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1. 351 宇 Cosmic Invasion: I Rebuild Blue Star Through Food and Business 宇宙入侵：我靠美食经营重振蓝星 The Wind of Xiao Feng Zi小风子的风Sci-Fi & Apocalypse580k WordsOngoing [Food] [Business Simulation] [Wasteland] [Infinite Worlds] [Rules-Based Horror] [System] One food cart from the start, and customers chase me for eight whole blocks! Jiang Yao transmigrates to Blue Star in the year 4026. People here survive entirely on nutritional soil, but she awakens a food business System! With premium ingredients from the shop and recipes for cuisines from the twenty-first century, she will rescue the wasteland Blue Star from its culinary desert! An invasion from the whole u 28Reads—Score10314d adds

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2. 352 我 My Kitchen Connects to Teyvat 我的厨房连通提瓦特 Adult Flower Roll, Beautiful Enough to Sink Fish and Geese沉鱼落雁花卷大人Anime Fanfiction600k WordsOngoing [Finally got a rating~ Just watch it slowly climb~] [Genshin Impact fanfic_two-world transmigration_food_daily life_shopkeeping_light yuri_cozy and angst-free_character illustrations] Huajuan is a petite chef who has just graduated. Burdened with a 300,000 yuan debt borrowed from her father, she opens a place called the Doorway Diner in the suburbs. Her biggest secret is the starry-sky watch left behind by the missing former owner. It lets her step straight from the real world into Mondstadt's 1.2kReads8.2Score11414d adds

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   A gourmet story set in another world, where modern culinary skills conquer Teyvat.

3. 353 废 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 Misty Rain Oolong烟雨乌龙Ancient Romance160k WordsOngoing (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 8Reads—Score—14d adds

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   The female protagonist in the first book is either cooking or searching for delicious food; everything she does is for the sake of food. The male protagonist in the second book runs a restaurant, primarily focused on cooking and solving problems for his customers.

4. 354 异 The Otherworld's Gourmet King 异界的美食天王 Oily Gurgle油油咕叽Eastern Fantasy2.8M WordsCompleted [Food + System] An ordinary chef is brought to the Continent of Gods and Demons, where he runs a restaurant that’s anything but ordinary. The food here can’t be found anywhere else, yet people from every corner of the continent can make their way to this restaurant. This world has magic, battle qi, cultivators, and charlatans. I, Chen Mo, just want to be an ordinary chef, winning every customer’s heart with the Chinese cuisine they can’t get in this other world. [Some characters in this book may 106Reads8.7Score—14d adds
5. 355 江 A Taste of Jiangnan 江南小食记 Braised Pork红烧肉Ancient Romance203k WordsOngoing Jiangnan water-town setting + laid-back daily life + gourmet business + no romance + adorable little sister After transmigrating into a family in a Jiangnan water town, Jiang Yun decides to lie flat and make the most of eating and having fun! She runs a little shop by the river and enjoys the slow, easygoing rhythm of life in Jiangnan. At home, she makes soft, chewy osmanthus rice cakes, pork belly braised with bamboo shoots, and fragrant beggar's chicken that draws people from every corner of 1.8kReads—Score13014d adds

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   A freshly released food-themed novel! The female lead's cooking is incredibly tempting, and there's also an adorable little sister. The story is set in a relaxed and comfortable Jiangnan water town atmosphere, with lighthearted everyday moments and no awful arguments. It's perfect for audiobook listening. Goodnight!

6. 356 从 After Returning from the Immortal Realm, I Made a Fortune Through Farming 从仙界穿回来后我靠种田发家致富 Riding a Donkey and Lighting a Lamp骑驴点灯Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [No spatial dimension, no System, a slight golden finger, spirit-spring farming, reclaiming the hills behind the house, cozy food and everyday life. There is a couple, but the male lead doesn't get much screen time. Big shots gradually enter the story later.] A spirit jade brought back from the immortal realm changed Xu Xia's life as an overworked office drone. When the jade dew flows, gold and silver follow. She'd finally been reborn. Who would be a workhorse now? Only a fool! Xu Xia immedi 32.3kReads9.2Score2.8k14d adds

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   The first book is absolutely amazing! Jiang Jiang is a super warm and sunny girl with incredible cooking skills. She unexpectedly finds herself in a fairytale world, where she continues to run her little tavern. Along the way, she makes many friends and experiences the camaraderie between many girls. Jiang Jiang also helps many princesses who only ever had happy endings with princes to start their own businesses. In short, it's truly a fantastic book! As for the second book, just read it without thinking too much. The "golden finger" (a powerful, overpowered ability) is a little bit too much, but it's still quite enjoyable. It's a good read to pass the time when you're bored and looking for something to read.

