Looking for Food-Themed Stories Rated 9.0 or Above, with Upright Values 求美食文9.0以上的，三观正的。

1. 1 在 I Made a Chinese Restaurant a Huge Hit in the Apocalypse of Another World 在异世界末世经营中华餐厅爆火 Ice Cola Drink Substitute冰可乐代喝Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.6M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse] [Business Management] [System] [Gourmet Food] [Farming] [No CP, Ensemble Cast] After Ling Jing died, she became bound to a business management System and was randomly dropped into an apocalyptic world where plants and animals had mutated. The System asked her to name her restaurant. After thinking for a moment, she typed: Chinese Restaurant. In this mutated apocalypse, every plant and animal had become an enemy. When starving humans on the brink of death caught the scent of roaste 95.4kReads9.4Score13.9k14d adds

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   The first book, which I would call the best, is truly excellent and a must-read. The world-building is also great and feels very suitable for anime. The second book is also very good, heartwarming to read. It's a leveling-up story, but also has some elements of food. The third book is also quite good; although it's about healing, it has a lot of delicious food.

2. 2 带 Taking Pinduoduo to 40 带着拼夕夕在40 Willows by the Water水边柳杨Modern Romance562k WordsCompleted [Farming + Infrastructure Development + Beloved by All + War of Resistance Against Japan] She woke up in the 1940s, with a Pinduoduo System? An Yu thought for a second, then decided to come clean: “I’m from the future, and I have a golden finger.” Canned luncheon meat, work boots, motorized tricycles... Fertilizer, canned luncheon meat, military coats... If Pinduoduo sells it, you can get it here! This time, she absolutely wouldn’t let their forebears fight the Japanese invaders on empty stomach 79.6kReads9.1Score12k14d adds
3. 3 在 Life Running a Mobile Clinic in the Beast World 在兽世开移动医馆的日子 Chamomile Alien洋甘菊星人Ancient Romance887k WordsCompleted Travel blogger Lin Nuan and her car transmigrated to a continent of beastfolk. Things looked pretty good from the start: the stream was clear, the forest lush, her camper van was intact, and her retired German Shepherd, Zhaocai, and Ragdoll cat, Yuanbao, were both safe and sound. Then she found two badly injured white tiger cubs by the stream. Her veterinary instincts wouldn’t let Lin Nuan leave them alone. Disinfecting wounds, stitching them up, and giving them medicine, she tried everything sh 1.2kReads7.4Score17014d adds
4. 4 我 Opening a Little Restaurant in Shengjing 我在盛京开小馆 Four Bayberries四颗杨梅Ancient Romance381k WordsCompleted [Alternate world, slow burn, not a wish-fulfillment novel, food + court intrigue + transmigration. Read with caution if that’s not your thing.] Miss Li’s Changhuan Eatery, tucked away on Qingxing Alley, serves delicious food at affordable prices. The officials who get up early for roll call tug at their increasingly tight uniforms, but still can’t help ordering another bowl of fresh pork wontons. Pei Hongzhi happened to eat there once and discovered that Miss Li didn’t just make excellent breakf 27.5kReads9.4Score3.7k14d adds

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   The first book, my recent favorite, is about the female lead, whom I absolutely adore. I don't want to spoil the reading experience, but you'll definitely be captivated by her charm as you read on. The second book is a heartwarming modern romance, incredibly healing, full of life, with a gentle, flowing romance that reveals happiness in its ordinariness.

5. 5 穿 Reborn as the Abusive Novel’s Male Lead’s Mother 穿成虐文男主他妈 The Little Cat Fell Asleep小猫睡了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
6. 6 成 Growth-Type Chef God: My Proficiency Rises Every Day 成长系厨神：我的熟练度每日上涨 Leg-Day Slacker练腿摸鱼仔Urban1.5M WordsOngoing [Food] [System] [Everyday Life] [Leveling Up] [No Female Lead] [Lighthearted] (The animated series is now out, and the print edition has been signed. Feel free to dive in!) Song Yan was tricked into coming home by his father to inherit the breakfast shop, but unexpectedly activated the God of Cooking System. [Host]: Song Yan Seasoning (Beginner): 165/1000 (Not enough to kill anyone) …Collapsed… Knife Skills (Beginner): 0/1000 (You should worry more about cutting your hand than cutting vegetables 150.6kReads8.7Score15.1k14d adds

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   If we're talking about amazing food novels, these two have to be it! They're so good, I especially think the second one is really great.

