Food Novels That Make Great Mealtime Reading 美食文，要下饭的那一种

1. 401 穿 Transmigrated into The Snowy Swordsman, I Am Prince Zhao Kai 穿越雪中，我是皇子赵凯 Xuan Yuran轩宇然Xianxia623k WordsCompleted Gu Hai transmigrates into the Snow Snapped World as Zhao Kai, the emperor's illegitimate son. He gains the ability to grow stronger by reading, then becomes a Confucian sage and a celestial of the Confucian Way, changing his fate and gaining a new life. 38Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Good, well written.

2. 402 穿 Transmigrate to the 1990s, Tear into My Scumbag Dad, and Make a Fortune with My Younger Siblings 穿越九零手撕渣爹带弟妹发家致富 I Guess I'll Stick With Xiaoxiaoxin还是叫小小鑫吧Modern Romance378k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + beachcombing + food + no romance + no golden finger + everyday family life + helping younger siblings reach the peak of life] [Violent, outspoken big sister + delicate, sweet little sister + nothing matters more than big sister to her two younger brothers] Jiang Xiaodong, a former captain of a women's special forces unit, was having a drink with friends at her barbecue stall. She took a tumble and somehow transmigrated to a coastal city in the 1990s. Don't novels say that tra 140Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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   Let me recommend my own story. The female protagonist transmigrates to the 1990s. There are no cheat codes or romantic partners. She makes her whole family successful by setting up a seafood stall. If you like stories about everyday life and slow-paced romance, check it out!

3. 403 食 The Wildflower Courtyard 食野小院 Seventeen and Thirty-One十七和三一Two Male Leads172k WordsOngoing Two male leads + opening a shop + farming + the rhythms of daily meals and the changing seasons + cozy. Lin Yuan owns the Wildwood Courtyard. Chen Shusheng visited the place by chance and couldn't stop thinking about it. In the end, he quit his job and returned. 22Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 404 海 Island Management Simulator 海岛模拟经营 A Friend of the Mu Family木木家的友人Modern Romance333k WordsOngoing [No romance + food + world-building + game apocalypse + pet spirits, slice of life] [Player Monet detected. Island Management System bound!] When Monet, who can’t swim, wakes up, she finds herself adrift on a raft in the middle of a vast ocean. There’s no one around, only a System that has forcibly bound itself to her. [...Please select a business type.] Food is essential to life, so she chooses a restaurant. [Congratulations, player! You’ve received one Mini Cozy Restaurant.] Th 58Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The food is tempting, and not only that, the ideas are incredibly creative.

5. 405 靠 Running an Inn with Gacha Draws 靠抽卡经营旅馆 Moon Over Heaven月关天Modern Romance614k WordsCompleted [Business Management + Card Draws + Food + No Romance] Unable to find a job, Su He takes over her family's small hotel, which is on the verge of closing. Luckily, Su He binds herself to a card-drawing System! The Princess and the Pea's bed, delicacies from Dream of the Red Chamber, a magical vine elevator… all kinds of wondrous items appear. The maids from Dream of the Red Chamber want to kowtow to Su He three times. Su He says, “We're all equal in modern society. We don't do that anymore.” The 4kReads8.8Score430Shelves

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   The Delicious Food Chronicles is so good! The descriptions are so vivid. I was starving while reading it late at night. Although the third book is about gacha, most of it is about food. The pastries in it look so tempting [admiration]. The gacha theme is also very novel. I really followed it all the way to the end!

