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1. 1 食EN Diners Say I’m a Show-Off, but They Still Devour My Food 食客说我装逼犯，但是还嗷嗷干饭 Give Me an Egg Burger来个鸡蛋汉堡Urban769k WordsOngoing [Transmigration + Urban Life + System + Food + No Romance + Showing Off] “I can't help it. I don't want to, either, but as the God of Cooking, I've got to show off!” After transmigrating to a parallel world, Shen Chuan binds himself to the God of Cooking System, gaining the ability to create every delicacy imaginable. Just thinking about using his culinary skills to reach the pinnacle of success and earn everyone's admiration, with diners clamoring for a taste, is enough to make him blush! But h 24.2kReads8.8Score2.2kShelves

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   5️⃣ Is the most popular 👍 but the ending felt a bit rushed.

2. 2 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 228.2kReads8.5Score16.7kShelves
3. 3 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Urban969k 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 144.4kReads8.6Score10.3kShelves

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   5️⃣ is the most popular 👍 but the ending felt a bit rushed.

4. 4 让 You Asked Me to Cook Vegetarian Meals, So Why Is My Incense Offering Exploding? 让你做斋饭，我香火怎么被干爆了 Can't Be Bothered to Name It不想起名了Urban678k WordsOngoing [The rating has just been posted and is sure to rise] (System) (Food) (Everyday Life) (Lighthearted Comedy) Lu Chen used to be an overworked corporate drone, but after being diagnosed with terminal cancer, he was fired. Just as he was waiting to die, he unexpectedly obtained a Divine Incense System and bonded with Tianlin Temple. As long as the temple receives incense offerings, Lu Chen's lifespan increases. But Tianlin Temple is about to go under! Lu Chen can only use the divine cooking skills 6.2kReads6.7Score503Shelves
5. 5 这 This Boss Is So Sneaky, He Takes His Street Stall Everywhere 这老板真苟，摆个地摊还到处走 Selling Egg Burgers!卖鸡蛋汉堡咯Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [The print edition of Random Gourmet Stall is now available on major platforms] [Gourmet] [No romance] [Everyday life] [Comedy] [Comfort food] [Cozy] [Healing] After transmigrating to a parallel world, Lin Zhou unexpectedly binds himself to a Random Gourmet System. Every week brings a random location, random food, and different customers. He sells buns at the park entrance, century egg and lean pork congee on a mountaintop, and candied hawthorns outside a school. Every dish is mouthwatering and 83kReads9.5Score8.1kShelves
6. 6 绑 Bound to a Gourmet System, I Become the God of Food by Opening a Restaurant 绑定美食系统，我靠开店成食神 Dean Xiang香院长Urban829k WordsOngoing The rating just came out! Feel free to start reading~ (Food + no romance + System + lighthearted comedy + everyday healing) Boss Xie will never get a partner!! Your System and my System don’t seem to be the same~ Other people’s food Systems: max level with one click, instant culinary godhood, become the God of Food without lifting a finger! Xie Yan’s food System: start from scratch and unlock things one step at a time. Xie Yan spread his hands. It’s fine, it’s fine. Having one is better than hav 24kReads8.1Score2.2kShelves
7. 7 快 Quick Transmigration: The Alluring Cannon Fodder Is Always Desired by the Male Leads 快穿：迷人炮灰总被男主觊觎 Shu Tu Bi He鼠兔比盒Two Male Leads426k WordsCompleted My new story is here! You can read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 15.6kReads9.0Score1.5kShelves

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   Trust me! All five books are super good, especially books 1, 2, 3, and 4. They made my mouth water! [Licking screen] Books 2 and 4 are written by the same author, who is really good at describing food. They have all the satisfying moments! [Laughing][laughing][laughing]

8. 8 我 My Food Refreshes at Random, Leaving Customers Drooling 我的美食随机刷新，顾客馋哭了 Half-Sweet Iced Coffee, No Extra Ice冰咖半糖不加冰Urban1.7M WordsCompleted This book is also known as: Selling Extra-Spicy Grilled Wings Outside a Colorectal Hospital [Food + no female lead + everyday life + comedy + perfect with a meal] Lin Xuan didn't want to go to work, so he unexpectedly bound himself to a food System. Every week, it assigned a random location and a random dish. But the very first week's task left him dumbfounded. What? Sell extra-spicy grilled wings outside a colorectal hospital? What kind of devilish task was that? And that was only the beginnin 81.6kReads9.3Score8.4kShelves

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   These are the four books on my bookshelf that I've been reading lately that are pretty good. The first one is the best; the system is really good at playing pranks on its host.