7. 7 让 You Want Me to Open a Breakfast Shop? I Only Open in the Afternoon 让我开早餐店？我下午才营业 I'm the Behind-the-Scenes Shit Cook我是幕后煮屎人Urban1.1M WordsOngoing [System] [Gourmet Food] [Healing] [Lighthearted Comedy] No heartburn while reading! Enjoy without worry! Fan Li used to manage livestream operations. Under pressure, he developed insomnia, showed up late, and was fired. Then he unexpectedly obtained a God-Tier Breakfast System. But his old daily routine had nothing in common with the schedule of selling breakfast. Customer 1: What! In this godforsaken place, he dares to charge eighty-eight yuan for a steamer of soup dumplings? Customer 2: When i 232.8kReads8.5Score17.1k14d adds

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   The first and second books are different in style. The first is about the growth path of a top-notch chef specializing in both red and white dishes. The second is about a lazy restaurant owner who, because he can't get up in the morning, chooses to open his shop from 2 PM to 6 PM. He develops his business from a back door shop in a low-occupancy neighborhood, directly boosting the development of the entire surrounding area. However, it's still in its early to mid-stages, so it's worth looking forward to! [Kissing emojis] The third book has the protagonist having daily tasks selling food at different locations, such as an internet cafe in the early morning, where customers create a group chat to "catch" the owner! [Laughing emojis] The fourth book features a protagonist with a wife and daughter, a very happy food-themed novel.

8. 8 我 My Food Refreshes at Random, Leaving Customers Drooling 我的美食随机刷新，顾客馋哭了 Half-Sweet Iced Coffee, No Extra Ice冰咖半糖不加冰Urban1.7M WordsCompleted This book is also known as: Selling Extra-Spicy Grilled Wings Outside a Colorectal Hospital [Food + no female lead + everyday life + comedy + perfect with a meal] Lin Xuan didn't want to go to work, so he unexpectedly bound himself to a food System. Every week, it assigned a random location and a random dish. But the very first week's task left him dumbfounded. What? Sell extra-spicy grilled wings outside a colorectal hospital? What kind of devilish task was that? And that was only the beginnin 82kReads9.3Score8.5k14d adds
9. 9 一 One Dish a Day: Building a Culinary Empire 一天只卖一道菜，我打造美食帝国 Watching the Moonlight看风月Urban1.6M WordsOngoing (The rating has just come out, but it will rise later) [Gourmet] + [System] + [One heroine] + [Dad raising a child] + [Everyday life] Chen Qiu's business venture fails, leaving him a million yuan in debt, and he's forced to take over the little restaurant his parents left behind. Just when he has nowhere else to turn, he awakens the [God-Tier Gourmet Sign-In System]! His first sign-in rewards him with “God-Tier Pork Stir-Fried with Chili Peppers”! When he puts up a sign advertising it at “88 yua 42.5kReads7.8Score2.6k14d adds
10. 10 穿 Transmigrating to 1990s Hong Kong: The Underworld Heiress Clears Her Name Through Food 穿九零港城：黑道千金靠美食洗白 Jin Yangyu金洋宇Modern Romance221k WordsOngoing [Transmigrate to 1990s Hong Kong] [Daughter of a crime boss] [Food and business] [Turning gangsters into honest workers] Transmigrated as the daughter of a Hong Kong crime boss in the 1990s, she's got a gang of underlings who know nothing but fighting. While everyone else is fighting over territory, she picks up a spatula and gets into the food business! She trains street thugs to become food delivery riders and errand couriers. With the help of her cha chaan teng's delicious food, she gradually 1.9kReads—Score22114d adds

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    Set in 1990s Hong Kong, this is a period drama! A food-themed story! No romantic pairing. The female protagonist, a food blogger and spiritual healer, transmigrates to 1990s Hong Kong. She's the daughter of a triad boss, and while she's not particularly career-driven, she can't afford to be idle—after all, she's not cut out to be a triad leader! So, she tries to lead her crew to open a fast-food restaurant, deliver food, and transport packages! A healer's background is a perfect match for the triads, so her transmigration wasn't entirely pointless. [Eating melon emoji][Eating melon emoji]

11. 11 随 Random Street Stalls: I Use Food to Lure Snakes Out of Their Holes 随机摆摊：我用美食引蛇出洞 AAAA Prosperous BloomsAAAA花开富贵Urban889k WordsOngoing [Food + undercover work + comedy + catching criminals + System + no heroine + no romance] Also known as Food: The Undercover Cop Sets Up a Street Stall, and Fugitives Beg Him to Get Back to Work Xiao Lan transmigrated into the body of a police officer in a parallel world and was assigned to pose as a street-food vendor while keeping an eye on a suspect. As it happened, he’d been a cooking genius in his previous life. This was right up his alley. The next day, a tricycle loaded with top-tier food 9.9kReads9.4Score86914d adds
12. 12 小 The Little Chef's Guide to Feeding Her Family With Ancient Cuisine 小厨娘古代美食养家日常 Berry Soda Water莓果气泡水Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Qin Rong is a food blogger who accidentally transmigrates to a waterside town in the Great Liang Dynasty. The original owner’s mother is looked down on by her shrewish mother-in-law and sisters-in-law for having three daughters. Meanwhile, the original owner’s father has been fooling around with another woman and wants to divorce his wife. But the original owner’s mother has a backbone, and takes her three daughters with her as she asks to leave the marriage. When Qin Rong wakes up, she can hard 7.7kReads8.8Score72714d adds

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    ✨So much delicious food! The female lead is a food blogger who travels back to ancient times to set up a food stall selling pumpkin flower cakes, fish balls, perilla snails, braised pork, Mapo tofu... It smells amazing!

