Looking for Cooking God or Culinary God Stories Set in Fantasy, Xianxia, or Mythological Worlds 求厨神-食神-做饭，主角在玄幻和仙侠或者神话

1. 1 厨 The God of Cooking and the Demon Beasts: Oh No, We're the Ingredients! 厨神，妖兽：不好，我们成食材了 Jiu Yu九语Eastern Fantasy6.8M WordsOngoing A chef transmigrates to a fantasy world and awakens the strongest Chef God System. Whenever someone praises a dish he makes, his talent, physique, and insight improve. Well, this is an instant takeoff. What's more, his dishes have special effects: they can strengthen the body, nourish one's health, and clear away hidden injuries… The entire sect goes wild. From the Ancestor, Supreme Elders, and Sect Master to the servant disciples, everyone goes crazy for a taste. The Sect Master say 66.6kReads9.1Score4.7kShelves

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   This should be the one. The protagonist works as a cook in a sect, and everyone in the sect fights over his cooking! (Really, bloody fights!) He needs a senior sister to accompany him on missions; the only thing missing is the entire peak master! If he's bullied, tens of thousands of people from the entire peak will come to avenge him! He never has to worry about resources; his senior brothers and sisters provide them, and he takes medicine like it's candy! He's definitely the most beloved character!

2. 2 为 The Immortal Emperor Begs to Join My Sect Just to Eat My Cooking 为了吃我做的饭，仙帝求入我宗门 A Gap in the Wings羽翼之隙Eastern Fantasy742k WordsOngoing Cultivation, food, laid-back, comedy, everyday life, farming Wen Wushuang was a humble chef who unexpectedly inherited the God of Cookery's legacy, only to transmigrate to the cultivation world. He soon discovered that people here knew next to nothing about food. He became the cook at a down-and-out little sect. Every day, he prepared delicious meals that made the sect's name famous far and wide. Leaders from every sect came to pay visits. The Immortal Emperor, the Empress, the Demon Venerable, 602Reads9.0Score100Shelves

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   This is a food-themed novel, free of intrigue and backstabbing. In this harmonious and joyful world of cultivation, true happiness lies in eating the protagonist's food.

3. 3 厨 Master Chef: From the Start, My Junior Sister Stole My Chicken 厨神，开局被小师妹偷吃了鸡 Pineapple Pizza菠萝披萨Eastern Fantasy3.4M WordsOngoing Hardcore food fiction + laid-back daily life + steamrolling the myriad races with food The executive chef of a six-star restaurant transmigrates to the Yaochi Holy Land and becomes the greatest chef in the world of culinary cultivation. There, he discovers that the pigs are bigger than elephants and the chickens have six legs! From then on, Beast-Taming Peak gets a large-scale, professional livestock farm, while fields of vegetables flourish year-round on Spirit Herb Peak. “These evil dragons an 6.6kReads9.2Score486Shelves

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   There aren't many good ones in this genre; it's easy to repeat and get boring.

4. 4 修 A Great War in the Cultivation World, All for a Bite to Eat?! 修仙界大战，只为抢口饭？！ Red Carp, Donkey, Green Crucian Carp红鲤鱼驴绿鲫鱼Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [Gourmet cooking + immortal cultivation + scheming sect disciple + lighthearted comedy + goofy daily life + no female lead or harem] Zhu Fan transmigrated to the cultivation world and became a disciple of a sect. Just as he was about to receive his golden finger, something unexpected happened Zhu Fan: Anyone else know this feeling? I was about to become a tycoon in the immortal realm! Once my divine pill was ready, I’d ascend to immortality! But someone suddenly cut in and bound me to the wrong 15kReads9.2Score1.7kShelves
5. 5 我 I Have a Divine Cauldron: Slay Demons, Cook, and Cultivate Immortality 我有神鼎，斩妖烹饪修仙 Qi Muzi栖木子Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsOngoing [The new book has just received its rating, so it'll gradually rise.] [Slow-paced + food + healing + ensemble cast + daily life + medicinal cuisine] I have a divine cauldron. I slay the fiercest demons and cook the most delicious dishes! The sect's fortune has been secretly stolen by a schemer, and my fellow disciples are all at rock bottom! Don't worry. If you've been poisoned, come have a bowl of soothing medicinal soup. If you've suffered broken bones and serious injuries, take a bite of brai 7.4kReads8.6Score732Shelves
6. 6 厨 God of Cooking: A Little Restaurant from the Start, Making the Cultivation World Drool 厨神：开局小食肆，馋哭修真界 Qi Muzi栖木子Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted Gourmet, healing, no System, no romance, raising a daughter. After transmigrating from the apocalypse to the Cultivation Realm, Yang Feng runs a small eatery. Despite its humble size, the place is packed with big shots from every realm. The Demon Clan's holy maiden: “Waaah, mapo tofu is so delicious! I accidentally ate three more buckets of rice.” A sect leader: “The giant pork knuckle is the best! I can polish off ten in one go!” A celestial master: “I’ve read the signs, and today is a good day 3.8kReads8.7Score350Shelves
7. 7 我 My Cooking God System Is Acting Up 我的厨神系统不对劲 Little Wu Yu小乌彧Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted A cultivation-world massacre sparked by egg fried rice, and a bowl of black sesame paste that fools people into founding a “sacred Buddhist lineage.” Lin Xian, a chef who transmigrates to the cultivation world, is bound to the “Ancient Food Cultivation System.” He thinks he can reach the pinnacle of life by cooking, until he makes a bowl of egg fried rice. Everyone who eats it sees their cultivation surge. It has just one “tiny drawback”: their hair falls out. Overnight, everyone in Radiant Sec 566Reads5.7Score100Shelves

