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1. 1 我 I Used One Bowl of Noodles to Put a City on the Map 我靠一碗面，带动一座城 Fiery Cabbage火爆的白菜Urban1.1M WordsOngoing [Food + Scenic Area Management, No Stressful Shopkeeping, Well-Plotted, No Stupid Characters] From the start, he quit his job and headed home to take over his father's noodle shop. He turned the little shop into a countywide tourism sensation, putting the county's cultural tourism industry on the map. The Bureau of Culture and Tourism, the Transportation Bureau, the Market Regulation Bureau, and even the county magistrate all begged to get on his good side. He even took over a bankrupt A-grade s 100kReads8.3Score12.3kShelves

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   Go read this book, it's not cliché, I highly recommend it [Like] The male protagonist runs a shop based on delicious food, no running around, no nesting dolls. Attracting countless tourists, it directly boosted the cultural tourism in the county. And the plot is absolutely not about nesting dolls, there is no plot about changing places repeatedly to set up a stall, there is no plot about outsmarting the face, and there is no messy food competition and other plots. The government-related plot is particularly interesting, and all policies and procedures are well documented. I absolutely respect every reader of this book.

2. 2 表 The Cousin Miss Is Climbing the Social Ladder Again Today 表小姐今天又在攀高枝 Please Call Me Ouou请叫我鸥鸥Ancient Romance633k WordsCompleted [The rating is low because the novel was just listed...] A young lady from the extended family has arrived at the Duke of the State's manor, and none of the three young masters there can stand her. One would rather become a monk, another claims to prefer men. The third would rather die in the arms of a courtesan from overindulging. Everyone in the manor says the young lady is shameless and always trying to climb the social ladder! But no one expected that the young lady despised by the Xie famil 1kReads7.1Score105Shelves

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   It's really beautiful! Especially the stall setting in the second volume!

3. 3 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 7kReads8.8Score676Shelves
4. 4 这 This Boss Is So Sneaky, He Takes His Street Stall Everywhere 这老板真苟，摆个地摊还到处走 Selling Egg Burgers!卖鸡蛋汉堡咯Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [The print edition of Random Gourmet Stall is now available on major platforms] [Gourmet] [No romance] [Everyday life] [Comedy] [Comfort food] [Cozy] [Healing] After transmigrating to a parallel world, Lin Zhou unexpectedly binds himself to a Random Gourmet System. Every week brings a random location, random food, and different customers. He sells buns at the park entrance, century egg and lean pork congee on a mountaintop, and candied hawthorns outside a school. Every dish is mouthwatering and 85.4kReads9.5Score8.7kShelves
5. 5 随 Random Street Stalls: I Use Food to Lure Snakes Out of Their Holes 随机摆摊：我用美食引蛇出洞 AAAA Prosperous BloomsAAAA花开富贵Urban889k WordsOngoing [Food + undercover work + comedy + catching criminals + System + no heroine + no romance] Also known as Food: The Undercover Cop Sets Up a Street Stall, and Fugitives Beg Him to Get Back to Work Xiao Lan transmigrated into the body of a police officer in a parallel world and was assigned to pose as a street-food vendor while keeping an eye on a suspect. As it happened, he’d been a cooking genius in his previous life. This was right up his alley. The next day, a tricycle loaded with top-tier food 10.9kReads9.4Score957Shelves
6. 6 我 I'm Investigating a Case, So Why Are the Diners Chasing Me? 我查案啊，食客怎么追着我跑？ A Lifetime of Peace L一生平安LUrban553k WordsCompleted After graduating, Lin Feng became a proud police officer, but the System he got was a food System. On his first day, Lin Feng was tasked with posing as a jianbing vendor in Fuyuan Residential Complex and keeping an eye on Li Dayong. Business boomed, and the jianbing Lin Feng sold even went viral. He made over ten thousand yuan, tears in his eyes, found evidence of Li Dayong's crimes, and earned a personal third-class merit award. On his second day, Lin Feng was ordered to sell barbecue at the to 332Reads6.7Score106Shelves