13. 13 偷 After They Heard My Thoughts, the Country’s Biggest Foodies Were Shocked 偷听我心声后，惊动全国吃货大佬 Yu Shengsheng余苼升Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Mind Reading + Beloved by the Whole Family + Food + Heartwarming + Feel-Good + Intangible Cultural Heritage Cuisine + Distinctively Regional Dishes] Shen Huazheng transmigrates into the beloved darling of the Shen family. She has no System, no medical skills, and can’t turn out elegant prose, so she might as well lie flat and be a pampered little couch potato who spends every day eating and drinking. Shen Huazheng watches her father, Minister Shen, prepare to go out to a banquet. [What a shame. 15.4kReads8.9Score1.3k14d adds
14. 14 开 A Villainess from the Start? I'll Turn the Tables With Gourmet Food 开局恶毒女配？我靠美食逆风翻盘 Please Call Me Classmate Xiao He请叫我小何同学Ancient Romance979k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + rebirth + food + sweet romance + wish fulfillment + nation building] Shen Tianjiao wakes up one morning and gets slapped. What? She's the youngest daughter of a general's household, doted on since childhood. Why is she being hit? What? Her fiancé, Crown Prince Qi Chenyu, has just broken off their engagement in front of everyone? Fine, fine! So that's how you want to play it! From that day on, the mood in the capital changes. Shen Tianjiao gives up her lovesick-puppy act: Breaki 10.4kReads7.3Score81014d adds
15. 15 王 Your Highness, the Princess Consort Took Her Three Treasures to Farm 王爷，王妃带着三宝种田去了 Night Owl of the Yuan Family元家夜猫子Ancient Romance510k WordsCompleted [System + Adorable Kids + No Awful Characters + Super Satisfying + Devoted Wife + Not a Matriarchy] After transmigrating for the second time, Su Jin steals the female lead's System from the start, then arrives and thoroughly ravishes a certain reborn prince. [Three years later, news that Prince Li, who was believed unable to have children and had no hope of ascending the throne, has three children causes an uproar throughout the court.] When Su Jin hears that her children's father has been wound 15.2kReads9.5Score1.9k14d adds

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    The female protagonist in this book is incredibly powerful. She transmigrates from a matriarchal beastman world back to ancient times and immediately seduces the male protagonist, which cracked me up. Later, she works hard to earn money to get rid of her husband. She's the female protagonist who loves hoeing the fields the most in all the novels I've read. Plus, she's not coy at all, and there's delicious food and cute kids too.

16. 16 修 A Great War in the Cultivation World, All for a Bite to Eat?! 修仙界大战，只为抢口饭？！ Red Carp, Donkey, Green Crucian Carp红鲤鱼驴绿鲫鱼Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [Gourmet cooking + immortal cultivation + scheming sect disciple + lighthearted comedy + goofy daily life + no female lead or harem] Zhu Fan transmigrated to the cultivation world and became a disciple of a sect. Just as he was about to receive his golden finger, something unexpected happened Zhu Fan: Anyone else know this feeling? I was about to become a tycoon in the immortal realm! Once my divine pill was ready, I’d ascend to immortality! But someone suddenly cut in and bound me to the wrong 15.4kReads9.2Score1.8k14d adds

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    The writing style is light and slice-of-life, the main character is simply a food-themed story, the descriptions of the food are quite detailed, the customers' feedback is very appetizing, the pacing is not fast, and it's a food story—just enjoy reading it.

17. 17 这 This Boss Is So Sneaky, He Takes His Street Stall Everywhere 这老板真苟，摆个地摊还到处走 Selling Egg Burgers!卖鸡蛋汉堡咯Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [The print edition of Random Gourmet Stall is now available on major platforms] [Gourmet] [No romance] [Everyday life] [Comedy] [Comfort food] [Cozy] [Healing] After transmigrating to a parallel world, Lin Zhou unexpectedly binds himself to a Random Gourmet System. Every week brings a random location, random food, and different customers. He sells buns at the park entrance, century egg and lean pork congee on a mountaintop, and candied hawthorns outside a school. Every dish is mouthwatering and 81.8kReads9.5Score8k14d adds
18. 18 我 I Used One Bowl of Noodles to Put a City on the Map 我靠一碗面，带动一座城 Fiery Cabbage火爆的白菜Urban1.2M WordsOngoing [Food + Scenic Area Management, No Stressful Shopkeeping, Well-Plotted, No Stupid Characters] From the start, he quit his job and headed home to take over his father's noodle shop. He turned the little shop into a countywide tourism sensation, putting the county's cultural tourism industry on the map. The Bureau of Culture and Tourism, the Transportation Bureau, the Market Regulation Bureau, and even the county magistrate all begged to get on his good side. He even took over a bankrupt A-grade s 69.8kReads8.3Score7.5k14d adds

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    Other food novels get boring after a dozen chapters. But this one gets better and better the more you read, the more exciting the plot becomes, and the satisfying moments are multifaceted. There are satisfying moments from the diner's perspective, from the city's perspective, and from the shop owner's perspective. Just read it, patiently read through a few chapters of setup, and it'll take off! The pinnacle of Tomato's food novels! [Please update more frequently!]

