Foodie Stories, but Not the Kind Where the Characters Work Themselves to Death 美食文 不要那种累死累活的美食文

1. 251 我 I’m Not a God of Cooking 我不是煮神 A YunAyun阿云AyunUrban305k WordsOngoing Also known as My Daily Prison-Bound Food Stall, He Really Knows How to Eat, and Don't Call Me a Cook [Food + System + No Female Lead + Daily Life + Perfect Reading Companion + Comedy] How much money can you really make from running a food stall? Jiang Yun refused to believe it, until he accidentally bonded with a food-stall System. Either he follows its tasks and runs a stall to earn generous rewards, or the System forcibly deletes his account. What? You want me to sell barbecue outside a cremat 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Have you ever heard of the many different styles of barbecue? Do you know the intricacies of spicy chicken noodles? Do you really understand how to enjoy stinky tofu and curry rice? Come try them out and see if they suit your taste! [Making a face]

2. 252 摆 Dumping My Scumbag Ex, I Snatched the 1980s' Most Promising Stock 摆脱渣男，我叼走八零最强潜力股 Lin Juejue林觉觉Modern Romance555k WordsCompleted Xia Meng: Founder of the country’s largest food service company and a formidable businesswoman renowned throughout the business world. Her journey has been nothing short of legendary. No one knows what she went through or how she rose from the ashes and weathered the tides of the times. People love to talk about her career, and her love life draws even more attention. Everyone knows that Zhao Ling and President Xia supported each other throughout their careers. Years later, one became the founde 2kReads9.0Score185Shelves

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   It's great! The second and third books are both very good, but I don't remember the plot of the first one very well.

3. 253 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
4. 254 寺 Selling Barbecue Outside a Temple, I Get Chased Across the Country by Foodies 寺庙门口卖烧烤，吃货追着我全国 Loves Red Yeast Tartary Buckwheat Tea爱吃红曲苦荞茶Urban264k WordsOngoing [A new city every week, forced to set up a random food stall!] [Food + everyday life + comedy + comfort food + no romance + healing] Chen Mo accidentally binds to a random food-stall System. Every week, he transmigrates to an unfamiliar city and has to sell its local snacks. The results... He sells extra-spicy grilled skewers outside a thousand-year-old temple, juicy scallion pancakes by West Lake, and ice-and-fire pineapple buns at the foot of a snowy mountain! In every city he has “wreaked ha 225Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This new book looks quite humorous and witty; you might want to check it out. It's called "Selling Barbecue at the Temple Gate, Foodies Chase Me All Over the Country." It's a combination of food, slice-of-life, comedy, good to watch while eating, no romantic pairing, and heartwarming. Each week, I randomly choose a city and improve upon its local specialties. The plot is funny, and the food descriptions are also quite good.

5. 255 做 My Cooking Is So Good, the Entire Cultivation World Treats Me Like a Treasure 做饭太好吃，被整个修仙界团宠了 Little Dog, Don't Always Get Caught in the Rain小狗别总淋雨Two Male Leads1.0M WordsCompleted [Two male leads + cultivation + farming + food + street vending + devoted to each other] In his previous life, Yun Ci was a poor student. His parents signed him up for the New Chinese Culinary School early on, and he studied there for three years. Once he graduated, he was ready to show off his skills, but a car accident put a stop to that. When he woke up again, Yun Ci found himself in a world of cultivation. He had no golden finger, no System, and was just an insignificant cannon-fodder charac 9.3kReads9.0Score1.3kShelves

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   I recommend these two books, they're super good!

6. 256 我 I, the God of Food and Judge! I Only Go After Shady Restaurants! 我，食神判官！专打黑心店！ Songs of the Past念旧歌Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [Easygoing daily life + food reviews + bickering couple + master of comebacks + lie flat and become a god] Ever since I accidentally ate a poisonous cake, I've had an ancestral spirit in my head. I'm Chen Pin, a delivery guy. A loli who calls herself the “God of Cookery” bombards me with voice messages around the clock. “Foolish mortal! You call this food? It's pig slop!” “Warning! Warning! Energy levels critically low. This God of Cookery is about to go dormant, and you'll be done for too!” “Qu 2.9kReads6.8Score171Shelves

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   I highly recommend this food novel. The protagonist has a micro-finger that allows him to rate food, transforming from a delivery driver into a food critic and blogger, leveling up along the way. It's factual and not just mindless wish-fulfillment fiction. The author meticulously describes the preparation and flavor of each dish, as well as its history, demonstrating extensive research. There are virtually no errors in the use of particles like "de," "di," and "de," making it a very comfortable and enjoyable read. A highly recommended book; this is a masterpiece worth reading.

