There Are Hardly Any Good Foodie Stories These Days. I Dare You to Prove Me Wrong 现在能打的美食文几乎没有，不服来辩

1. 501 私 The Private Kitchen of a Little Farm Girl 私厨小农女 Hammer Loves Luosifen铁锤爱吃螺蛳粉Ancient Romance221k WordsCompleted [No romance; the heroine loves only money and just wants to earn enough to laze around. There is a secondary couple.] Ji Shu was a sought-after private chef and small-business owner in the modern world, but after being born into this era, she had to eat boiled vegetables for thirteen years?? Ji Shu can't take it anymore!! She'll use delicious food to reach a comfortable life: set up a street stall, then buy a shop, buy a house, and make money. What is love? It's just an optional seasoning in lif 172Reads8.0Score—Shelves
2. 502 拒 The Three-Star Hole-in-the-Wall That Refused a Michelin Rating 拒绝米其林评级的三星小店 I'm a Bubble我是泡泡Urban2.1M WordsCompleted After the internet influencer Liu Dao visited the shop, the breakfast restaurant the Chen family had painstakingly run for over a decade teetered on the brink of closing. After binding with a System, Chen Yang quit his white-collar job in the city and took over the little shop. Newbie gift pack: an ingredient identification and rating feature. The fresh pork belly from a free-range mountain pig that swims regularly has three distinct layers of fat and lean meat. After roaming the hills, its fles 3.9kReads8.8Score386Shelves
3. 503 美 The Gourmet Blind Box Is Wild: The Host Draws, Then the Customers Do 美食盲盒有点疯，宿主抽完顾客抽 Shi Buyan食不妍Modern Romance415k WordsCompleted [Gourmet + No CP + Perfect With a Meal + Cozy + Street Stalls + Comedy + Career-Focused] After being reborn in a parallel world, Qin Yi arrives in Rainbow City. She binds to a Gourmet blind-box street-stall System. At first, the location, time, and tasks are all randomly drawn. Later, even the food comes in blind boxes. From bowls of late-night rice noodles for 50 yuan to floral cake rolls for 200 yuan. From all kinds of little meatballs to a blind-box lunchbox truck with a thousand different di 576Reads7.4Score—Shelves
4. 504 绑 My Breakfast Shop Took Off After I Bound a Food System 绑定美食系统后，我的早餐店火了 October in Tingzhou汀州十月Modern Romance421k WordsCompleted Su Ti was fed empty promises and manipulated by her company, so she decisively took the money and walked away. On her second day unemployed, she unexpectedly binds to the mysterious [Myriad Feasts Record] System From then on, every dish she makes gets a score: “Plain noodles: 8.9 points, just barely excellent.” “Crispy pastry: 9.8 points, astonishingly good!” Her best friend takes one bite of her noodles and slaps the table: “Quit! Open a restaurant! I’ll invest!” A neighbor tries the pastries s 2.7kReads7.2Score314Shelves

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   Almost all of the plot in this book revolves around food. The romance and career storylines are all generated by food. The female protagonist has a system that allows her to immerse herself in learning lost recipes. Under the guidance of missions, she opens a breakfast shop to inherit and promote traditional cuisine.

5. 505 槐 Peace Year After Year Wherever the Sophora Blossoms 槐花开处岁岁宁 Fishy Swim Swim鱼儿游游Ancient Romance640k WordsCompleted At the entrance to Huaihua Alley in Feng County, there is a breakfast shop where a long line forms every morning. Xu Ning's family lights the stove before dawn, steaming buns, cooking porridge, frying pancakes, and deep-frying pastries. Their life isn't affluent, but it's stable and grounded, busy and fulfilling amid the warmth of the kitchen. She thought that if she stayed in this little corner of the world, she could enjoy the peaceful retirement she wanted. But as she casually came up with mo 9.6kReads7.3Score1.2kShelves
6. 506 穿 Transmigrated into a Tragic Novel as Cannon Fodder, I Turned the Tables with Food 穿成虐文炮灰，我靠美食逆风翻盘 White Mountain Jade白山碧玉Ancient Romance632k WordsOngoing [Food + System + business + healing each other + obsessive, scheming male lead] Yun Shu, a descendant of imperial chefs, opens her eyes to find she has become a doomed cannon-fodder character in an old-fashioned tragic romance. Not only did she spend her life giving the heroine resources and taking the blame for her, but even after her death, she became part of their PLAY. They really used her to the very end. Why should the whole world’s lives be sacrificed just so their love story can be passi 30Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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   Although she hasn't rated this book yet, "Egg Crisp" is really good!!! It's so good it'll make you hungry in the middle of the night!!! The author's other book is also great! [Please update more frequently!]

