Novels like God of Food: Boss, Please Take a Seat
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as God of Food: Boss, Please Take a Seat, best match first.
- 1 Transmigration: The Concubine’s Culinary Comeback 穿越：庶女美食翻身记 Female protagonist transmigrates + marriage first, love later + male protagonist reborn + food and farming In her previous life, Ye Jinnian suffered terribly from illness. Before she died, she wished that in her next life she could truly enjoy living. When she woke up, she found herself in a parallel world, as the illegitimate granddaughter of a branch family of the Earl’s household in the Great Yong Dynasty. She had no golden finger and no System, and now she was about to be married off to Xie 83Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 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—Shelves
- 3 The Happy Cook 厨娘有喜 She was a famous gourmet and top chef in her homeland, only to transmigrate into the body of a country girl. And now people are turning up their noses at her cooking? What a disgrace! An utter disgrace! She had to win back her pride! With a spatula in hand, the world was hers. Watch this country girl rise to become a master chef, build a fortune, and make a name for herself! Isn't it said that gentlemen should stay far from the kitchen? So why are all the noble young men of Nanyang Kingdom crowd 4Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 4 The Foodie Cultivation World 吃货修真界 Born on the Vermilion Bird Continent into an ordinary family, he had only a decent talent, but became an apprentice in the culinary world and made his way on the continent, carefree and too young to know sorrow. Cultivators have to abstain from food? What a pity that would be for all the delicious dishes in the world. What could be better than being born into a cultivation world of food lovers, eating delicious food while leveling up? 7Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 5 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—Shelves
- 6 The Divine Fortune-Teller's Wife: The Frail Young Lord Is Quite Sweet 神算娇妻：病弱世子还挺甜 The heir of the Marquis of Qi's household had known since childhood that he had a betrothed wife, and that she was a fool. Reborn, Jiang Wanbai snapped, “Who are you calling a fool?!” … Before she was reborn, Jiang Wanbai was a renowned feng shui master in the 21st century who cared as little for money as dirt. After being reborn, Jiang Wanbai said, “Qi Qingxing, lend me a little more money to buy a few pieces of jade. I’ll pay you back later…” Qi Qingxing casually pulled out a ledger and corne 136Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 7 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—Shelves
- 8 Gourmet: Starting with Selling Braised Dishes in the Countryside! 美食：从下乡卖卤味开始！ [System Golden Finger + Gourmet + Everyday Business + Farming] Ji Yanming quits his job and returns to his village to care for his elderly grandfather and start a business, never expecting to bind to a Gourmet System. The god-tier braised-food recipe he gets in the beginner’s gift pack sends him soaring right from the start. So Ji Yanming begins selling braised food in the countryside, traveling from village to village and becoming a favorite with adults and children alike. Before long, his fame 789Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 9 I Close My Eyes and Wake Up in the 1980s, Ready to Open a Cafeteria 双眼一闭到八零，食堂开店全都行 [Short and binge-worthy × foodie vibes × nostalgic era setting × plot-packed × the official couple makes occasional appearances] Zhang Jinliu worked tirelessly for half her life to become the Imperial Kitchen’s top chef, despite being a woman. Then, just as she was getting somewhere, she slipped and died. When she opened her eyes again, she had become an eighteen-year-old orphan with nowhere else to go, living under someone else’s roof and enduring insults from her cheating aunt alongside her un 18Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 10 Reborn in the 1990s: Plum Blossoms Twice 重生九零之梅开二度 In her previous life, Xiao Mei was timid and yielding, went along with the crowd, and never had a mind of her own. In this life, she’s thriving, simply because she insists on listening to her inner voice and loving and cherishing herself. She reminds herself: “I matter. My opinions deserve to be taken seriously. My feelings deserve to be taken seriously. My efforts will mean something.” 175Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 11 I Sell Bento Boxes in the Cultivation World 我在修真界卖盒饭 (One-on-one romance + absurd comedy + System + food + trash-talk champion) Zhang Jiuqiu accidentally transmigrated into the role of a vicious female antagonist and got bound to a diss System that let her diss anyone she couldn’t stand. From then on, Zhang Jiuqiu’s name spread far and wide, and she became the foulest-mouthed person in the cultivation world. After eating the meal her senior brother cooked, Zhang Jiuqiu’s cultivation level dropped. Zhang Jiuqiu: “What the hell is this? Even my dog 174Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 12 I Married My Ex's Uncle and Became Everyone's Favorite 嫁给前任他叔后，我成了团宠 [Sweet Romance + Food + Big Shot + Secret Identity] The Chen family, once esteemed tutors to the emperor, has fallen into ruin. Chen Jiaojiao, a dazzling beauty, has plummeted from the clouds into the mire. Her grandfather died by suicide to atone for his crimes, her father is unemployed at home, her fiancé married her cousin instead, and she has been promised to her former fiancé’s uncle, the Marquis of Lingxiao. Rumor has it he was injured and his nature changed completely. He is violent and b 28Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 13 Transmigrated to an Alternate World, the Prince's Daughter Is a Brilliant Cook 穿越架空，王府千金她厨艺绝佳 [Food + System + Business Management + A Little Court Intrigue + One True Pair, Both Pure] An illustrator and foodie unexpectedly binds to a food System and transmigrates into an alternate dynasty. She never expected that, despite having no close family ties, she would become a cherished young lady of the prince’s household. She thought that if she simply followed the System’s instructions, practiced her cooking, and sold food, she could live out her days in peace. But life does not go as she ho 252Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 I Won the Prince Over with Instant Noodles 我用泡面征服了王爷 A modern-day God of Cooking is reborn as the eldest daughter of the prime minister's household, only to discover that both her parents are villains. Even the prince who keeps pestering her to cook for him is a major villain. Luckily, Lin Xiaoxiao is an astonishingly good cook. She wins the prince over with a bowl of instant noodles, and from then on, all the villains are won over by her cooking. Before doing anything bad, they make sure to ask Lin Xiaoxiao for her opinion. With time on her hands 40Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 15 The Farm Girl Becomes a Queen 农女成凰 One day, she transmigrates into the body of a peasant girl. The family is poor, but that's not all: with seven or eight hungry mouths to feed, she's immediately at a loss. Luckily, she knows her herbs and understands their medicinal properties, and little by little, life starts to get back on track. Deadbeat relatives showing up to freeload? Send them packing! A complicated household? Split it up! Accidentally stumble across a handsome man? Well, I'm still in need of a husband! One dark and stor 524Reads9.2Score—Shelves
- 16 A Chinese Cuisine Chef Takes on a Handsome Mixed-Race Pastry Chef 中餐女厨师对上混血美男甜点师 In 2060, Li Ke'er, the eldest daughter of the head of Yunhelou, the leading inheritor of Sichuan cuisine in Huaxia, is sent abroad! All the way to France, thousands of miles away! The tabloids write, “Heiress of a listed restaurant group driven out in a power struggle.” Nono! The truth is that the girl is too fiery and too talented. She's mastered all eight great culinary traditions. Today she'll trade eighty-year-old Maotai for an heirloom recipe; tomorrow she'll challenge someone to a cooking 77Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 17 A Brain-Cell-Killing Sweet Romance 降智小甜饼 A modern college graduate writing her thesis transmigrates into the body of an unloved princess consort! Armed with a business System as her golden finger, she can return to her original world as soon as her sales reach the System’s target. Together, she and the System set out to build a fortune. With her superb cooking skills and modern know-how, she thrives in the ancient world. She even manages to lead the aloof prince astray. The System’s most frequent line is: “Could you two stop showing of 4Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 18 The Rising Foodie 进击的美食达人 [Secret Crush Turns Real + Sweet Romance + Workplace + Everyday Life + Inspirational] Her classmates mocked her as “petty and hopeless,” saying she was only fit to scrape by at a small company. But through her own efforts, she created the hugely popular food channel “Feast on Fire.” One day, she accidentally let her true identity