Looking for Food Novels! Incredible Cooking! Everything Looks Delicious! 求美食文!厨艺嘎嘎好!光看着就好吃的

1. 101 边 The Borderlands' Little Cook: General, Care for a Hot Bowl of Soup? 边关小厨娘：将军来碗热汤？ Purehearted Little Rabbit Chick纯情小兔鸡Ancient Romance2.1M WordsCompleted [Happy ending + exile + food + business management + guarding the border with a young general + devoted to each other] Modern food blogger Lin Weiwei travels into the body of a woman in ancient times and becomes the daughter of a disgraced official, exiled to the frontier. The frontier is cold and harsh? No problem, her cooking will help. Fragrant, steaming lamb offal soup, scallion pancakes, braised snacks, and grilled lamb skewers... She’ll use modern food to cheer on the frontier soldiers! Wh 732Reads7.1Score100Shelves
2. 102 论 When It Comes to Noodles, I'm the Best in the Country 论做面，我全国最强 Cloud, the Great Demon King云一大魔王Urban283k WordsCompleted [Food] Yu Shaoxian inherited his family's noodle shop. Looking at the shabby, 90-square-meter old shop in front of him, he listened to the System announce his task, eager to give it a try. “Host, your task is to make countless dishes using noodles as the main ingredient.” “Complete the task, and you'll receive a cash reward of 300 million.” “The reward will be delivered in the form of lottery winnings.” “Ding! Your beginner's gift pack has arrived.” “Congratulations, Host! You've received unlimi 1.2kReads8.0Score209Shelves
3. 103 夜 You Sell Fried Rice Every Night? Is This KTV Even Legit?! 夜夜卖炒饭？你这KTV正经吗！ Daughter of a Poor Family寒门之女Urban877k WordsCompleted [Gourmet] [Entrepreneurship] [Wild Imagination] [Slice of Life] [Humor] After going bankrupt and being reborn, how does a respectable restaurant owner end up taking over an incredibly upscale business karaoke lounge? Just as Chen Nian thinks his luck is finally turning around, he learns the karaoke lounge is about to go under! Well, can he start over? As he’s at his wit’s end, a Gourmet Business System appears! Chen Nian: “What gives? You didn’t show up when I ran a restaurant, but now you pop u 1.1kReads6.5Score100Shelves

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   I've transmigrated, and I have a system now, but is it appropriate for a KTV owner like me to have a food system? [Crying][crying] Perfect, perfect! [Laughing] Selling food in my KTV is incredibly popular! [Thumbs up][thumbs up]

4. 104 恶 The Wicked Ex-Wife's Second Career: Bianjing's Number One Wonder Chef 恶毒前妻再就业，汴京第一妙厨娘 Blessed by the Meow-Meow God喵喵神眷顾Ancient Romance982k WordsOngoing [1v1, devoted couple, transmigrate into a book, food, business, slice of life] The moment she opened her eyes, Ye Zhaozhao had transmigrated into a book as the vicious ex-wife of the male lead in a powerful minister novel. In the story, the original owner dreamed of becoming an official's wife. She did everything she could to marry the male lead, but after he was stripped of his official post, she ignored his and their child's pleas, divorced him, and returned to her hometown of Yangzhou. There, 30.7kReads8.0Score9.8kShelves

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   🌷This is a food-themed novel with a developing romance between the male and female leads. The female lead transmigrates to the Bianjing area and sells sweet drinks, winning over various powerful figures with her delicious food and kind personality. Don't give up on this book just because of the low rating; it's really well-written. I don't know why it has such a low rating.

5. 105 偷 After They Heard My Thoughts, the Country’s Biggest Foodies Were Shocked 偷听我心声后，惊动全国吃货大佬 Yu Shengsheng余苼升Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Mind Reading + Beloved by the Whole Family + Food + Heartwarming + Feel-Good + Intangible Cultural Heritage Cuisine + Distinctively Regional Dishes] Shen Huazheng transmigrates into the beloved darling of the Shen family. She has no System, no medical skills, and can’t turn out elegant prose, so she might as well lie flat and be a pampered little couch potato who spends every day eating and drinking. Shen Huazheng watches her father, Minister Shen, prepare to go out to a banquet. [What a shame. 15.4kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves

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   This book is full of delicious food; I watch it like a mukbang every time I read it—it's so good!