7. 507 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 7.4kReads8.7Score508Shelves

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   Let's see if these food-themed articles are good! Relaxing and entertaining! A system-based story with shop opening, random stall setup, and overseas shop opening!

8. 508 退 After Retiring, I Packed a Suitcase and Decided to Change My Life 退休后，我拉着一个行李箱，决定换个活法 A Gentle Breeze Blows Past Me凉风习习吹过我7k WordsCompleted After retiring, I grabbed a suitcase and decided to start a new life. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Short story, featuring food, light and enjoyable?

9. 509 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 2.1kReads8.3Score159Shelves
10. 510 我 I'm Investigating a Case, So Why Are the Diners Chasing Me? 我查案啊，食客怎么追着我跑？ A Lifetime of Peace L一生平安LUrban553k WordsCompleted Lin Feng graduated from the police academy and became an undercover plainclothes officer, only to awaken a Gourmet System. He set up a stall selling jianbing guozi and gathered intelligence, but ended up surrounded by a huge crowd of customers. He went up into the mountains to sell barbecue and gather intelligence, but customers climbed the mountain through the night just to get a bite, turning a deserted hill into a bustling town. Lin Feng: I'm undercover, okay? Why are all you customers chasin 270Reads6.7Score106Shelves

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    Honey, you shouldn't say anything too absolute!

11. 511 奇 The Miracle Chinese Restaurant 奇迹中餐厅 Gu Sheng顾生Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted After suddenly finding a chef System from the future, Nan Yue is taken back to when she was twenty and gains a golden finger. After the chef System trains Nan Yue to become a chef… Foodies think her cooking can bring the dead back to life. The broke crowd thinks her restaurant is a rip-off, charging more than five-star restaurants. Food lovers think it’s delicious and fly in just to line up. People overseas think the Queen of England has fallen in love with Chinese cuisine. Nan Yue thinks she ha 168Reads7.4Score—Shelves

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    I read this book a long time ago, and I've reread it two or three times. The main plot is that the female protagonist is reborn and, with the help of a system, improves her cooking skills and even opens a shop. She even has to close the shop halfway through to find knives, and then gets chased by customers all over the street—just a small part, but I found it quite interesting. The side plots involve the female protagonist falling in love and finding her father (there are four male leads). The female protagonist's father is kind of the ultimate boss, since he's the best cook besides her. There's also an epilogue where the female protagonist goes to interstellar space. I thought it was pretty good! [Kissing emojis] [thinking emojis] [thinking emojis]

12. 512 从 Sign-In Across the Myriad Worlds, Starting with Food 从美食开始万界签到 Ark: Evolving Through the Grind方舟：肝先进化Anime Fanfiction4.8M WordsOngoing Sitting at home, he got bombed from the sky. Qin Hao transmigrated into a world of gourmet food. He thought that with the System’s help, he could finally turn his life around and become the protagonist. Instead, from the start, he was chased by a herd of roast pigs… (If you’re only here for Toriko, we recommend starting from chapter 100.) 1.4kReads8.3Score110Shelves
13. 513 从 The Chef God System That Fell from the Sky 从天而降的厨神系统 The Onlookers Aren't Here for the Show吃瓜群众不看戏Modern Romance244k WordsCompleted Song Tiantian was hit by a brick that fell from the sky, and from then on, a screen appeared before her eyes that only she could see! The screen clearly displays the properties of every food, from snacks sold all over the streets to dishes carefully prepared by chefs at upscale restaurants. It can reveal everything about a dish, from its quality to how it was made! Song Tiantian was forced onto a completely different path to becoming a master chef. At first she could barely keep up, but before l 15Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 514 为 What's Wrong with Slaughtering My Way Through Worlds to Cook? 为了做饭杀穿世界怎么了 Zhu Jia竹伽Modern Romance205k WordsCompleted [Face-slapping + harem magnet + guaranteed golden finger + doted-on by everyone + farming + infrastructure + food] [The farm opens around chapter 50 and will gradually expand. Even the most ordinary person there is a big shot (wink)] After being starved for over a thousand years, Fu Yi, a powerful cultivator, finally returned to her original world, where even Foundation Establishment cultivators were a rarity. In this world, she was a universally despised cannon-fodder character. The heroine sto 971Reads9.3Score—Shelves

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    Both are female-centric, food-themed novels, and I personally found them quite enjoyable, but they got a bit cloying towards the end.

