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- 101 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
- 102 Gourmet: Diners Go Wild Just to Get a Taste 美食：为了尝一口，食客们抢疯了 Two and a half years after graduating from New Oriental, Dongfang Xin transmigrated into the kitchen of a film crew in a parallel world. With a gourmet System, every dish he made was an exquisite delight. From then on, every member of the film crew, young or old, man or woman, gained twenty pounds after filming. Even the dogs passing by were no exception. Countless celebrities traveled great distances just to sample his cooking. Rich businesswomen were even willing to spend a fortune to hire him —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 I Set Up a Food Stall and Made Everyone in the Village Drool 我摆摊卖美食，馋哭全村大人小孩 [Gourmet Food + Braised Delicacies + Bento Boxes + Silly Comedy] Cheng Ming quits his city job and returns to the countryside, where he unexpectedly binds himself to the strongest Gourmet System. From the start, he gets a secret recipe for braised delicacies. The roast chicken is golden, with crispy skin, tender meat, delicious flavor, and an irresistible aroma! Pork head meat: rich but not greasy, te 508Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 104 A Hundred Days After the Divorce, My Daughter Exposes My Chef's Certificate 离婚百日，厨师证竟被女儿曝光 Lin Chen has been divorced from his wife of eight years for just a hundred days when his daughter suddenly shows up at his door. “Daddy, Mommy found a new daddy. It makes me so sad.” Hearing this, Lin Chen is instantly furious. After eight years together, he walked away with nothing. And in the end, his wife had already found a rich man and had even stopped caring about their daughter. “Daddy will definitely give you a future!” Lin Chen vows. Just as he makes up his mind, he obtains the Life Win 786Reads8.0Score10214d adds
- 105 Gourmet: My Late-Night Diner Might Not Be Entirely Scientific 美食：我的深夜食堂可能不太科学 [Food + System + entertainment industry + lighthearted daily life] If someone asked where an unconventional late-night diner came from, Luo Jia would tell them it all started with him standing up for the people and beating up a mage whose ritual was disturbing the neighborhood. He knew because he had experienced it himself. Thanks to the immense merit he earned by sacrificing the mage from the start, Luo Jia got a System and embarked on the path to becoming a God of Cooking. He moved to a film s 49Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 The Super Food God Tycoon 超级食神大亨 Yang Song happens upon the Chef God System. With nothing but a secondhand food cart selling grilled gluten skewers, he steadily climbs to the peak of success. The richest man's son works for him as a waiter, goddesses throw themselves at him to help run his shop, and top female students from campus come to peel potatoes for him... A beautiful TV reporter asks in an interview, "I hear lots of celebrities come to dine at Baifeng Pavilion. Do they have to wait in line too?" Yang Song replies calmly 224Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 107 Setting Up a Stall Outside the Elementary School, Mom and Dad, Save Some for Me 小学门口摆摊，爸爸妈妈给我留点 This book is also known as "After I Grabbed My Bucket and Ran, I Awakened the Gourmet God System". [Comedy] [Comfort Food] [System] [Gourmet] [Goofball] As a civil engineering graduate, Zhang Yang followed his seniors’ advice on starting a business and became a proud freelancer: selling snacks outside an elementary school as a street vendor. Egg fried rice, pan-fried buns, and all kinds of other delicious food took the school gate by storm. The elementary school students and their parents lined 430Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 108 Gourmet: In the World of Food Wars, My Cooking Glows 美食：人在食戟，料理会发光 After transmigrating into the world of Food Wars!, Xia Lin sweeps through Totsuki Academy with the “glowing dishes” from his Gourmet System! Every dish Xia Lin makes dazzles everyone. Glowing food is the only food worth eating! In this world of food battles and duels, can Xia Lin reach the pinnacle of cuisine with one astonishing glowing dish after another? Comedy, fiery battles, and a wild food showdown. Keywords: food, comedy, food battles, Cooking Master Boy, glowing dishes 1.3kReads8.2Score10214d adds
