Looking for a Food Novel About Simply Cooking, Opening a Shop, and Everyday Family Life, With No Scheming 求美食文没有攻心斗角单纯的做美食开店的家长里短

1. 101 经 Running a Restaurant That Makes Everyone Drool 经营一家饭店，馋哭所有人 Woodland Moss木叶青苔Urban258k WordsCompleted Step right up, don’t miss out! A fresh-from-the-oven food story is here~ Zhou Yuan’s vision went black. He transmigrated back from the apocalypse and gained a Food System, setting out on an inspiring journey of running food stalls across different worlds. In the modern world, Zhou Yuan is a ruthless boss who makes countless customers drool with envy. In the Underworld, countless red-clad vengeful ghosts secretly fall for him. In the vast cultivation world, the top powers issue recruitment orders 899Reads8.9Score11914d adds
2. 102 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

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   The list is in no particular order; all ingredients are non-toxic and safe to eat.

3. 103 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
4. 104 穿 Transmigrated as Cannon Fodder, I Take Up the Big Ladle in the Military Camp 穿成炮灰后，我在军营拎大勺 I'm Just Hard-Headed就是头铁Ancient Romance418k WordsOngoing Su Luo, the owner of a private kitchen, dies in a plane crash. When she opens her eyes again, she's become the fake heiress in a novel about a real and fake heiress, and the real heiress has her sold off. Thinking of the fake heiress's fate in the book, sold off and then executed by beating after she tries to climb into someone's bed to get revenge, Su Luo silently hugs herself tight. To avoid being killed off, Su Luo ties on an apron and transforms into a little cook, grabbing a big ladle and g 150Reads—Score—14d adds

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   These are the two books I recently read, and they're quite novel. The first one is a food novel set in a military camp, and the second one is more ordinary but without much scheming or intrigue; it's quite heartwarming.

5. 105 江 The Jiang Family Restaurant: A Day-to-Day Story 江家食肆经营日常 Daydreams Are Closed for Business白日梦不营业Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Jiang Zi opened her eyes and found herself a village girl in ancient times. Her family had nothing; her mother was bedridden and frail, her older brother worked himself to the bone to earn money, and her youngest brother was only five, thin and weak. At least they had no awful relatives, and the whole family was doing their best to get by. What was there to fear about being poor? A person with a skill could make a good life anywhere. They earned money, built a house, bought farmland and shops, a 1.1kReads6.5Score15114d adds
6. 106 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
7. 107 骗 A Fake Cooking God Goes on a Show and Accidentally Becomes the Real Deal 骗子厨神上节目，一不小心成真了 Give Me an Egg Burger来个鸡蛋汉堡Urban1.0M WordsCompleted I transmigrated. Good news: I’m famous and hailed as the God of Cooking. Bad news: The whole thing is fake. I only got here through hype, rigged competitions, and bribed judges. Being famous despite having no skill would be bad enough, but Jiang Zhou discovers that his former self used his reputation to fleece people, too. Charging sky-high fees for apprenticeships, building restaurant chains, and doing whatever it took to make money. With the whole internet cursing him and his reputation in tat 21.4kReads8.9Score1.7k14d adds

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   🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅 High score, no romance, available for both male and female audiences ୧⍤⃝🥐୧⍤⃝🥖୧⍤⃝🍔୧⍤⃝🍟୧⍤⃝🍖୧⍤⃝🍗୧⍤⃝🍕୧⍤⃝🌭୧⍤⃝🥪୧⍤⃝🌮୧⍤⃝🥙୧⍤⃝🥘୧⍤⃝🌯୧ ⍤⃝🍡୧⍤⃝🍲୧⍤⃝🍱୧⍤⃝🍘୧⍤⃝🍙୧⍤⃝🍛୧⍤⃝🍜୧⍤⃝🍝୧⍤⃝🍣୧⍤⃝🍤୧⍤⃝🎂୧⍤⃝🧁 Enjoying meals and reading will whet your appetite. A heartwarming story, completed with food and a wealthy protagonist. If you've seen too much street food, you can check out part 2.

