Everyday Food Stories, Nothing Too Over-the-Top 偏日常的美食文，不要太夸张

1. 101 我 How Did I, Heir to a Legendary Chef, End Up as a Suffering International Student? 我堂堂神厨后人竟沦为命苦留子？ Call Me Teacher Bao叫我爆老师Modern Romance181k WordsOngoing [Don’t make me cook!! → Cooking is so satisfying] [Gourmet fiction + System + farming pocket dimension + hilarious and heartwarming] Ning Tangtang comes from a family of master chefs, but she has no desire to inherit the family business. Her lifelong dream is to escape the kitchen. What good is a perfect knife technique when milk tea smells so good? No matter how brilliant your cooking is, nothing beats lying flat! Her family thinks she’s “neglecting her proper duties,” so they pack her off abro 17Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 102 穿 Reborn as a Poor Girl in Lingnan, I Lead My Family to Prosperity 穿成岭南贫户女，我带全家走富路 Feng Yuli风郁离Ancient Romance47k WordsOngoing When Zhou Ling opened her eyes, the coarse texture of a dry, hard corn bun still lingered in her mouth. The thatched hut was drafty. Her younger siblings were so hungry they were chewing on their fingers, her mother wept endlessly, and her father had fainted in bed after giving the family his share of the food. This was an obscure village somewhere in Lingnan. She was the eldest daughter of a poor family, so destitute that even the mice had moved out. But Zhou Ling’s mind held the world of more 19Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A strong recommendation from someone from Lingnan! This is a time-travel farming novel with no cheat codes. It features ingredients like five-finger peach, herbal tea, and later on, dried tangerine peel and cardamom, haha! I'd appreciate any suggestions, and mutual reviews and likes are welcome!

3. 103 美 Gourmet System: A Street Food Stall from the Start 美食系统：开局一个路边摊 One Bite of Pan-Fried Buns一口生煎包包Modern Romance333k WordsOngoing [You have activated the Gourmet System. Would you like to bind it? Yes; No] During graduation season, Jiang Tiantian, an ordinary university student, hadn’t received a single suitable job offer and had only her last 500 yuan left. As she wondered what to do, she activated the [Gourmet Business System]. -New User Starter Pack-: Congratulations, Host! You’ve received a shop and unlocked your starting dish, sweet-and-sour cold noodles. Sell 10 portions to unlock the next dish. -Special Rewards-: Ev 3.6kReads—Score431Shelves
4. 104 健 Selling Fried Chicken Outside the Gym, the Coach Leads the Way in Breaking Their Diet 健身房门口卖炸鸡，教练带头破戒 Clouds Drifting in Formlessness无相飘云Urban160k WordsOngoing [Gourmet] [Out-of-Place Street Stalls] [System] [Comedy] [Lighthearted Daily Life] Selling fried chicken outside a gym: dancing right on the fitness fanatics' biggest pet peeve! Lu Song activates the Out-of-Place Street Stall System: sell the most incongruous food in the most ridiculous places. The bigger the contrast, the more heavenly the taste! The gym coach issues a stern warning: "Anyone who dares buy fried chicken is doing ten extra sets!" Before he even finishes speaking, the coach sneaks 825Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 105 长 A Record of the Oxen and Horses of Chang’an 长安牛马实录 Crows Have Hunks鸦有猛男Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Winner of the Best Historical Legacy Award in the “Explore Ancient Texts, Discover History” Writing Contest] [Print edition in publication] (This novel has a romantic pairing. Neither lead is perfect, and both grow over time. They can be selfish to a degree. The male lead is a brawler! The supporting characters won’t inexplicably lose their wits. This is neither mindless wish fulfillment nor a conventional mystery.) “Though the road is perilous, my heart remains steadfast.” Jiang Shangxian tran 7.8kReads8.6Score1.2kShelves

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   The first book, a slice-of-life food novel, features a vibrant and lively male and female protagonist, unlike most formulaic novels. The second book features a resilient yet gentle female lead who owns a bookstore, and the male lead is Lou Zhaoyue. Both books have a very cultured feel.