slip, leaving everyone stunned! Fans: “I always thought you were a huge fatty. I never imagined you’d be such a beauty! You love eating so much, yet you’re still that s 265Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 19 Smoke from the Courtyard Kitchen Lights Up Every Meal 小院烟火照三餐 As the city's clamor fades into the distance, Wan Zhou and Lu Chen settle into an old courtyard. With the warmth of daily life as their brush and food as their ink, they write a quiet poem of everyday living. Their little courtyard holds the joys of every season: vegetable seedlings sprout in spring, delicious dishes fill the air beneath the grape trellis in summer, autumn brings sun-dried goods and jars of pickled vegetables, and winter means tea by the stove as they watch the snow. Wan Zhou aw 41Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Quick Transmigration: Selling Gourmet Food in Ancient Times to Build My Fortune 快穿：我在古代卖美食发家致富 Synopsis: [Foodie fiction + transmigration + ancient farming + alternate setting + comeback] Song Qingge is a popular food blogger who unexpectedly transmigrates to ancient times and into the poor Song family. Her fiancé breaks off their engagement, and she struggles to get by in a leaky thatched hut. Though the Song family is poor, her parents dote on her, her eldest brother looks out for her, and her younger siblings are sweet and well-behaved. After transmigrating here, she discovers she has 159Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 21 A Transmigrant’s Rise from Humble Beginnings 穿越小门小户发家史 A money-loving, sunny chef heroine VS a reliable, resilient, handsome constable Just after winning the Culinary Association’s “Golden Chef Award,” a chef transmigrates to the Great Ji Dynasty... Li Qiao’an says her greatest talent is cooking, and the thing she loves most is food! Poor? No problem! With a spatula in hand, the world is mine! And maybe I’ll snag a handsome husband to play house with! Crab roe noodles, boiled fish, sweet-and-sour ribs, caramel milk tea, whole roasted lamb... She’ll 205Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 I Went Back to the Village for a Feast and Became the Head Chef 回村吃席，竟成了掌勺大厨 When his cousin gets married, Chen Chen has just transmigrated and hasn’t even had time to adjust before his third uncle drags him back to the countryside for the wedding feast... The chef in charge of the banquet suddenly suffers a heart attack and is rushed to the hospital. In a desperate bid to save the day, his uncle’s family can only pin their hopes on Chen Chen, who spent three years studying cooking at New Oriental. Chen Chen: “Help! I really can’t cook!” System: “Yes, you can.” And so... 1.3kReads9.1Score102Shelves
- 23 Food Check-In System: A New Life Begins After I Quit 美食打卡系统：从辞职开启新生活 [System + Food + Urban] Overworked from too many night shifts, office worker Zhu Meng suddenly gains an Interstellar Food Check-In System. Each time she successfully checks in at a food spot, the System randomly grants her a reward. Her health is restored! She wins every lottery she enters! She gets slimmer and prettier! Even her severe nearsightedness, which has plagued her for years, is cured! And all she has to do is keep checking in at food spots to get these rewards! [Food Check-In 1] Luosi 630Reads9.2Score103Shelves
- 24 This Is Crazy! The Little Chef of the 1970s Eats Well, Lives in Luxury, and Comes Out on Top 疯了！七零小厨娘吃香喝辣躺赢了 (Strong leads on both sides, one-on-one romance, no love-brained characters, career comes first in the early chapters) Shen Xiaotang, a celebrity chef worth tens of millions, transmigrates to the resource-scarce 1970s. No tradeable pocket dimension, no miracle pills or medicines, and no lucky star fate. Other heroines are the darlings of their families. Her? Sorry, she’s an orphan with no one to rely on. To make matters worse, her wicked aunt is forcing her to marry. Shen Xiaotang never accepts 198Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 25 Farming in a Fishing Village: The Lucky Carp's Sweet, Tender Bride 渔村种田，锦鲤甜妻软又娇 Food blogger Li Ying opened and closed her eyes, and found herself in ancient times, suddenly a mother... Her mother-in-law was unkind, her brother-in-law overbearing, and her husband indifferent... With a pocket dimension and one hundred thousand coconuts, Li Ying flipped the table. She was done with this! She was taking the kids and running away! After ending up in a small fishing village, Li Ying’s eyes widened. Those seafood products being sold for next to nothing could all be turned into de 57Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 My Beloved Wife Is the Nation's Strongest Goddess 权宠娇妻：国民最强女神 Yun Mo is the great wizard of the Beastfolk Continent, second to none. Then one day, she transmigrates to the modern world... She can pronounce life or death with a word, determine the fate of the world with a wave of her hand, walk between the realms of yin and yang, and command all the beasts of the three realms. Our goals are to burn the biggest incense, eat the fiercest ghosts, and sleep with the most handsome men. “The most handsome man? Who do you want to sleep with?” someone asks, narrowi 78Reads9.0Score—Shelves