9. 9 谢 I’m a Grade-Schooler, and I’ve Become a Culinary God! 谢邀，我，小学生，已成厨神！ Selling Egg Burgers!卖鸡蛋汉堡咯Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Gourmet]+ [Slice of Life]+ [No Romance]+ [Heartwarming]+ [Healing]+ [Comedy] “The only thing an elementary school student should be doing is studying hard... But I think Master Fang going to school is neglecting his proper work.” “I’ve finally made it to the front of the line... Master Fang, can we put your homework aside for a bit? Could you fry me some rice first?” “You think I’m waiting outside the elementary school to pick up my own kid? I’m actually here to pick up Master Fang after schoo 24.5kReads8.8Score2.4kShelves
10. 10 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 10.4kReads7.5Score825Shelves
11. 11 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 4.2kReads8.9Score277Shelves
12. 12 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. 3.6kReads9.3Score254Shelves

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    The first book has good writing, a humorous style, and a comfortable narrative. The author is probably not a new writer; the main strength is the writing quality. Aside from the slow update speed, it has no flaws. The second book is a Food Wars fanfiction, one of the better ones. Those who haven't read the original can skip it. The third book is also a good food-themed work, but it seems to have been abandoned. It's currently updating like a zombie.

13. 13 中 They Say Chinese Cuisine Is Second-Rate? I Challenge Them to a State Banquet Cook-Off 中餐不入流？我拿国宴食戟 Sifang Tengshan Daonianhua四方滕山道年华Anime Fanfiction362k WordsOngoing [Food Wars! fanfiction + serious food writing + easygoing daily life + no System + little secretary + Polar Star Dorm spirit + basically, just come read and get hungry late at night (the score is low only because it hasn't been around long)!] He Huan, a Northeastern chef skilled in Cantonese cuisine, transmigrates into Food Wars! and vows to make Chinese cuisine the best in the world! Let me show you what real Chinese cuisine is! A pot of [rice-free congee hot pot], tender, smooth, fresh, and cr 1.4kReads8.8Score127Shelves

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    Okay, okay, these two food articles

14. 14 随 Random Street Stalls: I Use Food to Lure Snakes Out of Their Holes 随机摆摊：我用美食引蛇出洞 AAAA Prosperous BloomsAAAA花开富贵Urban889k WordsOngoing [Food + undercover work + comedy + catching criminals + System + no heroine + no romance] Also known as Food: The Undercover Cop Sets Up a Street Stall, and Fugitives Beg Him to Get Back to Work Xiao Lan transmigrated into the body of a police officer in a parallel world and was assigned to pose as a street-food vendor while keeping an eye on a suspect. As it happened, he’d been a cooking genius in his previous life. This was right up his alley. The next day, a tricycle loaded with top-tier food 9.9kReads9.4Score869Shelves
15. 15 我 I Sell Meals at an Ancient Army Camp, and the Soldiers Go Wild for Them 我在古代军营卖饭，将士们吃疯了 My Bangs Are Gone齐刘海不见了Historical212k WordsCompleted Must-Read Comedy: The Battle of Xiaoying, Liu Yu's campaign against Southern Yan, and the Battle of Yubi. Li Yi'an transmigrates to an ancient battlefield and binds to a System that lets her sell meals. The swords and blades the soldiers once used to reap heads have now become clubs for shoving their comrades aside; the once-sturdy shields are knocked every which way. Men who weren't afraid to die on the battlefield are now pushing, cursing, and even brawling like madmen just to get one step clo 3.1kReads—Score300Shelves
16. 16 成 Growth-Type Chef God: My Proficiency Rises Every Day 成长系厨神：我的熟练度每日上涨 Leg-Day Slacker练腿摸鱼仔Urban1.5M WordsOngoing [Food] [System] [Everyday Life] [Leveling Up] [No Female Lead] [Lighthearted] (The animated series is now out, and the print edition has been signed. Feel free to dive in!) Song Yan was tricked into coming home by his father to inherit the breakfast shop, but unexpectedly activated the God of Cooking System. [Host]: Song Yan Seasoning (Beginner): 165/1000 (Not enough to kill anyone) …Collapsed… Knife Skills (Beginner): 0/1000 (You should worry more about cutting your hand than cutting vegetables 152.7kReads8.7Score15.4kShelves

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    Just watch it, it's all okay.

