Novels like Eating and Cat-Wrangling in the Tang Dynasty
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- 51 The Xing'an Ward Diner 兴安坊小饭馆 [No romance, a warm ensemble cast, a slow pace, and an unwavering female perspective with a focus on women] Yan Luo transmigrates to the Great Yong Dynasty and becomes the eldest daughter of Madam Song. In Liushui Alley, Madam Song raises her two daughters alone. The hardships they endure go without saying. Hardworking Yan Luo throws herself once more into the food business she loves. Dear guests, come cool off with a bowl of liangpi on a hot day! Tender chicken, silky noodles, and a mouthwateri 18.6kReads8.6Score2.5k14d adds
- 52 A Little Restaurant in Bianjing 汴京小饭馆 White jade lotus root slices, fresh sea bass sashimi, delicacies served on jade plates. A cozy restaurant, sweet wine, and a beauty as lovely as a painting. Lord Shen of the Kaifeng Prefecture has always been stern and reserved. Why does he treat a young woman who cooks for a living so differently? The sixteen- or seventeen-year-old young woman has left her former household with her mother. All day long, she thinks about setting up a stall to make money and cooking, while still finding time to a —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 From the Start, I Had a Spatula, and the Big Shots Kept Chasing Me for a Meal 开局一把锅铲，大佬追着我干饭 [System + quick transmigration + food and business + reborn + pocket dimension + feel-good power fantasy] Bai Yuxi was an ordinary office worker in the imperial capital. Desperate to achieve financial freedom and buy a home in her hometown as soon as possible, she worked herself to the bone, only to die suddenly from overwork. Then, against all odds, she was reborn? This time, she decided to live life on her own terms! After giving her exploitative boss a piece of her mind and securing severance 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 Su Yun, Sweetheart 苏韵甜心 Dai Yuanshan, a modern inheritor of the Suzhou-style pastry-making tradition, transmigrates to Gusu in the Great Yin dynasty and turns her dilapidated ancestral home into Dai Xiang Zhai. Combining traditional pastry-making with modern creativity, she dazzles everyone with Ding Sheng cakes, jujube paste rice cakes, and her original Four Seasons Seasonal Gift Boxes. Soon, her humble shop becomes a favorite of ancient scholars and refined gentlemen. The Third Prince, Murong Yan, is secretly investi —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 Lotus Seeds and Hearts Through the Years 莲子莲心渡流年 Lotus Seeds and Hearts Through the Passing Years 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 After My Ex-Wife Mocked Me, I Made 100,000 a Day with a Grilled Sausage System 被前妻嘲讽后，我靠烤肠系统日入十万 After My Ex-Wife Mocked Me, I Made 100,000 a Day with the Grilled Sausage System 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 My Street-Stall Food Is So Bizarre, Customers Think I've Gone Mad! 摆摊太抽象，食客们以为我疯了！ Other street vendors hawked their wares, competing over cooking techniques and recipes. When Chen Yanyu set up his stall, he first had a heart-to-heart with the ingredients, then cheered on the batter, and even had to calm the griddle down so it wouldn't lose its temper. After activating the All Things Empathy Abstract God of Cooking System, the more absurd and outlandish his cooking methods, the more heaven-defying the food tasted! His prices were outrageous, and his behavior was downright biza 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 The Little Chef's Rise to Wealth 小厨娘的富贵逆袭 After transmigrating, Jiang Qianxia becomes the owner of a shop in a plane-spanning merchant guild. What should she do when a military camp cook secretly sleeps with the general, gets pregnant, and her husband's family refuses to let her through the door? Throw money at them! She throws enough money at her brother-in-law to make him willingly become her manager, leaves her wicked mother-in-law wailing and stripped of her authority, and gets the entire household to raise her to the position of ma 11Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 59 Reborn: Returning to the Village with My Kids to Farm 重生之带娃回村种田 [Farming + feel-good wish fulfillment + food + transmigration + pocket dimension + adorable kids] My name is Lin Yaoyao. My parents named me Yaoyao because I was a girl, and they hoped I would die young. Under the weight of my parents’ vile hopes, I grew up, got married, and had a daughter. Before marriage, everyone praised my husband as a good man. Afterward, he cheated, drank, and beat me. I fell asleep holding my child and woke up in an ancient village, in the body of a peasant woman from Xia 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 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
- 61 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 198Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 62 The Shy Little Breakfast Shop That Doesn’t Open Until Afternoon 社恐小可怜的早餐店，下午才营业 [Food Therapy] [Lighthearted Comedy] [No Romance] [Perfect With a Meal] [Socially Anxious Protagonist] There is a secluded breakfast shop that doesn't open until 2 p.m. The timid, socially anxious Zuo Ci is bound to the Queen Cat Food System. She has no ambition and is only aiming for the guaranteed 8,000. To reduce the number of customers she has to serve, Zuo Ci racks her brains to find loopholes in the System. The shop sign says "Early Die Shop" because she hopes it'll scare customers away. A 8.9kReads8.4Score1.9k14d adds
