Food Novels, But Not Ones Where the System Just Hands Out Recipes 美食文，不要只会系统菜谱的

1. 401 美 Gourmet: The Restaurant’s Relocation Sends Prison Crime Rates Soaring 美食：饭店换址监狱犯罪率飙升 Han Pi韩丕Urban154k WordsOngoing After Jiang Xia gets the Chef God System, he goes to prison and becomes the head chef. There’s braised pork, sweet-and-sour ribs, poached chicken, Dongpo pork, and every other delicacy imaginable. Jiang Xia’s cooking turns the whole prison upside down. Prisoner: “My sentence is over, but I don’t think I’ve learned my lesson. Could you give me another ten years?” Guard: “Treat you to a meal at a five-star hotel? Jiang Xia’s food is a hundred times better!” New prisoner: “I pulled strings to get i 19Reads5.1Score—14d adds

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   (The protagonist is never pretentious, has a peaceful and humble personality, and is hardworking. There is a female lead; please do not read if you mind this, thank you.) The writing style is quiet, depicting a simple daily life filled with delicious food. The system is even more laid-back than the protagonist (it plays a supporting role, not the main character).

2. 402 快 Quick Transmigration Tycoon Blind Boxes: I Keep Crushing Scumbags and Loving It 快穿神豪盲盒：一直虐渣一直爽 A Faint Smile, Ink Stains浅笑兮墨染Urban851k WordsOngoing [Just started receiving ratings, and they'll go up later] [Quick transmigration + tycoon blind boxes + face-slapping and punishing scumbags + no romance + ruthless power fantasy] Shen Yan binds himself to the Tycoon Blind Box System, starting out in hell mode. Abandoned by his teammates in the apocalypse? He draws a food System and builds the safest, most luxurious refuge around! Mocked as a good-for-nothing at the immortal sect tournament? He draws a Born Sacred Physique on the spot and crushes 914Reads5.7Score10014d adds

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   I recommend this to everyone I meet! I'll really be sad if you don't read it! It's a male-oriented quick transmigration story with no romance, and each world has a different cheat ability! The second world is...

3. 403 重 Reborn in the 1970s: Extra-Spicy Hot Pot and a Henpecked Male Lead 重生七零：火锅变态辣男主耙耳朵 Bricklaying Old Fairy搬砖老仙女Modern Romance318k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + Period setting + Gourmet + System + Adorable kids + Military marriage + Sweet romance + Get rich] Wu Fengjuan is reborn in the body of a cannon-fodder military wife in the 1970s. From the start, the male lead has “died in action,” her in-laws despise her, and she has three hungry little babies to feed. Life is hard? Luckily, the [Good Fortune Gourmet System] drops right into her lap! Get pregnant and have babies to level up! From pearl milk tea and golden pumpkin cake 196Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Braised chicken with pork intestines, boiled sliced pork, grilled fish, and spicy hot pot – see if any of these suit your taste.

4. 404 重 Reborn: The Winds of Change in 1994 重生：风起1994 Sword Shining on Cold Frost剑照寒霜Urban2.0M WordsCompleted Su Changqing, paralyzed for over twenty years, was reborn in 1994 with a heart full of pain and regret! In his previous life, his paralysis destroyed his family, leaving them broken and ruined! This time, he would turn his fate around! He would sell delicious food, open factories, build businesses, and take his products across the country and around the world, becoming a food industry tycoon! He would lead his whole family to a prosperous, peaceful, and happy life! 7.2kReads8.7Score43014d adds

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