Female Lead Runs a Little Restaurant and Guesthouse! Great Cook! 女主经营小饭馆，民宿！做菜好吃！

1. 301 摆 Selling Egg Fried Rice at a Street Stall, Wielding My Spatula Until the Wok Smokes! 摆摊卖蛋炒饭，抡得锅铲都冒烟！ Riding a White Dog骑只白狗Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Food + Games + Challenges + Comfort Food + Heartwarming + Showbiz + No Romance After her contract expires, Shi Yi chooses to leave showbiz. By chance, she is selected by a food game, which requires her to take a little three-wheeled cart out to sell food every day. Level One: Sell ten-yuan boxed meals and throw in a bottle of water! The customers can’t believe what a bargain it is! “Boss Shi, I’ll have an order of braised ribs!” “Oh my gosh, you’ve even got king crab?!” “Boss Shi must be running 3.8kReads7.5Score38814d adds
2. 302 神 God-Tier Food Truck: Foodies Around the World Beg Me to Set Up Shop 神级餐车：全球吃货求我出摊 Mr. South Wall Crashes Into the South Wall南墙先生撞南墙Modern Romance564k WordsCompleted System, Food, Street Stalls, Slow Pace, No Romance, Widowed The book’s new-release rating may be low at first, but 95% of reviews are five stars. Enjoy with confidence! Ye Wanting unexpectedly gets a magical mobile food cart System. Flatbread + pork floss + seaweed = seaweed-and-pork-floss turkey noodles Crab + flour = crab roe soup dumplings Lamb offal + garlic + pepper = peppery lamb offal soup Quality ingredients + premium recipes + perfect cooking = food adored by thousands Three-wheeled car 656Reads8.8Score10114d adds
3. 303 穿 I Became a Fussy Old Lady: While Everyone Else Fled the Famine, I Reclaimed the Land 穿成作精老太，别人逃荒我开荒 Fragrant Tangerine橘香袭人Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (No space, no System, no romance. A short drama with the same name has already been released. A warm, rustic story. Everyone says they wouldn’t survive three episodes after transmigrating into a chaotic era. Read this book, and you’ll survive ten more!) She transmigrated into a book, becoming the villainous aunt who abused the protagonist in a male-oriented novel, and was destined to be killed off. Jiang Zhi didn’t cling to the protagonist. She left him behind and relied on her extensive knowled 85.9kReads9.5Score8.1k14d adds
4. 304 惊 Amazing! I Made a Fortune in Ancient Times with Modern Cuisine 惊！我靠现代美食在古代发家致富 Nangong Qiongyue南宫穹月Ancient Romance198k WordsCompleted (Transmigration + alternate world + farm space + devoted couple + food + farming and business + making a fortune + cozy, peaceful daily life) Lin Qiyue was punished with transmigration for wasting half a steamed bun. She arrived in an ancient village, in the poorest household around. Her eldest brother was disabled, her younger siblings were little, and the family had neither enough to eat nor clothes to keep warm. Lin Qiyue was close to tears, but luckily there was always a way out. She bound h 179Reads—Score—14d adds

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   At first, she had no money and set up a stall on the street. Later, the female protagonist opened her own shop, had a spacious interior, and enjoyed heartwarming daily life.

5. 305 让 You Told Me to Open a Restaurant, Not Cook for Ghosts! 让我开饭馆，也没说要给鬼做饭啊 A Glimmer in Midsummer微光半夏Modern Romance282k WordsCompleted (Gourmet + Supernatural + Redemption + Healing + No Romance) Selling things from the world of the living, and resolving the lingering obsessions of the dead. Zhu Fu, a girl from the mountains, took over a strange little restaurant. Business was slow during the day, but whenever the dead of night came, the old wooden door would creak open... A child killed in a car accident who couldn't find the way home, a university student soaked to the skin and still thinking of the unfinished music she left 978Reads8.7Score16314d adds

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   It's great because it's good! I'm still reading the first one, and it's really good. The second one is about a restaurant where even ghosts can eat, helping ghosts who haven't been reincarnated fulfill their wishes. I've read the third one repeatedly; I read it whenever I'm looking for something to read. It's super good and very heartwarming.