7. 257 穿 Transmigrating to the Song Dynasty: The Little Chef Sets Up a Stall, and the Powerful Crowd Her Door 穿宋：小厨娘摆摊，权贵踏破门槛 Hair-Dyeing Grass染发草Ancient Romance420k WordsCompleted Su Qingyan, a top-tier star of modern home-style cooking, is accidentally transported into the Northern Song Dynasty, where she becomes a frail orphan in a poor scholar’s family in Bianjing. Their home is bare, her father is paralyzed, her mother is sick, and her three younger siblings are still crying for food. Snow has sealed off the city, charcoal prices are soaring, and the whole family is one step away from starving to death! Luckily, she is bound to a home-cooking inheritance dimension, co 601Reads8.0Score106Shelves

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   These are all pretty good-looking, honestly! [Kissing emojis]

8. 258 全 Everything Costs Two Yuan, and My Desserts Make Billionaire Tycoons Drool 全场两元，我的甜品馋哭亿万首富 Boiling Wine, Burning Passion煮酒焚情Modern Romance750k WordsCompleted Modern Romance Fantasy + Food + Business + System + Romance (War Hero) Jiang Mianmian took over a tiny shop that was on the verge of closing, starting out in debt, but unexpectedly became bound to the Super Dessert Master System. The System leveled up through prize draws using customers' “satisfaction.” It wasn't interested in making money, only in building a dessert empire. So Jiang Mianmian charged just 2 yuan for everything. Top-quality tiramisu, 2 yuan! Molten cheese tarts that burst with fi 374Reads7.1Score103Shelves
9. 259 我 I Opened a Food Shop in Bianjing 我在汴京开食铺 Sweet Little Peach酥酥小桃Ancient Romance222k WordsCompleted Su Tang opens an eatery on Majia Street in Bianjing. Every day, she's either experimenting with new dishes or going out to visit friends. In autumn, there's tea brewed over a brazier, osmanthus sweet-bean paste dumplings, and roasted milk tea with osmanthus honey dumplings. In winter, there's plum-blossom soup noodles, plum-blossom honey, boiled meat and vegetables, and candied hawthorn skewers. In spring, there's osmanthus cake, spring platters, wontons with bamboo shoots and bracken, green ric 755Reads—Score101Shelves

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   The female protagonist is a wealthy young woman who quietly opens a restaurant and starts a food business.

10. 260 辞 After Quitting My Job, I Inherited Grandma's Little Restaurant 辞职后，我继承了奶奶的小饭馆 Graceful as a Swimming Fish婉若游鱼Modern Romance437k WordsCompleted [Healing + food + a touch of farming + slow-paced + everyday life] Wen Nian's new life began with a resignation letter. A well-paid job in the big city, endless overtime, cold convenience-store rice balls... She suddenly realized it had been a long time since she'd tasted anything like happiness. Steaming hot soup dumplings in the morning mist, soft and chewy cloud cakes with Pu'er tea in the afternoon, little river shrimp roasted crisp and red by Grandpa... It all felt like a distant, different 3.1kReads8.8Score433Shelves

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    I'm recommending this book again. It's a ensemble piece that will leave you feeling satisfied and warm inside. There's no melodramatic conflict, just the lively atmosphere of Cloud Town and a group of ordinary people with flesh and blood.

11. 261 重 Back to 1985: My Self-Serve Porridge Stall Is a Hit 重回八五，自助粥摊火爆了 Meng Xiaocha蒙小茶Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted (Her Own Woman) To escape her stepfather's clutches, Su Miao falls from the 13th floor and travels back to the day her parents divorced when she was a child. She sees through her mother's cold, indifferent nature and her habit of endlessly spoiling her younger brother. This time, she chooses without hesitation to go with her father. When her uncle tries to secure a permanent job, he blocks the door and raises a huge ruckus. Su Miao leans close to her father's ear and whispers a few words. Her fa 22.6kReads9.2Score2.2kShelves
12. 262 深 A Widow’s Busy Night-Market Food Stall in Bianjing, and She Won’t Remarry 深夜食摊搞钱忙，汴京寡妇不嫁人 A Fish from the South南边一只鱼Ancient Romance502k WordsCompleted Reader’s guide: [ensemble cast + food business + heartwarming everyday life of ordinary people + no romance + fictional Northern Song setting] Wang Chunhua and Zhang Taonian were “mortal enemies” at the same company, bickering every day. After an accident, the two find themselves in Bianjing, the Northern Song capital, a thousand years in the past. And they become sisters-in-law in a family of street vendors at Zhouqiao Night Market!? The original family was devastated by swine fever. All the me 6.8kReads8.9Score1.2kShelves

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    This is absolutely gorgeous!

