Pure Food Stories! No Romance, No Family, No Meddling! Thanks! 纯美食文！无cp！无家人！不要多事儿的！谢谢！

1. 101 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

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   The first book was one I started reading after being urged to update repeatedly, so I left it to accumulate more chapters. I finished the second and third books, and I personally thought they were pretty good; you could check them out. As for the fourth book, I've been following it for so long that I've forgotten a bit about it [facepalm].

2. 102 偷 After They Heard My Thoughts, the Country’s Biggest Foodies Were Shocked 偷听我心声后，惊动全国吃货大佬 Yu Shengsheng余苼升Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Mind Reading + Beloved by the Whole Family + Food + Heartwarming + Feel-Good + Intangible Cultural Heritage Cuisine + Distinctively Regional Dishes] Shen Huazheng transmigrates into the beloved darling of the Shen family. She has no System, no medical skills, and can’t turn out elegant prose, so she might as well lie flat and be a pampered little couch potato who spends every day eating and drinking. Shen Huazheng watches her father, Minister Shen, prepare to go out to a banquet. [What a shame. 15.7kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves

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   These are all food-related articles, and they're all quite good, especially the first and second ones.

3. 103 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 963Reads8.9Score101Shelves

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   The first book is about nested doll-like food, the second teaches you how to make food, and the rest are just regular food-themed stories.

4. 104 我 My Cooking Can Cure Any Discontent 我的美食专治各种不服 A Horse That Can't Live Without Spice无辣不欢的马Urban402k WordsCompleted Xu Riyue transmigrates into a parallel world, where he becomes a 996 office worker driven to bankruptcy by his boss's workplace abuse. At his lowest point, the Everyday Life System binds itself to him, refreshing one street-stall task each week. Other people's golden fingers can destroy the world, but his System only wants him to suffer social death. His stall is a legend that exists in the city for just one week: It appears on Monday, using an irresistible aroma and flavor to break down everyon 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The system's tasks are getting increasingly "crazy"! A corporate slave is transported to a street stall, from spicy lemon shredded chicken in a tech park to wood-fired tomahawk steak in a postpartum care center—each dish ignites a scene: either revealing workplace truths or awakening dormant appetites. The "disappear after selling out" tactic keeps the entire internet glued to the screen, eagerly awaiting the next stop. The plot is so captivating it's keeping viewers up all night!

5. 105 穿 After I Transmigrate into a Book, I Open a Cafeteria in the Cultivation World 穿书后我在修仙界开食堂 Yue Qing刖清Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate Into a Book + Unconventional Cultivation Story] Jiang Sheng never expected to transmigrate into a cultivation novel whose protagonist only wanted to fall in love. In the original story, she was a minor character who bullied the heroine. Not long after she died, the heroine's lovesick simp even dug up her grave. Staying alive is important, sure, but... the food in the cultivation world is awful! After crying over the terrible food in her sect's dining hall, Jiang Sheng resolves to t 232Reads6.3Score103Shelves
6. 106 随 Random Stallkeeping: The Fake Legitimate Daughter Gets Tormented by a Rotten System 随机摆摊，假嫡女被烂系统坑惨了 The Kitten Doesn't Eat Oranges小猫不吃橙子Ancient Romance526k WordsCompleted (A very different random-stall story, with a funny and witty style and no angst at all.) Yu Zhizhi got horribly tricked by a terrible System. She closed her eyes and transmigrated into the body of a spoiled, domineering young noblewoman in ancient times. To top it off, she was a fake legitimate daughter. Things went badly from the start, but she was lucky enough to get a System. Then she realized it was a terrible System. Each time, the System only gave her a random location for setting up a sta 11.9kReads8.8Score822Shelves
7. 107 美 Gourmet: Customers Follow Me from a Holographic Game into the Real World 美食：回头客从全息游追到现实 Four Joyful Lotuses四喜莲莲Modern Romance192k WordsOngoing Food + full-dive games + everyday life + female lead with no romance + System + shopkeeping. A cozy, healing, fun read to enjoy with a meal. The author enjoys all kinds of pairings. The female lead has no romance, but there are many side pairings, including but not limited to BG, GB, BL, and GL. Please don't read if that bothers you. The tags are old ones from when the book was signed in 2024, and apparently they can't be changed. After accidentally getting a “food game” System, Rong Yu, whose g 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Both of them are still ongoing, but I think they're very good, and so far there aren't any major flaws.

8. 108 美 Gourmet: Becoming a Top Chef at a Five-Star Hotel with the System 美食：靠系统在五星酒店当大厨 Seven-Tenths-Sweet Pomelo七分甜柚子Urban176k WordsOngoing [Gourmet + No Romance + System Golden Finger + Recipes + Tutorials + Comedy] Ye Jiang, an overworked office drone, has spent five years scraping by at his company. He'd hoped to keep his head down and slack off in peace, but a newly arrived intern ruined his job. Now jobless, with his lease up and only 2,000 yuan left for the trip home, his misfortunes have really piled up. He plans to pack up and return to his hometown, but gets into a car accident along the way and unexpectedly receives a Syst 20Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I love food-themed stories without any romantic pairings!

