marriage Swap, the Contrast Female Character Is Pampered by Her In-Laws."
Looking for a Female Protagonist with Excellent Cooking Skills: Historical Eras, Transmigrate, Ancient Times, or Beast World
Aaaa, I'm out of books to read. Please recommend some!
Looking for Historical Romance Novels About Food, With a Sweet, Endearing Female Lead Who Isn't Naive
Looking for Stories About Food Streamers!!!
Cooking and eating, visiting restaurants, or unboxing streamers, anything works. Anyone know some?
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It's so good! I initially thought the female lead would open a shop with the Li family all the way to the capital, but that would seem like charity work. The author cleverly had her repay a debt of gratitude while also building her own business independently. I love it! The transitions between different locations are very logical and seamless, not at all abrupt. The frequency of her special abilities is also just right. This rating is really low; it should be at least nine points. I love it! 😍
Thankfully, I read to the end; the female lead didn't get tied to the family who saved her for too long. I still prefer watching someone fight alone. There were also more female characters later on; it's a novel, and I really disliked having all the supporting characters as men.
This is truly the first time I've read a historical romance novel where the protagonist actually runs a hotel. Unlike other stories where the protagonist transmigrates into a stepmother, this one features a woman who is alone. I really love it; no one holds her back, she's beautiful on her own, and she knows what she needs.
So far, this is the best female protagonist I've read on Tomato Books that suits my taste. She's kind and gentle but not naive or simplistic, shrewd, capable, and worldly-wise, knowing when to advance and retreat, and I'm very satisfied with her so far. The supporting characters are also well-developed; there are no awful relatives or even just random strangers.
There are currently over 100 chapters, and I've read half of them. The plot is quite rich, and the female lead's character is also to my liking. She's not soft-hearted towards bad guys and also helps others. The plot doesn't drag, and the foreshadowing of the female lead's identity is a bit low, so I came here specifically to give it a rating!
Holy crap, I'm totally engrossed in this book! And the female lead is absolutely flawless. It's really good; I rarely finish a book, haha. Even though it's still being updated, an 8.0 rating is just too low! I don't know why this book has such a low rating. It's very good and I highly recommend it.
I hope there will be less romance in the female lead's storyline 😢 I want to see her focus on her career!
I can't take it anymore, it's so well-written! No exaggeration, this is the best food novel I've ever read!!! I absolutely love the female lead's personality. The people she encounters aren't like those characters in other novels who are just trying to pad the word count with a bunch of awful characters; they're all kind and simple. It's so relatable. I love it! Keep up the good work, author!!!
I've read several novels of the same genre these past few days, and this one stands out in both plot and writing style. It's a very smooth read, and although it's a food-themed story, it also touches on interpersonal relationships, making it quite enjoyable. The only downside is that it's too short; it doesn't quite have enough content.
The characters are well-developed, vivid, and not overly saintly, yet possess kind hearts. The other characters are also excellent. There aren't many truly awful characters, and the plot is captivating. The story is concise and logically structured. I finished it without any major flaws. It's a great read, and I'll continue to support it.