13. 263 当 Playing the Laid-Back Canary, She Marries a Cold Bodyguard 当摆烂金丝雀，嫁给了高冷保镖 Hai Ying海盈Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Beauty × loyal puppy, marriage first and love later, an impoverished young couple's inspiring daily life] Zheng Xunjia had spent twenty years shirking responsibility. She thought life in a wealthy family would be smooth sailing, and she could be her parents' pampered little canary for the rest of her life. She never expected to be the fake daughter who had been switched at birth. The real Zheng heiress was proud and domineering. After she returned, Zheng Xunjia lost to her in just two rounds, t 312.1kReads8.9Score43.6kShelves
14. 264 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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    There are so few good cookbooks out there.

15. 265 灵 The Spirit-Plant Wish Fulfillment Specialist: Yours Done, Now Yours 灵植遗愿主理人：做完你的做你的 Slowly Dreaming of Getting Rich慢吞吞想要暴富Ancient Romance597k WordsCompleted [No Romance] [Farming and Street Stalls] [Foodie Fiction in the Cultivation World] After Transmigrating as a Fake Heiress, I Became Everyone's Favorite by Running a Food Stall After transmigrating into the cultivation world as the fake heiress of a powerful family, Lin Xiaoman is thrown out from the start and sent back to the Qiongyou Sect, rumored to be so poor it can't afford a meal. Looking at Xuanyue Peak, where there's nothing at all, she activates her System golden finger and sets out to r 214Reads7.3Score134Shelves

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    These are all good reads, combining food and other themes: 1. Chinese cuisine + sci-fi apocalypse + easy stockpiling + rural farming + human self-rescue. So good! So good! So good! So good! [Already hooked][Already hooked][Already hooked] Requesting more updates! [Requesting more updates][Requesting more updates][Requesting more updates] 2. Food + cultivation + spiritual plants + setting up a stall with great reviews. Relatively lighthearted, a refreshing read, buying fried rice in a secret realm [exploring], outrageous tasks. 3. Food + stepmother + cute child (mama's girl [heart]) + strong, independent female lead who doesn't get bullied + political power ☞ scientific research (powerful nation). Worth a second reading. 4. Food + island + factory creation + cute child (Chenchen is super cute). The island lifestyle is truly enviable: oysters, mantis shrimp, giant lobsters, fresh shrimp, garlic oysters… 5. Food (Chinese cuisine) + Travel livestream + Wildlife (interaction possible) + Male Mom: Kuang Ye (Animal's male mom, friend's gourmet). Brother Ye! Brother Ye! Brother Ye! Raise the flag for Brother Ye! [Admiration][Admiration][Admiration] 6. Food + Chef God System + Studying Abroad. Giving foreigners a culinary shock, hahaha! [Laugh][Laugh][Laugh]

16. 266 穿 I Became an Evil Stepmom and Bullied the Whole Family, Oh Yeah 穿成恶毒后妈，我霸凌全家，欧耶 Ding Anlan丁安岚Modern Romance602k WordsCompleted The short drama adaptation, The Favorability System: Has the Stepmother Cleared Her Name Today?, is available to search and watch on Tomato. All 80 episodes are out, so don’t miss it if you’re interested! (Period setting + transmigrate into a book + System + career-focused heroine + not both leads’ first relationship + family and village life) A heads-up: The setting is inspired by the 1970s. This isn’t pure wish fulfillment and focuses more on everyday life. The rating has only just appeared an 9.8kReads8.8Score824Shelves
17. 267 直 Travel Livestream: The Animal World I Filmed Went Viral 直播旅行：我拍摄的动物世界爆火 Perfectly Round Immortal浑圆真人Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [Outdoor Livestreaming + System + Animals + Food + Relaxed and Leisurely + No Female Lead] Kuang Yeyuan is an educational content creator who accidentally activates a livestreaming System. Driven by his love of wild plants and animals, he makes his first stop at the East African Great Grasslands. Unexpectedly, his first wave of followers comes thanks to the grasslands’ second-in-command. Who would’ve guessed that Kuang Ye would claim his first livestream reward just for setting a giraffe’s bones 12.1kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves
18. 268 我 I Run a Food Truck in a World of Monsters 我在怪物世界开餐车 Cute Bunny Meow萌兔喵Sci-Fi & Apocalypse168k WordsOngoing [No heroine, no romantic entanglements] [Gourmet] [Otherworld] [Food truck] [Monsters] [Leveling] Jiang Yue was just an office drone, so he never expected to be bound to a Divine Chef System. Before he could show off his skills and become the story’s main character, a thunderous game descended. The whole world was dragged into a monster realm, where everyone had to survive on the road. Wait... What happened to the golden finger he’d just gotten? As it turned out, he became the game’s only food v 109Reads6.3Score145Shelves