9. 109 星 Interstellar Street Stall! Sis Song, Could You Stop Running Off? 星际摆摊！宋姐，咱能不能别乱跑 Gui Jin鬼槿Modern Romance670k WordsOngoing The rating just came out, so it'll go up! [Interstellar + food + System + one heroine + no male lead + no CP + lighthearted + everyday life + comedy + perfect mealtime reading] After Song Quan died from overwork, she found herself in an interstellar age proudly known as a “culinary wasteland.” [You have successfully linked to the God of Cooking Lottery System!] All she had to do was collect customers' mood points to unlock new recipes and street-stall locations. Mood points could also be used fo 10.7kReads7.1Score1.5kShelves
10. 110 夜 You Sell Fried Rice Every Night? Is This KTV Even Legit?! 夜夜卖炒饭？你这KTV正经吗！ Daughter of a Poor Family寒门之女Urban877k WordsCompleted [Gourmet] [Entrepreneurship] [Wild Imagination] [Slice of Life] [Humor] After going bankrupt and being reborn, how does a respectable restaurant owner end up taking over an incredibly upscale business karaoke lounge? Just as Chen Nian thinks his luck is finally turning around, he learns the karaoke lounge is about to go under! Well, can he start over? As he’s at his wit’s end, a Gourmet Business System appears! Chen Nian: “What gives? You didn’t show up when I ran a restaurant, but now you pop u 1.1kReads6.5Score100Shelves

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    🌵🍃The male protagonist transmigrates into the body of a rich second-generation heir who lost both parents and whose KTV business is on the verge of bankruptcy. To revive the business, the binding of a food system allows him to go even further.🌵🍃🌲

11. 111 长 The Little Chang'an Eatery 长安小食肆 Nine-Lived Fairy九命妖精Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Food Business Comeback + Clear-Headed Heroine + Everyday Food and Drink + No Romance, but Plenty of Suitors] In her previous life, Jiang Yuan was a chef in the Imperial Kitchen, bound to a mission. For ten years, she treated Crown Prince Zhao Heng's food aversion, prepared soups for him, and soothed his mind, giving him everything he asked for. The day he ascended the throne, he rewarded her with poisoned wine. She drank it with a smile. Mission complete. The System unbound, and at last she was 270Reads6.8Score108Shelves

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    1️⃣ [Apocalypse + Management + System + Food + Farming + No Romance, Ensemble Characters] After Ling Jing died, she was bound to a management system and randomly transported to an apocalyptic world inhabited by mutated plants and animals. The system asked her to name her restaurant. After a moment's thought, she typed: "Chinese Restaurant." In the mutated apocalypse, all plants and animals became enemies. When starving, dying humans smelled the aroma of roasted potatoes, they looked on incredulously. When they ate roasted sweet potatoes, tears and saliva flowed together. Ling Jing: This is nothing! As the recipes unlocked, hot and sour shredded potatoes, sweet and sour pork ribs, boiled fish, spicy hot pot, barbecue, roujiamo (Chinese hamburger), mutton soup, and stir-fried potatoes, eggplant, and green peppers... The irresistible Chinese cuisine drove the apocalyptic humans into a frenzy. These are all Chinese dishes? What is China?! Wow, amazing! What?! These are not only unfamiliar dishes, but they can also detoxify, reduce pollution, enhance armor, and help resist the invasion of mutated plants and animals?! "Boss, are you our savior?" A customer asked, tears welling in their eyes. "No." Ling Jing put the plates away and gave a calm smile. "I'm just the owner of a Chinese restaurant." Reading Notes: A post-apocalyptic food story, but a redemption-themed post-apocalyptic food story. 2️⃣ Rating just released, will rise, will rise, will rise! [Food management success story + clear-headed female lead + daily life of eating and drinking + no romance but many suitors] In her past life, Jiang Yuan was the head chef of the imperial kitchen, bound to a mission. For ten years, she cured Crown Prince Zhao Heng's anorexia, prepared soups, and calmed his mind, granting him whatever he asked for. On the day he ascended the throne, he offered her poisoned wine, which she drank with a smile. —Mission complete, system unbound, she was finally free! When she opened her eyes again, she had become a sickly orphan at "Jiang's Restaurant" in the West Market. Her home was bare, the stove cold and ashes cold. Outsiders laughed: "A woman in the kitchen? Bad luck!" "This run-down shop will close down sooner or later!" The old friend who once begged her for a recipe was now a culinary master, his carriage passing by without a second glance. Jiang Yuan touched the empty rice jar and smiled softly. In this life, she would live only for herself. Starting with a bowl of unrecognized fried rice—her soup dumplings swept the street, her hot pot, milk tea, and fried chicken became a city-wide sensation. Those who once scorned her now flocked to her door. Later, the new emperor, traveling incognito, stopped in front of her eatery. He tasted her soup and was stunned, tears streaming down his face. The taste was so much like the person he had longed for all night, a person he could never find again. Jiang Yuan simply wiped her hands and smiled slightly: "Sir, ten coins, please." PS: The female lead is a clear-headed career-driven woman. In her past life, she did missions; in this life, she only pursues money and food. 3️⃣ (No romance + divorce + street vending + making money + no cheat codes) Reborn, she opens her eyes to find her youngest daughter being pushed into a fire pit! Qin Suian, a pathetic old woman who died a miserable death in her previous life, wakes up to find herself back in the 1980s—the scene of her youngest daughter being tricked into marriage! "I won't stand for this!" She thinks. Tearing apart the scumbag who tricked her into marriage, kicking away her useless husband, Qin Suian, enduring the scorn of a "divorced woman," sets up a street vending business in the county town with her two daughters. No cheat codes, only her two hands and a little skill in making pickled vegetables. Starting from a small market stall, jars of pickled vegetables are her weapons. Wind and sun, cold stares and harsh words? She'll chew them up and swallow them! What Qin Suian wants to earn is not just money to make ends meet, but the upright spines of her mother and three daughters! Watch how Qin Suian: Starting from a street vending business: Carrying a load on a shoulder pole, she sets up a stall in the market, selling out every day! Opening a shop: Selling pickled vegetables and spicy hot pot, she counts money until her hands are sore every day! Starting a factory and gaining fame: Small pickled vegetables break into a big market, the "Sui'an" brand becomes a household name! From a "divorced woman" avoided by everyone, to "Boss Qin" who buys an entire street! This is a story of turning one's life around without a man. Watch how Qin Sui'an, relying on a jar of pickled vegetables, lives two wonderful lives step by step, becoming the "landlady" of the street! (A satisfying read, but not a get-rich-quick story; it's about taking things one step at a time.)