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   Who would have thought that a bowl of fried rice would stir up the entire cultivation world! Chef Lin Xian transmigrated and obtained a food cultivation system, granting his dishes miraculous effects. However, the drawbacks of his fried rice were both laughable and frustrating. The entire Guangyao Sect, from its leader to its disciples, was bald, and in their fury, they ordered a search of the entire Immortal Realm to find him.

8. 8 重 Reborn in the 1980s: Starting with Selling Noodles 重生80年代，从卖面条开始 Loves Coconut Water c爱喝椰子水cUrban189k WordsOngoing [Made Entirely by Hand] [Period Novel + Food + Cozy Everyday Life + System + Farming] Jiang Jue unexpectedly is reborn in 1989 and takes over his family’s restaurant from the start! In an era short on good food, he’ll give diners a taste of culinary wonders! Noodles with shredded pork and green peppers, noodles with fried pork, Yangzhou fried rice, sea cucumber braised with scallions, Wensi tofu, squirrel-shaped mandarin fish, mapo tofu, dry-fried rice noodles with beef, ginger duck... From nort 180Reads—Score105Shelves

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9. 9 美 Gourmet: My Cooking Makes the Myriad Worlds Drool 美食，我的美食馋哭诸天万界 There's a Little Divine Beast at My House俺家有只小神兽Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted Fantasy, food, illustrations, comedy, scheming, farming. The starry-sky yanggeng, the undisputed beauty queen of desserts. The upgraded version of Stargazing Pie: Eyes Shut Forever. Boiled cabbage so beautiful it takes your breath away. Spicy crayfish that'll make anyone gain a few pounds before they leave. A chopped chili Kun head big enough to feed dozens. Red-braised lamb, fish-fragrant shredded pork, crystal shrimp dumplings, chicken broth soup dumplings, squirrel-shaped mandarin fish... Hel 953Reads8.9Score101Shelves

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   These books meet the requirements: a fantasy world where the protagonist runs a restaurant, is invincible within the restaurant, leans towards slice-of-life, focuses on food with minimal fighting, and has either a single or no female lead. They're worth reading.

10. 10 异 The God of Cooking in Another World 异世厨神 Foodie Kitty爱美食的喵Eastern Fantasy2.7M WordsCompleted In this fantasy world, where cultivators can split mountains with a raised hand and sever great rivers with a kick, he begins his path to godhood with a tiny restaurant! The most beautiful woman in the capital, the saintess of the Ice Spirit Palace, the enchanting demoness of the demonic cult, and the emperor who travels ten thousand miles a day all become his devoted foodies! Faced with the flood of customers, Qi Xiu declares, “Each person can order only one serving of each dish per day!” What? 1.5kReads8.0Score177Shelves
11. 11 大 Tang Dynasty Restaurant: The Culinary God Dad's Leisurely Life 大唐饭店：厨神奶爸的悠闲生活 Happy Little Crawler幸福的爬爬虫Historical655k WordsCompleted In Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty, there was a legendary chef and doting dad. The moment his mapo tofu and Dongpo pork made their debut, they stunned the taste buds of everyone in the empire. His very first customer was none other than Li Shimin, the greatest man of the High Tang. His restaurant was always packed, and whenever he introduced a new dish, it became the talk of the town. The shopkeeper also had a daughter named Yaya, and his reputation as an over-the-top doting father was entirely des 1.8kReads8.2Score101Shelves

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    There aren't many books like Tomato; these are just a few that I personally like.