6. 306 重 Reborn in 1990, I Traded My Ex-Husband for Eight Houses 重生九零，我用前夫换了八套房 Autumn Colors Crimson秋色绯绯Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Strong leads x no pocket dimension x no System x loving family x building wealth x career first, romance later] Bai Zhenzhu is reborn on the very day she divorces her scumbag husband. The mistress pulls out a stack of cash and asks her: “How much do you want to agree to the divorce?” Bai Zhenzhu replies, “One hundred thousand. Not a cent less.” One hundred thousand to get rid of the scumbag, twenty thousand in divorce compensation, and twenty-four thousand in child support. Bai Zhenzhu takes t 19.7kReads9.3Score2.7k14d adds

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   It's very good.

7. 307 豆 The Tofu Seller's Daily Life as Head of the Household 豆腐娘子的掌家日常 Where the Flowers Fall花落止乎Ancient Romance683k WordsCompleted [Everyday Street Life]+ [Family Matters]+ [Daily Life]+ [Farming and Business] P.S. No golden finger. The female lead was transmigrated into a body before birth. Content warning: The leads are not each other's firsts. If that bothers you, don't read! A tall, strapping prison clerk and a fair-skinned, beautiful tofu seller with a fiery temper. One is domineering and uninhibited, while the other seems delicate but is actually covered in thorns. See how this ordinary family fights hard to carve out 9.9kReads8.9Score87114d adds
8. 308 大 The Blacksmith and the Tofu Maker 大铁匠与豆腐娘 A Shark with One Hand一只鲨手Ancient Romance397k WordsCompleted [Farming story + everyday life + food + raising a child + cozy + no pocket dimension or System for the protagonist + seemingly fierce but actually endlessly worrying, devoted dad-like man x free-spirited pampered sweetheart + face-slapping satisfaction] (The leads are both natives. They'll keep living their own quiet lives and won't suddenly become marquises, prime ministers, or emperors.) Of the three hardest livelihoods, there's boat hauling, ironworking, and selling tofu. Mian, a tofu seller 13.1kReads9.3Score1.4k14d adds

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   So cute, little A-Mian!

9. 309 古 The Daily Life of an Ancient Couple Making Money and Raising Kids 古代夫妻赚钱养娃日常 Zhuang Sheng Mi庄生迷Ancient Romance735k WordsCompleted A local ancient couple's everyday struggle to save money and raise their child! The village's most beautiful embroiderer × a clever, capable accountant × their smart, well-behaved son! See how this family rises from humble farming roots and climbs the social ladder! The story of Chen Qiuyue and Zhao Huaiyu, a couple born and raised in ancient times, who work hard to save money and pay for their child's education after starting a family. They succeed in raising their child to excel, and their fa 7.3kReads8.6Score53814d adds

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   These are all food-themed farming novels. No. 1 Features a female protagonist who runs a bookstore with a wide variety of delicious dishes, where you can not only enjoy the food but also experience the warmth of everyday life. Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, And 6 are all food-themed novels about running restaurants. The writing is decent and the plot is engaging, so you might want to check them out.

10. 310 我 I Sell Bento Boxes in the Cultivation World 我在修真界卖盒饭 Hawthorn Dog山楂狗Ancient Romance386k WordsCompleted (One-on-one romance + absurd comedy + System + food + trash-talk champion) Zhang Jiuqiu accidentally transmigrated into the role of a vicious female antagonist and got bound to a diss System that let her diss anyone she couldn’t stand. From then on, Zhang Jiuqiu’s name spread far and wide, and she became the foulest-mouthed person in the cultivation world. After eating the meal her senior brother cooked, Zhang Jiuqiu’s cultivation level dropped. Zhang Jiuqiu: “What the hell is this? Even my dog 174Reads8.1Score—14d adds

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    We're already setting up a street stall; the next step is to expand and strengthen our business.

11. 311 我 Running a Women’s Federation in Ancient Times 我在古代办妇联 Exquisite Delicacies珍馐美馔Ancient Romance734k WordsCompleted [No CP + business and farming + infrastructure building + strong female lead + feel-good story] Zhu Ling spent a happy hundred years lazing around at the Time-Space Bureau... only to end up six hundred million in debt! To pay it off, she was forced to bind herself to a Debt Collection System and begin her grueling repayment journey. Thus, Zixiao Kingdom gave rise to a legendary female tycoon. They say she started out selling tofu, struck it rich with konjac, and then parks, supermarkets, chain h 2.1kReads9.3Score26714d adds

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    Completed, highly-rated food-themed novels, with and without romantic pairings.