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    Both of these are great! (Cocococococo)

19. 269 咸 This Laid-Back Nanny Is No Push-Over: Turning the Baby into Everyone’s Darling 咸鱼保姆不好惹，爆改奶娃成团宠 Xiaoling's First Bloom筱泠初上Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [The rating just came out and will rise, so don’t worry, dive right in] [Food * adorable kid * everyone’s favorite * easygoing daily life * heartwarming] The overworked office drone Su Mu’s first move after being reborn is to slap a “pig’s head” design draft across her greasy boss’s face, then use labor laws to make him pay through the nose before quitting in style! She’s a newly enlightened slacker, determined to lie flat. Then she spots an ad for a sky-high-paying nanny job at a wealthy family 1.7kReads8.2Score155Shelves

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    So much delicious food! [Laughing]

20. 270 穿 Reborn as a Villain's Cannon Fodder, I Farm and Build in the Beast World 穿成反派炮灰，兽世种田搞基建 Succulent Little Flower多肉小花Two Male Leads1.1M WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a book, Yu Sui becomes the villainous cannon-fodder bottom in a novel he’d just read. The original owner secretly loves Qi, the strongest warrior in the tribe, but Qi and Xu grew up together and gradually fell for each other. The original owner does everything he can to keep them apart, and is eventually driven out of the tribe. He dies a miserable death from cold and hunger in the winter. This continent is home to many different races. Yu Sui hasn’t even managed to pa 6.9kReads8.6Score935Shelves

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    These are all food-themed novels, and they're all very good [Sparrow's Diary Masterpiece].

21. 271 空 Pocket Dimension: I Raise Kids with Good Food and Win Over the Regent 空间：我靠美食养崽盘摄政王 Qu Xiansi曲弦思Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted One-on-one romance, everyone dotes on her + adorable kids + food + transmigration + pocket dimension + scheming regent A sweet-looking, seemingly gentle but actually devious little chef VS a seemingly aloof, inwardly imaginative regent who pretends to be an untouchable iceman After transmigrating into the body of a low-ranking palace maid who was forced into marriage by a eunuch and died, Qin Wanci, who has a pocket dimension with her, says, “No problem.” She picks up three kids and a cold-faced 595Reads9.0Score101Shelves
22. 272 美 Toriko: I, Qi Mu Qiyu, Am Invincible 美食的俘虏：我！齐木琦玉！无敌 Han Han Chang旱暵常Anime Fanfiction505k WordsCompleted What?! I opened my eyes and transmigrated? And into the Gourmet World of Toriko, where monsters are everywhere?! At least the gods gave me three draws as compensation. First draw, a gold! The bloodline of a Pixiu? But what's the point of a creature that only takes in and never lets anything out, and doesn't even have an anus? Am I supposed to focus on making money? Everyone knows money is the most useless thing in this Gourmet World! But the next two draws are gold too??? "Kusuo Saiki Template"! 4.1kReads7.3Score318Shelves

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    This is definitely not tiring; it focuses on a relaxed daily life after becoming invincible. The protagonist starts with Saitama and Kusuo Saiki as his templates, and his strength skyrockets. He becomes invincible after chapter ten.

23. 273 我 I Set Up a Stall in Another World, Made Money, and Lavished It on My Country 我在异界摆摊赚钱富养了国家爸爸 Chenxi Beneath the Moon月下辰希Modern Romance657k WordsCompleted Yan Xixi only asked the gods for a little extra wealth, just a teeny tiny bit more! How did that send her straight to the interstellar age? Oh well, when in Rome. Since she's here, having a System can't be too much to ask, right? And so, her journey as a traveling vendor across the myriad worlds begins! What? The Demon Realm's Demon Venerable wants hot-and-sour vermicelli? He wants her to set up a stall there? A 500-plane-coin tip? With 500 plane coins, she can buy a one-time-use portal in the S 3.3kReads8.8Score524Shelves

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    This is a matter of different dimensions; the female protagonist can travel between dimensions to sell food.