- 27 The Foodie Heir and His Charming Chef 吃货世子俏厨娘 Her parents are both dead, and she has only two old servants by her side. Their money is stolen and their house is burned down. Where can they go from here? It's time to unleash her inner power! Watch her gather herbs in the mountains and turn junk into treasure, then fish in the river and enjoy a bountiful harvest year after year. Others keep cats, but she keeps a leopard. Watch her adorable pets cause a stir in the capital: Some glutton: “Fat cat! Put down that piece of meat. It's mine!” The l 349Reads8.9Score101Shelves
- 28 Su Jixiang, the Frontier Cook 边疆厨娘苏吉祥 Food blogger Su Jixiang transmigrates into the body of a palace maid in the Cold Palace. What does palace intrigue have to do with a mere maid like her? She thought she could keep her head down and quietly survive until she turned twenty-five, when she'd be released from the palace to live like a wealthy woman. Little did she know the emperor would flee! As a remnant of the fallen emperor's court, Su Jixiang was bestowed upon a general guarding the border. The palace had one fewer Aunt Jixiang, 121Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 29 Forced to Leave Showbiz, I Inherited a Food System 被迫退圈后，我继承了美食系统 [Food-focused, no melodrama, lighthearted, one-on-one romance] As a little-known actress, Jiang Ran has always worked diligently and conscientiously. But then disaster struck. She was disfigured and blacklisted across the internet, leaving her no choice but to slink home and inherit her grandfather’s estate. A desolate courtyard and a crumbling apartment building nearly made Jiang Ran’s eyes roll back. Luckily, she got bound to a Food System and began her climb to the top. She started with a str 1.5kReads8.4Score187Shelves
- 30 After I Transmigrated, I Got Rich With Gourmet Cooking and a Golden Finger 穿越后，我靠美食金手指发家致富 Xia Nuan transmigrates to a poor little village! She only wants to build a business and cook good food, but the System tells her that a once-in-a-century famine will strike in two years, and she has to lead everyone in fighting the disaster and getting through it together. After transmigrating into a farming family, she settles into an ordinary, peaceful life in the countryside of ancient times. Using her modern knowledge and cooking skills, she steadily levels up her System and leads everyone t 107Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 31 The Actor Emperor Is Not Human 影帝非人类 Modern fantasy, maximum sweetness! The demon world's powerful investigator of unregistered residents, a human-world movie star and true dragon, X the legal demon citizen and human-world movie star, a white fox. After the founding of the country, the Demon World Administration required everyone to register their residence. Bai Qing dutifully became one of the first to do so, certain he'd done nothing wrong. Even after coming to human society, he always kept the demon world's laws in mind and had 715Reads9.3Score137Shelves
- 32 The Miracle Chinese Restaurant 奇迹中餐厅 After suddenly finding a chef System from the future, Nan Yue is taken back to when she was twenty and gains a golden finger. After the chef System trains Nan Yue to become a chef… Foodies think her cooking can bring the dead back to life. The broke crowd thinks her restaurant is a rip-off, charging more than five-star restaurants. Food lovers think it’s delicious and fly in just to line up. People overseas think the Queen of England has fallen in love with Chinese cuisine. Nan Yue thinks she ha 163Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 33 What? The Management Game Became Real! 什么？经营游戏成真了！ [Mainly business and progression + no romance + leisurely daily life + healing + pocket worlds] From the start, all she had was a tea egg, and it launched a whole street of gourmet food. What? Her tea eggs boost your health? What? Her hot pot makes you look younger? What? Her milk tea keeps you from losing sleep? … Feng Zhu had been an orphan since childhood. She had spent twenty years doing her best to get by, only to be diagnosed with cancer and given less than a year to live. Just as she was 693Reads8.7Score102Shelves