12. 12 我 I Opened a Restaurant in Another World in Genshin Impact, and Ningguang Is Drooling 我在原神开异界餐厅，凝光馋哭了 North Wind Rustling北风潇萧Anime Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted [Original titles: I Opened an Otherworldly Restaurant in Genshin Impact, and Ningguang Is Drooling; Genshin Impact: How My Cooking Made the Seven Archons Drool] (No character assassination, no angst. Food + combat + one heroine + healing old wounds. You can read this even if you haven't played Genshin Impact. Bring snacks if you're reading late at night~) On the continent of Teyvat, there is an otherworldly restaurant. Here, you can sample delicacies never before seen in Teyvat. Gradually, every 2.8kReads9.4Score320Shelves
13. 13 我 I Bound the God of Cooking System and Became Unbeatable in the Sect 我绑定厨神系统，在宗门无敌了 Borrowing Ships with Grass Boats草船借舰Eastern Fantasy801k WordsCompleted [Everyday life + silly, brainless wish fulfillment] After transmigrating into a fantasy world, Ye Chenxing takes charge of all the old, weak, sick, and young members of Cangqiong Peak from his senior brother. A good-for-nothing second senior brother takes over as peak master. Cangqiong Peak is doomed! After binding to the God of Cooking Food System, Ye Chenxing cultivates through cooking. His dishes can increase spiritual energy, help people reach enlightenment, raise their cultivation, and ha 497Reads8.7Score110Shelves

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    The God of Cooking 🌟The God of Food. 🍅The protagonist is a peak master, 💛who is specifically in charge of cooking. All the disciples in the sect are like sixth brothers, using every trick in the book to get a meal from the protagonist. 💛This book is best read at noon, because you'll laugh yourself to death while reading it.💛 🍅I'd call these sixth brothers the strongest sixth brothers, 💛they'll pull any stunt for a meal! It's an eye-opener! Highly recommended!!!

14. 14 做 My Cooking Is So Good, the Entire Cultivation World Treats Me Like a Treasure 做饭太好吃，被整个修仙界团宠了 Little Dog, Don't Always Get Caught in the Rain小狗别总淋雨Two Male Leads1.0M WordsCompleted [Two male leads + cultivation + farming + food + street vending + devoted to each other] In his previous life, Yun Ci was a poor student. His parents signed him up for the New Chinese Culinary School early on, and he studied there for three years. Once he graduated, he was ready to show off his skills, but a car accident put a stop to that. When he woke up again, Yun Ci found himself in a world of cultivation. He had no golden finger, no System, and was just an insignificant cannon-fodder charac 9.7kReads9.0Score1.4kShelves

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    New book, great read, two male leads, the early chapters mainly focus on selling delicious food that will make your mouth water.

15. 15 为 The Bigwigs Go Wild Fighting over a Bite to Eat 为了一口吃的，大佬们抢疯了 Sword Across Autumn Waters剑横秋水Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [Gourmet] + [laid-back daily life] + [no System] + [comedy] Li Heng is a chef who accidentally transmigrates to a cultivation world where culinary skills have fallen into decline. He discovers that his dishes are not only delicious, but can also improve cultivation and strengthen the body. One day, while Li Heng is cooking, a passing sect’s saintess spirits him away to work as their chef. As Li Heng serves up dish after delicious dish, the entire sect goes wild. The disciples go crazy competing 2.2kReads8.8Score162Shelves

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    I'd like to recommend myself: a fantasy food novel, lighthearted and humorous.

16. 16 厨 The Chef God’s Study Guide 厨神学习手册 Sponge Ball海绵球Two Male Leads1.3M WordsCompleted [Updated daily. Please subscribe, recommend, and comment! (ノ>▽<)ノ] The world is so big, you have to go see it! And then he arrived in a new world... To keep developing his skills as a chef, he had to start from scratch! New ingredients, new cookware, and a whole new family! The one thing that never changed was his devotion to delicious food. And so, Li Xiaomi became Li Xiaomi. Li Xiaomi: "I'm still a baby, really!" If you want to become a god, start when they're little! 1v1, slow burn, updated d 1.7kReads9.1Score153Shelves

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    Only the first one is about cultivation, and it's not finished yet; the other four are completed and are quite good.

