Looking for Foodie Stories (Street Stalls and Shopkeeping) 求美食文(摆摊开店)

1. 451 穿 Transmigrated as a Lowly Maid, I Got Rich Selling Spicy Strips 穿越粗使丫鬟，我靠卖辣条暴富了 Summer Salt Soda夏日盐汽水Ancient Romance457k WordsCompleted [Also known as The Bondservant’s Escape from the Estate] No romance. A mostly ensemble-cast story with a light touch of food and domestic intrigue. A quick heads-up for readers who might want to avoid those themes. From fifteen cups of wine to Panglin fish, mugwort rice dumplings, honey-braised mud crabs, frosted jade peaks, and Li cakes, the story features a whole range of traditional dishes. Wang Yan was born into servitude at the Marquis An’s estate, a noble household in the capital. When she 1.1kReads8.5Score107Shelves

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   A time-traveling, ancient-era food novel. The female protagonist's family are servants in a noble household; her father is a master chef. She cultivates a good relationship with the kitchen, creating various modern snacks like rice crackers, spicy strips, and desserts, winning the favor of her masters and receiving many rewards. For the safety of her family, she persuades her parents to save money and leave the household. Using chili peppers she found in the mansion, she opens a fast-food restaurant at the docks, later introducing seasonal set meals.

2. 452 沈 The Little Chef of Judge Shen's Household 沈提刑家的小厨娘 Jiang Ying姜萦Ancient Romance511k WordsCompleted Fresh crucian carp sliced thin, celery soup from the emerald stream. A breeze brushes the willows, and a beauty... can lift a mountain with a mighty roar! Everyone knows that Miss Meng of the inn is as beautiful as a flower and a wonderful cook, but no one knows she can lift a giant vat with one hand or bend down and pull up a willow tree. Passing by, Judge Shen: Excuse me! * I love you, my lord. Do you know? The audacious Meng Sujin pounced on Shen Shinian, the judicial commissioner of the Cour 672Reads7.2Score114Shelves
3. 453 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 9.3kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves

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   Opened a wilderness restaurant

4. 454 宇 The Best Food in the Universe 宇宙最好吃 Watermelon Cat Can西瓜猫罐头Modern Romance744k WordsOngoing [Gourmet] [Cultivation] [Restaurant Management] [No Romance] [System Golden Finger] [Interstellar Setting] On Blue Star, a restaurant called The Tastiest in the Universe has become a sensation on the planet known as the “dumping ground.” Its owner, Hao Chi, is bargaining with her “Master Chef System,” hoping to get two extra chances in the dish draw so she can win the Eastern cuisine she has her heart set on. But the cleaver in her hand never pauses, moving so fast it seems to blur. On the stove 378Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The restaurant offers everything from shops and stalls to Chinese and Western food, barbecue, and desserts. The female lead, focused on building her career, refuses to be a romance fanatic. [Salute]

5. 455 边 The Borderlands' Little Cook: General, Care for a Hot Bowl of Soup? 边关小厨娘：将军来碗热汤？ Purehearted Little Rabbit Chick纯情小兔鸡Ancient Romance2.1M WordsCompleted [Happy ending + exile + food + business management + guarding the border with a young general + devoted to each other] Modern food blogger Lin Weiwei travels into the body of a woman in ancient times and becomes the daughter of a disgraced official, exiled to the frontier. The frontier is cold and harsh? No problem, her cooking will help. Fragrant, steaming lamb offal soup, scallion pancakes, braised snacks, and grilled lamb skewers... She’ll use modern food to cheer on the frontier soldiers! Wh 831Reads7.1Score100Shelves

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   💥💥Yu Zhizhi is tricked by an unreliable system, forced to set up a stall in bizarre locations every day. From a prince's residence to a crime scene, from a mountaintop temple to a coffin shop, the things she sells are all incredibly strange. Just when everyone thought she had gone mad, a long queue formed in front of her stall. The entire city is racking their brains over one question: Where will she appear tomorrow?

6. 456 爹 Loved by Mom and Dad! A Happy Life in Ancient Times After Being Born There 爹疼娘爱！胎穿古代幸福生活 Apples Never Run Out苹果不会少Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted The animated series The Great Xia Pearl Chronicle is here! [Fictional Setting + Ancient Times + Rural Farming + Infrastructure Building + Lighthearted and Healing + Everyday Family Life + No Romance + A Heart of Gold] A domineering CEO's... assistant dies of overwork and transmigrates to the small village of Songjiatai in the Great Xia Dynasty, becoming a little farm girl who rolls around in the mud. Her name is Song Daya. Having spent her previous life striving to be the best, Song D 8.9kReads9.0Score857Shelves
7. 457 军 The Army Wife Has Triplets and Wins Over the Soldiers with Her Cooking 军嫂一胎三宝，美食征服兵哥哥 Ink Falling in Clear Times落墨清时Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted After Meng Qinghuan was caught in an explosion, her soul transmigrated into a novel set in the 1980s and 1990s. Not only had she become a pitiable cannon-fodder girl whose father had died, whose mother didn’t love her, and who was sold to an old man as his wife, she had also unexpectedly bound herself to a God of Cooking System and gained a top-tier kitchen with unlimited supplies! Meng Qinghuan promptly came up with a plan to escape her wretched family and make her mark on the food scene of the 729Reads7.6Score105Shelves

