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- 101 Bound to the Kitchen God System, I Made the Whole City Wake Up Craving Food 绑定灶王系统，我把全城都馋醒了 After graduating from college, Jian Yanshen sent out resumes that went nowhere, then returned to Yunxi City looking utterly dejected. His grandfather’s breakfast stall was about to be taken away, and his younger sister, a high school senior, was still counting on him to support her. Just when he was at the end of his rope, an old iron wok spoke inside his head: [Kitchen God System, ownership confirmed]. But the System only provided recipes. It wouldn’t give him the skills for free. Want to make 27Reads—Score15214d adds
- 102 Eating and Cat-Wrangling in the Tang Dynasty 我在大唐吃饭撸猫 [Historical romance + transmigration + food + sweet romance + devoted 1v1] You Xiu transmigrates into the body of the second daughter of the wealthy You family in the Tang dynasty. She has money and free time, is young and beautiful, and has both parents in a happy family. As long as she doesn’t do anything stupid, she’s guaranteed an easy life. On top of that, she gets bound to a System during her transmigration. It’s incredibly powerful: any recipe, seed, or cooking utensil from anywhere in th 93Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 103 She Conquers the Entire Capital with Her Cooking 她靠美食征服全京城 After she accidentally transmigrates to ancient times, Chu Yunxiang wins over the stomachs of everyone in the capital with modern-day skewers, zhajiangmian, hot pot, and more. Even the current emperor is no exception. Someone recognizes the emperor in disguise, sneaking out late at night to eat skewers at Yunlai Restaurant. The emperor, pretending to be calm: “You’ve got the wrong person.” Someone else recognizes the Ghost Doctor of the martial world. “Look at these ragged clothes. How do I look 363Reads6.9Score10014d adds
- 104 I Opened a Food Shop in Bianjing 我在汴京开食铺 Su Tang opens an eatery on Majia Street in Bianjing. Every day, she's either experimenting with new dishes or going out to visit friends. In autumn, there's tea brewed over a brazier, osmanthus sweet-bean paste dumplings, and roasted milk tea with osmanthus honey dumplings. In winter, there's plum-blossom soup noodles, plum-blossom honey, boiled meat and vegetables, and candied hawthorn skewers. In spring, there's osmanthus cake, spring platters, wontons with bamboo shoots and bracken, green ric 707Reads—Score10114d adds
- 105 The Spicy Little Chef 麻辣小厨娘 Gu Mucheng wakes on a wooden plank bed so hard it makes her bones ache and realizes she must have transmigrated. The original owner has the same name as her: a poor little girl, the second daughter of a farming family in Wangu Village of the Great Xin Dynasty. Let's see how she uses her strengths to change her tragic fate. In this world, nothing is more deserving of our devotion than good food and love. Eating and drinking, men and women: these are among humanity's greatest desires! 108Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 106 The Cute Chef with a Gourmet System 美食系统之萌神厨娘 Ye Yun is a food streamer with a beautiful face, a sweet voice, and an elegant air. By a twist of fate, she transmigrates to ancient times. Before she can figure out what’s happening, the thoroughly confused Ye Yun is married off in her older sister’s place to the dying eldest son of the Rong family. She also finds herself saddled with a baffling food System. “The Minister of Revenue wants Dongpo pork? Have him book a month in advance.” “The little princess wants ice cream? No way. She stole fru 24Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 107 I Returned to Ancient Times and Reached the Top with My Cooking 穿回古代靠厨艺走上人生巅峰 [Food + Everyday Life + Business Management + Farming] He wakes up in ancient times. Watch a master chef show off his skills! What surprises will come from the collision of culinary cultures from different eras? After being hit by a car, chef Cheng Yu travels back a thousand years. From the start, all he has is a thatched hut. How can he use his skills to improve his life? Selling wraps, making braised meat, cooking noodles in an iron pot and clay-pot rice, mooncakes and spicy crab for the M 196Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 Gourmet: Starting from the Start with Fried Rice, I Astonished the Police 美食：摆摊开局蛋炒饭惊动110 [System + No Romance + Everyday Life + Perfect with a Meal + Growth] Jiang Yu transmigrates into the life of a poor girl whose parents are both dead. Her heartless uncle has seized the family’s property, and after kicking her out, even the rent is beyond her means. Just when she’s at her wit’s end, she binds the [Random Street Stall System]. She sells egg fried rice outside a school, and the students’ frenzied orders alarm their parents! The police show up to investigate an “extortion case,” onl 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 The Restaurant Is Packed to the Rafters, So Why Are You Off Working? 