15. 515 梦 After Dreaming of a Drought, I Stockpiled Food Like Crazy with My Whole Family 梦到旱灾后，带着全家疯狂屯粮 Tropical Orange's Little Fairy热带橘de小仙女Ancient Romance363k WordsCompleted [No romance] [Stockpiling supplies + food] After thirteen years of muddling along, Song Sanniang dreams of a drought one day and regains her memories. Convinced that Heaven has sent her a warning, she begins frantically stockpiling grain and eventually makes it through three grueling years of drought. 2.4kReads8.4Score179Shelves

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    Food hoarding novel without a romantic pairing

16. 516 女 The Side Character Strikes Back: A Thousand Ways to Feed a Yandere 女配翻身：投喂病娇的千种方式 Tang Ru Su唐如夙Ancient Romance520k WordsCompleted Yun Zhimiao finds herself inside an old novel about a fake and a real heiress. She thinks she has landed in a family-intrigue drama, but it turns out she has been bound to a Food System. To avoid being erased by the System, she diligently cooks and saves up points. Crispy rice cakes, fried fresh milk, lobster-tail noodles, cheese-filled crispy chicken cutlets, Thai-style cured seafood, fragrant spicy rice crackers, sweet-and-sour pork tenderloin, Guobaorou, pudding tarts, jasmine iced rice. The 395Reads8.4Score109Shelves

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    Has no one recommended this historical romance novel? It's sweet and comforting 😽 🌼 The female lead transmigrates into a book as a villainous supporting character, the real heiress who was deliberately replaced. She starts by cooking delicious food, using schemes to gain sympathy, getting rid of her adoptive parents, and even capturing a child six months younger than her. Hmm? Why does this child look at her so strangely?! The female lead isn't a saint; she'll scheme and retaliate. 💖 Lu Shitang had already given up hope for his chaotic life until a vibrant young woman burst into his black-and-white world. The male lead is a seemingly innocent but actually cunning character; he recognizes his feelings early on and is the type to fight and compete. He has his own growth arc. 🌸 It's not the typical female-centric romance trope; the fake heiress is enlightened and awakened by the female lead, becoming her best friend. This novel breaks free from the original's tragic, melodramatic plot, and the female lead ends up with the second male lead! ⸝⸝⸝˘◡˘♡ The male lead's stepmother genuinely cares for him; she's incredibly kind and gentle. ❄️ The plot moves quickly, and the food descriptions made me hungry! >_<¦¦¦ The downside: it's a three-year-old novel, so some plot logic is flawed. However, if you don't delve too deeply into the details, it's still very readable.

17. 517 综 Wuxia Crossover: Drifting Through the Martial World 综武侠：人在江湖飘呀飘 A Little Meow Seed, Meow Meow Meow一只喵苗喵喵喵Ancient Romance370k WordsOngoing (A martial arts crossover.) Characters include Zhan Zhao, Bai Yutang, Lu Xiaofeng, Hua Manlou, Chu Liuxiang, Xiao Yu’er, and others. Their appearances are in no particular order. The pairing is set: Zhan Zhao. As a native of the interstellar age with money and plenty of free time, A Sha’s greatest joy is immersing herself in all kinds of simulation games. When Company S releases a full-dive epic touted as “a hundred percent faithful to the ancient martial arts world,” she immediately becomes a h 232Reads—Score—Shelves

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    1️⃣ A Chinese student becomes a culinary mastermind, spreading Chinese cuisine far and wide. British media calls it a cultural invasion! This is an ensemble piece where the protagonist's culinary creations attract ten friends from different countries, forming a small group. From eating together in the communal kitchen to setting up a stall on campus twice a week, their Chinese cuisine spreads throughout the UK! It's a culinary and entrepreneurial story with a romantic pairing.

18. 518 胡 Nonsense! How Could the Little One I Raised Be a Villain? 胡说！我养的崽怎么可能是反派 The Moon Behind Spring Mountains春山负月Two Male Leads1.8M WordsCompleted Other people transmigrate with a golden finger to protect them, becoming invincible dragons among men without lifting a finger. Xu Lingguang transmigrates badly injured, with creditors everywhere and danger waiting the moment he steps outside. Xu Lingguang: I might as well find a rope and hang myself! But dying is out of the question. All he can do is somehow muddle through. To escape his enemies, Xu Lingguang hides in Ailao Mountain. They say the Chenghuang clan lives in Ailao Mountain. The Ch 15.5kReads9.4Score2.1kShelves

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    It's absolutely gorgeous, okay?!

