Listening to a Donkey's Thoughts: Daily Life Running a Restaurant in Bianjing
听驴心声：汴京美食经营日常
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- 579k Words
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- Ancient Romance
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- Slice-of-Life Farming
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- 1y ago
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- The Bianjing Eatery汴京食肆Alternate title on Fanqie
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I devoted my whole life to fighting the great calamity of having nothing to read. My cultivation reached the late stage of the Sudden Death Realm, but in the end, I was no match for the calamity. I leave behind my legacy and await a worthy successor. If you can bring me back to life, I will give you my all and help you break through the Sudden Death Realm in an instant, taking you straight to the Ascension Realm. 😶
Looking for Cozy Historical Stories About a Small Household Building a Better Life Through Farming
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Pure Farming Stories, No Business Ventures from the Start
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.
The Cream of the Crop: Well-Written Stories Worth Rereading Again and Again
The heroine approaches the hero with an ulterior motive and doesn’t like him at first, but gradually falls for him. I want a story with a redemptive element and beautiful writing!!
There Are Hardly Any Good Foodie Stories These Days. I Dare You to Prove Me Wrong
Foodie Stories, but Not the Kind Where the Characters Work Themselves to Death
Any Food Stories Rated 9.5 or Higher?
Looking for books like "My Food Stall Moves to a Random Location, and Diners Chase Me for a Meal (Random Food Stall)". Does anyone have food-themed stories rated 9.5 or higher to recommend? Ideally, the protagonist runs a food stall, or transmigrates to ancient times and makes a living selling food...
Quiet and Engaging, Best Read with Some Thought
I've read most novels already.
Looking for Food Stories With Braised Intestines and Red-Braised Pork. Ancient or Period Settings Are Fine 😘
Looking for Foodie Stories (Street Stalls and Shopkeeping)
Farming Stories, but No Constant Wild Boars and Rabbits, No Inviting People to Dinner, and No Red-Braised Pork
Looking for books similar to In a Year of Famine, the Whole Village Chews Tree Bark, but I Have a System and a Warehouse Full of Meat.
Everyday Food Stories, Nothing Too Over-the-Top
Help, Life Is Exhausting Enough Already. Looking For Relaxing, Healing, Farming Stories
Looking for Stories About Ordinary People, Street Life, and Rural Life in Ancient Times
No harems or inner-court stories with emperors, princes, princess consorts, or the like later on. I just want stories about ordinary little people.
Looking for Food and Cooking Stories with Excellent Writing and No Idiotic Characters!!!
Food stories, cooking stories.
Are There Any Foodie Novels on Tomato?
Male- or female-oriented novels are both fine. No harems with three thousand beauties. Either no female lead, or just one. For female-oriented novels, anything goes, since I’m a total hypocrite about this. No brainless characters who get dumbed down!
Family-Bond Stories, Genuine Family Bonds, and Ensemble Casts
A story about siblings who can't live without each other and are obsessed with one another. They lead their own teams to victory wherever they go. Ideally, they're both a little crazy and have distinctive personalities.
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.
Farming, Food, Everyday Family Life, Cozy and Healing
Food Novels, But Not Ones Where the System Just Hands Out Recipes
I don't want stories where the System gives the protagonist individual recipes and they can only cook those dishes. I want a proper chef and food story.
Any Good Historical Romance About Everyday Family and Neighborhood Life in an Ancient Town?
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Overall it's alright, but the male lead's appearance doesn't feel like it adds to the novel; in fact, it detracts from it. Maybe I'm not the target reader.
The plot is heartwarming, with no scheming or difficult relatives, and the food descriptions are quite good. Overall, it's a really enjoyable watch. If the male lead is Wei, I wouldn't really want the female lead to go through the "poverty alleviation" process (by "poverty alleviation," I mean helping the male lead resolve family conflicts, such as his mother-son relationship and the female…
What kind of male lead is it that so many comments are demanding a change? I suggest the author take this suggestion, or just write it without a romantic pairing. A female lead who's beautiful on her own is fine too. She has a donkey, a cat, and a family. I think that's enough.
Great, the descriptions of the food were mouthwatering. But the romance... While not terrible, the male lead's charm was hard to see. He wasn't as charming as the somewhat reckless but loyal second male lead (or so I guess). If the author isn't good at writing romance, they should write less of it, especially the messy family drama that was nauseating. The point of reading this book is to enjoy a light and relaxing atmosphere.
Suddenly I feel that no romance is the best ending for this series. The female lead's character development never leaned towards a romantic relationship 🤔 I feel happy without a romantic pairing ☺️
It's really good. The romance is a bit of a drag, but everything else is excellent. The protagonist is a little girl surrounded by happiness, and the plot is developing well right now. I hope it doesn't have a bad ending. The food described smells delicious 🥰
I initially saw the low rating, but since it's a food-themed show, I wanted to check it out. Seriously! It's just as interesting as other food-themed shows I've watched before. 🤔 I don't know if you guys have seen "The Chef in the Flower Garden." I think it's just as good.
Tomato's female-oriented food novels are few and far between. I personally really like the author's writing style, vividly depicting the daily life of ancient towns. However, after reading those fast-paced novels, suddenly reading this one feels a bit disorienting. Aside from the food descriptions, I think the author could try writing less elaborately and in a more colloquial style.
A book with a down-to-earth feel, perfect for slow reading. The author has currently crafted a relatively lighthearted storyline and overall environment, and the obstacles the female protagonist encounters are also quite manageable. Therefore, the reading experience doesn't feel overly tense.
It's so good! I feel like this kind of plot is really good. Although the author mentioned a slight romantic subplot, the relationship between the two main characters is still very heartwarming and interesting. 😘😘😘