12. 112 美 Gourmet: Starting with Randomly Setting Up a Stall to Sell Liangpi 美食：从随机摆摊卖凉皮开始 I Have a Magic Brush That Makes Flowers Bloom吾有妙笔生花Urban371k WordsCompleted No heroine, food, street vending, healing, daily life, and a relaxing tone. The protagonist sets up a stall at random spots on the street, selling all kinds of snacks, changing locations every week. The food on offer varies, including cold noodles, grilled gluten skewers, tofu pudding, spicy beef noodles, handmade spicy strips, congee, steamed buns, and more. 155Reads5.9Score—Shelves
13. 113 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 18Reads5.1Score—Shelves
14. 114 老 Granny Returns to the ’80s: Dumping Her Scumbag Husband and Making a Fortune Selling Pickles 老太重回八零：踹翻渣男咸菜发家 Calm Winds and Still Waves风瓶浪静Modern Romance710k WordsCompleted (No romance + divorce + street vending + making money + no golden finger) She’s reborn, and her younger daughter is about to be thrown into a living hell! Qin Sui’an was a timid old woman who had lived a miserable life. When she opens her eyes, she’s back in the 1980s, right at the scene where her younger daughter is being tricked into a marriage! This old woman has had enough! After exposing the scoundrel who arranged the fraudulent marriage and kicking her useless husband to the curb, Qin Sui’ 6kReads9.1Score951Shelves
15. 115 神 Divine Realm? It's Just a Dessert Shop 神域？是糖水铺子 Every Year There's a Surplus, and It's a Cat年年有余是只猫Modern Romance508k WordsCompleted (This novel has no romantic pairings.) This is the story of a player who binds to a game after dying and struggles to survive in another world. Shi An follows the path of culinary cultivation in the game. His level is tied to his shop: the higher its revenue, the higher his level. Surviving in this dangerous world should be no problem at all. But first, he needs to figure out how to survive in an ancient forest. Otherwise, should he try selling snacks to the wild animals? Like that giant python 7kReads8.8Score1.3kShelves

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    I'm currently reading the sixth book. I've finished the previous ones, and they were all pretty good, especially the first one—it's perfect except for being short.

16. 116 美 Gourmet: Is It Really So Strange for Execution-Day Meals to Bring Customers Back? 美食：断头饭有回头客，不合理吗 Face Is Not Face面非面Urban125k WordsCompleted After eating a plate of egg fried rice at a late-night food stall, Guo Ba was in a bad mood and said it tasted awful. To his surprise, he acquired the Great Xia Culinary God System and was transported to a prison, where he became the prison cook. System: First task: Get one repeat customer within a month. Guo Ba: Easy peasy. Couldn't be simpler. But once Guo Ba arrived at the prison, he lost his composure. Guo Ba: System, why am I making a last meal for someone about to be executed? How am I sup 14Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 117 大 The University President Can Cook, and Faculty and Students Work Themselves to the Bone 大学校长会做饭，师生全往死里干 Give Me an Egg Burger来个鸡蛋汉堡Urban328k WordsOngoing [Gourmet] [No heroine] At a very young age, Xu Ji becomes a university president. He assumes the organization has entrusted him with an important responsibility, only to discover that the university is already slated to close. It can't even qualify for a ranking, and is worse than a diploma mill. It turns out he's only there to hold the fort until the bitter end. Just when Xu Ji is despairing, he binds himself to a Gourmet System. The stronger the school becomes, the more plentiful its rewards. 82Reads8.5Score—Shelves
18. 118 穿 I Transmigrated to Another World to Become a Middleman 穿越异界做倒爷 Drunken Gluttonous Cat, Laughing Fish酒醉馋猫鱼儿笑Urban163k WordsOngoing [Slice of Life + Food + Lighthearted Comedy + Golden Finger + Urban Farming] With his golden finger, Wei Fan starts with a run-down little courtyard and gradually builds it into the most mysterious restaurant in the Dragon Kingdom. By trading with another world, he brings back unique goods that conquer everyone’s taste buds. Wei Fan wonders, “I just wanted to live a carefree life with my sister. How did I get busier and busier?” Then one day, a secret realm appears, and martial arts techniques a —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Laughs][Laughs] A very interesting food article to read.