- 34 A Record of Picking Up Chopsticks 拾箸记 The Marquis of Yongning’s household is suddenly destroyed, and Wen Qingyuan dies of illness, alone and helpless in prison. But after waking from a long dream, she finds that four years have passed and two dynasties have come and gone! Once a pampered young lady, she has fallen to become a lowly kitchen girl in the residence of the current chief minister. All she can do is work hard in the small kitchen to secure a place for herself. But… is this chief minister a sweets addict? 217Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 35 A Prosperous Era's Chef: Too Bad My Husband Lives to Eat 盛世厨娘：奈何夫君是吃货 An accident sent Lin Jiu, a twenty-four-year-old Chinese chef, transmigrating into the body of a dim-witted fourteen-year-old girl in Jiangzhou City, Great Qi. It was a strange dynasty, but it was just as full of food lovers. So Lin Jiu drew on her excellent modern cooking skills to spark a food craze in Great Qi and lead an entirely new culinary trend. What Lin Jiu didn't expect was that as her fame grew, she would also catch the eye of a certain scheming foodie… 390Reads8.3Score106Shelves
- 36 The Little Restaurant in the Capital 京城小饭馆 Tender green bamboo shoots, fresh crucian carp sashimi, and Xindu mugwort Glossy green oil, fragrant scallions, refreshing wine, and slender, jade-white hands A little eatery has opened on East Street in the capital, where every inch of land is worth its weight in gold. And the owner is a girl of only fifteen or sixteen? Everyone who hears about it shakes their head and calls it foolishness. Isn't she just throwing her money away? The proprietress, Gu Nianxi, insists she doesn't care about makin 1kReads8.1Score147Shelves
- 37 The Marquis's Wife's Culinary Journal 侯夫人美食手札 A once-popular food blogger transmigrates to ancient times and conquers the land with all kinds of delicious dishes. From the countryside to the county seat, she goes from having nothing to owning a modest fortune. From being taken in to having every aspect of her life neatly arranged for her, she finds the whole thing a little embarrassing. Lin Yushi believes there’s no problem in this world that a good meal can’t solve. And if one meal isn’t enough, make it two. 876Reads8.5Score104Shelves
- 38 Rebirth System: The Research Genius Is Everyone's Favorite 重生系统，科研大佬是团宠 After developing a phone chip for his country, Pei Luotong is killed in a plot orchestrated by overseas competitors. By a twist of fate, she binds herself to a System and is reborn three years in the past. From then on, she spends her days completing missions to stay alive while seeking revenge on the person who killed her in her previous life. To complete a System mission, she is forced to join a travel variety show. Who would have thought she’d turn the show into a battlefield of romantic riva 19Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 39 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 [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
- 40 Gourmet: My Restaurant Is Anything but Normal 美食：我家餐馆不正常 When Lin Zhixin was thirteen, she received the legacy of the Old Ancestor of the God of Cookery and began learning to cook in her dreams. On the day she graduated from college, the Old Ancestor told her there was an inheritance waiting for her. But there was one condition: she had to open a restaurant! She opened one, but Lin Zhixin felt there was something off about it. The prep cook was a koi spirit on the verge of ascending through a tribulation. The food runner was a Taotie who was never ful 163Reads8.1Score204Shelves
- 41 Transmigrating to a Picturesque Countryside Home of Fine Cuisine 穿越田园美食人家 When chef Xia Dong wakes up, she finds herself transformed into Xia Dong'er, a pitiful little bean sprout of a girl. Her gambling-addicted father wants to sell her, her greedy mother wants a divorce, and she has an adorable little brother. She lands straight in survival mode on the highest difficulty. Xia Dong'er says, “Wait, let me eat some meat first and catch my breath!” Sweet osmanthus fills the walnut-stuffed pastries, while pearl-like glutinous rice is rinsed in well water. A lifetime of f 1kReads8.6Score144Shelves
