Looking for Foodie Novels About Cooking, Snacks, and Restaurants 求美食小说,就那种做美食,小吃,饭馆的那种
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The Mountains Are Full of Treasure: A Bitter Girl’s Rise 满山都是宝,苦瓜少女的崛起
[Farming! Feel-Good Story! Golden Finger! Food! No Romance] [Content warning: No male lead, but there is one-sided affection. A gentle, cozy story!] College student Lin Xiu wakes up as a poor orphan girl in ancient times. There’s even a tiny baby by her bed, crying to be fed! A home stripped bare, doomed from the start! She thinks heaven must be against her, but then it gives her a golden finger! The mountains are wonderful! Picking mushrooms and making delicious food! Finding medicinal herbs
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Serving Meals at a Massage Parlor, and You Call Me Improper? 按摩店卖饭,你说我不正经?
[Gourmet]+ [System]+ [Devoted Husband and Daughter]+ [Cozy Daily Life]+ [Running a Business] Just before his massage parlor was about to go under, Chen Sheng bound himself to a Gourmet System for massage parlors. One braised-food combo was enough to make a campus beauty who lost a game of truth or dare cry, “I can’t take any more!” and ask to extend her session. One Emperor’s Egg Fried Rice had a middle-aged man who’d sneaked in for a massage behind his wife’s back exclaiming that he couldn’t ta
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Daily Life in an Ancient Farming Family 古代农家日常
After transmigrating, Lin Xi just wanted to quietly farm and enjoy a peaceful retirement. Before she knew it, she had become the richest person in Lai'an County. As the county magistrate, Shen Li was busy handling official business every day. The most relaxing part of his day was stopping by the little Lin family eatery in town for a steaming bowl of soup and rice, and taking a quick look at the young woman bustling about inside… A farming and food story! No wicked relatives! No wicked relatives
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A Food Stall in Heaven: My Egg Fried Rice Makes the Monkey King Drool 天庭摆摊,做蛋炒饭馋哭猴哥
Overworked office drone Jiang Wang dies suddenly from working overtime, becoming the top headache for the underworld’s KPI system! A virtuous man in a hundred lifetimes, he has more merit than the underworld can punish him for or reward him for. To protect his year-end bonus, King Yama gives him the boot and sends him to Heaven. He thought he’d become an immortal, but he has no official position and no household registration. From the start, all he has is a rundown shop and an outrageously expen
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I Was Just Making a Big Pot of Food, So Why Is a Giant Panda Trying to Scam Me? 做个大锅饭,被大熊猫碰瓷了?
Qin Yuan transmigrates to a parallel world and unexpectedly awakens a livestream System. He returns to his hometown, planning to livestream a peaceful country life. But he never expected... He'd just cooked a huge pot of food meant for the pigs when a giant panda showed up and started shamelessly begging for food. It even climbed into the pigpen to fight the piglets for their feed! From then on, the giant panda showed up at his house every day, happily competing with the piglets for food. And th
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Street Stall: Selling Starch Sausages, My Snack Stand Takes the Internet by Storm! 摆摊:卖淀粉肠,我的小吃摊火爆全网!
[Gourmet] [Everyday Life] [Heartwarming] Qiao Anyi gains an all-purpose snack System. Starch sausages, steamed buns, pulled noodles... Every dish leaves customers drooling and craving more. He sets up a street stall with his daughter and climbs to the pinnacle of success!