餐厅抖爆满了，你跑去打工做什么 [Gourmet] [Funny and lighthearted] [Reborn in another world] [Livestream food delivery] [Pets] [System] [No female lead] [Daily life] In his previous life, Gao Wenfeng was tricked by his girlfriend into paying off her gambling debts. She disappeared, and he was eventually hounded to death by debt collectors. Reborn in another world, he decides to take things easy, live well, and enjoy good food and freedom. At last, he gets to enjoy a carefree life of lying flat in this new world, and only then 8Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 110 From the Start, All I Had Was a Bowl of Luosifen: My Goal Is to Make a Hundred Million 开局一碗螺蛳粉，目标挣它一个亿 [Restaurant Management + Food + System + No Romance + Light Livestreaming + Grow and Prosper + Helping Farmers + Going Global] A bolt from the blue! Mu Xiaoxiao was unjustly fired by her company the day before she was due to become a permanent employee. Well, if there’s no place for me here, there’s a place for me elsewhere! What’s done is done. First, I’ll have a bowl of luosifen. As she slurped the noodles, she couldn’t help shouting inwardly, “If only I had a luosifen shop of my own!” [Host’s 75Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 Gourmet: This Is Crazy! People Queued for Three Blocks Just to Eat 美食：疯了！为口吃的排了三条街 [Gourmet] [No Female Lead] [Everyday Life] [Comfort Food] [Lighthearted] Xia Ning unexpectedly awakens a random Gourmet Shop System. Each time, he opens a shop in a completely random location, serving randomly selected delicacies to all kinds of customers. He sells sweet and spicy duck neck on Gourmet Street, and Tongguan roujiamo on the pedestrian street... While countless customers are still fretting over being unable to buy his food, Boss Xia has opened yet another shop... “Boss, could you op 57Reads—Score414d adds
- 112 The Little Kitchen of Fireworks 烟火小厨 [Character Growth × Slow Burn × Ensemble Cast] Food blogger Xiao Wei wakes up one day and finds herself transmigrated to ancient times. She thinks it’s just a cruel joke of fate, but little does she know that her life’s journey has only just begun. Fu Qingtang was born into privilege. She has much, and is destined to bear even more. Lin Qiaolan is proud and headstrong, but no matter how tough her shell, it cannot shield her from the push and pull of fate. Their fates are different, and they come 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 Canceled After Becoming a Villainess, I Set Up a Food Stall and Make the Whole Internet Drool 穿成恶女被封杀，摆摊馋疯全网 [Food System + Lighthearted Comedy + Cozy + Heartwarming + Transmigration into a Food Story + Functional Ingredients + Comfort Food + Beautifully Plated Dishes + Romance] The male lead is more of a background character, just one part of our heroine’s play~~ (*^3^) /~☆ Transmigrated into a disgraced, scandal-ridden nobody, with her role stolen, her contract locking her in, and the entire internet telling her to get lost? Jiang Li tears up her contract and makes a run for it on the spot: “Let the 285Reads5.6Score10014d adds
- 114 Unemployed? The Gourmet System Takes Me Straight to the Top 失业？美食系统直接带我飞 [Gourmet System + Golden Finger + Ordinary Person Quietly Making a Fortune + No Romance] Li Beibei is an utterly ordinary university student, and her transition from graduation straight to unemployment goes perfectly smoothly. After yet another failed job application, Beibei gets on her knees and begs every god in sight to grant her a job. She knocks her head so hard that, with a clang, heaven drops a Gourmet System and a small, upgradable shop into her lap. Before she can even celebrate, she di 98Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 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
- 116 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
- 117 The Top Chef in a Culinary Wasteland 我在美食荒漠当第一厨娘 Bai Qingwan, the owner of a private kitchen, was hit by a car while saving someone and transmigrated into the body of a farm girl with the same name in a fictional dynasty, whose surname was Yong. To her surprise, this place was a culinary wasteland that didn't even have soy sauce. Her family lived by the mountains and near the sea, yet what they ate was the sort of stuff even pigs wouldn't touch. Then she found herself bound to the Huaxia Cuisine System. To help her fulfill her mission of sprea 772Reads8.8Score10914d adds
- 118 The Restaurant Survival Guide: Cooking and Gossiping, All in a Day’s Work 食肆生存法则，做饭吃瓜两不误 [Shopkeeping + food + mystery-solving + farming] Overnight, food lover An Qiao transmigrates into the imperial palace as a cook. After leaving the palace, all she wants is to build a career: create the first chain of restaurants and bring delicious food to every corner of the country. Who could have guessed?! The eatery she buys at the start is right next to the Court of Judicial Review. Qi Ning'an gets dragged into one case after another, and the restaurant becomes the place to go for all the l 581Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 119 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 321Reads8.0Score12114d adds