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   🌸🌸A period food novel. The female protagonist transmigrates into a book and becomes the daughter of a mother who has lost her father at a young age and is unloved by her mother. She schemes to escape her miserable family and makes a name for herself in the culinary world of the 1980s! She opens a breakfast stall, a pastry shop, a restaurant, and a tavern… and incidentally, she wins over a handsome military officer husband. The handsome officer husband declares: "I'll cook delicious meals for you every day!" With delicious food and a beautiful woman, who could resist?

8. 458 带 Transmigrating with a System Marketplace to Become the Richest in the Dynasty 带着系统商城穿越，成为全朝首富 Wen Xiaoqi温小柒Ancient Romance187k WordsCompleted [Farming + transmigration + food + System + beloved by everyone + devoted couple] Lin Mianmian, an independent modern woman, transmigrates into the body of a peasant girl in an imaginary dynasty. When she opens her eyes, she discovers she has five older brothers and is bound to a System marketplace. Her original plan is to use her golden finger to help her brothers succeed, then lie flat. Eldest brother Lin Xiao: “Little sister, I learned martial arts so I could protect you.” Second brother Lin 38Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Initially a street stall, later a shop, selling braised food, fruit, mooncakes, and all sorts of other dishes, and also making various delicacies for family members—no bad choices.

9. 459 流 Exiled to Hainan, I Made My Fortune by Foraging Along the Shore 流放海南后我靠赶海发家 Xia Zhizi夏栀子Ancient Romance801k WordsCompleted Jiang Wan is incredibly unlucky to get into a car accident, but she's also lucky: she and her mother, Yin Huaixi, transmigrate to the same dynasty and are still mother and daughter. As soon as they arrive, they learn that her mother's family has been exiled for life to an island, where they're forbidden to leave. What?! The place of exile is just like Hainan Island?! Jiang Wan's mouth waters so much that she starts to cry. She picks up her old beachcombing skills and brings all kinds of seafood 9.5kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves

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   The first book (without a male lead) mainly focuses on seaside cuisine. The author is particularly meticulous, providing pictures for each ingredient that appears; moreover, the author has specifically researched the foods mentioned online, demonstrating expertise. The second book (with a male lead) tells the story of a female protagonist using her modern knowledge to open a shop and start a business in ancient times.

10. 460 退 The Jilted Farm Girl Makes a Comeback, Taking Her Husband on the Road to Riches 退亲农女要翻身，携夫走上致富路 The Heat of Sweet and Sour Fish Cake甜不辣的辣Ancient Romance544k WordsCompleted The chuunibyo woman Fang Xiaoning transmigrated! Her father is heartless, shameless, and ill-mannered. Her mother is a weepy little flower, and the family is dirt poor with three children. Fang Xiaoning has it worst of all: her fiancé is a scumbag, and her future in-laws are shameless. Just when she finally manages to break off the engagement, her awful father sends her into the room of the man who once saved his life... Fang Xiaoning grinned. She’d been wondering how to get out of the engagemen 1.6kReads8.4Score157Shelves

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    Delicious food, herbal medicine gathering, and a lifelong, gentle flow.

11. 461 摆 I Set Up a Stall and Make the Tragic-Novel Heroine Happy with My Food 摆摊，我靠美食让虐文女主幸福了 Yi San by the Water一三傍水Modern Romance559k WordsCompleted [Food] [No Romance] [Lighthearted] [Healing] [Funny] [Perfect with a Meal] Also known as: The Tortured Heroine Is Surrounded by a Bunch of Foodies Main plot: Food cures lovesickness In another universe, Lin Wei gazed at a certain heroine from her previous world. What? You'd chase someone across dimensions just for a meal? That doesn't seem very reasonable! Lin Wei was a top chef and a genius from China. Although she had transmigrated to take a job as a minor supporting character, a tool mean 10.8kReads9.0Score1.7kShelves
12. 462 深 Midnight Fireworks 深夜烟火 Big Sugar Megaphone大糖喇叭Urban32k WordsCompleted Lin Fan is an ordinary young man who runs a cozy bookstore in the city. There’s tea and delicious food, and he tells every story with care. In the warmth of the late-night lights, may this little shop bring you comfort and warmth too. 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Opening a shop, delicious food, and lots of positive energy!