24. 274 裁 After the Layoffs, My Best Friend and I Opened a Private Kitchen in Xicheng 裁员后，我和闺蜜在溪城开私厨 Peng Xiaotian芃小沺Modern Romance201k WordsOngoing [Farming + Anti-Hustle Culture + Comfort Food + A Little Golden Finger] With 40,000 yuan in severance pay, Mi Guo and her best friend, who was laid off at the same time, escape the rat race and open a private kitchen in the old town of Xicheng. They serve just six tables a day, rent a little courtyard, raise a chubby orange cat, and use magical food to heal their diners. There's no anxiety over marriage, just the cozy routine of three meals a day through all four seasons. With her best friend by 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I'm reading this book now, and it's pretty good. It's heartwarming and slice-of-life, with detailed descriptions of cooking, and the images are quite vivid.

25. 275 你 Don’t Even Think About Reincarnating 你们一个都别想重生 Hua Maobai花毛白Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Everyday school life + sunny heroine + no reincarnation or transmigration + warm and healing] [Special notice: The heroine won't have a romance. Other characters may have romantic storylines.] After narrowly escaping death, Gu Qinghuan partnered with the System and enrolled in Class Three, Year One, at a private high school. [Someday in the future, your classmates may be reborn.] [Before then, they will be deceived, hated, attacked, and destroyed,] [Your mission is to stop them from being rebor 27.9kReads9.5Score4.1kShelves

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    The first book, as the title suggests, is about a Ming Dynasty man who, after being shipwrecked, ends up in Europe and opens a restaurant. It's quite well-written, but the romance between the two male leads feels a bit weak, though it's a small part of the story; the main focus is on their careers. The second book is primarily a campus romance, but the female lead is a real foodie, the author is exceptionally skilled at writing about her, and the plot is excellent, so I'll recommend both.

26. 276 系 After the System Woke Up, I Started Selling Snacks at My Stall! 系统苏醒后，我摆摊卖上小吃了！ Shengsheng Shushu生生疏Urban879k WordsOngoing [System + local specialties from all over + easygoing comfort read + no heroine] The System wakes up after nearly a year of slumber. The good news: a galactic undocumented immigrant has become a street-food cook and now has an identity. The bad news: after the System spent the Host’s money and went through a whole series of operations, Lin Su is now over 280,000 yuan in debt. Fortunately, the System delivers. It knows exactly what our ancestors would choose, and serves up hulutou, fish-shaped do 8.3kReads8.7Score1.1kShelves

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    Both are fine, I'll keep them as treasures.

27. 277 长 A Chang’an Food Entrepreneur’s Diary 长安美食创业记 Writing Novels for Myself写小说给自己看Ancient Romance174k WordsCompleted The spring breeze stirs the willows, and apricot blossoms glisten in the misty rain. Behind the counter at the Wonderflavor Restaurant in Chongdefang, the proprietress stands poised, eyes lowered. One hand moves the abacus while the other writes and sketches on a sheet of paper. Lin Yuxi: Buy a house and land, settle in Chang’an, and live a wealthy, carefree life with fine food and wine for company. Qin Yue: I’ve established my career. It’s time to start a family. (A transmigration story in an i 196Reads6.9Score—Shelves
28. 278 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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    In the modern romance, the female protagonist inherited the Qionghua School and opened the Qionghua Restaurant. She cooks in a relaxed and easygoing manner, selling whatever she feels like each day without getting tired. Moreover, she has a natural talent that makes her food incredibly delicious.

29. 279 丞 Dinner Is Served at the Chancellor's Residence Today 丞相府今日开饭 Cherry Rabbit Sauce樱桃兔酱Ancient Romance15k WordsCompleted The Chancellor's Residence Is Serving Dinner Today 10.1kReads—Score159Shelves

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    Super relaxing and peaceful, a wonderful food article about the world

30. 280 离 After Leaving the Rich Family, She Settles in the Mountains to Grow Vegetables and Flowers 离开豪门后，她安居山间种菜养花 Tracking Through the Mountains山林寻踪Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [The four seasons in the mountains + a healing little courtyard + delicious food and beautiful scenery + a touch of showbiz] Ying Songshi was the real heiress, switched at birth by a wealthy family's matriarch. Because a fortune-teller said she would “bring misfortune to the family business,” she was abandoned and sent to a farming family in a county town. Her adoptive father was an alcoholic, and her adoptive mother left home. Fortunately, she still had her master, who cared for her, and two ol 17.1kReads8.9Score2.6kShelves

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    This is more of a food novel; the female protagonist's meals are all quite tempting, and the descriptions are very detailed.