- 120 A Happy Family 合家欢 After being reborn, I excel at both studying and making money, and retire at thirty Synopsis: [Farming + Food + Business + Slow-Burn Slice of Life + No System] A farming story with no System The focus is on a gentle, steady pace No ridiculous relatives How did the Lin family's youngest daughter, once a bit slow on the uptake, suddenly become a business tycoon? Lin Wanwan: Who do you think you're looking down on? I can hold my own in the parlor and in the kitchen. I can cook, run a business, grow 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 The Night Market King: Sausages from the Meng Family Stall Are Flying Off the Grill 夜市一霸：孟家小摊的烤肠卖爆啦 One-line summary: After transmigrating with a refrigerator, she starts building a fortune by selling grilled sausages from a street stall. [Farming + minor golden finger + family life + heartwarming + rags to riches + no awful characters] On an utterly ordinary night, Meng Qi had just gotten home from work. She opened the refrigerator, planning to make herself tomato-and-egg noodles, and the next moment, she transmigrated without warning, refrigerator and all. Meng Qi: “Wait, do people transmigr 1.4kReads—Score14214d adds
- 122 The Good-for-Nothing Junior Sister Conquers the Cultivation World with Food 废柴小师妹靠美食征服修仙界 (Beloved by All + Gourmet Food + Farming + Fantasy + Relaxed) Lin Shiman, a famous food blogger, accidentally transmigrates into a cultivation world and becomes the good-for-nothing junior sister of Yun Tian Academy. Why is the cultivation world so desolate? Evil creatures run rampant, malevolent plants spread everywhere, and the land is barren. Everyone takes fasting pills. Ugh, why do they taste so awful? Which genius came up with these? They eat spirit fruit raw. Wait, is it illegal to cook i 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 Gourmet: Selling Meals at a Highway Rest Stop During Lunar New Year, I Bring Traffic to a Standstill 美食：春节服务区卖饭，高速堵疯 [Food + Power Fantasy + No Female Lead] Gu Rui transmigrates to a parallel world and binds himself to a Food System. At the start, he draws a location for his business, only to get a tiny highway service area! And the ridiculous task is to sell three hundred boxed meals in a single day? Just as Gu Rui is at his wits’ end, a male streamer shows up at the highway service area by chance. After one meal of dumplings, the streamer hugs him and keeps calling him “Mom”! Travel surges during the Spring 171Reads8.2Score2214d adds
- 124 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… 386Reads8.3Score10614d adds
- 125 Gourmet: This Culinary God Makes Food So Good It's Unfair 美食：这个厨神做饭过分好吃 [Gourmet] [No Female Lead] [System] [Comfort Food] [Cozy] [Slice of Life] [Ensemble Cast] Ye Mingyu was a master chef in the celestial realm, but after dozing off during a meeting, he was sent down to the mortal world. The good news was that he still had his cooking skills. The bad news was that he had to complete the “Craving It?” System's tasks to return to the celestial realm. But for the food lovers of the mortal world, every day felt like New Year's. Braised pork, hand-pulled noodles in chi 96Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 Transmigrated as a Kitchen Maid, I Win Over the Devil Prince with Viral Dishes 穿成厨丫，网红美食拿捏魔鬼殿下 A food blogger transmigrates and becomes an obscure kitchen maid in the Third Prince’s household! Her immediate superior is the notoriously fussy and difficult Third Prince, a devil who beats and berates the staff whenever a dish fails to please him. No problem! This modern food blogger’s skills are the real deal! Milk tea, cream-filled pastries, and creative snacks make their way to the table one after another, and before long she has the icy Third Prince completely wrapped around her finger. H 14Reads—Score114d adds
- 127 After Calling Off the Engagement, I Got Rich Selling Sweet Drinks 退婚后我靠糖水暴富了 [System + Dessert Queen + dessert lover + other delicious foods included] [This isn't purely a career-focused story. The male lead appears later, and romance develops in the second half.] Renowned pastry chef Shen Chuhe had just been crowned the "Queen of Sweet Soups" when she got into a car accident. She woke up in the body of a woman notorious for being a menace across the surrounding villages: She was the one who stole her little brother's school fees and kept him from attending school. She w 308Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 128 Gourmet: The Easy Life of a Little Restaurant at a Highway Service Area 美食：服务区小饭馆的躺赢人生 [Gourmet] [Shopkeeping] [No Male Lead] [System] [Cozy] [Everyday Life] [Affordable Prices] Jiang Banxia unexpectedly inherits a fast-food shop at a highway service area. She thinks the