19. 119 食 An Eatery Keeper's Journal 食肆经营手札 Chive Pocket Stuffed with White Rabbit白兔馅韭菜盒子Ancient Romance510k WordsOngoing The comic adaptation is out. If you're interested, check it out! [Food] [Business] [Everyday Life] [Romance] [One-on-One, Both Pure] Ji He transmigrates into another world, where both her parents are dead. All they leave her is a restaurant on a busy street and a clan full of relatives eyeing it greedily. With no one to rely on and barely a penny to her name, all she has is her cooking skill. She sets up a street stall and revives the old restaurant. With a stove and a pot, she brings every flav 11.1kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves

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    I really liked one aspect, which the author explicitly stated: the female lead will have an exceptionally smooth life. It's categorized as a food business, but there are many descriptions of food that make the reader want to eat. It doesn't feel artificially artificial and has a strong classical feel. The author's writing is excellent, and the setting and logic are very consistent. The author focuses a lot on food descriptions, so some parts are brief, but it's still manageable. What doesn't quite fit is that this book has a male lead, and so far it seems to be a one-sided crush on the female lead. The female lead is focused on her career, and the author has hinted that the male lead will become a live-in son-in-law (although he is a marquis, his status and setup seem to be advantageous to the female lead). A minor point is that the male lead is engaged, and this marriage was arranged beforehand, but the emotional foundation between the two is not described. The engagement was also broken off by his fiancée because she felt that the male lead was not ambitious enough to enter the court as an official, but she herself had a strong goal of returning to be a female official. So the author wrote this part, and also used this part to get his fiancée married so that she wouldn't care about outside gossip, and also hinted at the male lead's future live-in son-in-law in a high-class family). Overall, the romantic storyline is not very strong. You can see that the male lead has feelings for the female lead, but the author only touches on it slightly and doesn't elaborate on it. Even when there are interactions, the author's attention is still on the female lead. The female lead gets what she wants, and the author is very good at character portrayal, making her characters very three-dimensional. In summary, the author's writing wasn't entirely fantastical. Because it falls under the category of business fiction, the pricing is very reasonable. The author skillfully uses small details to portray minor characters, creating a harmonious and pleasant reading experience. The descriptions of food are particularly delicate; reading it at night made my mouth water, and I really wanted to try them myself. Although it's stated that the female lead's character is naturally well-off, this isn't without foundation. The author skillfully lays the groundwork for small details and makes them feel very reasonable and natural through character portrayal. For example, because the female lead is kind-hearted, she sees a widow and her daughter destitute due to a flood and demonstrates her ability by taking them to work. However, because they lack a guarantor, the poor family is hesitant to take them in. The female lead, worried about them catching a cold from the rain and having nowhere to stay, takes them in. The fact that the woman hid her treasure even deeper in her own home shows that she hadn't let her guard down. When she returned, she saw the widow building a shed for the woman's seedlings even in the rain. She also waited for the woman to return and, fearing she would worry, proactively wrote a contract to rent a room. Initially, she didn't rely on the woman's charity; instead, she did odd jobs carrying goods to make ends meet. When the woman had saved enough money to start her business through tireless work but was worried about time and not being able to fully research the market, she appeared. Because of her experience working odd jobs, she was familiar with various markets, and because of her experience as a housekeeper, she was also very experienced in purchasing. Later, when the woman opened her shop at a market, the little girl she used was the perfect publicity stunt. The children went from street to street making up nursery rhymes, and their innocent words naturally made people willing to give them more opportunities. Each step was interconnected. Furthermore, the female lead isn't the type to indiscriminately spread kindness; she has certain standards. In the story, there's a scene where two male beggars come begging for food and refuse to leave if they aren't given anything. The female lead believes that with arms and legs, there's nothing she can't do, but they persist. This scene is largely portrayed through the innocent words of children: "Uncle, aren't you tired lying here?" After dealing with them, the kind-hearted female lead gives them work opportunities. At this point, I was worried they might join the group later, but the female lead doesn't. Such cunning and dishonest people shouldn't be hired; temporary workers are fine. These kinds of settings add a lot of interest to the story and make the female lead's character more vivid and lively. The romantic subplot is secondary; the male lead's appearance is either to provide the female lead with something, to praise her, or to foreshadow his future role as her son-in-law. However, it doesn't take up much space, and you can skip it if you don't like it; it doesn't significantly affect the plot. Finally, one thing I really loved was how well the author wrote the characters. They weren't the traditionally villainous types, nor were they part of a utopian world where everyone was a good person making dumplings. The characters were portrayed with great detail, giving them a realistic, flesh-and-blood feel.

