Looking for Down-to-Earth Food Novels: A Skilled Chef Serving Affordable Cuisine 求正经美食书，厨师厨艺精湛，美食价格平民

1. 301 开 Smash the Heartless Bowl from the Start, and the Whole Internet Chases Me to Feed Me! 开局怒砸黑心碗，全网追着给我喂饭！ Songs of the Past念旧歌Urban1.7M WordsCompleted (The ratings have only just opened, so a low score is normal. Enjoy without worry.) [Foodie Restaurant Reviews] + [System Awakening] + [Urban Legends] + [Livestream Exposé] + [Underdog Comeback] Poisoned by takeout and on the brink of death, Jiang Fan unexpectedly bonds with a Taotie cub! The little thing can do nothing but cry that it's hungry, yet it grants him a god-tier palate. One taste is all it takes to tell the real from the fake! Fired by a crooked boss? So what if his girlfriend has to 269Reads6.8Score100Shelves

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   These are some good books. I recommend them. They are good-looking and have a good plot.

2. 302 厨 God of Cooking: Have You Lost Your Mind? The Hospital Is Full of People Just for a Meal 厨神：疯了吧，为口饭医院住满了 Flowing Trace流痕Urban418k WordsCompleted [Gourmet] [No Female Lead] [Comedy] [Healing] [Cozy Daily Life] Lin Yu transmigrated to a parallel world and became a cook at a hospital, despite having no cooking skills. Even dogs wouldn't eat the food he made. Just as he was about to be reassigned to clean the toilets, the God of Cooking System unexpectedly bound itself to him. As long as diners were satisfied with his cooking, Lin Yu could earn approval points. He could use those points to enter a lottery and win all kinds of rewards, gradua 9kReads8.5Score856Shelves
3. 303 美 Gourmet: My Family Pressures Me to Marry, and a Heavenly Beauty Wants to Come Home with Me for New Year 美食：催婚，过年天仙要和我回家 Being Handsome Is a Crime, I Got a Life Sentence帅有罪我无期Urban208k WordsCompleted Lan Lin was reborn in his youth and awakened the Strongest Chef of China System. At a film and television studio, he took over a shop no one had any faith in and served traditional Chinese cuisine, drawing crowds eager to get a taste. Director: Everyone, step aside! I want braised pork! Extra: Once work's over, even if you're a celestial immortal, it won't help you. I'm grabbing it! The braised pork is mine! Food blogger: Everyone, the place I'm checking out today is once again this super popula 1.4kReads6.6Score—Shelves
4. 304 见 What? Which Factory Cafeteria Charges Five Thousand for Meals? 见鬼！谁家工厂食堂伙食费五千？ Painter画家Urban325k WordsCompleted [Slow-paced + everyday life + lighthearted + relaxing + food story set in an electronics factory] Ruan Xiuqing transmigrates to a parallel world and takes over the canteen of an electronics factory that's on the verge of going under due to poor management and lax oversight. After activating the cheat System, she receives [Master-Level Cooking], [Master-Level Knife Skills], and [Skill: Three Heads and Six Arms] from the start. Turning the canteen around is just a matter of time! Braised pork bell 320Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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   Just watch it and that's it

5. 305 变 After Becoming a Master of Chinese Cuisine 变成国厨大师后 Crab Crab Attracts Wealth蟹蟹吸金Modern Romance411k WordsCompleted [Gourmet + System + no romance + cozy + funny + perfect with a meal] On the twenty-fourth day of the twelfth lunar month, the Kitchen God ascends to heaven, and fragrant aromas fill every home. Lin Fan, working overtime on New Year’s Eve, unexpectedly binds to a System. And that’s only the beginning. Dumpling feasts, egg cakes, grilled chicken wings, crayfish, roasted pig trotters, spicy chicken skewers, stinky tofu, river-snail rice noodles, red-braised beef stew with potatoes, vinegar-fried ca 323Reads8.1Score104Shelves