6. 106 明 I'm a Culinary Genius, So Why Does Everyone Call Me a Heretic Cultivator? 明明厨艺天才，怎么都叫我邪修？ Reckless Fury肆意狂澜Urban434k WordsCompleted [Gourmet] [Comedy] [Slice of Life] Lin Xiaoyan is a rookie food blogger who, in an age when food bloggers are locked in a fierce struggle for clicks, has opened up a new path by learning as she cooks. But Lin Xiaoyan's videos never go the way you'd expect. She gets every step wrong, yet somehow the finished dishes turn out brilliantly! “Wait, if you don't know how to caramelize the sugar for red-braised pork, you can just use cola instead? And it still comes out so glossy and red. Are you sure 4.7kReads8.8Score333Shelves
7. 107 随 Week One of My Random Street Stall: Selling Beer Duck at a Driving School 随机摆摊第一周：驾校卖啤酒鸭 Yi Que弋缺Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Gourmet] + [Random Street Stalls] + [Perfect with Rice] + [Healing] + [No Romance] The warmth of everyday life is what soothes the human heart most. Lin Chuan, an overworked office worker who died suddenly from exhaustion, unexpectedly awakens the Gourmet Healing System. Every week, he sets up a stall at a random location and serves random dishes. Completing tasks earns him amazing rewards. But the System's very first weekly task leaves Lin Chuan completely dumbfounded (⊙_⊙) Selling beer-braise 1.4kReads6.0Score132Shelves
8. 108 我 I Rose from Disgraced Imperial Consort to Noble Consort by Cooking Sichuan Cuisine 我靠做川味美食，从冷宫废妃晋升成贵妃 Jiang Xunjiu江寻九Ancient Romance13k WordsCompleted I rise from a discarded concubine in the Cold Palace to a Noble Consort by cooking Sichuan cuisine. 648Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A delicious Sichuan cuisine review – absolutely amazing!

9. 109 靠 Nourishing the Land with Food: My Fruits and Vegetables Have Come to Life 靠美食养地：我的瓜果通灵了 Jingli惊理Urban1.3M WordsOngoing [Urban fantasy + food + slice of life + no romance + random street stalls + perfect mealtime reading] Fresh out of college and already unemployed, Gao Lin unexpectedly binds to a Food System and decisively heads home. Each week, he randomly sets up a stall to sell food, and in return his fruits and vegetables receive a huge upgrade. Tiny tomatoes can be prepared in a hundred different ways. A whole field of rotten tomatoes gets a new lease on life, and even college students who can't live withou 1kReads7.4Score102Shelves
10. 110 酒 Sweet Rice Wine Dumplings 酒酿元宵 Night Phoenix夜凰Modern Romance235k WordsCompleted In the first month after her father died, Yuanxiao was robbed, mugged, and nearly killed by a gas leak. What could make a first love reunion more heartbreaking? He has made it big, while you are delivering takeout to his colleague. Time can change everything a person likes, so now he has fallen for the Yuanxiao who is nothing like the girl he first loved. 1.6kReads9.2Score150Shelves
11. 111 中 I Won Ten Million! I Quit on the Spot and Went Home to Farm 中奖一千万！我直接辞职回家种田 True Lord Jiuyang九阳真君Modern Romance373k WordsCompleted [The animated comic adaptation is now available] [No awful characters + Rural life + Farming + Slow-paced + Male lead marries into the female lead's family + Male lead is lovestruck] P.S. The male lead appears around chapter twenty. Song Ying hits the jackpot: she buys a lottery ticket and wins 15 million! She takes home 12 million after taxes. A fortune has fallen from the sky! Song Ying chooses to lie flat and return home to farm. She spends five million buying several apartments in the city, 19.3kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves

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    The female protagonist loved cooking since childhood. After graduating from high school, she attended culinary school and then worked as a chef in a five-star hotel in the capital for four years. One day, she unexpectedly won a multi-million dollar lottery, so she decided to return to her hometown to open a restaurant, where she could be her own boss and also take care of her grandparents. The food was pretty good.