8. 108 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
9. 109 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
10. 110 我 I’m a Head Chef at Hengdian 我在横店当大厨 Cakehead Y蛋糕脑袋YModern Romance197k WordsCompleted The heroine, Wei Shengyu, has a System space, which she uses to chase after celebrities in Hengdian. In Hengdian, Wei Shengyu gets to see many of the stars she likes. It would have been very difficult to make this happen otherwise, but with the System, it becomes easy. (The author is sensitive, and welcomes feedback, but please don't insult me. If you don't like it, feel free to leave. Thank you!) 702Reads6.5Score—14d adds

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    The female lead has a system and goes to Hengdian to open a shop, but the fact that the authors wrote about celebrities who are all real people made me feel a bit out of place. [Eating popcorn]

11. 111 她 After She Died, the Coldhearted Powerful Official's Hair Turned White Overnight 她死后，冷冰冰的权臣一夜白头 Mu Mianmian慕绵绵Ancient Romance641k WordsCompleted [Not an angst novel + heartwarming + no logic + read it to see if it suits your taste] After transmigrating into a book, Hua Zhao had her memories erased and became a tool whose job was to give the heroine a golden finger. To top it off, she was also the infamous, short-lived first wife of the villainous minister. Luckily, she regained her memories and cut her losses in time. The heroine’s golden finger? Sorry, that’s a family heirloom that came with me when I transmigrated into the book! Her in 137.3kReads9.4Score10.1k14d adds

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    What a terrible title for a food article! It makes me so hungry.

12. 112 美 Gourmet: The Dishes I Cook Come with Buffs 美食：我炒的菜有BUFF Cheng Mu承沐Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Gourmet] [No CP] [Everyday Life] [Heartwarming] [Healing] [Perfect with a Meal] His broad palm gently patted the snow-white skin. Fine, soft hairs brushed over his fingertips and palm, their ticklish, tingling touch so intoxicating he could hardly tear himself away. He stroked, kneaded, and patted. Ripples spread across the skin, making the tender flesh beneath quiver along with it. His long fingers gathered together, reluctant to let go, and gave it one last pinch. Then he gripped the knife an 293Reads9.1Score—14d adds

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    Go go go! These food articles are all so good! I love sneaking up to read them late at night in bed, making myself drool. Then I quietly start thinking about what I'll eat for breakfast the next morning, hehe.

13. 113 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
14. 114 我 I Turn the Tide in the Cultivation World with My Cooking 我靠美食在修仙界逆风翻盘 Half a Durian半只榴莲Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Food + cultivation + slow-burn growth + lighthearted, witty style] [The heroine is clever and a bit of a goofball. The hero is obsessive and crazy, with a sharp tongue, a soft heart, and a haughty streak.] Living in the apocalypse, Yu Guiwan had imagined all kinds of ways she might die, but never that she, a celebrated chef, would be poisoned to death by a pot of mushroom soup! Humiliated, she realized she had transmigrated. Even more humiliatingly, the moment she came back to life, her husband 2.7kReads8.9Score34514d adds

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    ✨In the world of cultivation, the female protagonist starts a food business. She joins a very poor sect, but in order to earn some rare stones, she starts a buffet restaurant and a food delivery service. Meanwhile, the equally impoverished disciples of the Sword Sect become the delivery drivers.

15. 115 穿 I Transmigrated and Opened a Five-Star Farmstay in Ancient Times 穿越后在古代开五星级农家乐 Five Buns in One Bite一口五个馍Ancient Romance108k WordsOngoing Zhou Boyan transmigrated while on her way to work overtime. She came dropping out of the sky and landed headfirst in a basket full of pig feed. Because her clothes didn’t fit, people mistook her for a frail young scholar. To survive in this unfamiliar dynasty, Zhou Boyan had no choice but to disguise herself as a man, then as a woman again, though life in ancient times was simple and dull. But Zhou Boyan wasn’t scared. Drawing on the cooking skills she had picked up while working, she bought duc —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The female protagonist transmigrates, and the male protagonist is an orphan, but he has caring villagers and good brothers. There are no toxic NPCs; it's purely a food-themed novel. Judging from the title, there shouldn't be any political scenes later on; it should just be a food story.