19. 519 六 The 1960s: I Follow the Army with My Child and Make the Whole Camp Drool 六零年，带娃随军我馋哭全军营 Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Ning猫猫猫猫猫宁Modern Romance436k WordsCompleted [Food + military life + adorable kids + Culinary God System + everyday child-rearing] Only after awakening does Song Qinghuan realize that the world she lives in grew out of a wicked stepmother novel, and that she is the original wife, a cannon-fodder character destined to die young. When she falls into a river, her children are abducted by human traffickers. Her children become villains who stand in the way of the heroine's children! In the end, some die and others are left crippled! All becaus 12.5kReads8.6Score1.2kShelves

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    This is a heartwarming and gentle food-themed novel. It features a system, but its presence is not strong. The female protagonist improves her cooking skills through her own efforts. There are a pair of smart and adorable twins. There is not much description of romance, and there are no awful characters. Instead, there are warm and harmonious neighborly and family relationships.

20. 520 万 Stacking Every Buff at My Food Stall Across the Ten Thousand Worlds 万界美食摊buff叠满 Mao Yuyu猫渔渔Modern Romance559k WordsOngoing What’s it like to become unemployed and immediately get a System? In just one month, Yue Yue goes from jobless to a millionaire worth tens of millions. Her family goes from poverty to living in a villa with all their needs taken care of, becoming a newly risen elite family in everyone’s eyes. The one thing she never expected was to draw a chance to set up a stall in other worlds. And later on, the food even comes with buffs!!! Selling stinky tofu that boosts cultivation in a world of immortal cu 12Reads7.2Score—Shelves
21. 521 种 Who Starts Farming by Sending Three Piglets as a Gift? 种田谁家男主开局送礼送三只猪崽 Green Robe青裳Ancient Romance1.7M WordsCompleted Completed. Dive in without worry! (Farming + No golden finger + Family life + Romance + Building a fortune + Cozy + No awful characters) No System! No pocket dimension!! No golden finger!!! No awful characters!!!! (We’ve said it three times because it’s important. The male lead appears late. The story focuses on building a career, with romance as a side plot x3.) Baihua Cave is a village deep in the mountains, home to nearly a hundred households. Everyone says it’s a poor and remote backwater. S 23.3kReads9.0Score2.5kShelves

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    My bookshelf is a treasure trove of books, spanning various periods of time, but mainly about food. Now I'm sharing them with you all! [Shy][shy]

22. 522 为 The Bigwigs Go Wild Fighting over a Bite to Eat 为了一口吃的，大佬们抢疯了 Sword Across Autumn Waters剑横秋水Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [Gourmet] + [laid-back daily life] + [no System] + [comedy] Li Heng is a chef who accidentally transmigrates to a cultivation world where culinary skills have fallen into decline. He discovers that his dishes are not only delicious, but can also improve cultivation and strengthen the body. One day, while Li Heng is cooking, a passing sect’s saintess spirits him away to work as their chef. As Li Heng serves up dish after delicious dish, the entire sect goes wild. The disciples go crazy competing 2.2kReads8.8Score163Shelves

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    In the world of food, everything you see is ingredients!

23. 523 快 Quick Transmigration: Mission, Spread Gourmet Food Across the Universe! 快穿：目标，将美食传遍全宇宙！ A Lemon Candy for You送你一颗柠檬糖Modern Romance129k WordsCompleted [Food + ensemble cast + a stronger nation + no romance] Shen Muqing was bound to a food System and returned to her previous life. Her mission was simple: make delicious food in different worlds and bring happiness to her customers through the pleasure of eating. In her first life, she was reborn as a wealthy heiress who kept losing money every time she opened a shop, yet persevered in pursuing her dream. Shen's father and mother: “Sweetheart, why don't you just come home and inherit the family f 108Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 524 重 Back to 1985: My Self-Serve Porridge Stall Is a Hit 重回八五，自助粥摊火爆了 Meng Xiaocha蒙小茶Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted (Her Own Woman) To escape her stepfather's clutches, Su Miao falls from the 13th floor and travels back to the day her parents divorced when she was a child. She sees through her mother's cold, indifferent nature and her habit of endlessly spoiling her younger brother. This time, she chooses without hesitation to go with her father. When her uncle tries to secure a permanent job, he blocks the door and raises a huge ruckus. Su Miao leans close to her father's ear and whispers a few words. Her fa 22.6kReads9.2Score2.2kShelves

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    The first book introduces you to many medicinal herbs, and the third is about an ancient female protagonist who cooks her own food and eventually becomes wealthy.