7. 357 克 I’ve Outlived Five Wives, and the Sickly Duke’s Uncle Says He Likes Me 克死五个妻子，病娇国舅说喜欢我 A Thought of Books一念书Ancient Romance513k WordsCompleted [Yandere + sweet romance + food + love that grows with time + both devoted to each other + happy ending] Empress Gu was worried sick, because her own younger brother, Gu Huaixian, was already twenty-seven and still single. The enormous Marquis An residence was so deserted it didn't even have a maid, let alone any women of the household. The emperor had a headache lately, too. His greatest fear was that Empress Gu would come crying and making a scene, just to ask him to arrange another marriage f 10.6kReads9.1Score1.4k14d adds
8. 358 重 Reborn: Farming in the Deep Mountains and Selling Mushrooms 重生之深山老林种田上山卖菌子 Cat Eaten by Fish小猫被鱼吃Ancient Romance336k WordsCompleted P.S. [Food Story]+ [No Golden Finger]+ [No Space]+ [No System]+ [No Awful Relatives] A Heartwarming Family's Everyday Life, Building a Life from Nothing At first, she works hard selling snacks. Later, she opens a hot pot restaurant and a cake shop! A heartwarming food story with no awful relatives. Best enjoyed with takeout at night! Setting up a street stall to sell braised pork intestines, tiger-skin chicken feet, spicy crayfish, spicy boiled fish, poached pork slices, mixed vegetables and ed 144Reads—Score—14d adds

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   If you love food-themed novels and have no awful relatives, check out this one! It's so good, the more you read, the hungrier you get. It features boiled fish, spicy crayfish, tripe hot pot, and giant meat buns with wild vegetables...

9. 359 摆 The Laid-Back College Student Is Open for Business 摆烂女大学生，在线营业 Writing of Love and the Moon提笔风月Modern Romance482k WordsCompleted [A hilarious food story + slice-of-life diary + friendship + healing + farming, no romance, no pocket dimension, no System, no golden finger] A group of friends having a good time together What do you do when you don't want to go to work? Head back to the countryside and lie flat! After graduating from college, Xia Wan briskly packed her bags and returned home to take over the restaurant her grandfather had left her. This city is all takeout and rat-race grinders. She’s not staying here! After 106Reads6.4Score—14d adds

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   The first book was incredibly heartwarming; reading it made me feel all warm and comforted. The second book was also super slice-of-life and very enjoyable. The third book was all about food.

10. 360 穿 Transmigrated as a Kitchen Maid, I Win Over the Devil Prince with Viral Dishes 穿成厨丫，网红美食拿捏魔鬼殿下 Wasabi Seed Squid芥末籽鱿鱼Ancient Romance312k WordsOngoing A food blogger transmigrates and becomes an obscure kitchen maid in the Third Prince’s household! Her immediate superior is the notoriously fussy and difficult Third Prince, a devil who beats and berates the staff whenever a dish fails to please him. No problem! This modern food blogger’s skills are the real deal! Milk tea, cream-filled pastries, and creative snacks make their way to the table one after another, and before long she has the icy Third Prince completely wrapped around her finger. H 20Reads—Score18214d adds

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    Vietnamese beef pho, Korean sweet and spicy fried chicken, radish and beef brisket, typhoon shelter-style stir-fried crab, and hot pot with fermented rice vinegar...

11. 361 回 Back in the 1980s, Starting My Career Anew 回归八零再就业 Lost but Not Lost迷途不迷途Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted While everyone else who transmigrates gets to live another life, Qi Xinlan loses twenty years of hers! One moment she's a thriving, ambitious administrative director at a multinational corporation; the next, she's a fifty-two-year-old woman. This is the bittersweet story of how the white-collar elite Cindy Qi became Auntie Qi to her neighbors. Her most promising son is gone, her daughter-in-law has run off, and a whole bunch of little children are left behind! See how a modern HR and administrat 16.4kReads9.5Score1.6k14d adds