12. 312 穿 Transmigrating to the Northern Song: A Wet Nurse’s Daughter’s Life in the Kitchen 穿越北宋：奶娘女儿的厨娘日常 Memory Lasts Only Seven Seconds记忆只有七秒钟Ancient Romance245k WordsCompleted [Farming and Food] [Everyday Street Life] [Slice of Life] A modern girl woke one day in the Northern Song dynasty as the daughter of a wet nurse in an official's household. She watched the scheming around the county magistrate's legitimate daughter, the girl her mother had nursed, the tenth daughter of the Li family. Now called Tan Yawen, with the childhood nickname Wenjie'er, the little girl thought it over and over. Become the tenth young lady's personal maid, as her mother wanted? No, no. Ser 1.3kReads8.1Score12414d adds
13. 313 穿 After Transmigrating to a Year of Famine, I Became the Worst Mother-in-Law 穿到荒年后，我成了极品恶婆婆 Morning Clouds Purple朝云紫Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [Farming + feel-good wish fulfillment + System + adorable kids + no male lead] Cheng Wanqun woke up in the body of a 33-year-old farmer's wife in ancient Dahuang Village. Her four sons were kneeling by the bed, calling her Mother, and her daughter-in-law had another grandchild on the way. After being single her entire life for 33 years, she'd suddenly become a mother-in-law and grandmother. Raising four sons was already hard enough, but then disaster struck: locust plagues, droughts, snowstorms. 68.1kReads9.4Score7.6k14d adds
14. 314 综 Western Crossover: Every Door Opens to a Different World 综英美：每次开门都会换世界 Ye Guling夜孤绫Anime Fanfiction798k WordsCompleted [Main story complete, with bonus chapters released from time to time. Jump in without worry!] [A sweet bedtime treat. The heroine grows later on, but there won't be any major twists. Not a strong female lead] [Heroine + superheroes + quick transmigration early on + worlds merging later + supplies and logistics + food + neighborhood life + no romance] One day, Yun Xiaozheng discovers that her little home seems to have come alive! Everything was perfectly normal, then all at once the world outside 3.1kReads9.0Score28414d adds

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    ① The female protagonist travels to different hero worlds with her house and becomes their neighbor. They can restore their energy by eating the food she cooks. To earn money, she cooks all sorts of food and runs a food cart to make a living – a typical daily business venture. ② The female protagonist travels to a fairytale world and inherits her grandfather's small tavern. She works hard to survive and builds it from scratch.

15. 315 中 You Dumped Me After I Passed the Scholar Exam, So Why Are You Crying Now That I’m Rich? 中秀才就休妻，我暴富你又哭什么 Yaoyao Ruoshui妖妖若水Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The moment Ye Caiping opened her eyes, she found herself a divorced woman, with her sister-in-law back home sharpening a knife against her. It wasn't that her sister-in-law was unreasonable. The original owner of this body was simply too awful! How awful? Here, take a look: Whenever her husband's family needed to build a house, if there was even a single grain of surplus food at her parents' home, she'd come sniffing around like a mad dog and take it all. So her mother-in-law could eat meat ever 33kReads9.3Score4.9k14d adds
16. 316 妖 A Record of Eating Demons 妖食记 Cai Wangwang菜汪汪Ancient Romance632k WordsCompleted The Wuwei Inn flourishes because people in this world always have so many wishes. Birth, aging, sickness, death; resentment, hatred, love, and feuds; love and separation; life and death. The demons at the Wuwei Inn love to feast on these human joys and sorrows. Long Sanniang is stunningly beautiful. She's a shop owner, a fine cook, and a guide. Her life is long and dull, so she opens a restaurant to hear people's stories and, along the way, take in a handsome young general. Open the most distinc 3.8kReads9.4Score69814d adds

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    The restaurant run by the female protagonist serves not only humans but also immortals and those on their deathbed. Anyone with unfulfilled wishes or seeking reward can exchange a lifetime's worth of blessings for the Third Sister's help in taking revenge.