12. 112 美 Gourmet: Touring the City with My Food Stall, Making Diners Drool 美食：全市巡摆，馋哭食客 A Fish That Swam Ashore一条游上岸的鱼Modern Romance2.1M WordsOngoing [Gourmet + System + No Romance + No Female Lead + Heartwarming + Hard Work] Yan Qing, a minor actor who had spent his career playing corpses, quit the entertainment industry. To his surprise, he accidentally became bound to a Chef God Gourmet System. Before long, strange sights began appearing all over the streets of S City: the CBD, university gates, outside the film studio, by the cemetery... The lines stretched as far as the eye could see... A top star became his loyal customer and shamelessl 10.5kReads7.5Score876Shelves
13. 113 巫 The Lich Brewery: A Management Journal 巫妖酿造工坊经营日志 Yingge Yeyuehua应歌夜月华Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Transmigration to another world + medieval Western fantasy and magic + food + running a business + a touch of mystery-solving. The love interest is Andre Lu Huntington, deputy commander of the kingdom's knights.) A food-and-mystery story with two parallel plotlines and a romance, so be warned! Jiang You, a master brewer from a family renowned for its traditional soy sauce, dies of heart disease. After death, she discovers she has arrived in another world and become a living skeleton... correcti 6.9kReads9.2Score1.1kShelves

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    They're all so good! The female lead focuses on making all sorts of delicious food and living a wonderful life in this other world. [Admiration][Admiration][Admiration][Admiration]

14. 114 穿 After I Transmigrated, I Used Food to Save a Kindergarten 穿越后，我用美食拯救幼儿园 Hu Baicai胡白菜Modern Romance770k WordsOngoing After transmigrating as the principal of a bankrupt kindergarten, Lin Xiaoxia takes one look at the rundown courtyard and nearly blacks out. She’s a Michelin-level backup chef, and now she has to look after kids, clean, and sing nursery rhymes? Then she hears, “Ding! You have been bound to the Chinese Little Chef Pro Max System.” Three months later “Mommy, I used the molecular gastronomy machine to make rainbow cloud marshmallows today!” The adorable four-year-old pulls out a piping bag. “The p 66Reads6.4Score—Shelves
15. 115 我 I Just Set Up a Stall, but My Customers Beg Me in Tears to Feed Them 我就摆个摊，那些食客哭着求投喂 Soft Whispers浅语潇潇Urban1.4M WordsCompleted The novel is complete! Dive in with confidence. Gourmet, doting dad, one heroine, heartwarming, slice of life, food to enjoy with your meal, and catching criminals. In his previous life, Yan Qingzhou married the village chief's daughter so he could escape the mountains. Relying on his good looks, he charmed a rich heiress, only to end up abandoned by everyone. Then he was reborn on the night before he eloped! He had not yet made a terrible mistake. His daughter had not been kidnapped, and his 3kReads8.3Score295Shelves
16. 116 I An Introvert Runs a Stall Everywhere, and the Customers Lose It I人摆摊到处跑，顾客崩溃了 Meowblade喵刃Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted (Completed) [Food + healing + System + no romance] The ups and downs between food-loving customers and a heroine who loves to run away from her delicious food. (Not romance, just foodies’ pure love of good food.) The finest cuisine calls for the best ingredients and outstanding technique, brought together with customers’ ravenous stares, mouths watering, and an overwhelming craving to create a truly exquisite feast. Zhou Lin is an independent woman with exceptionally strong boundaries. Thanks to 4.2kReads8.2Score362Shelves
17. 117 绑 Bound to a Gourmet System, I Become the God of Food by Opening a Restaurant 绑定美食系统，我靠开店成食神 Dean Xiang香院长Urban825k WordsOngoing The rating just came out! Feel free to start reading~ (Food + no romance + System + lighthearted comedy + everyday healing) Boss Xie will never get a partner!! Your System and my System don’t seem to be the same~ Other people’s food Systems: max level with one click, instant culinary godhood, become the God of Food without lifting a finger! Xie Yan’s food System: start from scratch and unlock things one step at a time. Xie Yan spread his hands. It’s fine, it’s fine. Having one is better than hav 24.8kReads8.1Score2.3kShelves

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    The third book is a food and romance novel; the fourth book is not a food novel (I accidentally added it).

18. 118 八 After Rejecting the Match in the 1980s, I Opened a Canteen at a State-Owned Factory 八零拒婚后，我在国营厂开饭馆 Fairy Pond Koi仙池锦鲤Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [Reborn] + [The 1980s] + [Gourmet] + [Building a business] Shen Qingyue returned to the 1980s. In her previous life, her family drained her dry, and all three sisters were cheated by their grandparents. Reborn, she refuses to be a sucker again. She takes on the unreasonable troublemakers, and whoever picks a fight with her gets crushed underfoot. After splitting from the family, she starts a business with her sisters, opening a restaurant at a state-owned factory. The troublemakers fail to get t 3.1kReads9.0Score248Shelves

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    The first two books were purely about food, and they featured so many delicious dishes; the authors even made their fortunes through food.

