A Survival Guide to Ancient Cuisine

Song Changxia is an ordinary citizen of Great Jin. After living there for fifteen years, she has always felt out of place.

Only after accidentally hitting her head does she remember that she isn't a native of Great Jin, but was born there after transmigrating from the modern world.

Great Jin prizes martial arts. Its people are bold and tough, and men and women of all ages know a move or two.

But other things are less developed, especially food, which is extremely limited.

Breakfast is always flatbread. It's hard enough to crack walnuts, and there are no cooking techniques to speak of. Everything is boiled in water, bland and tasteless.

The people of Great Jin have always lived this way and see nothing wrong with it.

But for Song Changxia, who tasted countless delicacies in her previous life, this is unbearable even for a single day. She decides to provide for herself, eat well, and spread the love of good food.

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One day, a humble little breakfast stall opens at the end of an unremarkable alley in Jin City. The food the owner sells is unlike anything anyone has ever heard of.

Round, soft, fragrant buns called baozi.

Long, thin, springy noodles called noodles.

Delicate, translucent, silky rice noodle rolls called rice noodle rolls.

Plump dumplings shaped like ingots, and golden, crispy fried dough sticks. Every breakfast dish is so delicious it makes your teeth ache.

Ever since this shop opened, the people of Great Jin have lost their enthusiasm for fighting and martial arts. The first thing they do every day is eat a delicious breakfast.

From then on, Great Jin experiences an unprecedented food craze, and everyone's happiness steadily rises.

Content warning:

[This is probably an everyday-life story about family matters and eating delicious food, told like a running diary. There is a male lead, and the main couple are each other's only partner.]

Theme: Love life and love yourself