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  1. 101 Gourmet: I Inherit a Little Shop and Take the Whole Country by Storm! 美食:继承小店的我火爆全国! Urban632k WordsCompleted [No female lead romance + laid-back daily life + opening and upgrading a restaurant + lovingly detailed food descriptions and steady growth!] Su Baihang took over a restaurant from his parents. It was located inside a tourist attraction and was on the verge of closing. Luckily, the Strongest Culinary God System activated! Who says the food at tourist attractions can’t be delicious? Homestyle cabbage stir-fried with vinegar: sweet and sour, and even helps you lose weight! Red-braised pork: tender 1.1kReads8.7Score10214d adds
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  2. 102 I Opened a Restaurant, Then Got Called Up to Cook at the State Banquet 开餐饮店,被叫去担任国宴主厨 Urban819k WordsCompleted Synopsis: Food + System + doting dad + everyday life Shen Yi divorces Jiang Ruoyun, the CEO of a publicly listed company, and leaves with nothing but the custody of their daughter. To his surprise, he awakens the most powerful food System! Earn money, and you get to draw prizes! From then on, a Shen's Restaurant opens at No. 14 Fuhua Road. He wins god-tier bun-making skills in a prize draw! Soft and springy, bursting with savory flavor with every bite! A passing schoolgirl is so tempted that tea 2.5kReads8.7Score22314d adds
  3. 103 Old Chen’s Clear Broth Noodles 老陈清汤面 8k WordsCompleted Old Chen's Clear Broth Noodles 6Reads—Score—14d adds
  4. 104 Golden Yams and Silver Beans 金薯银豆 Ancient Romance3.1M WordsOngoing Synopsis: Transmigration + fictional setting + farming + no spatial dimension + no golden finger + making money + gourmet food After transmigrating, the heroine discovers that her family is in a terrible situation, her village is in a terrible situation, and the farmers in this country are having a terrible time! It really is a case of fields lying fallow across the land while farmers still starve to death! She introduces sweet potatoes, potatoes, and chili peppers to make all kinds of delicious 1.3kReads6.6Score10814d adds
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  5. 105 Lying Flat at the Brothel, Listening to Music, and Now the System Is Panicking 躺平勾栏听曲,系统急了 Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted [Lighthearted + funny + invincible master lineage + bandit System + powerful backer + whole sect full of sneaky schemers + everyone’s favorite + throwing his weight around + cultivation, but not too serious, all about mining] After spending five years listening to music in the pleasure quarters, the System can't take it anymore. [System: Buddy, do you want to be invincible in this world? Just complete the beginner's quest...] Xu Anshan: Do you think I need that? I am the Peak Master of Wushi Pea 50.1kReads9.4Score5.1k14d adds
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  6. 106 EN From the Start, Immortal for Eternity, Laying Low Until the End of Time 开局长生万古,苟到天荒地老 Eastern Fantasy6.1M WordsCompleted [Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up 515.8kReads9.7Score69.9k14d adds
  7. 107 EN Another World: My Life Has Cheat Codes! 异世界:我的人生开了挂! Eastern Fantasy5.9M WordsCompleted [Vampires, werewolves, technology, potions, ghosts, biohumans, divination, puppets, and every terrifying element you can imagine: this world has them all.] Lin En transmigrated into such a bizarre otherworld and became an apprentice at a potion shop. "Something is wrong with that man! He never uses anesthetic when performing surgery!" "That shop is a scam! The moment you go in, they find a pile of illnesses even if you are perfectly healthy!" "But wait, isn't that shop supposed to be the bes 138kReads9.6Score16.9k14d adds
  8. 108 Riding the Bus Across China 坐公交车游遍全中国 Urban733k WordsOngoing With a humorous, witty touch, this story travels through city after city, offering not only mouthwatering food and breathtaking scenery, but also all kinds of laugh-out-loud mishaps. On the bus, there are enthusiastic drivers and entertaining passengers, and every experience is full of fun. What's your most memorable travel experience? Was it a little incident along the way, or a special memory of a particular place? Let's enjoy the wonders and beauty of life on this journey and share our storie 12Reads—Score—14d adds