location seems pretty good, but it turns out the highway is remote and sees very little traffic. Just as Jiang Banxia is at a loss about how to keep the business going, she learns that there's a traffic jam on the highway not far away! So Jiang Banxia heads out onto the highway carrying boxed meals to sell. H —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 Little Chef of China: The Path of the Culinary Dao 中华小当家：厨道食途 [Gourmet] [The perfect dish to eat with rice] [Ancient-style setting] [Chinese Culinary Master] [Feel-good novel] The imperial kitchen inspector kicked over his stall. “You run a roadside stall, and you dare call yourself a chef?” With the few ingredients he had left, Cheng Xiaocai made a bowl of scallion oil noodles. An old Taoist watching the crowd finished a bite and immediately declared, “I'll take care of the authorities for you!” It turned out Cheng Xiaocai was descended from a famous chef 43Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 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 347Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 131 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
- 132 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, 116Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 133 So Addictive! I’m Getting Caught Up in the Cutthroat Competition of Ancient China’s Restaurant Business 香懵了！我在古代餐饮业搞内卷 [Farming + food + business + raising children] One day, Jiang Yan, a mature single food blogger, transmigrated and got her wish of becoming a mother without the pain of childbirth. She became a widowed mother of three. Not having a man around was fine, but what was with all this debt, huh? And she was supposed to sell her daughter, too? Jiang Yan hugged her sweet, soft, adorable daughter close. This was the dream child she’d always wanted. Selling her was out of the question! So how was she goin 457Reads8.5Score10014d adds
- 134 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 160Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 135 Transmigrated to a Food Desert, I Make the Interstellar Crowd Drool with My Cooking 穿进美食荒漠，我用厨艺馋哭星际 After successfully ascending to immortality, the little cat spirit Miao Miao grew tired of the bland food in the Celestial Realm and picked a star-bound world among the ten realms ruled by the Celestial Emperor. It looked like it would have plenty of delicious food. But after she transmigrated there, she discovered that "delicious food" meant nutritional supplements, and "a variety of delicious food" meant supplements in different flavors. Even every meal eaten by the people of the interstellar 575Reads8.4Score10314d adds
- 136 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 458Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 137 Gourmet System: The Top Chinese Chef Overseas 美食系统：海外第一中华小厨娘 [Food + Everyday Life + Comfort Food + No Romance] Lin Xinyue, an international student from Country A, a culinary wasteland, dreams above all else of getting a good Chinese meal every day. “Ding! The Host’s craving for delicious food has reached 100%, meeting the requirements for binding. Congratulations, Host, you’ve received the Food System.” !!! Cola chicken wings, spicy diced chicken, sweet-and-sour ribs, soup dumplings, a full Manchu-Han banquet... Here I come! Her fellow international stu 410Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 138 My Whole Family Cooks in a Giant Pot and Goes Viral in the Western Han 我全家炒大锅饭，爆红西汉 [The whole family transmigrates + ordinary people + food and business + everyday family life + an alternate Western Han dynasty] The rating was just posted, so it’s a little low right now~ No contrived drama, and there’s a romantic pairing (the male lead barely appears, so feel free to ignore him; the heroine and her family are focused on building their business). A slice-of-life tale about ordinary people in a frontier town. The three members of the Lin family, village-feast chefs, transmigrate 2.1kReads8.4Score26214d adds
- 139 After I Transmigrate into a Book, I Make a Comeback by Selling Lunch Boxes 穿书后我靠卖盒饭逆袭 [Gourmet] [A Love That Goes Both Ways] [Sweet Romance] Su Tian transmigrates into a book, becoming the vicious older sister who meets a tragic end. She immediately decides to treasure her life and stay out of trouble. Why not sell boxed meals and enjoy her own little life? Except... Why does the original male lead’s uncle keep hanging around her? One day, Uncle Huo gives Su Tian a handbag, only to discover it listed on a secondhand marketplace app moments later. Uncle Huo: Care to explain? S 334Reads7.5Score10314d adds
- 140 The Little Chef Takes on the World 小厨娘闯天下 Female lead: Shen Cao (her name has a special meaning). Male lead: Ji Lingfeng [Transmigration + food + business + making a fortune + slow-burn development + sweet romance] After becoming a master chef, Shen Cao falls off a cliff while gathering mushrooms and transmigrates into the body of a village girl who shares her name. Her parents love each other, her brothers are on good terms, and even her younger sister looks up to her. The only problem is that her family is so poor they can barely affo 1.3kReads7.7Score14814d adds
