Any Food Stories Rated 9.5 or Higher? 有无9.5分及以上的美食文

1. 151 十 Ten Yuan for All You Can Eat, Running a Shop with a Conscience 十元管饱，凭良心开店 Happy Foodie Pen快乐干饭笔Urban247k WordsCompleted [Satisfying read] + [Gourmet] + [Heartwarming] + [Everyday life] + [No heroine] + [System] Cheng Ye, a retired esports pro, takes over his aunt's ten-yuan fast-food shop, which is on the verge of closing. After binding himself to an honest-to-goodness System, his braised pork makes an entire street cry with delight, while his sweet-and-sour pork makes a delivery rider quit on the spot. His rivals report him, and the city TV station livestreams the face-slapping. Investors try to buy him out, but 33Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 152 星 Planetary Poverty Alleviation? Do I Look Like I Know How, Just Because I Can Cook? 星球脱贫？你看我一个烧菜的会吗 Ke Heng可恒Sci-Fi & Apocalypse291k WordsCompleted The rating's just opened, so it'll go up later! (There's a couple, and it's not purely about food.) Just as she was about to take over her family's private restaurant, Qu Yi was reborn. Well, if she had to be reborn, at least she got a civil service job out of it. That's pretty great! … At the first meeting with the top leaders: Wait, nobody told her that the price of this job was having to support an entire planet by herself! And it's the interstellar age! How can a planet still be this poor? 448Reads8.1Score111Shelves

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   This story involves running a planet by selling food. It's quite good [add one to your bookshelf]. There's a romantic pairing, but the male lead's presence is weak or nonexistent.

3. 153 小 The Little Chef's Guide to Feeding Her Family With Ancient Cuisine 小厨娘古代美食养家日常 Berry Soda Water莓果气泡水Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Qin Rong is a food blogger who accidentally transmigrates to a waterside town in the Great Liang Dynasty. The original owner’s mother is looked down on by her shrewish mother-in-law and sisters-in-law for having three daughters. Meanwhile, the original owner’s father has been fooling around with another woman and wants to divorce his wife. But the original owner’s mother has a backbone, and takes her three daughters with her as she asks to leave the marriage. When Qin Rong wakes up, she can hard 7.8kReads8.8Score736Shelves

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   This is amazing! The food throughout the story is wonderful, there aren't any awful parts, Qin Rong is incredible! [Admiration][Admiration]

4. 154 异 When an Alien Race Invaded, the Ingredients Started Fighting Back 异族入侵，作为食材居然还打人了 Spicy Little Crawfish劲爆小龙虾Urban1.6M WordsCompleted Jiang Tian has an unbeatable talent but wants to be a chef. After dying in battle, he arrives in a parallel world: Blue Star. Here, alien races are invading, and humanity is in decline. The aliens devour humans as food to enhance their spiritual power. Jiang Tian never wanted to fight again. He only wanted to pursue his dream of becoming a chef, until he discovers that the finest ingredients are these very aliens! And the strongest school beauty on his team has a special ability called the God's 16.5kReads9.1Score1.5kShelves

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   If you're looking for food-themed books, you absolutely have to check these out!!! They're absolutely fantastic! [Thinking emoji]

5. 155 重 Reborn in the 1970s: Extra-Spicy Hot Pot and a Henpecked Male Lead 重生七零：火锅变态辣男主耙耳朵 Bricklaying Old Fairy搬砖老仙女Modern Romance318k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + Period setting + Gourmet + System + Adorable kids + Military marriage + Sweet romance + Get rich] Wu Fengjuan is reborn in the body of a cannon-fodder military wife in the 1970s. From the start, the male lead has “died in action,” her in-laws despise her, and she has three hungry little babies to feed. Life is hard? Luckily, the [Good Fortune Gourmet System] drops right into her lap! Get pregnant and have babies to level up! From pearl milk tea and golden pumpkin cake 205Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Open it up, taste it to see if it's salty enough~~ This book hasn't been split yet, but I think it is!!! Electronic pickled vegetables!!!