6. 106 随 Random Stallkeeping: The Fake Legitimate Daughter Gets Tormented by a Rotten System 随机摆摊，假嫡女被烂系统坑惨了 The Kitten Doesn't Eat Oranges小猫不吃橙子Ancient Romance526k WordsCompleted (A very different random-stall story, with a funny and witty style and no angst at all.) Yu Zhizhi got horribly tricked by a terrible System. She closed her eyes and transmigrated into the body of a spoiled, domineering young noblewoman in ancient times. To top it off, she was a fake legitimate daughter. Things went badly from the start, but she was lucky enough to get a System. Then she realized it was a terrible System. Each time, the System only gave her a random location for setting up a sta 11.9kReads8.8Score801Shelves

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   These three books are not to be missed. The first one features a female protagonist who is exceptionally skilled at making snacks, and it has a heartwarming style. The second one focuses on random street vending, and the process of the female protagonist and her friends setting up stalls is novel, interesting, and fun. The third one features a female protagonist who is exceptionally good at making all kinds of Cantonese dim sum. All three are the kind that make you hungrier the more you read them! [Learned something new][Masterpieces of Sparrow Food]

7. 107 哇 Wow! The General’s Wife’s Tea Treats Were Snatched Up Again 哇趣！将军夫人做的茶点又抢光了 The Kitten Doesn't Eat Oranges小猫不吃橙子Ancient Romance249k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + food + cozy vibes + adorable kids + love that grows over time] Yang Chuxue and her younger brother, Yang Chudong, depend on each other. They both die in a car accident! When she wakes up, she discovers she has transmigrated to ancient times, into the family of a farming household that has just gone bankrupt in business. She has a strange illness and already has two children from the start. Fortunately, her family dotes on her. She used to work as a dim sum chef in a Cantonese t 1.1kReads8.7Score113Shelves
8. 108 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Urban1.2M 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 69.8kReads8.3Score7.5kShelves

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   I'm recommending myself. [Learned][Learned] The male protagonist runs a food shop, without running around aimlessly or creating unnecessary loops. He attracts countless tourists, directly boosting the county's tourism industry. Moreover, the plot is absolutely original; there are no repetitive scenes of him setting up a stall in the same location every day, no absurd or ridiculous moments, and no messy food competitions. The government-related parts are particularly engaging; all policies and procedures are traceable, demonstrating a true respect for every reader.

9. 109 让 You Want Me to Open a Breakfast Shop? I Only Open in the Afternoon 让我开早餐店？我下午才营业 I'm the Behind-the-Scenes Shit Cook我是幕后煮屎人Urban1.1M WordsOngoing [System] [Gourmet Food] [Healing] [Lighthearted Comedy] No heartburn while reading! Enjoy without worry! Fan Li used to manage livestream operations. Under pressure, he developed insomnia, showed up late, and was fired. Then he unexpectedly obtained a God-Tier Breakfast System. But his old daily routine had nothing in common with the schedule of selling breakfast. Customer 1: What! In this godforsaken place, he dares to charge eighty-eight yuan for a steamer of soup dumplings? Customer 2: When i 228.2kReads8.5Score16.7kShelves
10. 110 零 -30°C: Brewing Tea by the Fire in the Great Northern Wilderness 零下三十度：我在北大荒围炉煮茶 wesdModern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Everyday Life + Food + Cozy and Relaxed + Sweet Romance + Devoted Couple] With a fully stocked pocket dimension, Lin Wan transmigrated into the 1970s as a young urban-educated woman assigned to a forestry camp in the Great Northern Wilderness. From the start, it was forty degrees below zero, and heavy snow had sealed off the mountains. The forestry camp as others saw it: bone-biting winds, hard, cold corn buns, huddling like quails, and crying every day to go back to the city. 18kReads8.5Score3kShelves

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    I really like this; it's warm and cozy, without any backstabbing or intrigue.

11. 111 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 1.2kReads6.8Score126Shelves

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    These are all good.

