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. 301 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 3.9kReads9.4Score697Shelves
2. 302 古 Farming in Ancient Times: I Lead the Whole Village to Prosperity 古代种田，我领全村做大做强 Winter Keyboardist凛冬键手Ancient Romance245k WordsOngoing [Farming]+ [A Seasoning System Whose Goods Cannot Be Resold]+ [No Romance]+ [Gourmet]+ [Building Wealth]+ [Fun Ancient-Era Facts Throughout]+ [No Annoying Characters]+ [Clever, Breezy Read] (The range of food is limited while the protagonist saves up capital at first. There will be more dishes once she opens a restaurant later on.) (The business will eventually expand far and wide, but the protagonist only travels between the village, county, and prefectural city.) Ji Ning, who worked so much o 6Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 303 万 Managing the Myriad Worlds: I Brought Blue Star Back to Life 万界经营：我复活了蓝星 Earn Over Ten Thousand a Month and Become Free月入过万成为自由人Modern Romance638k WordsCompleted Rui Ye opens her eyes and finds herself transmigrated into the body of Alice Tao, an orphan who died of heart disease in the interstellar age. Before she can even recover from the shock, her smart device has changed her name, and the Myriad Worlds Planet Management System drops right into her lap. What? Because of the interstellar chaos, her home planet, Blue Star, has lost its cultural heritage and its people are scattered, so she has to manage and rebuild it, restoring Blue Star to its former 15Reads—Score—Shelves

   Reader note

   No CP (Consumer Rights), focus on infrastructure management

4. 304 娘 Your Majesty, What Are We Eating Today? 娘娘，今天吃什么 Wutong Huaihua梧桐槐花Ancient Romance300k WordsCompleted Just to be clear, this novel has no romance, no romance, no romance! The first thing Xia Zhixia does after transmigrating is nearly faint from hunger on an ancient street. Luckily, she’s rescued by Qin Yu, a general’s daughter dressed in red and riding a white horse, whose only wish is to roam the world. Even more remarkably, the two women look almost exactly alike. “Girl, this has to be fate!” Qin Yu says, her eyes lighting up. “You go into the palace for me and live like a queen! My father is 912Reads8.4Score108Shelves
5. 305 穿 Transmigrated as a Poor Fisherwoman in the 1960s, I Use My Pocket Dimension to Raise Seven Kids in Luxury 穿成六零穷渔妇，空间富养七个崽 Qi Mang戚芒Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Period setting + stockpiling supplies + pocket dimension + fishing and gathering seafood + food + everyday life raising children] No romance Complete!!! After a freak car accident, strongwoman Zhang Siyu opens her eyes in the 1960s as a weepy young widow raising three children alone. After beating up some bad guys while crying, Zhang Siyu gains a golden finger and a three-bedroom, one-living-room pocket dimension. It comes stocked with rice, flour, cooking oil, and other supplies she'd put away 2.6kReads9.1Score192Shelves

   Reader note

   This lighthearted novel about raising a child and enjoying delicious food always makes my mouth water.

6. 306 摆 Selling Street Food, I Forge a Path to Immortality Across the Nation 摆摊卖美食，我在全国修出仙途 The Feeling of Chasing the Wind and Racing Lightning追风逐电的感觉Modern Romance249k WordsCompleted [Space, food, street stalls, no male lead] I cultivate through food and just want to focus on my training. Why are all my customers following me around? There's a magical little food shop, run by a young owner who's good at everything. Every dish is irresistible, but the owner never stays in one place. “I swear, if I get to eat the young owner's grilled chicken legs, I'll be able to code like the wind.” “Mom doesn't have to worry about me going bald anymore.” “The young owner is so thoughtful. K 93Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 307 穿 After Transmigrating to the Modern World, the Shadow Guard Kicks Back and Cooks 穿越现代后，暗卫开始摆烂做美食 Shrimp Monster Is Hard to Slim Down麻虾怪难瘦Modern Romance308k WordsCompleted No CP, just the everyday life of an ordinary female covert guard who loves food and gossip. Winter melon, watermelon, Hami melon, nobody’s going to stop me from getting the scoop. Juice-filled buns, dumpling juice, you little brat, get out of my way! Smash the plates, toss the chopsticks, and slap the scoundrels right across the face. I’ve got a temper and the skills to back it up. Nobody gets to push me around. Polished-up blurb A feast of fresh wine and sturgeon, a hotpot of clams. Given a sec 38Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 308 移 Mobile Food Stall: My Customers Are Wild About the Food 移动美食摊：我的食客太疯狂 Cheese Rice Cake芝心年糕Modern Romance443k WordsCompleted [Reader's guide: No CP, not a romance. The Tomato app's tags are wrong, so romance fans should take note before reading.] [Gourmet][Comfort food][Lighthearted][Cozy][Healing][Everyday life][No CP] Sun Xiaoting accidentally binds herself to the Gourmet System and gains unparalleled cooking skills. She also triggers random street-stall missions. She sells jianbing at the night market for 15 yuan a serving, leaving grease shining on her customers' lips; She sells 100-yuan boxed meals outside a luxu 314Reads8.5Score—Shelves
9. 309 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