6. 406 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 107Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Perfect with rice! First World barbecue, and then we'll make even more new and delicious dishes in the future! [Sending heart]

7. 407 神 The Wonderful Restaurant: It All Began When the Game System Loaded 神奇餐馆从加载游戏系统开始 Less-Sugar Iced Lemon Tea少糖冰冻柠檬茶Modern Romance141k WordsOngoing Game loading... A gentle, everyday story Lu Wei never imagined that an utterly ordinary person like her would suddenly inherit a fortune, become a restaurant owner, and even have a game System load into her life! From then on, her life changed beyond recognition... Where on earth do all you strange customers come from? I’m just an utterly ordinary chef who’s going to become the God of Cooking, that’s all! The mortal world, the Great Wilderness... Opening new branches, making delicious food, comp 3Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 408 在 I Made a Chinese Restaurant a Huge Hit in the Apocalypse of Another World 在异世界末世经营中华餐厅爆火 Ice Cola Drink Substitute冰可乐代喝Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.6M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse] [Business Management] [System] [Gourmet Food] [Farming] [No CP, Ensemble Cast] After Ling Jing died, she became bound to a business management System and was randomly dropped into an apocalyptic world where plants and animals had mutated. The System asked her to name her restaurant. After thinking for a moment, she typed: Chinese Restaurant. In this mutated apocalypse, every plant and animal had become an enemy. When starving humans on the brink of death caught the scent of roaste 96kReads9.4Score14kShelves
9. 409 我 I’m Just Cooking, Why Are the Demonic Beasts So Nervous? 我就做个菜，妖兽你紧张什么？ Chilled Dinosaur冰镇恐龙Eastern Fantasy336k WordsCompleted Xie Fan, a food lover, accidentally transmigrates to a world of immortal cultivation and awakens the God of Cooking System! He thought a world of cultivation would be full of fun, but there’s no internet or air conditioning, and worst of all, the food is terrible! With the principle that he can give up cultivating immortality, but he can’t give up eating, Xie Fan decides to fend for himself! The entire sect goes wild! The disciples: “What is this? How can it be so delicious!” “Eating a bowl of f 736Reads6.6Score112Shelves

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   Food and Immortal Cultivation

10. 410 厨 The Chef System: Demon Venerable, Please Step into the Jar 厨娘系统：妖尊，请入瓮 Xian Ye纤夜Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The netherworld ghost chef Huang Yunqing transmigrates, and from the start she manages to offend Ming Li, the fearsome Demon Venerable of the Spirit Beast Continent! “You wore this venerable one's robe, so now you belong to me!” Huang Yunqing isn't scared in the least! She's Huang, a force of nature: wild and untamed, with a Cosmic Pot on her back and a Star-Shattering Blade in her hand. Whoever gets in her way gets chopped down! “Boss, I was wrong!” Watching Huang Yunqing's swagger last all of 32Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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    I absolutely love it! It starts off a bit Mary Sue, but the first five chapters are amazing. It's my absolute favorite, and my friends love it too. Highly recommend!

11. 411 人 A Brief History of Human Torture 人类酷刑简史 Mark P. Donnelly马克·P.唐纳利Historical151k WordsCompleted For thousands of years, humanity has devised many ingenious and cruel ways to inflict pain on its own kind. This tragic yet seemingly universal trait has corroded the civilization humanity strives to achieve. Though we now seem to detest torture, for more than 3,000 years it was part of the laws of all Europe and much of the Far East. A Brief History of Human Torture explores the many forms of punishment, torture, coercion, and torment. It takes readers into the arenas of ancient Rome, medieval 7.2kReads9.6Score1.1kShelves

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    It goes perfectly with rice, making it incredibly delicious! [Shy]

12. 412 六 The 1970s: The True Heiress Is a Culinary Goddess with a Pocket Dimension 六零：厨神真千金有空间 Cream Commune奶油公社Modern Romance415k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + pocket dimension + food + stockpiling + real and fake heiresses] Food blogger Zeng Yanni transmigrates into a period novel after an accident, becoming a fifteen-year-old girl abused by her family in a seaside fishing village. With her true identity shrouded in mystery, Zeng Yanni promptly splits from the family. Along with the livestream she brought with her, she stocks up on seafood: horse dung sea urchins, giant abalone, clams, razor clams, sea snails, sea cucumbers 3.3kReads9.4Score430Shelves

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    Both have a lot of food descriptions, so they're quite enjoyable.