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Wow, I Transmigrated to Ancient Times and Got Rich Selling Food 哇,意外穿越到古代靠美食暴富啦
Su Muke is a novelist. One night, she discovers that the bracelet she bought contains a pocket dimension. Her quick-witted little brain immediately jumps to the idea of transmigration, and as it turns out, she guessed right. Su Muke really does transmigrate to ancient times, with a sick man and a little dumpling in tow. With a pocket dimension at her disposal, she has nothing to fear. She does business and cooks delicious food in the ancient world, focused solely on making money. But why does th
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You Take the Imperial Exams, I Farm: A Paper-Thin Couple Braving the Famine 你科举我种田,塑料夫妻闯荒年
[Farming + food + pocket dimension + stockpiling grain + fleeing famine + business + sweet romance + everyday life] After Jiang Qingyue’s soul is mistakenly taken, she receives the ultimate transmigration starter pack. She thought she’d get to live a cheat-powered life, railing against heaven, earth, and everything in between. Instead, she transmigrates into the body of a fat, lazy, greedy, slippery woman and marries a man who hates her to the bone. Song Yan died unjustly in his previous life an
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You Asked Me to Cook a Country Feast, but I Made the Imperial Banquet Chef Drool 让你农村烧大席,你馋哭国宴主厨
He transmigrates to a parallel world and binds to a food System. Qing Yun, an unemployed man who has returned to his hometown, begins his rise to the top by cooking grand feasts in the countryside. First, an old woman wants one last taste of her own funeral banquet before she dies at ninety. Then a baby at a full-month celebration cries their eyes out because the food looks so good... With no other choice, Qing Yun takes up his giant wok again and again. “Red-braised pork knuckle, oil-splashed a
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A Chef Who Can’t Grow Vegetables Isn’t a Good Landlady 不会种菜的厨师不是好包租婆
At the crucial moment of his training, Zhu Ganglie crashes into Jiang Qingxi. Her vision goes black, then white, and... closes again. When she opens her eyes, she’s back in her life before last? In that life, she had land, a house, and a car in the countryside, but insisted on heading to the big city to make her way in the world. Before she could get anywhere, she died and woke up in another world. Her master brought her into the trade, and after twenty years she was about to succeed. Who would
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Building a Foodie Street, Where Every NPC Is from Ancient Times 打造美食文化街,NPC全员古人
[Food + historical NPCs + traditional crafts + development + food street + historical culture street + cultural outreach] After transmigrating, he takes over a noodle shop on the verge of closing. Chen Mo, broke and lacking any cooking skills, is at a loss. His cooking is mediocre, nowhere near the level of a proper chef. Just as he’s about to shut down the shop, Chen Mo becomes bound to the Historical Figure Summoning System! Many historical figures harbor such deep resentment that they cannot
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Xuanhuan: I’m a God-Tier Chef, So It’s Only Fair My Dishes Cost More 玄幻:我厨神,菜贵一点很合理吧
[Gourmet + Comedy + Invincible + Everyday Life + No Humiliation + Business-Building + Early Emotional Walls of Cement = ?] In a fantasy world where profound energy can turn into horses and body-refining martial arts make warriors as strong as oxen, the culinary arts are underdeveloped. People have never even heard of egg fried rice, three-delicacy noodles, or hot-and-sour noodles. Wang Ze transmigrates from Earth and obtains the God of Cooking System. When the eight great culinary traditions app
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The Whole Village Is Starving in the Disaster Apocalypse, and I Can’t Hide My Warehouse 天灾全村饿肚皮我的仓库藏不住
[Transmigrated to another world: how do you survive without a space, System, or golden finger?] [Divine Doctor] + [Master Chef] + [Special Forces] + [PhD]: an unbeatable combination! Three close friends, each with their own special skills, transmigrate to ancient times and start a business from a poor mountain village: making food, opening workshops, running restaurants... They grow rich not for wealth alone, but to realize their own worth, establish welfare homes and free schools, create jobs f
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Exiled to Hainan, I Made My Fortune by Foraging Along the Shore 流放海南后我靠赶海发家
Jiang Wan is incredibly unlucky to get into a car accident, but she's also lucky: she and her mother, Yin Huaixi, transmigrate to the same dynasty and are still mother and daughter. As soon as they arrive, they learn that her mother's family has been exiled for life to an island, where they're forbidden to leave. What?! The place of exile is just like Hainan Island?! Jiang Wan's mouth waters so much that she starts to cry. She picks up her old beachcombing skills and brings all kinds of seafood
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Showbiz: Farming and Castrating Pigs, and You Call This a Nobody? 娱乐:种地劁猪,这真是小糊咖
(This book was originally titled “Farming and Castrating Pigs, This Really Is a Nobody”!!!) Xiao Yu is a minor celebrity who’s about to leave the entertainment industry. After a farming variety show became a huge hit, Xiao Yu took the place of Cai Kunkun, a colleague from the same agency, on a reality show called “Let’s Farm, Superstars!” The agency only meant for Xiao Yu to fill in on the show before quitting the industry. They never expected this obscure young heartthrob to shock the whole cou
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A Record of Eating Demons 妖食记
The Wuwei Inn flourishes because people in this world always have so many wishes. Birth, aging, sickness, death; resentment, hatred, love, and feuds; love and separation; life and death. The demons at the Wuwei Inn love to feast on these human joys and sorrows. Long Sanniang is stunningly beautiful. She's a shop owner, a fine cook, and a guide. Her life is long and dull, so she opens a restaurant to hear people's stories and, along the way, take in a handsome young general. Open the most distinc
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After My Divorce, the Farming Dad Makes His Move 离婚后,种田奶爸的进击人生
[Adorable kid, everyday farming, building a fortune, king of the snack street] “Leave with nothing, Chen Feng! You’re a useless bum. How can you afford to raise your daughter?” “Let her stay with me. I’ll give you three million and a house.” “I want to stay with Daddy!” After his divorce, Chen Feng gains access to a mysterious legacy space and opens a snack shop, quickly becoming the king of the snack street. His daughter’s filial devotion soon takes an unexpected turn. A child with no one to lo
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My Little Sweetie Lives Upstairs 楼上住着我的小甜点
[Gourmet + Mutual Pining] Game streamer [Chilinglrc] gained over a million followers in three years. Her voice is smooth and soothing, and she's incredibly skilled, but she never shows her face. Food blogger “Little Orange Works Hard Every Day” runs two dessert shops. She's beautiful and handy, and her content is both comforting and perfect to enjoy with a meal. What no one knows is that she has a favorite game streamer: Chilinglrc. One day, Chilinglrc announced that she would be joining the dat
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I Just Made Some Food, So Why Are You All Going Crazy? 我就做个美食,怎么你们都疯了?