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    All are food articles

12. 362 安 Finding Refuge in the Mountains, Reclaiming Land and Stockpiling Supplies 安居深山避乱世，开荒种田囤物资 Chen Zizi尘子子Ancient Romance589k WordsCompleted [Romance included, but the story takes center stage. The relationship develops slowly and steadily. An ordinary person transmigrates, no golden finger, not a saintly heroine, and a character who grows over time] [Foraging in the mountains + hunting and farming + everyday food] Xia Qingyue transmigrates by accident into a remote mountain wilderness and settles in a sinkhole. She never expected war and natural disasters to follow one after another. To survive, she starts farming and raising livest 5.1kReads8.7Score31714d adds
13. 363 摊 My Stall Was Smashed, So I Climbed to the Top with a Gourmet System 摊子被砸，我靠美食系统踏巅峰 Instructor Wolf狼教官Urban1.8M WordsCompleted [System, food, lighthearted comedy, everyday city life, outlandish ideas, comeback, one heroine, slow-paced slice of life] After losing his job at thirty-six, Wang Ping’an can’t find work and returns to the small county town that’s both unfamiliar and familiar to him. There, he starts a new life running a food stall. With his cooking skills and a boost from the System, he earns titles like “Wok King” and “Beast Tamer”... Wang Ping’an: “How slow-paced is it? The System doesn’t show up until chapt 2.1kReads8.3Score16914d adds

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    They are all very good-looking, please pay more attention.

14. 364 烟 Trial by Fireworks 烟火劫 About Six Feet Tall大概一米八Historical173k WordsOngoing After transmigrating to ancient times, he finds his pockets empty. Fortunately, he was a cook in his previous life. He uses green tangerines to make tofu, purifies coarse salt, and gathers all kinds of ingredients from the mountains that no one in this world has ever seen. One by one, he brings them home and turns them into dish after dish. From being ignored to having customers clamoring for every serving, his little eatery slowly draws people together and builds a life of its own. A foodie far 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The first few chapters are a bit dry, but the later chapters gradually get better. It's a transmigration, non-system-based, growth and management food novel.

15. 365 你 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 Bai Jiuhuan白久欢Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [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 45.6kReads9.0Score3.4k14d adds

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    This is good, and the writing is quite nice. I recommend it.

16. 366 与 Good Food and Sweet Dreams with You 与君美食复甘眠 Rice with Green Sichuan Pepper青花椒拌饭Ancient Romance866k WordsOngoing [Transmigration + Ancient Times + Farming + Food + Woman Chef + Romance] The meat is so tender it seems carved from beauty, and the fragrant aroma never stops rising from the pot. As a humble office worker in the twenty-first century, Su Yu had few interests, and food was the only one she loved. Her one and only wish was to stop being exploited by every capitalist under the sun and become a capitalist herself. So the gods heard her prayer and granted it. She closed her eyes and woke up as a poor 331Reads8.3Score—14d adds

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    Does anyone mind if they're paired with a female lead? Don't worry, the male lead is just a background character; his appearances won't be frequent. There's no system, no special abilities, and no cheat codes. The female lead opens a hotel and a bubble tea shop entirely through her cooking skills, and she'll probably open other shops later. There are no difficult relatives or family members; the focus is on warmth and love.

17. 367 麻 The Spicy Little Chef 麻辣小厨娘 Critical Water临界水Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted Gu Mucheng wakes on a wooden plank bed so hard it makes her bones ache and realizes she must have transmigrated. The original owner has the same name as her: a poor little girl, the second daughter of a farming family in Wangu Village of the Great Xin Dynasty. Let's see how she uses her strengths to change her tragic fate. In this world, nothing is more deserving of our devotion than good food and love. Eating and drinking, men and women: these are among humanity's greatest desires! 111Reads7.1Score—14d adds
18. 368 摆 I Set Up a Street Food Stall, So How Did It Take Over the Internet? 摆个美食小吃摊，咋就火爆全网了 Snowy Melody, Light Dance雪韵轻舞Urban234k WordsCompleted [Gourmet] [Random Pop-Up Stalls] [Lighthearted] [Slice of Life] [Warm and Healing] [Comedy] [No CP] [Perfect with a Meal] Su Can transmigrated to a world suffused with spiritual energy and unexpectedly acquired a Divine Chef System. Each time, he sets up his stall somewhere new, making all kinds of spiritual delicacies. He sells bon bon chicken at the entrance to the Dark Forest secret realm, grills spirit-beast meat beneath the city walls, and serves spicy hot pot inside secret realms. Every di 29Reads—Score—14d adds

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    There's no backstabbing, no pretentious posturing, just delicious food, warm and funny diners.