19. 19 收 Pack Up, Aze! The Special Task Force Can't Take It Anymore! 收摊吧阿泽！专案组扛不住啦！ Deep-Fried Golden Cicada油炸金蝉Urban443k WordsCompleted [Don't Be Fooled by the Low Rating, You'll Get Your Money Back If It's Not Good + Hilarious Street Food Stall + Unconventional Crime Solving + Disturbing Dishes + Interlocking Mysteries] Su Ze is bound to a food-stall System. He thinks he'll make a fortune selling food, but the System isn't quite right. It's great at cooking, yet obsessed with solving crimes and catching criminals. From the start, he sets up his stall in a residential compound late at night, alarming the local police station and 500Reads8.3Score10014d adds

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    All are good books featuring protagonists with normal values. The first one is about an undercover cop setting up a food stall, charming customers with his delicious food. No romantic pairing, but he's a foodie who's universally loved, haha! [Eating melon emoji][eating melon emoji][eating melon emoji] The second one is about a stay-at-home husband [attention emoji][attention emoji] who has a wife and goes out to set up a food stall, encountering various incidents and solving cases with the police. The third one [smirking emoji][smirking emoji][smirking emoji] is about a primary school student who takes over the cooking, leaving the chef out of the picture. His culinary skills are unparalleled. Lighthearted and easy to read. Because he's a primary school student, there's no romantic pairing.

20. 20 谢 I’m a Grade-Schooler, and I’ve Become a Culinary God! 谢邀，我，小学生，已成厨神！ Selling Egg Burgers!卖鸡蛋汉堡咯Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Gourmet]+ [Slice of Life]+ [No Romance]+ [Heartwarming]+ [Healing]+ [Comedy] “The only thing an elementary school student should be doing is studying hard... But I think Master Fang going to school is neglecting his proper work.” “I’ve finally made it to the front of the line... Master Fang, can we put your homework aside for a bit? Could you fry me some rice first?” “You think I’m waiting outside the elementary school to pick up my own kid? I’m actually here to pick up Master Fang after schoo 24.5kReads8.8Score2.4k14d adds
21. 21 厨 God of Cooking’s Quick Transmigration: I Become a Master Chef in Every World 厨神快穿，我在各个世界当大厨 Renewing Myself Every Day日日自新Fantastical Romance732k WordsOngoing Reincarnated as a scumbag? No problem. There’s nothing a good meal can’t fix 1. A scammer dad who’s a chef 2. How a fallen marquis’s household made its fortune 3. Spy? Not even a dog would do that! 4. Going home 5. A heartless, ungrateful wretch 130.4kReads9.3Score13.4k14d adds

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22. 22 我 My Takeout Shop Somehow Became a Hit Across the Internet 我的外卖店竟然火爆全网 Candy Pile and Ice Cream糖堆儿和冰淇淋Modern Romance415k WordsCompleted [Food + Golden Finger + Career + System] [System Introduction] After transmigrating back, Lin Xiazhi smacks her sleazy boss and quits to open a restaurant, then unexpectedly binds herself to a food System. When a rookie System meets a true food expert, life after the binding is nothing but chaos. The System exclaims, “I really am a lucky charm! No need to worry about tasks, I’ll be the boss in no time.” Lin Xiazhi is crestfallen. “I’m the unlucky one. I’m staring at heaps of gold and silver, but 1.7kReads9.0Score15414d adds

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    These are all food-related posts; I hope you'll find something you like.

23. 23 开 I Started Out as a Side Consort and Won the Crown Prince Over with My Cooking 开局穿侧妃，我靠美食馋哭太子 Chang De常得Ancient Romance386k WordsCompleted Ye An'an transmigrated and became the Crown Prince’s concubine, but the Crown Prince was famous for being both a picky eater and a germaphobe. He ran away on their wedding night, becoming the laughingstock of the entire capital. The good news: she brought all her modern cooking skills with her, so she was living the good life! While everyone else was fighting for favor in the palace, scheming against one another, Ye An'an was making jianbing in the little kitchen, the delicious aroma carrying fo 9kReads7.3Score39714d adds

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    The Empress arrived, intending to reprimand her daughter-in-law for her lack of manners. Ye An'an was in the courtyard grilling teppanyaki, her mouth drooling. Unexpected result: The Empress rolled up her sleeves: "Give me a skewer of insanely spicy chicken!" The Emperor's reaction: "Has the Empress gone mad? Wait, these chicken wings are a bit too much..." The Crown Prince's colleagues arrived to discuss state affairs, the atmosphere heavy. Ye An'an brought out a steaming hot pot. Unexpected result: The ministers stopped discussing state affairs and started fighting over the meat, with the Crown Prince personally joining in to protect the food. Everyone's reaction: "This Eastern Palace might have to be renamed 'The Second Imperial Kitchen'!"