31. 281 我 How Did I, Heir to a Legendary Chef, End Up as a Suffering International Student? 我堂堂神厨后人竟沦为命苦留子？ Call Me Teacher Bao叫我爆老师Modern Romance181k WordsOngoing [Don’t make me cook!! → Cooking is so satisfying] [Gourmet fiction + System + farming pocket dimension + hilarious and heartwarming] Ning Tangtang comes from a family of master chefs, but she has no desire to inherit the family business. Her lifelong dream is to escape the kitchen. What good is a perfect knife technique when milk tea smells so good? No matter how brilliant your cooking is, nothing beats lying flat! Her family thinks she’s “neglecting her proper duties,” so they pack her off abro 17Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 282 随 Week One of My Random Street Stall: Selling Beer Duck at a Driving School 随机摆摊第一周：驾校卖啤酒鸭 Yi Que弋缺Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Gourmet] + [Random Street Stalls] + [Perfect with Rice] + [Healing] + [No Romance] The warmth of everyday life is what soothes the human heart most. Lin Chuan, an overworked office worker who died suddenly from exhaustion, unexpectedly awakens the Gourmet Healing System. Every week, he sets up a stall at a random location and serves random dishes. Completing tasks earns him amazing rewards. But the System's very first weekly task leaves Lin Chuan completely dumbfounded (⊙_⊙) Selling beer-braise 1.4kReads6.0Score132Shelves
33. 283 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, 206Reads—Score102Shelves

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    Food-themed healing + Card-based spirit raising + Farming and management + No romantic pairing. Reborn in the interstellar era, renowned chef Su Miaomiao, burdened with enormous debt, guards a barren, abandoned planet until she activates her ancestral bracelet—a spiritual spring—to irrigate the wasteland. The ancient Earth's seed bank is restored to life, and she unexpectedly becomes 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 system upgrades, even more magical creations are born—round berry spirits hum songs while watering the orchard, soft European-style bread spirits crawl into the oven to control the heat; they replicate dishes, purify pollution, and assist in cooking.

34. 284 明 I'm a Culinary Genius, So Why Does Everyone Call Me a Heretic Cultivator? 明明厨艺天才，怎么都叫我邪修？ Reckless Fury肆意狂澜Urban434k WordsCompleted [Gourmet] [Comedy] [Slice of Life] Lin Xiaoyan is a rookie food blogger who, in an age when food bloggers are locked in a fierce struggle for clicks, has opened up a new path by learning as she cooks. But Lin Xiaoyan's videos never go the way you'd expect. She gets every step wrong, yet somehow the finished dishes turn out brilliantly! “Wait, if you don't know how to caramelize the sugar for red-braised pork, you can just use cola instead? And it still comes out so glossy and red. Are you sure 4.7kReads8.8Score333Shelves

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    Live-streaming a heretical practitioner cooking, still ongoing.

35. 285 刚 My Stall Is Full the Moment I Open! Do You Know How Hard This Is? 刚出摊就客满，知道我有多苦吗？ Playing Music and Dancing奏乐跳舞Urban223k WordsCompleted [Comfort-Food Cuisine] [Delicate Writing] [Easygoing Daily Life] [Warm and Healing] After being reborn, Su Yu unexpectedly binds himself to the Ultimate Gourmet System. Egg fried rice: golden in color, with every grain distinct. One bite and you can't stop! Braised chicken: tender, juicy meat with layers of flavor. The sauce gushes out with the slightest bite! Chili oil noodles: chewy noodles that sizzle with heat, spicy and fragrant, with a lingering aftertaste! Every dish is top-notch, leaving 90Reads6.0Score—Shelves
36. 286 我 I Just Set Up a Stall, but My Customers Beg Me in Tears to Feed Them 我就摆个摊，那些食客哭着求投喂 Soft Whispers浅语潇潇Urban1.4M WordsCompleted The novel is complete! Dive in with confidence. Gourmet, doting dad, one heroine, heartwarming, slice of life, food to enjoy with your meal, and catching criminals. In his previous life, Yan Qingzhou married the village chief's daughter so he could escape the mountains. Relying on his good looks, he charmed a rich heiress, only to end up abandoned by everyone. Then he was reborn on the night before he eloped! He had not yet made a terrible mistake. His daughter had not been kidnapped, and his 3kReads8.3Score295Shelves
37. 287 美 Gourmet System: A Street Food Stall from the Start 美食系统：开局一个路边摊 One Bite of Pan-Fried Buns一口生煎包包Modern Romance333k WordsOngoing [You have activated the Gourmet System. Would you like to bind it? Yes; No] During graduation season, Jiang Tiantian, an ordinary university student, hadn’t received a single suitable job offer and had only her last 500 yuan left. As she wondered what to do, she activated the [Gourmet Business System]. -New User Starter Pack-: Congratulations, Host! You’ve received a shop and unlocked your starting dish, sweet-and-sour cold noodles. Sell 10 portions to unlock the next dish. -Special Rewards-: Ev 3.6kReads—Score431Shelves

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    The first book was very interesting; it's about a female protagonist who travels to a parallel universe and sets up a stall everywhere. Now she's in another world, and can communicate with her parents from her original timeline. The second book follows the protagonist's journey from a small stall to a shop, but it focuses more on food-related content.

