I Make Beautiful Meals in Ancient Times

Overworked office worker Shen Zhaozhao transmigrates to ancient times and finds herself an orphaned farm girl with a terrible hand from the start. The bad news: Her home is bare, she has no rice to cook, and she owes ten taels. The good news: She’s bound to a Chef God System, with an endless supply of modern ingredients and a limitless collection of lost recipes. Shen Zhaozhao sets up a stall and starts selling her family’s traditional meat sauce noodles. At first, all she wants is to win a free shop at the sacrificial banquet. She never expects to get caught up in one crisis after another. Praying for rain, filling the granaries, taking on corrupt officials, renovating temples, putting all kinds of resources to good use… She’ll overcome every obstacle and help the people of her village grow rich! The fancy food she ate in her previous life becomes her secret to making money: Black truffle and free-range chicken egg fried rice, and Italian-style eight-treasure stuffed chicken, both mouthwatering. Cherry cheesecake balls and cheese-baked sweet potatoes, sweet and silky. Traditional dishes like crab-stuffed oranges and cabbage in clear broth are just as exquisite. Her restaurants spread far and wide, and the silver comes rolling in. Shen Zhaozhao: “I just want to open the best restaurant in the world!” - She finds a young general who’s lost his memory. He’s sweet-talking and hardworking, so she takes him in as a servant. Absolute support, absolute approval, absolute trust! Once Chu Han’s sweet-on-the-outside, calculating-on-the-inside personality comes out, he’s mortified by how clingy he’s been. Unfortunately for him, Shen Zhaozhao has already trained him to behave. She adopts three children and sends them to school. Friends from all walks of life make their appearances one by one. Tensions simmer in Jiangnan, the Western Regions, and the far north, while beacon fires light up one after another. Shen Zhaozhao puts herself in danger, sees the land for herself, visits famous restaurants, and brings people together through food. Why did her family give her a name that means “bright,” only to abandon her in both worlds? The closer Shen Zhaozhao gets to the capital, the closer she comes to learning the truth about her past. Somehow, she has already embarked on the path of her family’s legacy… - Which noble ladies in the capital can resist the dessert shop, dress-up studio, and pet café? The highborn young ladies rush to load money onto their accounts at Shen Zhaozhao’s shops, all just to secure a reservation! 【Congratulations to the eldest daughter of the Minister of Revenue: your deposit of ten thousand taels of silver has arrived. You have earned a Shen’s Restaurant gold card.】 【The Pearl White Moonlight concert outfit has been bought out by Noble Consort Xiao, who also receives a bonus instant photo.】 【Congratulations to the Vice Minister of Rites on purchasing a top-quality golden tiger. Ten tiger-skin cake rolls are included.】 With just a small effort, Shen Zhaozhao takes down Tianxiang Pavilion, the capital’s long-established top-tier star restaurant. Even the old emperor can’t resist her modern Chinese cuisine and insists on keeping her as his chief imperial chef! Whether you’re out in the martial world or serving at court, everyone knows food comes first. What is the way of food? Shen Zhaozhao gradually asks herself this question and finds the answer. Love every meal, and love the person who shares it with you. 【A kindhearted, meddlesome yet ambitious heroine × a devoted young general who seems sweet on the outside but is calculating within】 Tips: 1. Fictional setting. Don’t worry about historical accuracy; it serves the plot. 2. The main couple is monogamous, and their romance develops naturally. When the male lead has amnesia, he’s warm and innocent, but he’s quite different before and after. 3. There’s political intrigue and an ensemble cast. The story takes its time. Theme: Food is the people’s greatest need