13. 463 想 Trying to Inherit Everything? No Way! I’ll Get Rich and Raise the Kids in Style 想吃绝户？没门，暴富养崽爽翻天 It's Little Qiya是小七丫Ancient Romance2.7M WordsOngoing The animated series is out! Also known as You Want to Take Everything from Me? No Way! I'll Get Rich and Raise My Kids in Style, Transmigrated as a Country Girl, I Farm with My Kids and Have a Blast is a story about transmigration, farming, food, a pocket dimension, business, daily life, gathering herbs, and having a mountain at her back. See how Zhao Xiaoyu leads her whole family to prosperity and turns their lives around! Her grandparents play favorites, and since her family has no sons, they' 31.7kReads8.7Score2kShelves
14. 464 空 A Pocket Dimension and Infinite Supplies: I Transmigrated to a Famine Year to Raise the Children 空间：带无限物资穿到荒年养崽崽 Nangong Qiongyue南宫穹月Ancient Romance218k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Alternate World + Supermarket Space + Unlimited Supplies + Mutual First Love + Mutual Pining + Food + Farming and Business + Building Wealth + Family Life + Cozy, Everyday Living] After drinking too much, Lin Wanfeng drags the man she’s had a crush on for three years to the lake, intending to confess her feelings. But she accidentally falls in, taking him with her as they transmigrate. When she opens her eyes, she’s lying on a dirt floor covered with straw, wrapped in a threadb 1.1kReads8.7Score131Shelves

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    Dual time travel, supermarket space, unlimited resources, cooking food, opening shops

15. 465 美 Gourmet: Selling Breakfast at a Night Market Stall 美食：我在夜市摆摊卖早餐 Free Orbit自由轨道Urban170k WordsCompleted [Gourmet] [No Female Lead] [Everyday Life] [Comfort Food] [Business] What, you’re selling breakfast at a night market stall? And it’s actually this delicious? You’re selling breakfast? This is my dinner! Shen Yan was fired for entering the office with his left foot first. By chance, he unlocked the Gourmet System and started running a food stall, working his way toward becoming a master chef through the dishes he made. Add sea cucumber to fried rice, and abalone to instant noodles. The finer the 35Reads—Score—Shelves

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    🌟🌟🌟🍃🍃🍃The story follows Shen Yan, who is fired from his company for the "absurd" reason of entering with his left foot. While feeding his stray cat, he unexpectedly unlocks a gourmet system and gradually grows into a gourmet master through his own cooking. The detailed descriptions of the food are very engaging, and it's easy to get hungry while reading at night. "Ding, congratulations to the host for unlocking the Gourmet Life System."

16. 466 八 Sweet Pampering in the 1980s: The Foodie Wife Is No Pushover 八零暖宠，美食娇妻不好惹 Stir-Fried Chicken Gizzards炒鸡杂Modern Romance564k WordsCompleted She opens her eyes and finds herself back in 1983, transformed into a pitiful bride whom her parents “sold” to a local thug for two hundred yuan. Her bride price went straight toward covering the debts of her good-for-nothing younger brother. With her husband’s family living in abject poverty and her own family watching like vultures, she wields spicy mala xiang guo in one hand and braised intestines in the other, winning over the whole street with her cooking and turning her carefree husband in 506Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The female protagonist is incredibly capable after time-traveling, and her rough-around-the-edges husband dotes on her. From sauces to grilled fish, they gradually make a fortune. It's so delicious!

17. 467 农 The Farm Girl Has a Space, and She Thrives on the Road to Escape 农女有空间，逃荒路上一路浪 The Heat of Sweet and Sour Fish Cake甜不辣的辣Ancient Romance507k WordsCompleted New book: The Apocalypse Brings Natural Disasters, and the Strong Girl Braves the Wilderness Alone. Xia Ning was sold off by her cruel grandparents. Unable to bear it any longer, she tried to kill herself by hitting her head against a wall, and Xia Ning from another world transmigrated into her body. After learning that she had transmigrated into a book, Xia Ning was despairing when she realized what lay ahead. Cold waves, droughts, epidemics, floods, earthquakes... On 2.3kReads8.4Score237Shelves
18. 468 白 The Army Wife and Her Child Join the Troops: Her Cooking Takes the Compound by Storm 白月光带娃随军：靠美食风靡大院 Xiaobai Sells Xiaoxin小白卖小新Modern Romance594k WordsCompleted [Delicate Beauty + Tough Military Officer] (Alternate History + Food + Military Wife + Raising Kids + Reborn + First Love + Family Life) When Cheng Yuewan opened her eyes, she had returned to the day in her previous life when she abandoned her children and ran away. In her previous life, she resented Song Huaisheng for ruining her life, and disliked their two children because of him. Only at the end of her life did she realize she had blamed the wrong person. Given another chance at life, all sh 2.9kReads7.2Score195Shelves
19. 469 我 I Make a Fortune and Find a Husband in Another World with My Cooking 我靠厨艺在异世发家致富娶夫郎 Spring Moon春见月Two Male Leads427k WordsOngoing [Two Male Leads + Food + Farming + Sweet Romance (the imperial examinations and court politics come into play later)] Lin Man was born into a family of chefs and has an extraordinary talent for cooking. He never expected to transmigrate to a remote mountain village in another world, where he becomes a penniless, homeless hooligan with both parents dead. No money, no food, and no one to rely on but himself. Isn’t this the worst possible start? With his excellent cooking, he just barely manages to 49Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful! Setting up a stall or shop, leading your family to wealth and a happy life—it's absolutely gorgeous!

