Looking for a Laid-Back Novel Where the Protagonist Opens a Hotel or Restaurant (｡･Ω･｡) 求主角开了一家酒店或餐馆的休闲小说(｡･ω･｡)

1. 1 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 83kReads9.5Score8.1kShelves

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   Delicious food, I love to eat! I'm a foodie, I love to eat!

2. 2 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 33.8kReads9.1Score2.8kShelves

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   My family owns a small, hole-in-the-wall restaurant. I acquire a system, participate in a cooking competition, win the championship, and later appear on a Chinese restaurant reality show. The second book is very easy to write.

3. 3 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 15kReads9.2Score1.7kShelves
4. 4 美 Gourmet: Taking Over the Bear’s Prison Canteen 美食：从承包毛熊监狱食堂开始 Quill Pen羽毛笔Urban1.3M WordsOngoing After a disastrous blind date, Tang Lei flees overnight, only to bind himself to a Chef God System that randomly assigns him a place to run: the cafeteria of a prison in a nation of tough fighters! Pork stewed with potatoes, red-braised pork, stuffed eight-treasure duck, sweet-and-sour ribs… Homestyle dishes! State-banquet cuisine! Every delicacy imaginable! Bring a taste of the culinary kingdom to Siberia, a barren wasteland of food! The vicious, unruly inmates: “Boss, do you need anyone to was 2.8kReads9.2Score309Shelves

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   The first book is about a family-owned shop; the second book starts with working in a Russian prison canteen, and both have a single female lead. [Sending heart]

5. 5 美 Gourmet: I Sell Lunchboxes at a Kindergarten, and Everyone Craves Them 美食：幼儿园卖盒饭，全都馋哭了 A Little Baby Cabbage一颗娃娃菜Urban2.0M WordsCompleted After transmigrating to a parallel world, Su Haoze took in the little tyke left behind by his big brother and sister-in-law. To support the family, he opened a small lunch spot outside a kindergarten. Who would’ve thought he’d end up bound to a Gourmet System! Braised lion’s head meatballs, chicken tofu soup, Dongpo pork, sweet-and-sour ribs, cola chicken wings... Dish after delicious dish won over not only the children, but also a whole crowd of parents. “Boss, do you sell meal plans?” “I want 5.4kReads7.3Score411Shelves
6. 6 美 Gourmet: Mr. Ye, Where Do You Think You'll Run This Time? 美食：叶先生，看你这次往哪跑 Born a Foolish Child天生笨小孩Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Everyday Life] [No Romance] [Comedy] [Heartwarming] [A Good Read Over Meals] In his previous life, Ye Fan had an accident and was dragged to the underworld by Ox-Head and Horse-Face. With a wave of his hand, King Yama changed Ye Fan's fate. He is given a brand-new identity as a master chef. Watch him complete his missions while enjoying life. Random dishes, random street-stall locations, one thing always stays the same: everything tastes amazing! Selling buns beside a restroom, lobster outs 904Reads6.6Score100Shelves
7. 7 美 Gourmet: My Late-Night Diner Might Not Be Entirely Scientific 美食：我的深夜食堂可能不太科学 Eat Like Crazy, Never Gain Weight狂吃不胖Urban751k WordsOngoing [Food + System + entertainment industry + lighthearted daily life] If someone asked where an unconventional late-night diner came from, Luo Jia would tell them it all started with him standing up for the people and beating up a mage whose ritual was disturbing the neighborhood. He knew because he had experienced it himself. Thanks to the immense merit he earned by sacrificing the mage from the start, Luo Jia got a System and embarked on the path to becoming a God of Cooking. He moved to a film s 52Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 8 美 Gourmet: Selling Meals at School Sends Students and Teachers into a Frenzy 美食：学校卖饭，师生抢疯了 Boiled Fish水煮鱼Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Gourmet | Everyday Life | Lighthearted | Relaxing | Slow-Paced | Comforting] Jiang Fan got a Gourmet System and rented a small food stall in his school cafeteria. “There aren’t any students eating here. You should close up.” “The food’s terrible. You’ll be out of business in a few days.” “Here comes another idiot, selling food in this place.” Everyone mocked him. Jiang Fan ignored them and checked his mission. He had to sell a hundred shaomai in one day. Could he pull that off? “Wow, these shao 2.6kReads7.1Score180Shelves
9. 9 美 Gourmet: Stop Stewing It, Even the Village Dogs Are Drooling! 美食：别炖了，村里狗都馋哭了！ Tai Shinaifu泰史奈夫Urban2.7M WordsOngoing Kuang Rui refuses to get caught up in the rat race and chooses to lie flat back in his hometown. He inherits his father’s braised meat shop and, after rejecting the rat race, gains a Food System. Together, they breathe new life into the shop. The humble home-cooked dishes that once went unnoticed are transformed into viral hits that customers flock to check in and try. Take steamed stinky tofu with minced meat, for example. It smells awful but tastes delicious, and one bite is enough to leave y 2.4kReads6.4Score156Shelves
10. 10 超 The Super Food God Tycoon 超级食神大亨 Meow Meow Who Loves to Cook爱做菜的喵喵Urban2.7M WordsCompleted Yang Song happens upon the Chef God System. With nothing but a secondhand food cart selling grilled gluten skewers, he steadily climbs to the peak of success. The richest man's son works for him as a waiter, goddesses throw themselves at him to help run his shop, and top female students from campus come to peel potatoes for him... A beautiful TV reporter asks in an interview, "I hear lots of celebrities come to dine at Baifeng Pavilion. Do they have to wait in line too?" Yang Song replies calmly 224Reads7.3Score—Shelves
11. 11 厨 God of Cooking: A Little Restaurant from the Start, Making the Cultivation World Drool 厨神：开局小食肆，馋哭修真界 Qi Muzi栖木子Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted Gourmet, healing, no System, no romance, raising a daughter. After transmigrating from the apocalypse to the Cultivation Realm, Yang Feng runs a small eatery. Despite its humble size, the place is packed with big shots from every realm. The Demon Clan's holy maiden: “Waaah, mapo tofu is so delicious! I accidentally ate three more buckets of rice.” A sect leader: “The giant pork knuckle is the best! I can polish off ten in one go!” A celestial master: “I’ve read the signs, and today is a good day 3.8kReads8.7Score350Shelves

