The Top Chef in a Culinary Wasteland
我在美食荒漠当第一厨娘
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- Completed
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- 443k Words
- Genre
- Ancient Romance
- Subgenre
- Slice-of-Life Farming
- Updated
- 2y ago
- English
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There Are Hardly Any Good Foodie Stories These Days. I Dare You to Prove Me Wrong
Looking for Food Stories With Braised Intestines and Red-Braised Pork. Ancient or Period Settings Are Fine 😘
Pure Food Stories! No Romance, No Family, No Meddling! Thanks!
Thanks for all the recommendations. Okay, that's enough, I don't need any more.
Everyday Food Stories, Nothing Too Over-the-Top
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!!!!
Food Stories, But No Absurd Pricing: No Selling a Scallion Pancake for a Fortune!
Food-themed stories, good food-themed stories. Please, I'm in a reading slump.
Food Stories! Food Stories! Food Stories! No Tang Dynasty Supplier Stories
Food!
Looking for Stories with a Female Lead Who Can Cook All Kinds of Delicious Food. Thanks!
The female lead can cook all kinds of delicious food, a bit like Chinese Hero. She can explain each dish as she cooks. It doesn't have to be about competing with others or picking fights through cooking; running a restaurant or something is fine.
Looking for a Food Novel About Simply Cooking, Opening a Shop, and Everyday Family Life, With No Scheming
Any Cozy Historical Food Stories About Opening a Shop?
Looking for books similar to I Became the Richest Person in the Empire Through Food. I want something heartwarming, with few awful characters like this one.
I'm into Farming Novels Lately. Preferably with a Pocket Dimension, Completed, and Not Angsty
Looking for stories about farming, raising children, and building wealth, with few scheming women and a strong, fiercely protective female lead. Ideally set in ancient times.
Food Stories About Selling Snacks at a Street Stall
Food Novels for Someone With Anorexia, The Kind That Make You Feel Hungry
It's getting hot, and my eating disorder is killing me. I have even less of an appetite, just a few sips of soup and bites of vegetables each meal to get by. Looking for lighthearted foodie novels to bring back my appetite.
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.
A Heroine Who's an Amazing Cook, Strong, and in a Logical Story With No Mindless Plotting
Laid-Back Farming, Nothing Complicated or Chaotic
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.
Novels About Master-Level Cooking Skills
Looking for Food-Themed Stories with Great Writing and No Stupid Characters!
Food stories with delicious cooking.
The Heroine Is an Amazing Cook, Making the Neighbor's Kids Drool 💋
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I haven't finished reading it yet, but I'm really into it. However, the chapters are already nearing their end, and I'm worried about whether it will have a bad ending. I'll leave another review after I finish reading. Let's talk about the boxed lunches first. If you're going to make hot pot and don't want to give up fast food, you can sell a boxed lunch for 20-25 coins.
The author's writing is excellent; it's a heartwarming story about food, the female lead is clear-headed, and her family gives her tremendous support. I recommend everyone to read it. As for the ending, I think it's just right—not a bad ending, and leaving a cliffhanger is a nice touch.
This novel is truly excellent. There's no scheming or intrigue; the entire story has a warm and comforting feel, interspersed with delightful little climaxes. The length is just right, preventing it from becoming too long and discouraging. I stayed up all night to finish it, and it's really great! ✌️︎(ᐛ)✌️︎
It's so good! (｡•ˇ‸ˇ•｡) The main character's family is also very heartwarming.
I've currently read up to the part where the female protagonist just met a bunch of little radishes. The reading experience was really good; there weren't any awful characters at the beginning, and everyone had their own personality. I don't know if there's a male lead yet. But I think the female lead is very charming, and I would like it even if there's no romantic partner or an open ending.
It left me wanting more. Throughout the story, the family dynamics were portrayed quite naturally, without any forced romantic subplots; the focus was primarily on the career. It's a great story with a female protagonist whose main focus is her culinary career, beautiful family, and a quietly supportive male lead.
It's a good read. Currently, it's about someone cooking while preparing to promote food, from street food stalls to restaurants, showing how life is getting better – it's very heartwarming. If you like this kind of story, you should check it out. I saw the rating is only 6.7, Which I don't think is high enough. 😘
It's a good read with occasional plot holes and imperfections, but otherwise it's very engaging and made me hungry. However, the recipes for the dishes later on don't need to be too detailed. Since I know how to cook, I felt the methods described in the book were a bit off and took me out of the story. But there are countless ways to cook, and no single standard method, so detailed recipes aren't necessary.
It's alright, though sometimes the descriptions might be a bit exaggerated. Otherwise, it feels good. Keep it up, looking forward to the future!
It's really good. Although there aren't any particularly dramatic plot twists, the slow-paced daily life is quite enjoyable. It's just that, despite being labeled as "no romance," the female lead only has one suitor, though it's not explicitly stated whether they end up together. It would have been even better if the female lead didn't have a particularly prominent romantic storyline.