16. 116 美 Gourmet: My Maxed-Out Cooking Skills Are Only for a Quiet Street Stall 美食：满级厨艺的我只想安静出摊 The Storyteller讲故事的人Urban775k WordsCompleted [The short drama of the same name is now available] (The protagonist never shows off. He's mild-mannered, humble, and hardworking. There is a female lead. Please don't read if that's not your thing, thanks.) A quiet, laid-back story about everyday food and cooking. The System is even lazier than the protagonist (it just lends a hand, it doesn't take charge). Xia Yu is a foodie who graduated from college not long ago. His dream is to be a lazy slacker. Then one day, a System drops out of nowhere 6.9kReads8.7Score46614d adds

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    Recommended reads are those featuring simple, everyday life.

17. 117 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
18. 118 厨 The Chef Runs the House 厨娘当家 A Foodie Who Loves Farming爱好种田的吃货Ancient Romance856k WordsOngoing Transmigrate, with no awful relatives and a close-knit village. Go clamming, tend the fields, buy land, open a hotpot restaurant, earn silver, and maybe even win over a cold, aloof husband along the way. “Ow, eating this much chili sure is rough on the backside!” Chili peppers are great, but don’t overdo it. They didn’t have proctologists in ancient times. 38Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This is a must-read. There are no truly outstanding characters; the plot is simple and ordinary. The various delicious foods make me so hungry every time I read about them that I always end up ordering takeout. The descriptions are detailed and thoughtful. The harmonious family atmosphere is the kind of life I envy—a slow-paced, peaceful existence.

19. 119 他 He Vanishes from His Night Market Stall, Driving All His Customers Crazy 他夜市摆摊玩失踪，食客们全疯了 A Name on the Rankings榜上有名Urban535k WordsCompleted [Food + heartwarming + laid-back + business + street stall + no female lead] “Stop eating, stop eating! Take a look at yourselves. Do you even look like actors anymore? You're as round as balls!” Hearing the director's warning, a certain top-tier star tearfully polished off a bowl of braised pork. “Director, I promise, I promise I'll start working hard to lose weight tomorrow!” The director flew into a rage, snatched the braised pork, and took a bite. He was about to say, “Is this it?!” Then he 1.7kReads7.0Score11114d adds
20. 120 系 After the System Woke Up, I Started Selling Snacks at My Stall! 系统苏醒后，我摆摊卖上小吃了！ Shengsheng Shushu生生疏Urban879k WordsOngoing [System + local specialties from all over + easygoing comfort read + no heroine] The System wakes up after nearly a year of slumber. The good news: a galactic undocumented immigrant has become a street-food cook and now has an identity. The bad news: after the System spent the Host’s money and went through a whole series of operations, Lin Su is now over 280,000 yuan in debt. Fortunately, the System delivers. It knows exactly what our ancestors would choose, and serves up hulutou, fish-shaped do 8.3kReads8.7Score1.2k14d adds
21. 121 捡 The Husband I Took In Loves Me with All His Heart 捡来的小夫郎爱我如命 Whoosh, Little Orange橘子咻咻Two Male Leads391k WordsCompleted Not a power fantasy, but a warm, everyday story Two male leads + farming + Gourmet + a slow, steady romance (There are everyday squabbles and trivialities, but no major upheavals. Just a heartwarming story about family life.) Shen Yi × Gu Qing Gu Qing lost his mother at three. When he was six, his stepmother entered the household, and his own father turned into a stepfather. At ten, he was sold to a wealthy family as a servant. He thought he would spend his whole life serving others as a sla 1.8kReads9.1Score18014d adds
22. 122 我 My Little Snail Husband 我的田螺小夫郎 Little Seven of Mountain Moon山月小七Two Male Leads462k WordsCompleted [Farming + male-male romance + sweet love + food + everyday family life + a slow, steady romance] Spring thunder rolls, and all things come to life. After the rain, the forest is fragrant with the scents of plants and earth. The mountain folk's delicious food can be found all around them. The diligent young husband rises early and treads through the dew to gather a basket of fresh bamboo shoots, pick tender wild greens, and collect newly sprouted mushrooms and toon buds from the treetops. Everyt 10.6kReads9.4Score1.3k14d adds
23. 123 美 A Food Blogger Builds Wealth in Ancient Times 美食博主在古代发家致富 Cocoa and Black Tea可可红茶Two Male Leads2.1M WordsCompleted [Two male leads + food and farming + raising kids] Food blogger Song Yuan transmigrates into a book, becoming the cannon-fodder elder brother in a farming novel. His parents are both dead, leaving him with three children. One, two, three children, all of them little villains. Song Yuan: Damn it, I'm going to lie flat. Fortunately, his portable space comes with a modern kitchen and an endless supply of ingredients in the fridge. No food? Tomato and egg stir-fry, followed by chili meat sauce, and 4.7kReads8.9Score59014d adds
24. 124 美 Gourmet: Opening a Restaurant with My Little One, Customers Line Up All Night and Crowd the Door 美食：带着萌娃开店，顾客连夜排队堵门 Listening to the Wind's Song in the Rain莫雨听风吟Urban386k WordsCompleted Su Chen, a stay-at-home dad, awakened a Super Gourmet System and opened a breakfast shop near a university campus! From then on, the once-peaceful campus was swept up in a food frenzy! The students had to get competitive for a taste of the food, waking up earlier and earlier! When they realized Su Chen’s shop couldn’t feed every student, students from three universities secretly launched a plan to win him over! Divide and conquer, honey traps, playing the victim, fabricating stories, befriending 333Reads5.9Score—14d adds