12. 112 论 What Can a Chef Do in the Cultivation World? 论一个厨师能在修真界做些什么 Meaning寓意Two Male Leads576k WordsCompleted [Two male leads!!! Song Lanqing (bottom) x Zhao Mohan (top)] Song Lanqing rides the wave of transmigration, suddenly dying and arriving in the cultivation world as a swaddled baby. His master, who loves picking up abandoned children but has no time to raise them, finds him and takes him home. Thus begins his path to immortality. The comedic version: Song Lanqing transmigrates into the body of a baby. Above him are a master who loves picking up abandoned children but has no time to raise them, an 731Reads8.2Score133Shelves
13. 113 荒 Surviving on a Desolate Planet: Everyone Wants to Be My Pig 荒星求生：大家都想当我的猪 The Migrator洄游者Two Male Leads611k WordsCompleted Content warning: Two male leads, so please skip if that bothers you. Interstellar + food + farming + livestreaming. The early part focuses on food livestreams, while the later part features farming and food. This is a food-focused story, so food appears frequently. Yan Xu never imagined he would transmigrate again. This time, he transmigrated from the cultivation world to the interstellar age. He was accompanied by a little piglet that had originally been treated as an ingredient, as well as a s 1.8kReads8.3Score191Shelves
14. 114 修 A Great War in the Cultivation World, All for a Bite to Eat?! 修仙界大战，只为抢口饭？！ Red Carp, Donkey, Green Crucian Carp红鲤鱼驴绿鲫鱼Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [Gourmet cooking + immortal cultivation + scheming sect disciple + lighthearted comedy + goofy daily life + no female lead or harem] Zhu Fan transmigrated to the cultivation world and became a disciple of a sect. Just as he was about to receive his golden finger, something unexpected happened Zhu Fan: Anyone else know this feeling? I was about to become a tycoon in the immortal realm! Once my divine pill was ready, I’d ascend to immortality! But someone suddenly cut in and bound me to the wrong 15kReads9.2Score1.7kShelves
15. 115 公 After My Company Went Bankrupt, I Returned Home to Farm with a Spirit Spring 公司倒闭，手握灵泉回家种田 Little Lazy Lazy小懒懒懒Two Male Leads1.1M WordsCompleted Two male leads + livestreaming + spirit spring + farming + everyday life + no female lead + going off the rails from Chapter 160 After his company goes under, Jiang Lin decides to spend 500,000 yuan on an orchard and become a farmer. Working for someone else is out of the question. He’s going to be his own boss. A laid-back urban farming story: no outrageous characters, no domestic chaos. Just one person, one house, and a cup of tea, settling into a slower pace of life. 697Reads8.8Score126Shelves
16. 116 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
17. 117 带 Fleeing Famine with My Family and a Space Full of Grain 带着全家去逃荒，我有空间满仓粮 Bai Yi Yi柏一意Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Fleeing Famine] [Space] [Everyone's Darling] [Feel-Good Story] [Making a Fortune] [Later: Nation-Building] Du Youling was originally a three-and-a-half-year-old girl from a farming village in ancient times. Born with extraordinary good fortune, she was nevertheless killed in her previous life after her cousin stole her luck. In this life, she has returned with a max-level System! The story opens with a drought, forcing her family to flee. Whether it's drought, locusts, or snow, this lucky littl 6.9kReads9.0Score625Shelves

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    A farming and food-themed novel about running a food shop: cold-cooked rabbit, Zhou Hei Ya (a type of braised duck), braised large intestine, spicy strips, flavored broad beans, hot pot, and milk tea. The parents are loving, there are five older brothers, the family is adored and has a special space, and there are no awful characters in the family. It's very heartwarming and super good!

18. 118 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 1.9kReads7.5Score146Shelves
19. 119 我 One Bowl of Beef Noodles Made This Scenic Spot Go Viral 我用一碗牛肉面，让景区火爆全网 Little Zhang Who Won't Buy Empty Promises不听画饼的小张Modern Romance418k WordsCompleted Transmigration brought back ingredients for dark cuisine that nobody would eat: beef raised on spiritual herbs, fish soaked in spiritual spring water... They were all leftovers from the dishes she’d made in the cultivation world, food even dogs wouldn’t touch. After taking over her mother’s rundown noodle shop in a tourist park full of overworked laborers, she casually cooked a bowl of beef noodles. An eighty-year-old tourist ate it and found his back no longer ached and his legs no longer hurt. 1.4kReads—Score233Shelves

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    He transmigrated from the cultivation world with a spatial ability, returned to inherit his mother's beef noodle shop, and used cows resembling spiritual herbs to make it an instant internet sensation. He also opened a lamb hot pot restaurant, giving his mother a better life...