20. 470 穿 I Became the White Lotus Female Side Character, Crying Every Day as Everyone Dotes on Me 穿成白莲女配我每天哭唧唧被爆宠 Little Big Mouth小小大嘴巴Ancient Romance30k WordsOngoing [Transmigrate into a book + System + pocket dimension + years of famine + food + everyone’s favorite] Yu Qing’er transmigrates into a book as a scheming white-lotus female supporting character. Knowing she has less than a year to live, she can only follow the System’s instructions and maintain the original character’s white-lotus persona if she wants to survive. As she gets to know her supposedly cannon-fodder family, she discovers they’re kindhearted, nothing like the villains described in the —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The second book is really good, the first one is okay but a bit short.

21. 471 我 I Open a Canteen in the Embroidered Uniform Guard 我在锦衣卫开食堂 Bak Kut Teh肉骨茶茶Ancient Romance713k WordsCompleted “I’m a famous food blogger! There’s no way I can’t handle you lot!” Food blogger Song Zhaozhao accidentally transmigrated into the body of a vicious female supporting character. She ended up in a poor little mountain village, but her father doted on her, her mother loved her, and her older brother protected her. With a wave of her expert hand, Song Zhaozhao gave up on her childhood sweetheart and opened a canteen for the Embroidered Uniform Guard. “From today on, I’m in charge of your meals!” 1.7kReads—Score182Shelves

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    Various types of food articles

22. 472 什 What? The Management Game Became Real! 什么？经营游戏成真了！ Super Jabei超级加贝Modern Romance307k WordsCompleted [Mainly business and progression + no romance + leisurely daily life + healing + pocket worlds] From the start, all she had was a tea egg, and it launched a whole street of gourmet food. What? Her tea eggs boost your health? What? Her hot pot makes you look younger? What? Her milk tea keeps you from losing sleep? … Feng Zhu had been an orphan since childhood. She had spent twenty years doing her best to get by, only to be diagnosed with cancer and given less than a year to live. Just as she was 720Reads8.7Score102Shelves

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    I really enjoyed reading this book. [Adoration]

23. 473 穿 I Became an Abusive Husband, So I Healed My Cold, Aloof Husband With Food 穿成家暴男我用美食治愈清冷夫郎 May Wealth Come From All Directions八方来财耶Two Male Leads311k WordsCompleted [Food-themed story, two male leads, cozy family life, dependable and steady gong with youthful spirit ✖ cool, well-behaved beauty shou] One day, Lin Yan transmigrates into the body of a scholar in Linjia Village. The original owner cared only about having fun, ignored every household responsibility, and even beat his husband. Putting his cooking skills to use, Lin Yan sets up a street stall and opens a shop, spoils his adorable little husband, and gradually leads him and his family toward a happ 429Reads8.2Score102Shelves
24. 474 硬 Tough Mother-in-Law: Earning Foreign Currency With One Hand, Charming the Commander With the Other 硬核婆婆：左手赚外汇右手撩首长 Good Luck, Jiajia One好运珈珈一Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted (Life at Home and Beyond + Gourmet Restaurant + Island Version of a Parents' Love Story + Silver-Haired Fiction + No Pocket Dimension + No System + Family Life + Raising Kids) Chen Xianglan is a country mother-in-law who can turn every inch of barren soil into gold. The skills she's spent her whole life mastering are all “unorthodox”: breeding pigs, helping with childbirth, farming, making sauces, choosing auspicious dates, reading the weather, and cooking food so delicious it could make the imm 16.8kReads8.6Score826Shelves

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    [Food and Farming] This book, *My Mother-in-Law's Cooking Skills*, is so delicious it'll make you want to eat rice! Mother-in-law Chen Xianglan not only knows how to breed pigs, but she can also grow flowers on saline-alkali land. No special abilities, just pure hard work. Watch how she uses a spatula to pamper her isolated daughter-in-law. Heartwarming and healing, you won't regret reading it!

