Novels like The Rising Foodie
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Rising Foodie, best match first.
- 151 Transmigration: After Quitting, the System Helps Me Open a Restaurant 穿越：辞职后系统带我开饭馆儿 [System] [Gourmet] [No heroine] [No romance] [Cozy] [Everyday life] Zhang Yang is an orphan. After finally learning to cook from a master, he is transported to another world by an explosion. When he arrives, he discovers that he is still an orphan. What? Am I cursed with bad luck? Do I not deserve parents? Just then, his phone chimes: @Zhang Yang, please come to the finance office tomorrow to complete your resignation procedures. Before he can reply, a dialog box pops up on his phone: You have b 650Reads8.0Score10214d adds
- 152 After the Villainess Started Cooking, Everyone Spoiled Her! 恶女做美食后，被团宠了！ [Not a wish-fulfillment story + slow burn + food + everyday life + heartwarming] After a car accident, Shang Shixu transmigrated to the Great Xia dynasty. The good news: Her father was an official, and a fairly high-ranking one! The bad news: She was a notorious villainess in the capital. She not only seduced unmarried young men, but also went after married men. Everyone in the city despised her, and her family suffered for it too. She would ask people for favors to their faces, then call them i 327Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 153 My Late-Night Diner System 我有一个深夜食堂系统 [Food System Story] [Comedy] [Passion] [Not connected to the TV series!] Xu Tian, a finance graduate from an ordinary rural family, unexpectedly gets a Food System after graduating. “You can open during the day. Why call it the Late-Night Canteen System...” “You’re telling me that ripped guy is a chef? Did flipping a wok give him that physique?” “Holy crap! Did you see that? His egg fried rice is glowing!” “I’m not blind! It’s technology!! There’s definitely some crazy stuff in it!!!” Years 68Reads—Score—14d adds
- 154 The Fat Woman Fights Back and Makes a Fortune, Just You Wait! 肥婆翻身把钱赚，要你好看！ What?! A beauty who just slimmed down to 88 jin has transmigrated into a huge 160-jin woman?! Her fiancé looks down on her for being fat and ugly, humiliates her, and breaks off their engagement. No matter. This chubby girl can shine all on her own! She can lose weight and make money at the same time, trading life as an illustrator for work in ancient times. She transforms in style, leaving scumbags and fake sweethearts in the dust. Come one, come all, noble ladies and young misses! My slimming 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 155 The God of Cooking Brother Raises a Future Scholar from His Street Stall 厨神哥哥从摆摊开始养出个女状元 [Male protagonist + Coming-of-age + Golden finger + Food-focused story + A few awful characters early on] He wakes up to find himself transmigrated into ancient times as Jiang Ling, the exceptionally handsome eldest son of a farming family. His father is drowning in gambling debts, his mother is bedridden with a serious illness, his older sister has been sold off as a sacrificial bride, and his younger siblings are starving and gaunt. He quietly brings out his golden finger: an all-purpose pocke —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 156 The Pastry Queen’s Journey 糕点皇后养成记 The biggest challenge of transmigrating to ancient times: no oven, no stand mixer. How can a modern baker survive? Jiang You calmly says, “No problem.” The earthen stove is too crude, so she builds a brick kiln and makes her own oven. With no proper tools, she ties bamboo strips together to make a whisk. She uses lard to create layer upon layer of flaky pastry, and cleverly packages her goods in bamboo baskets lined with oiled paper. Her Valentine's Day sushi amazes the townsfolk, her autumn-onl 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 157 This God of Cooking Really Wants to Teach Everyone 这个厨神真想教会大家 [Cooking + Dad Life + Technical Skills + No System] Feng Zheng only wanted to run his family’s little restaurant well, win back his first love, and give his daughter a warm, complete home. He never expected that livestreaming his cooking to attract customers would make him an internet sensation. His dish of eel in sizzling oil taught housewives across the country how to prepare eel at home. His delicate tofu soup became the standard for knife skills among the nation’s top chefs. His braised pork 184Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 158 This Restaurant Gets Nothing but Bad Reviews, Yet the Owner Makes a Fortune Every Day 这饭馆全是差评，老板却日进斗金 Qin Shuyang is bound to a food-promotion System. As long as he promotes food, he can earn rewards. To boost his fame, Qin Shuyang made a video documenting two snakeheads as they met, got to know each other, and fell in love. The camera work and filters made viewers feel moved and envy their romance. Some even found themselves reminiscing about their own past relationships. But in the very next moment, the camera cut to one of the snakeheads being turned into fish stew with pickled cabbage by Qin 2.1kReads8.5Score14614d adds