20. 120 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 66.6kReads9.1Score4.7kShelves

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    Fantasy, prehistoric, and urban themes are all available.

21. 121 封 Investiture of the Gods: How Did All the Jie Sect Disciples End Up Feasting? 封神：截教弟子怎么都吃上席了！ Xiao Bailan小白阑Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted I transmigrated to the Primordial World, sometime before the Investiture of the Gods, but I'm just a cook! Maybe I should return to my old trade and open a restaurant. Zhen Yuanzi: “What kind of heavenly delicacy is this? I actually gained spiritual power after eating it.” The Three Pure Ones: “Wait, what? Food this good exists in the Primordial World? What kind of miserable life have I been living?” The Two Sages of the West: “Fellow Daoist, you have a karmic affinity with the West. How about o 7.1kReads8.1Score1.2kShelves
22. 122 你 You Have No Appetite, I’m a Cook, and I’ll Make You Love Your Food 你厌食，我厨娘，诱你开荤没商量 Mo Huan陌缓Ancient Romance443k WordsCompleted Gentle, resilient young cook + disabled, disillusioned prince + a political marriage through a proxy bride + mutual redemption + healing through food + a touch of ensemble cast Theme: The human heart is like water: it can capsize a boat, or it can be used to cook porridge. Prince An, Wei Feng, was once the most dazzling young war god of the Great Chu Kingdom. But in a highly controversial battle, he was left disabled and blind. His temperament changed completely, and the iron-blooded war god 55.6kReads8.8Score2.1kShelves

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    This book uses food as a thread to connect the story of the male and female protagonists, a novel and appealing premise. The female protagonist uses her superb culinary skills to gradually improve the male protagonist's chronic anorexia, and the two gradually develop feelings for each other as they spend time together. The plot avoids melodramatic conflicts, focusing instead on heartwarming, everyday interactions, naturally blending the allure of food with the blossoming of romance. The characters are well-developed, the plot flows smoothly and naturally, and the book perfectly captures the core message of food's healing power.

23. 123 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 226Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This new book looks promising and quite interesting. You could check it out: "Selling Barbecue at the Temple Gate, Foodies Chase Me All Over the Country." It's a combination of food, slice-of-life, humor, great for watching while eating, no romantic pairing, and heartwarming. Each week, it randomly selects a city and reimagines its local specialties. The plot is funny, and the food descriptions are also quite good.

24. 124 穿 Canceled After Becoming a Villainess, I Set Up a Food Stall and Make the Whole Internet Drool 穿成恶女被封杀，摆摊馋疯全网 Glutinous Rice Dumpling糯米团叽Modern Romance462k WordsCompleted [Food System + Lighthearted Comedy + Cozy + Heartwarming + Transmigration into a Food Story + Functional Ingredients + Comfort Food + Beautifully Plated Dishes + Romance] The male lead is more of a background character, just one part of our heroine’s play~~ (*^3^) /~☆ Transmigrated into a disgraced, scandal-ridden nobody, with her role stolen, her contract locking her in, and the entire internet telling her to get lost? Jiang Li tears up her contract and makes a run for it on the spot: “Let the 286Reads5.6Score100Shelves

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    One is for male audiences, the other for female audiences; both were handled very cleverly.

25. 125 漂 A Pretty Cannon Fodder’s Guide to Surviving After Transmigrating into a Book in Another World 漂亮炮灰的异世界穿书自救指南 Salty-Fish Auntie咸鱼小姨娘Two Male Leads383k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Transmigrate into a Book + Otherworld + Older Man/Younger Man + Sweet Romance + Both Pure + A Fun Read with Meals] Question: What should you do if you transmigrate into a book as a disposable character in an old-school Western fantasy novel about a chosen hero? Answer: Become the male lead's new mom. Pei Yuening is a good-for-nothing with zero talent in every element and no fighting ability, but he can cook. Luo Ren is the empire's God of War, an SSS-ranked powerhouse, but he d 31kReads9.2Score5.7kShelves

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    This is super good-looking and the romance is really sweet, but it's still ongoing.