24. 24 开 From the Start, I Lost My Job: Selling Lunchboxes on the Way Home 开局就失业：返乡途中卖盒饭 Wind Quenches Flowers风熄花Urban3.6M WordsCompleted [A System golden finger, food, fast meals and lunch boxes, a leisurely slice-of-life pace, no romance in the main story. At readers’ request, the bonus chapters have a male lead. Male-oriented, male-oriented, male-oriented, said three times.] After working hard for three years, he’d just been made a full-time employee when the restaurant he worked at shut down. Bai Ye drove home in the secondhand car his boss had given him in lieu of pay, a heap of junk piled in the back. He never expected a S 33.2kReads9.1Score2.7k14d adds

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    All the delicious food made me so dizzy with the aroma that I wanted to gnaw on the bed frame.

25. 25 穿 Transmigrate to the 1980s, and I Offer One-Stop Banquet Services 穿越80，我搞酒席一条龙服务 Loves Sweetheart Rice Cakes爱吃糖心糍Modern Romance742k WordsOngoing [Alternate setting + Transmigration + System + Food + Business management + Family life + Countryside] Original title: Transmigrated to the 1980s, I Run a One-Stop Banquet Service Lin Chujiu transmigrates to 1988 in a parallel world, where her grandfather mistakes her for a relative returning from Hong Kong. She decides to play along, setting up a stall in town and selling roast duck under the title of a five-star chef from Hong Kong. Her crispy roast duck breaks a tradition that has stood f 17.6kReads8.7Score1.8k14d adds

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    Both deserve 9 points

26. 26 架 Alternate Ancient China: Building a Fortune in Jiangnan 架空古代：江南人家经营致富日常 Rain on Riverside Flowers汀花雨Ancient Romance2.4M WordsOngoing [Ancient-Style Business and Wealth-Building] + [A Jiangnan Family] + [Everyday Family Life] + [Lighthearted, Sweet, and Satisfying] A lighthearted, stress-relieving story about the everyday business and family life of a small household in peaceful Jiangnan, filled with warmth, joy, kindness, and ordinary domestic moments. It tells the story of common people in ancient times. The main characters are not princes or ministers, nor are they members of noble or aristocratic families. From the very st 73kReads9.3Score7.4k14d adds
27. 27 成 After Becoming a Master of State Banquets, I Started Running a Street Stall 成为国宴大师后开始摆摊 Fried Hawthorn油炸山楂Urban460k WordsOngoing The warmth of everyday life is what comforts the human heart most. [Food + street stalls + lighthearted + plenty of cooking knowledge + street-stall guide + slow-paced everyday life + detailed recipes + no harem + the author genuinely wants to teach readers to cook] Chen Feng has studied cooking for years and mastered the four major regional cuisines of Sichuan, Shandong, Guangdong, and Huaiyang. He became the youngest person in the Dragon Kingdom to earn the title of National Banquet Master. Af 4.1kReads8.9Score27014d adds
28. 28 美 Gourmet: Touring the City with My Food Stall, Making Diners Drool 美食：全市巡摆，馋哭食客 A Fish That Swam Ashore一条游上岸的鱼Modern Romance2.1M WordsOngoing [Gourmet + System + No Romance + No Female Lead + Heartwarming + Hard Work] Yan Qing, a minor actor who had spent his career playing corpses, quit the entertainment industry. To his surprise, he accidentally became bound to a Chef God Gourmet System. Before long, strange sights began appearing all over the streets of S City: the CBD, university gates, outside the film studio, by the cemetery... The lines stretched as far as the eye could see... A top star became his loyal customer and shamelessl 10.1kReads7.5Score79314d adds
29. 29 美 Gourmet: My Snack Stall Has Caught the Eye of Universities Across the Country 美食：我小吃摊被全国高校盯上了 Chicken Breast Hunter鸡胸肉猎人Urban903k WordsCompleted [Lighthearted everyday life + warm and funny + perfect mealtime reading + super genius] Other people's kids studied hard from a young age, hoping for a bright future. Li Ang, on the other hand, grilled goose legs as a child, and somewhere along the way, grilled his way to the peak of life... Li Ang was reborn and discovered that he had become the eight-year-old son of a barbecue stall owner outside Qingbei University. In his previous life, Li Ang had achieved financial freedom by making snac 61.4kReads9.2Score11.4k14d adds

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    Li Ang is reborn at the age of eight, becoming the son of a barbecue stall owner near Tsinghua and Peking University. While other children study hard from a young age, he dreams of getting rich through barbecue. Heartwarming, funny, and humorous, it's so delicious it makes my mouth water.