- 159 Food App: The Adorable Mom's Shop Goes Viral 美食app，萌娃亲妈开店火了 [Food + adorable kids + sweet romance] After getting drunk, Yu Fanfan wakes up to discover she’s somehow arrived four years in the future. She’s skipped straight past marriage and childbirth and become a mom overnight. After hitting a wall in her job search, she discovers a food-god app has suddenly appeared on her phone. By opening a shop and completing everyday cooking tasks, Yu Fanfan unlocks one delicious food picture after another. Diners discover a super-tasty little shop tucked away in an 207Reads8.2Score10414d adds
- 160 Gourmet: Starting with Randomly Setting Up a Stall to Sell Liangpi 美食：从随机摆摊卖凉皮开始 No heroine, food, street vending, healing, daily life, and a relaxing tone. The protagonist sets up a stall at random spots on the street, selling all kinds of snacks, changing locations every week. The food on offer varies, including cold noodles, grilled gluten skewers, tofu pudding, spicy beef noodles, handmade spicy strips, congee, steamed buns, and more. 156Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 161 From Kang Bed to Kitchen Stove: My Clever Wife Makes Her Way as a Farmer 炕上灶下：娘子妙手跃农门 A chef accidentally gets reborn as a farm girl? Her house is drafty on all sides, and they’re so poor they can barely afford to eat! Food is a problem, her reputation is in tatters, and she has to support her mother and younger siblings! Food is life, and she’ll use her incredible cooking skills to win everyone’s palate over and lead her whole family out of poverty! Little does she know that just as her purse starts to fill, someone sets their sights on her... 115Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 162 Gourmet: The Chef’s Food Stall Goes Viral on a Variety Show 美食：厨娘在综艺摆摊爆火 Gu Liuyan, a former imperial chef, opens her eyes to find she has transmigrated into the role of a cannon-fodder actress on the variety show Celebrity Kitchen. She can’t cook, has a bad temper, and has been saddled with a mountain of bad press. With an astronomical breach-of-contract fee threatening to end her career, Gu Liuyan slaps the table. “Who says I can’t cook?” And then the entire show discovers what it means to cook like a culinary god... An actress on the show wails, “I’ve already gain 115Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 163 The Ultimate Pocket Dimension: Turning the Tables and Helping My Family Thrive 极品空间：逆袭肥妻旺全家 [Disaster years] + [Badass heroine] + [Space] + [Adorable children] + [Putting vile people in their place] Su Miaomiao, a top agent from the twenty-fifth century, opens her eyes to find she has transmigrated into the body of a foolish, chubby girl! The scholar she once supported through years of hardship turns on her and gets involved with her stepsister! Her stepmother, afraid she'll ruin her stepsister's plans, marries her off to a cold and handsome hunter! The hunter has two children crying o 1kReads7.6Score12414d adds
- 164 The Farmer’s Daughter: Leading the Whole Family to Prosperity 农门娇女：带着全家奔小康 [Farming + food + mutual affection + cozy] After being reborn, Tian Jiaojiao found herself in an unfamiliar era. They were weak and poor, so she would lead her family to prosperity and a comfortable life. The whole family would work together to make a little money! With wealth and good fortune, romance was on the way too~ 73Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 165 The Clever Country Kitchen Maid: Her Dandy Husband Comes Looking for Trouble 农门俏厨娘：纨绔夫君来碰瓷 Ye Qing transmigrates into an ordinary farming family’s daughter. The moment she opens her eyes, she faces the grim reality that her family can barely afford to eat. Her uncle’s family abuses and bullies them, while her grandmother shows no affection and her grandfather couldn’t care less. The only thing Ye Qing can rely on to turn their lives around is her excellent cooking. She takes on the family’s worst troublemakers, protects her loved ones, makes delicious food, and leads her mother and si 34Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 166 I Started Out as a Side Consort and Won the Crown Prince Over with My Cooking 开局穿侧妃，我靠美食馋哭太子 Ye An'an transmigrated and became the Crown Prince’s concubine, but the Crown Prince was famous for being both a picky eater and a germaphobe. He ran away on their wedding night, becoming the laughingstock of the entire capital. The good news: she brought all her modern cooking skills with her, so she was living the good life! While everyone else was fighting for favor in the palace, scheming against one another, Ye An'an was making jianbing in the little kitchen, the delicious aroma carrying fo 9kReads7.3Score39714d adds