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   Serious food articles

6. 306 美 Gourmet: A Roaming Food Cart That Draws Crowds from Everywhere 美食：流动小吃摊，食客满世界堵 Autumn Won't Come Again秋天不再来Urban221k WordsOngoing [Gourmet] [No Romance] [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] [Everyday Life] [Heartwarming] From the start, Su Yang is looked down on when he interviews for a chef position at Haoting. Then he awakens a random Gourmet System. By setting up a stall in different places and completing tasks, he can unlock a god-tier cooking skill. From then on, Su Yang's energetic figure can be seen all over Jiangcheng. He sells egg fried rice outside Haoting, vegetable pancakes outside Pizza Hut, and duck snacks outside the s 14Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 307 美 Gourmet: Opening a Restaurant with My Little One, Customers Line Up All Night and Crowd the Door 美食：带着萌娃开店，顾客连夜排队堵门 Listening to the Wind's Song in the Rain莫雨听风吟Urban386k WordsCompleted Su Chen, a stay-at-home dad, awakened a Super Gourmet System and opened a breakfast shop near a university campus! From then on, the once-peaceful campus was swept up in a food frenzy! The students had to get competitive for a taste of the food, waking up earlier and earlier! When they realized Su Chen’s shop couldn’t feed every student, students from three universities secretly launched a plan to win him over! Divide and conquer, honey traps, playing the victim, fabricating stories, befriending 381Reads5.9Score—Shelves
8. 308 被 After Getting Laid Off, I Restarted My Life with a Street Stall 被裁员后，我靠摆摊重启人生 Young Man of Huaiyin淮阴少年Urban408k WordsOngoing [God Chef System] [Culinary Superstar] [Heartwarming Story] At 26, Xu Zichuan's life had hit rock bottom: he was unemployed and unmarried. Then, to his surprise, he awakened the “God Chef” System and became the most formidable culinary superstar in the food world. “Thirty-eight yuan for beef chow fun? Are you robbing me?” As soon as he said that, the man added, “...I'll take it. And give me another one.” Someone asked, “Boss, why are there only nine dishes on your menu every day?” “Because I onl 169Reads—Score155Shelves

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   A great book with absolute potential, a low-key food article.

9. 309 夜 The Night Market King: Sausages from the Meng Family Stall Are Flying Off the Grill 夜市一霸：孟家小摊的烤肠卖爆啦 Secret Orange秘橙Ancient Romance1.7M WordsCompleted One-line summary: After transmigrating with a refrigerator, she starts building a fortune by selling grilled sausages from a street stall. [Farming + minor golden finger + family life + heartwarming + rags to riches + no awful characters] On an utterly ordinary night, Meng Qi had just gotten home from work. She opened the refrigerator, planning to make herself tomato-and-egg noodles, and the next moment, she transmigrated without warning, refrigerator and all. Meng Qi: “Wait, do people transmigr 1.7kReads—Score218Shelves

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   The food prices in this book are reasonable and not outrageous, and the writing is not too intellectual. There are many descriptions of food, but it is more daily oriented. The heroine started by setting up a stall selling grilled sausages, and the pace is relatively slow.

10. 310 金 Golden Yams and Silver Beans 金薯银豆 An Nuo Jun安诺君Ancient Romance3.0M WordsOngoing Synopsis: Transmigration + fictional setting + farming + no spatial dimension + no golden finger + making money + gourmet food After transmigrating, the heroine discovers that her family is in a terrible situation, her village is in a terrible situation, and the farmers in this country are having a terrible time! It really is a case of fields lying fallow across the land while farmers still starve to death! She introduces sweet potatoes, potatoes, and chili peppers to make all kinds of delicious 954Reads6.5Score109Shelves

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    Read the introduction! Steamed buns cost one penny each, and flower rolls cost three cents each. Xiao Long Bao costs 15 cents per basket, 8 pieces per basket, the big four-color green dumplings cost 4 cents each, and the small ones cost 3 cents. A super big bun with spring bamboo shoots and fresh meat costs 3 cents each. How much does salt cost? Salted duck eggs are 2 pieces each.

11. 311 美 Gourmet: A Couple’s Food Truck Is the Cure for a Bad Mood 美食：夫妻开餐车，专治不开心 That Person in the Story故事里的那个人Urban156k WordsCompleted A gentle reminder: This book focuses on cozy everyday life and healing food. If you’re a reader who loves intense conflict and a fast pace, perhaps we’ll meet again in another story~ [Street Food + Healing + Everyday Life + Cozy] [Synopsis] At the lowest point in life, at least you have me. After being cheated by their unscrupulous boss and losing their jobs, Lin An and his wife, Su Qing, unexpectedly became bound to the [Heart-to-Heart Food Therapy System], which belongs only to the two of them 54Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's really beautiful and heartwarming. Hope of healing is the main theme of this book. I personally feel that this book can be read with some gentler music.

