Foodie Fiction Picks #美食文榜

1. 1 留 A Student Abroad Cooks Up a Storm, and the British Media Calls It Cultural Invasion 留子做点美食，英媒说我文化入侵 Mu Xiaoduo沐小朵Two Male Leads1.4M WordsCompleted [Female-oriented! This is a female-oriented novel!] [System + two male leads, one-on-one romance + everyday life studying abroad + food + livestreaming] [Xu Ye is the love interest] [Career-focused] [Ensemble cast] [Slow burn] “Some international students become chefs, while others go after chefs (not really).” Yang Chuan eats in the cafeteria for a whole month until his soul nearly leaves his body. Just when he can’t take it anymore, a [God of Cooking System] falls from the sky! Using a recipe 9.7kReads8.6Score1.1kShelves

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   Two male protagonists, pure food

2. 2 星 Interstellar Life of a Laid-Back Fish 星际之咸鱼的日常 You're Busy你忙Two Male Leads321k WordsCompleted Yun Fei transmigrates to the interstellar era, going from a poor kid to a rich second-generation heir. After a previous life of working himself to death, he’s had enough. At last, he no longer has to worry about money. He decides to spend this life eating, drinking, and having fun as a happy-go-lucky slacker. But the food in space is awful, so Yun Fei has to cook for himself. To his surprise, he becomes famous, and life is wonderful. He even finds time to fall into a sweet romance. After all, hi 2.3kReads8.7Score283Shelves
3. 3 穿 I Transmigrated to the Cultivation World: Farming with One Hand, Cooking with the Other 穿越修仙界左手种田右手美食 Come on, Rabbit!兔子加油Two Male Leads1.0M WordsCompleted Synopsis [Everyday life] [BL] [Cozy] [Farming] [Gourmet] [No golden finger] A tsundere, food-loving younger seme x a gentle, refined uke who loves making money Lu Sizhe transmigrates to a world of immortal cultivation. Unfortunately, cultivation still isn’t in the cards for him. After thinking it over, he decides to return to his old trade and become a chef. As his business flourishes, Lu Sizhe’s customers come from across the Nine Provinces. “Boss Lu, could you make me a plate of fried rice?” “ 8.3kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves
4. 4 兽 Beast World: Are All You Big Tigers This Clingy? 兽世：你们大老虎都那么粘人吗 Rong Yu榕榆Two Male Leads898k WordsCompleted [One-on-one + two male leads + beast world + transmigrate + sweet romance + System + happy ending] Veterinarian Jiang Sui'an died in an incident involving an angry patient, and when he opened his eyes again, he was dangling in midair above an enormous fluffy creature. Jiang Sui'an: “???!!!!” Where the heck have I ended up? Hu Bai was overjoyed. Not only had he completed his adult hunting trial ahead of schedule, he had also found an incredibly beautiful demi-beast. Luckily, now that he was an ad 8.6kReads9.1Score986Shelves
5. 5 穿 After Transmigrating, I Became a Planetary Lord 穿越之我成为星球主的日子 Poor Lad贫穷小子Two Male Leads309k WordsCompleted Two male leads + interstellar + food + adorable kids + farming + sweet romance, 1v1 The rating has only just opened, so it will gradually rise. There are lots of food livestreaming scenes. Li Qingyan opens his eyes and discovers he's become an unlucky nobody in the interstellar age. The moment his bound “I'm a Planet Owner” System speaks, it starts making grand promises: “The System will help you build the most beautiful planet and reach the peak of life!” Then he looks at his account balance an 437Reads7.6Score109Shelves
6. 6 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 1.1kReads8.4Score146Shelves

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   It's really, really, really beautiful!!!!! The writing is super delicate

7. 7 被 Forced into Marriage, I Found Happiness Through Farming 被迫出嫁后，我靠种田过上好日子 A Basket of Little Fish一箩小鱼Ancient Romance343k WordsCompleted [Alternate ancient setting + cozy farming + building a fortune + devoted spouses] [Mainly farming. The heroine falls in love after marriage, while the hero’s longtime secret crush comes true.] Her father suspected Su Linluo wasn’t his biological daughter. After indulging her stepmother’s efforts to deliberately spoil her, he bundled Su Linluo off to marry into the dirt-poor Jiang family. He never expected that once Su Linluo left the grand family estate, she would immediately let loose. She cli 810Reads—Score100Shelves

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   The writing is smooth and the delicacies cooked by the protagonist are very common and you can make them yourself.