17. 317 我 I Have a Homestay in the Post-Apocalypse 我在末世有家民宿 Silent Cloud Deer云鹿不语Modern Romance247k WordsCompleted [Romance + apocalypse + System + shopkeeping + sweet romance + ensemble cast] [1. This isn't a female-power leveling story, and the heroine isn't a self-sacrificing saint. 2. This book is entirely fictional, so please don't confuse it with reality. 3. We met through the internet, so feel free to offer suggestions, or simply move on if you don't like it. Let's part on good terms. The author reserves all rights of interpretation.] After waking up, Yan Qingwei discovers she's transmigrated to a par 618Reads5.5Score10214d adds
18. 318 盛 A Little Restaurant in Shengjing 盛京有家小饭馆 Mei Ling Jiang莓铃酱Ancient Romance152k WordsOngoing A seemingly abstinent, secretly kiss-crazed big puppy VS a sweet, soft little bunny who cooks incredibly well Song Qingdai: “When you're unlucky, even eating a cream puff can make you transmigrate. At least I've got my pocket dimension. I'll become an adorable little cook, win over a bunch of foodies, and support my whole family as we build a fortune. But then an embarrassing incident unexpectedly catches Pei Xiao's attention?” Pei Xiao: “They call me the Dali Temple Magistrate of Shengjing, the 24Reads—Score—14d adds
19. 319 我 Farming Abroad: A Summer Cottage Diary 我在国外种田：夏天的田园日记 A Runna阿润那Modern Romance128k WordsCompleted [Feel-Good Wish Fulfillment + Healing + Secluded Retreat] Xia Tian is a 27-year-old unmarried woman with no parents. After working for five whole years, she finally gets fired. The moment she leaves the company, she receives an international call. The caller says, “Hello, Ms. Xia. I’m Hoey Xia’s lawyer. Your aunt left you an inheritance in Cromwell. Please come to New Zealand as soon as possible to complete the transfer.” “You’re a scammer, right? I don’t have an aunt!” Xia Tian hangs up immedia 73Reads5.7Score—14d adds

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    🗻The first book features a female protagonist who, after five years working for an unscrupulous boss and being ruthlessly fired, finds herself penniless when a stranger calls her to inherit his estate. She then travels to New Zealand to begin her healing journey.🌄The second book features a female protagonist who is a student from the mountains, working as a corporate slave in a big city. After her hometown's roads are improved, she returns and unexpectedly connects to a rural tourism app, starting with 2.5 Million yuan. She buys a car, builds a house, and helps her hometown develop.🌅The third book features a female protagonist who quits her job and becomes connected to a farming lottery system. She gains funds from seeds, grows flowers, drinks tea, and lives a secluded life in her garden.👌🏻Don't be afraid, Aunt Liu is here! For book recommendations, look for Aunt Liu – they're all amazing!

20. 320 食 The Feast Records: The Simple Joys of a Flavorful Life 食案录：人间有味是清欢 Watching Gulls in the Deep Mountains深山看鸥Ancient Romance209k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + everyday cooking + running a neighborhood business + female chef] After becoming the cook at a small shop in ancient times, Lin Zhiwei doesn’t rely on reclaiming wasteland to survive. Instead, she runs a humble neighborhood shop with her skill at preparing all kinds of delicious dishes. Starting with a bowl of bone broth that costs four coins, she serves rice with lard, braised pork bones, and glutinous rice cakes, warming an entire street with one homestyle dish after another. 203Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Join the female lead, Lin Zhiwei, in opening a small food stall in ancient times to make money!

21. 321 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 45.9kReads8.7Score2.2k14d adds

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    This is amazing! Every dish the female lead makes is stunning. She rises from a small street vendor to the owner of a large restaurant, making money hand over fist!

22. 322 八 The Beloved of the Family in the 1980s: I Open a Shop with My Family and Make Everyone Drool 八零团宠：带全家开店馋哭天下人 There's a Carrot in Every Book书中自有胡萝卜Modern Romance831k WordsCompleted (Period setting + System + gourmet food + rich beauty + transmigrate) The original owner was the youngest daughter, adored by her entire family. After transmigrating, Song Mengying gets the God of Cooking System. Though she has never cooked in her life, this complete novice starts by steaming buns. Then she and her family sell food from a handcart, steadily making their way toward prosperity, one step at a time. Huh? How did I get so strong? Huh? Why do I have so much more energy? Good heavens, 128Reads6.7Score—14d adds

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    Food-themed novel, with a system, and a fresh plot [Admiration] It's good.