25. 475 重 Back to the 1970s, Spoiled at the Cost of My Life by a Sinister Tycoon 重回七零，被阴戾大佬拿命宠 Lamb Who Loves Spicy Food爱吃辣的小羊羔Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + reborn + building wealth + food + adorable child + redemption] Reborn, Xia Chuhe rolled up her sleeves and got to work, facing a family that barely had enough to eat or wear. Pickled pepper bullfrog, braised fish, braised pork, marinated meats... Every day, she carried all kinds of delicious food through the black market, raking in stacks of cash and ration coupons. In her previous life, she was brutally murdered. The “madman” she had always feared went mad for her, avenged her 7.4kReads8.8Score469Shelves
26. 476 穿 Transmigrating as the Son-in-Law Who Brings Prosperity to the Family 穿越之旺家赘婿 Cosmic Superman宇宙超人Two Male Leads1.7M WordsCompleted [Two male leads + farming + building wealth + face-slapping and taking down scum + a slow, steady romance + heartwarming + imperial examinations] Zhao Yunchuan transmigrates to the Great Jing Dynasty and happily becomes a live-in son-in-law. Onlookers: Your husband is ugly... Zhao Yunchuan: You’re ugly, and so are your ancestors for eighteen generations! He’s broad-shouldered, slim-waisted, long-legged, tall, and handsome! They’re just jealous! Onlookers: A live-in son-in-law will never amount t 4.3kReads8.8Score469Shelves
27. 477 宗 The Sect's Culinary God: I Conquer the Immortal Cultivation World with Food 宗门厨神，我靠美食征服修仙界 A Sweet Chili Pepper一颗甜辣椒Eastern Fantasy231k WordsCompleted [Food + No Female Lead + Farming + Ensemble Cast] Ye Bai transmigrates to a fantasy cultivation world, with nothing but a body incapable of cultivation and an inn from the start. Fortunately, he awakens a Culinary Cultivation System. Complete its quests, and he can earn recipes, spiritual roots, cultivation techniques, immortal artifacts, a pocket dimension... And so, every meal Ye Bai cooks becomes an unparalleled delicacy. The entire cultivation world goes crazy trying to get a taste of his co 258Reads6.1Score—Shelves

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    A master chef dies and his soul transmigrates into the body of a policeman. Solving cases? No way, all I know is cooking. Setting up a stall to supervise and lure criminals? Isn't that just walking into the line of fire? In the world of cultivation, if you don't value food, it's because you haven't eaten well. There are countless cuisines in the world, and Chinese food makes up half of them. Let foreigners who haven't tasted good food try what normal meals are like.

28. 478 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. 995Reads7.1Score131Shelves

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    Simple food articles, every single one is about food.

29. 479 男 A Chef at Your Door, Healing Countless Diners 男厨上门，治愈万千食客 Bean Bun Rations豆包干粮Modern Romance111k WordsOngoing After losing his job and running out of options, Lin Zhaonan unexpectedly binds to the “Record of a Hundred Flavors” culinary System. From then on, he sets out on a healing journey, soothing hearts with food and comforting ordinary lives with the warmth of home cooking. As he heals others, Lin Zhaonan heals himself too, and finds love as well as a restaurant famous far and wide. 44Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The new book has incredibly vivid food descriptions; I wouldn't recommend reading it on an empty stomach.

30. 480 美 Gourmet: Taking Over the Bear’s Prison Canteen 美食：从承包毛熊监狱食堂开始 Quill Pen羽毛笔Urban1.3M WordsOngoing After a disastrous blind date, Tang Lei flees overnight, only to bind himself to a Chef God System that randomly assigns him a place to run: the cafeteria of a prison in a nation of tough fighters! Pork stewed with potatoes, red-braised pork, stuffed eight-treasure duck, sweet-and-sour ribs… Homestyle dishes! State-banquet cuisine! Every delicacy imaginable! Bring a taste of the culinary kingdom to Siberia, a barren wasteland of food! The vicious, unruly inmates: “Boss, do you need anyone to was 2.8kReads9.2Score309Shelves
31. 481 摆 Selling Bento on the Roadside, Causing a Massive Traffic Jam 摆摊卖盒饭，公路堵疯了 There's a Cat Named Soybean有只猫叫黄豆Urban300k WordsCompleted Shen Li has just transmigrated to a parallel world when he learns that his father is buried in debt. As his son, he has to take responsibility. The family can no longer afford the rent on their restaurant, so they have no choice but to set up a street stall. Then some little potatoes from the south come to visit, and they can’t tear themselves away from Shen Li’s stall. Overnight, the humble stall becomes a sensation, drawing more and more little potatoes from far and wide. “Is this the braised 616Reads8.3Score104Shelves