6. 156 末 The Apocalypse: I Turned My Safehouse into a Super Restaurant 末世，我把安全屋打造成超级餐厅 Granny Cat猫姑婆Sci-Fi & Apocalypse692k WordsCompleted Apocalypse + safe house + gourmet food + special abilities + farming + trading, no romance. A global catastrophe strikes and gray mist spreads. Jiang Shiyi is reborn and gets a head start by claiming an absolutely secure shelter: the White House. What? Stockpiled food is useless because it’s all been contaminated by the gray mist? While everyone risks their lives scouring the wilderness for food and fighting mutated beasts, Jiang Shiyi and her friends live safely in the White House, growing muta 926Reads8.7Score102Shelves
7. 157 穿 After Transmigrating Into a Shady Profession, I Lead Everyone to the Straight and Narrow 穿成不良从业者后我带全员从良 2 Chuan2川Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The second version of the animated series is now live. Search for "Yanhuo Fanlou". An alternate world + food + farming + the rise of a bankrupt brothel madam + female solidarity. (Slow-paced, not a power fantasy. Neither the male nor female characters are perfect; they're ordinary people with emotions and desires who eat, drink, and use the bathroom. If that's not your thing, don't read.) Lu Xinyi never imagined that simply wanting to celebrate her thirtieth birthday would send her into another 5.7kReads8.8Score701Shelves
8. 158 御 Beast Taming: I Really Just Want to Run a Peaceful Restaurant 御兽：我真的只想安稳的开饭店 The Fish Who Loves Writing Books爱写书的鱼Urban2.1M WordsCompleted [Food + opening a shop + everyday life + lighthearted fun + beast taming + System] Also known as: “The Stories I Couldn't Tell About Me and the System,” “A Leisurely Life with Three Little Ones,” “I'm Unbeatable in My Restaurant, So Do Whatever You Like,” and “Shocking! My Three Pet Beasts Are All Big Shots” Foodie Jiang Ming drinks a century-old, top-quality Daughter Red and unexpectedly transmigrates to a parallel world called Blue Star, where he gains a Spirit Chef System. At first, Jiang Min 16.1kReads8.8Score2.5kShelves
9. 159 星 Interstellar Farming: The God of War Came to Mooch a Meal Again Today 星际种田：战神今天又来蹭饭了 A Leaf of Silvergrass一叶荻Modern Romance1.2M WordsOngoing One morning, Su Ying, a spiritual-plant cultivator from the cultivation world, wakes up as an exile on a garbage planet in the interstellar age. She has nothing? She's starving? The soil, awakened by the spiritual qi revival, is the ultimate golden finger! The garbage planet everyone else avoids becomes her treasure farm, overflowing with immortal-grade crops. Imperial nobles spend fortunes, federal leaders line up to buy, and even the fearsome insectoid race brings their whole families to “work 39.3kReads8.4Score3.4kShelves
10. 160 团 The Beloved Junior Sister Returns to Save Her Entire Sect of Grudge-Bearing Villains 团宠师妹归来，拯救满门怨种反派 Dust-Forgotten Wine忘尘酒Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Signed for publication, under the title “Clear Day, Boundless Light.” Strong female lead + light ensemble cast + everyone’s darling + putting scumbags in their place] On the brink of death, Ji Qingzhou regains the memories of her past life and learns that she has transmigrated into a tragic cultivation novel, where she is the male lead’s doomed first love. Ji Qingzhou: I have no interest in becoming part of some jerk’s tragic romance. The plot is about to kill her, and she is about to breathe h 52.7kReads9.5Score8.1kShelves
11. 161 我 I Turn the Tide in the Cultivation World with My Cooking 我靠美食在修仙界逆风翻盘 Half a Durian半只榴莲Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Food + cultivation + slow-burn growth + lighthearted, witty style] [The heroine is clever and a bit of a goofball. The hero is obsessive and crazy, with a sharp tongue, a soft heart, and a haughty streak.] Living in the apocalypse, Yu Guiwan had imagined all kinds of ways she might die, but never that she, a celebrated chef, would be poisoned to death by a pot of mushroom soup! Humiliated, she realized she had transmigrated. Even more humiliatingly, the moment she came back to life, her husband 2.7kReads8.9Score350Shelves
12. 162 废 I Strike It Rich Scavenging the Wasteland, but the Apocalypse Is So Insane I'm Stunned 废土拾荒我暴富，末世太癫我傻眼 Su Sanyou Lu苏三有路Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted [Comedy, Goofiness, Wild Imagination, Growth, Undercover Intrigue, Core Crystals, Romance] Main plot (heroine): Solo scavenging at first, then a team-based upgrade journey Subplot (male lead): Mystery and deduction, undercover intrigue (backstabbing + setting traps + dismantling traps + countering the countermeasures) * Amid piles of corpses in the post-apocalyptic wasteland, a survivor miraculously appears! The moment Xu Sansan opens her eyes, everything is pitch-black. No memories, no System. 10.5kReads9.0Score1.1kShelves
13. 163 重 Reborn in 1987: Hosting Banquets in the Countryside 重生八七：我在农村做大席 Foodie Who Never Gains Weight吃货不长肉Urban3.0M WordsOngoing I’m the best banquet chef in Rehe Township. Hire me for your feast and I’ll make you look good! A chef and food blogger in the age of big data, he returns to the 1980s to cook village banquets. In a word... nailed it! Don’t look down on village banquet chefs. There’s money to be made, meat to eat, and no end of lively happenings to watch. Li Chun is living a full and happy life. Don’t believe me? Then come on in and see for yourself... 58.8kReads8.7Score3.2kShelves
14. 164 食 Food Wars: From the Start, I Win Over the Haughty French Lady! 食戟：开局攻略傲娇法式贵妇！ Su Yan Yan苏烟烟Anime Fanfiction546k WordsCompleted [Includes original settings, changes to certain characters’ personalities, and a crossover world] After transmigrating into Food Wars!, Yuuki Yuzuru awakens a “galgame” System. But he soon discovers that the characters he needs to win over are a little strange! “Yuuki, why does the same recipe taste so much better when you make it?” “Well... You should chat with the recipe more to raise its affection level. You can give it a gift now and then, confess at the right moment, and finally get the rec 1.8kReads5.6Score127Shelves
15. 165 是 It's Sesame. He Added Sesame 是芝麻，他在加了芝麻 Beef with Rice Noodles肠粉加头牛Eastern Fantasy469k WordsOngoing [Cultivation World + Food + Ensemble Cast + No Toxicity + Lighthearted Comedy + No Female Lead + No Harem + No Angst] After transmigrating into a cultivation world as a menial disciple of the Wudao Sect, he awakens the Culinary Dao System. The entire sect goes crazy competing for a taste of his cooking. From menial disciples and outer- and inner-sect disciples to personal disciples, elders, and ancestors, everyone gets involved. Their tricks are endless. No one is more shameless than the next. T 484Reads—Score102Shelves