19. 119 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 1kReads8.6Score146Shelves
20. 120 美 Gourmet: Stop Stewing It, Even the Village Dogs Are Drooling! 美食：别炖了，村里狗都馋哭了！ Tai Shinaifu泰史奈夫Urban2.7M WordsOngoing Kuang Rui refuses to get caught up in the rat race and chooses to lie flat back in his hometown. He inherits his father’s braised meat shop and, after rejecting the rat race, gains a Food System. Together, they breathe new life into the shop. The humble home-cooked dishes that once went unnoticed are transformed into viral hits that customers flock to check in and try. Take steamed stinky tofu with minced meat, for example. It smells awful but tastes delicious, and one bite is enough to leave y 2.3kReads6.4Score156Shelves
21. 121 重 Back to 1985: My Self-Serve Porridge Stall Is a Hit 重回八五，自助粥摊火爆了 Meng Xiaocha蒙小茶Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted (Her Own Woman) To escape her stepfather's clutches, Su Miao falls from the 13th floor and travels back to the day her parents divorced when she was a child. She sees through her mother's cold, indifferent nature and her habit of endlessly spoiling her younger brother. This time, she chooses without hesitation to go with her father. When her uncle tries to secure a permanent job, he blocks the door and raises a huge ruckus. Su Miao leans close to her father's ear and whispers a few words. Her fa 22.6kReads9.2Score2.2kShelves
22. 122 灵 Spiritual Energy Is Fading? I Build a Peach Blossom Paradise Through Farming 灵气陨落？我靠种田打造桃花源 Big Hammer at Eight大锤8时Modern Romance151k WordsOngoing [Modern Farming + Everyday Gourmet Cooking + Land Development + Wilderness Foraging + Minor Golden Finger + Spirit Spring (can't be used for farming or drinking) + Another World + Fantasy Creatures + Divine Game] - After a gray-mist disaster, soil fertility across the country plummeted and crop yields fell. The whole country entered the canned-food era. Yu Wenxia had been able to see the numerical values of things in nature since childhood. After a string of bad luck, she unexpectedly returned t 19Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I'm currently really enjoying this book; it's full of the warmth and comfort of everyday meals! The food even has some medicinal properties! It already features dishes like twice-cooked pork with green peppers, stone-baked flatbread, spicy stir-fried beef brisket fat, roasted pork belly, braised pork with bamboo shoots and pork belly, cold bamboo shoot salad, tomato and beef brisket, and braised beef with potatoes… Oh my god, the more I look at it, the more my mouth waters, girls!

23. 123 守 After Years of Widowhood, the Rough Soldier Who Died in Battle Comes Home Weeping 守寡多年后战死的糙汉回家嘤嘤嘤 Meme Yu么么愚Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Laugh-Out-Loud Comedy + Everyone's Favorite + Cute Baby]: My husband died while serving in the army, and now that Shen Yunqing is a widow, she's starting to make a fortune, getting rich and beautiful. On the road, she unexpectedly meets a rough man with a booming voice, powerful fists, and a stubborn temper. He's all bark and no bite, rough around the edges but surprisingly thoughtful. When sparks fly, life gets lively. But after traveling together for a while, she realizes this isn't her suppo 13.5kReads9.4Score1.8kShelves

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    A slice-of-life food story. ①☘️On the way to the capital, she brought all sorts of pots and pans, never settling for anything less than delicious food. Unexpectedly, the food was so good that it attracted her late husband, who was now willingly becoming her bodyguard. He had originally planned to live a life of leisure, but unexpectedly ended up becoming the emperor's mother. ②🍀Bound to a random food system, she only sells everyday fare: steamed buns, candied hawthorns, porridge… Customers flock to her stall. A heartwarming slice-of-life story; no rare or unusual dishes. Don't read this late at night, it'll make you hungry.