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    These are all, and there are still some bookshelves left.

25. 125 成 I Saved the World After Becoming a Food Streamer 成为美食主播后我拯救了世界 Luo Yaoyao洛瑶瑶Modern Romance70k WordsOngoing Thanks for all your support. If you found this through a recommendation, don't bother reading. I'm not updating anymore. Because the platform isn't giving me any traffic!!! No more updates, ever!! I can't send gifts without a like!! —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The author describes the food preparation process in great detail, to the point where you could easily follow along. There's a clear career path, but it's not overtly scheming or backstabbing.

26. 126 殡 I Opened a Restaurant Beside a Funeral Home, and It's Packed 殡仪馆旁开饭店，人都挤爆了 Reflections at the Mystic Gate玄门对影Urban500k WordsCompleted [Outlandish food settings] [Funny and lighthearted] [Everyday comfort reading] [No female lead] [Early settings: a funeral home, a school, a Middle Eastern battlefield, a food stall at home...] Lin Chong inherits the noodle shop beside his second uncle's funeral home and activates a Gourmet System. The only problem is, this Gourmet System goes haywire from time to time. Setting: a funeral home. His food makes customers so hungry that they sleep on the ground outside the funeral home in the middl 11.7kReads8.6Score57414d adds

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    The first two books were great; I've already read them twice.

27. 127 世 World Capital of Cuisine: Eel Wars 世界美食之都·鳝战 Guanglin Tricycle广林三蹦子30k WordsCompleted The World’s Food Capital: Eel Wars 40Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Everyday life, down-to-earth and vivid.