   Reader note

   A simple and unpretentious food article about traditional Chinese festivals.

10. 310 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. 743Reads—Score102Shelves

    Reader note

    No drama, just the simple life of a street vendor.

11. 311 快 Quick Transmigration: Mission, Spread Gourmet Food Across the Universe! 快穿：目标，将美食传遍全宇宙！ A Lemon Candy for You送你一颗柠檬糖Modern Romance129k WordsCompleted [Food + ensemble cast + a stronger nation + no romance] Shen Muqing was bound to a food System and returned to her previous life. Her mission was simple: make delicious food in different worlds and bring happiness to her customers through the pleasure of eating. In her first life, she was reborn as a wealthy heiress who kept losing money every time she opened a shop, yet persevered in pursuing her dream. Shen's father and mother: “Sweetheart, why don't you just come home and inherit the family f 108Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 312 京 The Little Restaurant in the Capital 京城小饭馆 Mie Mie Sang咩咩桑Ancient Romance469k WordsCompleted Tender green bamboo shoots, fresh crucian carp sashimi, and Xindu mugwort Glossy green oil, fragrant scallions, refreshing wine, and slender, jade-white hands A little eatery has opened on East Street in the capital, where every inch of land is worth its weight in gold. And the owner is a girl of only fifteen or sixteen? Everyone who hears about it shakes their head and calls it foolishness. Isn't she just throwing her money away? The proprietress, Gu Nianxi, insists she doesn't care about makin 1kReads8.1Score147Shelves

    Reader note

    The first book has great descriptions of food; the second book features farming and delicious food, creating a warm family atmosphere—it's really good!! The third book is simple yet heartwarming, about a family selling boxed lunches—I love it! (*´ω`*)

13. 313 深 Midnight Diner: Duck Blood and Vermicelli Soup 深夜食堂：鸭血粉丝汤 The Mountain Bearer负山者8k WordsCompleted Late-Night Diner: Duck Blood Vermicelli Soup 23Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 314 什 What? The Management Game Became Real! 什么？经营游戏成真了！ Super Jabei超级加贝Modern Romance307k WordsCompleted [Mainly business and progression + no romance + leisurely daily life + healing + pocket worlds] From the start, all she had was a tea egg, and it launched a whole street of gourmet food. What? Her tea eggs boost your health? What? Her hot pot makes you look younger? What? Her milk tea keeps you from losing sleep? … Feng Zhu had been an orphan since childhood. She had spent twenty years doing her best to get by, only to be diagnosed with cancer and given less than a year to live. Just as she was 720Reads8.7Score102Shelves
15. 315 杨 The Little Chef of Willowbank 杨柳岸小厨娘 Unnecessary Longing多余想念Ancient Romance338k WordsCompleted [No CP, fictional era, opening a restaurant, cooking whatever people love to eat] Most people marveled at the protagonist’s success, but Jiang Xia couldn’t help feeling sorry for all the supporting women who’d been toyed with by fate. After a quick transmigration, she got the chance to take a supporting woman’s place and keep living. So she decided that since she’d never get what she wanted, she might as well want nothing at all. She would live well and eat well… When a minor figure in the ma 268Reads8.5Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    Good~