7. 7 I An Introvert Runs a Stall Everywhere, and the Customers Lose It I人摆摊到处跑，顾客崩溃了 Meowblade喵刃Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted (Completed) [Food + healing + System + no romance] The ups and downs between food-loving customers and a heroine who loves to run away from her delicious food. (Not romance, just foodies’ pure love of good food.) The finest cuisine calls for the best ingredients and outstanding technique, brought together with customers’ ravenous stares, mouths watering, and an overwhelming craving to create a truly exquisite feast. Zhou Lin is an independent woman with exceptionally strong boundaries. Thanks to 4.4kReads8.2Score434Shelves
8. 8 美 Gourmet: Stop Stewing It, Even the Village Dogs Are Drooling! 美食：别炖了，村里狗都馋哭了！ Tai Shinaifu泰史奈夫Urban2.6M WordsOngoing Kuang Rui refuses to get caught up in the rat race and chooses to lie flat back in his hometown. He inherits his father’s braised meat shop and, after rejecting the rat race, gains a Food System. Together, they breathe new life into the shop. The humble home-cooked dishes that once went unnoticed are transformed into viral hits that customers flock to check in and try. Take steamed stinky tofu with minced meat, for example. It smells awful but tastes delicious, and one bite is enough to leave y 2.4kReads6.4Score175Shelves
9. 9 小 Has the Little Chef God Fed the Top Scholar Today? 小厨神今天投喂状元了吗 Cloud-Cooking Wanderer云炊客Two Male Leads349k WordsCompleted A vermilion-mole culinary prodigy × a poor scholar who rises to become the top scorer Gu Nian was born straight into the Qiming Dynasty as a young man with a vermilion mole between his brows. Looking at his hunter parents and twin brother, he resolutely took up the family recipe book passed down through the generations Mushroom soup dumplings filled the streets with their fragrance, bamboo-tube milk tea took the academies by storm, and ice cream made with saltpeter amazed the imperial chefs! Wh 770Reads8.7Score153Shelves
10. 10 美 Gourmet: Setting Up a Stall in a Snowy World, The Whole Internet Begs Me to Stay 美食：冰雪世界摆摊，全网求别走 Star Lord Yuan Rong元荣星君Urban371k WordsCompleted Food + Everyday Life + Lighthearted (Selling lamb soup at the Ice and Snow World from the start, making the little Southern potato tourists drool) Qin Rui transmigrates to a parallel world and activates a scenic-area stall System. On his first day, he sells lamb soup at the Ice and Snow World. The little Southern potato tourists, who’ve been dancing in the cold wind, are freezing and at a loss when they suddenly spot Qin Rui’s lamb soup stall. A cute girl with rabbit ears says, “Boss, I’m from S 81Reads5.7Score—Shelves

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11. 11 美 Gourmet: I Take My Little Sister to Kindergarten and Make the Teachers Drool 美食：带妹妹去幼儿园，馋哭老师 The Cat Who Eats Liangpi吃凉皮的猫Urban401k WordsCompleted [Gourmet]+ [Everyday Life]+ [Comedy]+ [Comfort Food]+ [Dad]+ [Adorable Kids]+ [Heartwarming]+ [Healing] Zhou Lin took his little sister to apply for a chef position at a kindergarten, only to face a challenge from a five-star chef. He won the cooking contest and became the head chef at Shuitian Kindergarten. From then on, teachers at kindergartens all over town tried everything they could to get a taste of Zhou Lin’s cooking. Parents did everything they could to transfer their children to Shuiti 1.4kReads7.1Score101Shelves
12. 12 我 I'm Just a Chef. What Do I Know About Showbiz? 我就是个厨子，哪懂什么娱乐圈 Er Ba Wan二八万Urban659k WordsOngoing [Food + System + Entertainment] Li Ming transmigrated into the role of head chef in the employee cafeteria at Jiayi Media and was bound to the Super Chef God System! Not only did Boss Yang and Reba sneak into the kitchen every night, but countless actors and stars flocked there too, all just for a taste of Li Ming's cooking! Reba: “How can Li Ming's cooking be this good? If I married him, could I eat his food every day?” Boss Yang: “Why have so many stars and directors been begging to work with 1.3kReads7.0Score102Shelves