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  9. 109 The Classic of Mountains and Seas: The Mountain God of Food 山海经之山岳食神 Urban724k WordsOngoing This is a long-form novel years in the making. Through the protagonist’s many adventures as he travels back and forth between the real world and the world of the Classic of Mountains and Seas in his dreams, it showcases five thousand years of Chinese culinary culture and the profound wisdom of traditional Chinese medicine. What can you do about all the stubborn ailments of the real world? What about malignant tumors and cancer? Mental illness? ALS? Depression? Nightmares? Insomnia? A receding ha 1Reads—Score—14d adds
  10. 110 I Landed in a Fairytale World, and My Little Tavern Became a Hit 穿进童话世界,我的小酒馆爆火了 Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Healing + food + another world + fairy-tale characters appear + a little farming] While passing through a little fountain square in another world, Jiang Jiang came across an absolute beauty in a tattered dress. The beautiful older sister was leaning against the fountain, sobbing miserably. Jiang Jiang, a true lover of pretty faces, was heartbroken for her. With a grand wave of her hand, she brought the woman home and served her a steaming cup of milk tea and a sweet-and-sour berry tart. The 8.4kReads8.8Score1.3k14d adds
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  11. 111 What Should I Do? After Our Divorce, the Cold and Aloof Villain Won't Leave Me Alone 怎么办!离婚后高冷反派总缠着我 Modern Romance337k WordsCompleted [Completed + Food + Livestreaming + Transmigrate into a Book + So Good It Changes Your Mind] Sheng Xia transmigrated into an entertainment-industry novel as its vicious supporting villainess. The original owner had caused endless trouble, earning herself a barrage of online hate. Her wealthy husband, destined to cheat on her: “Divorce. The Huo family can’t afford to be humiliated like this!” Indignant gossip-loving netizens: “Get that vicious attention-seeker out of show business!” Sheng Xia rol 875Reads8.9Score10114d adds
  12. 112 After Getting Laid Off, I Restarted My Life with a Street Stall 被裁员后,我靠摆摊重启人生 Urban423k WordsOngoing [God Chef System] [Culinary Superstar] [Heartwarming Story] At 26, Xu Zichuan's life had hit rock bottom: he was unemployed and unmarried. Then, to his surprise, he awakened the “God Chef” System and became the most formidable culinary superstar in the food world. “Thirty-eight yuan for beef chow fun? Are you robbing me?” As soon as he said that, the man added, “...I'll take it. And give me another one.” Someone asked, “Boss, why are there only nine dishes on your menu every day?” “Because I onl 195Reads—Score15514d adds
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  13. 113 Milk Tea in One Hand, Fried Chicken in the Other: The Princess Travels Between Past and Present 左奶茶右炸鸡公主她穿古今 Ancient Romance292k WordsOngoing [Food + master chef + System + lighthearted everyday life + comedy + perfect mealtime reading + pocket dimension + traveling back and forth] Lin You, the most outstanding master chef of the twenty-first century, accidentally transmigrated into an ancient era and became a useless princess mocked by the entire court. Lin You turned and smiled. “Bring me everything: luosifen, fried chicken, milk tea, and all eight great cuisines!” Her casual braised pork filled the entire palace with its aroma. The 137Reads—Score—14d adds
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  14. 114 I Opened a Food Shop in Bianjing 我在汴京开食铺 Ancient Romance222k WordsCompleted Su Tang opens an eatery on Majia Street in Bianjing. Every day, she's either experimenting with new dishes or going out to visit friends. In autumn, there's tea brewed over a brazier, osmanthus sweet-bean paste dumplings, and roasted milk tea with osmanthus honey dumplings. In winter, there's plum-blossom soup noodles, plum-blossom honey, boiled meat and vegetables, and candied hawthorn skewers. In spring, there's osmanthus cake, spring platters, wontons with bamboo shoots and bracken, green ric 731Reads—Score10114d adds
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  15. 115 The Marquis's Wife's Culinary Journal 侯夫人美食手札 Ancient Romance809k WordsCompleted A once-popular food blogger transmigrates to ancient times and conquers the land with all kinds of delicious dishes. From the countryside to the county seat, she goes from having nothing to owning a modest fortune. From being taken in to having every aspect of her life neatly arranged for her, she finds the whole thing a little embarrassing. Lin Yushi believes there’s no problem in this world that a good meal can’t solve. And if one meal isn’t enough, make it two. 852Reads8.5Score10414d adds