16. 316 开 Exiled from the Start? With My Cooking Skills, the World Is Mine 开局流放？厨艺在手，天下我有 Explosively Fried Meatballs狂炸小肉丸Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Exile + Food + Farming + Business + Rugged Hero] Exiled from the start, with her biological father missing? Song Yuzhi has just won the National Cooking Championship when she transmigrates into the body of a frail, foolish young girl in ancient times. She rolls up her sleeves and uses her extraordinary cooking skills to build a good life, even in exile! She also has a handsome hunter for a husband. He's a man of few words, but dependable wherever he goes, and he treats her like his most preciou 3.6kReads8.6Score523Shelves

    Reader note

    The first one seems to have stopped updating. The second one was very good, but the ending felt a bit rushed, although the plot was excellent. The third one was also very good, and there were even some side stories, but it's been too long for me to read them.

17. 317 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 713Reads7.7Score107Shelves

    Reader note

    These books are alright.

18. 318 开 A Villainess from the Start? I'll Turn the Tables With Gourmet Food 开局恶毒女配？我靠美食逆风翻盘 Please Call Me Classmate Xiao He请叫我小何同学Ancient Romance979k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + rebirth + food + sweet romance + wish fulfillment + nation building] Shen Tianjiao wakes up one morning and gets slapped. What? She's the youngest daughter of a general's household, doted on since childhood. Why is she being hit? What? Her fiancé, Crown Prince Qi Chenyu, has just broken off their engagement in front of everyone? Fine, fine! So that's how you want to play it! From that day on, the mood in the capital changes. Shen Tianjiao gives up her lovesick-puppy act: Breaki 11.7kReads7.3Score899Shelves

    Reader note

    They enjoy making and eating delicious food; food makes their lives more colorful!

19. 319 摆 I Sold Dog Food at My Stall, and It Sold Out. I Never Said People Couldn’t Eat It! 摆摊卖狗饭被抢爆没说人不能吃吧 Purple Persimmon Tree紫色柿子树Urban265k WordsCompleted Shen Yi transmigrates to a parallel world and binds himself to a rather unreliable Food System. Every week, the System assigns him a random street-stall mission: Sell boxed meals inside a haunted house that's about to close, sell milk tea in a nursing home that's going under, sell hamburgers at a weight-loss camp that can't attract any customers... Worst of all, it even tells him to sell homemade pet food at a pet shop that can't make a profit. Every dish leaves customers drooling, and once they 65Reads—Score103Shelves
20. 320 全 The Entire Demon Realm Comes to My Little Restaurant 全妖界都来我的小饭馆 Alleyway ol巷陌olAncient Romance463k WordsCompleted (The rating just came out, so it’s low for now. It’ll rise later.) Historical romance + gods and monsters + alternate setting + food + slow burn A new little restaurant has opened on Yong’an Street. The proprietress is lovely, and the food is delicious. Fish fermented with purple ginger, tangy, spicy, salty, and fragrant; crispy fried duck, tender and juicy. Smoky, savory cured meat, richly red and glossy; fresh sunflower greens with fine bamboo shoots, light and refreshing. Diners flock to t 130Reads8.2Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    [Sending hearts][Sending hearts]

21. 321 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
22. 322 我 My Little Snail Husband 我的田螺小夫郎 Little Seven of Mountain Moon山月小七Two Male Leads462k WordsCompleted [Farming + male-male romance + sweet love + food + everyday family life + a slow, steady romance] Spring thunder rolls, and all things come to life. After the rain, the forest is fragrant with the scents of plants and earth. The mountain folk's delicious food can be found all around them. The diligent young husband rises early and treads through the dew to gather a basket of fresh bamboo shoots, pick tender wild greens, and collect newly sprouted mushrooms and toon buds from the treetops. Everyt 10.5kReads9.4Score1.3kShelves

    Reader note

    Both are very good.

