Gourmet: Healing Anorexia One Bento Box at a Time

Name: Gourmet: Healing Anorexia One Bento Box at a Time
Author: Sun Yi Xin

美食：摆摊卖盒饭，治愈厌食症

by Sun Yi Xin (孙艺欣)

Status: Completed
Length: 1.1M Words
Genre: Urban
Subgenre: Urban High-Concept
Updated: 2y ago
English: Request a translation

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Synopsis

[Comforting food, no getting mad, funny reading over a meal, no female lead, hilarious ensemble cast]

A genius chef transmigrates into the body of a sixty-year-old man and activates a System.

As long as he heals wounded souls with his cooking, he can earn extraordinary rewards.

But the System’s very first task is to heal someone with anorexia!

Vibrant tomato and egg stir-fry, beef stewed with rich gravy, and layered minced-beef flatbreads dripping with juice.

These aren’t beautiful illustrations from a cookbook. They’re dishes made by the old man himself.

His top-tier cooking skills from his previous life, combined with the System’s god-tier ingredients, set the stage for a grand feast.

“Calling, calling. No sign of Grandpa at the hospital’s north gate. Over.”

“Calling, calling. No sign of anything unusual at the hospital’s south gate. Over.”

“Calling! Calling! At the east gate! Grandpa’s here! He’s riding a three-wheeler with food!”

The hospital’s anorexic patients eat my cooking, and from then on, they wolf down two big bowls at every meal.

The school’s students who hate studying eat my cooking, cut off their long hair, take out their earrings, and work hard to get into top universities.

The CBD’s white-collar office workers eat my cooking, and their workplace relationships improve as they climb the career ladder.

That’s me: an ordinary old man who sells food at a street stall, but whose stall is constantly mistaken for a celebrity autograph event.

Can you handle Grandpa’s signature rice bowl, made with sixty years of cooking experience?

Other names

Grandpa Sets Up a Random Food Stall, Healing the World With His Cooking爷爷随机摆摊，用美食治愈全世界Alternate title on Fanqie

Stats

516Chapters

8.7kReads · 30 days

1.3MReads · all time

761Shelf adds, last 14 days

8.9Score

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It's pretty good. I feel like the main character could be written a little older, like with that silver slicked-back hair, the kind that looks mysterious and unfathomable. 😏
52 likes2y ago
Watching this in the middle of the night made me hungry 🤦 It was wonderful, I loved it! ❤️❤️❤️
28 likes2y ago
It's good, but I just hope the later chapters don't make the characters too young; it's nice if they stay as grandfathers. It also has character. And please update faster, or I'll cry! I'm getting impatient reading it, and it's ending so quickly. I really can't wait any longer, author! Do you have any drafts saved up so I can sneak a peek? Just one peek! 😳😳
23 likes2y ago
It's a great read, especially since it features an elderly man as the main character and is about food. Keep up the good work, author!
20 likes2y ago
After reading the novel *Grandpa's Random Food Stall: Healing the World with Food*, I was deeply moved. The novel follows the daily life of a grandfather, showcasing the joys and sorrows of life through his culinary stories. Grandpa's wisdom and unwavering spirit deeply touched me.
16 likes2y ago
It's pretty good, very heartwarming, and has no major flaws. It's just that watching it late at night made me hungry, and since I hadn't eaten, my stomach hurt! 🤦
16 likes2y ago
My mouth was watering just watching it, and I almost caught up with it all in one go! Everyone in it is so cute, from the skeleton soldier Hawkeye to Xiao Jiangye. The main character is also a heartwarming grandfather. Everyone eating has a story, and the connections between them are great. It's so warm and healing to watch. This is what a food-themed anime should be like!
12 likes2y ago
While the plot lacks originality and the character development is somewhat immature, these flaws don't detract from the overall merit. The ability to balance the progression of system quests with the natural development of interpersonal relationships is commendable.
11 likes1y ago
It's good. Let me put it this way: this is the first food-themed novel I could finish reading after Lin Zhou's. The plot is funny and humorous without any messy or troublesome things, and the descriptions of the food are very appetizing. The recurring supporting characters give me a warm feeling. It's a very good novel.
11 likes2y ago
I love reading this, so please read it more! Author, please update more often! ❛˓◞˂̵✧
11 likes2y ago