24. 124 惹 A Fiery Taste: The CEO's Wife Is a Master Chef 惹火舌尖，总裁夫人是御厨 Big-Faced Panda大脸熊猫Modern Romance544k WordsCompleted [Clear-headed, Beautiful, Independent, Truly Powerful Heroine + Wealthy, Abstinent, Devoted Billionaire Hero] The rating was just posted, so it’ll go up later. Her biological father died young, her mother left home, and her grandparents were swindled out of their demolition compensation by greedy relatives! Xu Yanxia has just graduated from a prestigious university. Bringing with her the skills of an imperial chef from her previous life, she joins the top-tier Lu family in Rong City as their coo 15.1kReads8.7Score2.1kShelves

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    A slice-of-life food article [smirk]

25. 125 谁 Whose Boss Sets Up a Little Stall and Takes It Nationwide? 谁家老板摆个小摊全国走 He Ye Yuan Yuan禾野圆圆Urban396k WordsCompleted [Gourmet] [No romance] [Everyday life] [Funny and heartwarming] [One male lead] [System] [Perfect with a meal] Liu Nian unexpectedly bonded with a Gourmet System. Anything he made became a one-of-a-kind delicacy. Every week brought a random location, every month a random city, and with random dishes and different customers, each stop offered a brand-new treat for the taste buds. He sold stinky tofu outside a public restroom, fried skewers outside a gym, and buns outside a five-star hotel. Every 206Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 126 谁 Who Taught You to Sell Breakfast Like This? Five Yuan Is the Limit 谁教你这么卖早餐的？五块钱封顶 North Sea Fisherman北海渔民Urban362k WordsCompleted [Food, breakfast, everyday life, lighthearted comedy, mouthwatering warning] [What kind of breakfast can five yuan buy in this city?] Chen Zao, a finance graduate, ran his takeout shop into the ground by being far too honest. After a System bound itself to him, he turned the shop into a breakfast joint and set one strange rule: every item on the menu had a five-yuan price cap. Pork buns, beef pot stickers, hot dry noodles, spicy pepper soup... They were so cheap people could hardly believe it, y 438Reads—Score157Shelves

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    It's a very down-to-earth, everyday story. The product range and prices are typical, and the issues we encounter are typical of any business. There's no system where you rely on connections or powerful figures to solve every problem. Currently, it's purely a business with no romantic partners.

27. 127 美 Gourmet: My Little Shop Is Famous Around the World 美食：我的小店，名震全球 Sleeping Cat熟睡的猫Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Gourmet] [Opening a Restaurant] [No Female Lead] [System] [Perfect with a Meal] [Heartwarming] [Everyday Life] [A Different Menu Every Day] [Affordable Prices] [Ensemble Cast] Lou Yuanzhou has eaten so many ready-made meal packs that he actually gains a Chef God Gourmet System! As long as he opens a restaurant and completes all kinds of bizarre missions, he can earn rewards! Steaming hot wontons, springy zhajiang noodles, and the legendary lamb stew... all made by Lou Yuanzhou himself! Once his 9.8kReads9.0Score810Shelves

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    The food in all three books is reasonably priced, the male protagonist is not a loser but loves to study cooking, and the overall atmosphere is warm and full of everyday life.

28. 128 这 This Food Streamer's Niche Is Way Too Weird 这美食主播的赛道过于邪门 Piao San朴三Urban573k WordsCompleted [Gourmet] [Video Blogger] [Livestream Variety Show] [No Female Lead] [Ensemble Cast] [Unhinged Protagonist] [Goofy Daily Life] [No Romance] [No Romance] [No Romance] We’re saying it three times because it’s important. Beautiful women and delicious food are the most tempting things in the world. Bai Yu is a man who gives off a strong sense that he’s up to something. That only gets more complicated after he awakens the Borderline Gourmet Blogger System. Among gourmet bloggers, he has the best body 58Reads8.4Score—Shelves
29. 129 美 Gourmet: The Dishes I Cook Come with Buffs 美食：我炒的菜有BUFF Cheng Mu承沐Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Gourmet] [No CP] [Everyday Life] [Heartwarming] [Healing] [Perfect with a Meal] His broad palm gently patted the snow-white skin. Fine, soft hairs brushed over his fingertips and palm, their ticklish, tingling touch so intoxicating he could hardly tear himself away. He stroked, kneaded, and patted. Ripples spread across the skin, making the tender flesh beneath quiver along with it. His long fingers gathered together, reluctant to let go, and gave it one last pinch. Then he gripped the knife an 329Reads9.1Score—Shelves
30. 130 实 I Trained a Class of Master Chefs, and Now the Principal Wants Me Replaced 实习教出厨神班，校长要把我换掉 A Thousand Blades Crossing the River千刃渡川Urban91k WordsOngoing After graduating from New Western Culinary School, Xue Ming decided to stay on as a teacher. The school assigned him to lead Class Fourteen. Every teacher knew this class had the worst aptitude and no talent for cooking. Yet under the guidance of trainee teacher Xue Ming, they somehow took second place in the citywide culinary school invitational. The provincial competition was coming up. The school felt Xue Ming lacked experience, so, for the sake of securing a spot in the national competition, 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A delicious and satisfying food article