17. 17 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: 304Reads7.2Score100Shelves

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    Story Summary: Book 1: Crossing a Culinary Gap in China, All Vegetarian Dishes Character traits: I personally think it's quite good-looking. Synopsis: Book 2: College students don't like eating in the cafeteria and order takeout instead. Character traits: The protagonist is awesome! Story summary: That's all...

18. 18 开 From the Start, I Lost My Job: Selling Lunchboxes on the Way Home 开局就失业：返乡途中卖盒饭 Wind Quenches Flowers风熄花Urban3.6M WordsCompleted [A System golden finger, food, fast meals and lunch boxes, a leisurely slice-of-life pace, no romance in the main story. At readers’ request, the bonus chapters have a male lead. Male-oriented, male-oriented, male-oriented, said three times.] After working hard for three years, he’d just been made a full-time employee when the restaurant he worked at shut down. Bai Ye drove home in the secondhand car his boss had given him in lieu of pay, a heap of junk piled in the back. He never expected a S 33.8kReads9.1Score2.8kShelves

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    These three books are great, trust me! Especially the first one; it's different from typical food articles and much more interesting.

19. 19 都 Urban: I Run the Cafeteria Kitchen at a Junior College and Make the Principal Drool 都市：大专食堂掌勺，馋哭校长 Lychee Fried Chicken荔枝炒鸡肉Urban168k WordsOngoing [Gourmet food + System + cozy everyday life + humor + campus] If Lin Xiao had never been born, the world of food would have been shrouded in darkness for all eternity! As the saying goes, the way to someone’s heart is through their stomach. After Lin Xiao started working at the vocational college cafeteria, he won over the stomachs of tens of thousands of students and faculty, and with them, their hearts. “Waaah, Lin Xiao, how am I supposed to live without you? You have to take responsibility fo 38Reads7.2Score—Shelves
20. 20 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 5.9kReads6.9Score782Shelves

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    A Western fantasy story about food lovers traveling between two worlds.

21. 21 封 Investiture of the Gods: How Did All the Jie Sect Disciples End Up Feasting? 封神：截教弟子怎么都吃上席了！ Xiao Bailan小白阑Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted I transmigrated to the Primordial World, sometime before the Investiture of the Gods, but I'm just a cook! Maybe I should return to my old trade and open a restaurant. Zhen Yuanzi: “What kind of heavenly delicacy is this? I actually gained spiritual power after eating it.” The Three Pure Ones: “Wait, what? Food this good exists in the Primordial World? What kind of miserable life have I been living?” The Two Sages of the West: “Fellow Daoist, you have a karmic affinity with the West. How about o 7.1kReads8.1Score1.2kShelves

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    I've read about 300 chapters of the first book. It has no female lead and is about cooking in a prehistoric world, currently set in the Investiture of the Gods era. Overall, it's very enjoyable, and the author has several other books set in prehistoric worlds, so they have experience. The second book is about selling food in a bizarre world, also currently without a female lead, but updates are infrequent. I'm still hoarding it; nobody's writing this yet, and I haven't found a suitable alternative. The third book is already finished. I think it's well-written, not too long or too short, also without a female lead, and quite enjoyable and tempting. I want to eat too! I've read about 100 chapters of the fourth book. The relationships between neighbors are quite good, and there's a lot of food described, very tempting. It shows different customs for banquets in different places, which I quite like. It's also very good, and I think it has no female lead; I haven't seen one yet. It's quite good.