23. 323 重 Reborn in the 1980s: Starting with Selling Noodles 重生80年代，从卖面条开始 Loves Coconut Water c爱喝椰子水cUrban189k WordsOngoing [Made Entirely by Hand] [Period Novel + Food + Cozy Everyday Life + System + Farming] Jiang Jue unexpectedly is reborn in 1989 and takes over his family’s restaurant from the start! In an era short on good food, he’ll give diners a taste of culinary wonders! Noodles with shredded pork and green peppers, noodles with fried pork, Yangzhou fried rice, sea cucumber braised with scallions, Wensi tofu, squirrel-shaped mandarin fish, mapo tofu, dry-fried rice noodles with beef, ginger duck... From nort 416Reads—Score105Shelves

    Reader note

    [Bump this post][Bump this post][Added to bookshelf][Already added to my wishlist]

24. 324 日 Raking in Gold Every Day: My Snack Shop Connects to Another World 日进斗金，我的小吃店通异界 A Glimmer in Midsummer微光半夏Modern Romance668k WordsCompleted [Past and present connected · Getting rich · Food · Heartwarming · Shopkeeping] After graduating from college, Hua Juan inherits a mysterious snack shop that takes her to ancient times every night. Can’t cook? No problem, ready-made dishes to the rescue. Swiss rolls, oden, cheesecake, fish with pickled cabbage, you name it. In exchange, she gets copper coins, antique paintings... and makes a fortune! 17.3kReads8.0Score1.6kShelves

    Reader note

    The first book was quite lighthearted at first; it's an ancient food novel where the female lead transmigrates to ancient times as a silly young lady, but she doesn't need to pretend—it was all foretold long ago. She simply cooks delicious food for her family, attracting a huge following. The second book is even easier: during the day, you open the door to the modern world to stock up on pre-made meals at the supermarket; at night, you open the door to ancient times to cook pre-made meals for the ancient people—it's absolutely addictive!

25. 325 她 She Takes Odd Jobs in Shanghai and Refuses to Marry a Billionaire Investor 她，沪上打零工，拒嫁百亿投资人 Aardvark's Potato雅伯菲卡的土豆Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted When a ruthless Silicon Valley CEO who believes “everything can be assigned a value” meets a laid-back working girl from the bottom rung who believes “fate can be observed,” an intense tug-of-war over love, class, and perspective unfolds quietly in Shanghai. Zhou Ji is the founder of TS Capital, and “can't have it” has no place in his vocabulary. One unexpectedly delicious stew sparks in him the most primal urge to “acquire” Shen Ning, the cook who made it. He's used to dissecting everything thr 7.2kReads8.8Score915Shelves

    Reader note

    The first one is absolutely fantastic! It's already finished! This urban romance novel has an extremely profound core, and the author's thoughts are truly inspiring. I took notes while reading it. It mainly focuses on urban life but covers a wide range of knowledge, and it's also a genuine food novel! The second and third books are also new novels written by the same author. The author is currently busy and updates irregularly, but they are also great and can be read later when they're more complete.

26. 326 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
27. 327 每 The Weekly Menu Changes at Random, and Customers Beg Me to Set Up My Stall 每周美食随机换，顾客跪求我出摊 Flowing Trace流痕Urban333k WordsCompleted [Food] [Cozy Everyday Life] [No Female Lead] [Comedy] [Feel-Good] Jiang Feng was sick of his nine-to-six office job. Wanting to be free, he quit and set up a food stall, only to unexpectedly awaken a Food System that unlocked a random dish every week! “Holy crap, I was worried I wouldn’t make money selling food from a stall, but with a System, making money should be a piece of cake!” Jiang Feng thought he’d enjoy a wonderful life where he could open his stall whenever he wanted and sleep in as l 11.4kReads6.5Score1.4kShelves

    Reader note

    It's alright. I don't want to work, so I set up a stall. If customers start urging me to move, I'll just go to another location.