20. 120 都 City Life: I'm the Steel Mill's God-Tier Chef 都市，我是轧钢厂厨神 Five and a Half Years Too Many多余的五岁半Male-Channel Fanfiction247k WordsCompleted [Cooking Prodigy] [Single Female Lead] [Warm, Everyday Life] [Powerhouse] (There’s also an older book, "Guagua Is Great") In 1951, Gu Qingshan arrived in the legendary world of "The Courtyard Is Full of Poultry". In this chaotic era, he chose to steal Qin Huairu away first and sit back to watch the tigers fight. The man before you is the courtyard’s battle god, the steel mill’s top culinary genius, a legend of the capital, the man the spirit-summoning master Jia Zhangshi doesn’t dare defy, and a 2.3kReads8.0Score—Shelves
21. 121 影 The Movie Emperor Sets Up Stalls Around the World 影帝他在全球摆摊 The Ink Snake Wanders Through Words墨蛇游文Urban349k WordsCompleted [Food + No Romance + Stockpiling + Entertainment Industry + Comfort Food + Heartwarming + Healing] After transmigrating into the body of a second-year acting student, Ye Tianli learns to cook in his acting class to complete the System's mission and return to his original world. While everyone else joins film crews to act, he works his arms kneading dough and travels the world with the System, gathering ingredients and setting up street stalls: He went to the Devil's Sea and stripped the waters 76Reads6.5Score—Shelves

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    The first two are by the same author, and I've been following them since they started. They're really great! The male lead has a distinct personality, and there's no ambiguity, no harem, no female lead, and no romantic pairing.

22. 122 我 I’m a Master Chef, and You Want Me to Be a Security Guard? 我厨神，你让我当保安 Bayu on the Strings弦上巴渝Urban244k WordsOngoing Chen Fan was ordered to come down from the mountain. To protect Lin Xintong, he applied for a job in the kitchen at Haoyue Company. Through a series of misunderstandings, he ended up becoming an honorable security guard. After work, Chen Fan rented a food stall and started selling fried rice. Security guard Xiao Liu gave him a hard time, but after trying Chen Fan's fried rice... You're my own brother now. Say no more! The head of the security team scoffed. Fried rice is so unhygienic. I wouldn't 1Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 123 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 67.1kReads9.1Score4.7kShelves

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    Both are great reads; I highly recommend them both because they have a humorous art style.

24. 124 异 A World of Beasts: Everyone's Starving? Let's Cook a Monster First 异世：全民饥荒？先煮个怪吃吃 The Wild Goose Pecking at Rice大雁啄米Eastern Fantasy407k WordsCompleted [System + Otherworldly continent + Gourmet + Infrastructure building + No female lead] [Two chapters will be posted before midnight every night, sometimes a little earlier. Usually it’s a last-minute dash.] On his first day in another world with the Chef God System, Lin Shuyi decides the System is useless. This continent is dirt poor, short on vegetables and meat. You’d be grateful just to have a piece of black bread, so what good is a Chef God System? Then a monster’s corpse falls right before 293Reads8.7Score—Shelves
25. 125 厨 The God of Cooking Takes Over, and I Turn My Sha County Restaurant into a Rip-Off! 厨神附体，我把沙县开成了黑店！ Jing Yao景媱Urban967k WordsOngoing [Food + System + No Romance + Lighthearted Comedy + Everyday Life + Great with a Meal + Cunning Protagonist] Original title: The God of Cooking Takes Over, and I Turn My Shaxian Snack Shop into a Scam! After his best friend stabbed him in the back, Li Zhibai somehow ended up taking over a Shaxian snack shop in the most expensive part of Jiangcheng, and piling up a mountain of debt in the process. Luckily, he bound himself to the God of Cooking System and awakened a bizarre talent: [Charge Based 141.4kReads8.6Score10.4kShelves

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    This feels a bit like a wish-fulfillment novel.

26. 126 女 I'll Conquer the Empress's Appetite 女帝的胃，我来征服 Qin Dynasty's Xiao Wei秦朝小伟Eastern Fantasy183k WordsCompleted [Fantasy Imagination × Transmigration × Empress × Gourmet Adventure] Lin Feng, a modern chef, accidentally transmigrates to the Carefree Continent, bringing with him not only superb culinary skills but also a mysterious ancient cookbook passed down through his family. In this unknown land, Lin Feng uses the cookbook’s unique recipes to win over one food lover after another, including Qimeng, the reigning empress. Empress Qimeng is a ruler renowned for both her political savvy and beauty. Fascina —Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 127 穿 I Land in a Year of Famine with a System, Farming to Feed My Whole Family 穿到荒年，我手握系统种田养全家 Stars Like Wine星辰似酒Historical223k WordsCompleted [Farming + Food + System + Unhinged + Green Tea + Family Life] Zhou Ze wakes up to find that he has transmigrated to a tiny village in ancient times. And it’s a year of famine!!! His father is ill, his mother is timid, and his younger siblings are helpless! It’s a disastrous start from the start! Who would have thought he’d also get a transmigration starter pack: his very own System! While everyone else gnaws on tree bark, his family gets to enjoy steaming bowls of fragrant rice. The person he l 66Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 128 沈 The Shen Family Cookbook 沈氏食经 The Mountain Bearer负山者Historical719k WordsCompleted Through the lens of food, we observe the myriad aspects of society and the twists and turns of life. Every dish is more than a culinary craft: it is human connection, memory, and a philosophy for living. Follow Shen Yan through his many experiences as he rises from poverty to become a renowned master chef. 995Reads7.1Score131Shelves

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    Every single one of these food articles is a delicious treat, perfect for everyday meals.