  16. 116 Transmigrating to the Northern Song: A Wet Nurse’s Daughter’s Life in the Kitchen 穿越北宋:奶娘女儿的厨娘日常 Ancient Romance245k WordsCompleted [Farming and Food] [Everyday Street Life] [Slice of Life] A modern girl woke one day in the Northern Song dynasty as the daughter of a wet nurse in an official's household. She watched the scheming around the county magistrate's legitimate daughter, the girl her mother had nursed, the tenth daughter of the Li family. Now called Tan Yawen, with the childhood nickname Wenjie'er, the little girl thought it over and over. Become the tenth young lady's personal maid, as her mother wanted? No, no. Ser 1.3kReads8.1Score12414d adds
  17. 117 I'm a Chef, Yet Somehow I'm Li Er's Son-in-Law 厨师的我,竟是李二的女婿 Historical2.0M WordsCompleted Yin Xuan transmigrates to the seventh year of the Zhenguan era in the Tang dynasty, where he becomes the owner of a tavern and awakens the Myriad Realms Cuisine System. From then on, his life changes completely. A plate of tomato and egg stir-fry leaves Cheng Yaojin and his two sons singing its praises, while a bowl of wine gets Li Shimin dead drunk. Every dish he makes sets trends throughout the Tang dynasty. Cheng Yaojin: Little brother, how about we become sworn brothers? We don’t have to be 14.3kReads8.9Score1.4k14d adds
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  18. 118 A Banquet Beneath the Palace Towers 熙宴朝阙 Ancient Romance196k WordsCompleted A transmigration story in an alternate world, focused on a woman’s growth. After her wedding banquet is ruined by her groom’s infidelity, she transmigrates into Han Xi, the legitimate daughter of the Prince of Huaichu, who has practiced Taoism since childhood. She develops innovative inventions, transforms everyday life and the imperial court, and continues to grow. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
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  19. 119 Reborn with the Ultimate System for Chinese Street Food 重生之,中华小吃最强系统 Urban392k WordsCompleted A disastrous start: a programmer fresh out of school, reborn amid the cutthroat competition of the industry. By a stroke of luck, he gets bound to a System and sets out to revive China’s famous street snacks. Bowl after bowl of simple, unassuming food leaves countless customers overwhelmed, some even breaking down in tears. The Strongest System Missions By completing a series of System missions, the protagonist obtains recipes and preparation methods for every ingredient. After Li Long recreates 13Reads6.7Score—14d adds
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  20. 120 I'm Li Long, and I've Got a Long Spear. Even Wolves Won't Stop Me 我李龙有一杆长枪,有狼也照打 Urban1.6M WordsCompleted Li Long, the strongest soldier of the new century, dies a heroic death on a peacekeeping mission. By a twist of fate, he is reborn in the 1980s. In an age of famine when people can barely afford to eat, he puts his skills to use in the vast mountains, hunting bears, catching rabbits, and fishing. From then on, his family enjoys meat with every meal and fish every day. He also makes the acquaintance of a military leader, answers the call to enlist, and becomes a new-generation soldier king in thi 241Reads8.8Score10314d adds
  21. 121 The Snow-Hidden Road Home 雪隐归途 Ancient Romance333k WordsCompleted In the winter of Yongchang’s seventeenth year, an accusation of treason reduced the illustrious General Zhenyuan’s household to ashes in an instant. Zhao Xuening, the general’s only child, became the center of her family’s swirling intrigues on the eve of disaster. She watched with her own eyes as her grandmother, who usually spent her days praying and abstaining from meat, contorted her face and clutched her mother by the throat, demanding some “thing” Zhao Xuening knew nothing about. She also 22Reads—Score—14d adds
  22. 122 Bro, You're a Cop, Not a Thug! 老弟,你是警察,不是暴徒啊 Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Reborn? Xiao Mu: No need to panic. This is nothing. Remembering how he had worked himself to death in his previous life, he wanted to live a lazy life this time around. Fate’s Wheel: No, you don’t. Congratulations, you’ve acquired the abilities of a human weapon, an all-seeing eye, mastery of a hundred martial arts, superhuman hearing, an extraordinary physique, an unparalleled sense of smell, the power to imitate, and more... Xiao Mu: ( ̄ω ̄;) Are you trying to force me to show off in front of ev 4.4kReads9.5Score49014d adds