13. 413 从 From Selling Chive Pies at a Street Stall to Becoming Everyone’s Favorite 从摆摊卖韭菜馅饼开始受万人追捧 It's White Tea, Not Tea是白茶不是茶Ancient Romance548k WordsCompleted [Female-oriented food story + perfect with a meal + lighthearted and healing + doted on by everyone + business] A few notes before reading: Don’t take it too seriously! This is a completely fictional setting, not a mindless story! Before you start, remember that this is a lighthearted food story, so you’ll have a much better time. After being reborn eight times, Su Nuannuan arrives in this fictional ancient world. Moved by her family’s love, she finds the will to keep living and successfully act 259Reads7.6Score485Shelves

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    The first one is really good! (｡･ω･｡)ﾉ♡

14. 414 我 I Sell Lunch Boxes, So Isn't It Only Natural for the School Cafeteria to Go Under? 我卖盒饭，学校食堂倒闭很正常吧 Super Crawfish超级小龙虾Urban576k WordsCompleted [Food + comedy + one heroine + transmigration + System] Lu Rong rents a small stall on a college campus to sell boxed meals, but business is so poor that he's on the verge of closing down. Luckily, at the crucial moment, he awakens a Super Gourmet System and instantly becomes a top chef. A simple plate of egg fried rice is enough to draw countless students and teachers to his stall. Then Lu Rong starts offering even more top-quality dishes, and the whole campus goes wild. Everyone joins the rank 1.3kReads8.6Score100Shelves

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    These are all my beloved things.

15. 415 美 A Food Blogger Transmigrates Into a Book Set in the Republic of China and Just Wants to Make Money 美食博主穿书民国只想搞钱 Metal and Earth Suit My Five Elements五行喜金土Modern Romance557k WordsCompleted Food + Baking + Transmigrate into a Book + Pocket Dimension + No Romance Food blogger Jiang Hongyao transmigrates into a book, becoming Jiang Hongyao, a minor character who serves as a casualty in the romance between the leads in the novel A Lady of the Republic. She's not the second female lead or the third. She doesn't even qualify as the fourth. She's just a passerby with barely any lines, the kind who doesn't even get an ending. Since she's here, there's no going back. At least the spacious 1.8kReads8.6Score178Shelves

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    I never read novels set in the Republican era! But this one is amazing! It's a female ensemble piece where the protagonist transmigrates to a poor family in the Republican era. Her parents are dead, leaving only two sisters who are about to be eaten alive. She discovers she has a spatial ability and avoids entanglement with her awful relatives. She goes to Shanghai, makes desserts, and becomes an instant sensation, thriving in the city. The story depicts many women struggling with life's hardships, and the protagonist's arrival subtly changes them. (It's not just a simple food novel; career development and plot lines are interwoven.)

16. 416 她 She Conquers the Interstellar World with Mukbangs 她靠吃播征服星际 Young Master Wu吴公子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Xu Lingyun, a powerhouse in the apocalypse who had spent years battling zombies, unexpectedly met her end over a bowl of lamb. Damn it, the lamb had been bitten by a zombie! When she woke up, she was the third princess of the Star Radiance Empire in the interstellar era. Everyone said she was not only lazy, gluttonous, uneducated, and spoiled, but was also pursuing General O'Casey, the most handsome man in the galaxy?! A handsome general? What's that supposed to be? Is he as tasty as the giant o 3.2kReads9.2Score391Shelves

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    Delicious food to eat with rice#