- 167 The Kids' Cafeteria: Six Different Dishes Every Day! 萌娃食堂：一天六个菜不重样！ [Delicious food + adorable kids + livestreaming + one female lead + lighthearted fun + a low-profile System] After transmigrating to a parallel world, Jiang Chen, a man born in the 2000s, inherits a kindergarten. With the birth rate falling, it’s getting harder and harder to enroll new students. Just as the kindergarten is about to go under, Jiang Chen gets matched with a God of Cooking System. It turns out that this world’s culinary skills are so poor that egg fried rice is considered a divine 337Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 168 After Failing the Civil Service Exam, I Reached the Pinnacle of Life 考编失败后，我走向人生巅峰 [Food, everyday life, love at first sight] For three years, she took the civil service exam and failed every time. No job, no money, and no partner. Shen Lichu is about to be lost forever beneath the waves. Then she meets Sheng Qinian. After a whirlwind marriage, Shen Lichu quickly passes the civil service exam she had been working toward for years. However, an accident puts the little restaurant where she grew up at risk of being rented out to someone else. After much thought, Shen Lichu d 173Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 169 The Petite Gourmet 美食小娇娘 Shen Yue transmigrates. The moment she opens her eyes, she finds herself lying in an open-sided thatched shelter with straw covering her. Heavens, earth, she’s the heroine, for goodness’ sake. Why couldn’t she have been given a life where she could just laze around and enjoy free meals? Worst of all, every meal is either leftover grilled fish bones or the fish she’s on her way to grill. Does this world have nothing but fish? They call delicious beef, pork, and mutton wild beasts, mistake all kin 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 170 I Just Made Some Food, So Why Are You All Going Crazy? 我就做个美食，怎么你们都疯了？ Peng Huahua, who can transmigrate just by walking, is speechless when she gets bound to a Food System as well. In this parallel world, where food is scarce, she has to complete the System's missions if she wants to go home. Faced with the System's endless variety of missions, Peng Huahua can only say she's gotten herself aboard a pirate ship! The diners of the little worlds: “What is this? It's unbelievably delicious!” (Also known as: What Do I Do When My Food Is Too Delicious?) (For now, t 265Reads—Score—14d adds
- 171 The Divorced Woman’s Guide to Winning Over the Emperor: Wild Grass, Stay Back 和离妇的自我攻略皇上野草靠边站 “Chunsheng! If you don’t divorce that jinx, I’ll kill myself!” “Mother, Suxin is still the wife I married properly. I’ve only just passed the county-level scholar exam. Divorcing her now would be rather heartless.” “My foolish son, you’re far too softhearted! She’s been part of the Liu family for five years. She’s eaten our food and drunk our water. Even a pig should have given us a piglet by now to repay us! But she’s just a hen that eats without laying eggs! We’re doing the Bai family a favor 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 172 Gourmet: My Snack Shop Time-Travelled to Ancient Times to Make Money! 美食：小吃店夜穿古代搞钱！ [Food + alternate setting + business + heartwarming + no romance] Tian Xin transmigrated into an alternate era one night and unexpectedly came into possession of a shop. She discovered that she could travel between ancient and modern times from inside the shop, and began a nightly journey to the past, making modern food and earning money. The little shop is equipped with every modern kitchen appliance she could need, and she can bring them along when she transmigrates. In this alternate era, whe 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 173 My Cat Turned Into a Person! 我家猫变成人啦！ Gu Yi, who had loved reading Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio since childhood, brought home a little cat. Who could have guessed that overnight, the cat would turn into a person? She decided to go into business with the little cat spirit and opened a pet lifestyle shop. Her tiny shop in the human world became her very own modern-day Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio. All sorts of customers came and went, each one a member of a different demon clan hiding in the city. One old tale after anot 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 174 Gourmet: I'm a Post-2000s Boss, Starting with Fried Rice 美食：我01后大老板从炒饭开始 After Yu Xun's parents died in a car accident, he suddenly became a child with no one to look after him. But he inherited the little restaurant his father left behind. Just when he had no idea what to do with the place, he discovered that he had somehow been bound to an Ultra-High-Level Chef System. "Hey, kid, your buns are so plump and fluffy!" "Yu Xun, hurry up and make me five thousand buns!" "Yu Xun, please... would you sell me your recipes? I can give you a hundred million!" "I wouldn't t 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 175 Why Is the Boss's Wife Like This? 