- 109 After Awakening the Chef God Martial Soul, I Made All of Humanity Drool 觉醒厨神武魂后，全人类馋哭了 [Food + spiritual qi revival + no heroine] This is a world where spiritual qi has revived, martial souls awaken, and all races vie for supremacy. A once-notorious maker of bizarre dishes on Earth transmigrates here and accidentally binds to a System that was late because it overslept. He thinks the System will help him become the God of Cooking in no time. But his bizarre dishes turn out to be even more terrifying. Even so, people who haven’t eaten for a thousand years are extremely interested i 131Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 110 Opening a Restaurant in Food Wars 在食戟开饭店 Hey, buddy, have you ever had tea with Erina? Hey, buddy, have you ever eaten desserts made by Akakubo Momo? Hey, buddy, have you ever competed against Kukuchi Sonoka at making luosifen? Li Tian is reborn and brings everyone a different kind of sky. 231Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 One Stall from the Start, Great Food All Thanks to the System 开局一个摊，美食全靠系统 Chen Fang had spent over half a year stir-frying rice noodles, yet he was so broke he couldn't even pay rent. Then the System arrived. A garden in a pocket dimension, a spirit spring, ingredient exchanges, recipe unlocks, cooking skill upgrades, and surprise prize draws. He thought he could finally turn his life around, but the System said: He had to get “genuine praise” from three special diners within a week, or it was goodbye. The first was the belle of S University. She devoured two portions 11Reads—Score11814d adds
- 112 God-Tier Gourmet 神级美食家 The countryside is beautiful, and the food is delicious. Fry up some dishes, grow some crops, raise some fish, play with the dog, and make some babies. That’s the leisurely country life of Qin Feng, the God of Cooking. One day, Qin Feng sat lazily in the courtyard of his farmhouse restaurant and lifted his eyelids to glance at the three foreigners standing respectfully before him. “Boss Qin, this is the president of our country, who’s come especially to sample your cooking.” “Sorry, we’re sold o 1.7kReads8.3Score14414d adds
- 113 Gourmet: From Country-Style Banquets to a Better Life! 美食：从农村烧大席开始奔小康！ Illustrations throughout [System, food, reborn, farming, warm everyday life] Wang Cheng suddenly returns to the 1980s and binds to a Chef God Training System. In his previous life, he aimed too high and ended up dying suddenly at his factory job, tightening screws. This time, he returns to the countryside. With a few plates and bowls, eight cold dishes and eight hot ones, chicken, fish, pork knuckles, and meat dishes that disappear as soon as they hit the table, he’ll rule the world with nothing 559Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 114 After Divorcing My Celebrity Wife, I Became a Gourmet Dad 和明星老婆离婚后，成为美食奶爸 Gourmet, devoted dad, adorable child, System, one heroine, cozy, everyday life, healing To help his wife fulfill her dream, Chen Shuo puts up all his savings so she can compete on a talent show. But just as his wife becomes famous, she asks for a divorce. Unexpectedly, after the divorce, Chen Shuo activates the Devoted Dad Comeback System. Starting with a little breakfast shop and his daughter, Xiao Doufu, he draws food lovers, tourists, food bloggers, celebrities, and even tycoons from every wa 347Reads7.0Score10414d adds
- 115 Gourmet: Opening a Restaurant with My Little One, Customers Line Up All Night and Crowd the Door 美食：带着萌娃开店，顾客连夜排队堵门 Su Chen, a stay-at-home dad, awakened a Super Gourmet System and opened a breakfast shop near a university campus! From then on, the once-peaceful campus was swept up in a food frenzy! The students had to get competitive for a taste of the food, waking up earlier and earlier! When they realized Su Chen’s shop couldn’t feed every student, students from three universities secretly launched a plan to win him over! Divide and conquer, honey traps, playing the victim, fabricating stories, befriending 333Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 116 Building a Foodie Street, Where Every NPC Is from Ancient Times 打造美食文化街，NPC全员古人 [Food + historical NPCs + traditional crafts + development + food street + historical culture street + cultural outreach] After transmigrating, he takes over a noodle shop on the verge of closing. Chen Mo, broke and lacking any cooking skills, is at a loss. His cooking is mediocre, nowhere near the level of a proper chef. Just as he’s about to shut down the shop, Chen Mo becomes bound to the Historical Figure Summoning System! Many historical figures harbor such deep resentment that they cannot 25Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 117 Yi Wan Fried Rice 伊碗炒饭 From ancient times to the present day In ancient times, Yi Wan was heir to a royal chef’s legacy. In the modern era, Yi Wan’er had lost her parents in a car accident just as she finished her college entrance exams. In a single day, Yi Wan transmigrated and became Yi Wan’er. Watch as this heir to an ancient royal culinary tradition works wonders with ingredients in the modern world, cooking up a life rich in every flavor. 12Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 118 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
- 119 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
- 120 I Set Up a Barbecue Stall Across All Worlds 我在万界摆摊卖烧烤 Lin Yu transmigrates across countless worlds selling barbecue and wins over one big shot after another. Cao Cao: “Spicy chicken frames cured my headache!” Hong Qigong: “That's the tastiest chicken butt I've ever eaten!” Tang Bohu: “I'll trade three paintings for a skewer of grilled chicken wings!” Chen Yuanyuan: “To keep enjoying such delicious food, I would gladly give myself to you!” Tang Sanzang: “I shouldn't have broken my vows, but the barbecue smelled too good...” 127Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 121 Reborn to Run a Roadside Stall, and Now the City Inspectors Are Telling Me to Get Back to Work! 重生摆路边摊，城管催我快上班！ [System] [Single Female Lead] [Food] [Cooking Tutorials] [Comedy] After transmigrating and getting dumped, Chen Qiu awakens the universe’s most powerful street-vending System. With nothing but a bowl of the most delicious fried rice in the universe, he takes the streets by storm. Someone reports Chen Qiu to the police, claiming his food is so delicious it must contain something addictive. The cops immediately investigate, only to discover… To prove his innocence, Chen Qiu has no choice but to li 89Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 122 I Set Up a Street Stall Selling Snacks and Make the Whole Internet Drool! 摆摊卖小吃，馋哭全网！ [Food + Miracle Doctor + Comedy + Showbiz] In his previous life, Jiang Chen was a chef at state banquets. Now he joins a nationwide reality show and becomes a street-food vendor. The winner will take home a two-billion-yuan prize! Jiang Chen’s god-tier cooking skills have captured the attention of the entire internet. Super-rich heirs, A-list celebrities, and the world’s richest man can’t stop thinking about Jiang Chen’s food stall. While everyone else is still amazed that Jiang Chen’s food can 19Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 123 A Flat Tire on a Late-Night Tricycle Ride, and Top University Students Feast 深夜三轮骑爆胎，清北学子全吃嗨 Food + System + Healing + Adorable Dad and Kid (Sweet romance, sweet romance, sweet romance! An outrageously doting story about a daughter!) Su Yang transmigrates and ends up with a little restaurant on the verge of bankruptcy. He plans to set up a stall outside Kyoto University and sell grilled chicken legs to make a name for himself. But after he sells out, the students chase after him in a frenzy... Everyone wonders: “What the heck, where’s Boss Su? Did he run off again? What are we supposed 34Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 124 The God of Cooking: Building a Fortune with Banquet Feasts 神厨：从烧大席开始发家致富 Ding! The Super Chef System has activated. The host can bind to it simply by agreeing to cater a banquet, and will also receive a starter pack and rewards for completing missions. “Starter pack delivered: a complete set of banquet-cooking equipment, including a butcher's knife, a cleaver, a chopping knife, a two-meter-long ladle...” 425Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 125 The Throne of Food Wars 食戟王座 The protagonist, Lin Sixing, ventures into Totsuki Academy with the loli Lan Xiaoban. Bearing the heavy responsibility entrusted to him by his father, he has no choice but to hone his culinary skills in the battlefield that is the culinary world. His goal is to compete in the Shokugeki Throne Challenge three years later and win the title of Throne Champion, so he can save his hometown, Gourmet Town. Can he survive among the many talented students at Totsuki and reach the summit? Stay tuned! “Um. 483Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 Gourmet: My Little Food God Shop 美食：我的食神小店 [Gourmet] [No romance] [Everyday life] [Recipes] At the end of Bluestone Alley in the old district, just past the third pagoda tree, there’s a hidden little restaurant run by the God of Cookery. It serves egg fried rice that really glows! And rice porridge that sends you drifting back into your memories with just one sip! It’s also a top-tier restaurant where a bowl of rice porridge costs 166 yuan. Customers are left bowing in admiration, crying out for more, and ordering another ten bowls! The 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 Random Street-Food Stalls: My Customers Eat Like Crazy 随机美食摆摊食客我吃疯狂 A food-focused story with no romance, set in everyday city life. Chen Xia unexpectedly gets a System, embarking on an unpredictable journey of setting up food stalls at random locations. In the park, he sells refreshing cold dishes; beneath office buildings, he serves up delicious fried rice; outside schools, he grills fragrant gluten skewers. Everyone who tastes his carefully prepared food can’t stop singing its praises. But Chen Xia changes his stall’s location every week and offers a differe 181Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 Gourmet: The School Chef Parents Never Want to Leave 美食：在小学当大厨，家长不愿走 [Stop nitpicking, everyone here is just a tool] [No romance] [Heartwarming] After transmigrating to a parallel world, Lin Chen binds himself to the [Culinary Excellence System]. Every time he makes a delicious dish, he unlocks a new recipe, so he decides to become the head chef at an elementary school. He cooks one limited-edition dish after another, and the kids aren’t happy about it. “This big brother’s food is so good, I’d marry my big sister off to you!” “...” “Wow, it really is delicious~” 725Reads6.1Score10214d adds
- 129 The Snack Shop Alone Turned This Scenic Spot into a 5A Attraction? 全靠小吃店，景区升5A了？ [Gourmet] [System] [Everyday Life] [Perfect with Rice] [Food and Medicine Share the Same Roots] Zhuang Ming has just graduated from a traditional Chinese medicine college when he unexpectedly gets a system. He binds himself to it before he can even read the name. When he finally sees it, the name is “The World’s Greatest, Miracle-Working, Cure-All, Heals with a Touch... Chef System!” His heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally gives up completely. The prices are steep, the shop is sha 805Reads8.2Score10614d adds
- 130 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
- 131 A Culinary Void: I Take Chinese Cuisine by Storm Around the World 美食断层：我携华夏美食席卷全球 [No female lead!!] Mu Yunfei transmigrates to a world with a shallow food culture, where he has to eat vegetarian dishes every day. He's about ready to throw up! Thankfully, he awakens a Divine Chef System! Jianbing guozi is soft, chewy, and fragrant; preserved-egg and pork congee makes foreigners fall in love with preserved eggs! Hot-and-sour noodles are impossible to resist, and beef brisket rice noodles are snapped up in an instant! Food critic: “I can die without regrets now!” Food blogger: 306Reads7.2Score10014d adds
- 132 Foodie Restaurant Reviews: My Identity as the Head Chef of a State Banquet Is Exposed 美食探店：我国宴主厨身份被曝光 In this age where food reigns supreme, Xiao Bai awakens the Gourmet System and wins the Harbor District God of Cooking Competition. He earns the title of Imperial Banquet Chef, but keeps his identity hidden and sets out to review restaurants. [Ding! You have completed the task of reviewing ten private dining establishments! Reward: 10 SSS-grade cooking methods.] [Ding! You have completed the task of reviewing eight major cuisines! Reward: a set of God of Cooking knives!] [Ding! You have complete 662Reads6.5Score10014d adds