25. 525 打 Hunting, Fishing, and Foraging in the Mountains to Raise My Eight Younger Siblings 打猎捕鱼采山货，养八个弟弟妹妹 Beyond Pursuit不可追Urban2.5M WordsOngoing [Changbai Mountains + reborn in the 1960s + hunting + fishing + gathering mountain produce + many siblings] This book has been adapted into the short drama Hunting, Fishing, and Gathering Mountain Produce to Raise My Younger Siblings. Search for it on the platform’s homepage or on Hongguo Short Dramas! Famine in the 1960s! Eight younger siblings starve to death! A lifetime of pain and regret! Reborn in a village at the foot of the Changbai Mountains in the 1960s, he vows to protect his younger s 10.6kReads8.3Score934Shelves

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    I haven't read a novel that captivated me like this in a long time. It's not just a simple story; the aftertaste is incredibly powerful, and the plot keeps replaying in my mind. 🥺

26. 526 你 Your Five-Yuan All-You-Can-Eat Restaurant: What the Heck Is King Crab? 你五元自助饭店，帝王蟹什么鬼？ Curry Kid咖喱小子Urban2.7M WordsCompleted [Gourmet] [Everyday Life] [Meme References] [Comedy] [Cozy] After transmigrating, Lin Xiao inherited a tiny roadside all-you-can-eat restaurant where everything cost five yuan. From the start, he was in a tight spot, unable to pay next month's rent. Luckily, the [Ultimate Restaurant System] came with him! All he has to do is collect customers' emotional points to unlock all kinds of cuisines and expand the restaurant. And so, a disruptive force in the all-you-can-eat fast-food world was born. Fr 3.6kReads7.9Score426Shelves
27. 527 重 Reborn in 1982: The Foolish Village Guardian's Hunting Life 重生82：傻子守村人的赶山生涯 The Daydreaming Zhou梦游的小周Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Every village has one or two “village guardians.” They're often slow-witted, but kindhearted. The elders say village guardians come to the human world to endure hardship and cultivation. They ward off disasters and misfortune for the village, taking the bad luck upon themselves. After Chen Wang, a modern-day wage slave, suddenly died, his soul returned to the 1980s and possessed a fool who had just died in Chenjia Village, a village guardian from the Chen family. He has nothing but four bare wal 5.9kReads8.6Score381Shelves
28. 528 给 A Little Taste of Chinese Cuisine to Spice Up Food Wars! 给食戟之灵来点小小的中餐震撼 Zhongxi仲系Anime Fanfiction1.3M WordsOngoing [Food Wars! fanfic + No romance + Serious cooking + Lighthearted] Shen Mo, a somewhat well-known Chinese chef, transmigrates by accident. In this world, it seems that cooking skills can determine just about everything? I’ll try to keep all the recipes grounded in reality, and describe the cooking process in fairly complete detail. This is a free platform, after all, so feel free to use them as recipes if you like. If not, you can just skip those parts. 3.7kReads9.3Score258Shelves

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    For those who don't mind time travel, this is worth reading. The writing is detailed and the basics are solid, so there's not much of a feeling that the supporting characters' combat power falls behind later on.

29. 529 穿 Transmigrate, Farm, Get Rich, and Raise the Kids 穿越之种田致富养崽崽 Mu Muzhi木木枝Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Jiang Wanwan transmigrates from the harsh apocalypse to an impoverished ancient era, only to find that life is just as difficult. The difference is that she now has an adorable little dumpling, a handsome and dependable husband, and a whole space full of crop seeds. With her superb cooking skills, she can raise her precious little one, feed her husband, and help the villagers grow rich along the way... 4.2kReads9.0Score377Shelves

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    These two books are good. The first one is a farming novel where the female protagonist's younger brother can cook, which is also quite good. The second one features a female protagonist who transmigrates to ancient times and has a child named Tuantuan. It includes spicy boiled fish, dry-pot potatoes, garlic sprouts stir-fried with cured meat, braised prawns, braised pork ribs, braised pig's trotters, wolf tooth potatoes, sizzling tofu, barbecue, winemaking, etc.

30. 530 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 2.4kReads8.7Score218Shelves

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    This is my first heartwarming and comforting food-themed novel, but one very important thing is that it's NOT finished! [Crying] My second and third books are also quite good.

31. 531 美 Toriko: Exploring the Gourmet Universe 美食的俘虏：畅游美食宇宙 That Person Suffering from a Book Drought书荒那个人Anime Fanfiction425k WordsOngoing Luo Qi accidentally transmigrates to the world of Toriko and becomes an orphan. Fortunately, he’s adopted by an orphanage under the IGO and grows up safely. In this world, where food is everything, there are two professions people admire above all others. First: Gourmet Hunters, whose powerful strength lets them face the dangers of the wild, and whose life’s calling is to capture rare ingredients. Second: chefs, who master all kinds of specialized techniques to make ingredients even more delicio 3.9kReads8.6Score263Shelves