26. 126 一 A Farming Life for One Person and One Vine! 一人一藤蔓的种田生活！ Jiaojiao's Willfulness娇娇的任性Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Transmigration + Alternate World + Spatial Dimension + Wood-Type Superpower + No Romance + Farming + Stockpiling Supplies + Food + A Little Vine + Period Story + Superhuman Strength + Living Alone in the Mountains + Peaceful Daily Life + (I love my daughter! She’s happy, thank you!) Also known as: A Farming Life with One Person and One Vine! A diary-like story! A diary-like story! A diary-like story! Important things are worth saying three times! It’s a story about watching the sun rise and set 5kReads8.4Score676Shelves

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    Take it and look at it with confidence.

27. 127 让 You Asked Me to Go Home and Slaughter Pigs, Not Make the Whole County Famous 让你回村杀猪，没让你带火整个县 Tea Gathering in the Clouds云上茶叙Modern Romance154k WordsOngoing [Rural farming | System | Food | Lighthearted | Entrepreneurship and wealth] “Who says moving back to the village means going nowhere? We're slaughtering a pig tomorrow! No matter how many people show up, there'll be enough for everyone! Anyone who doesn't come is a little dog!” One drunken boast from Lin Daidai not only sends her straight to the top of the trending charts, but also brings thousands of hungry netizens and hundreds of private cars to her doorstep. Looking at the traffic jam at th —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The main character in this book is a very good cook, and there are many food-related articles, including delicious dishes from experienced chefs. Although the main character doesn't cook all of these dishes alone, many of them are recommended for reading. Please don't criticize if you don't like them. If you think they're really good, please recommend them. If you don't like them, please don't force yourself to read them.

28. 128 洪 Honghuang: My Years as a Chef in the Jie School 洪荒：我在截教当厨子的那些年 Cold Mountain Temple at Midnight夜半寒山寺Eastern Fantasy635k WordsOngoing [Honghuang] [Transmigration power fantasy] [Jie Sect Disciple] [The Great Dao of the Hearth] [A grand plan for the Investiture of the Gods] After transmigrating to Honghuang, Cui Jie becomes the final disciple of Luo Xuan, a Golden Immortal of the Jie Sect. He starts on nightmare difficulty: the Investiture of the Gods catastrophe is imminent, and beneath the Jie Sect's glorious gathering of ten thousand immortals lies the grim fate of dying and being listed on the Investiture, or ending up as a 32Reads5.4Score111Shelves

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    These two books were quite user-friendly, so I finished reading them. The updates were a bit slow, so I had to wait for them to refresh every day.

29. 129 带 Bringing a Tiny Kitchen to Cook for an Entire Ancient Army Camp 带小厨房在古代军营做大锅饭 Xiao Mihu小迷胡Ancient Romance201k WordsCompleted Yun Shu, a modern food blogger, had finally worked hard for years to buy an apartment in the big city. But on the very first day after moving into her new home, she inexplicably transmigrated to a dynasty called Great Yan. The food here was plain. People only knew how to boil or steam their ingredients, making it a veritable culinary desert. Having grown up immersed in Chinese food culture, Yun Shu had no choice but to cook for herself and make sure she had enough to eat. To survive, she found a 4.9kReads8.2Score343Shelves

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    Highly recommended!!