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    A novel where the male protagonist runs a food stall. [Kiss][Kiss]

32. 482 隔 The Glutton Next Door 隔壁那个饭桶 Jiu Xiaoqi酒小七Modern Romance258k WordsCompleted A beloved hit from bestselling author Jiu Xiao Qi! A gluttonous girl vs. a culinary genius professor: this couple is so sweet, you can't get enough of them! Qiao Feng is still single, and there are three impossible problems he can't overcome: one, he's too handsome; two, he's too rich; three, he's too smart. When Professor Qiao, whom every top student idolizes, decides he wants a girlfriend, heaven and earth are shaken, and winds and clouds surge. Legend has it that Qiao Feng has an insanely dif 4.2kReads9.5Score668Shelves

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    Don't be fooled by the title of the first book. The plot isn't melodramatic at all. The female lead transmigrates into a book and gets pregnant with the male lead. To make a living, she sets up a stall and makes all sorts of delicious food, healing the male lead's unhappy childhood. The male lead's father is the female lead's official love interest. Judging from the titles, the following books are all about food. I personally think they're quite good. If you're looking for something to read, you can check out the synopsis to see if it suits your taste.

33. 483 这 This World Is Delicious 这个世界很好吃 The Mountain Bearer负山者447k WordsCompleted To stay alive, you have to eat something. Life itself is a long banquet, one dish after another, and you never know what surprise the next one will bring. That’s why this book will be very, very long, lasting until the end of the culinary journey and the end of life itself. 5Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 484 全 The Whole Family Exiled in a Famine Year, While the Chief Secretary Farms and I Eat Meat 全家荒年流放，首辅种田我吃肉 A Leaf Sail一叶帆Ancient Romance360k WordsCompleted (Completed) [Reclaiming wasteland + System + food + building from nothing] Ye Zhiheng dies unexpectedly and wakes up as the spoiled, difficult wife of a down-on-his-luck male lead. During a famine, the Lu family is exiled by the emperor to Lingnan to reclaim wasteland. From the start, they have a broken-down thatched hut and have to dig for wild vegetables in the dark. The original owner was pampered and can't take hardship. She's making a fuss about going back to the capital, and the grandmothe 131Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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    It looks great! 😍 You should check it out!

35. 485 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 6.7kReads9.2Score472Shelves

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    Give me a push!

36. 486 我 My Ancestor Is a Pot 我的祖宗是口锅 Sesame Rice Cake芝麻年糕Modern Romance861k WordsCompleted Xu Jingqing accidentally awakened the spirit of an ancestor who had been sleeping inside the family heirloom, an iron wok. Under the old ancestor's “loving” tutelage, Xu Jingqing honed extraordinary cooking skills and opened a humble little eatery. At first, people were skeptical of a restaurant run by a college girl who had never lifted a finger around the house. Then came the verdict: “It's so good!” “Mom, I want to eat big sister's cooking every day.” “What smells so good in the middle of the 449Reads8.7Score106Shelves

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    This book is good.

37. 487 美 A Food Blogger Builds Wealth in Ancient Times 美食博主在古代发家致富 Cocoa and Black Tea可可红茶Two Male Leads2.1M WordsCompleted [Two male leads + food and farming + raising kids] Food blogger Song Yuan transmigrates into a book, becoming the cannon-fodder elder brother in a farming novel. His parents are both dead, leaving him with three children. One, two, three children, all of them little villains. Song Yuan: Damn it, I'm going to lie flat. Fortunately, his portable space comes with a modern kitchen and an endless supply of ingredients in the fridge. No food? Tomato and egg stir-fry, followed by chili meat sauce, and 4.7kReads8.9Score628Shelves

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    ✨The female protagonist transmigrates into the body of the Shen family's beloved daughter, and then cooks delicious food every day. She even has her father bring food to court, attracting many officials; she also has her brother bring food to school, making everyone obsessed with food.

38. 488 穿 After I Transmigrated, the Minor Side Character Won Everyone Over with Her Cooking 穿越后，小炮灰靠美食逆袭成团宠 Milk Tea Is So Good奶茶真香Ancient Romance320k WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance and Healing + Independent, Hardworking Heroine + Gentle, Wise Hero + Food Business + Both Pure] Shen Qinqin transmigrates into the body of a wealthy merchant’s daughter who is infatuated with General Xiao. Because her predecessor offended the general, she is cast out of her home and thrown into a river the moment she arrives. Watch her use her own abilities to save her life and work diligently to build herself a place in the world, starting with a tiny wonton stall and branching o 7Reads5.4Score—Shelves

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    The female protagonist initially started by selling wontons at a stall to save money. Later, after opening her own small food shop, she began to delve into various culinary arts. The people in the shop are also very interesting, making it a very warm and welcoming little food shop.

