Novels like The Foodie Heir and His Charming Chef
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Foodie Heir and His Charming Chef, best match first.
- 1 The Delicious Little Chef: A Farmer’s Guide to Growing a Husband 美味小厨娘：田园种夫记 A modern food lover is about to become an ancient culinary prodigy and lead her whole family out of poverty toward prosperity. Douhua knows the road won’t be easy. She isn’t afraid of being poor or working hard. She may be small, but she has big ambitions, and she won’t let a sweet romance pass her by either. And as for all those people looking for trouble, bring it on! She’ll make sure you walk in upright and leave flat on your back. 72Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 2 Gourmet: I Never Opened My Stall, Yet Customers Lined Up Late at Night 美食：没出摊，顾客深夜排队 After losing his job, Gu Nian unexpectedly gets a food System and takes over his parents’ stall. “Boxed lunches for sale! Just 14 yuan for a steaming-hot meal!” “Delicious and affordable! Come and give them a try!” His very first day at the stall, and business is already booming? The workers can hardly stand the wait! They clock out early just so they can get a bite sooner. Ever since they tried Gu Nian’s boxed lunches, every other place’s food has tasted like cardboard! “Huh? You’re sold ou 478Reads—Score101Shelves
- 3 Gourmet: I Lost My Job and Started a Food Stall. How Did I Become the Richest Person? [美食]失业去摆摊，怎么就成首富了 After transmigrating into a book, she finds herself saddled with an exploitative employer, a cheating boyfriend, and a whole string of “poor relatives.” In another world, Lin Zhaoyu had already reached the pinnacle of culinary skill. Her motto: “No need to panic. A good meal can get you through anything.” In this era of scarce supplies, Lin Zhaoyu is determined to reach the top with her astonishing ability to turn the ordinary into the extraordinary, plus a magical golden finger! At first, diner 53Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 4 The First-Rank Chef 一品厨娘 After transmigrating, she finds her “parents” cruel? They just need a good dose of reality! Their home is bare? Her farming System can make them rich! She's terminally ill? Luckily, in her past life she was heir to a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners! Even if she has to marry, her husband will be a top-tier reborn man who was The Outcast in his past life. The king returns, his wife unlocks every cheat, and their lives turn around. How could it not be exciting? (A sweet 1v1 rom 5Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 5 The Little Cook from Hunter Shen's Household 沈猎户家的小厨娘 (Farming + food + alternate world + no golden finger) Lin Xi brings her younger brother with her when she marries a hunter. He may be cold on the outside, but he’s warmhearted and treats her well. Lin Xi and the hunter work hard together, building a life from nothing. The whole family stays together and works to make their lives better. A gentle, slice-of-life farming story. No golden finger. Alternate world. 134Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Hey, Human! You’re Falling for Kitties Too, Aren’t You? 人！你也会为喵喵着迷吧！ [Everyone's Favorite + Food Livestream + Big Spenders Tipping + Fluffy-Cute Obsession + Multiple Powerful Figures + Regional Cuisine] Why is Yizhi Meow Meow livestreaming her street stall? What is Meow Meow selling at her stall today? Why is Meow Meow's owner so cruel, making a little kitty earn money for its own cat food? So cute! Meow Meow doesn't understand why so many strange aunts and uncles, older sisters and grandpas, and older brothers and grandmas come to see her! All she wants is to hu 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 [Cooking God] I Don’t Want to Do Homework Today 【厨神】今天不想写作业 Also known as Waiting for the Hawthorn Tree to Bear Fruit [After Being Reborn, I Became a Comforting Food Video Creator] Wen Shuling thought she and Dr. Su were just ordinary neighbors. He borrowed her yard to dry medicinal herbs. She borrowed his study to film videos. He made her soothing tea for her throat. She saved him dinner. That was all. Until the night before the Little New Year. She steamed thirty-six date-paste pastries. She left one portion on the other side of the courtyard 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 I Became a Farm Girl and Found Myself a Wolfish Boyfriend 穿成小农女捡了个狼系男友 [Quirky, career-minded sweetheart + cold on the outside, warm on the inside, doting husband + both are each other's first and only + fictional setting] Shen Xiaoyuan inexplicably transmigrated to ancient times. The thatched cottage behind her was still burning, and her widowed mother clutched her, weeping: “My son is gone, and now the child bride I bought with silver is leaving too?!” She raised chickens with her stepmother, cooked delicious food, opened a shop, and struck business deals. Just a 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Food Frenzy! My Snack Stall Is Taking the Internet by Storm! 