31. 131 悍 A Tough Wife Enters the House: Setting a Family of Weaklings on Their Feet 悍妻进门：扶起一屋软骨头 Flying Lulu会飞的璐璐Ancient Romance1.3M WordsOngoing (Wife’s devoted servant, live-in son-in-law) Wang Jinzhu transmigrated as a butcher’s daughter and married a hunter, even throwing in a dowry. Unfortunately, the hunter’s whole family were spineless cowards. They wouldn’t dare say a word to the parasitic second branch of the family or their biased elders. Her sister-in-law was about to be sold, while her foolish husband and parents-in-law could only kneel and beg. She couldn’t take it anymore. She was going to straighten out those spineless cowa 55.5kReads8.5Score2kShelves
32. 132 我 I'm Investigating a Case, So Why Are the Diners Chasing Me? 我查案啊，食客怎么追着我跑？ A Lifetime of Peace L一生平安LUrban553k WordsCompleted Lin Feng graduated from the police academy and became an undercover plainclothes officer, only to awaken a Gourmet System. He set up a stall selling jianbing guozi and gathered intelligence, but ended up surrounded by a huge crowd of customers. He went up into the mountains to sell barbecue and gather intelligence, but customers climbed the mountain through the night just to get a bite, turning a deserted hill into a bustling town. Lin Feng: I'm undercover, okay? Why are all you customers chasin 270Reads6.7Score106Shelves
33. 133 厨 The Little Chef: Daily Life Running a Shop in Ancient Times 厨神小娘子：古代开店日常 Little Bottle of Floral Water小瓶花露水Ancient Romance758k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to the Southern Song Dynasty, Ji Zhitang just wanted to lie flat in peace. But with her family dirt poor and creditors knocking at the door, what could she do? No big deal! Braised meat wraps, spicy shredded chicken frames, deep-fried baby crabs, stone-pot bibimbap, seafood feasts... Modern dishes were just what it took to win over ancient palates! From a roadside stall to a wildly popular fast-food shop, from Taoyuan Town to Lin'an's top-tier star, her food business flouris 5.9kReads8.4Score612Shelves
34. 134 让 You Opened a Restaurant, So Why Are You Serving Customers at Three in the Morning? 让你开美食店，你凌晨三点营业？ Spicy Pickled Fish辣椒酸菜鱼Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Gourmet]+ [Urban Fantasy]+ [Comedy]+ [Healing]+ [No Female Lead] Recently unemployed Lu Feng was planning to sell the little restaurant his parents left him, but unexpectedly activated the God of Cooking System. One quest each week, a random dish, and random opening hours. He turns ordinary dishes into peerless delicacies, and ravenous customers line up and scramble to get them. Customer One: Boss Lu, these soup dumplings are the best I've ever had in my life! Customer Two: I even threw out my 450Reads7.2Score105Shelves
35. 135 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
36. 136 私 The Private Kitchen of a Little Farm Girl 私厨小农女 Hammer Loves Luosifen铁锤爱吃螺蛳粉Ancient Romance221k WordsCompleted [No romance; the heroine loves only money and just wants to earn enough to laze around. There is a secondary couple.] Ji Shu was a sought-after private chef and small-business owner in the modern world, but after being born into this era, she had to eat boiled vegetables for thirteen years?? Ji Shu can't take it anymore!! She'll use delicious food to reach a comfortable life: set up a street stall, then buy a shop, buy a house, and make money. What is love? It's just an optional seasoning in lif 172Reads8.0Score—Shelves
37. 137 乔 Qiao Ge’er’s Farming Life 乔哥儿种田 Lantern-Bearer燃灯儿Two Male Leads1.0M WordsCompleted A gentle, everyday warmth that soothes the heart. [Full-cast audio drama now available. It's great, so go listen!] [Devoted couple + husband doting + cooking and farming + building wealth + healing daily life + slow-burn romance] One day, Qiao Yu transmigrates into the body of Qiao Yu, a male consort, and his stepmother knocks him unconscious with a stick and marries him off to a fierce hunter who supposedly brings death to his wives! He spent thirty years in his previous life without even havin 10.3kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves

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    These are all very good.