23. 323 种 Farming, Opening a Shop, and Selling Barbecue: Is This Really the Apocalypse? 种田开店卖烧烤，这真是末世？ Ten Thousand Stars一万颗星星Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + no romance + business-focused + protective System + cozy tone + ambitious heroine] Our girl is clear-headed, principled, and serious about running her business. She saves people whenever she can, works hard to build her career, and is determined to get rich! She runs every kind of shop! (A pure business story. There are basically no bears, dogs, sci-fi characters, or other fictional characters. The author doesn’t like those things.) After choking on a sip of coffee, Wanyue had the 864Reads8.8Score10514d adds
24. 324 农 The Lucky Farm Girl: My Cooking Comes with Special Attributes 农家小福女：我做的美食自带属性 One Meter Fifty Plus Two一米五加二Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [System] + [Gourmet] + [Family Life] + [All Kinds of Practical Skills] After taking a tumble, Shuangxi, an eight-year-old farm girl, finally remembered that she had transmigrated here, and that she’d brought along a stingy, extremely picky life-management System. Unfortunately, life’s trials came one after another: an uncle who was deep in debt from gambling, a little brother who suddenly fell gravely ill, and a third uncle who lost his job in middle age… Fortunately, the family stood together a 93Reads6.9Score—14d adds
25. 325 末 Back from the Apocalypse: In the Nineties, My Sister-in-Law Raised Kids and Opened a Restaurant 末世归来之小姑在九零养崽开饭馆 Yan Xinuan颜汐暖Modern Romance511k WordsCompleted No CP. Wen Xixi, a dual-powered plant- and strength-type ability user who struggled to survive the apocalypse for ten years, suddenly fainted after using up all her mental energy while planting. When she opened her eyes again, she had somehow ended up in the resource-rich 1990s depicted in a book. Before her was an unfamiliar little house, and in her arms was a soft, chubby toddler: Wen Shuyi, the daughter her brother had left behind when he died in a flood. In the original book, the pitiful lit 370Reads6.8Score10314d adds

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    The female protagonist runs a small restaurant and raises her niece.

26. 326 七 The 1970s: The Culinary Goddess 七零厨神美人 Meow-Meow Claws阿喵亮爪爪Modern Romance583k WordsCompleted [A cooking god, military-industrial research, patriotism, delicious food, positive energy, and an exhilarating era: don’t miss this period novel!] Cooking god Zhao Wan Feng transmigrates. She lands in a third-line military factory and even scores a perfect scientist husband. In that case, she’ll work hard and aim to become the cafeteria’s head cook, then settle down and enjoy life… No, she’ll become the cafeteria’s star, put down roots at the military factory, have children with her husband, and 3.3kReads9.2Score43414d adds

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    This is a period drama about food, written with delicate prose. The female protagonist has no special abilities or spatial abilities; she relies entirely on herself. The book also vividly portrays the patriotism and love for the nation during that era. I stayed up all night to finish it and really enjoyed it.

27. 327 修 After Returning from Cultivation: The Ordinary Girl Goes Viral Online! 修仙回来后：素人她全网爆红啦！ Sang Yu Fei Waning桑榆非晚ingModern Romance501k WordsCompleted [Farming + Livestreaming] Xu Qingqing was lucky enough to take a month-long trip to the cultivation world, and she brought back a golden finger! Now that she’s back, why bother going to work? She’s going home to farm! This book just has a touch of cultivation. There won’t be any actual cultivation~ (The cultivation world is only where she gets her golden finger, so please don’t complain.) 1.6kReads9.0Score10814d adds

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    These books are really, really good 👀 They're all about farming in the countryside, and they all have some kind of cheat code.

28. 328 秦 Who's Best at Qin Dynasty Infrastructure? The Food System Is Here to Help 秦朝基建哪家强美食系统来帮忙 Yu Shuo予说Ancient Romance340k WordsCompleted Note: The female lead has no romance. The central idea of this story is the proper use of a food System: selling food, no; building infrastructure for the Qin Empire, yes. [In our country, "sir" is a gender-neutral form of address. The System has no gender, so it has been addressed with the neutral term "sir." If you think that because foreign men have been translated as "sir" in modern times, the word means male, and thus the System should not be called "sir," please avoid this story.] [As for 2.5kReads9.2Score31014d adds
29. 329 美 Gourmet: Selling Meals at a KTV? I'm Actually Very Serious 美食：ktv卖饭？我真的很正经 Crows Can Turn Their Luck Around乌鸦会翻身Urban613k WordsCompleted [Food + everyday life + entertainment + comedy!] Jiang Feng transmigrates to a parallel world, where he becomes a cook in a KTV kitchen and awakens the God of Cooking System! While other KTVs are busy coming up with discount packages, his place starts selling meals instead. “Hello, boss. This is our KTV's new specialty service: a platter of braised meats.” “What? Your KTV doesn't offer anything naughty, and you sell food?” “Holy crap, this braised meat is freaking incredible! Quick, bring me ten 31Reads7.0Score—14d adds

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    The first book has a single male lead, but the writing is really engaging. The second book features a female lead who is an amazing cook and gradually builds her empire into a powerful and successful woman.