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    The first book's protagonist transmigrates to the cultivation world and opens a small eatery, attracting powerful figures from all walks of life. The second book's master's wife is a fox spirit; with her help, the protagonist successfully kills his master who covets his body, and finally opens a tavern in the city…

12. 12 恐 Horror Tavern: I Only Raise the Most Ferocious Creatures 恐怖酒馆：我只养大凶之物 Lord Salted Fish咸鱼君Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted Tucked away in a quiet alley is a strange tavern that can grant your wishes, as long as you’re willing to set up a terrifying idol in your home... 6kReads9.4Score804Shelves
13. 13 萌 The Little Pet Café 萌宠小馆 Watered-Down Baijiu from 198585年的老白干掺了水Modern Romance544k WordsCompleted In prison. Robber: You might not believe this, but I almost split apart! Yes, literally split apart! Thief: What a coincidence. Same here! And what kind of police dog is that fat? I almost got sat to death! Human trafficker: You think you’ve got it bad? A bunch of cats took over my hideout! Drug dealer A: Boohoo, I can’t show my face anymore. I got played by a cat and a dog~ Drug dealer B: See the halo over my head? Who could possibly have it worse than me?! I got jumped by a pack of rats, belie 3kReads9.5Score331Shelves

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    The first book features a male protagonist who, after losing his job, wakes up to find he can understand animal speech. Using this ability, he decides to open a small pet cafe to make a living and help other animals. The story revolves around the goofy and quirky Dingdang Border Collie, the aloof and manipulative Harry Border Collie, the proud and reserved DaMi, the heartwarming life of cats and dogs, and the occasional stray animals they encounter: a emaciated husky abandoned by its owner, a seemingly aloof calico dog protecting its cubs, and a wandering little Twisted Doughnut... Later, the animals demonstrate their extraordinary abilities, helping the protagonist solve cases, catch drug dealers, thieves, and more. The life of one person, one cat, and two dogs is heartwarming and fun, making it captivating. The second book features a cat as the protagonist who opens a cat cafe and hires stray cats to work. The various cats in the book have fascinating personalities, and the female protagonist even raises two weasels who want to become human—they're really cute! The two little weasels stay at the cat cafe with their little plastic buckets and towels. The protagonist also helps solve various animal problems, creating a heartwarming and healing atmosphere.