29. 129 我 I'm an Average Cook, Yet the Villagers Won't Stop Singing My Praises! 我厨艺平平，硬被乡亲吹爆了！ A Flower of Pork Knuckle一朵肘子花Urban506k WordsCompleted The folks in Wang Yang’s hometown are friendly, close-knit, and full of community spirit! But every last one of them has a bad habit: they love to brag, always saying things like, “So-and-so from our village is amazing!” That was all well and good, until they found out Wang Yang had opened a small restaurant in the county town near his hometown... “I’m not bragging, but someone from my village opened a restaurant in our county town. Just thinking about his cooking makes my mouth water...” “If yo 3.4kReads8.1Score171Shelves

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    Look! These are my top 4 favorite food bloggers, they're really great, highly recommended!

30. 130 我 I'm Just a Chef, Director, Stop Adding Drama! 我只是个厨子啊，导演别加戏了吧 Give Me an Egg Burger来个鸡蛋汉堡Urban161k WordsCompleted [Food + film sets + everyday life + comfort food + warmth + healing + comedy + fun] Lin Zhou joins a casting call for extras and unexpectedly gets bound to a Gourmet System. From then on, he only ever plays cooks. He can be a five-star chef in a domineering CEO drama, or the head cook at a country banquet in a rural drama. He can whip up roadside restaurant dishes so fragrant they fill the air for miles, or make stall food so delicious you'll savor every bite. Whatever the role calls for, he'll 2kReads7.5Score145Shelves
31. 131 一 A Farming Life for One Person and One Vine! 一人一藤蔓的种田生活！ Jiaojiao's Willfulness娇娇的任性Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Transmigration + Alternate World + Spatial Dimension + Wood-Type Superpower + No Romance + Farming + Stockpiling Supplies + Food + A Little Vine + Period Story + Superhuman Strength + Living Alone in the Mountains + Peaceful Daily Life + (I love my daughter! She’s happy, thank you!) Also known as: A Farming Life with One Person and One Vine! A diary-like story! A diary-like story! A diary-like story! Important things are worth saying three times! It’s a story about watching the sun rise and set 4.9kReads8.4Score672Shelves

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    This is a story of one person farming deep in the mountains, making delicious food whenever he has free time.

32. 132 你 You’re a Duke’s Son! How Did You Become a Chef? 你是公爵之子！怎么当上厨子了？ It Never Snows in Rio里约不下雪Eastern Fantasy221k WordsOngoing System + Daily Life + Lighthearted + Gourmet + Witty After being struck by lightning, Lin Feng transmigrates to the continent of Zern, a world with a medieval European feel, where he becomes Vikas, the son of a duke in the Newland Empire. For various reasons, he is now living in a town on the empire’s border, where he runs his own restaurant with the help of a fellow called the God of Cooking Training System. Along the way, he meets customers with silver tongues, a mute girl he encounters by the 1Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 133 卖 Selling Immortal Peaches: Right Outside the Shence Mansion 卖仙跳墙，地点竟在神策府门口 A Grain of Wheat一颗麦籽Anime Fanfiction486k WordsOngoing After transmigrating into Honkai: Star Rail, Luoshui unexpectedly acquires a street-stall System. He sells Sweet Flower Chicken in Pier Point, Fishy Fishy Chanted Pie at Robin's concert, and Buddha Jumps Over the Wall in Aurum Alley. His stall makes him famous throughout the cosmos, and his cooking is utterly irresistible. Just as new customers are enjoying his delicious food in some corner of the universe... Aventurine: “What do you mean my Sweet Flower Chicken got robbed by the Stellaron Hunte 1.5kReads8.2Score143Shelves

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    This is a food-themed story about Ironclad, with no romantic subplots or couples.