17. 417 神 The Divine Chef Dad: Starting with a Street Food Stall 神厨奶爸，从摆摊卖小吃开始 Little Red Riding Hood's Mud小红帽稀泥Urban2.0M WordsCompleted When Chen Fei opened his eyes, he was stunned to discover that he had been reborn at the age of twenty! In his youth, he'd been a terrible person. Especially to Jiang Yuexi, the goddess of his past. He'd treated her abominably. Chen Fei rushed straight to the hospital to get prenatal checkups for their three babies... Now, with the Dad's Gourmet System, Chen Fei decided to turn over a new leaf, starting with selling snacks from a street stall. He'd earn money, raise the kids, and tease his wife. 1.4kReads7.2Score114Shelves
18. 418 穿 Transmigrated to a Food Desert, I Make the Interstellar Crowd Drool with My Cooking 穿进美食荒漠，我用厨艺馋哭星际 Did Shengsheng Write Today?今天声声写文了吗Sci-Fi & Apocalypse724k WordsCompleted After successfully ascending to immortality, the little cat spirit Miao Miao grew tired of the bland food in the Celestial Realm and picked a star-bound world among the ten realms ruled by the Celestial Emperor. It looked like it would have plenty of delicious food. But after she transmigrated there, she discovered that "delicious food" meant nutritional supplements, and "a variety of delicious food" meant supplements in different flavors. Even every meal eaten by the people of the interstellar 549Reads8.4Score103Shelves
19. 419 匠 Craftsmanship and Honest Ingredients 匠守食材铸本真 Yi Ze Peng Xiu屹泽蓬秀6k WordsCompleted Guarding Ingredients with Craftsmanship, Creating Authentic Flavor 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Food preparation, various desserts, Chinese cuisine @YizePengxiu

20. 420 开 I Opened a Restaurant, Then Got Called Up to Cook at the State Banquet 开餐饮店，被叫去担任国宴主厨 Round-Faced Fat Chicken圆脸肥鸡Urban819k WordsCompleted Synopsis: Food + System + doting dad + everyday life Shen Yi divorces Jiang Ruoyun, the CEO of a publicly listed company, and leaves with nothing but the custody of their daughter. To his surprise, he awakens the most powerful food System! Earn money, and you get to draw prizes! From then on, a Shen's Restaurant opens at No. 14 Fuhua Road. He wins god-tier bun-making skills in a prize draw! Soft and springy, bursting with savory flavor with every bite! A passing schoolgirl is so tempted that tea 2.5kReads8.7Score222Shelves
21. 421 我 Eating and Cat-Wrangling in the Tang Dynasty 我在大唐吃饭撸猫 Princess Orange Cat橘猫公主Ancient Romance325k WordsOngoing [Historical romance + transmigration + food + sweet romance + devoted 1v1] You Xiu transmigrates into the body of the second daughter of the wealthy You family in the Tang dynasty. She has money and free time, is young and beautiful, and has both parents in a happy family. As long as she doesn’t do anything stupid, she’s guaranteed an easy life. On top of that, she gets bound to a System during her transmigration. It’s incredibly powerful: any recipe, seed, or cooking utensil from anywhere in th 100Reads8.1Score—Shelves
22. 422 锦 A Feast of Fine Flavors, Love Filling the World 锦食臻情满人间 Yi Ze Peng Xiu屹泽蓬秀Modern Romance471k WordsCompleted Amid a bustling city where old stone-paved streets meet glass-clad towers, Jingshi Pavilion stands like a grand dining hall etched with the warmth of time. Its dark tiled roofs and sweeping eaves speak to the elegance of traditional architecture, while the warm light spilling through its floor-to-ceiling windows evokes the refinement of modern life. This restaurant, home to a century of culinary wisdom, is built around the ideal of “Savoring fine cuisine and heartfelt hospitality,” blending food 1Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 423 开 From the Start, Divorced With a Child: I Turn My Life Around by Selling at Street Stalls 开局离婚带娃，靠摆地摊成功逆袭 Feng Xiaochen枫小尘Urban167k WordsOngoing [One Heroine + Daily Life + Comeback and Face-Slapping + Cozy Food + Lighthearted Comedy] Zhao Chun was still in college when he unexpectedly transmigrated to a parallel world. He discovered that his new self was already married and had a four-year-old daughter, Shanshan. His wife, Lin Yue, looked down on him for being poor, had an affair with her wealthy boss, and wanted a divorce. After obtaining the Super Chef System, Zhao Chun stopped trying to hold on to her. He signed the divorce papers ri 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It looks so delicious it's making my mouth water.

