I Made a Name for Myself with My Taste Buds in a Period Novel

Xu Zhiwei, a sensory analyst, transmigrates into a period novel as a nameless cannon-fodder character who dies in a single chapter. With her "absolute taste" golden finger and the cold engineer Shen Yanxing, she enters a marriage first and falls in love later. Starting with leftovers from a state-run cafeteria, she takes the night markets by storm with one scientifically recreated delicacy after another, goes head-to-head with a reborn supporting villainess, and faces a conspiracy by Hong Kong businessmen. In the end, amid the tide of reform and opening up, she transforms a little eatery into a flavor research institute, forging a legendary comeback.