34. 134 厨 The God of Cooking: Beginning with the Shaowei Feast 厨神：从烧尾宴开始 Fallen Sky失落天Historical333k WordsOngoing [Gourmet] [Urban] [Slice of Life] [History] [Transmigration] [Healing] An old, tattered cookbook with no writing in it. Tales from the past, lost to the river of history. Dishes whose recipes have vanished from the world. The Tail Banquet, the Manchu-Han Imperial Feast, the Eight Treasures of Zhou: what kind of shock would these lost dishes bring to the modern world if someone recreated them, reviving the treasures that have been passed down through China's thousands of years of civilization and 11Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 135 我 I’m Just a Cook! My Daughter Is Waiting for Dinner 我只是个厨子啊！女儿还等我做饭 Thirty and Still Not Established x三十未立xUrban511k WordsOngoing Transmigration + Rebirth + System + Dad Xu Xiaochuan, a thirty-year-old loser who had accomplished nothing, died suddenly after staying up all night reading a novel and transmigrated into someone else's body in another world. The moment he woke up, he had an indescribable one-minute encounter with a beautiful celebrity. The most miserable thing in life is knowing there’s a System but being unable to activate it. After lying dormant for nearly four years, the System activated just as Xu Xiaochuan 3Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 136 下 A Bride Price of 28,000? Forget This Wedding 下车礼两万八？这婚不结也罢 All I Do Is Eat Beef就会吃牛肉Urban515k WordsCompleted [Sichuan Cuisine Master, entrepreneurship, adorable child, everyday life, one heroine] “Twenty-eight thousand eight hundred for the door-opening gift, every last yuan.” “How about I give you the rest after the wedding?” “No. My best friend said the door-opening gift can’t be delayed. You have to give it to me right now, this instant.” On their wedding day, Ning Yi’s bride-to-be was egged on by her best friend. She refused to get out of the car unless he paid the door-opening gift. No amount of r 616Reads8.4Score103Shelves
37. 137 冰 A Fridge Connecting Past and Present Makes a Family of Three Rich 冰箱通古今，一家三口齐暴富 Sweet Pepper Doesn't Drink Milk甜椒不喝牛奶Ancient Romance632k WordsCompleted The rating has only just opened, but it’ll rise later, so enjoy with confidence. [Past and Present Connected + Good Food + Lighthearted + Business and Fortune-Building + Wish Fulfillment + Sweet Romance] In the little town of Hongfu stands an ancient bridge with a long history: Hongfu Bridge. Hong Molih’s ancestors have a two-hundred-square-meter ancestral home on the far side of the bridge. After living in the old town all their lives, the older generation wants a change of scenery, so they han 79Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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    I recently read two super good books. The first two are different genres, but each is great in its own way (♥∀♥). You won't regret buying them, especially the second one.

38. 138 中 They Say Chinese Cuisine Is Second-Rate? I Challenge Them to a State Banquet Cook-Off 中餐不入流？我拿国宴食戟 Sifang Tengshan Daonianhua四方滕山道年华Anime Fanfiction362k WordsOngoing [Food Wars! fanfiction + serious food writing + easygoing daily life + no System + little secretary + Polar Star Dorm spirit + basically, just come read and get hungry late at night (the score is low only because it hasn't been around long)!] He Huan, a Northeastern chef skilled in Cantonese cuisine, transmigrates into Food Wars! and vows to make Chinese cuisine the best in the world! Let me show you what real Chinese cuisine is! A pot of [rice-free congee hot pot], tender, smooth, fresh, and cr 1.5kReads8.8Score141Shelves

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    Dude, watch it first and then comment. It has a low rating but it's good (because the author updates slowly).

39. 139 穿 I Transmigrated to the Beast Taming Sect to Become a Cook 穿越到御兽宗当厨子 Lingshui Che灵水辙Eastern Fantasy171k WordsOngoing Cultivation + ordinary mortal + fantasy + no female lead. Chen Xun was the owner of a humble roadside food stall. After collapsing from overwork, he wakes up in the body of an orphan on the Xuanling Continent, having transmigrated there. By a twist of fate, the Beast Taming Sect recruits him as a cook. Since he's here, he might as well make the best of it. Follow Chen Xun as he starts out as a little cook, tames spirit beasts, cultivates techniques, and rises to the pinnacle of immortality. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 140 人 I Only Host College Entrance Banquets, See You at the Exam, Eighty-Year-Olds 人生只做升学宴，八十老头考场见 Give Me an Egg Burger来个鸡蛋汉堡Urban117k WordsCompleted Bad news: I transmigrated! Good news: I brought along the food System that was already bound to me. Just as Lu Lin was planning to rely on the System and make a name for himself even in another world, he suddenly discovered that the System had become incomplete. Before, Lu Lin's cooking had been fit for emperors, a feast of the rarest delicacies that won him countless admirers! Now, he could only bring out its full potential at graduation banquets! “Isn't this a disaster? I'm a renowned God of C 12Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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    Let him see if studying is more tiring than cooking! "Fang Shang! Come to my office after class!" Half-asleep, Fang Shang was startled by a roar from above, which made him instinctively stand up. He opened his eyes groggily, and seeing his homeroom teacher's stern gaze and the stares of his classmates, he instantly snapped back to reality.

41. 141 味 A Taste of Legend: The Gourmet Guardian’s Journey 味觉传奇：美食守护者之旅 Uninhibited and Calm in a Crisis随心所欲且临危不乱Urban169k WordsCompleted Aiven is a young gourmet hunter with an all-encompassing sense of taste. Together with his partner Lillian, a talented and beautiful chef, he searches for rare ingredients across the land of Huaxia and the mysterious Gourmet World. Their journey is filled with the unknown, danger, and miracles. —Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 142 美 Food Stall Diaries: Call Me Boss Su 美食摆摊：请叫我苏老板 Lu Qiyao Guang鹿蹊爻光Modern Romance688k WordsCompleted A gas explosion kills Su Mo. Then Su Mo successfully transmigrates, and it turns out she’s transmigrated into a book, too. The good news: she isn’t the heroine or a supporting character, just an inconspicuous background character. The bad news: the background character’s mother is “crazy,” and the original owner has been emotionally manipulated all along. As transmigration stories go, Su Mo gets a Food System. And so begins her life running a food stall. Outside elementary schools, at hospital e 6.4kReads8.1Score866Shelves

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    Highly recommended! Thumbs up!