24. 424 半 A Fragrance in the Half-Lit Pavilion 半盏素锦阁中香 Yi Ze Peng Xiu屹泽蓬秀6k WordsCompleted Half a Cup of Fragrance in the Plain Brocade Pavilion —Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 425 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 155Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is practically my electronic pickled vegetable! It's so good! The female lead is from Sichuan, and she transmigrates to this world to start a business from scratch with her younger siblings. She makes a living selling spicy crayfish, boiled fish, boiled sliced ​​pork, tripe hot pot, and spicy chicken.

26. 426 一 A Bowl of Porridge, a Heartfelt Message 一碗粥香寄深情 Yi Ze Peng Xiu屹泽蓬秀6k WordsCompleted A bowl of fragrant porridge, carrying deep affection —Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 427 当 The Mistress of the House 当家娘子 Xuan Miao Jing Shang轩邈竞上Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Lin Yan, the youngest chef ever to cook at a state banquet, transmigrates. And becomes the sickly young wife of a family! Her father-in-law is gravely ill and has passed away, her frail mother-in-law can barely look after herself, and her grandmother-in-law is wicked and plays favorites. The family is also drowning in debt! To keep from starving, she can only put her best skills to work, open a shop, and start cooking delicious food! No soy sauce or vinegar here? She’ll make some! No chili peppe 110Reads6.2Score—Shelves

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    I read a book; the food descriptions were very detailed, and there weren't too many messy or unpleasant things.

28. 428 爱 Love Apartment: I Started Out Fixing Bugs and Ended Up a Laid-Back Slacker 爱情公寓：从补bug开始做咸鱼 Straight-As-An-Arrow Cat铁宇直猫Two Male Leads1.3M WordsOngoing Bugs: something everyone both loves and hates. Being a slacker: a way of life everyone both loves and hates. (?) I set out to live the slacker life by fixing bugs, but things don't seem to be going too well. (Brother Feng, help!) There's no female lead romance, but a bug might pop up as the story goes on. It's most likely a male (bleep), so if that bothers you, this may not be for you. There'll probably be an extra that takes a little stroll through the timeline of The Feuding Elite. And a chaot 207Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Food is the most heartwarming thing. And when it comes to making food more appealing, nothing beats this book! After reading it, I really wanted to ask the author, "Would you consider making some for me too?" The author claims to have eaten and cooked all the dishes mentioned in the book. In other words, he might have been eating while writing about these delicious foods! Who knows! Food!! I'm starving! I want some too! Here's a bonus menu: Fried Chicken with Ginger, Dry Pot Bullfrog, Spicy Shrimp (with picture) Radish Rice (with picture, screenshot posted by the author before) Hot Pot (with picture) Banana with Sandwich (supposedly difficult to make, not recommended) Chicken Cutlet! (Love it!!!) Steamed Cabbage with Cured Pork (Home-style dish! Delicious! I want to eat it!) Spring Rolls! Fuzhou Spring Rolls! Egg Rolls! (Giving a data-themed egg roll as a gift is really powerful and cyberpunk! Who knows!) Tangyuan (sweet rice balls)! And so much more! I love it, I love it, I love it! These are all my favorite dishes. I want to eat them!!! The key point is this food article—it's not about making money or opening a shop, it's purely about enjoyment. Even the system can do it! 9-To-5, weekends off, five social insurances and one housing fund, paid annual leave! I'm envious and want to eat there too.