38. 138 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 3.8kReads8.7Score357Shelves
39. 139 让 You Want Me to Open a Breakfast Shop? I Only Open in the Afternoon 让我开早餐店？我下午才营业 I'm the Behind-the-Scenes Shit Cook我是幕后煮屎人Urban1.1M WordsOngoing [System] [Gourmet Food] [Healing] [Lighthearted Comedy] No heartburn while reading! Enjoy without worry! Fan Li used to manage livestream operations. Under pressure, he developed insomnia, showed up late, and was fired. Then he unexpectedly obtained a God-Tier Breakfast System. But his old daily routine had nothing in common with the schedule of selling breakfast. Customer 1: What! In this godforsaken place, he dares to charge eighty-eight yuan for a steamer of soup dumplings? Customer 2: When i 224.2kReads8.5Score16.3kShelves

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    They're a bit short, but they all have hundreds of thousands of readers, with the lowest being over ten thousand.

40. 140 拾 A Record of Picking Up Chopsticks 拾箸记 Green Cucumber青瓜Ancient Romance711k WordsCompleted The Marquis of Yongning’s household is suddenly destroyed, and Wen Qingyuan dies of illness, alone and helpless in prison. But after waking from a long dream, she finds that four years have passed and two dynasties have come and gone! Once a pampered young lady, she has fallen to become a lowly kitchen girl in the residence of the current chief minister. All she can do is work hard in the small kitchen to secure a place for herself. But… is this chief minister a sweets addict? 218Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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    🌸①: A lonely modern young woman transmigrates to an impoverished farming family in ancient times. Life is frugal, but the family gets along harmoniously. The heroine is determined to ensure her family eats meat every day; a life with a goal in mind is what makes life interesting. The entire book revolves around her daily life of cooking delicious food—it makes me want to eat! 🌸②: After her family is destroyed, the legitimate daughter is reborn as a kitchen maid in the Prime Minister's mansion. She apprentices to learn culinary skills, seeking a expertise in baking. White porcelain plum soup, cherry cake… she mainly studies pastry making, which unexpectedly catches the eye of the aloof and sweet-toothed Prime Minister.

41. 141 荒 Surviving on a Desolate Planet: Everyone Wants to Be My Pig 荒星求生：大家都想当我的猪 The Migrator洄游者Two Male Leads611k WordsCompleted Content warning: Two male leads, so please skip if that bothers you. Interstellar + food + farming + livestreaming. The early part focuses on food livestreams, while the later part features farming and food. This is a food-focused story, so food appears frequently. Yan Xu never imagined he would transmigrate again. This time, he transmigrated from the cultivation world to the interstellar age. He was accompanied by a little piglet that had originally been treated as an ingredient, as well as a s 1.8kReads8.3Score192Shelves

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    Having transmigrated from the world of cultivation to interstellar space, his spiritual beast was a pig that only knew how to eat. To feed it, he was forced to livestream himself cooking on a desolate planet. Unexpectedly, one bite of spicy food went viral, with donations so plentiful that the piglet was stuffed!

42. 142 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 21kReads8.9Score1.7kShelves

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    A lighthearted and fun food-themed novel! The protagonist's culinary skills are top-notch, creating mouthwatering dishes. His apprentices are all very interesting, most being clever and resourceful, full of witty remarks and hilarious moments—it's so funny you won't be able to stop laughing! The original owner of this body was also a formidable figure, with a sharp business mind, daring to think and act, and a particularly good con artist. Despite being all show and no substance, he managed to fool so many apprentices into willingly handing over their money—that's real skill! Although it's always the same formula, it's still quite addictive!