22. 22 被 Fired, I Opened a Restaurant 被辞退，开了一家美食店 Drizzle Turns to Sand细雨成沙Urban555k WordsOngoing [System + Everyday Life + Taking Care of a Girl + Sweet Romance + Food] Xu Ziqi refuses to work overtime and gets fired. He plans to return to his hometown, but unexpectedly binds himself to a God of Food System and opens a restaurant there. From the start, he gets the [Divine Steamed Bun Skills], making passersby drool and even attracting the campus belle to work for him for free. He unlocks [Magical Congee], which cures patients who have suffered from anorexia for years. He unlocks [Divine Sna 844Reads8.5Score100Shelves
23. 23 我 I’m a Monster, So Why Are You Sending Me to Sell Food in a Dungeon? 我一个诡异，你叫我去副本卖饭？ Chubby Bitter Melon胖胖的苦瓜Mystery417k WordsCompleted [An everyday story about a strange world, a Chef God System, and selling food in dungeons. Don't read if that's not your thing.] Tang Nuonuo is reborn in a strange world. He has no idea why strange beings can have children, but he's definitely a local strange being through and through. Tomorrow is the last day of his high school graduation. According to the principal, it will also be the first dungeon his class has to complete as part of their coming-of-age ceremony. He's pretty curious about it 6.4kReads7.3Score979Shelves
24. 24 修 A Great War in the Cultivation World, All for a Bite to Eat?! 修仙界大战，只为抢口饭？！ Red Carp, Donkey, Green Crucian Carp红鲤鱼驴绿鲫鱼Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [Gourmet cooking + immortal cultivation + scheming sect disciple + lighthearted comedy + goofy daily life + no female lead or harem] Zhu Fan transmigrated to the cultivation world and became a disciple of a sect. Just as he was about to receive his golden finger, something unexpected happened Zhu Fan: Anyone else know this feeling? I was about to become a tycoon in the immortal realm! Once my divine pill was ready, I’d ascend to immortality! But someone suddenly cut in and bound me to the wrong 15kReads9.2Score1.7kShelves
25. 25 农 Country Chef at the Wok, Villagers Want a Feast Every Day! 农村掌大勺，村民天天想吃席！ The Lonely Master孤寡大师Urban611k WordsCompleted Gu Ze transmigrates to a parallel world and binds himself to the top chef System. Other people who transmigrate get a food System that appears and disappears without a trace, and customers chase it down the street. But his System has just one task: cater banquets and earn ten thousand yuan a month. After Gu Ze caters a harvest feast for an entire village, his name spreads through the little town. The villagers spend every day plotting how to get a seat at a banquet. “You say you don’t know me? F 4.8kReads8.8Score385Shelves
26. 26 美 Gourmet: Random Street Stalls, and the Campus Belle Senior Tells Me to Behave 美食：随机摆摊，校花学姐请自重 Xuanyuan Zhang轩辕张Urban1.6M WordsCompleted After transmigrating to a parallel world, Lin Fan binds himself to a Gourmet System. The System randomly assigns quests. Completing them and buying items earns Gourmet Points, which can be exchanged for all kinds of rewards. Roast duck legs outside the school gates, steak at a night market stall, and spicy pepper soup in the park. One delicious food after another draws everyone in, including the upperclassmen at his school. “Damn! Where did my underclassman who sells duck legs go? He’s disappear 23.4kReads7.5Score3kShelves
27. 27 厨 The Chef and the Star 厨子和明星 Bei Ying贝迎Urban1.1M WordsCompleted In his previous life, he was a rising star in the restaurant industry, famous from a young age and immensely proud. He built his own brand, rose to the top, then plummeted just as quickly. In this life, after his parents pass away, he inherits the little shop his family left behind, all to protect the peace and her. 90.8kReads8.3Score11.7kShelves
28. 28 变 Mutated Wasteland: Exotic Delicacies on the Tip of the Tongue 变异废土，舌尖上的异种美食 Lin Tianjia林添加Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Mutant Disaster] [Gourmet] [Slice of Life] [Business and Farming] How many times more protein do mutated creatures have than beef? Having just arrived in this world, Liu Bi was shocked by his own thought. He awakened a Master Chef System on land polluted by spores. Was something wrong here? Could every kind of mutated creature be turned into a gourmet dish? Then hurry up and serve it! A specialty restaurant on the edge of the safe zone, serving unconventional comfort food in the midst of everyd 9.2kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves
29. 29 服 Good Grief, I’ve Been Making Baby Food for a Lifetime 服了这宝宝饭一做就是一辈子 Mid-Lane Mage King中单法王Two Male Leads413k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Food + Period Setting + Golden Finger + Sweet Romance + Size Difference + Age Gap] Tang Zhou was sent to the First Alajin Machinery Factory with a letter of introduction from his grandfather... He got in through connections, only to be targeted and sent straight to the factory daycare center. The director was a kind, beautiful woman. Her picky child would only eat food that looked pretty. If the colors were even slightly unattractive or the ingredients were hard to identify, th 3.1kReads8.2Score338Shelves