12. 312 美 Gourmet: The System Has Me Set Up a Street Stall 美食：系统让我来摆摊 Little A Jiao小阿焦Urban125k WordsOngoing In a rental apartment in an old residential complex in City C. “Ding!” “Hello, Host! I’m your Food System, Number 888. It’s a pleasure to serve you!” And so the wheels of fate began to turn. Jiang Ye embarked on the “point of no return” that was street vending, earning experience and leveling up on his way to the pinnacle of life. —Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 313 美 Gourmet: A Street Stall Owner Tours the Nation 美食：地摊老板，全国巡摆 Banana Stir-Fried with Strawberries香蕉炒草莓Urban233k WordsCompleted Zhang Feng is a model young man who transmigrates to Blue Star in a parallel world and binds himself to a Gourmet System. From then on, a man as legendary as a myth begins appearing all across the country. Cumin lamb skewers, late-night egg fried rice, fragrant braised beef, crispy fried chicken frames... From big cities to small towns, a legend begins to spread: On some street, you may come across a man in a chef’s uniform. If you meet him, you’ll get to taste the most delicious food in the wor 81Reads5.6Score—Shelves

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    The male protagonist sets up a street stall

14. 314 赫 The Secret of Hufflepuff: Culinary Magic 赫奇帕奇的秘密：美食魔法 Milk Tea, Less Sugar, Extra Ice奶茶少糖飞冰Female-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted At a high school reunion, Ling Wei was accidentally knocked over by the crowd of visitors in the park. She and another unlucky soul, Liu Fangyu, transmigrated into the bodies of two young wizards about to start school in the Harry Potter magical world. Ling Wei: Having a built-in language plugin is such a blessing for someone who's terrible at English! Liu Fangyu: Thank goodness we won't be in the same year as The Chosen One! The two had long dreamed of going to Hogwarts. But at their very first 4.7kReads9.1Score511Shelves
15. 315 离 After My Divorce, I Set Up a Stall and Earned a Sign-In Reward: Divine-Grade Potato Pancakes 离婚后，摆摊签到奖励神级土豆饼 Snow Brings the Charm of Yellow Plum雪来韵黄梅Urban221k WordsCompleted Zhang Chen worked hard for two years and saved up a sum of money to pay for college. He never expected to unexpectedly become the father of a precious little girl, Yueyue. He spent all his savings, along with countless hours and boundless energy, caring for his wife and daughter. As a result, he lost his chance to go to college. Five years later, his wife's company was about to go public. She decided he was too poor and uneducated and wanted to leave him with nothing. “We can divorce, but I have 417Reads6.5Score—Shelves

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    Theme Category: Food

16. 316 美 Gourmet System: The Top Chinese Chef Overseas 美食系统：海外第一中华小厨娘 Junjun Won't Procrastinate Today君君今天不拖延Modern Romance411k WordsCompleted [Food + Everyday Life + Comfort Food + No Romance] Lin Xinyue, an international student from Country A, a culinary wasteland, dreams above all else of getting a good Chinese meal every day. “Ding! The Host’s craving for delicious food has reached 100%, meeting the requirements for binding. Congratulations, Host, you’ve received the Food System.” !!! Cola chicken wings, spicy diced chicken, sweet-and-sour ribs, soup dumplings, a full Manchu-Han banquet... Here I come! Her fellow international stu 475Reads6.8Score—Shelves
17. 317 我 My Fishing Grounds Connect to the Immortal Realm 我的渔场通仙界 Zhao Dabo赵大波Urban441k WordsOngoing [Farming, Fish Farming, Food, Countryside, Development, Billionaire] In the age of ready-made meals, laid-off chef Lu Jingchuan returns dejectedly to his nearly abandoned hometown, Moon Bay. He inherits a run-down fishery and a mountain of debt. He thinks his life is finally going to be all about lying flat, until an accident activates the Immortal Destiny Jade Pendant his grandfather left behind. From then on, the world is never the same! Fish raised in spirit-rich Immortal Spring grow to full 21Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Combining gourmet food with farming and fish farming

18. 318 美 Gourmet: Bai Lu Gets Caught Sneaking Snacks from the Film Crew's Lunchboxes 美食：剧组盒饭，白露偷吃被抓包 The Cat Whose Tail Got Stepped On踩了尾巴的猫Urban150k WordsOngoing Su Miao transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes the cook at a boxed-meal shop, where he also awakens the God of Cooking System. By completing System tasks, he can earn all kinds of rewards. While filming Keep Running, Bai Lu is starving and sneaks a boxed meal from the crew. Who knew she wouldn't be able to stop eating? She even nearly gets mistaken for a thief and arrested! After that, the Keep Running cast seem to have a new daily goal. Bai Lu: “I really only ate a billion boxed meals. Y 7Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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    Delicious food, superb cooking skills