14. 14 开 From the Start, I Had a Cat Cafe, and All My Cat Employees Were Rescues 开局一家猫咖店，猫咪员工全靠捡 Pig and Totoro猪与龙猫Modern Romance383k WordsCompleted Cute pets + part-time management + invincible heroine + no romance + a tiny bit of fantasy Bai Yao recently opened a cat cafe. She had everything ready, only to discover that she'd forgotten the most important thing: cats! She started spreading the word among cats: whether you're a house cat or a stray, if you want unlimited cat food, you can come work here. Once the news got around, the cats invited their friends and brought their whole families to work at Bai Yao's shop. The shop had more and 1.2kReads7.6Score132Shelves
15. 15 一 One Meal Made Me a Legend: The Little Chef from a Fly Restaurant 一饭封神，来自苍蝇馆的小厨神 Lost Fried Egg迷路的荷包蛋Urban395k WordsOngoing [System] [Gourmet] [Variety Show] [Everyday Life] [Heartwarming] [One Love Interest] The big things in life come down to eating and drinking. Shen Chen has just graduated from college and is helping out at his parents' little diner when he suddenly gets a System. But to fully activate it, he has to compete in the top gourmet competition show "One Meal to Godhood". “System, I can't even make egg fried rice properly. Am I really suited to compete on this show?” “I'm here, aren't I? What are you wo 74Reads6.7Score—Shelves
16. 16 美 Gourmet System: From the Start, I Run the Tang Dynasty's Imperial Kitchen 美食系统：开局大唐御膳房 A Security Guard's Years保安岁月Urban264k WordsCompleted After being worked to the bone by her unscrupulous boss, office-slave chef Tang Feng quit, convinced his life was over. Then, out of nowhere, a [Great Tang Imperial Kitchen] app appeared on his phone, and from the start it connected him by video with the greatest imperial chef of the Tang Dynasty! Chef Lu: "Listen up, kid. Pay attention and learn this long-lost dish, Peony Swallow's Nest!" Xiao Fuzi: "Master, Master! The 'chocolate mousse' you taught me made Her Majesty the Noble Consort beam wi 10Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 17 系 System Management: From Cabin to Resort 系统经营，从木屋到度假村 October in Tingzhou汀州十月Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted From the start, all he has is a shabby little hut. But his goal is to develop a world-class themed resort? This is like a cuckoo taking over a magpie's nest: Little given, much demanded! … Lin Yu was bound to a “business simulation” System in college, but it took the System a full two years to finish loading and activate! Even worse, it dumped him in a vast desert from the start, claiming, “This is the empire I've conquered for you!” System: Would the player like to begin the tutorial m 3kReads8.0Score224Shelves
18. 18 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 60kReads9.2Score11.3kShelves
19. 19 做 My Cooking Is So Good, the Entire Cultivation World Treats Me Like a Treasure 做饭太好吃，被整个修仙界团宠了 Little Dog, Don't Always Get Caught in the Rain小狗别总淋雨Two Male Leads1.0M WordsCompleted [Two male leads + cultivation + farming + food + street vending + devoted to each other] In his previous life, Yun Ci was a poor student. His parents signed him up for the New Chinese Culinary School early on, and he studied there for three years. Once he graduated, he was ready to show off his skills, but a car accident put a stop to that. When he woke up again, Yun Ci found himself in a world of cultivation. He had no golden finger, no System, and was just an insignificant cannon-fodder charac 9.7kReads9.0Score1.4kShelves
20. 20 饭 My Restaurant Connects to Ten Thousand Worlds, and Making Ten Billion Is Only Fair 饭馆通万界，我赚十亿很合理吧 Zhu Ziguo朱紫国Modern Romance243k WordsOngoing After Jiang Xiaobai binds himself to a Food System, his restaurant takes on a fantastical twist: the back door leads to other worlds. On the first day, a naughty child from ancient times shows up with a bucket of clawed bugs, hoping to trade them for meat buns. Xiaobai takes one look and exclaims, “Hey, wild hairy crabs!” Soon the restaurant is serving spicy crab, steamed crab, crab congee, crab roe dumplings… While helping the child catch more clawed bugs, Xiaobai discovers buried dark wood in 9Reads6.2Score—Shelves
21. 21 捡 I Picked Up a Mystery Box System After Transmigrating into a Book, and the Villain Became a Tycoon 捡个盲盒系统穿书，反派变身首富 Little Cat Gugu小猫咕咕Ancient Romance350k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + No Male Lead + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Strong Female Lead + System + Building Wealth] (The heroine is a real widow, and her original husband really is dead. There is no male lead, but there is some flirting with handsome men. If that’s not your thing, don’t read.) After waking up one day, Jiang Zhaozhao transmigrated into a ridiculous harem novel and became the wicked stepmother who would eventually be dismembered by the male lead. Luckily, Jiang Zhaozhao got a Mystery Box 268Reads5.6Score—Shelves
22. 22 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. 303Reads6.4Score111Shelves
23. 23 中 I Won Ten Million! I Quit on the Spot and Went Home to Farm 中奖一千万！我直接辞职回家种田 True Lord Jiuyang九阳真君Modern Romance373k WordsCompleted [The animated comic adaptation is now available] [No awful characters + Rural life + Farming + Slow-paced + Male lead marries into the female lead's family + Male lead is lovestruck] P.S. The male lead appears around chapter twenty. Song Ying hits the jackpot: she buys a lottery ticket and wins 15 million! She takes home 12 million after taxes. A fortune has fallen from the sky! Song Ying chooses to lie flat and return home to farm. She spends five million buying several apartments in the city, 19.5kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves