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    They're all food-themed novels! The first one is a food-themed novel with two male leads. The second one is also a food-themed novel where the male lead has to raise a child, and it also has a system but no female lead. I'm a little unsure if the second one has a female lead; I think not. The third one is also a food-themed novel. I really like all three of them. [Sending hearts][Sending hearts]

30. 30 美 Gourmet: I Sell Lunchboxes at a Kindergarten, and Everyone Craves Them 美食：幼儿园卖盒饭，全都馋哭了 A Little Baby Cabbage一颗娃娃菜Urban2.0M WordsCompleted After transmigrating to a parallel world, Su Haoze took in the little tyke left behind by his big brother and sister-in-law. To support the family, he opened a small lunch spot outside a kindergarten. Who would’ve thought he’d end up bound to a Gourmet System! Braised lion’s head meatballs, chicken tofu soup, Dongpo pork, sweet-and-sour ribs, cola chicken wings... Dish after delicious dish won over not only the children, but also a whole crowd of parents. “Boss, do you sell meal plans?” “I want 5.4kReads7.3Score411Shelves
31. 31 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 1.1kReads6.5Score100Shelves
32. 32 厨 The Day the Chef Left, the Diners Wept Until Their Tears Ran Dry 厨子跑的那一天，食客老泪都流干 A Flower of Pork Knuckle一朵肘子花Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Xu Yuan never expected that, as a recent college graduate, he would one day get bound to a System. The System said, “As a chef, your job is to let diners experience delicious food.” Then it added, “But as the creator of delicious food, how can you let work tie you down?” And so... “Ding! This month’s mission: Apply for a job as a restaurant chef, then quit after working for half a month to claim your System reward...” Xu Yuan: “You little schemer!” And so it went. Restaurant owner: “I’m not brag 8.8kReads8.5Score802Shelves

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    I'm not entirely sure what "male-oriented novels" means, but all the ones I'm recommending are food-themed. If I recommend a novel you don't like, please don't criticize me, thank you. Regarding the third book, I'm not sure if it has a female lead, and the same goes for the fourth; it probably doesn't. As for the sixth book, the author hasn't updated it in the last few days. But the sixth book is really good; I can't get enough of it.

33. 33 大 The University President Can Cook, and Faculty and Students Work Themselves to the Bone 大学校长会做饭，师生全往死里干 Give Me an Egg Burger来个鸡蛋汉堡Urban328k WordsOngoing [Gourmet] [No heroine] At a very young age, Xu Ji becomes a university president. He assumes the organization has entrusted him with an important responsibility, only to discover that the university is already slated to close. It can't even qualify for a ranking, and is worse than a diploma mill. It turns out he's only there to hold the fort until the bitter end. Just when Xu Ji is despairing, he binds himself to a Gourmet System. The stronger the school becomes, the more plentiful its rewards. 82Reads8.5Score—Shelves
34. 34 美 Gourmet: Winning Over Boss Yang on a Film Set 美食：从剧组征服杨老板开始 Qin Shiqi秦十七Urban786k WordsOngoing Jiang Lin is reborn with a Gourmet System and becomes a chef on a film set. After being so hungry her stomach hurts, Boss Yang takes one bite and exclaims, “This is amazing!” Boss Yang: “I've been eating boxed lunches for months. How come my skin's actually gotten better?” Liu Yifei: “I don't believe anything can taste this good! Hey, don't touch that! That boxed lunch is mine!” Director: “You're all filming a single take? I'll just grab a bite first.” Extras: “!!! You're afraid you won't get an 2kReads9.2Score130Shelves

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    These are all food-themed novels. I highly recommend the first three; they have high ratings, are of high quality, and are very engaging. As for the rest, it depends on your personal taste. If they suit your taste, you can read them; if not, just read the first three. They are suitable for most people. The writing is smooth, and the plot is lighthearted and funny.