30. 330 顶 The Top-Tier Star’s Sister Goes Viral After Livestreaming Mystical Farming 顶流他妹直播玄学种田后火了 Young Master Tangtang公子糖糖Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Wanwan was originally a little peach fairy, but after an accident, she ended up inside a book as a pitiful three-and-a-half-year-old. Wanwan is shocked. Is she going to become a villainess when she grows up??? Even worse, her older brother Xia Zhihuai, a top-tier star who found fame at a young age, is the story's sick and twisted main villain. Watching her brother gallop down the road to villainy, Wanwan decides to get him out of showbiz and return to the countryside to farm! After they return t 5.1kReads9.2Score83614d adds
31. 331 深 Deep-Sea Survival: From the Start, I Got an Oceanic Recipe Book 深海求生：开局获海洋菜谱 Saving Up for Instant Noodles赚钱买泡面Sports406k WordsCompleted [Undersea survival + construction + exploration + small team + food + no romance] What’s it like to wake up in the middle of a vast ocean? From the start, you get a diving suit, and everything else has to be scavenged! Unlock the “ignore water pressure” buff and dive 100 meters all by yourself. It’s that simple! Typhoons, extreme cold, extreme heat, tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, invasive species... Disasters strike one after another, diving resources dwindle, and survival is uncerta 470Reads8.3Score10114d adds
32. 332 穿 After Transmigrating to the Modern World, the Shadow Guard Kicks Back and Cooks 穿越现代后，暗卫开始摆烂做美食 Shrimp Monster Is Hard to Slim Down麻虾怪难瘦Modern Romance308k WordsCompleted No CP, just the everyday life of an ordinary female covert guard who loves food and gossip. Winter melon, watermelon, Hami melon, nobody’s going to stop me from getting the scoop. Juice-filled buns, dumpling juice, you little brat, get out of my way! Smash the plates, toss the chopsticks, and slap the scoundrels right across the face. I’ve got a temper and the skills to back it up. Nobody gets to push me around. Polished-up blurb A feast of fresh wine and sturgeon, a hotpot of clams. Given a sec 29Reads—Score—14d adds

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    An ordinary female bodyguard's modern-day life of enjoying gossip. Winter melon, watermelon, cantaloupe, nobody can stop me from eating gossip. Dumpling juice, dumpling juice, you little juice, get out of my way. Slamming plates, throwing chopsticks, slapping jerks. I have a temper, I have ability, nobody can make me suffer. A beautified version of the introduction: raw wine and sturgeon, hot pot with clams. Reborn, He You just wants to open her own small restaurant, make delicious food, relax, and enjoy a leisurely life.

33. 333 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 66.7kReads9.1Score4.6k14d adds

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    ✨①The male protagonist fails at a blind date and runs away, but unexpectedly awakens a culinary god system. From then on, he begins to show his skills in the culinary world, and all the food he makes is praised by everyone.