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    The woman, who returned to her hometown of Horqin in Inner Mongolia, used the ten million yuan she won in the lottery to build a new house and open her own hotel, specializing in catering for banquets.

24. 24 开 A Bar from the Start, and I Became an Intelligence Mogul 开局酒吧，我成了情报大佬 Golden Bat-Crow金色的蝠鸦Urban734k WordsCompleted [The rating just came out and will rise] [Urban + multiple heroines + gossip + bar-based intelligence] Lin You was hit by a car and wound up in the hospital. After being discharged, he was penniless, and his landlady showed up to demand the rent. Just when he was in a bind, he awakened the [Gossip System] and learned that the landlord was cheating. To avoid being kicked out, Lin You took the landlady straight to catch them in the act. Watching the landlady beat the adulterous couple, then waive 7.1kReads5.5Score508Shelves

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    This book yyds

25. 25 美 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！ Lucky Carp Fairy锦鲤小仙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 1.1kReads8.7Score102Shelves

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    Food stories, urban fantasy, heartwarming everyday moments, relaxing…

26. 26 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 8.8kReads8.9Score754Shelves
27. 27 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 9.6kReads9.0Score796Shelves
28. 28 我 I Was Just Running a Street Stall, So Why Is the Female CEO Chasing After Me? 我就摆个摊，女总裁怎么追着跑？ Pluck the Moon with One Hand一手摘月Urban779k WordsCompleted [System + food + one female lead + street stall + lighthearted + healing + no transmigration or rebirth] After a wonderful chance encounter, Cheng Yan obtains a top-tier food System. “Is fried instant noodles really that good? How does a street vendor end up with people buying it for others and scalpers reselling it?” “What kind of xiaolongbao is this? College students from the neighboring city ride hundreds of miles at night just to get a bite!” “Dry-fried beef ho fun? You know it's the same ki 5.4kReads8.7Score391Shelves
29. 29 变 Mutated Wasteland: Exotic Delicacies on the Tip of the Tongue 变异废土，舌尖上的异种美食 Lin Tianjia林添加Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Mutant Disaster] [Gourmet] [Slice of Life] [Business and Farming] How many times more protein do mutated creatures have than beef? Having just arrived in this world, Liu Bi was shocked by his own thought. He awakened a Master Chef System on land polluted by spores. Was something wrong here? Could every kind of mutated creature be turned into a gourmet dish? Then hurry up and serve it! A specialty restaurant on the edge of the safe zone, serving unconventional comfort food in the midst of everyd 9.2kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves

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    The content is good, worth a look. The first book is about opening that restaurant. It's just that the food is a bit strange.