- 42 Tell Me, Why Is Northeastern Chinese Food So Good? 你说，东北菜怎么就这么香？ [Feel-good story + no CP + no romance plot + no System + one heroine + food] Note: This is a straightforward story about running a food business. There are no schemes, palace intrigue, political power struggles, business rivalries, or catfights. Su Xiaoxiao, a girl from Northeast China, opens a little restaurant by the gates of a medical university in the south. The night before opening, a gas explosion next door catches her and the shop in the blast, blowing them both away. When Su Xiaoxiao ope 158Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 I Transmigrated to the Beast World to Cook Delicious Food 穿到兽世做美食 Xia Feng accidentally transmigrates to a world of beastfolk. This world is terribly backward. She can put up with the primitive clothes, housing, and transportation, but she absolutely cannot tolerate the food. The beastfolk here cook in a simple, brutal fashion: they roast whole chunks of meat until they’re still dripping blood; they throw everything into a pot to boil without even adding salt; and they call ginger, scallions, garlic, Sichuan peppercorns, and chili peppers “the devil’s food”!!! 812Reads8.0Score107Shelves
- 44 The Shen Family Cookbook 沈氏食经 Through the lens of food, we observe the myriad aspects of society and the twists and turns of life. Every dish is more than a culinary craft: it is human connection, memory, and a philosophy for living. Follow Shen Yan through his many experiences as he rises from poverty to become a renowned master chef. 1.1kReads7.1Score134Shelves
- 45 World Capital of Cuisine: Eel Wars 世界美食之都·鳝战 The World’s Food Capital: Eel Wars 40Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Gourmet: Selling Meals at School Sends Students and Teachers into a Frenzy 美食：学校卖饭，师生抢疯了 [Gourmet | Everyday Life | Lighthearted | Relaxing | Slow-Paced | Comforting] Jiang Fan got a Gourmet System and rented a small food stall in his school cafeteria. “There aren’t any students eating here. You should close up.” “The food’s terrible. You’ll be out of business in a few days.” “Here comes another idiot, selling food in this place.” Everyone mocked him. Jiang Fan ignored them and checked his mission. He had to sell a hundred shaomai in one day. Could he pull that off? “Wow, these shao 2.6kReads7.1Score190Shelves
- 47 Gourmet: My Cooking Makes the Myriad Worlds Drool 美食，我的美食馋哭诸天万界 Fantasy, food, illustrations, comedy, scheming, farming. The starry-sky yanggeng, the undisputed beauty queen of desserts. The upgraded version of Stargazing Pie: Eyes Shut Forever. Boiled cabbage so beautiful it takes your breath away. Spicy crayfish that'll make anyone gain a few pounds before they leave. A chopped chili Kun head big enough to feed dozens. Red-braised lamb, fish-fragrant shredded pork, crystal shrimp dumplings, chicken broth soup dumplings, squirrel-shaped mandarin fish... Hel 951Reads8.9Score101Shelves
- 48 The Feast Records: The Simple Joys of a Flavorful Life 食案录：人间有味是清欢 [Transmigration + everyday cooking + running a neighborhood business + female chef] After becoming the cook at a small shop in ancient times, Lin Zhiwei doesn’t rely on reclaiming wasteland to survive. Instead, she runs a humble neighborhood shop with her skill at preparing all kinds of delicious dishes. Starting with a bowl of bone broth that costs four coins, she serves rice with lard, braised pork bones, and glutinous rice cakes, warming an entire street with one homestyle dish after another. 203Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 The State Banquet Chef of the 1980s 国宴大厨在八零 [Imperial banquet chef + unbeatable cuisine + satisfying wish fulfillment] Tang Xi died, then returned to age fifteen with the wordless book of secrets her master had given her: The World’s Finest Cuisine. That year, the Tang family’s biological daughter was finally found, and Tang Xi was left behind by her adoptive parents. Out of guilt toward the true daughter, Tang Xi gave in to her at every turn, but all she got in return was her adoptive parents’ dislike and her childhood sweetheart fiancé’ 949Reads8.2Score122Shelves
- 50 Transmigrated as a Lowly Maid, I Got Rich Selling Spicy Strips 穿越粗使丫鬟，我靠卖辣条暴富了 [Also known as The Bondservant’s Escape from the Estate] No romance. A mostly ensemble-cast story with a light touch of food and domestic intrigue. A quick heads-up for readers who might want to avoid those themes. From fifteen cups of wine to Panglin fish, mugwort rice dumplings, honey-braised mud crabs, frosted jade peaks, and Li cakes, the story features a whole range of traditional dishes. Wang Yan was born into servitude at the Marquis An’s estate, a noble household in the capital. When she 1.1kReads8.5Score102Shelves