35. 35 美 Gourmet: I'm the Company Chef, and Everyone Wants Overtime 美食：我公司掌勺，全员要求加班 Walnut Nutcracker胡桃大夹子Urban186k WordsCompleted [The male lead’s career path: employee → self-employed → employee → self-employed → employee → ... an endless cycle...] Su Bin, an outstanding soon-to-be graduate, was about to start an internship at a major company when a jealous classmate secretly changed his assigned position, turning a white-collar job into a late-night restaurant cook position. As it happened, Su Bin unexpectedly acquired a Gourmet System. Inside the company shuttle-bus drivers’ break room: “It’s past nine at night. Why is 257Reads5.9Score—Shelves
36. 36 为 The Immortal Emperor Begs to Join My Sect Just to Eat My Cooking 为了吃我做的饭，仙帝求入我宗门 A Gap in the Wings羽翼之隙Eastern Fantasy742k WordsOngoing Cultivation, food, laid-back, comedy, everyday life, farming Wen Wushuang was a humble chef who unexpectedly inherited the God of Cookery's legacy, only to transmigrate to the cultivation world. He soon discovered that people here knew next to nothing about food. He became the cook at a down-and-out little sect. Every day, he prepared delicious meals that made the sect's name famous far and wide. Leaders from every sect came to pay visits. The Immortal Emperor, the Empress, the Demon Venerable, 602Reads9.0Score100Shelves
37. 37 全 Server-Wide Food Announcement: You Can Trade Orange Gear for Fried Chicken! 全服美食公告：橙武可换炸鸡了！ A Glimmer of Light一点幽芒Two Male Leads969k WordsOngoing [The rating just came out, it'll go up!][Two male leads + food + cozy everyday life + a catboy bottom who loves stockpiling and is an ace cook VS a laid-back, do-nothing gluttonous silver dragon top whose genes have awakened] Lou Wangyue survived alone for three years in a disaster-ravaged world, but in the end, he still starved to death, drooling two li before he passed. When he opens his eyes again, he's in a beastfolk interstellar world 3,000 years in the future, having become a timid, scrawn 15.6kReads8.5Score1.9kShelves
38. 38 开 From the Start, Maxed-Out Cooking Skills: Earn Money, Grow Strong, and Become a Lord 开局满级厨艺，赚钱发育当领主 Doesn't Like Celery不爱吃芹菜Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Western Fantasy + Laid-Back + Everyday Life + Silly Comedy + Beast-Eared Girls + Nearly Invincible] The continent of Celsis is home to many races. Besides humans, there are elves, beastfolk, dragons, merfolk, vampires, demons… From the start, Cheng Yu gains max-level cooking skills and can exchange the positive emotions of his customers for all kinds of items. One day, the Skeleton Lord who rules a vast territory goes missing. Someone asks Cheng Yu, “Mr. Cheng Yu, do you know where the Skeleton 29.7kReads9.1Score2.8kShelves

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    A super good isekai (another world) story about food! [Admiration]

39. 39 你 You're an Immortal Emperor, So Why Are You Running a Restaurant in the Outer Sect? 你一个仙帝，窝在外门开餐馆？ Green Vegetables and Cucumbers青菜黄瓜Eastern Fantasy378k WordsCompleted Gu Yuan transmigrated to a fantasy world and became an outer disciple of the Tianyan Sect. While sorting through his master's belongings, he found a diary about a hopeless simp. As it turned out, the old man had run a restaurant in the outer sect his entire life just so his goddess could eat a meal he had cooked himself? Poor Gu Yuan. Even on his deathbed, the old man made him promise to keep the restaurant running. “Master, as your disciple, of course I must carry on your legacy.” “This little 598Reads8.1Score107Shelves
40. 40 重 Reborn in 1984: A Warm Home with My Wife and Kids 重生1984老婆孩子热炕头 Big Fat Tangerine大肥橘Urban2.6M WordsOngoing [Authentic period drama + No space, no System + One female lead + Devoted husband and father + Hunting + Ginseng digging + Business + Cute pets + Food + Farming] Xu Dahai, a wealthy bachelor worth over a billion yuan, is reborn in Northeast China in 1984, on the very day his wife and daughter died! It’s a race against time: he must save them! In this life, he’ll make up for all the regrets of his previous one and give his wife and daughter twice as much love and care. He’ll make sure they live w 24.5kReads9.2Score1.5kShelves