43. 143 食 The Unrivaled Restaurant 食肆无双 Heartfelt as Clouds and Water心意如云水Urban378k WordsOngoing Cultivation, feng shui, exorcism, healing: he can do it all. A royal chef transmigrates to the modern world with nothing but a cleaver from the start. With a System at his side, he cultivates passively: cooking, eating delicious food, and even sleeping can increase his cultivation. Watch the Cleaver Emperor roam freely across the Three Realms! This book is divided into three volumes: Mortal, Immortal, and Divine. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 144 只 All I Can Do Is Grow Vegetables and Cook, Yet I Became Cultivation World's Top-Tier Star 只会种菜做饭，却成了修真界顶流 Mr. Impenetrable不透君Modern Romance637k WordsCompleted [Hilarious and Heartwarming + Food + Farming + A Touch of Modern Cultivation] She inherited a cultivation legacy, and her innate talents were cooking and growing vegetables. She became the leader of a sect, but living in poverty was the norm. From the start, all she had was a ramshackle building, a patch of wasteland, and half a mountain forest. A leader with no great ambitions and four idle disciples. Sect leader Jiang Tingyun said, “In modern society, spiritual energy has dried up. Cul 23.9kReads9.5Score3.4kShelves

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    I finished watching it a long time ago, but it's still my favorite. I want to recommend it every time I see it.

45. 145 我 I’m Just a Chef, Is It Really So Strange to Cook a Dragon? 我一个厨子，抓条龙做菜很合理吧 Scrambled Egg Yolks and Whites蛋黄炒蛋白Urban261k WordsCompleted [Urban] [Slice of Life] [Gourmet] [Wild Imagination] [No Romance] Please leave your brain somewhere safe before reading. Hei Zi's Clam Noodle Shop is open! Liu Heizi opens a clam noodle shop, but dies before completing a single sale! Luckily, he transmigrates and gets the Chef God System, which greatly improves his cooking. Completing missions even earns him lottery draws, and his very first prize is a luxury villa. Wait, why do the System's missions seem to be getting more and more outrageous? 9Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 146 位 Interdimensional Food Shop 位面美食铺 A Bowl of Lamb Offal Soup喝碗羊杂汤Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [No romance + farming + fantasy + gourmet hunting + The Wandering Earth + Journey to the West + multi-plane restaurant + adventures in other worlds + cooperation with the state] Deep in debt, Xu Milu gets a Plane Transmigration System and sets off down a one-way road, selling ingredients from countless planes across the universe. She sells pearls from the East Sea Dragon Palace to sea monsters, recommends spicy hot pot from Sichuan to dwarves, supplies Earthlings with little spring fruit juice t 7.2kReads9.2Score811Shelves

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    The first two books are from the male protagonist's perspective, the latter two are from the female protagonist's perspective, and the fourth book is highly recommended.

47. 147 穿 Transmigration: After Quitting, the System Helps Me Open a Restaurant 穿越：辞职后系统带我开饭馆儿 A Shallow Cut浅浅一削Urban382k WordsCompleted [System] [Gourmet] [No heroine] [No romance] [Cozy] [Everyday life] Zhang Yang is an orphan. After finally learning to cook from a master, he is transported to another world by an explosion. When he arrives, he discovers that he is still an orphan. What? Am I cursed with bad luck? Do I not deserve parents? Just then, his phone chimes: @Zhang Yang, please come to the finance office tomorrow to complete your resignation procedures. Before he can reply, a dialog box pops up on his phone: You have b 719Reads8.0Score102Shelves

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    ③ I absolutely love this book, Boss Lin. Lin Zhou transmigrates to a parallel world and is unexpectedly bound to a random food stall system. Every week, he's randomly assigned a location and gets various rewards for completing tasks. From then on, Boss Lin sells steamed buns in the park, roast duck at the entrance of a duck farm, and porridge on a mountaintop, while diners search everywhere for him.

48. 148 美 Gourmet: I Returned from China After Learning to Cook 美食：我从华夏学厨归来 Liu Er Liu Er六二六二Urban285k WordsOngoing Feng Mingyuan returns from studying the culinary arts in Huaxia. Once again, he faces relatives who are trying to seize ownership of his family restaurant through a food duel. In this life, he will use the superb cooking skills he learned in Huaxia to protect his family's restaurant. In this world, restaurants are ranked into ten grades according to the Heavenly Stems, from highest to lowest: Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, Gui. Chefs in this world are ranked into twelve levels acco 1Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 149 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 685Reads8.8Score101Shelves

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    1. A novel where the female protagonist is pregnant and sets up a food stall with a system. 2. A novel where the female protagonist teaches children to cook and the food becomes a hit.

50. 150 直 Livestream: The Hospital’s Roaming Food Stall 直播：医院的流动美食摊贩 Clams Love Chicken Blood蛤蜊爱吃鸡血Urban206k WordsCompleted After Lu Zijin got the System, he started doing a doctor's work despite not being a doctor. High blood pressure, diabetes, leukemia, mental illness, Alzheimer's, and more: none of them were a problem for Lu Zijin! —Reads—Score—Shelves

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