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    This is a hilarious fantasy cultivation and food novel, with everyone being a lovable idiot. Although the author only earns a few cents a day, he promises to update until completion, exceeding a million words, and he's serious and responsible. The author updates daily and reads his own work from beginning to end, correcting any mistakes. Have you ever seen a cultivator using Doraemon's bamboo copter? This book has it. Have you ever seen a cultivator playing a dance machine? This book has it. Everyone's a lovable idiot, everyone's hilarious. The author gets more and more unrestrained as the story progresses, so read with confidence. Especially chapters 78, 87, and 88—the author laughed for two hours while writing them before he could stop himself from continuing. Imagine, even the author himself was amused; this book must be incredibly funny and a cure for all unhappiness. [Add one to your bookshelf][Add one to your bookshelf]

16. 166 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. 172Reads—Score—Shelves

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    New book: Food and Daily Life

17. 167 大 Great Tang's Number One Menace 大唐第一祸害 The Song Is Not Yet Finished一曲未完Historical2.3M WordsCompleted His Majesty Li Er was furious. “My machine-gun company has been lured away by that little menace again?!” A minister replied carefully, “Your Majesty, the Japanese envoy was a month behind on his liquor tab at Wangfujing, so the Crown Prince… the Crown Prince just…” Li Er looked disdainful. “Nonsense! Japan is a friendly neighbor of our Great Tang. They’re only a little behind on payment. Would he really go that far?” The minister answered cautiously, “Your Majesty… the debt is 108,000 strings o 46.5kReads8.4Score3.3kShelves

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    "The Number One Scourge of the Tang Dynasty" is now complete with over 2 million words. I think my own book is pretty good, so I'm giving it a try. [Sending hearts][Sending hearts] [Laughing][Laughing][Sending hearts][Sending hearts]

18. 168 带 I Took a Green Train to the 1970s 带着绿皮火车穿七零 Cream Commune奶油公社Modern Romance538k WordsCompleted Six months after graduating, overworked office worker Xiang Hailan took the train back to her hometown for the New Year. She and the train ended up back in the Great Northeast of the 1970s, where she was welcomed as the beloved darling of the team leader’s family. In this rich black soil, where “a clod glistens with oil, and even a pair of chopsticks will sprout if you stick them in,” the cucumbers are fresh and crisp, the beans grow in great abundance, and the tofu made with brine is delicious. 3kReads8.5Score297Shelves

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    Authentic Northeastern cuisine [drooling emoji] Actually, there isn't much description of the food itself, but the article is really engaging, with a central theme of "catching spies" [admiration emoji]

19. 169 我 I'm a Delivery Driver, Yet I Become a God with One Dish at the Battle of a Hundred Chefs 我送外卖的，在百厨大战一饭封神 Big Brother Elephant88大象哥哥88Urban109k WordsCompleted [System] + [Food Business Startup] + [Love Triangle Mayhem] + [Everyday Comedy] The System makes a food delivery rider enter Culinary God Showdown. He competes against a hundred chefs, wins the title of Culinary God with one dish, and takes the championship. But nobody told him registration had already closed! Then he joins a cooking variety show, where a cool and capable director takes him under her wing, a sharp-tongued campus beauty sees him as a rival, and a talkative art student treats him 16Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is probably written by a well-known author on a certain platform. They haven't put much effort into it, and the pacing is rather slow. Those who prefer fast-paced stories should proceed with caution. "Good girls will only let you taste the sweetness of love, but that kind of love is incomplete." "Bad girls are all your life mentors, bro, what have you been through to write this…?" It's honestly hilarious, and it gets even funnier as you read on.