老板娘为何这样 [Gourmet Medicinal Cuisine + Ancient-Era Romance with a Twist + Transmigration System] After gourmet chef Lu Junjun unexpectedly falls into a vegetative state, she transmigrates to the Great Zhou dynasty, a land renowned for its cuisine! Isn't that just like stepping with her eyes closed into her comfort zone? She'd planned to enjoy a carefree life, but the System demands that she become the richest person in the capital and help the people. She can only return after completing her mission. So, 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 176 I Set Up a Street Food Stall, So How Did It Take Over the Internet? 摆个美食小吃摊，咋就火爆全网了 [Gourmet] [Random Pop-Up Stalls] [Lighthearted] [Slice of Life] [Warm and Healing] [Comedy] [No CP] [Perfect with a Meal] Su Can transmigrated to a world suffused with spiritual energy and unexpectedly acquired a Divine Chef System. Each time, he sets up his stall somewhere new, making all kinds of spiritual delicacies. He sells bon bon chicken at the entrance to the Dark Forest secret realm, grills spirit-beast meat beneath the city walls, and serves spicy hot pot inside secret realms. Every di 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 177 After Leaving the Entertainment Industry, This Has-Been Opens a Restaurant and Takes the Internet by Storm 糊咖退圈后，开饭馆爆红全网 As a good-for-nothing in the cultivation world, Ming Tang idly watched someone else's lightning tribulation. As luck would have it, she took a direct hit and died a miserable, ridiculously unlucky death. When she opened her eyes again, she was a little-known actress in the modern entertainment industry. After turning down her unscrupulous agent's dinner-party demand, Ming Tang took the agent's advice to go home and sell roasted sweet potatoes, and promptly returned home to open a small restauran 473Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 178 I Opened an Eatery in Ancient Times and Picked Up a Child Bride Along the Way 我在古代开食铺，顺带捡个童养夫 (The rating just came out, but it’ll go up.) [Alternate world + Food + Business + Daily life + One couple only + Happy ending + Love grows over time] Ren Qingwu was born into the body of a newborn baby in one fell swoop, becoming the only daughter of a hunter’s family in the southwestern part of the Great Yong dynasty. Her parents died young, leaving her with a penniless household and a little food stall that barely kept them alive. She resolved to break through with good food: Kneading dough an 3kReads8.1Score34114d adds
- 179 The Prince's Personal Little Chef 王爷专属小厨娘 On the first day after her soul transmigrated to ancient times, someone spread lies about her. An Piaopiao gave them a taste of their own medicine! She easily brought their whole family to ruin! Everyone in the book has a destined match of their own. 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 180 Amazing! I Made a Fortune in Ancient Times with Modern Cuisine 惊！我靠现代美食在古代发家致富 (Transmigration + alternate world + farm space + devoted couple + food + farming and business + making a fortune + cozy, peaceful daily life) Lin Qiyue was punished with transmigration for wasting half a steamed bun. She arrived in an ancient village, in the poorest household around. Her eldest brother was disabled, her younger siblings were little, and the family had neither enough to eat nor clothes to keep warm. Lin Qiyue was close to tears, but luckily there was always a way out. She bound h 179Reads—Score—14d adds
- 181 This Food Streamer's Niche Is Way Too Weird 这美食主播的赛道过于邪门 [Gourmet] [Video Blogger] [Livestream Variety Show] [No Female Lead] [Ensemble Cast] [Unhinged Protagonist] [Goofy Daily Life] [No Romance] [No Romance] [No Romance] We’re saying it three times because it’s important. Beautiful women and delicious food are the most tempting things in the world. Bai Yu is a man who gives off a strong sense that he’s up to something. That only gets more complicated after he awakens the Borderline Gourmet Blogger System. Among gourmet bloggers, he has the best body 56Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 182 Reunited Beneath the Glittering Stars 重逢星光灿烂 When Zheng Yinyin was sixteen, she fell in love with a handsome young man. She poured her heart into the older brother who had rescued her like a hero. She planned to learn her craft properly, save up enough money, and then build a happy life with him as a family. But before she could even finish her training, he dumped her. Zheng Yinyin: ...I wasted my youth on a jerk. At a friend’s suggestion, Zheng Yinyin went to Hengdian to work as an extra. She then used a novel she had written to get her f 63Reads—Score—14d adds