30. 130 王 The Princess Consort Cooks, and the Prince Follows the Smell Right to Her 王妃做菜，王爷闻着味就找来了 Li You Ning狸呦凝Ancient Romance687k WordsCompleted [Food + Storage Space + Love After Marriage + Opening a Shop] I'm Mu Jianxi, a food blogger of the new generation, known as today's little chef, with over eighty million followers across the internet. I never imagined that transmigration could happen to me. If I want to become a rich woman, opening a shop is obviously the best way to make money. With delicious food in hand, the world is mine. I'll introduce the ancients to luosifen, stinky tofu, spicy crayfish... and more. I never expected that 8.3kReads8.5Score873Shelves
31. 131 王 The Prince's Manor Has a Skilled Cook, and the Young Heir Is Wrapped Around Her Finger 王府厨娘手艺好，小小世子拿捏 Taro Round芋了个圆Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + food + heroine building her career + business management + a little melodrama] [Sweet, clever little chef vs. seemingly innocent but secretly calculating young lord] Ye Zhiwei had just competed in the national cooking championship. After overcoming every challenge, she finally won first place. Before she could even get home to brag to her father, she was hit by a car while helping an old lady cross the street. When she woke up, she had become a little kitchen maid tending the fi 2.8kReads8.4Score316Shelves
32. 132 大 The Chef Son-in-Law's Spring 大厨小婿的春天 Cangzhao Tongye of the Tian Cang Mountains天苍山脉的苍沼桐叶Urban1.5M WordsCompleted The day Yang Sheng smashed his lunchbox in the rain and lost all his savings, he helped an unremarkable old man. He never imagined that a simple act of kindness would make him the sole heir to a reclusive culinary master. A bowl of egg fried rice makes a tycoon’s beloved daughter think of him constantly; a home-style dish brings a struggling time-honored restaurant back from the brink. From a street stall to the world stage, he writes a legend with food. But then come the attacks of corporate pr 31Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 133 食 The Taste of Rebirth: From a Construction Site Canteen to a City Landmark 食味重生：从工地食堂到城市地标 Simple Little Ailote简简单单的艾洛特Urban105k WordsCompleted In his previous life, Lin Zhou was an unremarkable man trapped at the bottom of society. After an accident sent him back to age twenty, he unexpectedly bonded with the Flavor God System. With nothing from the start, he took the startup funds the System gave him and set his sights on a dusty construction site, taking over its long-neglected canteen. A comforting bowl of braised pork and a basket of fragrant soup dumplings soon had the rough-and-ready workers happily lining up for a meal. His inno —Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 134 我 I Turned an Ancient Tavern into a Top-Tier Star 我把古代酒楼开成顶流 Ri Yang日扬Historical1.4M WordsCompleted Lin Xiaoman, a modern food delivery platform operations director, is a foodie and a quick-witted joker. She knows marketing and how to make a splash. Her cooking skills are mediocre, but she can improve ancient dishes with her modern ideas. After transmigrating to the outskirts of Bianjing during the Northern Song Dynasty under Emperor Renzong, she builds a restaurant chain and protects her family and country. The bustling markets and thriving food culture make it an ideal place to run restauran —Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 135 在 I Opened a Convenience Store in Ancient Times, and Every Dynasty Lost It 在古代开便利店，全朝代都破防了 Jiujiu Yi九九意Historical133k WordsCompleted “I only wanted