20. 170 手 With the System in Hand, the Poor Simpleminded Girl Makes Her People Rich and Her Country Strong 手握系统，贫家傻女使民富国强 Ancient Great Chun上古大椿Ancient Romance557k WordsCompleted [No Romance + Farming + System + Shop + Pocket Dimension + More] A doctor who saves lives transmigrates in her sleep after a night shift, only to become the eldest sister in a family so poor they can't even afford to eat. She'd also spent years acting like a fool. Why are there so many little radishes crowding around me? One, two, three, four, five, six, seven... Good heavens, how many little brothers and sisters do I have?! The children are clamoring to be fed, but luckily, I have a System. Unl 603Reads8.9Score110Shelves

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    Highly recommended! [Not AI-generated, purely hand-written! Completed] The female lead has no romantic partner; she's a strong and beautiful woman on her own! Hunting, mushroom picking, cooking, clearing land, farming, building houses, vaccination against smallpox, making ice, salt, and brewing liquor, planting potatoes, peppers, sesame, peanuts, and corn... Crabs, lobsters, coconut crabs... Toilets, fire pits, glass, mirrors, bicycles... It's amazing!!

21. 171 宇 Cosmic Invasion: I Rebuild Blue Star Through Food and Business 宇宙入侵：我靠美食经营重振蓝星 The Wind of Xiao Feng Zi小风子的风Sci-Fi & Apocalypse580k WordsOngoing [Food] [Business Simulation] [Wasteland] [Infinite Worlds] [Rules-Based Horror] [System] One food cart from the start, and customers chase me for eight whole blocks! Jiang Yao transmigrates to Blue Star in the year 4026. People here survive entirely on nutritional soil, but she awakens a food business System! With premium ingredients from the shop and recipes for cuisines from the twenty-first century, she will rescue the wasteland Blue Star from its culinary desert! An invasion from the whole u 29Reads—Score103Shelves
22. 172 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 3.8kReads9.4Score698Shelves

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    Highly recommended! The female lead is incredibly powerful; she runs a restaurant where all the staff are demons, and she handles various unusual situations along the way. The male lead is a general, and there's a romantic subplot. It's not a long series, but rather a series of interconnected episodic stories. It's very enjoyable, with incredibly detailed descriptions of the food.

23. 173 美 Gourmet: From the Start, I Grind My Knife Skills to Mastery 美食：开局爆肝刀工熟练度 Mrs. Red Wolf the Third红太太太狼Urban369k WordsCompleted [Dark past. Don’t read.] Gourmet + everyday life + slow-paced + obsessive grinder + period setting + no heroine Reborn in 2002, he doesn’t go into business or make trouble for anyone. He just focuses on cooking. Lin Jiang was a jerk in his previous life. He dropped out of school at nineteen. He looked down on his dad’s shabby Sichuan restaurant. After failing in business, he switched careers and became a chef again. Later, he worked himself to the bone to earn the title of Michelin-starred chef, 5kReads8.3Score566Shelves

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    This book is very good. It follows the protagonist as he gradually improves himself and learns from historical figures.

24. 174 我 I Run a Cafeteria in the Interstellar World to Feed My Whole Family 我靠在星际承包食堂养活全家 Qin Yuli秦鱼里Modern Romance343k WordsCompleted Setting: Interstellar. Social issue: The rat race. Theme: Food. Ingredient level: Moderate. This novel is complete, so feel free to enjoy! The Qin family’s parents were scammed into taking out a loan to run the unpopular cafeteria at Star University. The original owner was a lovesick fool, obsessed with chasing the Lu family’s young master, to whom she was betrothed as a child. She drank, smoked, and got a perm that made her hair stand on end. After her parents suddenly died, the person who woke 3.2kReads8.9Score295Shelves

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    This book is about a female protagonist who travels to another planet and opens a cafeteria at a university. It's a very slice-of-life story, and quite interesting.

25. 175 西 The Gourmet of Journey to the West 西游美食家 A Sliver of Sky一线天Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted Chu Feng transmigrated to the world of Journey to the West and opened a restaurant at Mount Lingtai Fangcun from the start. Anyone who ate his Gourmet cooking could awaken a supernatural ability, which Chu Feng could acquire at the same time. Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, Yang Jian, the Heavenly Lord Tongtian, and all kinds of immortals came to the restaurant. The gods couldn’t stop exclaiming over the beef noodles and god-tier egg fried rice, eating one bite after another! One serving of Buddha Jumps 889Reads6.8Score105Shelves
26. 176 兴 The Xing'an Ward Diner 兴安坊小饭馆 Ten Miles of Drifting Mist十里浮岚Ancient Romance461k WordsOngoing [No romance, a warm ensemble cast, a slow pace, and an unwavering female perspective with a focus on women] Yan Luo transmigrates to the Great Yong Dynasty and becomes the eldest daughter of Madam Song. In Liushui Alley, Madam Song raises her two daughters alone. The hardships they endure go without saying. Hardworking Yan Luo throws herself once more into the food business she loves. Dear guests, come cool off with a bowl of liangpi on a hot day! Tender chicken, silky noodles, and a mouthwateri 18.7kReads8.6Score2.5kShelves