39. 489 餐 My Food Truck Is a Hit, and the City Inspectors Show Up Every Day! 餐车生意火爆，城管天天来报道！ Zhengang Sect of Xiaozhou萧州的真罡宗Urban307k WordsCompleted [Gourmet]+ [Food Truck]+ [System]+ [Daily Life] Song Jie was saddled with a mountain of debt after his ex-girlfriend, who always put her younger brother first, set him up. In a fit of anger, he seized her younger brother's food truck. He had planned to sell boxed lunches part-time and shake off the label of being in debt as soon as possible. Unexpectedly, he accidentally activated the Gourmet System... Completing missions not only earns him ultimate recipes that captivate every palate, but also 60Reads6.4Score—Shelves
40. 490 我 Street Food in Ancient Times, and the Powerful Minister Can’t Resist 我在古代摆摊做美食，权臣他馋哭了 Half-Moon Grapes月半葡萄Ancient Romance744k WordsCompleted He You'an had just made a name for herself as a food blogger when she died suddenly from staying up late editing videos. Then she transmigrated into a lucky-charm novel as the villainous female side character. Her family was a collection of oddballs, shunned by the whole village. The original owner resented the heroine and did every evil thing imaginable. In the end, the heroine’s younger brother, who rose to become a high-ranking official, exiled the entire family three thousand li to Lingnan, 318Reads5.5Score—Shelves
41. 491 合 A Happy Family 合家欢 Seven-Tenths-Sweet Pomelo七分甜柚子Ancient Romance289k WordsCompleted After being reborn, I excel at both studying and making money, and retire at thirty Synopsis: [Farming + Food + Business + Slow-Burn Slice of Life + No System] A farming story with no System The focus is on a gentle, steady pace No ridiculous relatives How did the Lin family's youngest daughter, once a bit slow on the uptake, suddenly become a business tycoon? Lin Wanwan: Who do you think you're looking down on? I can hold my own in the parlor and in the kitchen. I can cook, run a business, grow 15Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 492 随 Random Street Stall: Customers Search the Whole City for Me 随机摆摊：顾客对我全城搜索 All-You-Can-Eat Red-Braised Rice红烧米饭管饱Urban208k WordsOngoing [Gourmet] [No female lead] [Everyday life] [Heartwarming] [Healing] [Comedy] After transmigrating, Luo Bo unexpectedly awakens an Unlimited Gourmet System, which randomly grants him a god-tier culinary skill every week. “Ding! Wraps at one hundred percent! Sell wraps at a bus stop at midnight.” “Ding! The ultimate temptation of instant noodles! Go to an internet cafe at nine at night and treat the gamers' taste buds.” “Ding! The culinary wisdom of an eighty-year barbecue chef has been bestowed u —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's still okay.

43. 493 开 Selling Banquet Cuisine from a Street Stall from the Start, I Shock the World 开局摆地摊卖国宴菜，我震惊全球 Little Steamed Bun小呀小馒头Urban1.4M WordsOngoing Japanese sashimi? Have you heard that food can never be too refined, nor a dish too finely prepared? Korean kimchi? Do you even know where kimchi originated? Brazilian barbecue? Let me show you what a whole roasted Inner Mongolian lamb looks like! Jiang Bai awakens the God of Cooking System and vows to conquer the world with Chinese cuisine! 13Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 494 高 How Hard College Students Study Depends on How Good the Cafeteria Food Is 高校学生卷不卷，全看食堂香不香 Little Pig Cake小猪糕儿Modern Romance197k WordsCompleted Cheng Mingyue binds to a university cafeteria System. She plans to make money, lie flat, and enjoy her retirement, but ends up shouldering the burden of bringing in new students. Her mischievous System loves gossip and eavesdrops on its Host's inner grumbling. Everyone involved is left stunned, while the System has the time of its life! Students: Which university cafeteria is the best? Qingyuan's food is the tastiest! Come on, let's fight to get a seat! Principal Jiang: Heaven has finally smiled 89Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's so beautiful, I can't get enough of it!