29. 429 茉 A Sweet Date with Jasmine Tea 茉莉茶香俏约来 Yi Ze Peng Xiu屹泽蓬秀6k WordsCompleted Jasmine tea’s fragrance invites a charming date —Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 430 小 The Little Chef Returns to Ancient Times to Raise Kids 小厨娘穿回古代养崽子 Mo Gugu墨咕咕Ancient Romance504k WordsOngoing [Cooking delicious food, raising an adorable child, and finding a husband] Shen Ruan grew up in an orphanage and has been single all her life. Then one day, she gets into a car accident and catches the transmigration trend, gaining an adorable little brother in the process. Looking at her scrawny little brother, Shen Ruan returns to her old trade as a chef. She works diligently, starting with a street stall, cooking delicious food to make a fortune and raise him! Later, she meets a “heaven-sen 152Reads6.2Score—Shelves

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    The female protagonist travels back to ancient times, where she cooks delicious food to support herself and her younger brother. There is currently very little romantic involvement for her; the focus is mainly on food, and her younger brother is also incredibly cute.

31. 431 我 I Made My Fortune in the Interstellar World Through Food 我靠美食在星际发家致富 Nan Chi南赤Modern Romance698k WordsCompleted Lu Miaomiao transmigrates from the apocalypse to the interstellar age, and from the start she’s saddled with a massive medical debt. Making money is her top priority! Resources are plentiful here, but good food is scarce. Lu Miaomiao is a foodie, so she decides to become self-sufficient and sets out to become a food streamer! After watching Lu Miaomiao’s streams, the people of the interstellar age are practically drooling. One after another, they exclaim, “We want to eat that too!” 307Reads7.1Score—Shelves

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    It's so good for eating; I've gotten hungry listening to it several times.

32. 432 桂 The Secret Guide to Choosing Ingredients for Osmanthus Cake 桂花糕选料秘录 Yi Ze Peng Xiu屹泽蓬秀6k WordsCompleted A Secret Guide to Selecting Osmanthus Cake Ingredients —Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 433 穿 Transmigrating to a Picturesque Countryside Home of Fine Cuisine 穿越田园美食人家 Su Muyi苏木衣Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted When chef Xia Dong wakes up, she finds herself transformed into Xia Dong'er, a pitiful little bean sprout of a girl. Her gambling-addicted father wants to sell her, her greedy mother wants a divorce, and she has an adorable little brother. She lands straight in survival mode on the highest difficulty. Xia Dong'er says, “Wait, let me eat some meat first and catch my breath!” Sweet osmanthus fills the walnut-stuffed pastries, while pearl-like glutinous rice is rinsed in well water. A lifetime of f 1kReads8.6Score149Shelves

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    I've read so many! But I still prefer completed food-themed novels! Especially those without plot holes! Few awful protagonists, no overly compassionate or weak characters. They're just so satisfying to read! And the ratings are high too. It's not that low ratings mean bad books, but they do say something, so I suggest reading the latest reviews before you read!

34. 434 慢 The Slow-Simmered Charm of Red Beans and Tangerine Peel 慢熬红豆陈皮韵 Yi Ze Peng Xiu屹泽蓬秀6k WordsCompleted The Slow-Simmered Harmony of Red Beans and Tangerine Peel —Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 435 快 Quick Transmigration: I Win Over Tyrannical Romance-Novel Big Shots by Feeding Them Delicious Food 快穿：我靠投喂美食拿捏虐文大佬 Jing Xiaobaibai景小柏柏Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Yang Chengcheng won thirty million yuan in a phone giveaway and has a beauty that’s flawless from every angle. Then a transmigration-into-a-book app tossed her into one world after another. Netizens let their judgment follow their eyes, calling for warmth and support for the beautiful, strong, tragic male leads. 1. Sickly-sweet domineering CEO in showbiz ~ glamorous female singer 2. Pitiful top student deskmate ~ gorgeous, top-of-the-class rich girl 3. Fussy little Demon Lord ~ good-for-nothing 1.3kReads9.2Score154Shelves
36. 436 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 336Reads8.1Score104Shelves