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    Just take a look. They're all silent, covering ancient Chinese romance, modern fantasy, Western fantasy, and interstellar fiction. A common advantage is the excellent descriptions of food. Then, let's discuss their individual characteristics: 1. The main plot is subtle, interspersed with various small events like an episodic drama, feeling somewhat Song Dynasty-influenced. 2. The characters are all very interesting, leaning towards a Tang Dynasty/Western Regions style. 3. This one leans towards an isekai (otherworld) apocalypse redemption story, with a vast world-building and meticulous settings. Basically, every character, every setting, and every foreshadowing is resolved. It's arguably one of the most comfortable books to portray the relationship between the original inhabitants and the redeemer in the isekai host and system-saving-the-otherworld trope. Of course, I think the storyline logic and character... 4. The character development is excellent. It's a story set in a teahouse, focusing on tea, tea snacks, and home-style dishes. It's essentially a family's daily life. The author is very talented, often spouting witty and humorous lines and poems. The storyline is slow-paced, just like the title suggests—a slow-paced ancient romance. 5. This is the only modern story, but it leans towards using food to redeem the female protagonist from various clichéd novels. The food is actually an external clue; the focus is on the people. 6. A Western fantasy novel with an interesting setting. The food looks delicious, and the story is like a fairy tale—beautiful and happy. Regarding the pairings, each book's table of contents and reviews provide some information, so you can observe before reading.

27. 177 穿 A Cozy Little Noodle Shop in a Border Town of the Tang Dynasty 穿大唐，福暖的边城小面馆 A Fish from the South南边一只鱼Ancient Romance433k WordsOngoing [No CP + Ensemble Cast of Ordinary People + Food + Heartwarming Daily Life + Building a Fortune] In Tang Dynasty Xizhou, a frontier gateway, Han Chinese and foreigners lived side by side. The butcher Jin family came here to seek refuge with relatives, but before they could take in the sights of the border town, one small problem after another came their way. As outsiders, they couldn't get farmland. Farming? Not an option. They were given a house to live in, but it was only a temporary arrangeme 26.2kReads8.5Score5kShelves
28. 178 荒 Famine and Disasters Keep Coming, But My Granary Is Full of Food and Meat 荒年天灾连连？我家粮肉满仓 You, Looking Beyond the River望在川外的你Ancient Romance110k WordsOngoing [Infrastructure building + romance + food + building wealth + cozy slow burn + System] Lin Laixiang takes her body back from a transmigrator. When she opens her eyes, her whole world has fallen apart. There’s a tiny, dilapidated thatched hut full of holes, a mother who’s exhausted but struggling to support the family, and a fourth younger brother who’s small but sharp as a tack. There’s an eldest brother who can’t get a word out of himself, a painfully thin pregnant sister-in-law, a second broth 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The food descriptions smelled so delicious, they made me hungry in the middle of the night.

29. 179 随 Random Cuisine, Diners Beg Me Not to Close Up! 随机美食，食客求我别收摊！ Lord Guiyue桂月君Urban904k WordsOngoing [Everyday Gourmet] [No Female Lead, No Romance] [Warm and Healing] [Lighthearted and Wacky] Unemployed young man Fang Mu unexpectedly binds himself to the ultimate Gourmet System! Random stalls! Random dishes! Fried rice today, pig trotters tomorrow. It all depends on the System's mood! Fang Mu's food is unbelievably delicious. One bite is enough to blow your mind, and everyone who tries it gets hooked. But he never keeps a regular schedule, and when he closes up, he leaves whenever he feels lik 196Reads5.8Score100Shelves

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    This author writes food articles full-time.

30. 180 熙 A Banquet Beneath the Palace Towers 熙宴朝阙 Ai Xi Ya哎嘻呀Ancient Romance196k WordsCompleted A transmigration story in an alternate world, focused on a woman’s growth. After her wedding banquet is ruined by her groom’s infidelity, she transmigrates into Han Xi, the legitimate daughter of the Prince of Huaichu, who has practiced Taoism since childhood. She develops innovative inventions, transforms everyday life and the imperial court, and continues to grow. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Food + political intrigue + time travel... Tofu, fried dough sticks, and fried rice; fried chicken, hamburgers, and spicy snacks... Master Kong's signature dish, Luan Dao Kuai Yu; Peach Blossom Assassin's banquet dance... The emperor is being hunted down and replaced... New book serialization, waiting for your rating! [Explore]

31. 181 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 5.9kReads8.4Score628Shelves

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    They're all pretty.