38. 288 我 I Made My Fortune in the Interstellar World Through Food 我靠美食在星际发家致富 Nan Chi南赤Modern Romance698k WordsCompleted Lu Miaomiao transmigrates from the apocalypse to the interstellar age, and from the start she’s saddled with a massive medical debt. Making money is her top priority! Resources are plentiful here, but good food is scarce. Lu Miaomiao is a foodie, so she decides to become self-sufficient and sets out to become a food streamer! After watching Lu Miaomiao’s streams, the people of the interstellar age are practically drooling. One after another, they exclaim, “We want to eat that too!” 314Reads7.1Score—Shelves

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    2. Customers chased after the stall owner, and later the stall owner even took on an apprentice.

39. 289 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

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    This is a good book.

40. 290 我 I Get Rich Farming by Collecting Trash from Other Worlds! 我靠捡异界垃圾，种田暴富了！ Silver Terrace and Golden Palace银台金阙Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Farming] [Business] [Food] [Rural Prosperity] [Live-in Son-in-Law] After quitting her job and returning to her hometown, Xu Shenyi picked up a trash can by the lake, planning to recycle it. She never expected to find a portal that transported discarded goods from another world! In the middle of the night, the trash can glows and spits out "garbage." [Low-Grade Spirit Tea Stems]: Scraps that even livestock wouldn't touch. She brews them into tea, and night owls who drink it feel refreshed and 19.6kReads8.7Score2.9kShelves

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    This is a food-themed novel where the female protagonist finds a spiritual plate from the cultivation world. The vegetables in her own garden become incredibly delicious, and she even opens a shop.

41. 291 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 448Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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    It's so good, I'll go see it!

42. 292 听 I Can Understand Furry Creatures, and Now I'm the Dali Temple's Lucky Mascot 听懂毛茸茸，我成了大理寺吉祥物 Pumpkin Zhou南瓜周Ancient Romance587k WordsCompleted [Fluffy animals + food business + doted on by everyone + gossip] Chang Le dozed off at her desk and transmigrated. She became a debt-ridden woman in the Great Jing Kingdom, with elders above her and children to support below. She also got the ability to understand fluffy animals as a bonus. · The shop is about to go under? No problem. She grabbed a wok spatula and saved the family business. Mala dry pot, jianbing guozi, scallion and egg pancakes... The food made customers drool, and they all com 2.2kReads8.9Score307Shelves

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    This book is super good! It's already finished!

43. 293 穿 Transmigrated to the Stars: Farming and Raising Kids, I Can Do Both 穿越星际，种田养娃两手抓 Yan Shu棪树Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Interstellar farming + cozy everyday life + having and raising children] An Ning, a modern-day office drone, transmigrated to the interstellar era. It was as if the heavens had taken pity on her miserable modern life and sent her into the body of a one-year-old girl, where she was found and adopted by two dads overflowing with fatherly love. No getting yelled at, no working herself to the bone, no taking the blame for her younger brother. In the interstellar era, women were cherished, and An Ni 27.9kReads9.2Score2.7kShelves

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    This is a comedy disguised as a food novel, featuring a female protagonist who grows and matures.

44. 294 你 Tell Me, Why Is Northeastern Chinese Food So Good? 你说，东北菜怎么就这么香？ Inkstone Autumn Jade砚秋墨玉315k WordsCompleted [Feel-good story + no CP + no romance plot + no System + one heroine + food] Note: This is a straightforward story about running a food business. There are no schemes, palace intrigue, political power struggles, business rivalries, or catfights. Su Xiaoxiao, a girl from Northeast China, opens a little restaurant by the gates of a medical university in the south. The night before opening, a gas explosion next door catches her and the shop in the blast, blowing them both away. When Su Xiaoxiao ope 178Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Take a look at these two books

45. 295 我 My Whole Family Cooks in a Giant Pot and Goes Viral in the Western Han 我全家炒大锅饭，爆红西汉 A Fish from the South南边一只鱼Ancient Romance544k WordsCompleted [The whole family transmigrates + ordinary people + food and business + everyday family life + an alternate Western Han dynasty] The rating was just posted, so it’s a little low right now~ No contrived drama, and there’s a romantic pairing (the male lead barely appears, so feel free to ignore him; the heroine and her family are focused on building their business). A slice-of-life tale about ordinary people in a frontier town. The three members of the Lin family, village-feast chefs, transmigrate 2.1kReads8.4Score282Shelves

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    These are relatively easy [kissing emoji] because I haven't read many grueling food articles [currently rushing to finish a draft]. Does a grueling process start from the raw materials? Well, these basically don't.