30. 30 人 In America, Eastern Cuisine Takes Over New York 人在鹰酱，东方美食占领纽约 Moonlit Longing月相思Urban1.0M WordsCompleted “No one in this country understands jianbing guozi better than I do!” The New York Times’ Mr. Dong column On bustling Fifth Avenue, the line stretches as far as the eye can see. Cut in line, and you could find yourself in a street shootout within minutes. Stinky tofu takes over Wall Street, crawfish conquer Silicon Valley, and the scent of luosifen fills the air all over Manhattan. The giant screens in Times Square play a nonstop reel of mysterious Eastern magical cuisine. Americans don’t e 6.1kReads9.3Score72514d adds
31. 31 混 Running a Restaurant in Ancient Times: All Tricks and No Shortcuts 混在古代搞餐饮，全是科技与狠活 Bookish Cat本本猫Historical1.3M WordsCompleted What do you do when you accidentally get a kitchen that can travel between ancient and modern times, but you can’t cook? No problem! We crooked cultivators run our restaurant with nothing but technology and additives! Open the fridge, take out some scissors, snip open the package, pour it into a bowl, and put it in the microwave. Defrost for thirty seconds, heat for three minutes. Ding! Your kung pao chicken is ready, honored guest. What? You want a bowl of chicken soup? Coming right up! I’ll ad 24.1kReads7.8Score2.9k14d adds

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32. 32 我 I Have a Divine Cauldron: Slay Demons, Cook, and Cultivate Immortality 我有神鼎，斩妖烹饪修仙 Qi Muzi栖木子Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsOngoing [The new book has just received its rating, so it'll gradually rise.] [Slow-paced + food + healing + ensemble cast + daily life + medicinal cuisine] I have a divine cauldron. I slay the fiercest demons and cook the most delicious dishes! The sect's fortune has been secretly stolen by a schemer, and my fellow disciples are all at rock bottom! Don't worry. If you've been poisoned, come have a bowl of soothing medicinal soup. If you've suffered broken bones and serious injuries, take a bite of brai 7.2kReads8.6Score69214d adds
33. 33 大 Great Tang: My God-Tier Snack Stall Has the Whole Court Drooling 大唐：神级小食摊，馋哭满朝文武 Wei Lin Jing Xuan魏林景轩Historical523k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to the twelfth year of the Zhenguan era in the Tang Dynasty, Li An, an ordinary resident of Chang'an, unexpectedly binds himself to the [Random Gourmet System]. Every week, it gives him a random location and a random divine delicacy, launching his uncanny career as a street vendor who appears and disappears around Chang'an. In the first week, he sells roasted pork belly outside the Great Ci'en Temple, where incense burns in the name of countless worshippers. Its fragrance te 14Reads5.3Score—14d adds
34. 34 美 Gourmet: I Set Up a Stall at Random, and American Diners Faint from Delight 美食：随机出摊，美利坚食客哭晕 The Struggles of a Post-90s Kid90后的奋斗Urban474k WordsCompleted [Easygoing everyday life + System gourmet food + bickering couple + American-style food + lie flat and keep a low profile + international students next door] After transmigrating to a parallel-universe America, Li Hui finds himself in a random location every ten days, serving random dishes to different customers. Lanzhou beef noodles outside Central Park in New York, BBQ for sale in a Queens neighborhood at night. A bunch of Black guys showed up armed, just to steal one of my chicken wings. I al 444Reads5.7Score—14d adds
35. 35 让 I Told You to Be a Chef, So Why Are You Acting Like a Model? 让你当厨子，你去当模子？ Eating Watermelon in the Rain下雨吃瓜Urban231k WordsCompleted [Food + Everyday Life + Heartwarming] Ye Qiong accidentally transmigrates to a parallel world, where he becomes a single dad abandoned by his wife. He has a mortgage to pay, a baby to care for, and a job as a chef at a funeral home. After awakening the Culinary God System, he whips up fried rice noodles so delicious that countless diners become obsessed, some even pretending to be guests’ relatives just to get a taste! Then a widowed landlady and a cool, aloof female CEO both barge into his life 390Reads—Score—14d adds
36. 36 让 You Opened a Restaurant, So Why Are You Serving Customers at Three in the Morning? 让你开美食店，你凌晨三点营业？ Spicy Pickled Fish辣椒酸菜鱼Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Gourmet]+ [Urban Fantasy]+ [Comedy]+ [Healing]+ [No Female Lead] Recently unemployed Lu Feng was planning to sell the little restaurant his parents left him, but unexpectedly activated the God of Cooking System. One quest each week, a random dish, and random opening hours. He turns ordinary dishes into peerless delicacies, and ravenous customers line up and scramble to get them. Customer One: Boss Lu, these soup dumplings are the best I've ever had in my life! Customer Two: I even threw out my 467Reads7.2Score10514d adds
37. 37 公 The Company Went Bankrupt? One Plate of Eggplant Revives It 公司破产？我一盘地三鲜起死回生 Seven-Pound Chubby Kid七斤大胖孩Urban1.2M WordsCompleted Li Yichen had barely been reborn when he was faced with a complete mess. His company's account balance had dropped to less than fifty thousand. He couldn't pay salaries or social security contributions, and soon he wouldn't even be able to afford meal allowances! With the company on the brink of collapse and his employees ready to quit, the God of Cooking System suddenly awakened! So Li Yichen decided to start with the meal allowances. To cut costs, he would cook for his employees himself! But o 5.8kReads7.6Score49314d adds
38. 38 老 Boss, You're Running a Stall, So Why Do You Have a Roaming Skill? 老板摆个摊，怎么还带游走技能？ The Lonely Master孤寡大师Urban314k WordsCompleted [Food + No Romance + Lighthearted Comedy + Everyday Life + Heartwarming] Jiang Yiwen transmigrates to a parallel world. He had planned to lie flat, but who could have guessed he’d be bound to the Ultimate Delicious Food System? On his first day, his goal is to earn three hundred yuan to complete a mission and receive a mysterious reward. And so, a boss who leaves every customer utterly frustrated makes his debut. When the aroma of his food wafts for miles and keeps everyone coming back for more. 294Reads6.4Score11114d adds
39. 39 异 A Long Journey in Another World 异界旅途漫漫 The Mountain Moon Knows Not of You山月不知君Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsOngoing [No System + Original Story + Ensemble Cast + No Brain-Dead Characters + Fast-Paced + Pure Romance] I’m dedicated to creating a different kind of world and bringing everyone a fresh new thrill, along with a more realistic experience! The rain fell without letup, day after gloomy day. Beneath the curtain of rain... Travelers from another world, I’d like you to finish this terrible game of chess for me. Anyone can be a chess piece, anyone can be sacrificed. All living beings are players in this ga 6.1kReads—Score36014d adds