32. 182 穿 Transmigrated to Another World: New Snacks at the Shop! 穿越异界：零食铺子上新啦 AsunitaTwo Male Leads247k WordsCompleted Lin Youning transmigrates and opens a snack shop in a bustling world beyond her own, and it becomes an online sensation. She gets to live the happy life of having money in one hand and a huge fluffy creature to pet with the other. [Bonus Scene] One day, when the whole internet is complaining that the shop owner stocks too few new items and everything sells out before they can get any, a retired major general posts on Starblog: “A Ning, where's my share?” The shop owner replies: “Canceled. You're 285Reads6.9Score101Shelves
33. 183 我 Thriving on Gourmet Food in the Apocalypse 我在末世靠美食混得风生水起 Rong, the One Who Melts融化的融Two Male Leads265k WordsCompleted Medical student Yan Yan accidentally transmigrated into an apocalypse novel. The male lead, Feng Du, is an ultra-S-ranked powerhouse who awakened wind and lightning abilities. He is also the founder and leader of the base where Yan Yan lives. In the book, Yan Yan is merely a support department member with water abilities. Fine. After working herself to death under the combined pressure of overtime and graduate school entrance exams, Yan Yan decides to spend the rest of her life growing vegetable 328Reads8.0Score—Shelves
34. 184 我 I Was Just Running a Street Stall, So Why Is the Female CEO Chasing After Me? 我就摆个摊，女总裁怎么追着跑？ Pluck the Moon with One Hand一手摘月Urban779k WordsCompleted [System + food + one female lead + street stall + lighthearted + healing + no transmigration or rebirth] After a wonderful chance encounter, Cheng Yan obtains a top-tier food System. “Is fried instant noodles really that good? How does a street vendor end up with people buying it for others and scalpers reselling it?” “What kind of xiaolongbao is this? College students from the neighboring city ride hundreds of miles at night just to get a bite!” “Dry-fried beef ho fun? You know it's the same ki 5.4kReads8.7Score391Shelves

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    Foodies highly recommend these books; several of them have high scores. 😀

35. 185 食EN Diners Say I’m a Show-Off, but They Still Devour My Food 食客说我装逼犯，但是还嗷嗷干饭 Give Me an Egg Burger来个鸡蛋汉堡Urban769k WordsOngoing [Transmigration + Urban Life + System + Food + No Romance + Showing Off] “I can't help it. I don't want to, either, but as the God of Cooking, I've got to show off!” After transmigrating to a parallel world, Shen Chuan binds himself to the God of Cooking System, gaining the ability to create every delicacy imaginable. Just thinking about using his culinary skills to reach the pinnacle of success and earn everyone's admiration, with diners clamoring for a taste, is enough to make him blush! But h 24.2kReads8.8Score2.2kShelves

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    Who is this egg burger person? ദ്ദി˶ｰ̀֊ｰ́ )✧

36. 186 穿 I Became the Villain's Real Mother and Changed My Family's Fate 穿成反派亲妈，我来改变全家命运 Orange Sauce橘酱Ancient Romance144k WordsOngoing [Farming + raising kids + food + business + devoted, sweet romance] After Xu Qiaoyuan died unexpectedly, she transmigrated into a world with a ramshackle hut open to the elements and two gaunt children. She thought she'd landed in a hopeless situation from the start, but then realized she'd transmigrated into a book and become the villain's wicked mother. The little villain was five years old. His father was missing, dead or alive unknown; his mother was lazy, greedy, and quick to beat and scold 11Reads—Score—Shelves

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    New book, ancient food literature

37. 187 糕 The Pastry Queen’s Journey 糕点皇后养成记 Instant Noodles Are So Delicious, Independent泡面过于美味独立Ancient Romance289k WordsOngoing The biggest challenge of transmigrating to ancient times: no oven, no stand mixer. How can a modern baker survive? Jiang You calmly says, “No problem.” The earthen stove is too crude, so she builds a brick kiln and makes her own oven. With no proper tools, she ties bamboo strips together to make a whisk. She uses lard to create layer upon layer of flaky pastry, and cleverly packages her goods in bamboo baskets lined with oiled paper. Her Valentine's Day sushi amazes the townsfolk, her autumn-onl 27Reads—Score—Shelves