13. 13 美 Gourmet: My Maxed-Out Cooking Skills Are Only for a Quiet Street Stall 美食：满级厨艺的我只想安静出摊 The Storyteller讲故事的人Urban775k WordsCompleted [The short drama of the same name is now available] (The protagonist never shows off. He's mild-mannered, humble, and hardworking. There is a female lead. Please don't read if that's not your thing, thanks.) A quiet, laid-back story about everyday food and cooking. The System is even lazier than the protagonist (it just lends a hand, it doesn't take charge). Xia Yu is a foodie who graduated from college not long ago. His dream is to be a lazy slacker. Then one day, a System drops out of nowhere 8.9kReads8.7Score706Shelves
14. 14 开 Confessed to from the Start: A Food Blogger Meets a Little Foodie 开局被表白，美食博主遇上小吃货 Twinkling Stars星灿灿Urban121k WordsCompleted [Food, System, campus beauty, one heroine] After the campus beauty confessed to him, Wang Zijun activated a popularity-boosting food System. He gained a huge following through one mortifying incident after another, and began living with the aloof campus beauty. As Wang Zijun recreated one popular dish after another and became a food blogger, he discovered that this supposedly “aloof” beauty was actually a little foodie! 102Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 15 美 Gourmet: Making a Living by Selling Food on the Street 美食：从摆摊赚生活费开始 Invincible A Ying无敌阿莹Urban671k WordsOngoing [Gourmet food] + [Everyday urban life] + [One heroine] + [Comedy] “Have you heard? There’s a stall at the night market that sells really good cold noodles.” “I heard there’s also a stall selling buns, and they’re unbelievably good.” “What are you talking about? I heard the night market’s braised beef is amazing.” Li Qing, who had transmigrated here, realized he was about to start college, but paying for living expenses was going to be a big problem. Then he unexpectedly activated the Chef God Sy 18Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 16 娱 Showbiz: I'm a Foodie Travel Blogger, and Reba Is Chasing Me 娱乐：我美食旅行家，热芭倒追 King Yu Who Loves Sesame Porridge爱吃芝麻粥的虞王Urban301k WordsCompleted [Divas Hit the Road 5 + heroine Dilraba + celebrities + entertainment industry + variety show] Xiao Su accidentally transmigrated to a parallel world. The moment he opened his eyes, he found himself a top-tier star in the entertainment industry! An invitation arrived out of the blue: he’d been invited to join the hit variety show The Silk Road: Divas Hit the Road, Season 5, as a special guest travel companion, officially embarking on a cross-country educational journey. From mysterious, welcomin 306Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 17 美 Gourmet: Opening a Restaurant with My Little One, Customers Line Up All Night and Crowd the Door 美食：带着萌娃开店，顾客连夜排队堵门 Listening to the Wind's Song in the Rain莫雨听风吟Urban386k WordsCompleted Su Chen, a stay-at-home dad, awakened a Super Gourmet System and opened a breakfast shop near a university campus! From then on, the once-peaceful campus was swept up in a food frenzy! The students had to get competitive for a taste of the food, waking up earlier and earlier! When they realized Su Chen’s shop couldn’t feed every student, students from three universities secretly launched a plan to win him over! Divide and conquer, honey traps, playing the victim, fabricating stories, befriending 378Reads5.9Score—Shelves
18. 18 向 Back to Field: From the Start, I Have a Chef's Divine Talent and Make Teacher He Feast 向往：开局厨神天赋，吃嗨何老师 Fan Lan番岚Urban449k WordsCompleted Reborn, Lin Yun not only becomes the son of a powerful entertainment-industry mogul, but also awakens the Human Potential System! As long as he collects enough popularity points, he can unlock humanity's max-level talents! So, under his father's threats and tempting offers, Lin Yun joins the eighth season of Back to Field, one of the top three most popular outdoor variety shows in the country! From the start, Lin Yun chooses the max-level hunter talent. He hunts in the mountains, catches fish in 1.7kReads6.9Score111Shelves