43. 143 富 The Wealthy Little Cook 富贵小厨娘 Xin Chen辛尘Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Lu Azhuo, a superb cook, transmigrated into an imperial-examination novel, where she was destined to become the male lead's short-lived first wife. Her husband's family and her own would be ruined because of her. Another title for this story: Death Comes Calling. When she woke up, she could uproot a willow with one hand and wield a kitchen knife with the other. No one within ten miles dared provoke her. They said she could silence a crying baby just by showing up. She was making a fortune with h 297Reads7.1Score101Shelves
44. 144 公 The Company Went Bankrupt? One Plate of Eggplant Revives It 公司破产？我一盘地三鲜起死回生 Seven-Pound Chubby Kid七斤大胖孩Urban1.2M WordsCompleted Li Yichen had barely been reborn when he was faced with a complete mess. His company's account balance had dropped to less than fifty thousand. He couldn't pay salaries or social security contributions, and soon he wouldn't even be able to afford meal allowances! With the company on the brink of collapse and his employees ready to quit, the God of Cooking System suddenly awakened! So Li Yichen decided to start with the meal allowances. To cut costs, he would cook for his employees himself! But o 6.7kReads7.6Score578Shelves
45. 145 进 The Rising Foodie 进击的美食达人 Golden Jade, Long Song金玉长歌Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [Secret Crush Turns Real + Sweet Romance + Workplace + Everyday Life + Inspirational] Her classmates mocked her as “petty and hopeless,” saying she was only fit to scrape by at a small company. But through her own efforts, she created the hugely popular food channel “Feast on Fire.” One day, she accidentally let her true identity slip, leaving everyone stunned! Fans: “I always thought you were a huge fatty. I never imagined you’d be such a beauty! You love eating so much, yet you’re still that s 262Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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    They're all amazing! I usually read short stories, and I've never finished a book with more than a hundred chapters! But these are really good! Especially the second one, which I've read three times!

46. 146 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
47. 147 糊 After Leaving the Entertainment Industry, This Has-Been Opens a Restaurant and Takes the Internet by Storm 糊咖退圈后，开饭馆爆红全网 There's a Pear有只梨Modern Romance421k WordsCompleted As a good-for-nothing in the cultivation world, Ming Tang idly watched someone else's lightning tribulation. As luck would have it, she took a direct hit and died a miserable, ridiculously unlucky death. When she opened her eyes again, she was a little-known actress in the modern entertainment industry. After turning down her unscrupulous agent's dinner-party demand, Ming Tang took the agent's advice to go home and sell roasted sweet potatoes, and promptly returned home to open a small restauran 498Reads7.1Score—Shelves

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    Don't read this late at night, you'll get hungry. Soup dumplings, sweet and sour fish, barbecue—if you can imagine it, the female lead can make it. Even the simplest ingredients can be transformed into mouthwatering dishes. (Two books are space-time novels, two are modern novels.)

48. 148 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 47.2kReads8.7Score2.3kShelves
49. 149 首 The Chief Minister's Wife: Cooking Up a Home 首辅娘子的美食养家日常 Golden and Silver Mantou金银小馒头Ancient Romance383k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + food + building a fortune + alternate world] When Shen Jiaojiao opens her eyes, she finds herself in a book as the awful wife the male lead hasn't had a chance to divorce yet. The original owner was spoiled and arrogant, vain, universally disliked, overambitious, and full of herself. At least she had parents who loved her. But Shen Jiaojiao doesn't consider any of those flaws a problem. After all, she considers herself lazy, idle, greedy, slothful, shameless, and utte 314Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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    The female protagonist transmigrates, and the male protagonist takes the imperial examination. The story mostly focuses on the delicious food the female protagonist makes at home, without much digression into various businesses. It's a realistic, everyday story about home cooking, relatively heartwarming and with a gentle, enduring feel. Recommended!

50. 150 美 Gourmet: The Chef’s Food Stall Goes Viral on a Variety Show 美食：厨娘在综艺摆摊爆火 AA Qin ZiyueAAA秦子越Urban272k WordsOngoing Gu Liuyan, a former imperial chef, opens her eyes to find she has transmigrated into the role of a cannon-fodder actress on the variety show Celebrity Kitchen. She can’t cook, has a bad temper, and has been saddled with a mountain of bad press. With an astronomical breach-of-contract fee threatening to end her career, Gu Liuyan slaps the table. “Who says I can’t cook?” And then the entire show discovers what it means to cook like a culinary god... An actress on the show wails, “I’ve already gain 131Reads6.3Score—Shelves

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