28. 128 穿 Transmigration: After Quitting, the System Helps Me Open a Restaurant 穿越：辞职后系统带我开饭馆儿 A Shallow Cut浅浅一削Urban382k WordsCompleted [System] [Gourmet] [No heroine] [No romance] [Cozy] [Everyday life] Zhang Yang is an orphan. After finally learning to cook from a master, he is transported to another world by an explosion. When he arrives, he discovers that he is still an orphan. What? Am I cursed with bad luck? Do I not deserve parents? Just then, his phone chimes: @Zhang Yang, please come to the finance office tomorrow to complete your resignation procedures. Before he can reply, a dialog box pops up on his phone: You have b 650Reads8.0Score10214d adds
29. 129 孤 Running a Food Stall Alone with My Little Sister, We Take the World by Storm 孤身带妹，我的小吃摊火爆全球 Big Whale Blowing Bubbles大鲸鱼吹泡泡Urban2.7M WordsCompleted Su Yang is raising his three-year-old younger sister all by himself when he unexpectedly binds to the Divine Snack Stall System. So he starts selling buns on a bridge late at night, roast chicken in the park at dawn, pork intestines outside a proctology hospital, and barbecue at a marathon… The food Su Yang makes leaves customers coming back for more, completely hooked. But to complete his missions, Su Yang can only set up his stall at random locations each time. Soon, his customers can’t take i 8kReads8.1Score91014d adds
30. 130 宠 Dotting-Dad: From the Start, I Own a Restaurant 宠妻奶爸：开局一家美食餐厅 The Great Gourmet大美食家Urban817k WordsCompleted P.S. This is a sweet story about a devoted dad, food, and everyday life. No brainless showing off and face-slapping, and no mindless tycoon antics. After getting drunk over his failed startup, Su Feng unexpectedly met a treasure of a woman who looked like a goddess! When they met again, she brought him two adorable twin baby girls, and he gained a magical Super Dad Cooking System. Su Feng: “Make a fortune? Open a chain of restaurants? No need. I just want to provide for Youchu and my two preciou 1.7kReads9.2Score12214d adds
31. 131 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
32. 132 开 I Opened a Restaurant, Then Got Called Up to Cook at the State Banquet 开餐饮店，被叫去担任国宴主厨 Round-Faced Fat Chicken圆脸肥鸡Urban819k WordsCompleted Synopsis: Food + System + doting dad + everyday life Shen Yi divorces Jiang Ruoyun, the CEO of a publicly listed company, and leaves with nothing but the custody of their daughter. To his surprise, he awakens the most powerful food System! Earn money, and you get to draw prizes! From then on, a Shen's Restaurant opens at No. 14 Fuhua Road. He wins god-tier bun-making skills in a prize draw! Soft and springy, bursting with savory flavor with every bite! A passing schoolgirl is so tempted that tea 2.5kReads8.7Score22314d adds
33. 133 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 314Reads8.0Score12114d adds

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    It's him, it's him! [Think about it carefully][Think about it carefully]

34. 134 美 A Culinary Void: I Take Chinese Cuisine by Storm Around the World 美食断层：我携华夏美食席卷全球 Nie Shisan聂十三Urban454k WordsCompleted [No female lead!!] Mu Yunfei transmigrates to a world with a shallow food culture, where he has to eat vegetarian dishes every day. He's about ready to throw up! Thankfully, he awakens a Divine Chef System! Jianbing guozi is soft, chewy, and fragrant; preserved-egg and pork congee makes foreigners fall in love with preserved eggs! Hot-and-sour noodles are impossible to resist, and beef brisket rice noodles are snapped up in an instant! Food critic: “I can die without regrets now!” Food blogger: 306Reads7.2Score10014d adds
35. 135 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
36. 136 我 I'm an Average Cook, Yet the Villagers Won't Stop Singing My Praises! 我厨艺平平，硬被乡亲吹爆了！ A Flower of Pork Knuckle一朵肘子花Urban506k WordsCompleted The folks in Wang Yang’s hometown are friendly, close-knit, and full of community spirit! But every last one of them has a bad habit: they love to brag, always saying things like, “So-and-so from our village is amazing!” That was all well and good, until they found out Wang Yang had opened a small restaurant in the county town near his hometown... “I’m not bragging, but someone from my village opened a restaurant in our county town. Just thinking about his cooking makes my mouth water...” “If yo 3.2kReads8.1Score16014d adds

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    🍚The male protagonist has been living a carefree life for 25 years in a parallel world, running a restaurant. Then, finally, the system arrives! The villagers love to boast, saying the protagonist's restaurant is even better than a five-star hotel; everyone who's tried it raves about it, with dishes like fried rice and steamed eggs! [Admiration][Admiration]