- 183 My Cooking Can Cure Any Discontent 我的美食专治各种不服 Xu Riyue transmigrates into a parallel world, where he becomes a 996 office worker driven to bankruptcy by his boss's workplace abuse. At his lowest point, the Everyday Life System binds itself to him, refreshing one street-stall task each week. Other people's golden fingers can destroy the world, but his System only wants him to suffer social death. His stall is a legend that exists in the city for just one week: It appears on Monday, using an irresistible aroma and flavor to break down everyon 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 184 Reborn as a Market Town Girl, I Open a Shop and Make a Fortune 穿成市井小娘子开店发家记 [Humble Life + Time Travel + Food + Opening a Shop + Power Fantasy + Lighthearted] Set in an imaginary dynasty, so don’t worry about historical accuracy. Food takes center stage, with the plot playing a supporting role. The story is cozy and mellow throughout, with no dramatic ups and downs. It’s about everyday life and making a better living. The plot and characters are fairly ordinary, so it’s a good read when you’re bored. In her previous life, Jiang Yao lived alone through five years of the —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 185 Selling Liangfen on the Street, I Make the Whole City Crave It 摆摊卖凉粉，全城百姓被馋哭了 [Food + farming + love at first sight + doting romance + slow-burn sweetness] Xu Yingchun transmigrates into a book and becomes its wicked villainess, doomed to a miserable ending. She’s going to escape the villainess’s fate and become the heroine of her own story! After buying her freedom from the Jiang household, she sets up a street stall, opens a restaurant, and buys land. Her life gets better and better. Milk tea, barbecue, crawfish, hot pot, and big-plate chicken: she’ll serve it all! The 314Reads8.0Score12114d adds
- 186 Gourmet: The Dining Spot Changes at Random, and Diners Go Wild Looking for It 美食：随机地点，食客们找疯了 [Gourmet]+ [Lighthearted]+ [Funny]+ [Everyday Life]+ [Heartwarming] In her previous life, Su Qing owned shops and was content to lie flat. Then she woke up in a parallel world and found herself bound to a [Random Street Food System]. “I just want to lie flat!” Su Qing wailed. In the CBD late at night, the aroma was irresistible! Zhang Wei, an overworked office worker, exclaimed, “Holy crap! This oden broth is so delicious my tongue is practically melting! Boss, give me three more!” Designer Li L 353Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 187 After I Transmigrated, the Minor Side Character Won Everyone Over with Her Cooking 穿越后，小炮灰靠美食逆袭成团宠 [Sweet Romance and Healing + Independent, Hardworking Heroine + Gentle, Wise Hero + Food Business + Both Pure] Shen Qinqin transmigrates into the body of a wealthy merchant’s daughter who is infatuated with General Xiao. Because her predecessor offended the general, she is cast out of her home and thrown into a river the moment she arrives. Watch her use her own abilities to save her life and work diligently to build herself a place in the world, starting with a tiny wonton stall and branching o 8Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 188 My Ancestor Is a Pot 我的祖宗是口锅 Xu Jingqing accidentally awakened the spirit of an ancestor who had been sleeping inside the family heirloom, an iron wok. Under the old ancestor's “loving” tutelage, Xu Jingqing honed extraordinary cooking skills and opened a humble little eatery. At first, people were skeptical of a restaurant run by a college girl who had never lifted a finger around the house. Then came the verdict: “It's so good!” “Mom, I want to eat big sister's cooking every day.” “What smells so good in the middle of the 396Reads8.7Score10614d adds
- 189 Gourmet: I Take Over the Cafeteria, and Tsinghua and Peking University Fight Like Crazy to Hire Me 美食：承包食堂，清北抢我抢疯了 [Gourmet, comedy, no romance, lighthearted, everyday life, recipes, tutorials] P.S. I'll use my ten years of experience as a chef to show you all the wonders of food. This is pure fiction. Please don't take it as reality! After transmigrating to a parallel world, Yang Yi awakened a Gourmet System. His mission was to take over a college cafeteria. From then on, the students of Qingbei began battling over him. Even the senior administrators of both universities got involved! Huaqing student: “Stud 414Reads8.3Score10014d adds
- 190 I Used One Bowl of Noodles to Put a City on the Map 我靠一碗面，带动一座城 [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 69.3kReads8.3Score7.3k14d adds