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    Recommended by seasoned bookworms, all are highly recommended. The third book, while not a traditional food novel, is still a satisfying face-slapping story with delicious food added. [Shy]

32. 532 神 God-Tier Gourmet 神级美食家 The Sword's Name剑之名Urban3.0M WordsCompleted The countryside is beautiful, and the food is delicious. Fry up some dishes, grow some crops, raise some fish, play with the dog, and make some babies. That’s the leisurely country life of Qin Feng, the God of Cooking. One day, Qin Feng sat lazily in the courtyard of his farmhouse restaurant and lifted his eyelids to glance at the three foreigners standing respectfully before him. “Boss Qin, this is the president of our country, who’s come especially to sample your cooking.” “Sorry, we’re sold o 1.8kReads8.3Score159Shelves

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    The first book focused on customer feedback and downplayed cooking techniques; the second and third books emphasized techniques. Although a significant portion of it was fictional, I still learned something.

33. 533 跟 Live with Me, and You'll Never Go Hungry 跟我住，管饱 Baby Wants Wealth宝宝求财Two Male Leads192k WordsCompleted A super-sweet, slice-of-life food story. [Two men + both have no past relationships + cozy, sweet romance + mutual devotion + fast-paced + no angst + not a story about the rich] Qu Xiang is a private chef who cooks in people's homes. Before meeting his love, all he wanted was a simple life. As it turns out, fate takes pity on him and gives him a wonderfully dependable, caring partner who pulls him along as they build a better life together, one steady step at a time. Cheng Yijian is an ordinary 7.4kReads9.1Score1kShelves

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    Sweet food-themed novel featuring two male leads

34. 534 厨 The God of Cooking Takes Over, and I Turn My Sha County Restaurant into a Rip-Off! 厨神附体，我把沙县开成了黑店！ Jing Yao景媱Urban967k WordsOngoing [Food + System + No Romance + Lighthearted Comedy + Everyday Life + Great with a Meal + Cunning Protagonist] Original title: The God of Cooking Takes Over, and I Turn My Shaxian Snack Shop into a Scam! After his best friend stabbed him in the back, Li Zhibai somehow ended up taking over a Shaxian snack shop in the most expensive part of Jiangcheng, and piling up a mountain of debt in the process. Luckily, he bound himself to the God of Cooking System and awakened a bizarre talent: [Charge Based 141.4kReads8.6Score10.4kShelves

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    They're all quite interesting; I just like watching interesting things.

35. 535 只 As Long as the System Pays, I'll Work 996 to the End 只要系统出得起，996也干到底 The Last Gleam of a Dream梦尾流光Modern Romance524k WordsCompleted [Food-focused (not purely a food story) + a touch of interstellar flavor + no romance + extremely laid-back and ambition-free] Lu Wei graduated from a mediocre university and found a nine-to-nine, six-days-a-week job. After working overtime for far too long, she eventually died suddenly from exhaustion. When she opened her eyes again, she had arrived in a strange world and become bound to a peculiar thing called the Food System. “Starting today, Host must go to the area beside Hope Elementary Sc 1.3kReads8.7Score102Shelves

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    📢Book drought? Come quick! Food-themed novel recommendations✅ Food lovers rejoice: 🌱 "Chang Huan's Restaurant" - Food + Political Intrigue + Time Travel, the female lead is a superb cook, slow-burning plot is incredibly captivating ☘️ "Transmigrated into the Male Lead's Mother in a Tragic Novel" - Transmigrated into a book as a mother, she uses her culinary skills to achieve a comeback, a sweet and heartwarming food-themed novel! ✨ "Food: Setting Up a Stall in a Motorhome, Customers Uncover My True Identity" - A system task to set up a food stall, customers chase after her to buy, mutual healing.

36. 536 手 With a Personal Shopping System, I'm Worshipped as a God by International Students 手握代购系统，被留学生奉为神明 Dong Jiujiu董啾啾Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Reborn in 2004 + overseas student shopping System + no romance + food + lighthearted comedy] In her previous life, Qiu Ling was sold to a stranger by her parents, imprisoned for six years and forced to give birth twice. She escaped and spent fourteen years on the run, only to meet a tragic end. Unexpectedly reborn at eighteen, she goes wild and changes her fate! By chance, she gets an overseas student shopping System in her rented apartment. From then on, there’s no stopping her. One bowl of zh 1.8kReads8.9Score140Shelves
37. 537 说 I Was Promised a Gourmet System, So Why Am I Possessed by a Ghost? 说好的美食系统，怎么是鬼上身 Guess, Guess, Guess, I Can't Figure You Out, Sir猜猜猜不透君Modern Romance314k WordsOngoing Lighthearted comedy + food + running a business + rural revitalization + fake System (No suspense or horror, just everyday life and food.) When Xiang Yunduan was broke and about to sleep on the street, a voice appeared in her mind, claiming to be a “System.” System: Go bow three times in front of the “I Miss You So Much at xx” road sign, and I’ll make you rich! Xiang Yunduan: Are you nuts? The next second, Xiang Yunduan dropped to her knees. “Are three enough? If not, I’ll do thirty. System, ple 30.1kReads9.2Score5kShelves

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    Both are slice-of-life food novels by the same author, with a humorous and lighthearted style. The first book has "system" in the title, but it's not a real system; it's quite lighthearted to read.