- 63 I Transmigrate into a Book and Open a Restaurant That Makes the Whole City Smell Amazing 穿书后我靠开食肆香遍全城 The heroine transmigrates into a book and opens a restaurant. The story focuses on the day-to-day business of running a food shop, with no awful relatives or angst. It's warm and comforting, so enjoy without worry~ The male lead appears later and doesn't have much page time. He's a puppy-like guy who follows our little Hua around everywhere (the male lead of the transmigration novel), and he's blessed with a protagonist's halo: getting close to him brings good luck. (Hugging the big shot's leg.j 3.7kReads8.1Score32414d adds
- 64 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
- 65 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
- 66 I Told You to Be a Cook, So How Did You Become the Demon Cult Leader? 让你当伙夫，你怎么成魔教教主了 [Food + System + Demonic Cult + Management + Farming] The good news: Lu Chen transmigrated. The bad news: He’s in the infamous Blood Moon Sacred Sect. The even worse news: The previous 998 cooks all died. Faced with 427 demonic cultivators whose eyes have gone red with hunger, Lu Chen can only light the stove and simmer a pot of spicy pepper soup. From that day on, the Asura Hall’s whole atmosphere changes. Others cultivate immortality to live forever. The Sacred Sect’s disciples cultivate just 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 The Clever Little Chef 妙手小厨娘 A chef at a modern five-star hotel accidentally transmigrates to ancient times. Disguised as a man, she is rescued by a little beggar. When they meet again, the little beggar has become an icy prince, yet he is gentle only with her. Before long, rumors spread through the city that the prince has no interest in women. She thinks she now has powerful backing and can throw her weight around and do whatever she likes. Instead, she becomes a tyrant in the eyes of the officials, a bully who relies on 92Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 68 Reborn at the Border: Cooking Up a Storm with My Gourmet Space 重生边关：带着美食空间做厨娘 [Sweet Romance + Food + One-on-One, Devoted to Each Other] After transmigrating, Song Mingzhen finds herself a wretched daughter of a convicted official, exiled to the frontier. With a food System at her disposal, a successful career is only a matter of time. As the saying goes, the way to a person's heart is through their stomach. Before eating, the great general says, “I've spent years conquering battlefields. I've long since lost my appetite for fine food.” After eating, the great general say 34Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 69 Gourmet: Selling Breakfast at a Night Market Stall 美食：我在夜市摆摊卖早餐 [Gourmet] [No Female Lead] [Everyday Life] [Comfort Food] [Business] What, you’re selling breakfast at a night market stall? And it’s actually this delicious? You’re selling breakfast? This is my dinner! Shen Yan was fired for entering the office with his left foot first. By chance, he unlocked the Gourmet System and started running a food stall, working his way toward becoming a master chef through the dishes he made. Add sea cucumber to fried rice, and abalone to instant noodles. The finer the 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 Random Cuisine, Diners Beg Me Not to Close Up! 随机美食，食客求我别收摊！ [Everyday Gourmet] [No Female Lead, No Romance] [Warm and Healing] [Lighthearted and Wacky] Unemployed young man Fang Mu unexpectedly binds himself to the ultimate Gourmet System! Random stalls! Random dishes! Fried rice today, pig trotters tomorrow. It all depends on the System's mood! Fang Mu's food is unbelievably delicious. One bite is enough to blow your mind, and everyone who tries it gets hooked. But he never keeps a regular schedule, and when he closes up, he leaves whenever he feels lik 191Reads5.8Score10014d adds
- 71 Running a Plane-Space Restaurant, I Rise to the Top 经营位面餐厅，走向人生巅峰 [Cuisine x business x card draws x interdimensional travel x ensemble cast x growth x lighthearted] Chu Tian, a pampered young lady who had never lifted a finger around the house, had just graduated and was dragging her suitcase out of her dorm when an unknown System pulled her into the universe, making her the first person to venture beyond the solar system into an unknown star system. [Run an interdimensional restaurant successfully and complete all your missions, and you'll be able to return 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 The Greatest Tavern in the Jianghu 江湖第一大酒楼 Don't let my run-down restaurant fool you, the sign out front is impressive. Don't let my cook's poor eyesight fool you, he's still a disciple of the God of Cooking. Don't let my bodyguard's swordsmanship fool you, he's scary-looking. Don't let my accountant's constant arguing fool you, he knows his way around the books... Don't let my unserious attitude fool you, what I'm about to do will shake the entire martial world... At the greatest restaurant in the jianghu, the things that happen are alw 53Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 A Max-Level Social Butterfly Gets Rich in a Period Novel 满级社牛，在年代文里暴富 [Transmigrate into a Book + Food + Everyone's Favorite + Farming + Business] Oh no! Tian Cheng went to sleep and woke up as the vicious supporting female character in a period novel. She has a sweet face but a bad-tempered, unpleasant personality, and she has a crush on the male lead. Jealous of the heroine, she targets her at every turn and eventually dies a miserable death, leaving everyone sighing over her fate. But Tian Cheng is a food lover, and she has no plans to repeat the same mistakes. 9Reads—Score114d adds