28. 328 陆 General Lu's Ex-Wife Is Living It Up 陆总的前妻很快乐 Aardvark's Potato雅伯菲卡的土豆Modern Romance525k WordsOngoing Chen Xiaohe and Lu Chengyu divorced three years ago, and she's been living a carefree life ever since. How was she supposed to know that her cold-hearted ex-husband would cling to her like a piece of sticky plaster, showing up every now and then? She can't shake him off! Marriage? One experience is enough! Lu Chengyu built his fortune from nothing and restored his family's glory. When he had finally made a name for himself, he got divorced. At first, he didn't think it was a big deal. She was ju 511Reads—Score960Shelves
29. 329 人 The Little Mermaid Chef: Spring Drunkenness, Begonias Bloom, and Dawn Goes Unnoticed 人鱼小厨娘【春酲海棠不觉晓】 The Star Who Picks Up Scrap xin拾荒的星星xinModern Romance254k WordsOngoing Mermaid landlady x a young marshal who says one thing but means another | Food entrepreneurship | A love story that begins in a coffin and makes you cry When Shen Haitang woke up inside a coffin, she had forgotten everything. She remembered only two things: First, she wasn’t human. Second, she was hungry. The man beside her, who was said to have been dead for three days, woke to the sound of her gobbling up the offerings. When he opened his eyes, she was holding up a huge chicken leg, crumbs 2Reads—Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    Super heartwarming! Super delicious! The female lead is a mermaid who opens her eyes in a coffin, next to a young marshal who's supposedly been dead for three days. Hungry, she steals offerings and "brings" the dead back to life. The young marshal later imprisons her in a dungeon and interrogates her for three days. Feeling wronged, she runs away and starts a culinary business, making for delicious late-night meals. Then the young marshal experiences a dramatic chase after his wife, and the female lead's career path is also very appealing; she's independent and pursues her career. The food descriptions are also very heartwarming~ You can enjoy this without worry.

30. 330 间 Idle Hours 间间闲闲 Aardvark's Potato雅伯菲卡的土豆Modern Romance235k WordsOngoing A very old-school romance story, a little spark of inspiration in my spare time, and the third pit I've dug. The tycoon Yu Zhixian meets Mu Jianjian, an ordinary woman with nothing going for her. Mu Jianjian is a modern-day alchemist who has gone unnoticed by the world, and she yearns for the Western Divine Realm. Ever since her attempt to become an immortal failed, she has had no choice but to take the perilous path of overcoming her romantic tribulation. She decided to date Yu Zhixian while fe 211Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 331 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 460Reads—Score102Shelves

    Reader note

    This perfectly meets your requirements! It's a hilarious cultivation and food-themed novel, with everyone being a bit of a goofball. Although the author only earns a few cents a day, he promises to update until completion, exceeding a million words, and he's a responsible writer. 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 bit of a goofball, everyone's hilarious. The author gets more and more unrestrained as it 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 is sure to be hilarious and cure all your unhappiness. [Add to bookshelf]

32. 332 农 Country Chef at the Wok, Villagers Want a Feast Every Day! 农村掌大勺，村民天天想吃席！ The Lonely Master孤寡大师Urban611k WordsCompleted Gu Ze transmigrates to a parallel world and binds himself to the top chef System. Other people who transmigrate get a food System that appears and disappears without a trace, and customers chase it down the street. But his System has just one task: cater banquets and earn ten thousand yuan a month. After Gu Ze caters a harvest feast for an entire village, his name spreads through the little town. The villagers spend every day plotting how to get a seat at a banquet. “You say you don’t know me? F 4.9kReads8.8Score393Shelves

    Reader note

    The male protagonist transmigrates to a parallel world and is bound to a culinary god system. After his original restaurant went bankrupt, he returned to his rural hometown. Starting with a neighbor's banquet, the protagonist's cravings spread like wildfire throughout the surrounding villages. After tasting his cooking, everyone longed to eat it again.

33. 333 修 Cultivating Immortality Doesn't Mean Giving Up Spicy Chicken Burgers 修真不忘香辣鸡腿堡 Tuna Rice Bowl金枪鱼拌饭Two Male Leads1.3M WordsOngoing (The ratings just opened and will rise later. The word count may change as the story is revised.) [Two Male Leads + Transmigration into a Cultivation World + Leveling Up + Shou Lead + Food] [Older Top + Nontraditional Power Fantasy + Otherworldly Continent + Slow Burn + Multiple Couples + Epic-Length] A newbie’s first work, set in a wholly fictional world born from imagination. Please be gentle with your criticism. If this isn’t your thing, just click away _(:_"∠)_ After a car accident, Su Lian 1.2kReads6.8Score125Shelves
34. 334 今 The Roc Takes Flight on the Brink of Another Hotpot Disaster 今天也在铁锅翻车的边缘大鹏展翅 Ye Junmo叶君莫Two Male Leads216k WordsOngoing Xie Lan is one of the top 100 food streamers on a certain platform, nicknamed “The Man Who Stews Himself in an Iron Pot.” Other people’s cooking streams are soothing. His are downright depressing Depressing for the viewers: “Chef Xie, are you sure this is sweet-and-sour pork, not charcoal-grilled obsidian?” “Chef Xie, has your spatula come alive? Why did it fly off by itself again?!” “Chef Xie, stop reciting the God of Cooking’s secret manual. You’re going to scare the Kitchen God into quitting —Reads—Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    I recently discovered a book that seems quite unique; it combines mishaps, food, metaphysics, and technology.