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38. 188 美 Gourmet: Mr. Ye, Where Do You Think You'll Run This Time? 美食：叶先生，看你这次往哪跑 Born a Foolish Child天生笨小孩Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Everyday Life] [No Romance] [Comedy] [Heartwarming] [A Good Read Over Meals] In his previous life, Ye Fan had an accident and was dragged to the underworld by Ox-Head and Horse-Face. With a wave of his hand, King Yama changed Ye Fan's fate. He is given a brand-new identity as a master chef. Watch him complete his missions while enjoying life. Random dishes, random street-stall locations, one thing always stays the same: everything tastes amazing! Selling buns beside a restroom, lobster outs 904Reads6.6Score100Shelves
39. 189 美 Gourmet: I Set Up a Stall at Random, and Diners Chase Me for Four Miles 美食：随机摆摊，食客追我八里地 Little Rich Wolf from the South南方的小财狼Urban526k WordsCompleted [Everyday life, no overpowered golden finger, a slow burn, slice of life] Family squabbles and all the flavors of life: there’s always one that can touch your heart. Wang Qin was an orphan adopted by Grandpa Wang, and the Wang couple had never cared for him. The year he finished the college entrance exams, his grandfather fell ill. The couple didn’t want to pay for his treatment or look after Wang Qin, so they sold the house, took all the money, and ran, leaving the two of them behind with a mou 43Reads6.4Score—Shelves
40. 190 美 Gourmet System: The Top Chinese Chef Overseas 美食系统：海外第一中华小厨娘 Junjun Won't Procrastinate Today君君今天不拖延Modern Romance411k WordsCompleted [Food + Everyday Life + Comfort Food + No Romance] Lin Xinyue, an international student from Country A, a culinary wasteland, dreams above all else of getting a good Chinese meal every day. “Ding! The Host’s craving for delicious food has reached 100%, meeting the requirements for binding. Congratulations, Host, you’ve received the Food System.” !!! Cola chicken wings, spicy diced chicken, sweet-and-sour ribs, soup dumplings, a full Manchu-Han banquet... Here I come! Her fellow international stu 434Reads6.8Score—Shelves
41. 191 炊 A Cook's Humble, Everyday Life 炊事兵的烟火人间 North Sea Fisherman北海渔民Urban1.3M WordsCompleted (A short drama adaptation is now available. Search for it to watch.) [Veteran army cook + soaring prices + heartwarming cuisine + everyday life running a shop] “Fifteen yuan for thirty dishes, all you can eat? There’s got to be a catch with this boxed meal!” As a food influencer mocks him on camera, Lu Mingyuan is in the kitchen, stir-frying his eighth wok of hot-and-sour cabbage. As the last honest stall owner in Sanjiangkou, he slaps his veteran’s discharge papers on the table and rises to his 695Reads7.7Score107Shelves
42. 192 他 He Vanishes from His Night Market Stall, Driving All His Customers Crazy 他夜市摆摊玩失踪，食客们全疯了 A Name on the Rankings榜上有名Urban535k WordsCompleted [Food + heartwarming + laid-back + business + street stall + no female lead] “Stop eating, stop eating! Take a look at yourselves. Do you even look like actors anymore? You're as round as balls!” Hearing the director's warning, a certain top-tier star tearfully polished off a bowl of braised pork. “Director, I promise, I promise I'll start working hard to lose weight tomorrow!” The director flew into a rage, snatched the braised pork, and took a bite. He was about to say, “Is this it?!” Then he 1.7kReads7.0Score103Shelves
43. 193 过 I Set Up a Stall Before the New Year and Left Customers Drooling 过年前摆一波摊，馋坏食客 Hua Xiaoze花小泽Urban739k WordsCompleted My new work is here! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your follows motivate me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! Wang Xu, the “King of Street Stalls,” quit his job right before the New Year and encountered a Gourmet System. Unlike a tycoon System, this one had a simple, no-nonsense way of taking its cut: a 70/30 or 60/40 split. Under this arrangement, Wang Xu had to meet the System’s KPIs while also working hard to increase his own earnings. 646Reads—Score102Shelves
44. 194 美 Gourmet: Healing Anorexia One Bento Box at a Time 美食：摆摊卖盒饭，治愈厌食症 Sun Yi Xin孙艺欣Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Comforting food, no getting mad, funny reading over a meal, no female lead, hilarious ensemble cast] A genius chef transmigrates into the body of a sixty-year-old man and activates a System. As long as he heals wounded souls with his cooking, he can earn extraordinary rewards. But the System’s very first task is to heal someone with anorexia! Vibrant tomato and egg stir-fry, beef stewed with rich gravy, and layered minced-beef flatbreads dripping with juice. These aren’t beautiful illustration 8.8kReads8.9Score754Shelves
45. 195 美 Gourmet: The Dining Spot Changes at Random, and Diners Go Wild Looking for It 美食：随机地点，食客们找疯了 Three-Dot Waterweed叁点水草Modern Romance414k WordsCompleted [Gourmet]+ [Lighthearted]+ [Funny]+ [Everyday Life]+ [Heartwarming] In her previous life, Su Qing owned shops and was content to lie flat. Then she woke up in a parallel world and found herself bound to a [Random Street Food System]. “I just want to lie flat!” Su Qing wailed. In the CBD late at night, the aroma was irresistible! Zhang Wei, an overworked office worker, exclaimed, “Holy crap! This oden broth is so delicious my tongue is practically melting! Boss, give me three more!” Designer Li L 364Reads6.6Score—Shelves
46. 196 开 Sold from the Start: From Street-Corner Pancake Seller to Regional Tycoon 开局被卖，从卖饼小贩到富甲一方 King Wen Was Right文王说得对Ancient Romance618k WordsCompleted [Food + business + imperial exams + farming + infrastructure + character growth + mutual first love] Food blogger Lu Yan died suddenly of heart disease and transmigrated into a novel about a heroine’s rise to success. The heroine in the book was the legitimate daughter of the prime minister, but her stepmother schemed to have her kidnapped and sold to a poor, remote village. An older man bought her and raised her as his own daughter. Before long, the heroine came across the fallen crown prince, 16kReads8.6Score1.2kShelves