- 133 From the Start, I Set Up a Stall Selling Bento, and Liu Bei Begged Me to Be His Strategist 开局摆摊卖盒饭，刘备求我当军师 [Food + Three Kingdoms + Water Margin + wuxia + film and television] Li Huan transmigrates through the Myriad Worlds, setting up a stall to sell boxed meals. Cao Cao: Spicy crayfish are my favorite! Sun Shangxiang: In this life and the next, I'll marry no one but Li Huan! Pan Jinlian: Dalang, it's time to eat your boxed meal. Huang Yaoshi: Stay on Peach Blossom Island, and I'll betroth Rong'er to you. Kang Min: Are my sweet mooncakes not as good as your boxed meals? Yue Buqun: I'll trade my Evil 86Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 134 I Conquered the Interstellar World with Gourmet Food 我靠美食征服星际 A little chef is reborn in the future, in the interstellar age. What? Earth has been destroyed and its civilization lost? Chefs have actually become the most prestigious and rarest profession? It really does run in the family, this love of food. You want to challenge me to a cooking competition? Dear, do you know the Eight Great Cuisines? My mental strength may be trash and my physique good-for-nothing, but I know I’m a good chef. 63Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 135 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 83Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 136 Gourmet: Setting Up a Stall in a Snowy World, The Whole Internet Begs Me to Stay 美食：冰雪世界摆摊，全网求别走 Food + Everyday Life + Lighthearted (Selling lamb soup at the Ice and Snow World from the start, making the little Southern potato tourists drool) Qin Rui transmigrates to a parallel world and activates a scenic-area stall System. On his first day, he sells lamb soup at the Ice and Snow World. The little Southern potato tourists, who’ve been dancing in the cold wind, are freezing and at a loss when they suddenly spot Qin Rui’s lamb soup stall. A cute girl with rabbit ears says, “Boss, I’m from S 55Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 137 Gourmet: Making a Living by Selling Food on the Street 美食：从摆摊赚生活费开始 [Gourmet food] + [Everyday urban life] + [One heroine] + [Comedy] “Have you heard? There’s a stall at the night market that sells really good cold noodles.” “I heard there’s also a stall selling buns, and they’re unbelievably good.” “What are you talking about? I heard the night market’s braised beef is amazing.” Li Qing, who had transmigrated here, realized he was about to start college, but paying for living expenses was going to be a big problem. Then he unexpectedly activated the Chef God Sy 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 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
- 139 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
- 140 A Thousandfold Training Returns: Even Breathing Makes Me Stronger 练功万倍效果返还，呼吸都变强 Humorous, action-packed, feel-good romance with one heroine Lu Ziye transmigrates to another world, where human warriors, heavenly magic, military formation masters, and the beastfolk's bloodline powers all exist side by side. He awakens the ability to receive ten thousand times the benefit from every training session. No matter what kind of skill he practices, the results are multiplied ten thousandfold. Not only does he gain ten thousand times the results, he also saves a huge amount of time, —Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 141 You Told Me to Sell Fried Rice, and I Brought the Highway to a Standstill 让你摆摊卖炒饭，你把高速干瘫痪 Bai Ming transmigrates to Blue Star and becomes an unemployed young man. With his family fortune about to run dry, he is lucky enough to activate the Gourmet System and gain god-tier cooking skills and legendary kitchenware. It happens to be the Spring Festival rush, when everyone is returning to the cities and the highway is gridlocked. Living nearby, Bai Ming simply brings out his wok and stove and starts selling fried rice by the roadside. The drivers and passengers, already starving, are ins 991Reads8.7Score10614d adds
- 142 I’m Just Cooking, Why Are the Demonic Beasts So Nervous? 我就做个菜，妖兽你紧张什么？ Xie Fan, a food lover, accidentally transmigrates to a world of immortal cultivation and awakens the God of Cooking System! He thought a world of cultivation would be full of fun, but there’s no internet or air conditioning, and worst of all, the food is terrible! With the principle that he can give up cultivating immortality, but he can’t give up eating, Xie Fan decides to fend for himself! The entire sect goes wild! The disciples: “What is this? How can it be so delicious!” “Eating a bowl of f 700Reads6.6Score11214d adds