46. 296 满 The Mountains Are Full of Treasure: A Bitter Girl’s Rise 满山都是宝，苦瓜少女的崛起 Nian Xiaogao Loves Rice Cakes年小糕爱吃年糕Ancient Romance383k WordsCompleted [Farming! Feel-Good Story! Golden Finger! Food! No Romance] [Content warning: No male lead, but there is one-sided affection. A gentle, cozy story!] College student Lin Xiu wakes up as a poor orphan girl in ancient times. There’s even a tiny baby by her bed, crying to be fed! A home stripped bare, doomed from the start! She thinks heaven must be against her, but then it gives her a golden finger! The mountains are wonderful! Picking mushrooms and making delicious food! Finding medicinal herbs 2.7kReads8.2Score323Shelves

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    The female protagonist has a system; she picks mushrooms, cooks delicious food, and raises her younger sister. It's a simple, heartwarming, and relaxing story of two foodies building their fortune. [Heart][heart]

47. 297 你 Hey, Want to Get Rich Gossiping? 你好，吃瓜暴富了解一下 Inkstone Autumn Jade砚秋墨玉Ancient Romance436k WordsCompleted [Food + Gossip + Light Court Intrigue] A quick note: I have a lot of chapters stockpiled. There’s one female lead and no romance plot for her. Some supporting characters have romance subplots, but not many, so this is an ancient-style fantasy. I don’t write wives who are treated like helpless princesses. I transmigrated as a foolish princess who saved the emperor, and now I’m winning by listening to people’s inner thoughts! Lin Bao worked herself to death on overtime and got a new look as a fool 3Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 298 开 A Basket of Potatoes from the Start, and You Want Me to Open a Restaurant? 开局一筐土豆，让我开饭馆？ Meow Meow, Stuffed Full喵呜喵呜吃饱饱Ancient Romance715k WordsCompleted [Food] [System] [Healing] [Alternate World] [No Romance] [Congratulations, Host, you have successfully bound the Chef System. Now, please start cooking~] Xu Yuan somehow got bound to the Chef System, but all it provided was a basket of potatoes. What could she make with potatoes? Crispy and delicious hot-and-sour shredded potatoes, appetizing red-oil potato slices bursting with flavor, fragrant wolf-tooth potatoes... With these three potato dishes, she successfully opened a "Tasty Inn" in a myst 1kReads—Score159Shelves

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    This should fit the description, right? It involves cooking in different dimensions, with the main store in the cultivation world and branches in ancient times for disaster relief, all via delivery. The female lead has already been called a deity [laughs]. And there are actually tutorials [smirks].

49. 299 美 Foodie Card Draws: I Reach the Top as a Chef by Setting Up Random Stalls 美食抽卡：我靠随机摆摊登顶厨神 Pearl Milk Tea Is So Sweet珍珠奶茶好甜Urban208k WordsOngoing [Food] [Random Pop-Up Stalls] [No CP] [Cards] [Daily Life] [Healing] [Funny and Lighthearted] [Ensemble Cast] Jiang Yan, who has a laid-back attitude and what seems like a cheat-code life, binds to a Food Card Draw and Random Stall System and declares: "I’m going to become the God of Cooking!" One draw a day, and the food transforms in all kinds of ways. S-rank cards shine with golden light again and again. (The System will upgrade, and the protagonist will unlock new abilities. Later on, he won 2.2kReads—Score250Shelves

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    Mainly featuring lighthearted, straightforward, and humorous daily life, omitting the tediousness of cooking, random stalls, no internal conflicts, and interesting stories of straightforward people.

50. 300 我 I Just Set Up a Food Stall, So Why Are All My Customers Getting Stronger? 我就摆个摊，怎么食客都变强了 Ala Cuisine一拉美食Urban634k WordsCompleted [Food That Goes Great with Rice x Delicious] [Comedy x Everyday Life] [System x Street Stall] [Otherworld x City] [Superpowers x Awakening] [No Heroine] [Street-stall task issued. Random location: beside a public restroom. Random food: stinky tofu. Reward: Beginner Cooking Skills!] Lu Chuan is stunned. “System, you really are making things difficult for me, Pang Hu!” At seven in the evening, passersby point and whisper beside the public restroom. To attract customers, Lu Chuan gets an idea and d 65Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I'm going to carry these three books around the food book famine square.

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