19. 369 灵 Spiritual Qi Revival: Starting My Cultivation Journey with Farming 灵气复苏：修仙从种地开始 Celery Pork Dumplings芹菜猪肉饺Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Spiritual qi revival+Interstellar+Cultivation+Ensemble cast elements+Secret identity+Fake and real heiresses+Farming] Jiang He opens her eyes to find that she's gone from being an overworked employee earning 3,500 yuan a month to a useless cultivator with five spiritual roots in a cyberpunk cultivation world. As the real heiress, she's humiliated at every turn. Resentful wage slave Jiang He makes her position clear: anyone who wants to indulge them can go ahead, but she won't. After beating up 1.9kReads8.8Score24114d adds
20. 370 做 Cooking to Godhood! The Beautiful CEO Shows Up Every Day to Stake Out My Kitchen 做饭封神！美女总裁竟天天来蹲点 Ten Thousand a Day日收丰万Urban417k WordsOngoing Who could have guessed that a roast chicken would send Wanfeng Group’s team-building event completely off the rails? Transmigrator Chen Xian awakens the “Gourmet God System” and wins over the entire company with honey-roasted chicken! His foodie colleagues cry as they eat, calling it “the chicken of their dreams.” Even the executive vice president forgets the planned group dinner and focuses on grabbing a bite. After taking over the cafeteria, his egg-wrapped glutinous rice sends employees linin 15kReads5.9Score1.2k14d adds
21. 371 先 First, a Bowl of Lychee Cream 先来一碗荔枝膏 Drunk, Plucking Spring醉折春Ancient Romance682k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate + build wealth + imperial exams + everyday life + career-focused] [A slow, steady story. There are bad people now and then, but no cartoonishly awful villains.] Lin Qishu, founder of a modern Chinese tea-drink brand, transmigrated to the Great Liang dynasty after being targeted by online harassment. The moment she opened her eyes, she found herself orphaned and responsible for raising her younger brother. To make matters worse, unscrupulous competitors were watching her, ready to f 2.6kReads8.2Score40514d adds

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    This is great; it doesn't have those annoying, constantly jumping around awful things.

22. 372 美 Gourmet: I Sell Fried Intestines at a Street Stall, and the Whole City Chases Me for Them 美食：摆摊卖肥肠，食客满城追 September Reverie九月神思Urban400k WordsCompleted [Street stalls + opening a shop + occasional rural banquets] [Gourmet] [Easygoing everyday life] [System] At thirty, Chen Feng suddenly loses his job. With elderly parents and young children to support, and a mortgage on top of that, he’s under a lot of pressure! Luckily, the Gourmet Street-Stall System comes knocking! But this System seems a little strange! What’s with this “pre-binding” business? I have to complete a task before the binding is official? In this small county where the average s 1.3kReads6.1Score10114d adds
23. 373 路 That Street Stall Is Nothing Special? His Food Has the Whole Internet Drooling 路边摊很一般？他的美食馋哭全网 Sweet Soy Sauce甜酱水Urban3.0M WordsOngoing Miao Kan and Zhu Xuerong marry after an unexpected pregnancy from a night of drinking, but their relationship is distant. After their divorce, Miao Kan leaves behind the luxurious life and moves away with his daughter, Miao Chaizi, to start selling fried rice noodles from a street stall. With the “Advanced Fried Noodle Skills” he gains from the System, he sets up in the night market near a university, and business booms. Zhu Xuerong carries on with her busy hotel management job, while her pursui 711Reads6.4Score10114d adds
24. 374 美 Gourmet: The Campus Beauty Has Triplets, So I Set Up a Stall Selling Chicken Cutlets 美食：校花生三胞胎，摆摊卖鸡排 Xiao Xiao Shenshen小小燊燊Urban104k WordsOngoing [Gourmet] + [dad life] + [cozy everyday life] Qin Chuan transmigrates to a parallel world and unexpectedly becomes romantically involved with the campus beauty, Gu Xiaoxue. Ten months later, Gu Xiaoxue suddenly calls and asks Qin Chuan to come to the hospital and sign some papers. The moment he arrives at the delivery room, Qin Chuan is completely dumbfounded. He's become the father of triplet daughters! Afterward, determined to support the campus beauty and their triplets, Qin Chuan takes to th —Reads—Score—14d adds
25. 375 神 The Divine Chef Dad: Starting with a Street Food Stall 神厨奶爸，从摆摊卖小吃开始 Little Red Riding Hood's Mud小红帽稀泥Urban2.0M WordsCompleted When Chen Fei opened his eyes, he was stunned to discover that he had been reborn at the age of twenty! In his youth, he'd been a terrible person. Especially to Jiang Yuexi, the goddess of his past. He'd treated her abominably. Chen Fei rushed straight to the hospital to get prenatal checkups for their three babies... Now, with the Dad's Gourmet System, Chen Fei decided to turn over a new leaf, starting with selling snacks from a street stall. He'd earn money, raise the kids, and tease his wife. 1.4kReads7.2Score11714d adds
26. 376 京 The Little Restaurant in the Capital 京城小饭馆 Mie Mie Sang咩咩桑Ancient Romance469k WordsCompleted Tender green bamboo shoots, fresh crucian carp sashimi, and Xindu mugwort Glossy green oil, fragrant scallions, refreshing wine, and slender, jade-white hands A little eatery has opened on East Street in the capital, where every inch of land is worth its weight in gold. And the owner is a girl of only fifteen or sixteen? Everyone who hears about it shakes their head and calls it foolishness. Isn't she just throwing her money away? The proprietress, Gu Nianxi, insists she doesn't care about makin 1kReads8.1Score14714d adds