- 191 The Ghost Chef: Cooking for Gluttonous Ghosts in Ancient Times 鬼怪厨娘：我在古代给鬼饕做菜 [Pure food story + no golden finger + no palace intrigue + easy reading + no transmigration + fictional setting + flawed characters] Once a beggar and a cook, she used her yin-yang eyes to build a fortune. She can see ghosts and spirits, but she's even better at making delicious food! What she comforts is not only the stomach, but also the heart. Whether gathering pine nuts and drinking from mountain streams or feasting on sumptuous delicacies, it's all part of the warmth of everyday life. 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 192 When It Comes to Noodles, I'm the Best in the Country 论做面，我全国最强 [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 1.2kReads8.0Score21314d adds
- 193 Streaming Food from the Interstellar Frontier 我在星际直播美食 A food blogger from the twenty-first century transmigrated overnight to an Interstellar Age short on food and unexpectedly bound himself to an Interstellar Food Livestream System. From then on, his life became a cycle of completing one task after another. He was the Interstellar First Marshal, but during a mission, he unexpectedly transformed into his original form and fell near Xia Mo’s home, drawn in by the delicious aroma of the food she had made. That was how they met, and one glance lasted 31Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 194 Midnight Diner: Duck Blood and Vermicelli Soup 深夜食堂：鸭血粉丝汤 Late-Night Diner: Duck Blood Vermicelli Soup 25Reads—Score114d adds
- 195 Gourmet: Fragrant Dishes That Have the Sect's Disciples Fighting Over Them 美食：爆香菜肴，宗门弟子疯抢 [Scoundrel + Food + Sect + Hilarious + Cutthroat Competition] Shi Hao transmigrates into a fantasy world and awakens the Chef God System. As one dish after another is served, the entire sect is thrown into an uproar. Not only are the dishes delicious, they even have special effects: increasing cultivation, healing hidden injuries, enhancing beauty... The disciples fight tooth and nail for every bite. Each one swears to train harder so they can grab two more bowls of rice. Shi Hao gives a crooked 15Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 196 Gourmet: I Set Up a Stall at Random, and Diners Chase Me for Four Miles 美食：随机摆摊，食客追我八里地 [Everyday life, no overpowered golden finger, a slow burn, slice of life] Family squabbles and all the flavors of life: there’s always one that can touch your heart. Wang Qin was an orphan adopted by Grandpa Wang, and the Wang couple had never cared for him. The year he finished the college entrance exams, his grandfather fell ill. The couple didn’t want to pay for his treatment or look after Wang Qin, so they sold the house, took all the money, and ran, leaving the two of them behind with a mou 41Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 197 After Transmigrating, She Became the Mountain Man’s Little Chef 穿越后，她成了山里汉的小厨娘 Su Yingying, the owner of a chain restaurant in the 21st century, falls into a river. When she wakes up, she finds she's transmigrated into the body of an ordinary country girl. On her wedding night, the groom doesn't even lift her veil. He leaves her a handful of copper coins and walks away, leaving her alone in their new home. With a house that's bare, not enough to eat or wear, and a scrawny, sickly-looking younger brother-in-law, Su Yingying recalls the saying, “Make a living off the mountai 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 198 The Chief Minister's Darling Wife: I Run a Country Feast in the Ancient Countryside 首辅娇娘：我在古代农村烧大席 [Banquet Cooking + Farming + Business + Everyday Life + Sweet Romance] Tang Yuanyuan, from a family of master chefs, wakes up in the body of a farm girl in Great Zhou, only to have her engagement broken off from the start! Her father is sickly, her family is poor, and when they run out of grain, they eat bran. The whole family scrimps and saves, going hungry one day and eating their fill the next, just to pay their taxes. How are they supposed to get through these hard times? They’ll get through 55Reads—Score—14d adds
- 199 Hooray! I'm Working Hard to Sell Buns and Feed My Family Again Today! 呜呼！今天也有努力卖包子养家！ [Historical food-business series, starts with selling buns at a stall, no romance, farming, saves up to open a restaurant later, former-life food blogger, warm and comforting, just wants a life with cats and dogs, no awful distant relatives, little scheming] Using the culinary skills she honed in her previous life, the heroine settles into a peaceful life of her own, getting along with her neighbors and growing at her own pace. This is not a story about a strong, domineering heroine. Xu Qingruo 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 200 Peachy Peach Oolong 蜜桃桃乌龙龙 A “million-follower food blogger” transmigrates to ancient times as Mickey Mouse, bringing modern cuisine and technology to the past to trade cooking tips and build a business. Tao Yao, protected by a divine beast, carries the key to traveling through time and space. Of three different realms, which one will retain its energy in the end? And what other wondrous adventures await Tao Yao along the way? —Reads—Score—14d adds