38. 538 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 29.3kReads9.2Score2.6kShelves

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    This is definitely the best meal replacement product online; the food looks so delicious it makes my mouth water! [Kissing emojis]

39. 539 我 After I Maxed Out My Cooking Skills in the Game 我在游戏里刷满厨艺之后 Red Leaves on the Mountains山山红叶Modern Romance580k WordsCompleted [Gourmet] + [Farming] + [Business] + [Daily Life] + [Gaming] + [Another World], two storylines running in parallel Meng Ci opened “Smoke Rises in Wulingyuan” to pick holes in a fellow creator's work. A dilapidated ancestral restaurant, an NPC child thin as a bean sprout, and a cultivation system shoehorned into the game: it was full of flaws. Because her real-life circumstances were similar to the game's setting, she found herself relating to it and played for a few days. She never dreamed t 1.1kReads8.8Score137Shelves

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    Both of these books look amazing [crying emoji] Tears are streaming down my face

40. 540 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 498Reads7.1Score—Shelves
41. 541 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 48.9kReads8.9Score3.5kShelves

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    These are all great; I watched them all before recommending them.

42. 542 背 The Little Squirrel with a Pencil Sharpener and a Cloth Bag 背铅笔刀和布袋的小松鼠 Mu Yeye慕野野Two Male Leads45k WordsCompleted Mu Yun, reborn after a car accident, became a Siberian chipmunk. New to the place, he planned to stock up on food for the winter. But one day, when he returned to his tree hollow, he discovered that all his food had been stolen. In despair, he tried to hang himself from a branch, only to be taken home by a black squirrel, who pampered him with the best food and drink. Life was wonderful, except... that guy called him his wife. But he was obviously a male squirrel... So after spending the winter 170Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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    Hmm, how can this not be considered a food article?

43. 543 爹 Loved by Mom and Dad! A Happy Life in Ancient Times After Being Born There 爹疼娘爱！胎穿古代幸福生活 Apples Never Run Out苹果不会少Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted The animated series The Great Xia Pearl Chronicle is here! [Fictional Setting + Ancient Times + Rural Farming + Infrastructure Building + Lighthearted and Healing + Everyday Family Life + No Romance + A Heart of Gold] A domineering CEO's... assistant dies of overwork and transmigrates to the small village of Songjiatai in the Great Xia Dynasty, becoming a little farm girl who rolls around in the mud. Her name is Song Daya. Having spent her previous life striving to be the best, Song D 8.9kReads9.0Score857Shelves
44. 544 厨 With My Superb Cooking, I Blaze a Trail Through Ancient Times with Delicious Food 厨艺超高的我在古代用美食开道 You Have Short Arms, Fish你手短短鱼Ancient Romance741k WordsOngoing [Transmigration + alternate world + food + business + opening a shop + farming + golden finger] Food is the focus, with no awful family members and few unpleasant characters overall. * The heroine is neither foolish nor naive, and she's no lovesick fool. She's kind but not a pushover, and she keeps a clear head. The hero won't appear until the later chapters set in the capital. No palace or household intrigues, just plenty of delicious food! * An alternate-world setting! Some systems are based o 183Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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    It's a pure food novel, no awful characters or anything like that, it's a time-travel story set in ancient times.

45. 545 重 Reborn in a World of the Paranormal, and You Want Me to Join Bureau 749? 重生诡异，你让我加入749局？ Fire Beast火暴兽Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted [Devouring Evolution]+ [Self-Interest]+ [Humanity’s Natural Enemy]+ [Nemesis of Its Own Kind]+ [Kills Men and Women Alike]+ [Plot-Driven]+ [Undercover]+ [Villain]+ [Eerie] "No female lead!!! No harem!!! No romance!!!" (Not Eerie in the traditional sense. The protagonist is undercover in the human camp and kills both humans and Eerie, men and women alike. This story is plot-driven, so readers looking for a feel-good monster-grinding power fantasy should think twice.) (The rating has already been 59.9kReads8.9Score8.7kShelves