37. 137 美 Gourmet: Serving State Banquets at My Street Stall 美食：我在地摊做国宴 Green Ant青蚂蚁Urban318k WordsOngoing [Food + perfect with a meal + stories + a touch of System + constantly new dishes + heartwarming + no female lead] Lin Yan woke up in his bed from two years ago and bonded with the Imperial Banquet Cuisine System. Starting with a bowl of clear-broth lion's head soup, he could unlock new dishes and amazing skills by completing revenue targets. With the System's help, he worked his way from the night market to the imperial banquet. He cooked for his family, for himself, and for everyone who loves —Reads—Score—14d adds
38. 138 美 Gourmet: Stop Asking, It’s Really Sold Out! 美食：都别追了，真的卖光了！ Little Husky小哈士齐Urban666k WordsOngoing “Oh my gosh, stop chasing me!” “I've got nothing left, not even a single scallion!” At two in the morning, Yi Guan tears down the street on his three-wheeled bike, shouting over his shoulder with a helpless look on his face. A group of burly men are tailing him. The closest one is pedaling his bicycle so fast it looks like a blur, yet he still can't catch up with Yi Guan's beat-up tricycle. “Boss, don't run! One more order of fried skewers!” “Buddy, stop running! I haven't even gotten the skewer 20Reads—Score—14d adds
39. 139 美 Street Food Stalls: Customers Pack the Street and Chase Me to Buy More 美食街头摆摊：食客爆满追着买 Ten Thousand Reds万千红Urban241k WordsCompleted [Food + street stalls + System + cooking tips + everyday life + no romance + heartwarming + perfect dinner-time reading] After Wang Zhen dies from overwork at his 996 job, he unexpectedly transmigrates to another world and obtains a Food System. His random street-stall location changes every half month. Unable to find Wang Zhen, his customers create hundreds of food-lover group chats. As soon as he sets up his stall, they rush over to wait for him. “I queued for an hour, and you’re telling me yo 146Reads—Score—14d adds
40. 140 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
41. 141 全 The Whole Universe Is Full of Customers Who Get Ripped Off at My Food Stall 全宇宙都是我美食摊的怨种顾客 The Fish in the Flatfish比目鱼的鱼Modern Romance469k WordsCompleted [No romance + food + System] A breakfast shop outside the subway station, wafting with the aroma of tea eggs. In an office tower, a sip of invigorating herbal milk tea. On a desert oasis, succulent whole roast lamb. In a small town by the Hehuan Sect, a shop selling iced tea right next to the brothel. At the foot of Shifo Mountain, the rich aroma of Buddha Jumps Over the Wall. As zombies surround the world in the apocalypse, the aroma of spicy hot pot tempts the living. At the top interstellar f 164Reads—Score—14d adds
42. 142 我 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？ Little Carp Fish鲤小鱼儿Modern Romance338k WordsCompleted 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 265Reads—Score—14d adds
43. 143 移 Mobile Food Stall: My Customers Are Wild About the Food 移动美食摊：我的食客太疯狂 Cheese Rice Cake芝心年糕Modern Romance443k WordsCompleted [Reader's guide: No CP, not a romance. The Tomato app's tags are wrong, so romance fans should take note before reading.] [Gourmet][Comfort food][Lighthearted][Cozy][Healing][Everyday life][No CP] Sun Xiaoting accidentally binds herself to the Gourmet System and gains unparalleled cooking skills. She also triggers random street-stall missions. She sells jianbing at the night market for 15 yuan a serving, leaving grease shining on her customers' lips; She sells 100-yuan boxed meals outside a luxu 277Reads8.5Score—14d adds
44. 144 大 Age of Exploration: I Conquer Europe with Food 大航海时代：我用美食征服欧洲 Shali纱荔Two Male Leads1.4M WordsCompleted [Two male leads + transmigration + food + infrastructure building + Age of Exploration + mutual pampering + 1v1] Min Xi has the bad luck to transmigrate to the Ming dynasty, and even worse, he isn't in the Ming Empire at all. He's in Europe. At this time, the Industrial Revolution hasn't begun. Europe is still in a primitive state of plunder and ruthless expansion, with chaos everywhere and might making right. Luckily, he's not alone: Yun Ji, a young master who can really fight and happens to be 4.4kReads9.1Score77814d adds

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    This is a very heartwarming, slow-burning story, and it's the only novel I've been following all the way through.