19. 319 美 Gourmet: Head Chef in Prison, and the Food Arms Race Begins! 美食：监狱掌勺，内卷开始！ A Dream Lasted Many Years一梦好多年Urban257k WordsOngoing [Urban life + food + satisfying revenge + comedy + lighthearted] Guan Feng transmigrates to a parallel world, activates an unconventional Food System, and takes a job as a prison cook. Every dish leaves the inmates craving more. Inmate: “What kind of dish is this?” Guan Feng: “Shredded potatoes stir-fried with shredded ginger. You could also call it Minesweeper.” Inmate A: “???” Inmate B: “Holy crap, Minesweeper! That's dead-on!” After trying it... “Brother Feng, heh heh, how about another spoon 20Reads6.4Score—Shelves
20. 320 移 Mobile Food Stall: My Customers Are Wild About the Food 移动美食摊：我的食客太疯狂 Cheese Rice Cake芝心年糕Modern Romance443k WordsCompleted [Reader's guide: No CP, not a romance. The Tomato app's tags are wrong, so romance fans should take note before reading.] [Gourmet][Comfort food][Lighthearted][Cozy][Healing][Everyday life][No CP] Sun Xiaoting accidentally binds herself to the Gourmet System and gains unparalleled cooking skills. She also triggers random street-stall missions. She sells jianbing at the night market for 15 yuan a serving, leaving grease shining on her customers' lips; She sells 100-yuan boxed meals outside a luxu 437Reads8.5Score—Shelves
21. 321 沈 The Shen Family Cookbook 沈氏食经 The Mountain Bearer负山者Historical719k WordsCompleted Through the lens of food, we observe the myriad aspects of society and the twists and turns of life. Every dish is more than a culinary craft: it is human connection, memory, and a philosophy for living. Follow Shen Yan through his many experiences as he rises from poverty to become a renowned master chef. 1kReads7.0Score149Shelves

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    You can read the traditional Chinese festival food articles

22. 322 美 Gourmet: Starting by Fattening Up the Empress 美食：从喂胖女帝开始 Midnight Braised Chicken午夜黄焖鸡Eastern Fantasy455k WordsCompleted Lin Qingfeng was a top culinary student who unexpectedly transmigrated to another world. To his surprise, this world had no cooking at all. Lin Qingfeng also awakened a God-Tier Chef System. From then on, Empress Qinglian came knocking every day, all for a bite to eat. The Holy Maiden Bai Qingqing became Lin Qingfeng's biggest fan. The empress of the Wuzhou Dynasty was even willing to start a war for Lin Qingfeng, just to bring him back and have him cook for her. The sect master of the Northern 266Reads6.4Score100Shelves
23. 323 深 Midnight Diner: Duck Blood and Vermicelli Soup 深夜食堂：鸭血粉丝汤 The Mountain Bearer负山者8k WordsCompleted Late-Night Diner: Duck Blood Vermicelli Soup 20Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 324 黑 The Dark God of Cooking 黑暗厨神 Seven-Tenths Sober柒分清醒Urban1.8M WordsCompleted [Dark Cuisine + Spiritual Qi Revival + One Female Lead + Hilarious + Passionate + Supernatural Abilities + Inhuman + Decisive and Ruthless] This book is also known as The Time I Made Slime into Cuisine, Hell on the Tip of Your Tongue, and Diners, Please Don’t Run Away. Otherworldly realms invade, strange beasts descend, and humanity faces a desperate struggle for survival! Lu Seven, Master of Dark Cuisine, Dance King of Shangjing, Golden Pot Hero, Child of the Planes, All-Round Talent Holder, on 1.9kReads8.2Score183Shelves

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    Believe me, this is definitely a serious food book [thinking] [making faces] [blowing kisses]

25. 325 让 You Were Supposed to Open a Hardware Store, So Why Are You Building Fighter Jet Engines? 让你开店买五金，战机引擎什么鬼 Can't Be Bothered to Name It不想起名了Urban396k WordsOngoing PS: (Parallel Blue Star, fictional setting for safety!) Qin Ming transmigrates to a parallel world and is selected to take part in CCTV’s Ordinary Professionals, where the contestant who attracts the most attention will win a prize of 100 million. But Qin Ming’s profession is running a hardware store, and he unlocks the Universal Hardware Store System. Every time he sells a piece of hardware, he earns points. As long as he has enough points, the System has anything he could want. Before long, th 798Reads7.2Score126Shelves

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    ✨① The male protagonist failed in the blind date and ran away quickly, but accidentally awakened the God of Cooking system. From then on, he began to show off his talents in the world of chefs, and all the delicacies made by his hands are full of praise.