美食暴击！我的小吃摊火爆全网！ “Opening a food stall on a dead-end food street? Have you lost your mind?” Zhao Feng’s whole family is against him, but he insists on taking over the family’s bankrupt food street. Then, from the start, he binds to the [God of Cooking System] and gains: The Hand of the God of Food (MAX cooking skills) A Divine-Grade Ingredient Space (freshness permanently locked) Enhanced Taste Buds (one bite and you’re in heaven) The aroma of his pan-fried buns explodes through the street the moment they come o —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 After I Transmigrated, I Called Off My Engagement to the Scholar 穿越后，我退掉了和秀才的婚约 I transmigrated into another world, broke and with a scumbag fiancé to boot. I had no choice but to dump him and make my fortune through good food. Then some warrior general showed up, claiming I’d once saved his life and that he wanted to take me as a concubine! Who even are you, man? Just get lost already! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Army Life on a 1970s Island: I Build a Fortune Through Food 七零海岛随军：我靠美食发家致富 Su Qing, a modern food blogger, unexpectedly wakes up inside a period novel she had just mocked online. She has become the cannon-fodder supporting female character who shares her name and meets a tragic end. In the original story, she was greedy for wealth and status, abandoned her husband, the “villain,” after he was sent to an island research institute, and left behind their twin son and daughter. She devoted herself to pursuing the male lead, only to become a stepping stone and die of illnes 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Three Flavors of Fireworks 三味烟火 In a corner of the bustling city, Sanwei House, tucked away in the old stone-paved lanes, is a treasure trove of delicious food. Chen Mo, the protagonist, used to be a programmer, but the "Hundred Flavors Inheritance System" led him onto a remarkable culinary journey. From northern Sichuan jelly noodles, Wuhan hot dry noodles, Xi'an lamb paomo, and Guilin rice noodles to Shanghai pan-fried buns, Chen Mo carefully prepares local specialties from across the country, all to recreate their authentic —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 The Little Chef's Rise to Wealth 小厨娘的富贵逆袭 After transmigrating, Jiang Qianxia becomes the owner of a shop in a plane-spanning merchant guild. What should she do when a military camp cook secretly sleeps with the general, gets pregnant, and her husband's family refuses to let her through the door? Throw money at them! She throws enough money at her brother-in-law to make him willingly become her manager, leaves her wicked mother-in-law wailing and stripped of her authority, and gets the entire household to raise her to the position of ma 13Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 14 After I Transmigrate into a Book, I Become the Top Imperial Merchant Through Food 穿书后，她靠美食成为首席皇商 [Food + System + Unofficial Frontier Life] Tang Qingshi never imagined that driving along in broad daylight would send her crashing right into a book. And just her luck: not only has she transmigrated into a bit-part character with barely any scenes, but she’s in a total madhouse from the start. The mysterious System is nothing but a dog. It vanishes when trouble strikes, and all it does is whine about having nothing to offer. WTF? She’s supposed to save the original plot and keep the small worl 2Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 15 From the Start, I Quit My Job on the Spot, and My Food Stall Took the Whole City by Storm 开局裸辞，我的美食小摊火遍全城 [Female lead with no romance] [Stalls all over town] [Lighthearted slice of life] Foodie at heart, absurd to the soul! Chen Jinyue, whose college major was a dead end, finally managed to find a job. But her boss took credit for her work and squeezed her dry with endless overtime every day. She’d had enough. After quitting without another job lined up, she unexpectedly bound herself to Food System 007. She thought it was a sure thing, but every mission turned out to be more outrageous than the la 956Reads—Score103Shelves
- 16 The Marquis's Household Wants Me Back, but the Whole City of Diners Is Losing Its Mind 侯门要迎我回府，全城食客急疯了 Gourmet + System + daily life + heartwarming + transmigrate into a book + romance + ancient-style fantasy Xue Leyi, who came from the apocalypse, transmigrated into a book. As the vicious fake heiress and villainess, she’d done every rotten thing imaginable for wealth and status, constantly brought disaster upon herself, and ultimately died abandoned and destitute. When Xue Leyi first arrived, she discovered she’d been thrown out of the Marquis’s estate. The entire capital was waiting to laugh 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Granny Tian's Rebirth: Late-Night Cafeteria Livestream 田老太重生记深夜食堂直播间 The feisty, capable 95-year-old Tian Caigu is reborn in 1987. At 55, she quits her job and opens a late-night diner that becomes a refuge for countless migrant workers. She spends her days bustling amid the smoke and steam, serving customers warmth and comfort. She also has a livestream that connects to the future. 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 If the Club Isn't X-Rated, Is It Doomed? I Made the Whole City Famous with My Cooking 会所不黄就黄？我靠美食火遍全城 2.5kReads6.0Score270Shelves