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  23. 123 The Little Chef of Willowbank 杨柳岸小厨娘 Ancient Romance338k WordsCompleted [No CP, fictional era, opening a restaurant, cooking whatever people love to eat] Most people marveled at the protagonist’s success, but Jiang Xia couldn’t help feeling sorry for all the supporting women who’d been toyed with by fate. After a quick transmigration, she got the chance to take a supporting woman’s place and keep living. So she decided that since she’d never get what she wanted, she might as well want nothing at all. She would live well and eat well… When a minor figure in the ma 271Reads8.5Score—14d adds
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  24. 124 Tell Me, Why Is Northeastern Chinese Food So Good? 你说,东北菜怎么就这么香? 315k WordsCompleted [Feel-good story + no CP + no romance plot + no System + one heroine + food] Note: This is a straightforward story about running a food business. There are no schemes, palace intrigue, political power struggles, business rivalries, or catfights. Su Xiaoxiao, a girl from Northeast China, opens a little restaurant by the gates of a medical university in the south. The night before opening, a gas explosion next door catches her and the shop in the blast, blowing them both away. When Su Xiaoxiao ope 158Reads—Score—14d adds
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  25. 125 Strange Tales of Chinese Cuisine 中华美食异闻录 Urban748k WordsCompleted Do you know the secrets hidden in recipes? Every dish has its own little story. Come along with me as we explore the fascinating origins of delicious food! Foodies, beware: you might get hungry just reading about it! —Reads—Score—14d adds
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  26. 126 An Eighties Military Marriage: From Socially Anxious to Social Butterfly 八零军婚,社恐爆改社牛的日常 Modern Romance237k WordsOngoing Chang Xin, a modern-day overworked wage slave, wakes up in the 1980s as Chang Xin, a shy bookworm. She’s got herself a child and becomes a mom without the pain... The System requires her to talk in order to earn points. She chats about gossip and daily life, rediscovering her long-buried desire to share. Before she knows it, the people around her have grown more and more fond of her. After she takes her child back to the countryside, her inner anxiety finally fades away. Work from sunrise to sun 34Reads—Score—14d adds
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  27. 127 The Way of Flavor 味之道 221k WordsOngoing When the chopsticks lift not only delicacies but also fragments of a civilization stretching back thousands of years; when the scents wafting through the streets carry not only the aroma of food but also the breath and memories of a place, that is the culinary universe The Way of Flavor seeks to bring before you. As a writer devoted to "examining history through the taste buds and seeking roots amid the bustle of daily life," I have traveled through the streets and alleys of north and south, del 188Reads—Score—14d adds
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  28. 128 Reborn in Ancient Times: Lying Back to Win with a Golden Finger 重生古代躺赢记,金手指爽翻天 Ancient Romance398k WordsOngoing [Transmigration + feel-good power fantasy + pocket space + farming + gourmet food + family darling + a whole family of powerhouses + lie flat] Modern designer Shen Tang transmigrates by accident and becomes a twelve-year-old farm girl, kicked down a ravine by her wicked grandmother. Her family has nothing, her grandparents are cruel, and she's surrounded by a brood of gaunt, malnourished younger siblings. It's hell difficulty from the start! At her most desperate, she awakens a pocket space con 151Reads6.5Score—14d adds
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  29. 129 Our State Banquet Master Sets Up a Stall to Sell Roujiamo to Foreigners 我国宴大师,摆摊卖肉夹馍给老外 Urban279k WordsCompleted [Food + light System + overseas business + comfort-food read + no romance + lighthearted + plenty of cooking knowledge + detailed recipes] Lu Chuan, a seventy-two-year-old master chef of state banquets, is reborn as an undocumented laborer overseas. He gets bound to a Chinese cuisine promotion System, and each mission is more outrageous than the last. Get people who have eaten sweet-and-sour chicken for decades to try real Kung Pao chicken instead. Get people who only have coffee and bread for b 97Reads—Score10314d adds
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  30. 130 I Opened a Restaurant Selling Prepared Meals in Ancient Times 我在古代开餐馆卖预制菜 Historical884k WordsCompleted When the kitchen’s back door becomes a portal through time and space, Li Ming’s ready-made meals become a hit as “Immortal Banquet” Li Ming runs a restaurant in the modern world, selling ready-made meals, but business is terrible and his debts are piling up. Then one day, he discovers that his kitchen leads to an alternate ancient world. So Li Ming starts trading delicious food between the two eras. Modern, precision food-processing technology gives his “cooking” an overwhelming edge in the anci 1.4kReads6.4Score14314d adds