26. 326 我 I, the God of Food and Judge! I Only Go After Shady Restaurants! 我，食神判官！专打黑心店！ Songs of the Past念旧歌Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [Easygoing daily life + food reviews + bickering couple + master of comebacks + lie flat and become a god] Ever since I accidentally ate a poisonous cake, I've had an ancestral spirit in my head. I'm Chen Pin, a delivery guy. A loli who calls herself the “God of Cookery” bombards me with voice messages around the clock. “Foolish mortal! You call this food? It's pig slop!” “Warning! Warning! Energy levels critically low. This God of Cookery is about to go dormant, and you'll be done for too!” “Qu 18.4kReads6.8Score916Shelves
27. 327 坐 Riding the Bus Across China 坐公交车游遍全中国 A Bookshelf一个书架Urban733k WordsOngoing With a humorous, witty touch, this story travels through city after city, offering not only mouthwatering food and breathtaking scenery, but also all kinds of laugh-out-loud mishaps. On the bus, there are enthusiastic drivers and entertaining passengers, and every experience is full of fun. What's your most memorable travel experience? Was it a little incident along the way, or a special memory of a particular place? Let's enjoy the wonders and beauty of life on this journey and share our storie 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Food is the most straightforward expression of regional customs. Have you ever thought that you can taste all the tempting delicacies in China just by traveling by bus? "Traveling All Over China by Bus" will take you on such a unique journey. The author took the bus all the way, from food stalls in the streets to time-honored restaurants hidden in deep alleys, and tasted the specialties of various places. During this trip, AI knowledge assisted the exploration of food culture, making every taste bud touch a deep cultural trace that is worth savoring.

28. 328 为 You Want Me to Get Married Just So You Can Eat at the Wedding Banquet? 为了吃席，你竟然催我结婚？ Dong Changxin东长欣Urban2.6M WordsCompleted Worn out both mentally and physically by the cutthroat rat race in his industry, Chen Yuan returns to his hometown. He had planned to lie flat and live as a slacker, but the System forcibly binds itself to him. The System scans for available careers: village banquet chef, rural content creator, expert farmer, and rural Taobao partner. Before Chen Yuan can react, the System automatically selects village banquet chef, sending him off to cook up feasts in the countryside. Master Chen accidentally f 7.4kReads8.1Score582Shelves
29. 329 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 178Reads—Score—Shelves

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    If you like food, read this book. The heroine takes the whole village to get rich. She cooks a big pot of pork stewed with vermicelli, spicy crayfish, spicy boiled fish, tiger skin chicken feet, braised pork...

30. 330 神 The God of Cooking: Building a Fortune with Banquet Feasts 神厨：从烧大席开始发家致富 Frequent Updates, Boiled Fish爆更水煮鱼Urban1.4M WordsOngoing Ding! The Super Chef System has activated. The host can bind to it simply by agreeing to cater a banquet, and will also receive a starter pack and rewards for completing missions. “Starter pack delivered: a complete set of banquet-cooking equipment, including a butcher's knife, a cleaver, a chopping knife, a two-meter-long ladle...” 477Reads5.2Score—Shelves
31. 331 我 I Turn the Tide in the Cultivation World with My Cooking 我靠美食在修仙界逆风翻盘 Half a Durian半只榴莲Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Food + cultivation + slow-burn growth + lighthearted, witty style] [The heroine is clever and a bit of a goofball. The hero is obsessive and crazy, with a sharp tongue, a soft heart, and a haughty streak.] Living in the apocalypse, Yu Guiwan had imagined all kinds of ways she might die, but never that she, a celebrated chef, would be poisoned to death by a pot of mushroom soup! Humiliated, she realized she had transmigrated. Even more humiliatingly, the moment she came back to life, her husband 2.7kReads8.9Score310Shelves

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    Very good. Character characteristics: good craftsmanship.

32. 332 让 You Asked Me to Cook a Country Feast, but I Made the Imperial Banquet Chef Drool 让你农村烧大席，你馋哭国宴主厨 Cangshan Boiled Fish苍山水煮鱼Urban454k WordsCompleted He transmigrates to a parallel world and binds to a food System. Qing Yun, an unemployed man who has returned to his hometown, begins his rise to the top by cooking grand feasts in the countryside. First, an old woman wants one last taste of her own funeral banquet before she dies at ninety. Then a baby at a full-month celebration cries their eyes out because the food looks so good... With no other choice, Qing Yun takes up his giant wok again and again. “Red-braised pork knuckle, oil-splashed a 1.8kReads8.7Score106Shelves
33. 333 大 Tang Dynasty Supermarket: From the Start, Spicy Latiao Makes Li Shimin Cry 大唐超市：开局辣条辣哭李世民 Happy Little Crawler幸福的爬爬虫Historical1.3M WordsCompleted In the seventh year of the Zhenguan era, there was a shop in Chang'an called the Great Tang Supermarket. It was packed with people, and its doors were always busy with countless nobles and officials coming and going. There was Li Shimin, who burst into tears after eating a spicy snack; Cheng Yaojin, who cracked his head open trying to get a packet of hot pot base; and Princess Changle, who couldn’t sleep all night over a face mask. Every new product brought out a fresh craze, and the shopkeeper 19.9kReads8.4Score1.7kShelves