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    How about giving this a try? It's absolutely divine! The more you read, the more captivating it becomes! Every beginning and character introduction is intricately connected by a powerful causal system. I highly recommend this isekai (another world) novel to my family—a truly amazing read. The thrilling plot, logically sound plot twists, and exquisite aesthetics make it an absolute must-read this year.

40. 40 在 The Stall Owner on the Run: Foodies Across the Country Are Desperately Looking for Me 在逃摊主，全国食客疯找我 Ji Huangtang纪荒唐Urban555k WordsOngoing [The rating is low because it just came out. Food + random street stalls + no female lead] Hao Ou gets the transmigration starter pack and binds to the Romantic Foodie System. It sends him to random places at random times, and because repeat customers don't count toward his mission targets, he goes to great lengths to keep regulars from finding him. By a series of twists and coincidences, he leaves behind one urban legend after another. Diner A: Do you know the feeling of redemption that comes f 258.1kReads8.5Score31.6k14d adds
41. 41 绑 Bound to a Gourmet System, I Become the God of Food by Opening a Restaurant 绑定美食系统，我靠开店成食神 Dean Xiang香院长Urban829k WordsOngoing The rating just came out! Feel free to start reading~ (Food + no romance + System + lighthearted comedy + everyday healing) Boss Xie will never get a partner!! Your System and my System don’t seem to be the same~ Other people’s food Systems: max level with one click, instant culinary godhood, become the God of Food without lifting a finger! Xie Yan’s food System: start from scratch and unlock things one step at a time. Xie Yan spread his hands. It’s fine, it’s fine. Having one is better than hav 24kReads8.1Score2.2k14d adds

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    The first one is without a romantic pairing.

42. 42 美 Gourmet: My Little Shop Is Famous Around the World 美食：我的小店，名震全球 Sleeping Cat熟睡的猫Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Gourmet] [Opening a Restaurant] [No Female Lead] [System] [Perfect with a Meal] [Heartwarming] [Everyday Life] [A Different Menu Every Day] [Affordable Prices] [Ensemble Cast] Lou Yuanzhou has eaten so many ready-made meal packs that he actually gains a Chef God Gourmet System! As long as he opens a restaurant and completes all kinds of bizarre missions, he can earn rewards! Steaming hot wontons, springy zhajiang noodles, and the legendary lamb stew... all made by Lou Yuanzhou himself! Once his 9.6kReads9.0Score79614d adds

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    ✨✨Food-themed novels, 9.0 Or higher, especially good with rice. Don't read at night, or you'll drool and have trouble sleeping 😭. 🍡🍡① Ding Sha transmigrates into a book carrying a child of unknown father, who happens to be the pitiful male lead in a tragic novel, unloved by both parents. Penniless, Ding Sha decides to raise her child well, transforming herself into a construction site lunchbox beauty thanks to her excellent cooking skills. Spicy chicken, garlic sprouts with cured pork, sesame sauce noodles, sweet and sour fish—she can whip them all up with ease. Each chapter's table of contents features a food name, which the author claims is based on personal experience and is described in great detail. 🍓🍓② [Mind Reading + Pampered Family + Food + Heartwarming + Satisfying Read] Shen Huazheng transmigrates into the Shen family's precious son, wanting to live a life of leisure and luxury. But everyone could hear her inner thoughts, eagerly awaiting the various delicacies she described: pickled fish, ginger milk curd, chicken rolls, rice noodle rolls, hot pot, fish balls, oden, wontons, a whole crab feast, coconut chicken stew… Even the Emperor and his political enemies found it irresistible. 🍃🍃 Follow Xiaolanhua @Mingruolan, and you'll never be short of books to read again! 💖

43. 43 美 Gourmet: Healing Anorexia One Bento Box at a Time 美食：摆摊卖盒饭，治愈厌食症 Sun Yi Xin孙艺欣Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [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 illustration 8.9kReads8.9Score75414d adds

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    These three books are exceptionally good; I read them all myself, one by one.