30. 30 明 Late Ming Mountain Bandit: Starting to Host Tour Groups 明末山贼，开始接待旅行团 When the Flowering Is at Its Peak开到荼迷Historical924k WordsCompleted [Ming Dynasty + Travel-Group Story + Comedy + Senior Tour] They were supposed to open up a tourist route, but somehow ended up becoming bandits. They’re short on clothes and food, and dirt poor. Luckily, a tour group is on its way... Though this tour group is pretty pitiful too: the Sunset Years Ironclad Tour Group. The fee is 58, meals are included, and they even give you sweet potato vermicelli... 49.3kReads8.5Score7.7kShelves
31. 31 美 Gourmet: A Restaurant Across from the High School 美食：高中对面开饭馆 Haruna春名Modern Romance649k WordsOngoing [Everyday life + delicious food] [Male protagonist] [No romance] The romance tag wasn’t my choice, sob Orz [July 28: I just saw that the rating is up! Thank you all for rating my story (bows). Thanks for your support.] Yao Yiji works overtime to support his sister’s two children, then collapses at his desk. Bound to System 677, he’s told that completing his mission will send him back to the day before he died suddenly. After the mission ends, he returns to the present day with System 677. He pla 634Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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    Push!!!!

32. 32 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 96kReads9.4Score14kShelves

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    The female lead has no romantic storyline; her focus is on her career. The employees are all robots; the story leans towards an ensemble cast.

33. 33 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 24.5kReads8.8Score2.4kShelves
34. 34 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 69.8kReads8.3Score7.5kShelves

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    You should read this one. It's an absolute masterpiece.

35. 35 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 1.7kReads9.0Score154Shelves

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    1. After transmigrating back in time, the female protagonist quit her job and started working at a restaurant. She unexpectedly became bound to a culinary system. When a novice system meets a culinary master, their life after the binding is chaotic and hilarious. It's a very enjoyable food-themed novel, with a different dish every day, making your mouth water. 2. The female protagonist transmigrates to a fairytale world and opens a small tavern. Later, she encounters all sorts of strange and wonderful customers. The author has a very vivid imagination, and this is a very heartwarming story.

36. 36 穿 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 Graceful as a Swimming Fish婉若游鱼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 8.7kReads8.8Score1.3kShelves
37. 37 两 Traveling Between Two Worlds, I Pretend to Be a God in Primitive Society 两界互穿，我在原始社会伪装神灵 Yu Chenchen玉沉沉Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The print edition, The Boundary Crosser, is now available. [Female-oriented, no romance] [Food + Street Stalls + Transmigrate Between Two Worlds + Farming + Getting Rich + Development + Infrastructure] Lu Chenyu is poor, but unexpectedly inherits a villa from a distant relative. Before she can even celebrate, she learns that she has also inherited a huge debt. Her fortune turns into a massive liability, and the big villa is haunted, so she can’t sell it at all. On the verge of tears, Lu Chenyu h 13.9kReads8.3Score1.5kShelves

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    This one is okay, but I don't usually recommend it unless it's really good.

38. 38 穿 Transmigrate and Get Everyone to Love Their Food 穿越之让大家爱上干饭 Dandruff头皮屑Modern Romance107k WordsCompleted [Gourmet] [Alternate Setting] [Sweet Romance] [Marriage Before Love] [Relaxed and Easygoing] [Alien Planet] [Everyday Life] Luo Yao never imagined that one day she would transmigrate to a planet much like Earth and inherit an estate. She planned to grow vegetables and cook, settling into a quiet retirement on her own. But to inherit the place, she also had to marry Mu Chen, the heir to the richest family. Mu Chen once happened to see Luo Yao squatting beside a car, eating glutinous rice ball 83Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Daily leisure life