- 19 Gourmet: The God of Food Starts a Business with a Street Stall 美食：食神创业从摆摊开始 [Gourmet] [Lighthearted] [Slice of Life] [Comedy] [Heartwarming] [No Romance] After losing his job, Zhao Lei unexpectedly gets bound to a God of Food System. Starting with a street stall selling jianbing guozi, he makes all kinds of Chinese delicacies until everyone is drooling for a taste. “Young man, our secretary wants you to be the head chef at the municipal canteen. You can get a civil service position without taking the exam.” “What? My alma mater, New Oriental, wants me to come back and g 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 I Became a Farm Girl: Gourmet Cooking Made Me Rich 穿成农家女：我靠美食发家致富 [Ancient Setting + Food + System + Business] Shen Qingqing transmigrates into the home of an ordinary family in Xishui Village, Qing'an County, Great Hua. There are seven people in the household, and they can barely make ends meet while dealing with their awful relatives. Luckily, she has a golden finger. Watch as Shen Qingqing leads her family out from under their relatives' thumbs, opening a food shop, a dessert shop, a hot pot restaurant... and guiding them all toward a comfortable life. “Da 37Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 After I Transmigrated, I Won Over the Imperial Harem With My Cooking 穿越后我用美食征服后宫 Gu Yanyue, a three-Michelin-starred chef, transmigrates. She becomes the empress, but the emperor is a puppet ruler. To survive, Gu Yanyue returns to her old profession and starts cooking in the palace! The villainous consort's maid: “Your Ladyship, it's not that we haven't tried to poison her. The empress cooks for herself every day, so we never get the chance!” The vicious legitimate elder sister's maid: “Miss, I've been trying my best to seduce the emperor for you, but he insists on eating al 28Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 A Chef Transmigrates and Goes Wild 厨师穿越也疯狂 Yu Yang, executive chef of a five-star hotel, transmigrates to an ancient world and embarks on a wild, carefree adventure as a young man. He makes his way in life through his cooking, builds his destiny on the path of martial arts, and takes up his sword to roam the world in the service of the people. Amidst three thousand splendors, he pays no heed to hardship, raising his blade against the wind and striking wave after wave... 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Unemployed Dad: I Become a God of Cooking with the Gourmet System 失业奶爸：靠美食系统封神 Food + System + street-stall cooking + devoted dad + one female lead + comedy + daily life + heartwarming Lin Yifei is an unemployed father whose life has hit rock bottom when he unexpectedly awakens a Divine Food System! His points come from his daughter's smiles, and his cooking skills are boosted by the System. From a little roadside stall at the night market to a food brand beloved across the country; From fumbling through childcare to raising a son and daughter in a happy family. Cooki 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 The Spirit Spring Diner: A Fierce Daughter-in-Law Raises a General 灵泉小饭馆：剽悍长媳养出个将军 Jiang Niannian woke up to discover she had transmigrated into a book, becoming the cannon-fodder eldest daughter-in-law in a farming novel. Her family was about to have their restaurant and recipes stolen by the second branch of the family. Her husband was about to be plotted against and killed by them, and in the end, she would starve to death during a severe drought because she had no money to stock up on grain. Jiang Niannian grabbed a cleaver and got to work! The second branch wanted to stea 6Reads—Score120Shelves
- 25 The Spoiled, Food-Loving Cutie 盛宠吃货萌妃 They say the Gu family has a daughter with an ordinary face and a figure like a ball, yet she has ways of beguiling the entire royal family. They say she stole a fish carefully raised in the palace garden, choked on it, and made the furious emperor fill in the entire pond. They say she fought with a princess and lost a tooth, then shut herself away in a fit of gloom, so the furious empress confined the princess to her quarters. They say she offended a pregnant consort, and the furious empress do 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 A Night-Market Stall: Eat Well, Then Sleep 在夜市摆摊，吃顿好的再睡 Ji Nanzhi transmigrates into the body of a young woman who has just graduated from college. The girl has no money and both her parents are dead. She can barely afford her younger sister's medical bills, and, overwhelmed by despair, she stares at the vast, dark river before leaping in. When she is rescued, Ji Nanzhi has already transmigrated into her body. Standing in the cold wind, Ji Nanzhi thinks for a moment and decides to go back to her old line of work. A few days later, a food cart rolls i 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 You're Stuck with Me 摊上你啦 An unfounded accusation costs nurse Mu Xiaoxia her job, but unexpectedly unlocks a food-stall System. From then on, a mobile castle of delicious food quietly appears in every corner of the city, bringing comfort to lonely souls through the night. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 Gourmet: Selling Squab by the School Gate, Making College Students Drool 美食：校门口卖乳鸽，馋哭大学生 [Food + easygoing + comedy + slice of life] [No mindless face-slapping] Lin Yuxuan closes his eyes and opens them again to find he has transmigrated to a parallel world. After awakening the God of Cooking System, he starts selling delicious food in all kinds of places. Then a strange sight begins to appear in this world. A college girl, heartbroken after a breakup and with no appetite, sees the roast squab her roommate bought, and helpless tears well up at the corners of her mouth. A woman with 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 I Transmigrated and Got Rich Through Cooking 穿越后我靠美食富甲一方 Food blogger Jiang Qingli transmigrates to an unknown dynasty. Her parents are gone, and all she has is a younger brother who’s still growing and needs to be fed. Looking at their bare-bones home and her frail little brother, Jiang Qingli vows to turn their lives around, so she returns to her old profession. The first step is setting up a food stall. Before long, the capital has a new street-food stand selling all kinds of novel snacks its customers have never seen before. With the cooking skill 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 After Losing My Job, I Feed the World with a Bowl of Yangchun Noodles 失业后我靠一碗阳春面喂饱全世界 [Unemployment + comeback + System + feel-good story + cutting-edge tech + food + healing + lighthearted + everyday life] After losing my job, I activated the Shennong Food System. My cooking had the whole street swooning, and my food stall exploded across the trending charts, making me a top-tier star of the food scene. My high-tech creations went viral across the internet, and the whole world wanted to know more. On the third day after losing his job, Lin Yuan spent 50 yuan on a “high-end yogu 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 After Transmigrating, I Bring Chinese Cuisine to Another World 穿越后，我在异世发扬中华美食 This is a fictional story about transmigration, food, and building a fortune. (It’s easy to follow and moves at a leisurely pace, so please read with that in mind.) (There is a male lead. He arrives late, but at just the right time.) Shen Yu never imagined that staying up late would send a promising young woman from the twenty-first century transmigrating. A clichéd disaster strikes her: her grandmother’s family doesn’t love her, and after the family splits up, she can barely scrape together en —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Reborn in 1980: A Five-Star Chef Gets Rich with His Wife and Daughters 重生80：五星名厨带妻女暴富 In 2026, Liu Yuanshan, executive chef at a five-star hotel earning over a million a year, suddenly dies while lying in bed watching an animated drama. When he opens his eyes, he discovers he's been reborn as a fisherman with the same name in 1986. The once-bachelor golden boy has suddenly gained a wife and three daughters overnight. From the start, his parents blame his wife for giving birth to three girls in a row, accusing her of ending the Liu family's line, and pressure him to divorce her. L 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 The Sichuan-Spiced Little Chef 川辣小厨娘 Her birth mother was violent and uncivilized, her birth father weak and selfish, and her adopted younger brother all fake smiles and empty pleasantries. Luo Qinglan said, “One comes, I beat one. Two come, I beat them both.” She opened a chain of restaurants and distinctive inns, bought mountains and fields to build vegetable farms, and launched a chain of cold-drink shops. Armed with her modern cooking skills and experience managing restaurants, she thrived in the ancient world. Her only problem 15Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 34 Gourmet: Boss, You're Bold to Run a Street Stall 美食：老板你摆摊真任性啊 [Everyday Life] [Gourmet] [No Female Lead] [Comedy] [Heartwarming] [Perfect with a Meal] Ming Xuan unexpectedly awakens a street-stall System, and from then on, starts a life of randomly slacking off, no, running a stall. He sells flatbread and fried dough sticks in front of the DD Building, noodles at a middle school gate, and zongzi outside a university. What? The reward is 996,000 yuan. Why is the number so oddly specific? Wait, something's not right. Why is it 996? Is there something cursed 