17. 17 我 I Win Over the Entire Interstellar World with Food 我靠美食撼动全星际 Dreams Take Flight in All Directions有梦乱飞Modern Romance586k WordsCompleted Our whole family transmigrated together. Ding Ling was at a loss. Her father, who knew nothing about cooking, became the heir apparent to the largest interstellar food and beverage group. Her stay-at-home mom became the most popular adventure streamer in the stars. And Ding Ling? Ding Ling had just been accepted into the archaeology department at the top military university in the stars. The three members of the Ding family were speechless. The people of the Empire spread the news far and wide. 911Reads9.0Score102Shelves
18. 18 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
19. 19 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
20. 20 变 Mutated Wasteland: Exotic Delicacies on the Tip of the Tongue 变异废土，舌尖上的异种美食 Lin Tianjia林添加Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Mutant Disaster] [Gourmet] [Slice of Life] [Business and Farming] How many times more protein do mutated creatures have than beef? Having just arrived in this world, Liu Bi was shocked by his own thought. He awakened a Master Chef System on land polluted by spores. Was something wrong here? Could every kind of mutated creature be turned into a gourmet dish? Then hurry up and serve it! A specialty restaurant on the edge of the safe zone, serving unconventional comfort food in the midst of everyd 9.2kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves

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    Food-themed stories—you can't see the food while you're eating it, but you can look at it every day when you can't (｢･ω･)｢Hey, funny stories (in my opinion), some parts are genuinely hilarious. They'll make your mouth water and make you grin from ear to ear. The maps include urban settings, cultivation worlds, apocalyptic settings, and foreign prisons.

21. 21 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
22. 22 我 My Food Refreshes at Random, Leaving Customers Drooling 我的美食随机刷新，顾客馋哭了 Half-Sweet Iced Coffee, No Extra Ice冰咖半糖不加冰Urban1.7M WordsCompleted This book is also known as: Selling Extra-Spicy Grilled Wings Outside a Colorectal Hospital [Food + no female lead + everyday life + comedy + perfect with a meal] Lin Xuan didn't want to go to work, so he unexpectedly bound himself to a food System. Every week, it assigned a random location and a random dish. But the very first week's task left him dumbfounded. What? Sell extra-spicy grilled wings outside a colorectal hospital? What kind of devilish task was that? And that was only the beginnin 81.6kReads9.3Score8.4kShelves
23. 23 西 Journey to the West: Great King, This Is Bad! He's Here to Catch Ingredients Again 西游：大王不好，他又来抓食材了 A Sliver of Sky一线天Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Journey to the West + Primordial Chaos + behind-the-scenes mastermind + secret schemer + System + invincible] Chu Feng transmigrates into the world of Journey to the West and activates the God-Tier Gourmet System. Whenever someone eats his cooking, he can gain one of their supernatural abilities. So he opens a restaurant right next door to Patriarch Bodhi… Before long, a monkey seeking immortality and a master is drawn in by the aroma of beef noodles. After finishing a bowl, he awakens the Gold —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These two books perfectly match! Excellent! The first one features a protagonist who grows stronger through cooking. Within the sect, for a single meal, there are rebellious disciples who betray their master, unscrupulous masters who cheat their disciples, and all sorts of eccentric characters like the "Sixth Brother" and the "Rolling King"—it's hilarious and full of unexpected twists! Definitely worth reading! [Laughs] The second book features a protagonist who transmigrates into the world of Journey to the West and opens a restaurant. The restaurant is invincible; every dish has a chance to awaken a person's talent, and they're incredibly delicious. Figures from all three realms order from them daily, almost leading to fights! Very good! Worth reading! [Laughs]

24. 24 美 Gourmet: Fragrant Dishes That Have the Sect's Disciples Fighting Over Them 美食：爆香菜肴，宗门弟子疯抢 All-Purpose Little Black Lord万能小黑君Eastern Fantasy231k WordsOngoing [Scoundrel + Food + Sect + Hilarious + Cutthroat Competition] Shi Hao transmigrates into a fantasy world and awakens the Chef God System. As one dish after another is served, the entire sect is thrown into an uproar. Not only are the dishes delicious, they even have special effects: increasing cultivation, healing hidden injuries, enhancing beauty... The disciples fight tooth and nail for every bite. Each one swears to train harder so they can grab two more bowls of rice. Shi Hao gives a crooked 15Reads7.5Score—Shelves

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    Both of these books feature characters who are all scumbags, and they'll resort to increasingly dirty tricks to get a meal. You'll laugh every chapter you read.