35. 335 开 From the Start, I Made Scallion Pancakes, and Foreigners Were Drooling 开局煎饼果子，老外都被我馋哭了 The Pure Crow清纯的乌鸦Urban36k WordsOngoing [No Female Lead] [Food] [Golden Finger] [You'll Drool with Envy] [Street Food Stalls Around the World] Programmer Lin Yi awakens the Gourmet Tycoon System and is sent overseas from the start to sell jianbing on the streets. New York's elite give up Michelin-starred restaurants for him? A Paris food critic calls his ramen "Eastern magic"? Tokyo artisans beg for a bowl of his spicy hot pot broth? As food lovers from every country line up in a frenzy at his little food stall, Lin Yi gives a faint s 2Reads—Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    This is quite unique; even international food connoisseurs set up stalls and move around to different locations.

36. 336 继 I Inherited a Little Tavern, and the First Order Is a Feast at Hongmen! 继承小酒楼，首单竟是鸿门宴！ Carrying the North Southward载北以南Urban863k WordsOngoing [The rating just opened and will rise later] [Food + Comfort Reads + Historical Adventures + Slice of Life + Healing] Ying He suddenly learns that his father left him two million in debt, and the ancestral restaurant he inherited is about to be lost. Luckily, the restaurant comes with a System that lets him transmigrate into the past to find recipes. He thought it would be a sure thing, but his first stop was the Feast at Hongmen, where he had to cook for Liu Bang and Xiang Yu. After finally win 569Reads8.9Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    It's so beautiful it's explosive!

37. 337 穿 Transmigrated to the Early Tang, I Want Wealth, Not Romance 穿在初唐，不想恋爱只想发家 Eats Garlic Like Rice大蒜当饭吃Ancient Romance209k WordsCompleted (Farming + food + transmigration to the early Tang dynasty + infrastructure + making a fortune) After transmigrating to the world under Li Shimin’s rule, who could resist making a little difference? Knit sweaters and sew padded coats to keep Li Shimin, who already has a heated brick bed, even warmer and help him live a little longer. Reinforce the city walls with cement and add vermicelli to the army’s rations, making the eastern campaign against Goguryeo a little easier. A soap business can 133Reads—Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    Wow, this one's a no-romance game, featuring food, farming, and infrastructure building.

38. 338 发 Exiled to the Border, the Criminal Wife Clears the Wasteland and Raises a God of War 发配边关，罪妻开荒养出战神 Liu Li鎏漓Ancient Romance1.2M WordsOngoing [Life on the frontier + wood affinity + beast taming + doting husband + fiercely protective + pioneering and farming + sweet romance + two strong, straightforward leads + contrasting couples] Great Jing has suffered drought for two years running. Food shortages are widespread, and war has engulfed Liaodong. Su He, a logistics worker from the apocalypse, transmigrates into the body of a maid enslaved for a crime and is sent to become the wife of a military household. Her fellow convict women do t 148.9kReads9.0Score140kShelves

    Reader note

    I've seen a lot, but I can't find the right one.