- 141 From Selling Chive Pies at a Street Stall to Becoming Everyone’s Favorite 从摆摊卖韭菜馅饼开始受万人追捧 [Female-oriented food story + perfect with a meal + lighthearted and healing + doted on by everyone + business] A few notes before reading: Don’t take it too seriously! This is a completely fictional setting, not a mindless story! Before you start, remember that this is a lighthearted food story, so you’ll have a much better time. After being reborn eight times, Su Nuannuan arrives in this fictional ancient world. Moved by her family’s love, she finds the will to keep living and successfully act 250Reads7.6Score47114d adds
- 142 A Feast for the Senses: The First-Class Chef 食色生香，一品美味小厨娘 She transmigrates to ancient times and becomes a fat, ugly farm wife, hated by everyone in the village, even the dogs. Her husband is incredibly handsome, but they have nothing to their name, no money or food, and they’re bullied by all sorts of awful relatives. Liang Shiqi does the math and can’t help feeling she got the short end of the stick. At least her parents-in-law are reasonable, and her little brother-in-law is sweet and adorable. So be it! She has her cooking skills to rely on, and wi 50Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 143 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 73Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 144 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. 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 The Lucky Farm Girl Makes Her Mark in Ancient Times with Her Cooking 锦鲤农女，靠美食厨艺在古代逆袭 [Transmigration + Gourmet + farming + slow-paced + pocket dimension + building wealth + sweet romance and family doting + business-focused + mutual devotion + a touch of ensemble cast] Ling Wutong, a second-generation chef from a private restaurant, unexpectedly transmigrates to an impoverished farming family in ancient times. The harsh conditions are no problem: with the Heavenly Dao’s favorite leading the way, her honest and kind grandfather’s family makes a fortune through good food. From a h 785Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 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 1.2kReads8.0Score22214d adds
- 147 The Beloved of the Family in the 1980s: I Open a Shop with My Family and Make Everyone Drool 八零团宠：带全家开店馋哭天下人 (Period setting + System + gourmet food + rich beauty + transmigrate) The original owner was the youngest daughter, adored by her entire family. After transmigrating, Song Mengying gets the God of Cooking System. Though she has never cooked in her life, this complete novice starts by steaming buns. Then she and her family sell food from a handcart, steadily making their way toward prosperity, one step at a time. Huh? How did I get so strong? Huh? Why do I have so much more energy? Good heavens, 125Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 148 A Chang’an Food Entrepreneur’s Diary 长安美食创业记 The spring breeze stirs the willows, and apricot blossoms glisten in the misty rain. Behind the counter at the Wonderflavor Restaurant in Chongdefang, the proprietress stands poised, eyes lowered. One hand moves the abacus while the other writes and sketches on a sheet of paper. Lin Yuxi: Buy a house and land, settle in Chang’an, and live a wealthy, carefree life with fine food and wine for company. Qin Yue: I’ve established my career. It’s time to start a family. (A transmigration story in an i 192Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 149 My Stall Is Full the Moment I Open! Do You Know How Hard This Is? 刚出摊就客满，知道我有多苦吗？ [Comfort-Food Cuisine] [Delicate Writing] [Easygoing Daily Life] [Warm and Healing] After being reborn, Su Yu unexpectedly binds himself to the Ultimate Gourmet System. Egg fried rice: golden in color, with every grain distinct. One bite and you can't stop! Braised chicken: tender, juicy meat with layers of flavor. The sauce gushes out with the slightest bite! Chili oil noodles: chewy noodles that sizzle with heat, spicy and fragrant, with a lingering aftertaste! Every dish is top-notch, leaving 73Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 150 I Set Up a Snack Stall and Made the Whole Town Drool 摆摊卖小吃，全镇馋哭了 [Farming + shop + food + street vending + opening a restaurant + slice of life + making a fortune] Lin Yuan wakes to the sound of an argument and realizes he has transmigrated! He's landed in a mountain village, in the body of a poor, scrawny young man. The thatched hut has mud walls and floors, and his entire family is painfully thin. Lin Yuan is close to tears, but luckily, heaven has gifted him a shop in this new life. Looking at the food and goods displayed in the shop, Lin Yuan immediately 62Reads—Score10214d adds