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    It's so good, it made my mouth water watching it late at night.

27. 377 斩 Cutting Spring 斩春 Chinese Loropetalum in the South南有檵木Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted ༆ Original title: "Slaying Spring", courtesy title: "Three Thousand Miles of Floating Light", also known as "A Little Bookshop in Chang'an" . "The audiobook is now available. Give it a listen!" . [Historical fantasy, farming, ancient romance, healing, opening a bookshop, romance, with a strong focus on the love story.] · [Heroine: Xu Jiang ★ Hero: Lou Yunchun] · [Other characters: Hu Xu ★ Song Li, Zeng Zhui ★ Lin Hongchu, Lin Qinnian ★ Madam Lin, Lou Jing ★ Madam Lou. Du Hui, Yuan Zuzu, Wu Zhi, 19.8kReads9.5Score3k14d adds

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    Who doesn't love delicious food? The first book is a very famous food-themed farming novel. It not only features delicious food and dishes but also the everyday life of ordinary people. The author's writing is delicate, and the female protagonist is not only good at cooking but also has many survival skills. Highly recommended. Books 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 are all food-themed farming novels. Book 3 is also highly recommended. You can check it out.

28. 378 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 906Reads6.6Score10014d adds
29. 379 拒 Rejecting the Rough-Hewn Man, I Struck It Rich After Splitting from My Selfish In-Laws 拒嫁糙汉，和极品哥嫂分家后暴富 Ding Kai, Who Loves Pepper-Salt Rice Dumplings爱吃椒盐豆粽的丁凯Ancient Romance208k WordsCompleted Transmigration, Farming, and a Cookbook of Delicious Food The food-loving daily life of a sharp-tongued but warmhearted fake scholar and a strong, carefree fake widow As the saying goes: If you pass through Sanchakou Village without stopping at Su’s, you may as well not have made the trip to Liangcheng. Su’s teahouse serves the best food around, with all kinds of mountain delicacies and game on the menu. Wang Shiping, Imperial Tutor to the emperor, strokes 80Reads8.7Score—14d adds

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    A short, satisfying read. Extremely enjoyable.