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    🌿The warmth of everyday life is what truly comforts the human heart🌴Tasting a hundred flavors of food is like savoring the flavors of life. Food is the seasoning of life, filling each day with wonderful tastes. Befriend food, and let every meal become a beautiful feast for the soul.

41. 41 美 Gourmet: The State Banquet Chef Lying Low in the Scholarly Garden 美食：苟在书香雅苑的国宴主厨 He Xiaoman何小蔓Male-Channel Fanfiction363k WordsCompleted Lin Mo, once the head chef of the state banquet, transmigrates. After activating the Food Cataloging Rebate System, he opens a private restaurant in Shuxiang Yayuan. As long as the System catalogs a dish while the restaurant is open, he can earn all kinds of rewards. “Catalog thousand-layer tofu, receive 200,000 yuan.” “Catalog mushroom and crispy rice soup, receive 350,000 yuan.” “Catalog braised pork, receive 500,000 yuan!” Lin Mo figures he’s about to take off! But it doesn’t take long for hi 2.7kReads8.3Score100Shelves
42. 42 我 I Opened a Barbecue Stall in the Apocalypse, and the Zombies Couldn't Stop Drooling 我在末世开烧烤摊，丧尸馋哭了 Xing Youhang星悠航Sci-Fi & Apocalypse502k WordsCompleted [No Romance | Food System | Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland | Dreamcore Urban Legends] The System mistakenly bound him and dropped him into the apocalypse. That was absurd enough! But now he had to conquer zombies with barbecue? Did that make any sense at all??? What does Jiang Feng think about cooking all over the strangest worlds? The man kindles a mysterious flame and calmly turns the skewers. “It’s just business as usual.” “Want it spicy?” . A culinary journey home through the dreamcore wastelan 18Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Post-apocalyptic barbecue, dream-core elements, road trip food story, great read!

43. 43 我 I Was Just Running a Street Stall, So Why Is the Female CEO Chasing After Me? 我就摆个摊，女总裁怎么追着跑？ Pluck the Moon with One Hand一手摘月Urban779k WordsCompleted [System + food + one female lead + street stall + lighthearted + healing + no transmigration or rebirth] After a wonderful chance encounter, Cheng Yan obtains a top-tier food System. “Is fried instant noodles really that good? How does a street vendor end up with people buying it for others and scalpers reselling it?” “What kind of xiaolongbao is this? College students from the neighboring city ride hundreds of miles at night just to get a bite!” “Dry-fried beef ho fun? You know it's the same ki 5.4kReads8.7Score391Shelves

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    Don't read "I Let You Set Up a Street Stall, Not in Front of the Urban Management Bureau" late at night! **"The Boss Ran Away? I Conquered the Urban Management Bureau with Fried Rice!"** [Spoiling Wife and Daughter] + [Food Overload], a heartwarming daily life story that heals the entire internet! #FoodSystem #MiddleAgedRevenge #FaceSlap #HeartwarmingFoodOverload**: From fried rice to Australian lobster, **eating your way to a Michelin-starred street stall**! **Highlight Operation**: **"Proving your innocence? I'll make the whistleblowers line up to apologize!"** **Emotional Overload**: Daughter trades **"Australian lobster from her table for fried rice"** for Versailles, wife proudly shows off her husband! #FoodNovel #SystemFlow #MiddleAgedPassion