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    These books can [think][think]

34. 334 回 I Went Home to Feast and Became the Head Chef 回村吃席，我成了大厨 Wang Yifan王一帆Urban620k WordsCompleted [Congratulations, Host, you have unlocked a complete funeral service] [Rest assured, Host] [At Grandpa Li’s funeral, you’ll be the most dazzling one in the whole village] [Expert cooking skills] [Expert at wailing at funerals] So, when Grandpa Li was laid to rest, I cried so hard in front of his grave that no one could pull me away … 156Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 335 抵 To Defend Against the Myriad Races, I Film A Bite of the Otherworld 抵御万族，我拍舌尖上的异界 Rotten Orange烂橘子Urban1.0M WordsCompleted The myriad races invade, and everyone awakens. Yet Xiao Yu, a transmigrator, awakens only a life-skill proficiency in cooking? And his System is actually an otherworldly cuisine System?! Looking at the food encyclopedia waiting to be unlocked, sitting at 0/10000, Xiao Yu falls into deep thought. Soon, a legend begins circulating across the battlefield of the myriad races. “There's a human named Xiao Yu who's killed plenty of our guys and tortures us in all sorts of ways!” “Braised, steamed, 27Reads6.1Score—Shelves
36. 336 美 Gourmet: From Country-Style Banquets to a Better Life! 美食：从农村烧大席开始奔小康！ Bai Jiaojiao柏娇娇Urban301k WordsCompleted Illustrations throughout [System, food, reborn, farming, warm everyday life] Wang Cheng suddenly returns to the 1980s and binds to a Chef God Training System. In his previous life, he aimed too high and ended up dying suddenly at his factory job, tightening screws. This time, he returns to the countryside. With a few plates and bowls, eight cold dishes and eight hot ones, chicken, fish, pork knuckles, and meat dishes that disappear as soon as they hit the table, he’ll rule the world with nothing 1.3kReads7.3Score—Shelves

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    Life is dull and full of hope! Easy food articles!

37. 337 御 Beast Taming: I Really Just Want to Run a Peaceful Restaurant 御兽：我真的只想安稳的开饭店 The Fish Who Loves Writing Books爱写书的鱼Urban2.1M WordsCompleted [Food + opening a shop + everyday life + lighthearted fun + beast taming + System] Also known as: “The Stories I Couldn't Tell About Me and the System,” “A Leisurely Life with Three Little Ones,” “I'm Unbeatable in My Restaurant, So Do Whatever You Like,” and “Shocking! My Three Pet Beasts Are All Big Shots” Foodie Jiang Ming drinks a century-old, top-quality Daughter Red and unexpectedly transmigrates to a parallel world called Blue Star, where he gains a Spirit Chef System. At first, Jiang Min 8.5kReads8.8Score778Shelves
38. 338 美 Gourmet Tycoon: Starting with Rural Banquet Cooking 美食富豪：从农村烧大席开始 Don't Ask Who I Am QKA别问我是谁QKAUrban739k WordsCompleted [Rural banquet cooking + farming + restaurant reviews and warnings + gourmet food + outrageous food-tech tricks] [No cultivation in this book!] [The System plays a minor role!] [Food, farming, business, and realism take center stage!] Liu Chuan, the youngest top-level state banquet chef, transmigrates into the body of a spoiled rich kid in a parallel world! He thought he could live a life of luxury and finally experience what it was like to be a good-for-nothing! But then the “Self-Reliance Syst 76Reads6.0Score—Shelves
39. 339 让 You Were Supposed to Defend Against the Ten Thousand Clans, Not Stew Them All! 让你抵御万族，你全给炖了？ The Real Erdaomao二刀毛本尊Urban3.2M WordsCompleted [Rated 9.7 during serialization] [Cultivation at school (high-martial arts) + a growth journey + a vast cosmic world + an utterly clueless male lead + no heroine (or a single heroine) + noble ideals and fiery passion + standout supporting characters + satisfying wish fulfillment with smart characters] The myriad races force open the star path and descend upon Earth! Humanity is in danger! Ordinary student Lu Chuan accidentally obtains an ancient book recording the delicacies of the cosmos, and d 46.4kReads8.9Score5.4kShelves
40. 340 让 You Asked Me to Cook a Country Banquet, So I Made the Manchu-Han Imperial Feast 让你回村烧大席，你烧出满汉全席 Pork Intestines Smell So Good肥肠真香Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Ou Huang returned to his hometown, intending to enjoy a leisurely life. But he was forced to bind himself to a strange System. He was assigned to be the village cook, responsible for preparing dishes for village banquets. Whether it was a senior's birthday, a baby's full-month celebration, or a wedding feast... every joyous occasion in the countryside was in Ou Huang's hands! From red-braised pork knuckle to four-joy meatballs to pork belly with preserved mustard greens, every dish Ou Huang ma 500Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 341 身 You're the God of Food, Yet You Want Me to Cook a Banquet? 身为食神，你居然让我做大席？ Panda A Dao熊猫阿导Urban388k WordsCompleted Countryside + Gourmet + Heartwarming. The simple comforts of everyday life are what soothe the human heart. Chu Ci is reborn in a rural village in a parallel world and unexpectedly obtains the God of Food System. But the very first task the System gives him is to cook a feast for a crowd? But I don’t know how! Yet, looking at the kind, honest smiles of his family back home, Chu Ci has no choice but to take the job. Light the stove and get the dishes moving! Turns out, cooking a feast like this i 441Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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    The only book in my bookshelf is also the first book I read with this type of book, Systematic, Chef for a Big Banquet~