25. 25 我 I Run a Monster Restaurant, So Why Are All My Customers Saintesses? 我开怪物餐厅，来的怎么都是圣女 Forest Capybara森林水豚Eastern Fantasy328k WordsCompleted [Another world] [Gourmet] [Easygoing daily life] [Light novel] Su Zhe, a master chef who had lost his sense of taste, transmigrated into an underground dungeon in another world. He bonded with the dungeon’s core and became its lord. The dungeon’s energy came from an unexpected source: collecting feelings of fullness. To gather enough energy to regain his sense of taste, Su Zhe opened a restaurant in the dungeon where monsters could come and eat their fill. That was how it was supposed to go. So 56Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 26 人 A Chef in Another World, a Hitman on the Side 人在异界当厨师，兼职却是杀手 Rob the Martial Wasteland Star劫武荒星Urban156k WordsCompleted [The Supernatural + Ghosts + System + Infinite Flow + Master Chef + Small but Sharp + A World of Everything] When Su Xiaobei woke up, he found he was no longer in his own room. He was standing in front of a shop. The sky was blood-red, as if someone had spilled paint across it. The sight was eerie and terrifying. “Well~ are you here to eat, or to apply for a job as a chef?” A clear, bright female voice rang out. A figure emerged from the shop, making Su Xiaobei shudder with terror until his legs 14Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 27 异 Otherworldly Culinary Lord: Starting by Adopting a Silver Dragon Girl 异界厨神领主：从收养银龙娘开始 The Crow Who Doesn't Fly不坐飞机的乌鸦Eastern Fantasy505k WordsCompleted [Western Fantasy, Demon King, Gourmet, Lighthearted, Monster Girls, Invincible] (Note: The lord arc begins in Chapter 119.) On the Lamas Plane, the down-and-out Demon King Luxiu Charles arrives in human territory. Thanks to the special talent “Soul-Piercing Cuisine” granted by his Godhood System, he starts rebuilding his fortune by opening a small Chinese restaurant. Not long afterward, he unexpectedly adopts a little dragon girl, and his life as a demon quietly takes a new turn. He’s tired of a 580Reads7.2Score101Shelves
28. 28 开 From the Start, Maxed-Out Cooking Skills: Earn Money, Grow Strong, and Become a Lord 开局满级厨艺，赚钱发育当领主 Doesn't Like Celery不爱吃芹菜Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Western Fantasy + Laid-Back + Everyday Life + Silly Comedy + Beast-Eared Girls + Nearly Invincible] The continent of Celsis is home to many races. Besides humans, there are elves, beastfolk, dragons, merfolk, vampires, demons… From the start, Cheng Yu gains max-level cooking skills and can exchange the positive emotions of his customers for all kinds of items. One day, the Skeleton Lord who rules a vast territory goes missing. Someone asks Cheng Yu, “Mr. Cheng Yu, do you know where the Skeleton 29.7kReads9.1Score2.8kShelves
29. 29 以 Entering the Dao Through Cooking: I'm a Chef in the Cultivation World 以厨入道，我在修仙界当厨子 Loofah and Cabbage丝瓜白菜Eastern Fantasy210k WordsCompleted By chance, Zhang Xiaojiu discovered a recipe book left behind by his grandfather. To find the Dragon-Shaped Grass mentioned in its pages, Zhang Xiaojiu embarked on a quest to seek it out. During his search, he unexpectedly transmigrated to the Shenwu Continent. Come see how a chef uncovers the truth behind his parents’ disappearance and learns the treachery of human nature in the cultivation world. There are countless immortals and gods, but who says a chef can only cook and cannot cultivate imm 56Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Laughs] Time travel, gourmet food, dual cultivation of medicine and food, a slightly mischievous protagonist.

30. 30 穿 I Transmigrated to the Cultivation World: Farming with One Hand, Cooking with the Other 穿越修仙界左手种田右手美食 Come on, Rabbit!兔子加油Two Male Leads1.0M WordsCompleted Synopsis [Everyday life] [BL] [Cozy] [Farming] [Gourmet] [No golden finger] A tsundere, food-loving younger seme x a gentle, refined uke who loves making money Lu Sizhe transmigrates to a world of immortal cultivation. Unfortunately, cultivation still isn’t in the cards for him. After thinking it over, he decides to return to his old trade and become a chef. As his business flourishes, Lu Sizhe’s customers come from across the Nine Provinces. “Boss Lu, could you make me a plate of fried rice?” “ 7.6kReads9.1Score918Shelves

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    The protagonist uses food to level up and fight monsters.