30. 380 汴 A Young Woman from a Humble Family in Bianjing Makes Her Fortune 汴京小户女致富日常 Today, I'm a Pretty Flower Again今天也是花花呀Ancient Romance770k WordsCompleted Ling Niang thought she was a happy child. In her dreams, there was a fairy auntie who could make milk tea and all kinds of drinks! The fairy auntie also liked watching TV! Ling Niang watched lots of shows along with her in her dreams! And learned all sorts of things! Most importantly, she learned how to make money! She lived in Bianjing. Her father was a live-in son-in-law and a city patrol officer, while her mother was a gentle, unassuming woman. They lived in a shabby old home within Bianjing' 1.8kReads8.8Score22714d adds
31. 381 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 2.6kReads7.1Score19014d adds
32. 382 流 A Roaming Food Stall: The Whole Internet Both Loves and Hates Me! 流动美食摊，全网对我又爱又恨！ Don't Say Studying Is Too Hard别说读书太苦Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Gourmet] + [Everyday life] + [Comedy] + [Lighthearted] After unexpectedly getting a Gourmet System, Su Chenyang decides to set up a food stall outside a university. His amazing cooking goes viral online. Before the foodies who flock there have had their fill, they discover the next day that Su Chenyang has moved his stall outside a different university. At the new location, a customer asks, “Boss, why did you move?” Su Chenyang: “There weren't any pretty girls at the last university.” The 12.3kReads7.8Score1.2k14d adds
33. 383 美 Gourmet: The Truth Is, I'm a Max-Level Chef 美食：摊牌了，其实我是满级厨师 Sili Yangjiang四里阳江Urban1.9M WordsCompleted [Completed] [Illustrated throughout] Xu Lai was a max-level chef who transmigrated to a parallel world, only to end up as a one-star vegetable washer. The restaurant got shut down? No big deal! My cooking is out of this world. I can make it anywhere. Worst comes to worst, I’ll open another restaurant! Buried in debt? No big deal! Win a cooking competition and you get a ten-million-yuan prize! Lost my sense of taste? No big deal... Wait, what? You’ve got to be kidding me. How can a chef lose his 3.4kReads9.1Score33814d adds
34. 384 美 Gourmet: Laid-Off Office Worker Bags a Million Orders! 美食：被裁社畜，狂揽百万订单！ Gou Wa Leopard Head苟娃豹子头Urban717k WordsCompleted [Gourmet] + [Entrepreneurship] + [System] + [Comeback] + [Getting Rich] + [Everyday Life] + [Feel-Good Story] Yang Lin was an unlucky programmer who got laid off. He thought his life was about to go downhill for good, but instead he kicked his Gourmet career into overdrive! His parents’ boxed-lunch business was on the verge of going under. The moment Yang Lin took over, the Super Chef System came to his rescue, and his cooking skills instantly became god-tier. His boxed lunches and braised meat 261Reads6.6Score—14d adds
35. 385 空 With Cotton in Hand, I Have Nothing to Worry About 空间在手，一棉无忧 Green Goose青鹅Ancient Romance458k WordsCompleted (Food, street stalls, and opening shops: step by step, she builds a fortune and enjoys endless delicacies.) Modern-day Jiang Xiaoxiao transmigrates into the body of Jiang Yimian, a peasant girl in ancient times. She stares speechlessly at the sky and curses the rotten heavens. What kind of awful family have they dumped her in?! Three dilapidated thatched huts, drafty and leaky, perfect for stargazing, moon-gazing, and sunbathing, with all the essentials included. Thin black porridge, perfect for 72Reads6.4Score—14d adds

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    Completed. No effeminate characters, no royalty. A modern food blogger travels back to ancient times and makes a fortune through his culinary skills. He's proficient in everything from frying and boiling to cooking: snail rice noodles, spicy hot pot, clay pot rice, salted egg yolk chicken, crayfish, spicy crayfish, hot pot, roast duck, crispy pork belly, milk tea, honey cakes—all delicious!