42. 342 让 You Asked Me to Review Shops, but I Became a National Tourism Ambassador 让你探店，你成全国旅游推广大使 Fu Su付苏Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Poetry and Song] [Music, Chess, Calligraphy, and Painting] [Intangible Cultural Heritage] [Writing Poems at Scenic Sites] [Finding Solace in Nature] [Cultural Confidence] [Human Geography] [Making Scenic Sites Famous] After transmigrating to a parallel world, Lu Li becomes a travel blogger who visits local businesses and tourist attractions, and gains the City Promotion System. From the start, he heads to Zibo to take the imperial examinations and posts a video exploring F4. The warm hospitalit 14.5kReads8.8Score1kShelves

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    ①🔥The protagonist loves food, and even more loves making food. The plot is relatively daily, taking the mid-to-low-end food route. He helps celebrities make weight-loss meals in a film and television city, and sells lunch boxes at the construction site. The cooking skills and the aroma of food are very thoroughly described. I feel the aroma of food while watching it. ②✨The second book is written in a fantasy style. The protagonist can improve his cultivation by making delicious food and receiving good reviews. Food can help others resolve erysipelas and improve their qualifications and abilities. Because the food is so delicious, the ancestors of the sect often fight with the disciples of the sect leader because there is not enough food. ③⭐The protagonist is a shop owner in a modern city. He just opened the shop and the school beauty came to visit with her baby. Most of the stories are about emotions and the daily life of opening a shop. They are mainly about food and there are very few bloody plots. Sometimes when I read this book in the middle of the night, I couldn't help but order takeout. Boiling Sheep🐏 Recommended book

43. 343 论 When It Comes to Noodles, I'm the Best in the Country 论做面，我全国最强 Cloud, the Great Demon King云一大魔王Urban283k WordsCompleted [Food] Yu Shaoxian inherited his family's noodle shop. Looking at the shabby, 90-square-meter old shop in front of him, he listened to the System announce his task, eager to give it a try. “Host, your task is to make countless dishes using noodles as the main ingredient.” “Complete the task, and you'll receive a cash reward of 300 million.” “The reward will be delivered in the form of lottery winnings.” “Ding! Your beginner's gift pack has arrived.” “Congratulations, Host! You've received unlimi 1.8kReads8.0Score333Shelves

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    These three books are all quite good to read, and the first one is a bit less popular!!

44. 344 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Urban2.5M 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 20.5kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves
45. 345 美 Gourmet: Healing Anorexia One Bento Box at a Time 美食：摆摊卖盒饭，治愈厌食症 Sun Yi Xin孙艺欣Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Comforting food, no getting mad, funny reading over a meal, no female lead, hilarious ensemble cast] A genius chef transmigrates into the body of a sixty-year-old man and activates a System. As long as he heals wounded souls with his cooking, he can earn extraordinary rewards. But the System’s very first task is to heal someone with anorexia! Vibrant tomato and egg stir-fry, beef stewed with rich gravy, and layered minced-beef flatbreads dripping with juice. These aren’t beautiful illustration 13.8kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves
46. 346 被 After Getting Canceled Online, I Became a Sensation by Farming 被全网黑后，我靠种地爆红全网 Dragon's Toothwort龙芽草Modern Romance1.8M WordsOngoing Original title: After Being Hated by the Entire Internet, I Became Famous by Farming! [Farming] [Not focused on the entertainment industry] [Selling produce] [Livestream] [Raising children] [Cozy] [Everyday life] [Healing] [Romance] Jiang Wanning, a spirit-plant cultivator, transmigrated into the body of a female celebrity hated by the entire internet. Everyone was calling for her to get out of showbiz. Jiang Wanning was happy to take their advice. She packed up and headed back to her hometown i 42.2kReads9.1Score2.7kShelves