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  31. 131 Interdimensional Food Shop 位面美食铺 Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [No romance + farming + fantasy + gourmet hunting + The Wandering Earth + Journey to the West + multi-plane restaurant + adventures in other worlds + cooperation with the state] Deep in debt, Xu Milu gets a Plane Transmigration System and sets off down a one-way road, selling ingredients from countless planes across the universe. She sells pearls from the East Sea Dragon Palace to sea monsters, recommends spicy hot pot from Sichuan to dwarves, supplies Earthlings with little spring fruit juice t 7.3kReads9.2Score82814d adds
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  32. 132 Transmigrated to Ancient Times: A Food Blogger Builds a Fortune 穿越之美食博主在古代发家致富 Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Food blogger Jiang Yue transmigrates into the Jiang family, a household of farmers. The Jiangs are dirt poor, with barely enough to eat or wear, and life is truly hard. Fortunately, the family is warm and easygoing, sincere and kind to others. Jiang Yue decides to rely on her own skills to help the whole family prosper, starting with a little shop, moving on to a small restaurant, and eventually opening a grand restaurant, until they achieve financial freedom. P.S. A pure food-focused story, set 45.9kReads8.7Score2.2k14d adds
  33. 133 Transmigrating to a Picturesque Countryside Home of Fine Cuisine 穿越田园美食人家 Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted When chef Xia Dong wakes up, she finds herself transformed into Xia Dong'er, a pitiful little bean sprout of a girl. Her gambling-addicted father wants to sell her, her greedy mother wants a divorce, and she has an adorable little brother. She lands straight in survival mode on the highest difficulty. Xia Dong'er says, “Wait, let me eat some meat first and catch my breath!” Sweet osmanthus fills the walnut-stuffed pastries, while pearl-like glutinous rice is rinsed in well water. A lifetime of f 1kReads8.6Score14414d adds
  34. 134 Gourmet: The Truth Is, I'm a Max-Level Chef 美食:摊牌了,其实我是满级厨师 Urban1.9M WordsCompleted [Completed] [Illustrated throughout] Xu Lai was a max-level chef who transmigrated to a parallel world, only to end up as a one-star vegetable washer. The restaurant got shut down? No big deal! My cooking is out of this world. I can make it anywhere. Worst comes to worst, I’ll open another restaurant! Buried in debt? No big deal! Win a cooking competition and you get a ten-million-yuan prize! Lost my sense of taste? No big deal... Wait, what? You’ve got to be kidding me. How can a chef lose his 3.4kReads9.1Score33814d adds
  35. 135 My Stall Was Smashed, So I Climbed to the Top with a Gourmet System 摊子被砸,我靠美食系统踏巅峰 Urban1.8M WordsCompleted [System, food, lighthearted comedy, everyday city life, outlandish ideas, comeback, one heroine, slow-paced slice of life] After losing his job at thirty-six, Wang Ping’an can’t find work and returns to the small county town that’s both unfamiliar and familiar to him. There, he starts a new life running a food stall. With his cooking skills and a boost from the System, he earns titles like “Wok King” and “Beast Tamer”... Wang Ping’an: “How slow-paced is it? The System doesn’t show up until chapt 2.1kReads8.3Score16914d adds
  36. 136 Boss, Your Lucky Sweetheart Is Reborn in the 1970s 大佬,锦鲤甜妻在七十年代重生了 Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + enterprising heroine who only starts buying courtyard homes later on + male lead is a research powerhouse devoted to serving his country] Qin Wanwan was crouching by a grave, watching the commotion, when she accidentally became the center of it. She possessed someone and was reborn. She dealt with the scumbag and the other woman in kind, sending them both to a farm for reform. Then she sold her ancestral home, bought a job, stuffed her pockets with cash, and plunged straight in 1.3kReads9.3Score58914d adds