39. 339 绑 My Breakfast Shop Took Off After I Bound a Food System 绑定美食系统后，我的早餐店火了 October in Tingzhou汀州十月Modern Romance421k WordsCompleted Su Ti was fed empty promises and manipulated by her company, so she decisively took the money and walked away. On her second day unemployed, she unexpectedly binds to the mysterious [Myriad Feasts Record] System From then on, every dish she makes gets a score: “Plain noodles: 8.9 points, just barely excellent.” “Crispy pastry: 9.8 points, astonishingly good!” Her best friend takes one bite of her noodles and slaps the table: “Quit! Open a restaurant! I’ll invest!” A neighbor tries the pastries s 2.7kReads7.2Score314Shelves
40. 340 我 I'm the Tofu Belle of the Stars 我在星际当豆腐西施 Retirement Machine for a Lazy Fish咸鱼养老机Two Male Leads1.1M WordsCompleted (Completed, plus extra chapters) Also known as The Interstellar Guide to Eating Disaster Species, Interstellar: I Become a Planetary Governor Through Chinese Cuisine, Species Invasion? No, the Ingredient Catalog Just Got Updated!, and My Ingredients Are Invasive Species Found Across the Stars (Two male leads + interstellar + food + everyday life + farming + infrastructure + gaming) After transmigrating into the interstellar era, Song Xinglan became an orphan on a remote planet with nothing to hi 721Reads7.1Score102Shelves
41. 341 牛 I Quit My Grunt Job to Become a Nanny and Got the Anorexic Tycoon Wrapped Around My Finger 牛马辞职当保姆，拿捏厌食症大佬 A Stroke of Ink, a Soul Enchanted点墨倾魂Modern Romance746k WordsCompleted The short drama is already online, two versions are awaiting release, and the book is in publication. Bright, capable housekeeper VS aloof-on-the-outside, secretly passionate big shot The heroine is all about making money + the hero eventually falls hard + food + sweet romance + healing Lu Zhiyu has had a miserable life. Her own father treats her like an ATM, while her mother wants to sell her off to pay the bride price for her son. She works herself to the bone in the big city, putting up with 2.6kReads8.2Score338Shelves

    Reader note

    🍒🌷The female lead was treated like a free slave at her ex-boyfriend's company, and even caught him having sex with her🌱. She resolutely quit and became a✨nanny. Initially, she's focused on making money, but the powerful man's advances are relentless❗❗No spoilers, you can read with peace of mind.🍒🌷She inherited her grandfather's cultivation sect—the Qionghua Sect. As the sect leader🍉, Jiang Tingyun only wants to grow vegetables, cook, and open a restaurant to support✨the entire sect.

42. 342 系 System: I Make a Fortune in Ancient Times with Desserts 系统：我靠甜品在古代暴富了 Strange Cheese奇怪的奶酪Ancient Romance202k WordsCompleted Farming + Leveling Up + Food + System + No CP Su Nanxing transmigrated and inherited a failing inn in ancient times, along with the debts she had in her modern life. What kind of cruel twist of fate was this? “Once, an emperor’s great undertaking was cut short before it was halfway done. Now, Su’s great undertaking has barely begun, and she already owes a million.” But it’s fine. Iced lemon water, chocolate daifuku, brown sugar belly-button pastries, oat-and-nut bars, hawthorn mille-feuille, 199Reads—Score101Shelves

    Reader note

    These two books!!!

43. 343 你 You Take the Imperial Exams, I Farm: A Paper-Thin Couple Braving the Famine 你科举我种田，塑料夫妻闯荒年 Bai Jiuhuan白久欢Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Farming + food + pocket dimension + stockpiling grain + fleeing famine + business + sweet romance + everyday life] After Jiang Qingyue’s soul is mistakenly taken, she receives the ultimate transmigration starter pack. She thought she’d get to live a cheat-powered life, railing against heaven, earth, and everything in between. Instead, she transmigrates into the body of a fat, lazy, greedy, slippery woman and marries a man who hates her to the bone. Song Yan died unjustly in his previous life an 48.9kReads8.9Score3.5kShelves
44. 344 分 After the Family Split, I Stocked My Warehouse with a System and Drove the Villains Mad 分家后我有系统囤满仓，气疯极品 Wan Sangyu晚桑鱼Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Farming + family drama + System + romance + everyday life] After missing a step on the stairs, Zhou Jiayue transmigrates to a remote mountain village in ancient times, where she becomes a young farmer who has been married for just one month. Her husband’s grandmother is still berating her haughtily: “Now that you’ve married into the Song family, you have to follow our rules. Everything you own belongs to the Song family. If I tell you to hand something over, you hand it over!” Her grandmother-i 4.9kReads8.9Score689Shelves
45. 345 全 The Whole Family Transmigrates to Ancient Times: With a Cold Storage at Hand, It’s Time to Make Our Fortune 全家穿古代，冷库在手，奋斗吧 Yeye Ya椰椰呀Ancient Romance353k WordsCompleted Lin Zhi transmigrates along with her parents. What? Her uncle's family of three and her aunt's family of three came too? They've brought the whole clan along! They find themselves from the start in the middle of a refugee flight, and the whole family are undocumented outsiders. What are they going to do? Luckily, she has a cold-storage pocket dimension. They join the refugees, and the entire extended family successfully settles down in ancient times. They take out the gold bracelets they brought 1.7kReads7.3Score257Shelves
46. 346 六 The 1960s: I Follow the Army with My Child and Make the Whole Camp Drool 六零年，带娃随军我馋哭全军营 Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Ning猫猫猫猫猫宁Modern Romance436k WordsCompleted [Food + military life + adorable kids + Culinary God System + everyday child-rearing] Only after awakening does Song Qinghuan realize that the world she lives in grew out of a wicked stepmother novel, and that she is the original wife, a cannon-fodder character destined to die young. When she falls into a river, her children are abducted by human traffickers. Her children become villains who stand in the way of the heroine's children! In the end, some die and others are left crippled! All becaus 12.5kReads8.6Score1.2kShelves
47. 347 奇 The Miracle Chinese Restaurant 奇迹中餐厅 Gu Sheng顾生Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted After suddenly finding a chef System from the future, Nan Yue is taken back to when she was twenty and gains a golden finger. After the chef System trains Nan Yue to become a chef… Foodies think her cooking can bring the dead back to life. The broke crowd thinks her restaurant is a rip-off, charging more than five-star restaurants. Food lovers think it’s delicious and fly in just to line up. People overseas think the Queen of England has fallen in love with Chinese cuisine. Nan Yue thinks she ha 168Reads7.4Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    This is a novel I've read twice; it's really well-written. If you don't mind a female protagonist leading to multiple partners, you should check it out. You won't regret it.