36. 386 让 You Asked Me to Open a Shop, So I Built the World’s Best Resort 让你开店，你打造世界最强度假村 Magical Knight神奇骑士Urban282k WordsCompleted [System Golden Finger + Building and Development + Food + Cutting-Edge Tech + Feel-Good Story] Li Yi’s shop went under, leaving him a million yuan in debt! Fortunately, he activated the Ultimate Resort Construction System! From then on, Li Yi’s resort became a tourist paradise that visitors from around the world went crazy for! [A super seaside resort standing above the ocean, with more than a hundred attractions!] [A 108-story, seven-star resort hotel with the world’s most luxurious presidentia 1.2kReads8.2Score11314d adds
37. 387 汴 A Little Restaurant in Bianliang 汴梁小饭馆 Crane's Cry Shakes the Heavens鹤戾苍灵Ancient Romance163k WordsOngoing (Please read the synopsis before starting.) [Food + business + family life + cozy everyday moments + fictional setting] “A friendly reminder: This is a slow-burn story, mainly about food, running a business, and everyday family life. The couple hardly ever have misunderstandings, and they always speak their minds. Because of the male lead's identity, there will also be occasional mystery-solving story arcs.” Fu Yusheng is a food blogger who, after being murdered by a rival, transmigrates to Bian 1Reads—Score—14d adds
38. 388 我 I Sell Lunch Boxes, So Isn't It Only Natural for the School Cafeteria to Go Under? 我卖盒饭，学校食堂倒闭很正常吧 Super Crawfish超级小龙虾Urban576k WordsCompleted [Food + comedy + one heroine + transmigration + System] Lu Rong rents a small stall on a college campus to sell boxed meals, but business is so poor that he's on the verge of closing down. Luckily, at the crucial moment, he awakens a Super Gourmet System and instantly becomes a top chef. A simple plate of egg fried rice is enough to draw countless students and teachers to his stall. Then Lu Rong starts offering even more top-quality dishes, and the whole campus goes wild. Everyone joins the rank 1.2kReads8.6Score10014d adds
39. 389 糊 After Leaving the Entertainment Industry, This Has-Been Opens a Restaurant and Takes the Internet by Storm 糊咖退圈后，开饭馆爆红全网 There's a Pear有只梨Modern Romance421k WordsCompleted As a good-for-nothing in the cultivation world, Ming Tang idly watched someone else's lightning tribulation. As luck would have it, she took a direct hit and died a miserable, ridiculously unlucky death. When she opened her eyes again, she was a little-known actress in the modern entertainment industry. After turning down her unscrupulous agent's dinner-party demand, Ming Tang took the agent's advice to go home and sell roasted sweet potatoes, and promptly returned home to open a small restauran 473Reads7.1Score—14d adds
40. 390 天 Fleeing Disaster: Our Whole Family Transmigrated to Ancient Times to Survive 天灾逃荒：全家穿到古代求生存 One Meal a Week一周一饭Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [No romantic pairing + farming + infrastructure development + exile + famine migration, a pure plot-driven novel] Ji Xingran never imagined that simply climbing a mountain would result in their family of three transmigrating. They even transmigrated into a group of exiles headed toward a bitterly cold land. Fortunately, all three family members' backpacks became spatial storage, and Ji Xingran also gained special survival skill points that allowed them to predict the weather, gather wild fruit, 13.1kReads9.2Score1.4k14d adds
41. 391 餐 My Food Truck Is a Hit, and the City Inspectors Show Up Every Day! 餐车生意火爆，城管天天来报道！ Zhengang Sect of Xiaozhou萧州的真罡宗Urban307k WordsCompleted [Gourmet]+ [Food Truck]+ [System]+ [Daily Life] Song Jie was saddled with a mountain of debt after his ex-girlfriend, who always put her younger brother first, set him up. In a fit of anger, he seized her younger brother's food truck. He had planned to sell boxed lunches part-time and shake off the label of being in debt as soon as possible. Unexpectedly, he accidentally activated the Gourmet System... Completing missions not only earns him ultimate recipes that captivate every palate, but also 47Reads6.4Score—14d adds
42. 392 辞 I Quit My Job and Opened a Restaurant in Another World 辞职后开了家异世界餐厅 Nameless Bionic Teardrop无名仿生泪滴Urban2.0M WordsCompleted [Complete. Multiple female leads + a little System + a little invincibility + travel between another world and the real world] [Western fantasy, portals, noble lords, dragon battles, elven ruins, the endless sea] After a bitter falling-out and quitting his job on the spot, Qi Gedeng became unemployed in Modu. With a little cooking know-how, he got the idea to open a restaurant. "If other people can open one, why can't I?" If all else fails, he can hop on a stream with Yong-ge! Once he made up hi 5.7kReads6.9Score75714d adds

    Reader note

    A slice-of-life food story set in a Western fantasy world (a blend of Japanese and D&D elements).

43. 393 先 First Yours, Then Yours Again When I’m Done 先做你的，做完你的做你的 Wandering Hot Pot流浪香锅Ancient Romance300k WordsCompleted In a twist of fate, food blogger Nan Xing transmigrated into the body of a country girl in ancient times. Her family had nothing, and she was constantly sick. To pay for her treatment, her family had even sold their last few acres of farmland. Faced with such desperate circumstances, Nan Xing rolled up her sleeves and set up her very first stall. She started with thin pancakes for two coins, then moved on to steaming bowls of warming noodle soup, and finally to secret-recipe braised delicacies w 13Reads—Score—14d adds

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    I'd like to recommend this; it's a pretty good, albeit very ordinary and simple, food article. But true beauty lies in the simple things.

44. 394 全 The Whole Family Transmigrates: 18 Ways to Survive in Ancient Times 全家穿越：古代生存十八法 The Butterfly Doesn't Want To蝴蝶不愿意Ancient Romance3.1M WordsCompleted The whole family transmigrates to ancient times after an accident. Whether that counts as good luck or bad luck is anyone’s guess. They’ve barely woken up when they find out the family has no money, no land, and a mountain of debt to repay. Not one of them has a golden finger, either. But the dog that came along with them is rather interesting. Could it be some kind of divine hound? This big family has to put food on the table, keep the household harmonious, and make progress in their studies. W 49.5kReads9.5Score5.3k14d adds
45. 395 寺 Selling Barbecue Outside a Temple, I Get Chased Across the Country by Foodies 寺庙门口卖烧烤，吃货追着我全国 Loves Red Yeast Tartary Buckwheat Tea爱吃红曲苦荞茶Urban264k WordsOngoing [A new city every week, forced to set up a random food stall!] [Food + everyday life + comedy + comfort food + no romance + healing] Chen Mo accidentally binds to a random food-stall System. Every week, he transmigrates to an unfamiliar city and has to sell its local snacks. The results... He sells extra-spicy grilled skewers outside a thousand-year-old temple, juicy scallion pancakes by West Lake, and ice-and-fire pineapple buns at the foot of a snowy mountain! In every city he has “wreaked ha 234Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This new book looks pretty good, I might check it out. "Selling Barbecue at the Temple Gate, Foodies Chase Me All Over the Country." It's a combination of food, slice-of-life, humor, good to watch while eating, no romantic pairing, and heartwarming. Each week, I randomly choose a city and improve upon its local specialties. The plot is funny, and the food descriptions are also good. Not bad.