34. 334 七 Seventies Island Military Marriage: A Stepmom's Daily Life Raising Kids After Remarrying 七零海岛军婚：二婚后妈养娃日常 Achoo Achoo啊啾啊啾Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Military Marriage + Stepmother + Second Marriage + Raising Kids + Sweet Romance + Food + Everyday Life + Love After Marriage When she opens her eyes, Song Shiwei discovers she has transmigrated into a book! Worse, she’s become the female cannon fodder with a tragic ending! To save her life and escape the plot’s control, she impulsively marries Zhou Tingyue, a cadre ten years her senior! She thinks she can now enjoy a carefree little life of her own! But when she arrives, she discovers that the f 3.4kReads8.9Score32014d adds
35. 335 苏 After Waking Up, Three Big Shots Keep Chasing Her and Calling Her Mom 苏醒后被三个大佬追着叫妈 Solo Celebration独自狂欢Modern Romance1.1M WordsOngoing [Short drama now available] Alternate title: While Others Rely on Their Parents, I Rely on My Kids. My Sons Are All Big Shots “Sleeping Beauty” Wen Xiaoxiao slept for thirty-five years. When she woke up, she discovered that the three eggs she had once donated had become three famous big shots! Now she had not only a perfect family, but also three sons who loved her. She was no longer a miserable ball being kicked around. Son No. 1, the domineering CEO. He seemed like a typical CEO, but was actua 2.2kReads9.3Score21014d adds
36. 336 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 9.6kReads9.0Score79614d adds
37. 337 被 After My Jerk Boyfriend Dumped Me, I Got Rich Through Cooking 被渣男分手后，我靠美食暴富了 September Starry Sky九月星空Modern Romance405k WordsCompleted [Food + System + Everyday Life + Male Lead] Su Manning was laid off, dumped, and told her landlord was reclaiming the apartment all on the same day. Just like that, she became single and unemployed, with nowhere to live and the streets looming over her. She was at a loss for tears. Why did heaven have to be so cruel? But the very next moment, she was bound to a Food System. As long as she completed the tasks it issued, she would receive generous rewards. [System Task: Host, please cook yourself 1.5kReads9.0Score16114d adds
38. 338 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 1.1kReads8.5Score10214d adds

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    In this book, the protagonist is a maid in the early stages, but later leaves the mansion to open a small restaurant.

39. 339 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 2.8kReads9.2Score30914d adds
40. 340 美 The Gourmet Blind Box Is Wild: The Host Draws, Then the Customers Do 美食盲盒有点疯，宿主抽完顾客抽 Shi Buyan食不妍Modern Romance415k WordsCompleted [Gourmet + No CP + Perfect With a Meal + Cozy + Street Stalls + Comedy + Career-Focused] After being reborn in a parallel world, Qin Yi arrives in Rainbow City. She binds to a Gourmet blind-box street-stall System. At first, the location, time, and tasks are all randomly drawn. Later, even the food comes in blind boxes. From bowls of late-night rice noodles for 50 yuan to floral cake rolls for 200 yuan. From all kinds of little meatballs to a blind-box lunchbox truck with a thousand different di 530Reads7.4Score—14d adds
41. 341 椿 Spring Intentions 椿意 Miss Goldfish金鱼姑娘Modern Romance267k WordsCompleted School arc [Gentle, sweet childhood sweetheart girl & devoted puppy-like boyhood friend] City arc [Gentle cardiologist & calculus professor and CEO] [School life + city life + mutual devotion + two academic stars + openly in love + pure romance] Ci Xiaoyu has both looks and grades on his side, and more girls pursue him than anyone can count. Yet he won’t entertain other girls at all, keeping a polite distance. The only exception is his introverted childhood sweetheart, whom he cherishes and kee 3.7kReads9.0Score51314d adds
42. 342 谢 I’m a Grade-Schooler, and I’ve Become a Culinary God! 谢邀，我，小学生，已成厨神！ Selling Egg Burgers!卖鸡蛋汉堡咯Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Gourmet]+ [Slice of Life]+ [No Romance]+ [Heartwarming]+ [Healing]+ [Comedy] “The only thing an elementary school student should be doing is studying hard... But I think Master Fang going to school is neglecting his proper work.” “I’ve finally made it to the front of the line... Master Fang, can we put your homework aside for a bit? Could you fry me some rice first?” “You think I’m waiting outside the elementary school to pick up my own kid? I’m actually here to pick up Master Fang after schoo 24.7kReads8.8Score2.4k14d adds
43. 343 奇 The Miracle Chinese Restaurant 奇迹中餐厅 Gu Sheng顾生Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted After suddenly finding a chef System from the future, Nan Yue is taken back to when she was twenty and gains a golden finger. After the chef System trains Nan Yue to become a chef… Foodies think her cooking can bring the dead back to life. The broke crowd thinks her restaurant is a rip-off, charging more than five-star restaurants. Food lovers think it’s delicious and fly in just to line up. People overseas think the Queen of England has fallen in love with Chinese cuisine. Nan Yue thinks she ha 163Reads7.4Score—14d adds
44. 344 锦 The Brocade Guard and the Young Coroner 锦衣卫与小仵作 Other Shore of the Forgotten River 9忘川彼岸9Ancient Romance913k WordsCompleted Chu Qi is an outstanding forensic pathologist, but somehow she ends up in a country called Dayue and becomes a coroner. Sigh, at least her expertise comes in handy. It means she can stay alive. Ye Xiao is a man as otherworldly as an immortal, and the commander of the Imperial Guards. Chu Qi decides to make the best of her situation and live a peaceful, unremarkable life until old age, hoping Heaven will finally let her go home. She never imagined she would meet Ye Xiao, or that little by little, 538Reads7.3Score10114d adds
45. 345 惊 Shocking! The Wealthy Family's Fat Wife Is a Max-Level Spirit Chef 惊！豪门肥妻竟是满级灵厨 Zhou Nan Han Guang周南汉广Modern Romance522k WordsCompleted (The rating was just posted and will rise later.) [Transmigration + healing through food + sweet childcare romance + cozy daily life + one-on-one romance + love that grows over time] The moment she opened her eyes, Shen Zhigeng, a renowned culinary cultivator from the cultivation world, had become a wealthy man’s fat wife, mocked by the entire internet. Her parents favored her sibling, her younger sister was a poisonous flower, her CEO husband looked at her with disgust, and everyone online was 6.4kReads8.0Score65714d adds