- 143 Transmigrated to the 1980s: Every Dish at My Restaurant Is in High Demand! 穿越八零：我的饭馆一菜难求！ When Tang Ruanyuan woke up, she discovered she had transmigrated to the 1980s. At the time, Danchuan Village had just implemented the household land contract system. Her family consisted of a father with a bad leg and a seven-year-old younger brother. Looking at their dirt-poor tile-roofed house and the nearly empty rice jar, Tang Ruanyuan rolled up her sleeves and started doing what she knew best, selling food, with her little brother at her side. In the gold-rush decade of the 1980s, Tang Ruan 53Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 144 A Bride Price of 28,000? Forget This Wedding 下车礼两万八？这婚不结也罢 [Sichuan Cuisine Master, entrepreneurship, adorable child, everyday life, one heroine] “Twenty-eight thousand eight hundred for the door-opening gift, every last yuan.” “How about I give you the rest after the wedding?” “No. My best friend said the door-opening gift can’t be delayed. You have to give it to me right now, this instant.” On their wedding day, Ning Yi’s bride-to-be was egged on by her best friend. She refused to get out of the car unless he paid the door-opening gift. No amount of r 613Reads8.4Score10314d adds
- 145 You Asked Me to Cook Vegetarian Meals, So Why Is My Incense Offering Exploding? 让你做斋饭，我香火怎么被干爆了 [The rating has just been posted and is sure to rise] (System) (Food) (Everyday Life) (Lighthearted Comedy) Lu Chen used to be an overworked corporate drone, but after being diagnosed with terminal cancer, he was fired. Just as he was waiting to die, he unexpectedly obtained a Divine Incense System and bonded with Tianlin Temple. As long as the temple receives incense offerings, Lu Chen's lifespan increases. But Tianlin Temple is about to go under! Lu Chen can only use the divine cooking skills 5kReads6.7Score44314d adds
- 146 Food Wars!: I Can Travel to Toriko’s World 食戟：我能前往美食的俘虏 After transmigrating into the world of Food Wars!, what can you do if you don’t have a monstrous talent for cooking? Rod says, “Don’t panic. It’s time to astonish these genius chefs with ingredients from higher dimensions.” No heroine, no invincibility, just cooking 284Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 147 My Everyday Food Adventures in the Cultivation World 我在修仙界的美食日常 [Cultivation + Gourmet + Lighthearted Comedy + Harmonious Sect + One Female Lead] {This book focuses on cultivation, with food as a supporting element. There will be other plotlines besides cooking, so if that's not for you, please don't read.} Lin Xiaofan transmigrates. When he opens his eyes, he finds himself in the cultivation world. Huh? A menial disciple, the standard from-the-start setup. So where's the System? Ding! Congratulations, Host, you've awakened the Culinary Immortal System! 12Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 148 God of Cooking: A Bowl of Fried Rice Throws the Heavens into Chaos! 厨神：一碗炒饭，引来诸天大乱！ (Food + No Female Lead + Laid-Back Daily Life + Lighthearted Comedy) Jiang Yuxian transmigrates to the Xuantian Continent, where his extraordinary cooking skills win over all the races. His dishes don’t just taste incredible, they also have amazing effects that even spiritual pills and medicines can’t match. Even a meal he throws together on a whim has countless people clamoring for a taste! A sect elder weeps as he says, “Xiao Jiang, your egg fried rice is out of this world! After eating it, I 2.7kReads7.7Score32714d adds
- 149 The Way of Flavor 味之道 When the chopsticks lift not only delicacies but also fragments of a civilization stretching back thousands of years; when the scents wafting through the streets carry not only the aroma of food but also the breath and memories of a place, that is the culinary universe The Way of Flavor seeks to bring before you. As a writer devoted to "examining history through the taste buds and seeking roots amid the bustle of daily life," I have traveled through the streets and alleys of north and south, del 188Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 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