Peng Huahua, who can transmigrate just by walking, is speechless when she gets bound to a Food System as well. In this parallel world, where food is scarce, she has to complete the System's missions if she wants to go home. Faced with the System's endless variety of missions, Peng Huahua can only say she's gotten herself aboard a pirate ship! The diners of the little worlds: “What is this? It's unbelievably delicious!” (Also known as: What Do I Do When My Food Is Too Delicious?) (For now, t
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Gourmet: The Dining Spot Changes at Random, and Diners Go Wild Looking for It 美食:随机地点,食客们找疯了
[Gourmet]+ [Lighthearted]+ [Funny]+ [Everyday Life]+ [Heartwarming] In her previous life, Su Qing owned shops and was content to lie flat. Then she woke up in a parallel world and found herself bound to a [Random Street Food System]. “I just want to lie flat!” Su Qing wailed. In the CBD late at night, the aroma was irresistible! Zhang Wei, an overworked office worker, exclaimed, “Holy crap! This oden broth is so delicious my tongue is practically melting! Boss, give me three more!” Designer Li L
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The Farmhouse Cook: Her Built-In Shop Amazes the Entire Dynasty 农家厨娘:自带商店惊艳全朝
[Complete] [Also known as: The Farmhouse Chef: Her Shop Amazes the Entire Dynasty] (Historical romance + sweet romance + food + fleeing famine + adorable child + satisfying read + building a fortune) (A warm family with no troublesome relatives, so enjoy without worry) Jiang Qingqing transmigrates from the 21st century to an impoverished ancient era, where life is incredibly hard. Luckily, she has an adorable little one, a loving family who dote on her, and an all-purpose magical shop! With her
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Food Saves the Day, So Why Is the Entire Internet Hunting Me? 美食拯救,为什么全网都在通缉我
[Gourmet] [Background entertainment] [Unconventional System] [Heartwarming] [Funny] [Internet] [Street stalls and shops] The wicked will of the world secretly used his cooking skill points, and Hao Chi was forcibly dragged over as a result. A graduate of the Shaolin Temple kitchen, he sets off to spread the word about delicious food, accompanied by a mischievous System. His crispy pork sandwiches make millions of female influencers cry with hunger in the middle of the night. His top-tier street
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My Restaurant Connects Two Worlds 我的饭店通两界
A new story is here. I hope you'll enjoy it! Shen Yanshu was specially admitted and promoted to Saint Delan Noble Academy because of her excellent grades. Who could have guessed that people at the school would take a dislike to her and bully her? But she wasn't one to take it lying down. After slapping a bully, she resolutely dropped out. She returned to the house her grandparents had left her, only to unexpectedly awaken a System and start a restaurant in ancient times. Even more surprising, s
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Daily Sign-In: I Become a God of Cuisine in Another World 每日签到,我在异世当食神
Gu Yu had spent twenty years working as a chef when, by chance, he transmigrated to a different continent of swords and magic. Unlike everyone else's golden finger, his cheat turns out to be a "Cooking System." "What? The System's new quest is to make Wellington beef? I don't have any beef on hand, so I'll use wyvern meat!" Pork strips in Beijing bean sauce made from two-headed demon lizard meat (edible, Grade A, magic resistance +30), Octopus balls made with fresh Kraken tentacles (edible, G
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Transmigrating to Become a Food Blogger 穿越之美食博主
Lai Xiaoxiao is a food blogger who transmigrates to ancient times and wins over the sharp-tongued, ruthless villain Wu Ziheng with her superb cooking. She discovers that this villainous big shot is actually a proud man with a soft heart, and before she knows it, she has fallen in love with him too.