19. 19 美 Gourmet: My Family Pressures Me to Marry, and a Heavenly Beauty Wants to Come Home with Me for New Year 美食：催婚，过年天仙要和我回家 Being Handsome Is a Crime, I Got a Life Sentence帅有罪我无期Urban208k WordsCompleted Lan Lin was reborn in his youth and awakened the Strongest Chef of China System. At a film and television studio, he took over a shop no one had any faith in and served traditional Chinese cuisine, drawing crowds eager to get a taste. Director: Everyone, step aside! I want braised pork! Extra: Once work's over, even if you're a celestial immortal, it won't help you. I'm grabbing it! The braised pork is mine! Food blogger: Everyone, the place I'm checking out today is once again this super popula 811Reads6.6Score—Shelves
20. 20 美 Foodie Restaurant Reviews: My Identity as the Head Chef of a State Banquet Is Exposed 美食探店：我国宴主厨身份被曝光 Ruffian暴徒Urban1.1M WordsCompleted In this age where food reigns supreme, Xiao Bai awakens the Gourmet System and wins the Harbor District God of Cooking Competition. He earns the title of Imperial Banquet Chef, but keeps his identity hidden and sets out to review restaurants. [Ding! You have completed the task of reviewing ten private dining establishments! Reward: 10 SSS-grade cooking methods.] [Ding! You have completed the task of reviewing eight major cuisines! Reward: a set of God of Cooking knives!] [Ding! You have complete 745Reads6.5Score100Shelves
21. 21 开 Head Chef on a Film Set from the Start: Did Liu Tianxian Cry After Eating? 开局剧组大厨，刘天仙吃哭了？ Boiled Hairtail水煮刀鱼Urban824k WordsCompleted [Gourmet] + [Showbiz] + [Comedy], completely safe and toxin-free, so read with confidence! Wang Ye transmigrated to a parallel world and became a chef on a film set. From the start, he gained a Gourmet System and began his wild ride. Extra: "Holy crap, Brother Ye's a culinary god sent down from heaven!" Liu Tianxian: "Mmm, so good! It's amazing! I'm doomed, I'm going to gain weight again!" Famous director: "Chef Wang, I hear you're an incredible cook. Would you be our film crew's exclusive chef? 108Reads6.7Score—Shelves
22. 22 美 Gourmet: You Hired Me as a Security Guard, So Why Am I Making the Residents Drool? 美食：让你当保安，你馋哭业主？ Fu Xiaola富小拉Urban252k WordsCompleted [Gourmet + System + no romance + cooking competitions + lighthearted daily life] In his previous life, Liu Ran was a programmer who worked around the clock. He died suddenly on his twenty-fifth birthday and was reborn just as he was graduating and looking for a job. This time, he decides to skip thirty years of struggle: he’ll become a security guard right after graduation and laze around! But the Gourmet System intervenes and changes the life he had planned for himself. From the triple-combo ri 212Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 23 我 I'm Just a Chef, Director, Stop Adding Drama! 我只是个厨子啊，导演别加戏了吧 Give Me an Egg Burger来个鸡蛋汉堡Urban161k WordsCompleted [Food + film sets + everyday life + comfort food + warmth + healing + comedy + fun] Lin Zhou joins a casting call for extras and unexpectedly gets bound to a Gourmet System. From then on, he only ever plays cooks. He can be a five-star chef in a domineering CEO drama, or the head cook at a country banquet in a rural drama. He can whip up roadside restaurant dishes so fragrant they fill the air for miles, or make stall food so delicious you'll savor every bite. Whatever the role calls for, he'll 3.4kReads7.5Score227Shelves