  37. 137 To Snag a Village Entry Slot, Rich Women Worldwide Hurl Billions at It 为抢进村名额,全球富婆怒砸百亿 Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Fishing by the Sea] [Tycoon] [Countryside] [Fishing] [Livestream] Zhou Yang, whose net worth was over a hundred million, lost everything overnight, and his wife ran off. Just as he was about to step onto the rooftop, he suddenly acquired the strongest Countryside Upgrade System. After upgrading his family’s fish pond, it actually turned into the sea. From then on, things quickly got out of hand. All kinds of rare sea fish appeared, drawing in all sorts of fishing enthusiasts. From that day on, 3.3kReads7.3Score22314d adds
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  38. 138 Transmigrated into a Pitiful Nobody in Space, I Got Rich Through Food 穿成星际小可怜,靠着美食暴富了 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Interstellar + Food + Livestreaming + An Unconventional True-or-Fake Heiress Story] A former top assassin accidentally transmigrated to the interstellar world, only to open her eyes at a show recording and find herself being bullied. What should she do? Of course, strike back without hesitation. Her scummy parents favored their adopted daughter so much that they claimed she was their biological child? No problem. Whoever wants a family like that can have them. She certainly doesn't. They say no 426Reads7.1Score10314d adds
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  39. 139 My Stepmother Has Delicious Food, So Surrender, Prince Daddy! 后娘手中有美食,王爷爹爹快投降 Ancient Romance584k WordsCompleted [Food + devoted one-on-one romance + adorable child + imperial palace + princess consort] Lin Youyou's greatest passions in life are gossip, food, face-slapping, and making money. Little Doudou has a wish: to find a beautiful wife for her exceptionally handsome prince father, someone who will dote on her, love her father, and be gentle and kind. But this young lady can cook delicious food! Really, really delicious food, including all kinds she has never even tried before. Little Doudou is torn. 1.5kReads8.5Score10314d adds
  40. 140 After My Jerk Boyfriend Dumped Me, I Got Rich Through Cooking 被渣男分手后,我靠美食暴富了 Modern Romance405k WordsCompleted [Food + System + Everyday Life + Male Lead] Su Manning was laid off, dumped, and told her landlord was reclaiming the apartment all on the same day. Just like that, she became single and unemployed, with nowhere to live and the streets looming over her. She was at a loss for tears. Why did heaven have to be so cruel? But the very next moment, she was bound to a Food System. As long as she completed the tasks it issued, she would receive generous rewards. [System Task: Host, please cook yourself 1.5kReads9.0Score16114d adds
  41. 141 From Kang Bed to Kitchen Stove: My Clever Wife Makes Her Way as a Farmer 炕上灶下:娘子妙手跃农门 Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted A chef accidentally gets reborn as a farm girl? Her house is drafty on all sides, and they’re so poor they can barely afford to eat! Food is a problem, her reputation is in tatters, and she has to support her mother and younger siblings! Food is life, and she’ll use her incredible cooking skills to win everyone’s palate over and lead her whole family out of poverty! Little does she know that just as her purse starts to fill, someone sets their sights on her... 115Reads8.1Score—14d adds
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  42. 142 In the Cultivation World, I Set Up a Stall Selling Barbecue from the Start 人在修仙界,开局摆摊卖烧烤 Eastern Fantasy499k WordsCompleted [Gourmet cultivation, running a business and farming, no female lead, slow burn, hilarious power progression] I'm just a chef. Surely it's only fitting for me to have a sect of my own~ …Divider… [Cultivation Realms] Human race: Body Tempering, Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Spirit Transformation, Void Refining, Body Integration, Mahayana, Tribulation Transcendence, Ascension, Human Immortal, Earth Immortal, Heavenly Immortal… Demon race: (Ranks 58Reads6.3Score—14d adds
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  43. 143 The Warmth of Everyday Life: My Healing Life 人间烟火味:我的治愈系人生 Urban170k WordsOngoing Food x everyday life: one dish in every chapter, and every dish delivers a tender blow. Introverted husband x fiery female reporter: no arguments, just meals, and an ordinary life that becomes poetry. The warmth of home cooking soothes the exhaustion and bustle of city life. A heartwarming, healing food-and-everyday-life story that comforts the stomach and the soul! A slow-paced, soothing read: no domineering CEO, just the warmth of everyday life. One female lead, one male lead, no bratty kids. —Reads—Score—14d adds