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    ✨High-end delicacies often require top-notch raw materials, excellent technology, and the hungry wolf-like eyes, sparkling saliva, and irresistible emotions of customers to jointly brew the best delicious food. As a single woman with a strong sense of boundaries, Zhou Lin was selected by the system because of her excellent food skills and became a member of the night stall team. Noodles are sold in the alleys, wontons are sold in the park, sausages are sold at the school gate, steamed buns are sold on the top of the mountain, barbecue is sold on the cold streets... All the food makes customers dream.

47. 347 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. 1.6kReads7.2Score129Shelves

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    This novel is like a bright pearl that stands out among many works. Every page is filled with surprises, whether it's new characters or newly unfolding plots. It can transcend the boundaries of age, gender and culture, allowing different readers to find resonance in it. It is a truly excellent book.

48. 348 吃 The Foodie Has Arrived: Tremble, Monsters! 吃货驾到，妖兽们颤抖吧！ Kaka Taotie咔咔饕餮Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Everyday foodie life]+ [Gourmet]+ [Pure physical strength]+ [System]+ [Pocket dimension] What happens when a professional chef who loves good food transmigrates to a world overrun by demons? They're all top-quality ingredients. I'm a chef. There's nothing wrong with being a little strong, right? I'm a chef. There's nothing wrong with carrying a kitchen knife around, right? “Azure Dragon, bring me your dragon liver nice and easy. Don't make me come get it myself!” “Phoenix, be a good bird and I' 3.9kReads7.5Score347Shelves

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    Not only beautiful, but also delicious

49. 349 殡 The Midnight Diner Across from the Funeral Home 殡仪馆对面的深夜食堂 Moonless Eye无月之瞳Urban309k WordsCompleted At midnight, the funeral home's last neon light goes dark. Across the street, the warm yellow lanterns of the “Goodnight Canteen” have just lit up. It doesn't serve revelers out for a good time. It offers shelter only to souls with nowhere else to go. Between life and death, there's just one street. Between despair and hope, there's just one meal. Every night, someone wanders between despair and hope. And here, there's always a light shining just for them. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    In the quietest corner of the city, a special canteen opens. It opened opposite the funeral home and was only open late at night. Some of the people who come here have just experienced separation, some are overwhelmed by life, and some just can't sleep. The boss doesn't like to talk much, but he always serves the most comforting food. Everyone who walks in late at night brings their own story. A bowl of hot soup, a mouthful of home-cooked food, and a bowl of noodles can often help people find the courage to move on. This is a story about life, loss and healing that will warm every lonely soul at the end of the long night.

50. 350 承 I Run a University Cafeteria, and My Goal Is to Make a Hundred Million 承包大学食堂，我的目标是一个亿 I Get Depressed Every Night一到晚上就玉玉Urban146k WordsOngoing [Food] [No Romance] [System] [Quick Transmigration] [Slice of Life] [Comedy] After Tang Lin died, his soul was pulled into a food-themed game. If he cleared the game, he could be reborn. * Game 1: "A University Cafeteria on the Verge of Closing" The cafeteria at Huamei University was about to shut down, yet a senior in his final year took it over! The students gritted their teeth: “So what if they changed the person in charge? Capitalists are all the same!” “I'd rather starve than eat at Cafeter 26Reads6.6Score—Shelves

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    After Tang Lin's death, his soul was trapped in a fantasy food game. He could only be reborn after clearing the level. Game 1 "University Canteen on the verge of collapse": The canteen of Huamei University is in danger, and the senior senior takes over. At first, the students disliked that "everyone is chasing profit and starving to death", and then they started to fight for it. "New students, wait a minute, we are about to graduate, give it to us first! Don't grab it outside the school, there is not enough food!" Game 2 "Anorexia in the Cultivation World": Cultivators are obsessed with practicing and are tired of eating. Tang Lin needs to reverse this situation. Game 3 "Military Camp Cook": In a well-disciplined military camp, Tang Lin serves as a cook cooking food for the soldiers.

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