31. 31 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 2.7kReads8.9Score350Shelves
32. 32 老 Ancestor, Run! Those Immortals Are Back for More Ingredients 老祖快跑，那群神仙又来打食材了 Weaving the Void编空匠Eastern Fantasy306k WordsCompleted [System + food + a sneaky schemer + ridiculous comedy + laugh-until-you-snort humor + irreverence + ?] What would it be like to serve traditional Chinese food to the immortals? Immortal: What the hell is this? Why does it stink so much? Jiang Xiaoyu: Luosifen... Immortal: No pot? Stealing the Immortal Emperor's pill furnace to cook hot pot should be perfectly reasonable, right? Demon Prince: Immortal pills that taste like beef? Demon Ancestor: What the hell is this? Why does it stink so much? Ji 202Reads7.7Score—Shelves
33. 33 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
34. 34 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 248Reads6.1Score—Shelves
35. 35 仙 Immortal Chef, Come Eat! What Are You Afraid Of? 仙厨，请吃饭，你们害怕什么？ Taking Oysters from the Fire火中取牡蛎Eastern Fantasy288k WordsOngoing [Lighthearted] + [Funny] + [Meme-filled] + [Side Effects] + [Cultivation] + [Immortal Chef] Spirit Dish: Heart Demon Wife Cake Effect: Removes obstacles caused by heart demons Side effect: Kidney deficiency??? Li Pu transmigrates into a Cultivation world and acquires an abstract-style Immortal Chef System, becoming an Immortal Chef, one of the many arts of Cultivation. The only problem is that the side effects of his spirit dishes are a little outrageous Braised chicken legs that boost cultivati 6Reads6.5Score—Shelves
36. 36 满 A Whole Family of Villainous Cannon Fodder, Riding High with Our Junior Sister 满门反派炮灰，跟着师妹浪到起飞 The Bear Who Bumps into Everything乱撞的小熊Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Ensemble cast + no male lead] Li Yang transmigrates into a book, going from a young, eccentric woman to a little turtle in a wish-granting pool inside an illusion. Who would’ve thought she’d land in a love triangle from the start, with the male lead and the main villain fighting over her. According to the original story, she’s eventually contracted by the original male lead and becomes his greatest trump card on his path to immortality. She spends her entire turtle life taking hits for him: blo 20.7kReads9.3Score2.5kShelves
37. 37 人 In America, Eastern Cuisine Takes Over New York 人在鹰酱，东方美食占领纽约 Moonlit Longing月相思Urban1.0M WordsCompleted “No one in this country understands jianbing guozi better than I do!” The New York Times’ Mr. Dong column On bustling Fifth Avenue, the line stretches as far as the eye can see. Cut in line, and you could find yourself in a street shootout within minutes. Stinky tofu takes over Wall Street, crawfish conquer Silicon Valley, and the scent of luosifen fills the air all over Manhattan. The giant screens in Times Square play a nonstop reel of mysterious Eastern magical cuisine. Americans don’t e 6kReads9.3Score735Shelves

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    The first three books all scored above 9 points, and the last one isn't bad either. The first one is a new book, but it's definitely quite enjoyable. The second one has a very clever concept and is written quickly. The third one has a pretty good plot and is written with a delicious touch. The fourth one has delicate writing and a tight plot. That's all for this book recommendation. See you next time! [You can savor it]