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    I discovered this by chance, and it gets more and more exciting as it goes on. So good! [Admiring]

37. 437 酥 The Path to Mastery, Forged in Flaky Pastry 酥韵凝就进阶途 Yi Ze Peng Xiu屹泽蓬秀6k WordsCompleted A Pastry’s Delicate Charm, the Path to Advancement —Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 438 被 Bought Home by a Rough Country Man, the Sweet Wife Brings Him Endless Luck 被糙汉买回家，娇软媳妇超旺夫 This Cutie Is Called Guagua本萌叫呱呱Ancient Romance400k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + devoted to each other + marriage first, love later + no awful relatives] [Cozy farming + adorable child + alternate world + pocket dimension] Luo Ge, a petite and soft-hearted food blogger who blushed easily, unexpectedly transmigrated. As an unregistered nobody, she found it impossible to get by in this unfamiliar ancient world. To survive in this era, she found herself a husband on the cheap. She only meant to stay alive, but never expected to gain an unexpected happiness. Who 10.3kReads9.3Score1kShelves
39. 439 立 Establishing My Authority 立威 Pure Lotus 57清净莲57Urban690k WordsOngoing Li Xiaolong and his brothers are ruthless. They make waves in the underworld, attract admirers, and live out thrilling, wild lives. The underworld of the 1990s is enough to send a chill down your spine! 3Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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40. 440 莲 Lotus Seeds and Hearts Through the Years 莲子莲心渡流年 Yi Ze Peng Xiu屹泽蓬秀6k WordsCompleted Lotus Seeds and Hearts Through the Passing Years 1Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 441 报 Reporting to the General: Your Wife Just Wants to Be a Widow in the Countryside 报告将军，夫人只想在乡野当寡妇 Eighty Degrees八十度Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted She transmigrates and gets her fiancé stolen right from the start. No big deal! Ming Zi is even grateful to her white-lotus cousin for taking that scumbag off her hands. But what's with this alternate-era country where any woman still unmarried at fifteen gets forcibly assigned a husband by the state? And once you get assigned a husband, you have to accept him, even if he's a fool or disabled! The cousin who stole her fiancé, along with her step-grandmother, have already gone to the county offic 554Reads8.9Score100Shelves

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    In farming novels, the female protagonist discovers two bowls of millet peppers in an ancient overseas goods shop, and from then on, she has a secret recipe for her delicious food.

42. 442 杨 The Little Chef of Willowbank 杨柳岸小厨娘 Unnecessary Longing多余想念Ancient Romance338k WordsCompleted [No CP, fictional era, opening a restaurant, cooking whatever people love to eat] Most people marveled at the protagonist’s success, but Jiang Xia couldn’t help feeling sorry for all the supporting women who’d been toyed with by fate. After a quick transmigration, she got the chance to take a supporting woman’s place and keep living. So she decided that since she’d never get what she wanted, she might as well want nothing at all. She would live well and eat well… When a minor figure in the ma 273Reads8.5Score—Shelves
43. 443 莲 A Hundred Lotus Fragrances, A Business Opportunity 莲香百韵觅商机 Yi Ze Peng Xiu屹泽蓬秀6k WordsCompleted A Hundred Lotus Fragrances, a World of Business Opportunities —Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 444 星 After Having Triplets in the Interstellar World, This Useless Woman Caught the Attention of Powerful Men 星际废材一胎三宝后被大佬们盯上 Love of the Stars星辰之恋Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance + Strong Female Lead + Farming + Comeback] Tang Youyou, a wood-element master from the apocalypse, transmigrates into the interstellar era as a useless nobody. After being dumped, disfigured, and tossed onto desolate planet No. 007, she becomes the poorest planet owner around. To make sure she has enough to eat and drink, Master Tang diligently gets to work greening the planet, turning the wasteland into a thriving agricultural world. She also builds her business empire: a natural 4.4kReads9.0Score416Shelves
45. 445 农 The Farmer's Delightful Daughter Is Busy Planting Crops 农家娇女忙种田 Zucchini Is on the Pumpkin Team西葫芦是南瓜派Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (A warm-hearted transmigration story, with no awful relatives) I transmigrated into a farming family and found myself with a large courtyard and a house with gray-brick walls, along with a few acres of good farmland. The only problem was that the money box was empty. But that was no big deal: my grandparents doted on me, my parents loved me, my brothers got along with me, and the neighbors were kind and united. Bai Xia was sure that getting rich and living a comfortable life would be a piece of 17.3kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves

    Reader note

    These are all food-themed novels.

46. 446 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 558Reads7.4Score—Shelves

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    The female protagonist died suddenly from overwork [Shocking] after being bound to a system and transported to another world as an orphan. Her uncle's family took all her money. She started by setting up a street stall selling wraps, selling food in various places for only a week. Customers formed a small team searching for her stall [Cool][Cool][Cool]

47. 447 随 I Set Up a Stall Wherever I Please: Sis, We’ve Been Looking Everywhere for You 随机摆摊，胖姐我们找你找得好苦 Poisonous Mushroom Gu毒蘑顾Modern Romance973k WordsOngoing [Gourmet] [Daily Life] [Comedy] [Heartwarming] [No Romance] [Street Stalls] [System] [Transmigration] [Cozy] [Animals] [Parallel World] P.S. This book has a laid-back, everyday plot, with few dramatic twists and turns. It focuses more on cozy, down-to-earth moments. This is not a power fantasy! This is not a power fantasy! Li Meng accidentally transmigrates into a parallel world, where she can't get by without an identity. Just when she least expects it, the essential golden finger for anyone 212Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    Personally, I think it's pretty good. It's a slice-of-life, heartwarming story with no romantic pairing. The female lead isn't the typical stunning beauty; she's a cute, chubby girl in her early twenties with a soft and gentle vibe. It's very slice-of-life and heartwarming. She has maxed-out cooking skills from the start, and it gets better and better as the story progresses. It's a bit of a letdown because of its name; the name sounds like it belongs to someone in their forties or fifties.

48. 448 珍 The Subtle Fragrance of Rare Delicacies 珍馐蜜韵暗留香 Yi Ze Peng Xiu屹泽蓬秀6k WordsCompleted The Subtle Fragrance of Honeyed Delicacies —Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 449 穿 Transmigrated to Ancient Times: A Food Blogger Builds a Fortune 穿越之美食博主在古代发家致富 Lin Family's Dou Xiao Dou林家豆小豆Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Food blogger Jiang Yue transmigrates into the Jiang family, a household of farmers. The Jiangs are dirt poor, with barely enough to eat or wear, and life is truly hard. Fortunately, the family is warm and easygoing, sincere and kind to others. Jiang Yue decides to rely on her own skills to help the whole family prosper, starting with a little shop, moving on to a small restaurant, and eventually opening a grand restaurant, until they achieve financial freedom. P.S. A pure food-focused story, set 46.1kReads8.7Score2.2kShelves
50. 450 穿 I Transmigrated to a Famine Year and Became a Widow, So I Raise Kids with My Pocket Dimension 穿到荒年成寡妇，我靠空间养娃 Feng Tianxiang凤天祥Ancient Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Farming + Famine + Adorable Kids + Pocket Dimension + Infrastructure + Grand Ambitions] (The story hits its stride after chapter 15) After years of being single, Shen Qingyun wakes up to find she's become a married woman in ancient times, with three sons of her own! Worst of all, famine has struck. Not a blade of grass grows, and corpses litter the land! Eldest son: “Mom, this is the last of our money!” Second son: “Mom, this is the last pound of millet in the house!” Youngest son: “Mommy, here 4.4kReads9.0Score570Shelves

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