to pay off my mortgage. How did I end up building a multinational conglomerate in ancient times? And you, the cool guy who keeps spying on me, could you settle the bill before asking me out?” 25Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 136 大 The Tang Dynasty Tavern 大唐小酒馆 Tiezhu Is Tiezhu铁柱是铁柱Historical309k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to the Zhenguan era of the Tang dynasty, Li Xiao wants nothing more than to live an ordinary life. He has no ambition to conquer the realm and no talent for composing poetry. He only wants to run a good little tavern in the great city of Chang’an, brew fine wine, and enjoy his own quiet life. But fate loves to play tricks. When the “Drunken Immortal Brew” he makes with knowledge from the System becomes famous, and his casually revealed medical skills save a certain “Eldest 8Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 137 我 I Opened a Restaurant Selling Prepared Meals in Ancient Times 我在古代开餐馆卖预制菜 Lord Di, What Do You Think?狄大人你怎么看Historical884k WordsCompleted When the kitchen’s back door becomes a portal through time and space, Li Ming’s ready-made meals become a hit as “Immortal Banquet” Li Ming runs a restaurant in the modern world, selling ready-made meals, but business is terrible and his debts are piling up. Then one day, he discovers that his kitchen leads to an alternate ancient world. So Li Ming starts trading delicious food between the two eras. Modern, precision food-processing technology gives his “cooking” an overwhelming edge in the anci 1.3kReads6.4Score108Shelves
38. 138 我 My Tavern Connects to the Ancient World 我家酒馆通古代 Brother Cup杯哥Historical399k WordsCompleted A toast to the past, and a toast to meeting again! When the tavern door opens, a thousand-year promise begins! In the golden age of Zhenguan, he meets Li Er, hears of grand ambitions and empire-building, and shares the lonely chill of an emperor’s throne; At a tavern in the prosperous Tang, he meets Li Bai, trading wine and poetry before sleeping drunk beneath the moonlight; In the mighty Han, he meets Wei Qing, speaking of the battlefield’s fervor and lamenting the burdens of country and home; 62Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 139 人 In America, Eastern Cuisine Takes Over New York 人在鹰酱，东方美食占领纽约 Moonlit Longing月相思Urban1.0M WordsCompleted “No one in this country understands jianbing guozi better than I do!” The New York Times’ Mr. Dong column On bustling Fifth Avenue, the line stretches as far as the eye can see. Cut in line, and you could find yourself in a street shootout within minutes. Stinky tofu takes over Wall Street, crawfish conquer Silicon Valley, and the scent of luosifen fills the air all over Manhattan. The giant screens in Times Square play a nonstop reel of mysterious Eastern magical cuisine. Americans don’t e 6kReads9.3Score735Shelves
40. 140 八 Pretty Eighties Stepmom Marries a Factory Director and Raises the Kids 八零漂亮后妈，嫁个厂长养崽崽 Huo Beishan霍北山Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Short drama: I Became a Stepmother in the 1980s] The 1980s, stepmother, raising kids, everyday life, love after marriage The moment she opens her eyes, Si Nian finds herself in a period novel as a fake heiress. She’s sent back to the countryside to marry a twice-married man in place of the real heiress, and has to raise a whole brood of children. To make matters worse, she runs into the real heiress, who has been reborn. In her previous life, Lin Sisi was pressured by her family into marrying a 56.1kReads9.4Score7.3kShelves