44. 44 我 I'm a Culinary God: The Way of Nature? More Like the Way of Cumin! 我厨神：道法自然？道法加孜然！ Mai Le Xuebi麦乐雪碧Eastern Fantasy271k WordsCompleted Passionate and hilarious, with a laid-back vibe, unbeatable cooking, a protagonist who grows into his power, and a gaggle of hungry senior brothers and sisters to raise. No female lead. Stir-frying heaven, earth, and the Heavenly Dao. Wei Jitong, heir apparent to the head chef of the state banquet, accidentally transmigrates to a fantasy cultivation world and becomes a junior disciple of Qingfeng Mountain, where he awakens the God of Cooking System. As long as his dishes amaze people, he can ear 221Reads8.2Score—Shelves
45. 45 邪 Evil God Moran! 邪神墨然！ Three Winds 11三风11Mystery3.1M WordsCompleted Why does the headless ghost in the hospital keep praying at midnight? Why does the skin-stealing ghost in the desolate mountain village wail without stopping? And why does the long-haired female ghost in the studio apartment shriek in the middle of the night? None of this is a distortion of human nature, much less a collapse of morality. It’s just that… someone’s having an episode! In an age when horror has returned and vengeful ghosts run rampant, Bai Yuan, dressed in a hospital gown, smiled ca 155.2kReads9.3Score16.3kShelves

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    I'm currently reading the first book, the second is "Is Taking Medicine Also a Kind of Food?", And the third is a serious food novel that's quite relaxing to read, like reading a diary where you can see everyday family life.

46. 46 我 I'm the God of Cooking, and the Entire Three Kingdoms Are Drooling 我厨神，整个三国都被馋哭了 My Name Is Zhang Fei吾名张飞Historical529k WordsCompleted [Three Kingdoms + Food + Conquest] After graduating from New Winterfang, he transmigrates to the Three Kingdoms era and becomes a cook in the imperial palace, preparing meals specifically for the palace maids. Chen Feng obtains a Food Review System. Every time someone praises his cooking, he receives a reward, and praise from special characters grants additional rewards. Receive one compliment from Diaochan: all attributes +10. Receive one compliment from Empress He: the Yellow Emperor’s Inn 27Reads9.1Score—Shelves
47. 47 厨 Master Chef: From the Start, My Junior Sister Stole My Chicken 厨神，开局被小师妹偷吃了鸡 Pineapple Pizza菠萝披萨Eastern Fantasy3.4M WordsOngoing Hardcore food fiction + laid-back daily life + steamrolling the myriad races with food The executive chef of a six-star restaurant transmigrates to the Yaochi Holy Land and becomes the greatest chef in the world of culinary cultivation. There, he discovers that the pigs are bigger than elephants and the chickens have six legs! From then on, Beast-Taming Peak gets a large-scale, professional livestock farm, while fields of vegetables flourish year-round on Spirit Herb Peak. “These evil dragons an 6.6kReads9.2Score486Shelves

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    These three books are worth reading, especially the third one.

48. 48 让 You Asked Me to Be a Cook, So Why Is the Whole Sect Ascending? 让你当厨子，全宗集体飞升了？ Little Bean Sprout小小豆芽Eastern Fantasy196k WordsCompleted Xia Qing transmigrated to a cultivation world called the Nine Wastes. Just as he was getting ready to enjoy the pleasures of this world and happily cultivate his way to immortality, he discovered he was only a humble cook. Luckily, he awakened the [Strongest Immortal Chef System]. Whenever someone approved of the food he made, he would earn approval points that he could use to draw prizes and improve himself. And so Xia Qing went wild. He cooked one incredible delicacy after another. “Hey, 5Reads8.8Score—Shelves
49. 49 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 3.8kReads8.8Score379Shelves
50. 50 我 I Bound the God of Cooking System and Became Unbeatable in the Sect 我绑定厨神系统，在宗门无敌了 Borrowing Ships with Grass Boats草船借舰Eastern Fantasy801k WordsCompleted [Everyday life + silly, brainless wish fulfillment] After transmigrating into a fantasy world, Ye Chenxing takes charge of all the old, weak, sick, and young members of Cangqiong Peak from his senior brother. A good-for-nothing second senior brother takes over as peak master. Cangqiong Peak is doomed! After binding to the God of Cooking Food System, Ye Chenxing cultivates through cooking. His dishes can increase spiritual energy, help people reach enlightenment, raise their cultivation, and ha 497Reads8.7Score110Shelves

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