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    All sorts of great food articles, from hot pot and crayfish to spicy hot pot and barbecue, are here! [Admiring]

47. 197 我 My Card-Based Cuisine Conquers the Interstellar World 我的卡牌美食征服全星际 Mu Mu Meng木木梦Modern Romance503k WordsCompleted Gourmet healing + raising card spirits + farming and management + no romance Reborn in the interstellar era, master chef Su Miaomiao was saddled with an enormous debt and left to tend an abandoned, uninhabited planet. Then she activated her ancestral bracelet. A spirit spring irrigated the wasteland, and an ancient Earth seed bank reappeared. Even more unexpectedly, she bonded with a Gourmet Card System. Every dish that brought happiness could generate its own card, with random drops of seeds, 197Reads—Score102Shelves

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    Food-themed healing + card-collecting sprite raising + farming management + no romance. Reborn in the interstellar era, renowned chef Su Miaomiao is burdened with enormous debt, guarding a desolate, abandoned planet. Until she activates her ancestral bracelet—a spiritual spring irrigating the barren land, the ancient Earth's seed bank reappears, and unexpectedly, she is bound to a food card system. Every dish that brings happiness generates a unique card, randomly dropping seeds, interstellar coins, and rare ingredients... As the space upgrades, even more magical creations are born—round, plump berry sprites hum songs while watering the orchard, soft, fluffy bread sprites crawl into the oven to control the heat. They replicate dishes, purify pollution, and assist in cooking. From then on, Su Miaomiao's interstellar restaurant becomes a hit, and her food cards sweep the universe. Major powers offer sky-high contracts for cooperation, and food lovers cross galaxies to check in. Only Su Miaomiao calmly carries her newly born sprite in her arms, looking at the wall full of glittering food cards—one stop at a time. Conquer this place with the taste of home.

48. 198 太 Crown Prince, Your Crown Princess Says Hot Pot Is Ready! 太子，太子妃喊你吃火锅了！ Sea Salt Pineapple Beer海盐味菠萝啤Ancient Romance523k WordsCompleted Food blogger Tang Xiao transmigrated into the daughter of an imperial chef in the Great Xia Kingdom. That day, the Crown Prince's eating disorder worsened. The Emperor flew into a rage and threatened to execute the imperial chef's entire clan. In a desperate move, Tang Xiao grabbed two copper pots and charged straight into the palace. The aroma of hotpot wafted through the palace, and the Crown Prince's carefully cultivated image completely fell apart. A servant came to report, "Miss, the Cr 2.5kReads6.9Score321Shelves
49. 199 变 After Becoming a Master of Chinese Cuisine 变成国厨大师后 Crab Crab Attracts Wealth蟹蟹吸金Modern Romance411k WordsCompleted [Gourmet + System + no romance + cozy + funny + perfect with a meal] On the twenty-fourth day of the twelfth lunar month, the Kitchen God ascends to heaven, and fragrant aromas fill every home. Lin Fan, working overtime on New Year’s Eve, unexpectedly binds to a System. And that’s only the beginning. Dumpling feasts, egg cakes, grilled chicken wings, crayfish, roasted pig trotters, spicy chicken skewers, stinky tofu, river-snail rice noodles, red-braised beef stew with potatoes, vinegar-fried ca 336Reads8.1Score104Shelves

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    Be sure to watch until the end.

50. 200 大 The Mighty Goddess Conquers Ancient Times with Delicious Food 大力神女用美食闯古代 Green Goose青鹅Ancient Romance509k WordsCompleted (Cozy farming, getting rich through food, family squabbles, System shop) They say that in Lengzhan Village there was a girl named Leng Yuan, born with tremendous strength, yet so foolish she didn't recognize her own relatives or know the difference between the five grains. “Hey, have you heard? That silly Leng girl has gotten better lately!” Everyone was astonished. “Wasn't she a fool for nearly ten years? How did she suddenly get better?” “Ah, I heard she saw blood and suddenly passed out. Whe 653Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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