46. 396 穿 I Became the Ex-Wife Who Was Destined to Be a Sacrifice: The Head Chef Came to Claim His Star 穿成炮灰前妻：厨师长来收大佬啦 Stir-Fry to Get Rich炒有钱花Modern Romance278k WordsCompleted [Delicious, delicious, so satisfying + supernatural powers + transmigration] Tao Lexi’s daily routine: The head chef is here! Don’t cry, don’t cry. Time to eat, time to eat. Drink your milk, drink your milk. Ji Chizhou’s daily routine: Why won’t she divorce me? Focus on my career. She seems different. Focus on my career. I think I’m falling for her. Focus on my career. Find a wife. Focus on my career. No divorce! ~ Once, Tao Lexi simply ate a cup of instant noodles and transmigrated into a novel 3.4kReads8.1Score61214d adds

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    It looks amazing, but there aren't many of them.

47. 397 穿 Transmigrated to Another World, I Make a Fortune 穿越之我在异世发家致富 Yi Luo倚落Ancient Romance311k WordsOngoing Shen Wanwan, an orphan from the 21st century, transmigrates to the ancient Shen family after a car accident. The Shen family is dirt poor, and her parents are timid pushovers. Fortunately, despite their weak natures, they love their children, and the family is kind and easy to get along with. Shen Wanwan decides to rely on her own abilities to lead her family to prosperity. PS: This story is set in a fictional world and is not intended to be historically accurate. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
48. 398 我 I Set Up a Street Stall in Ancient Times, and the Big Shots Are Obsessed! 我在古代摆地摊，大佬们馋疯了？ Yao Shujin尧书锦Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate + food + everyday street-stall life + farming + cozy + no romance + alternate world] Gu Yanxi had lived in ancient times for three years when an accident left her with amnesia. A bout of high fever brought all her memories back. From the start, her father was a cripple, her mother was constantly sick, and her younger brother was a compulsive gambler. Luckily, she was a great cook and knew a few martial arts moves. No matter how tough the situation, she could handle it! Sizzling gri 5.2kReads8.0Score41714d adds
49. 399 穿 After I Transmigrated, I Got Rich With Gourmet Cooking and a Golden Finger 穿越后，我靠美食金手指发家致富 Feng Yi Jing Xi枫亦静兮Ancient Romance228k WordsCompleted Xia Nuan transmigrates to a poor little village! She only wants to build a business and cook good food, but the System tells her that a once-in-a-century famine will strike in two years, and she has to lead everyone in fighting the disaster and getting through it together. After transmigrating into a farming family, she settles into an ordinary, peaceful life in the countryside of ancient times. Using her modern knowledge and cooking skills, she steadily levels up her System and leads everyone t 107Reads8.1Score—14d adds

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    This book features a female protagonist who transmigrates to ancient times, sets up a stall and opens a restaurant—a food-themed farming novel where the entire story revolves around cooking! It's full of the warmth and everyday life of a rural family! Two years after her transmigration, she encounters a rare drought and leads her fellow villagers to overcome the disaster and achieve prosperity. The male protagonist is a loyal and devoted type.

50. 400 临 The Dessert Maker of Lin'an 临安城的甜点娘子 Qingdao Cabbage青岛白菜Ancient Romance318k WordsCompleted [Fantasy transmigration, food, slice-of-life business, love that grows over time, sweet romance, and an entrepreneurial rags-to-riches story] Daily life is styled after the Song dynasty, in an imaginary dynasty and fictional places, with a small ensemble cast. Jasmine sponge cake, rose steamed cakes, peony cream buns, mugwort mille-feuille, salted egg yolk pastries, pomegranate cloud rolls, hibiscus crystal cakes, jade mung bean drinks, peach blossom bird's nest soup, kumquat honey soup... The 206Reads5.7Score—14d adds

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