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 A Taste of Culinary Wonder for the Ancient World 给古代来点小小的美食震撼 Yu Enhe is an all-around food blogger who enjoys a quiet life in a small country village. She never expected to wake up and transmigrate to another world. She becomes an orphan of unknown origins and gains a handsome husband. Since she's here, she might as well make this dynasty a little more familiar with the wonders of food. Rice bowls topped with savory dishes, hot pot, delicious pastries... From street stalls to grand restaurants, from the countryside to the capital: with food this good, who 138Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 After Returning from the Dead, the Gu Family's Young Miss Thrives in Ancient Times 回魂后，顾大小姐在古代风生水起 [System + entrepreneurship + strong female lead + nontraditional transmigration + warm and lighthearted] Gu Xiyue, heiress to Z Country’s largest conglomerate, created immense wealth and gave generously throughout her life. When she died of old age, she transmigrated to ancient times and became the eldest daughter of the prime minister’s household, renowned for both her intelligence and beauty. She thought she would spend her life scheming and fighting, like so many transmigrated heroines in nov 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 From the Start, I Had a Spatula, and the Big Shots Kept Chasing Me for a Meal 开局一把锅铲，大佬追着我干饭 [System + quick transmigration + food and business + reborn + pocket dimension + feel-good power fantasy] Bai Yuxi was an ordinary office worker in the imperial capital. Desperate to achieve financial freedom and buy a home in her hometown as soon as possible, she worked herself to the bone, only to die suddenly from overwork. Then, against all odds, she was reborn? This time, she decided to live life on her own terms! After giving her exploitative boss a piece of her mind and securing severance 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 I Became a God-Tier Tycoon by Running a Street Stall, and My Customers Chase Me All Over Town 摆摊成神豪，食客追我满城跑 [Food + Tycoon + Comedy + System + No Romance + No Heroine + Daily Life + Comfort Food + Wish Fulfillment] Li Hai is a wage earner who longs to get rich. By chance, he binds to the Food Tycoon System. From then on, he sets out to run street-food stalls. The locations and dishes are random. Every time he completes a stall-running task provided by the System, he receives a generous reward. [Congratulations, Host! Task complete. Reward: ten million yuan.] [Congratulations, Host! Task complete. Rewa 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 The Wealthy Little Cook 富贵小厨娘 Lu Azhuo, a superb cook, transmigrated into an imperial-examination novel, where she was destined to become the male lead's short-lived first wife. Her husband's family and her own would be ruined because of her. Another title for this story: Death Comes Calling. When she woke up, she could uproot a willow with one hand and wield a kitchen knife with the other. No one within ten miles dared provoke her. They said she could silence a crying baby just by showing up. She was making a fortune with h 299Reads7.1Score101Shelves
- 40 The Internet’s Most Polished Girl Is Setting Up Stalls Everywhere? 网络精致女孩她居然到处摆地摊？ [Gourmet] [Street Stalls] [Farming] [No Romance] [Light Technology] Yang Xiu binds to a trending food System, which assigns her one online video-shooting task every so often. She drives the utility vehicle provided by the System, wears its exquisite outfits, and disguises herself so thoroughly that even her mother wouldn’t recognize her, all to complete the food challenges the System assigns. She takes a mini old-timer car to a highway rest stop to cook century egg and pork congee, drives an RV 80Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 41 A Food Blogger Transmigrates and Sets Up a Stall, Making the Whole City Drool 美食博主穿越后，摆摊馋哭全城人 [Everyday food + transmigration + lighthearted wish fulfillment + historical romance + farming + building wealth] Su Weiyang, crowned the King of Chefs at a modern food competition, wakes up to find she’s transmigrated back to ancient times! She’s become the notorious, same-name-and-surname villainess of the Su family, who has just been jilted. On her very first day after transmigrating, a strikingly handsome stranger rescues her, causing a sensation throughout the village. Su Weiyang takes a lo 261Reads—Score100Shelves