39. 39 我 I Open a Tavern in an Invincible Protagonist Novel 我在无敌文中开酒馆 Gu Weiyang顾未央Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted Also known as: Fine Wine, Carefree Wanderer, Guest of the Mortal World A breath of fresh air in the invincible-protagonist genre. Lou Tiandu transmigrates into another world as a villainous supporting character, but for the sake of a good life, he chooses to ignore the plot and open a tavern instead. Years later, Lou Tiandu yawns in his tavern. “You’re all fighting and killing while I make my fortune. You’re all risking your lives while I enjoy the good life. You’re fighting to the death, and I’ 406Reads6.4Score—Shelves
40. 40 失 After Losing My Job, I Got a Barbecue System and Now Earn Millions a Year 失业后获得烧烤系统，我年入百万 A Foodie's Appetite吃货的吃Urban761k WordsOngoing [Late-Night Gourmet] [Mouthwatering] [Easygoing Daily Life] On the eve of his barbecue shop’s closure, Su Yan binds himself to the [Barbecue King System]. Top-tier Ningxia Yanchi Tan sheep plus spices supplied by the System: the aroma of the skewers drives the whole street wild... Lamb skewers for 18 yuan each draw a line so long the traffic police have to close the road, and the owner of the neighboring barbecue shop comes over in tears to steal his secrets! A loan shark comes to collect and 634Reads—Score109Shelves
41. 41 乱 Running an Inn in Troubled Times: I Became the Saviors of the Ancients 乱世开酒店：我成了古人的救世神 White Hibiscus Orchid白木槿兰Ancient Romance202k WordsOngoing [Alternate world + ancient-era disasters + no CP + System + invincible + infrastructure building] When Yan Qi wakes up, she finds herself in a desolate wilderness with no sign of human life. To make matters worse, the System that brought her here tells her that this is an alternate ancient world beset by war and constant natural disasters. Yan Qi thinks she's doomed, but it turns out her System is a hotel management System. As long as she runs the hotel well, attracts enough guests, and complete 26Reads—Score—Shelves

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    🔥🔥Highly Recommended🔥🔥 [Alternate Universe + Ancient Natural Disasters + No Romance + System + Invincible + Infrastructure Building] [Please Follow]

42. 42 摆 Selling Liangfen on the Street, I Make the Whole City Crave It 摆摊卖凉粉，全城百姓被馋哭了 Sun Qi, Who Loves Ferrets喜欢肉貂的孙齐Ancient Romance162k WordsCompleted [Food + farming + love at first sight + doting romance + slow-burn sweetness] Xu Yingchun transmigrates into a book and becomes its wicked villainess, doomed to a miserable ending. She’s going to escape the villainess’s fate and become the heroine of her own story! After buying her freedom from the Jiang household, she sets up a street stall, opens a restaurant, and buys land. Her life gets better and better. Milk tea, barbecue, crawfish, hot pot, and big-plate chicken: she’ll serve it all! The 326Reads8.0Score121Shelves
43. 43 美 The Gourmet System: I Quit My Job and Became an Online Sensation Through Food 美食系统：辞职后靠美食火遍全网 Qing Yu Zichu青语子初Modern Romance196k WordsOngoing [No romance + food System + food check-ins] After collapsing from working overtime all night, Cheng Xiaoxiao unexpectedly obtained a food System. Workplace bullying? Working all night to earn a few bucks? Toxic coworkers? To hell with all of it! With a food System, all she wanted was to quietly open a little eatery, earn some pocket money, and sample delicacies from all over. But... System: Host, your cooking tastes like pig slop. System: Host, you’re as weak as a chicken. System: Host, maybe yo 12Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 44 只 I Could Only Make Instant Noodles, but Now I Run a Canteen in the Immortal Realm 只会泡面的我，在仙界开食堂啦 Honey Snow Ice Orange蜜雪冰橙Ancient Romance399k WordsOngoing After sacrificing three roommates and a total of ninety years of their combined single lives, Bei Shasha earns the chance to transmigrate to a cultivation world and open a restaurant. But she only knows how to cook instant noodles. Before she knows it, she’s been thrown in at the deep end, becoming both the owner and head chef of the Midnight Canteen. Fortunately, the System comes through, rewarding her with a god-tier instant-noodle cooking skill that brings a host of extraordinary guests to te 16Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 45 上 I Handed Over the System, and My Country Became My Strongest Backing 上交系统，祖国就是我的底气 A Salted Fish 929一条咸鱼929Modern Romance289k WordsCompleted An ordinary person gains an incredible golden finger and hands it over to the country, transmigrating through time and space alongside the nation and growing together with it! The ordinary heroine gradually learns to shoulder greater responsibilities and becomes the person she has always wanted to be! With the System's support, the nation also grows stronger and more prosperous. 707Reads8.4Score—Shelves
46. 46 巫 The Lich Brewery: A Management Journal 巫妖酿造工坊经营日志 Yingge Yeyuehua应歌夜月华Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Transmigration to another world + medieval Western fantasy and magic + food + running a business + a touch of mystery-solving. The love interest is Andre Lu Huntington, deputy commander of the kingdom's knights.) A food-and-mystery story with two parallel plotlines and a romance, so be warned! Jiang You, a master brewer from a family renowned for its traditional soy sauce, dies of heart disease. After death, she discovers she has arrived in another world and become a living skeleton... correcti 6.8kReads9.2Score1.1kShelves