    Reader note

    There are many scenes describing delicious food.

41. 141 深 A Hunter’s Home in the Deep Mountains: His Spunky Little Wife Has a Pocket Dimension 深山猎户家：空间小媳火辣辣 Panpan Loves Milk Tea盼盼爱奶茶Ancient Romance318k WordsCompleted [Transmigration in person + pocket dimension + rugged hunter + sweet farming romance + wholesome relationship] She takes a bath and ends up in the arms of a rugged man in ancient times... Mmm, what a great physique. Time to flirt! Flirt for all she's worth! 14kReads8.8Score1.7kShelves

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    Sweet and heartwarming farming life, with delicious food, enjoy a good life, and get rich!

42. 142 饿 After I Fainted from Hunger, the Cold-Faced Hunter Took Me Home 饿晕后，被冷面猎户捡回家 Panpan Loves Milk Tea盼盼爱奶茶Ancient Romance247k WordsCompleted No space, no System, no transmigration into another person's body. Both are virgins. Farming and living a simple, peaceful life. She transmigrates to a poor mountain village and from the start faints from hunger beneath a wild persimmon tree, without any of the usual transmigration perks. Facing a hell-mode start, she works hard to stand on her own: farming, gathering mushrooms, and picking up a hunter along the way to marry. 2kReads6.6Score207Shelves
43. 143 服 Good Grief, I’ve Been Making Baby Food for a Lifetime 服了这宝宝饭一做就是一辈子 Mid-Lane Mage King中单法王Two Male Leads413k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Food + Period Setting + Golden Finger + Sweet Romance + Size Difference + Age Gap] Tang Zhou was sent to the First Alajin Machinery Factory with a letter of introduction from his grandfather... He got in through connections, only to be targeted and sent straight to the factory daycare center. The director was a kind, beautiful woman. Her picky child would only eat food that looked pretty. If the colors were even slightly unattractive or the ingredients were hard to identify, th 3.1kReads8.2Score338Shelves
44. 144 瞧 You Look Down on Me, Yet You’re the One Begging Me to Sell You Food 瞧不起我，还不是哭着找我买吃的 The Fish That Eats Dreams专门吃梦的鱼Urban502k WordsCompleted After losing his job, Xu Qiu starts selling food from a stall. He also has to randomly change locations every week to earn points and enter a lottery. Xu Qiu doesn’t mind, but his customers are the ones who suffer. Boss Xu, please stop moving around and hurry up and cook! Boss Xu, stop talking and just take our money. All you have to do is cook! Boss Xu, if I go a day without eating your delicious food, I don’t even want to go to work. The young couple next door have already been won over by Xu 47Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 145 随 Joining Her Husband's Army on the Island: Mountain Delicacies and Seafood with Chicken and Duck 随军婆婆上岛：山珍海味配鸡鸭 Lu Chaichai鹿柴柴Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted The short drama adaptation is now available (no space, no romance, island military life, everyday life, family matters, raising kids, delicious food, capitalist daughter-in-law) In her previous life, Chen Guilan looked down on her daughter-in-law for being a capitalist's daughter and hated the hardships of island life. She refused to join her son at his post and care for his pregnant wife, choosing instead to stay nearby and look after her pregnant daughter. But her daughter, son-in-law, and gra 10.7kReads8.4Score919Shelves
46. 146 大 The University President Can Cook, and Faculty and Students Work Themselves to the Bone 大学校长会做饭，师生全往死里干 Give Me an Egg Burger来个鸡蛋汉堡Urban328k WordsOngoing [Gourmet] [No heroine] At a very young age, Xu Ji becomes a university president. He assumes the organization has entrusted him with an important responsibility, only to discover that the university is already slated to close. It can't even qualify for a ranking, and is worse than a diploma mill. It turns out he's only there to hold the fort until the bitter end. Just when Xu Ji is despairing, he binds himself to a Gourmet System. The stronger the school becomes, the more plentiful its rewards. 82Reads8.5Score—Shelves
47. 147 摆 I Opened a Shop and Gave Up, but It Became an Internet Sensation 摆烂开店后，我的小店火爆全网 The Deserving Bai Mang当之无愧的白芒Urban745k WordsCompleted Ordinary office worker Lin Mo works overtime and dies suddenly from staying up all night. He transmigrates into the body of a fellow overworked employee with the same name in a parallel world. At last, unable to endure the cutthroat workplace rat race, he quits in a breakdown and casually opens a “Lazy Lounge” afternoon tea shop, with a laid-back, do-nothing philosophy. He opens when he feels like it, never pushes products, and closes right on time. To his surprise, the little shop comes with a 780Reads7.0Score103Shelves

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    1.2.3 No romance

48. 148 我 I'm Just a Fishmonger, Not a Restaurant 我只是一个卖鱼的，不是餐厅 Jin Zhenpangpang金真胖胖Urban276k WordsOngoing [Gourmet]+ [No Female Lead]+ [Easygoing]+ [Everyday Life]+ [System] Huang Xiaobao has barely graduated when his parents force him to inherit the family business. Confused and bewildered, he goes home to take over the fish shop. “Boss, I don't know how to cook, but the fish in your shop look so lively. Could you kill one and make me some boiled fish?” the little girl asks pitifully. “Sure, sure. That's ten yuan for the preparation.” “Boss, boss, I want some too.” “Five hundred yuan for the prepar 154Reads5.7Score124Shelves
49. 149 穿 Transmigrated as Meiya’s Younger Brother, I Conquer the World with Chinese Cuisine 穿成美伢弟弟，我靠中华美食封神 Lin Wang Who Loves Roasted Konjac爱吃烧魔芋的林王Anime Fanfiction1.1M WordsOngoing Koyama Rin, a chef who had spent years mastering Chinese cuisine, unexpectedly transmigrated into the world of Crayon Shin-chan and became Misae’s younger brother. Determined to spread authentic Chinese food far and wide, he moved in with the Nohara family. The moment he arrived, he activated the Chinese Cuisine System. His beginner’s mission was to win over the picky Shin-chan and his family with a single dish. Shin-chan, who hated green peppers, was completely won over by Rin’s stir-fried pork 25.4kReads8.9Score2.7kShelves
50. 150 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 3.1kReads8.8Score429Shelves

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