45. 495 重 Reborn in the Nineties: I Sold Spicy Hot Pot and Bought a Whole Street 重生九零，我卖麻辣烫买了一条街 Nan Nan Yang南南羊Modern Romance325k WordsCompleted In her previous life, He Wanqiu spent her whole life working in a factory, married the wrong man, and died alone and miserable. Reborn in the year of her high school entrance exams, she swore never to repeat the mistakes of her past life. Her own mother favored boys and forced her to quit school to work? Her classmates mocked and sneered at her, calling her a hopeless student? Her relatives looked down on her poor family? Once He Wanqiu began her comeback, there was no stopping her! Her mother w 4.2kReads8.8Score382Shelves

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    The first book features a female protagonist who is reborn. Her mother, who favors sons over daughters, refuses to pay her tuition and wants her to drop out of school. The protagonist accumulates funds by writing couplets for the New Year, then sells spicy hot pot with her sister at a stall. Later, she opens a shop, earning more money, and her mother becomes overly protective of her. The protagonist seizes opportunities, buys stocks, makes money to buy a house, and then becomes a landlady selling home appliances and clothes – a path from which there is no turning back. The second book features a female protagonist who is a food blogger's assistant transmigrated into the body of a farm girl. Bound by a spatial ability and backed by a mountain village, she makes a fortune in ancient times with modern food, setting up stalls, opening shops, and running restaurants…

46. 496 穿 I Transmigrated as a Farmer's Daughter and Got Rich with Good Food 穿成农家女，我靠美食暴富了 Big Dull Dull Dull Dull Dull Goose大呆呆呆呆呆鹅274k WordsOngoing Farming! No romance! A strong female lead! Zhu Qing, a modern food blogger with tens of millions of followers, got into a car accident and woke up as a five-year-old girl. The girl’s family was living in a dilapidated house, so Zhu Qing, who had taken over her body, set about patching things up. She just got a little carried away! Not only did she make her family famous, she also helped the county grow prosperous. 5Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 497 天 Good Heavens! I Set Up a Street Stall and Accidentally Became the Richest Man 天啊！摆个地摊一不小心成了首富 A Touch of Misty Rain一抹烟雨Urban303k WordsOngoing [Lighthearted + street vending + food + simulation + romance + daily life] Zhou Ming, who was bound to a street-vending simulation System, set up a stall. Through his business, Zhou Ming met Li Xiaoqing, a beautiful CEO. “Mmm~ Who knew grilled sausages could taste this good?!” The normally aloof CEO was so captivated by Zhou Ming’s grilled sausages that she was practically out of it after her first bite. … And Zhou Ming’s once uneventful life was soon swept up in one incident after another, tha 4Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 498 美 Gourmet: Selling Meals at School Sends Students and Teachers into a Frenzy 美食：学校卖饭，师生抢疯了 Boiled Fish水煮鱼Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Gourmet | Everyday Life | Lighthearted | Relaxing | Slow-Paced | Comforting] Jiang Fan got a Gourmet System and rented a small food stall in his school cafeteria. “There aren’t any students eating here. You should close up.” “The food’s terrible. You’ll be out of business in a few days.” “Here comes another idiot, selling food in this place.” Everyone mocked him. Jiang Fan ignored them and checked his mission. He had to sell a hundred shaomai in one day. Could he pull that off? “Wow, these shao 2.6kReads7.1Score171Shelves

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    These food articles are so beautiful, they make my mouth water and I get hungry just reading them!

49. 499 横 Hengdian Foodie 横店美食家 A Heap of Koi Fish一坨锦鲤Female-Channel Fanfiction331k WordsCompleted (One-on-one romance ~ Celebrity ~ Entertainment Industry ~ Food ~ Fan Fiction ~ CP: Tian Jiarui) In a parallel world, Chen Xiaotao, a food-loving fan girl, unexpectedly comes into possession of a pocket dimension. She decides to open a shop in Hengdian, and while cooking delicious food and casually following her favorite stars, she finds friendship and love. (I'm a brand-new author, and the story will feature some celebrities and their works. I'll carefully research and refer to relevant sources 310Reads6.3Score—Shelves

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    A foodie chasing stars gains space to open a shop in Hengdian, making delicious food and chasing stars, gaining friendship and love, CP Tian Jiarui.

50. 500 生 Crying Through Childbirth, I’m Spoiled by a Powerful Man in the 1990s 生崽痛哭，我在九零被大佬宠上天 The Dark Circles Aren't Dark黑眼圈不黑Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Set in a bygone era + sweet romance + family life + building wealth + devoted one-on-one couple] Everyone at Big Willow Courtyard knew Gu Lin was a reckless hooligan who brought misfortune to his relatives. They warned their children to stay away from him, or they'd end up unlucky too. Mu Ning transmigrated into a period novel as the cannon-fodder ex-wife of a major supporting character. Her original body's fate was to die in childbirth. She touched her four-month baby bump and trembled with fe 8.1kReads8.7Score496Shelves

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    A food stall owner suddenly finds herself transmigrated into a book, pregnant with a child of unknown father. Upon closer inspection, the baby turns out to be the male protagonist from a tragic novel she'd previously read—a pitiful child unloved by both parents. Penniless, Ding Sha transforms herself into a construction site's lunchbox beauty thanks to her exceptional culinary skills. Spicy chicken, garlic sprouts with cured pork, sesame sauce noodles, and sweet and sour fish—she whips them all up with ease.

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