24. 24 我 I’m a Gourmet Hunter! I’ll Keep Da Mimi Fed! 我，美食猎人！喂饱大蜜蜜！ Xi Jiji囍吉吉Urban139k WordsCompleted [Food + Livestreaming + Outdoor Everyday Life] Top chef Liu Xuan was searching for the finest ingredients when an accident sent him to Ailao Mountain in a parallel world, where he happened to run into Yang Mi livestreaming. “This black carp weighs fifty pounds. It’ll be perfect for fish with pickled mustard greens!” “This wild boar chose to end its own life for some reason, so let’s not waste its kind offering. We’ll braise the head, red-braise the pork belly, make sweet-and-sour ribs, and serve 22Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 25 过 I Went Home for New Year and Took Charge of the Cooking, Now My Relatives Won't Leave! 过年回家掌厨，亲戚赖着不走了！ Five-Spice Tofu and Pork Belly香干五花Urban238k WordsCompleted [Food + Mouthwatering + Makes You Drool + No Romance + Cozy Daily Life + Comedy] As soon as final exams ended, Chen Zhuo unexpectedly bound himself to a Setting-Based Food System. By loading different everyday-life settings, he could gain the cooking skills associated with them. On his first day back home, he loaded the “Spring Festival” setting. Cured meat, cured fish, and sausages were just the appetizers. Under his hands, fish cakes, fish balls, meatballs, lotus-root sandwiches, spring rolls, 2.1kReads6.4Score115Shelves
26. 26 美 Gourmet: Selling Meals at School Sends Students and Teachers into a Frenzy 美食：学校卖饭，师生抢疯了 Boiled Fish水煮鱼Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Gourmet | Everyday Life | Lighthearted | Relaxing | Slow-Paced | Comforting] Jiang Fan got a Gourmet System and rented a small food stall in his school cafeteria. “There aren’t any students eating here. You should close up.” “The food’s terrible. You’ll be out of business in a few days.” “Here comes another idiot, selling food in this place.” Everyone mocked him. Jiang Fan ignored them and checked his mission. He had to sell a hundred shaomai in one day. Could he pull that off? “Wow, these shao 2.7kReads7.1Score175Shelves
27. 27 我 My Food Refreshes at Random, Leaving Customers Drooling 我的美食随机刷新，顾客馋哭了 Half-Sweet Iced Coffee, No Extra Ice冰咖半糖不加冰Urban1.7M WordsCompleted This book is also known as: Selling Extra-Spicy Grilled Wings Outside a Colorectal Hospital [Food + no female lead + everyday life + comedy + perfect with a meal] Lin Xuan didn't want to go to work, so he unexpectedly bound himself to a food System. Every week, it assigned a random location and a random dish. But the very first week's task left him dumbfounded. What? Sell extra-spicy grilled wings outside a colorectal hospital? What kind of devilish task was that? And that was only the beginnin 80.7kReads9.3Score8.6kShelves
28. 28 美 Gourmet: I'm the Company Chef, and Everyone Wants Overtime 美食：我公司掌勺，全员要求加班 Walnut Nutcracker胡桃大夹子Urban186k WordsCompleted [The male lead’s career path: employee → self-employed → employee → self-employed → employee → ... an endless cycle...] Su Bin, an outstanding soon-to-be graduate, was about to start an internship at a major company when a jealous classmate secretly changed his assigned position, turning a white-collar job into a late-night restaurant cook position. As it happened, Su Bin unexpectedly acquired a Gourmet System. Inside the company shuttle-bus drivers’ break room: “It’s past nine at night. Why is 430Reads5.9Score—Shelves
29. 29 我 I'm Just a Cook, So How Did I Become the Rebel Leader? 我一个做饭的，咋成反贼头子了？ White Clouds Perch on the Tip of the Brush白云栖笔端Eastern Fantasy302k WordsOngoing [Not a brainless power fantasy + Food + Farming + System + Lighthearted Comedy + No Angst + Invincible Protagonist] Modern culinary god Qi Sheng opens his eyes and finds himself transmigrated into a “vegetable person” during a famine in the cultivation world. One moment later, and he would have ended up on someone’s dinner table! At his moment of greatest peril, he binds himself to the [God of Cooking System]. Earn praise points for his cooking, and he can exchange them for experience cards feat 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This food novel is super interesting. At the beginning, the male protagonist travels back in time to a famine year and becomes a cook who his adoptive father wants to sell to Xianweilou as "live food"! In a desperate situation, he suppressed his fear and relied on his precise control of the ingredients to make a magical dish that changed his life!

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