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Urban: I Run the Cafeteria Kitchen at a Junior College and Make the Principal Drool 都市:大专食堂掌勺,馋哭校长
[Gourmet food + System + cozy everyday life + humor + campus] If Lin Xiao had never been born, the world of food would have been shrouded in darkness for all eternity! As the saying goes, the way to someone’s heart is through their stomach. After Lin Xiao started working at the vocational college cafeteria, he won over the stomachs of tens of thousands of students and faculty, and with them, their hearts. “Waaah, Lin Xiao, how am I supposed to live without you? You have to take responsibility fo
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Forced into Marriage, I Found Happiness Through Farming 被迫出嫁后,我靠种田过上好日子
[Alternate ancient setting + cozy farming + building a fortune + devoted spouses] [Mainly farming. The heroine falls in love after marriage, while the hero’s longtime secret crush comes true.] Her father suspected Su Linluo wasn’t his biological daughter. After indulging her stepmother’s efforts to deliberately spoil her, he bundled Su Linluo off to marry into the dirt-poor Jiang family. He never expected that once Su Linluo left the grand family estate, she would immediately let loose. She cli
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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
[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
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Eloping Back to the Frontier to Farm 私奔回到边陲去种田
They had to elope if they wanted to survive, so they headed to the frontier to make a life for themselves. Her brilliant ideas helped them survive against all odds. No food? No problem, they could farm. No land? No problem, Zhao Mengshi had brought a family heirloom when she left, and they could trade it for land and start producing crops. What? All I grow are tomatoes, pumpkins, and cucumbers? How could that be? They hunted in the mountains, caught shrimp in the river, and raised chickens, duck
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Healing a Pitiful Little Cub with Good Food 靠美食治愈小可怜幼崽
Jian Ning was an eight-star gourmet, but someone sabotaged her during an examination. What rotten luck! Just as she was about to die, she was caught by a System and transmigrated to various minor worlds to save all kinds of unlucky souls.
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A World of Flavor 风味人间
Food is the main storyline, travel the side plot. This is not a wish-fulfillment story, there’s no face-slapping, and the tone is laid-back and slice-of-life. (He starts out alone and picks up friends along the way.) Xu Jinhuan is a skilled chef, with questionable manners, and the number-one slacker in the country. After accidentally transmigrating to a parallel world and unlocking the Food System, Xu Jinhuan goes from a newly graduated aspiring chef to a creator of flavorful cuisine. His schedu
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My Street Stall Moves to a Random Spot, and Customers Chase Me for a Meal 摆摊地点随机换,顾客追着我干饭
Divine Chef + Pocket Dimension + System + Alternate Era The protagonist stumbles upon the Divine Chef System. With the System at his side, he lives freely and happily, like an immortal. His days are spent eating, drinking, and cooking. Life is long and pleasant.
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The Beloved Lucky Charm of a Farming Family: She’ll Turn Their Famine Escape Into a Triumph 团宠农家小锦鲤,逃荒路上要开挂
The Ye family has finally had a baby girl, and she’s the very darling daughter of Heaven! Ye Jinli is quite pleased with her new mortal identity, but the timing couldn’t be worse: the Jurchen have invaded, and her whole family has to flee famine. Luckily, her luck is off the charts, and she has an ancient spiritual spring in her arms. And so... “Huh? Why did a mountain goat run straight into our arms?” “Huh? Why are all these fish jumping into our bucket?” “Huh? Why do those rabbits keep running
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The Good-for-Nothing Junior Sister Conquers the Cultivation World with Food 废柴小师妹靠美食征服修仙界
(Beloved by All + Gourmet Food + Farming + Fantasy + Relaxed) Lin Shiman, a famous food blogger, accidentally transmigrates into a cultivation world and becomes the good-for-nothing junior sister of Yun Tian Academy. Why is the cultivation world so desolate? Evil creatures run rampant, malevolent plants spread everywhere, and the land is barren. Everyone takes fasting pills. Ugh, why do they taste so awful? Which genius came up with these? They eat spirit fruit raw. Wait, is it illegal to cook i
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Food Wars!: A Symphony of Sweet and Spicy 食戟之灵:甜与辣的交响曲
[Food Wars! canon-compliant + original heroine + Season 4 anime timeline + no System, no transmigration, no golden finger] A canon-compliant Food Wars! fanfic pairing heroine Shen Yiqing with Kuga Terunori. The heroine is highly capable, with long, straight black hair and a carnivorous streak. Main pairing: Kuga Terunori x Shen Yiqing. Side pairings: Yukihira Soma x Tadokoro Megumi, Kurokiba Ryo x Nakiri Alice. (There may be other pairings too; chapters featuring them will be labeled in the titl
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