38. 38 美 Gourmet: I Inherit a Little Shop and Take the Whole Country by Storm! 美食：继承小店的我火爆全国！ Lucky Carp Fairy锦鲤小仙Urban632k WordsCompleted [No female lead romance + laid-back daily life + opening and upgrading a restaurant + lovingly detailed food descriptions and steady growth!] Su Baihang took over a restaurant from his parents. It was located inside a tourist attraction and was on the verge of closing. Luckily, the Strongest Culinary God System activated! Who says the food at tourist attractions can’t be delicious? Homestyle cabbage stir-fried with vinegar: sweet and sour, and even helps you lose weight! Red-braised pork: tender 1.1kReads8.7Score102Shelves
39. 39 被 Fired, I Opened a Restaurant 被辞退，开了一家美食店 Drizzle Turns to Sand细雨成沙Urban555k WordsOngoing [System + Everyday Life + Taking Care of a Girl + Sweet Romance + Food] Xu Ziqi refuses to work overtime and gets fired. He plans to return to his hometown, but unexpectedly binds himself to a God of Food System and opens a restaurant there. From the start, he gets the [Divine Steamed Bun Skills], making passersby drool and even attracting the campus belle to work for him for free. He unlocks [Magical Congee], which cures patients who have suffered from anorexia for years. He unlocks [Divine Sna 844Reads8.5Score100Shelves
40. 40 厨 God of Cooking: A Bowl of Fried Rice Throws the Heavens into Chaos! 厨神：一碗炒饭，引来诸天大乱！ God Luo Tianzheng神丶罗天征Eastern Fantasy503k WordsCompleted (Food + No Female Lead + Laid-Back Daily Life + Lighthearted Comedy) Jiang Yuxian transmigrates to the Xuantian Continent, where his extraordinary cooking skills win over all the races. His dishes don’t just taste incredible, they also have amazing effects that even spiritual pills and medicines can’t match. Even a meal he throws together on a whim has countless people clamoring for a taste! A sect elder weeps as he says, “Xiao Jiang, your egg fried rice is out of this world! After eating it, I 2.9kReads7.7Score335Shelves
41. 41 开 From the Start, I Lost My Job: Selling Lunchboxes on the Way Home 开局就失业：返乡途中卖盒饭 Wind Quenches Flowers风熄花Urban3.6M WordsCompleted [A System golden finger, food, fast meals and lunch boxes, a leisurely slice-of-life pace, no romance in the main story. At readers’ request, the bonus chapters have a male lead. Male-oriented, male-oriented, male-oriented, said three times.] After working hard for three years, he’d just been made a full-time employee when the restaurant he worked at shut down. Bai Ye drove home in the secondhand car his boss had given him in lieu of pay, a heap of junk piled in the back. He never expected a S 33.8kReads9.1Score2.8kShelves

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    ✨①Starting with unemployment, how did he manage to get rich by making boxed lunches? ②✨"In this country, no one knows more about jianbing guozi than me!"—The New York Times' "King of Knowledge" column 🌿③A vicious prisoner: "Big brother, do you need someone to wash the dishes?" The mysterious warden: "Expansion! The fifth canteen must be expanded!" A financial tycoon: "Stop trying to make money, you're not going out, you'll be in jail forever!" Tang Lei: …Actually, I just want to find a job, and then have a wife and kids and a warm bed.

42. 42 骗 A Fake Cooking God Goes on a Show and Accidentally Becomes the Real Deal 骗子厨神上节目，一不小心成真了 Give Me an Egg Burger来个鸡蛋汉堡Urban1.0M WordsCompleted I transmigrated. Good news: I’m famous and hailed as the God of Cooking. Bad news: The whole thing is fake. I only got here through hype, rigged competitions, and bribed judges. Being famous despite having no skill would be bad enough, but Jiang Zhou discovers that his former self used his reputation to fleece people, too. Charging sky-high fees for apprenticeships, building restaurant chains, and doing whatever it took to make money. With the whole internet cursing him and his reputation in tat 21.4kReads8.9Score1.7kShelves

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    Transmigrating into the body of a fake culinary master hated by the entire internet, Jiang Zhou feels immense pressure. The original owner of this body rose to fame solely through hype and bribing judges, even using his fame to make money, and now he's universally condemned. Just when he's invited to a TV show and about to embarrass himself, he unexpectedly becomes bound to a culinary master system! Watch as Jiang Zhou slaps everyone in the face during a live stream, trains an amazing real apprentice, and transforms from a "liar" into a true culinary master. Hilarious and stress-relieving, you'll find it incredibly addictive and read it in one go.

43. 43 美 Gourmet: The Truth Is, I'm a Max-Level Chef 美食：摊牌了，其实我是满级厨师 Sili Yangjiang四里阳江Urban1.9M WordsCompleted [Completed] [Illustrated throughout] Xu Lai was a max-level chef who transmigrated to a parallel world, only to end up as a one-star vegetable washer. The restaurant got shut down? No big deal! My cooking is out of this world. I can make it anywhere. Worst comes to worst, I’ll open another restaurant! Buried in debt? No big deal! Win a cooking competition and you get a ten-million-yuan prize! Lost my sense of taste? No big deal... Wait, what? You’ve got to be kidding me. How can a chef lose his 3.4kReads9.1Score336Shelves

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44. 44 异 The Otherworld's Gourmet King 异界的美食天王 Oily Gurgle油油咕叽Eastern Fantasy2.8M WordsCompleted [Food + System] An ordinary chef is brought to the Continent of Gods and Demons, where he runs a restaurant that’s anything but ordinary. The food here can’t be found anywhere else, yet people from every corner of the continent can make their way to this restaurant. This world has magic, battle qi, cultivators, and charlatans. I, Chen Mo, just want to be an ordinary chef, winning every customer’s heart with the Chinese cuisine they can’t get in this other world. [Some characters in this book may 112Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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    I think this book is better read during the day than at night; I can't read it at night because I keep thinking about fried dough sticks! 😆😆😆