8. 8 失 After Losing My Job, I Got a Barbecue System and Now Earn Millions a Year 失业后获得烧烤系统，我年入百万 A Foodie's Appetite吃货的吃Urban761k WordsOngoing [Late-Night Gourmet] [Mouthwatering] [Easygoing Daily Life] On the eve of his barbecue shop’s closure, Su Yan binds himself to the [Barbecue King System]. Top-tier Ningxia Yanchi Tan sheep plus spices supplied by the System: the aroma of the skewers drives the whole street wild... Lamb skewers for 18 yuan each draw a line so long the traffic police have to close the road, and the owner of the neighboring barbecue shop comes over in tears to steal his secrets! A loan shark comes to collect and 502Reads—Score109Shelves

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   [Laughs][laughs]

9. 9 美 Gourmet: I Sell Lunchboxes at a Kindergarten, and Everyone Craves Them 美食：幼儿园卖盒饭，全都馋哭了 A Little Baby Cabbage一颗娃娃菜Urban2.0M WordsCompleted After transmigrating to a parallel world, Su Haoze took in the little tyke left behind by his big brother and sister-in-law. To support the family, he opened a small lunch spot outside a kindergarten. Who would’ve thought he’d end up bound to a Gourmet System! Braised lion’s head meatballs, chicken tofu soup, Dongpo pork, sweet-and-sour ribs, cola chicken wings... Dish after delicious dish won over not only the children, but also a whole crowd of parents. “Boss, do you sell meal plans?” “I want 6.3kReads7.3Score522Shelves

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   The first one I have been following for a long time, it talks about how Chinese food is so popular abroad 😘 I really recommend reading it! I just started reading the second book, and the rating is not high, but what I have read so far is still very good! I opened a small dining table near the kindergarten and was discovered by everyone! The third book is a Western fantasy that I find sad. Elves and werewolves exist. The subject matter is good. You can read it! The fourth book is about the little cook in ancient times, who makes money and lives hard with her mother and siblings! The fifth book, rebirth and return to the 1980s, improves the home by opening a self-service porridge shop. It is still very good, and the business becomes bigger step by step! In the last book, my family is full of chefs. I actually have no talent, but I am urged by my family to learn. Suddenly, the God of Cooking system comes and everything develops in unexpected places! Go check it out!

10. 10 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 5.8kReads8.6Score798Shelves
11. 11 小 The Little Chef's Guide to Feeding Her Family With Ancient Cuisine 小厨娘古代美食养家日常 Berry Soda Water莓果气泡水Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Qin Rong is a food blogger who accidentally transmigrates to a waterside town in the Great Liang Dynasty. The original owner’s mother is looked down on by her shrewish mother-in-law and sisters-in-law for having three daughters. Meanwhile, the original owner’s father has been fooling around with another woman and wants to divorce his wife. But the original owner’s mother has a backbone, and takes her three daughters with her as she asks to leave the marriage. When Qin Rong wakes up, she can hard 9kReads8.8Score912Shelves
12. 12 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 27.8kReads9.2Score2.4kShelves
13. 13 美 Gourmet: The Dishes I Cook Come with Buffs 美食：我炒的菜有BUFF Cheng Mu承沐Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Gourmet] [No CP] [Everyday Life] [Heartwarming] [Healing] [Perfect with a Meal] His broad palm gently patted the snow-white skin. Fine, soft hairs brushed over his fingertips and palm, their ticklish, tingling touch so intoxicating he could hardly tear himself away. He stroked, kneaded, and patted. Ripples spread across the skin, making the tender flesh beneath quiver along with it. His long fingers gathered together, reluctant to let go, and gave it one last pinch. Then he gripped the knife an 376Reads9.1Score—Shelves
14. 14 厨 The Day the Chef Left, the Diners Wept Until Their Tears Ran Dry 厨子跑的那一天，食客老泪都流干 A Flower of Pork Knuckle一朵肘子花Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Xu Yuan never expected that, as a recent college graduate, he would one day get bound to a System. The System said, “As a chef, your job is to let diners experience delicious food.” Then it added, “But as the creator of delicious food, how can you let work tie you down?” And so... “Ding! This month’s mission: Apply for a job as a restaurant chef, then quit after working for half a month to claim your System reward...” Xu Yuan: “You little schemer!” And so it went. Restaurant owner: “I’m not brag 8.2kReads8.5Score688Shelves