- 42 A Little Country Bride: Husband, You're in for a Treat 农门小娇妻，相公你有口福了 [Farming + food + transmigrate into a book + light, sweet romance] Jiang Zhiyu was hit by a car while walking on the sidewalk, then nearly drowned right after transmigrating into a book. She dares anyone to claim they are more unlucky than she is! Being transmigrated as a top-tier cannon-fodder character is no big deal. With enough hard work, even cannon fodder can turn their life around! First, she sets a modest goal: open a food street and make a hundred million! There's no problem food can't 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 Running a Plane-Space Restaurant, I Rise to the Top 经营位面餐厅，走向人生巅峰 [Cuisine x business x card draws x interdimensional travel x ensemble cast x growth x lighthearted] Chu Tian, a pampered young lady who had never lifted a finger around the house, had just graduated and was dragging her suitcase out of her dorm when an unknown System pulled her into the universe, making her the first person to venture beyond the solar system into an unknown star system. [Run an interdimensional restaurant successfully and complete all your missions, and you'll be able to return 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 You Transmigrate and Still Study Law? I’ll Sell Fried Noodles and Offer Legal Advice 穿越了还学法啊？炒粉炒面送咨询 [Gourmet] [Short Legal Stories] [Everyday Gossip] [Travel Journal] [No Romance] The core competitive advantage for law students entering the workforce: stir-fry noodles, fry rice noodles, and offer legal consultations on the side. After transmigrating to another world, Xu Wenyun knew this principle inside out. But with countless delicacies out there, shouldn’t he try more delicious things? Even eating needs technique. Every bite deserves something better! In the first week, he sells pork rib 31Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 45 The Little Farmhouse Chef: Prince, Dinner Is Ready! 农家小厨娘：王爷，开饭啦 Overworked corporate drone Lin Zhizhi worked diligently every day, only to exhaust herself to death and transmigrate to an alternate dynasty, where she even picked up a man. Lin Zhizhi had only wanted to put her food-blogger skills to good use, build a career, make money, become a rich beauty, and reach the top. She never expected so many people to make trouble for her! The man she found in the woods is useless apart from his good looks. He’s not only sharp-tongued, but only knows how to eat. He 78Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 46 The Chubby Princess's Little Chef: Miserly Crown Prince, Don't Run! 肥妃小厨娘，抠门太子你别逃！ [1v1, lighthearted writing, no nasty characters, multiple transmigrators, a chaotic gathering of transmigrators] Three-Michelin-starred chef Lin Manyue opened her eyes and found the world turned upside down! Yesterday she had been preparing foie gras at Paris's Tour d'Argent. Today she'd been dropped into a greasy, bloody ancient-era butcher shop. Her new life as a fierce, 200-jin butcher's wife came with no time to adjust! Neighbors slapped the chopping block and shouted, "Fatso, chop that mea 32Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 47 A Snack Stall in Chang'an 长安小食摊 Shen Yu died in the kitchen of her Sichuan restaurant. When she woke up, she had become an orphan girl in Chang'an's West Market, saddled with fifteen strings of debt. The original owner couldn't even get the stove hot. With half a sack of flour, a battered wok, and her own two hands, she started out with a street stall in the West Market. Her improved iron wok produced the Tang Dynasty's first stir-fry, and it took the West Market by storm. From a roadside stall to the finest restaurant in the 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 The Fragrance and Flavor of Lotus 荷香食味 The day she was divorced, Ye Hexiang took only two acres of barren land and the cookbook her grandmother had left her. Her rundown house leaked in the wind. She had no money to her name and carried a secret she couldn't tell anyone. She thought her life was over. Then she sold her first jar of pickled radish for a single coin. A bowl of hot soup, a little shop, and a taciturn but gentle man. She learned that life's greatest flavors come from turning bitter days into sweet ones. 8kReads8.2Score1.2kShelves
- 49 The Mortal Flavors I Share with the Kitchen God 我和灶神君的人间风味 In a corner of the Culinary Capital, there’s a little shop with no sign. It serves food so delicious you’ll want to swallow your tongue, and boasts a handsome, cool-headed owner, a cute chef, and a line of customers stretching to the end of the street. “What did you say? You want to steal my little chef? Keep dreaming...” The cool-headed owner turns around, glaring furiously. “Hey, cook! Where are you running off to? You’ll never escape me in this lifetime...” 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 I Opened a Restaurant by the University [Gourmet] 我在大学旁开饭馆【美食】 [Cozy farming and food story] [No romance] [A System is present, but it stays in the background] [Ensemble cast] [The apocalypse is only part of the heroine’s backstory and has nothing to do with this story] Xu Ruyi was an utterly ordinary person. When she transmigrated into an apocalyptic world, she thought she’d gotten cheat powers and become the main character, but it turned out she was just an extra. After transmigrating back to the modern world, she decided that, having lived two lifetimes 162Reads—Score—Shelves
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