45. 45 美 Gourmet: Winning Over Boss Yang on a Film Set 美食：从剧组征服杨老板开始 Qin Shiqi秦十七Urban786k WordsOngoing Jiang Lin is reborn with a Gourmet System and becomes a chef on a film set. After being so hungry her stomach hurts, Boss Yang takes one bite and exclaims, “This is amazing!” Boss Yang: “I've been eating boxed lunches for months. How come my skin's actually gotten better?” Liu Yifei: “I don't believe anything can taste this good! Hey, don't touch that! That boxed lunch is mine!” Director: “You're all filming a single take? I'll just grab a bite first.” Extras: “!!! You're afraid you won't get an 2kReads9.2Score130Shelves
46. 46 这 This Boss Is So Sneaky, He Takes His Street Stall Everywhere 这老板真苟，摆个地摊还到处走 Selling Egg Burgers!卖鸡蛋汉堡咯Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [The print edition of Random Gourmet Stall is now available on major platforms] [Gourmet] [No romance] [Everyday life] [Comedy] [Comfort food] [Cozy] [Healing] After transmigrating to a parallel world, Lin Zhou unexpectedly binds himself to a Random Gourmet System. Every week brings a random location, random food, and different customers. He sells buns at the park entrance, century egg and lean pork congee on a mountaintop, and candied hawthorns outside a school. Every dish is mouthwatering and 83kReads9.5Score8.1kShelves

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    Food God novels suggest that beautiful things often require culinary mastery; only god-like figures can create a divine battlefield. A street-stall culinary god—that's the path of the gods.

47. 47 异 When an Alien Race Invaded, the Ingredients Started Fighting Back 异族入侵，作为食材居然还打人了 Spicy Little Crawfish劲爆小龙虾Urban1.6M WordsCompleted Jiang Tian has an unbeatable talent but wants to be a chef. After dying in battle, he arrives in a parallel world: Blue Star. Here, alien races are invading, and humanity is in decline. The aliens devour humans as food to enhance their spiritual power. Jiang Tian never wanted to fight again. He only wanted to pursue his dream of becoming a chef, until he discovers that the finest ingredients are these very aliens! And the strongest school beauty on his team has a special ability called the God's 16.5kReads9.1Score1.5kShelves
48. 48 美 Gourmet: A Street Stall Outside the Police Station That Makes Wanted Criminals Drool 美食：警局门口摆摊，馋哭通缉犯 A Cup of Wheat Beer一杯麦啤Urban243k WordsOngoing [Food + Daily Life + Comedy + Lighthearted + No Romance + The Perfect Read While Eating] “Shocking! A man set up a pancake stall outside a police station and made a wanted fugitive passing by drool so badly that he turned himself in?” “Exclusive breaking news! A fugitive who had been on the run for a month has been captured. The reason? A street vendor’s cooking reminded him of the taste of his mother’s food?” “Inside scoop! A fugitive renounced his death sentence and left a final message before 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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    2024🌷🌷 New chapters of tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of words are currently being updated☘️☘️ January 6th,

49. 49 美 Gourmet: I Take Over the Cafeteria, and Tsinghua and Peking University Fight Like Crazy to Hire Me 美食：承包食堂，清北抢我抢疯了 A Teacher for One Word一字之师Urban329k WordsOngoing [Gourmet, comedy, no romance, lighthearted, everyday life, recipes, tutorials] P.S. I'll use my ten years of experience as a chef to show you all the wonders of food. This is pure fiction. Please don't take it as reality! After transmigrating to a parallel world, Yang Yi awakened a Gourmet System. His mission was to take over a college cafeteria. From then on, the students of Qingbei began battling over him. Even the senior administrators of both universities got involved! Huaqing student: “Stud 422Reads8.3Score100Shelves
50. 50 美 Gourmet: The Food Stall Location Leaves Customers Stunned 美食：摆摊地点让食客震惊不已 I'm a Black-Skinned Egg我是黑皮蛋Urban134k WordsOngoing [Food + System + no female lead + comedy + comfort-food reading + easygoing + lie flat] Under crushing social pressure, the poker-faced Wu Ming transmigrates to a parallel world and acquires a Food System. As long as he sets up his stall at the location specified by the System, he can achieve financial freedom and live a life of leisure! The locations are all bizarre, and the customers are all different. He fries rice on a stone platform perched on a cliff, climbs to the summit of Mount Everest 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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