48. 348 穿 After Transmigrating, the Earth God Is My Backer 穿越之土地公公是我的靠山 The Moon Shines on a Potato明月照土豆Ancient Romance269k WordsCompleted An imaginary dynasty + Medical skills + No romance + No awful relatives + Can communicate with animals. No golden finger! No golden finger! Yao Ping’an, a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner who depended on her master for everything, had her soul enter the body of a two-year-old child with an intellectual disability. Then she arrived just as a once-in-a-century disaster struck: a three-year famine, with the second year bringing a total crop failure. While everyone else fled the famine, she 2.5kReads9.1Score271Shelves
49. 349 无 Endless Ingredient Mystery Boxes: From the Start, I Ran a Little Restaurant 无限食材盲盒：开局一家美食小馆 Little Bottle of Floral Water小瓶花露水Modern Romance896k WordsCompleted Unemployed, broke, and down to just 200 yuan, Fang Yue bai bound herself to the Infinite Ingredient Blind Box System, thinking her big break had finally come. Instead, her starter pack was a shabby fifteen-square-meter shop with peeling walls, and a Level 1 privilege that could only draw “ordinary eggs + wilted cabbage.” System notice: Ingredients may not be taken outside the shop. Looking at the wilted cabbage in her hand, Fang Yue bai gritted her teeth. Fine, then. She’d use this old wok and f 1.8kReads6.7Score229Shelves

    Reader note

    The subject matter is excellent and the content is very detailed.

50. 350 末 Doomsday Island: I Pick Up a Big Shot and Start Farming Together 末日孤岛：捡个大佬一起来种田 Left and Right, Just Right左宜右有Sci-Fi & Apocalypse468k WordsOngoing [Island Farming] + [Slow Pace] + [Max-Level Expert] + [Cozy and Healing] + [Good Food] + [Sweet Romance, No Angst] Three hundred years ago, a cataclysm struck Earth, leaving the world with nothing but countless isolated islands. Floods, scorching heat, extreme cold… Humanity has been reduced to primitive farming and hunting. While survivors fight over half a moldy loaf of bread at sea, Mu Yao is reclining on a beach chair on her own island, enjoying chilled lychees from her refrigerator. She pos 2kReads8.4Score217Shelves

    Reader note

    If you're looking for something to read, I highly recommend this. It's a post-apocalyptic island farming story, without any fighting or killing. The female protagonist built a stone house on a mountaintop, warm in winter and cool in summer, with dried flowers and pheasant feathers adorning the windowsill. After being pulled from the sea, the male protagonist helps her chop wood, fish, and mend fishing nets. It's heartwarming and healing, with a slow pace, perfect for reading before bed.

Other lists with A Record of Eating Demons