  44. 144 Reborn in the 1990s: I Opened a Factory Canteen 重生九零:我在工厂开食堂 Modern Romance248k WordsCompleted Shu Yulan, 59, died at the hands of her husband, Guo Haiyang. She spent half her life working herself to the bone and enabling her gambling-addicted husband, only to see her family ruined and her life destroyed. When she opens her eyes again, she’s back in 1989, just starting at the textile mill and not yet acquainted with the man who would ruin her life! Looking at the familiar factory buildings, she remembers how the factory went bankrupt and everyone went their separate ways in her previous 7Reads—Score—14d adds
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  45. 145 Beast Tamer, Need Something Fluffy? 御兽,你缺毛茸茸吗? Modern Romance464k WordsCompleted (No romance) Qian Manman gets hit by a clay pot full of seafood noodles and sent to another world... When her talent awakens, she's bound to a Beast-Raising System that gives out ten-star reviews. From then on, she sets out on a quest to get all kinds of beasts to give her “ten-star reviews.” An S-rank demon beast: “I-Is this really a request? Why do I have a huge bump on my forehead?” An SS-rank monster, trembling: “I-I'm sure! I'll give you twenty stars! I want to give you twenty stars!” A mys 4kReads9.2Score61114d adds
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  46. 146 Opening a Food Factory in the 1960s, I Catch the Heir Chasing After Me 穿六零开食品厂,惹上太子爷倒追 Modern Romance428k WordsCompleted [1960s + food + dreams + sweet romance + face-slapping + lighthearted] Everyone says Xia He is a fake heiress, and she's the first to disagree! Your dad is Deputy Director Ji, but my dad is Factory Director Xia, even if his food factory is on the verge of bankruptcy... Xia He isn't worried at all. As a pastry student, she can whip up hit treats with her eyes closed. Besides, she has an expert from beyond the world guiding her in her dreams. - The purchasing managers who used to look down on Juch 2.8kReads8.7Score39414d adds
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  47. 147 The Rising Foodie 进击的美食达人 Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [Secret Crush Turns Real + Sweet Romance + Workplace + Everyday Life + Inspirational] Her classmates mocked her as “petty and hopeless,” saying she was only fit to scrape by at a small company. But through her own efforts, she created the hugely popular food channel “Feast on Fire.” One day, she accidentally let her true identity slip, leaving everyone stunned! Fans: “I always thought you were a huge fatty. I never imagined you’d be such a beauty! You love eating so much, yet you’re still that s 265Reads8.9Score—14d adds
  48. 148 Reborn as the Abusive Novel’s Male Lead’s Mother 穿成虐文男主他妈 Modern Romance159k WordsCompleted [Short story contest] [Foodie fiction] [A sweet little treat] Overnight, she transmigrates into a book with a baby in her belly whose father is unknown. On closer inspection, the baby turns out to be the male lead from the tragic novel she read before. He's a poor little thing whose father doesn't care for him and whose mother doesn't love him. Penniless, Ding Sha relies on her excellent cooking skills to become the food goddess of a construction site. Spicy diced chicken, cured pork with garlic 31.7kReads9.6Score4k14d adds
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  49. 149 I'm a Chef, So Isn't It Only Natural to Carry a Cleaver? 身为厨师,身上带把菜刀很合理吧 Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Jiang Han spent eleven years cooking in prison. There, he received a mysterious inheritance and learned 108 lost recipes. After his release, he searched high and low for work to make a living, only to be turned away at every turn. If the world wouldn’t give him a way to survive, he’d make one for himself. One long-lost, legendary dish after another returned to the world under his hands. When Jiang Han went deep into the mountains to capture a dragon and into the depths of the sea to hunt a whale 625Reads8.8Score10114d adds
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  50. 150 A Chang’an Food Entrepreneur’s Diary 长安美食创业记 Ancient Romance174k WordsCompleted The spring breeze stirs the willows, and apricot blossoms glisten in the misty rain. Behind the counter at the Wonderflavor Restaurant in Chongdefang, the proprietress stands poised, eyes lowered. One hand moves the abacus while the other writes and sketches on a sheet of paper. Lin Yuxi: Buy a house and land, settle in Chang’an, and live a wealthy, carefree life with fine food and wine for company. Qin Yue: I’ve established my career. It’s time to start a family. (A transmigration story in an i 198Reads6.9Score—14d adds
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