44. 44 你 Your Beastmaster Pets Look Delicious! 你的御兽看起来真好吃！ White Fruit Stewed with Black Pearl Li白果炖黑珍珠李Urban689k WordsOngoing [Beast Taming, Food, Comedy, Passion, Light Ensemble Cast] A chef who wants to eat absolutely everything arrives in a world of beast taming. There are unfamiliar plants and animals everywhere, and no animal protection laws. As for the Super God Beast-Taming System, Li Xiu doesn't care. He only knows one thing: the System can neutralize poison. Great. If it won't kill me, I'll eat it until I drop. Is that a beast encyclopedia? No, it's a menu of ingredients. Is that a fight? Of course not. It's a 74.4kReads8.7Score16.1k14d adds
45. 45 厨 The God of Cooking Takes Over, and I Turn My Sha County Restaurant into a Rip-Off! 厨神附体，我把沙县开成了黑店！ Jing Yao景媱Urban972k WordsOngoing [Food + System + No Romance + Lighthearted Comedy + Everyday Life + Great with a Meal + Cunning Protagonist] Original title: The God of Cooking Takes Over, and I Turn My Shaxian Snack Shop into a Scam! After his best friend stabbed him in the back, Li Zhibai somehow ended up taking over a Shaxian snack shop in the most expensive part of Jiangcheng, and piling up a mountain of debt in the process. Luckily, he bound himself to the God of Cooking System and awakened a bizarre talent: [Charge Based 147.4kReads8.6Score10.3k14d adds

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    Understand ദ്ദി˶•̀֊•́)✧

46. 46 疯 Are You Crazy? I Just Opened a Restaurant, and the Campus Belle Shows Up With a Child 疯了吧！刚开餐厅校花带娃找上门 Half a Popsicle半根雪糕Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Adorable Kids + Food + Campus Beauty + System + Everyday Life Running a Restaurant] Also known as: “Gourmet Cooking Starts with a Bowl of Egg Noodles,” “The Late-Night Diner: A Foodie’s Paradise,” “A Delicious Diner for Dad,” and “You Told Me to Be a Couch Potato, but I’m Determined to Be a Master Chef!” Su Feng chose to live as a couch potato, but somehow ended up bound to the “Universe’s Number One Cooking Master” System and became the owner of a little restaurant! From that moment on, his co 16.9kReads9.0Score1.1k14d adds

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47. 47 绑 Bound to a Food System, My Little Shop Is Packed Every Day 绑定美食系统，我的小店天天爆满 Who Will I Love All My Life?一生醉爱谁Urban655k WordsOngoing [No CP + daily life + food + opening a shop + street vending + entirely handmade, no AI] After binding to a System, Peng Jie hopes to get rich by cooking and reach the pinnacle of life. But it turns out every dish he’s rewarded with must be practiced, and his cooking mentor is a senior administrator at KK Park. Every time he receives a new dish, he’s bound to get electrocuted. After making the whole street a hit, his greedy landlord raises the rent and forces him to leave South Street. Back in h 22.9kReads8.1Score1.9k14d adds
48. 48 美 Gourmet: Random Street Stalls, and the Campus Belle Senior Tells Me to Behave 美食：随机摆摊，校花学姐请自重 Xuanyuan Zhang轩辕张Urban1.6M WordsCompleted After transmigrating to a parallel world, Lin Fan binds himself to a Gourmet System. The System randomly assigns quests. Completing them and buying items earns Gourmet Points, which can be exchanged for all kinds of rewards. Roast duck legs outside the school gates, steak at a night market stall, and spicy pepper soup in the park. One delicious food after another draws everyone in, including the upperclassmen at his school. “Damn! Where did my underclassman who sells duck legs go? He’s disappear 23.4kReads7.5Score3k14d adds
49. 49 黑 The Underworld Heiress Has an Eating Disorder? I'll Win Her Over with Street Food 黑道千金厌食？我靠路边摊征服她 Great CC King大cc王Urban451k WordsOngoing [The rating just came in, but it'll go up later] [One heroine + food + campus romance + daily life + mafia heiress] “Have you heard? That fried-rice street stall in the university district only serves fifty portions a day!” “That cocky? Nobody's gone to wreck his stall?” “Are you kidding? Last time some rich kid tried to cut in line. The stall owner hadn't even said a word when a gorgeous girl beside him snapped her chopsticks in half. Less than three minutes later, dozens of Land Rovers showed 46.9kReads7.2Score5.8k14d adds
50. 50 我 I'm a Royal Chef, So Ordering Takeout Makes Perfect Sense 我一御厨，点个外卖很合理吧 Riding the Wind and Calling the Rain携风系雨Historical989k WordsOngoing I was transmigrated into the role of a fake imperial chef, and all I know how to make is instant noodles. Luckily, I have a phone System loaded with a shopping app. That night, I survived on peppercorn beef noodles. The emperor said, “Cook me another bowl!” In a fictional dynasty where iron woks have yet to appear, I have a food delivery System at my fingertips. There may be no Manchu-Han banquet, but every kind of delicious food is available in abundance. The only problem is, why do the chief 59kReads7.4Score4.6k14d adds

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