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    Our protagonist is a little glutton, always eating. He eats everything – from China to Japan, then from Japan to Tsukumichi – he eats to his heart's content, never missing a delicious meal. Sometimes he even has a little dessert before his main meal. [Admiring]

46. 546 谁 Who Needs a Day Job? I Became a Tycoon with Trash from My Spatial Farm 谁家打工人靠空间农场垃圾成首富 The Green of Green Gables绿山墙的绿色Modern Romance530k WordsOngoing This novel has been adapted into a comic. The heroine only cares about making money! Making money! Making money! No needless fretting. [No CP] Lin Chu graduated from a junior college and spent years struggling in real estate, only to hit a slump in the housing market. She not only failed to make money, but was also fired after offending a coworker. She had no friends or social life, and her mother had taken the hundred thousand yuan she'd painstakingly saved. Now she could barely afford next mon 29.8kReads8.4Score4.4kShelves

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    Blue Star Cuisine Enters the Myriad Realms

47. 547 渔 The Fisherman's Lucky Girl Makes a Fortune Gathering Seafood 渔家福宝靠赶海发家致富 Miao Ji喵吉Ancient Romance569k WordsCompleted No golden finger, no villains, no CP A wilderness survival show goes spectacularly wrong and turns into a death livestream. Li Yu'er, an outdoor survival streamer, is killed by wolves and wakes up as Li Yuer, an impoverished eight-year-old islander in ancient times. A typhoon has passed through, felling trees and destroying boats. Her father has broken his leg, and her mother nearly died giving birth. They all need money to survive. Her whole family is skin and bones, with no house or land. Thre 479Reads8.7Score100Shelves
48. 548 开 A Villainess from the Start? I'll Turn the Tables With Gourmet Food 开局恶毒女配？我靠美食逆风翻盘 Please Call Me Classmate Xiao He请叫我小何同学Ancient Romance979k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + rebirth + food + sweet romance + wish fulfillment + nation building] Shen Tianjiao wakes up one morning and gets slapped. What? She's the youngest daughter of a general's household, doted on since childhood. Why is she being hit? What? Her fiancé, Crown Prince Qi Chenyu, has just broken off their engagement in front of everyone? Fine, fine! So that's how you want to play it! From that day on, the mood in the capital changes. Shen Tianjiao gives up her lovesick-puppy act: Breaki 11.7kReads7.3Score899Shelves

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    ✨I cooked for my father to take to court. He debated with the scholars all morning. During lunch break, I opened the lunchbox and a powerful aroma of spicy hot pot filled the entire front hall… His colleagues, who had argued with him, secretly cursed him for his lack of martial ethics…

49. 549 穿 Transmigrated to Ancient Times to Get By in the Imperial Harem 穿到古代混后宫 The Pen Name That Doesn’t Need Zhouzhou不用周周的笔名Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Modern-day Huang Ye transmigrates into the ancient Great Xia Dynasty as the pampered darling of the Minister's household, where a daughter is born only once every ten generations. To repay her loving family, she starts learning martial arts at a nunnery while still a little girl. She wants to master everything: inner strength, hand-to-hand combat, swordsmanship, medicine, and poisons. Only by learning real skills can she better protect her family. At last, she grows up, only to be told she must 1.9kReads7.6Score178Shelves

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    This is a long, completed novel. The female protagonist transmigrates to the Great Xia Dynasty. Her father takes her to court with the braised food she makes, which makes the court officials drool. Her older brother takes her to take an exam with the instant noodles she makes, which makes a young prince come back with drool. After entering the palace, she conquers the emperor with a few leek dumplings.

50. 550 七 In the 1970s: Picking Up a Madman as My Husband 七零年代疯批夫妇 The Colorful Xue Jingfei色彩缤纷的薛静妃Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Historical era + green tea schemer + obsessive love + unhinged + powerful lead + everyday family life + pocket dimension + food + healing + transmigrate into a book This is the story of two unfortunate souls saving each other. After transmigrating into the countryside as a little orphan, Ming Dai meets Zhou Sinian, a mad powerful man who loves wearing red headscarves. Under the protection of his reputation, she manages to establish herself in the village. Zhou Sinian was a cannon-fodder characte 109.5kReads9.3Score11.4kShelves

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    The first book has an incredibly cute male lead! The female lead truly redeems him, and the book is filled with various delicious dishes that make your mouth water [facepalm]. The second book is super heartwarming; I think it's an ensemble piece where everyone is so kind. The table of contents is even filled with dish names. Most importantly, both the male and female leads are excellent cooks, and cooking together is absolutely amazing!

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