45. 145 神 Divine Realm? It's Just a Dessert Shop 神域？是糖水铺子 Every Year There's a Surplus, and It's a Cat年年有余是只猫Modern Romance508k WordsCompleted (This novel has no romantic pairings.) This is the story of a player who binds to a game after dying and struggles to survive in another world. Shi An follows the path of culinary cultivation in the game. His level is tied to his shop: the higher its revenue, the higher his level. Surviving in this dangerous world should be no problem at all. But first, he needs to figure out how to survive in an ancient forest. Otherwise, should he try selling snacks to the wild animals? Like that giant python 5.9kReads8.8Score1k14d adds
46. 146 我 In Journey to the West, I Conquer Them with Food 我在西游，靠美食杀穿 Feng Du风妒Female-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted [Food + Journey to the West + Cozy Daily Life + No Romance] [Little stories along the journey to the west as the main plot]+ [Cooking and eating at the heart of it]+ [A little opportunism] [Reader discretion: The heroine loves slacking off; there's no hard work or striving] [Characters may be a little out of character, but I'll avoid it unless the plot calls for it] I'll bring you barbecue, fried skewers, and braised snacks... You can break off a Ginseng Fruit, a golden pill, or a celestial peac 1.4kReads8.4Score17314d adds

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    I personally think this cow is absolutely gorgeous, highly recommended! [Thumbs up]

47. 147 神 God-Tier Food Truck: Foodies Around the World Beg Me to Set Up Shop 神级餐车：全球吃货求我出摊 Mr. South Wall Crashes Into the South Wall南墙先生撞南墙Modern Romance564k WordsCompleted System, Food, Street Stalls, Slow Pace, No Romance, Widowed The book’s new-release rating may be low at first, but 95% of reviews are five stars. Enjoy with confidence! Ye Wanting unexpectedly gets a magical mobile food cart System. Flatbread + pork floss + seaweed = seaweed-and-pork-floss turkey noodles Crab + flour = crab roe soup dumplings Lamb offal + garlic + pepper = peppery lamb offal soup Quality ingredients + premium recipes + perfect cooking = food adored by thousands Three-wheeled car 656Reads8.8Score10114d adds

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    The female protagonist is bound to a system and sells goods. As her sales increase, her food cart gradually grows larger. There's no scheming or backstabbing; it's very heartwarming. Lots of delicious food!

48. 148 柯 Detective Conan: The Chinese Master Chef of Beika Town 柯南：米花町的中华小当家 A Little Meow Seed, Meow Meow Meow一只喵苗喵喵喵Anime Fanfiction406k WordsCompleted Su Chun wakes up to find she has become the daughter of a small restaurant owner in Beika Town. Faced with the restaurant’s many lingering problems, she decides to keep it running. Unexpectedly, she awakens the “Eye of Food Spirits,” which lets her see the colors of her customers’ emotions. Even more mysteriously, the dishes she makes can soothe sadness and dispel resentment, though that may not be all they can do... Her magical cooking not only makes the restaurant a huge hit, but also attracts 3.6kReads8.6Score31914d adds
49. 149 夜 You Sell Fried Rice Every Night? Is This KTV Even Legit?! 夜夜卖炒饭？你这KTV正经吗！ Daughter of a Poor Family寒门之女Urban877k WordsCompleted [Gourmet] [Entrepreneurship] [Wild Imagination] [Slice of Life] [Humor] After going bankrupt and being reborn, how does a respectable restaurant owner end up taking over an incredibly upscale business karaoke lounge? Just as Chen Nian thinks his luck is finally turning around, he learns the karaoke lounge is about to go under! Well, can he start over? As he’s at his wit’s end, a Gourmet Business System appears! Chen Nian: “What gives? You didn’t show up when I ran a restaurant, but now you pop u 1.1kReads6.5Score10014d adds
50. 150 闺 After My Best Friend Cheated, Her Brother Spoiled Me Rotten 闺蜜劈腿后，我被闺蜜哥哥宠上天 Seattle Weather西雅图的天气Modern Romance708k WordsCompleted 👇 This book has it all: melodrama, catharsis, and sweetness! Wen Yining had been dating her boyfriend for three years. They bought a home together and were preparing to marry. She saved her first time for their wedding night and treated her best friend like a younger sister for six years. Then she opened the door to their marital home and found her boyfriend tangled up with her best friend on the lavender bedsheets she'd laid out herself. She slapped them both and went out drinking. Through 697Reads—Score10214d adds

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    The 10th food novel

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