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    1️⃣ New book, Western fantasy + food management novel. The female protagonist dies and transmigrates to a magical world, becoming a half-finished [Skeleton Lich 💀]. To gain more soul emotions, she uses a brewing cauldron with its own time magic and recipes in her mind to create various delicacies 🍮, opening a brewing workshop to redeem the taste buds of medieval people. 2️⃣ 9.3 Rating, management system + no romantic pairing, building a leisurely town in the apocalypse, with paper doll decoration teams, fully automatic cleaning functions, automatic restocking shops, monster-themed NPCs, and self-service blind box shops—everything is there!!

47. 47 末 Doomsday Management: My Tourist Town Is an Overnight Sensation 末日经营：我家旅游古镇爆火了 The Cat Boss Who Can Never Wake Up喵总睡不醒Sci-Fi & Apocalypse582k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse management + System + no CP + no saintly do-gooder + ensemble cast + laid-back small-town life at its heart] The heroine has no CP, though some of the townsfolk have partners. After getting into the Space-Time Bureau, Nan Wu turns down a lucrative offer from the heroine and villainess teams without hesitation, set on joining the unpopular management System division instead. This time, she's dropped into the apocalypse. Zombies everywhere, freezing weather, corpses strewn across the l 7.1kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves
48. 48 召 After Summoning Tourists, I Open an Inn in Another World 召唤游客后，我在异世开旅社 Three Little Drops of Water三点点点水Modern Romance454k WordsCompleted [Plane transmigration + business management + travel + food + System + no romance + slice of life + adventure] Mingyue binds herself to a travel System that sends her to different planes to set up travel agencies and develop tour routes. When people get random destinations, they usually end up somewhere like grasslands, mountains, islands, or resort planets. Her first stop, however, is Hell. The other Systems are all ready to laugh at Mingyue and the System she's bound to. Even the demons mock h 392Reads8.5Score—Shelves

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    The female protagonist runs a hostel, combining travel, food, and business management, with no romantic pairing.

49. 49 我 I’m Running a Vacation Inn in the Apocalypse 我在末世里开度假宾馆 Raise a Little Blue Cat养只小蓝猫Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.2M WordsCompleted [No Romance + Business Building + Post-Apocalypse] New mission: Open a hotel in the post-apocalyptic world. Xia Yan: “I thought this was supposed to be a vacation. Where’s the scenery? Are the zombies the scenery? Thanks, but no thanks!” System: “No, no, hear me out. No missions, no punishments, and upgrades are entirely up to you. You can slack off as much as you like. This System will always be on your side!” Xia Yan: “Okay!” And so Xia Yan finds herself in a dilapidated hotel. The conditions 183.9kReads8.8Score24.2kShelves

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    I just can't stop!

50. 50 超 Super Hotel System 超级酒店系统 80s Deadbeat Otaku80后死肥宅Urban746k WordsCompleted Shen Nanshan gets cheated on by his girlfriend from the start, then unexpectedly acquires a Super Hotel System. “Popular guesthouses, budget hotels, boutique hotels, five-star hotels, seven-star sailing hotels...” They’re all just rewards from the System. All Shen Nanshan has to do is clean rooms, handle maintenance, and check guests in... Enough pretending. I’m going to become the world’s biggest hotel tycoon. 1.5kReads5.7Score206Shelves

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