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    The female lead opened a small restaurant 👍👍👍

46. 346 快 Quick Transmigration: Selling Gourmet Food in Ancient Times to Build My Fortune 快穿：我在古代卖美食发家致富 A Lover's Clear Dream Presses Down the River of Stars伊人清梦压星河Ancient Romance327k WordsCompleted Synopsis: [Foodie fiction + transmigration + ancient farming + alternate setting + comeback] Song Qingge is a popular food blogger who unexpectedly transmigrates to ancient times and into the poor Song family. Her fiancé breaks off their engagement, and she struggles to get by in a leaky thatched hut. Though the Song family is poor, her parents dote on her, her eldest brother looks out for her, and her younger siblings are sweet and well-behaved. After transmigrating here, she discovers she has 159Reads8.4Score—14d adds
47. 347 美 A Food Blogger Transmigrates to the 1970s 美食博主穿越七零年代 The Lazy Melon of a Fool呆瓜的懒瓜Modern Romance223k WordsCompleted Food blogger Su Niannian dies suddenly after staying up all night, then transmigrates to the 1970s. Fortunately, she has a pocket dimension stocked with an inexhaustible supply of goods! Fortunately, both her parents are alive and well, so she can enjoy the warmth of family! And fortunately, she marries a man who cherishes and spoils her, a harbor she can turn to when she is tired! The whole family stays together, happy and harmonious, and works toward a prosperous life! 189Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Making delicious food.

48. 348 家 With Barely a Roof Over Her Head, She Pulls a Wild Boar from Her Pocket Dimension 家徒四壁，她从空间掏出一只野猪 Green Ink Song青墨歌Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The short drama “Three Years a Widow, Then My Husband Returned from the Dead”: Sun Shuyue wakes up as the wicked mother of four troublesome little villains. Her family is destitute, her husband has died in battle, and she owes a few taels of silver. A master chef, she puts her skills to work, determined to earn money, support the family, and raise the children right so the four little villains can get on the straight and narrow! As she raises them, the eldest gets into the best school, and his t 316Reads8.9Score10314d adds
49. 349 八 Cooking Up a Storm in the 1980s, My Kids Are Drooling 八零年代做美食，家里小孩馋哭了 Colorful Longan缤纷桂圆Modern Romance234k WordsCompleted [Everyday family life, told at an unhurried pace] Yao Jiang's consciousness inhabits the body of a chef in another world. After learning a wealth of skills, she returns to the 1980s, with a culinary pocket dimension thrown in as a bonus. She opens a steamed bun shop and raises a well-behaved child. All in all, life gives her plenty to look forward to. 433Reads—Score—14d adds
50. 350 千 A Trillion in Supplies: I Transmigrate as a Vicious Woman and Raise the Kids 千亿物资：穿成极品恶女养崽崽 Such a Silly Goose是笨蛋吖Ancient Romance231k WordsCompleted [Space + food + raising children + farming + infrastructure development + sweet romance] When she woke up, she had transmigrated into the body of a nasty, spoiled woman who was lazy and gluttonous, beat her husband, and mistreated the children. Gu An'an refused to accept it. Her family was so poor they could barely scrape by. The children were gaunt from hunger, and her sickly husband looked as if he could die at any moment. And on top of all that, there were droughts, locust plagues, and a deva 577Reads8.6Score10214d adds

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