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    Reading food articles

15. 15 谢 I’m a Grade-Schooler, and I’ve Become a Culinary God! 谢邀，我，小学生，已成厨神！ Selling Egg Burgers!卖鸡蛋汉堡咯Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Gourmet]+ [Slice of Life]+ [No Romance]+ [Heartwarming]+ [Healing]+ [Comedy] “The only thing an elementary school student should be doing is studying hard... But I think Master Fang going to school is neglecting his proper work.” “I’ve finally made it to the front of the line... Master Fang, can we put your homework aside for a bit? Could you fry me some rice first?” “You think I’m waiting outside the elementary school to pick up my own kid? I’m actually here to pick up Master Fang after schoo 22.9kReads8.8Score2.1kShelves
16. 16 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 4.5kReads8.2Score426Shelves
17. 17 八 The Charming ’80s Chef: From the Start, I Cut Ties and Set Up a Street Stall 八零俏厨娘：开局断亲摆摊忙 Dudu Fish Balls嘟嘟鱼丸Modern Romance183k WordsOngoing [Period Setting + System + Delicious Food + Entrepreneurship + Taking Down Scumbags] When she opens her eyes, a state banquet chef has become Shen Jingshu, a young factory worker in the 1980s. Her own mother wants to sell her off in exchange for her brother’s iron rice bowl, while her younger brother scolds her: “You should be sacrificing yourself for the family.” Shen Jingshu calmly serves up a bowl of plain noodles, makes the whole family drool, then slaps down her ledger. “You raised me for t 32Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Recommend, it's very nice. He cooks food and runs a restaurant.

18. 18 穿 Transmigrated to the Stars, I Got Rich Streaming My Ocean Harvests! 穿到星际靠直播赶海暴富！ Yu Qian YU雨浅YUModern Romance518k WordsCompleted [An exceptionally adorable beast-type male lead, cool and aloof on the outside but pure-hearted and affectionate within + interstellar + livestreaming + seaside foraging + feel-good power fantasy + food + farming + lighthearted] Shen Yu transmigrated! She went from an apocalypse overrun by mutant beasts and plants to a world more than ten thousand years in the future, where she became a pitiful soul whose parents had died suddenly, whose mental sea had collapsed, and whose two younger siblings w 2.8kReads8.6Score319Shelves

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    Nice food article

19. 19 我 My Best Friend and I Set Up a Street Stall, and Food Streamers from Around the World Show Up 我，和闺蜜摆摊，全球吃播都来了 I Beg You, Tong Meng 1我求童蒙1Modern Romance607k WordsCompleted [Gourmet] + [Street Stalls] + [Best Friends] + [System] + [Making a Fortune] A feel-good version of 2 Broke Girls! If you love 2 Broke Girls, you have to check this out! When two unemployed best friends are so broke they have to split a packet of instant noodles, Chang Yixin’s [God of Cooking System] awakens! And so the strongest street-food best-friend duo on earth is born! Chang Yixin is in charge of the flavor. One bowl of fried noodles is enough to make customers weep and exclaim, “It tastes 428Reads8.7Score—Shelves
20. 20 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 518Reads6.8Score—Shelves
21. 21 带 I Traveled to the 1970s With a Dedicated Worker System 带着敬业系统穿七零 Ma Nini马尼尼Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Xu Taotao, a descendant of imperial chefs, keeps her culinary skills hidden while living among ordinary people. Then she dies suddenly from overwork and gets bound to a workaholic System, which sends her to the 1970s. She becomes the famously ugly daughter of a butcher at a meat-processing plant. Determined to become beautiful, she has no choice but to keep working hard. With her superb cooking skills, she climbs the career ladder, gets a raise, and marries Professor Gu... No, wait! “Ding-dong! 11.7kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves
22. 22 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 143Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 23 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 420Reads5.9Score—Shelves
24. 24 我 I Serve Manchu-Han Banquets at Kindergarten, Making the Whole City Drool 我在幼儿园做满汉全席，全市馋哭 Fairy Pond Koi仙池锦鲤Modern Romance581k WordsCompleted [System] + [Little Ones] + [Gourmet] + [Villainess] + [Livestream] Shen Wei binds herself to the Super Kindergarten System and returns to the villains' childhoods. The computer genius who will one day destroy the world is currently a stubborn, pitiful little boy being abused at home. The autistic painter who will one day gain worldwide acclaim and then take his own life has yet to be molested by his stepfather. The highly intelligent criminal who will become a sociopath is currently fighting a d 15.2kReads9.2Score2.1kShelves
25. 25 六 The 1970s: The True Heiress Is a Culinary Goddess with a Pocket Dimension 六零：厨神真千金有空间 Cream Commune奶油公社Modern Romance415k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + pocket dimension + food + stockpiling + real and fake heiresses] Food blogger Zeng Yanni transmigrates into a period novel after an accident, becoming a fifteen-year-old girl abused by her family in a seaside fishing village. With her true identity shrouded in mystery, Zeng Yanni promptly splits from the family. Along with the livestream she brought with her, she stocks up on seafood: horse dung sea urchins, giant abalone, clams, razor clams, sea snails, sea cucumbers 3.9kReads9.4Score447Shelves

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