- 74 Growing Fruit, Growing Fruit, Growing Fruit 种水果种水果种水果 (Farming + Management + Infrastructure Building) (Slight Ensemble Cast, No Romance) (Slow-Paced, No Infighting) Ten years ago, the fruit grown in the Xia Kingdom began to shrivel and taste sour. At first, the people didn't mind. They had plenty of meat to eat, and could enjoy it until they were stuffed. But little by little, they began to find it greasy and sickening. Only when everyone started craving fruit did they suddenly realize that from then on, this land would have no tasty fruit left to 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 Granny Tian's Rebirth: Late-Night Cafeteria Livestream 田老太重生记深夜食堂直播间 The feisty, capable 95-year-old Tian Caigu is reborn in 1987. At 55, she quits her job and opens a late-night diner that becomes a refuge for countless migrant workers. She spends her days bustling amid the smoke and steam, serving customers warmth and comfort. She also has a livestream that connects to the future. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 A Snack Stall in Chang'an 长安小食摊 Shen Yu died in the kitchen of her Sichuan restaurant. When she woke up, she had become an orphan girl in Chang'an's West Market, saddled with fifteen strings of debt. The original owner couldn't even get the stove hot. With half a sack of flour, a battered wok, and her own two hands, she started out with a street stall in the West Market. Her improved iron wok produced the Tang Dynasty's first stir-fry, and it took the West Market by storm. From a roadside stall to the finest restaurant in the 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 The General's Delicious Wife 将军的美味娘子 She transmigrates into a farming family, where there's never enough to eat or warm clothes to wear, and she also gets a paralyzed husband and a whole crowd of awful relatives thrown in for free. Xia Yuechu counts it all up on her fingers. By any reckoning, she's the one getting the raw deal! But she's got her cooking skills to rely on, and with her clever hands she can whip up countless delicious dishes and make a fortune in no time, rising straight to the top! The better life gets, though, the 238Reads8.6Score10414d adds
- 78 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
- 79 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 5Reads—Score114d adds
- 80 Transmigrated into a Tragic Novel as Cannon Fodder, I Turned the Tables with Food 穿成虐文炮灰，我靠美食逆风翻盘 [Food + System + business + healing each other + obsessive, scheming male lead] Yun Shu, a descendant of imperial chefs, opens her eyes to find she has become a doomed cannon-fodder character in an old-fashioned tragic romance. Not only did she spend her life giving the heroine resources and taking the blame for her, but even after her death, she became part of their PLAY. They really used her to the very end. Why should the whole world’s lives be sacrificed just so their love story can be passi 31Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 81 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
- 82 Good Food and Sweet Dreams with You 与君美食复甘眠 [Transmigration + Ancient Times + Farming + Food + Woman Chef + Romance] The meat is so tender it seems carved from beauty, and the fragrant aroma never stops rising from the pot. As a humble office worker in the twenty-first century, Su Yu had few interests, and food was the only one she loved. Her one and only wish was to stop being exploited by every capitalist under the sun and become a capitalist herself. So the gods heard her prayer and granted it. She closed her eyes and woke up as a poor 331Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 83 After I Transmigrated, I Started Selling Egg Pancakes on Dad’s Way to Work 穿越后我在爹爹上班路上卖鸡蛋饼 This story is set in a fictional world, so many things may not make sense. Please be warned!!! Liu Siling, a worker stuck in a notoriously useless major, transmigrated one day and finally became the daughter of an official in the imperial capital! Think she could finally enjoy the good life? Think again. Her family was so poor they were nearly out of food. Somebody save her! No worries: the divine goddess of egg pancakes will bless every child who loves good food! From selling food at a street s 4Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 84 Can You Have Both Dragons and Good Food? 龙与美食可以兼得吗 [Western fantasy + food + another world + business management + light adventure] When Tu Yiyi transmigrated into a Western fantasy world, she thought she’d landed the role of the Chosen One: flying through the sky on a broomstick, casually conjuring fireballs to hurl at the Demon King, and reaching the pinnacle of life from then on. Instead, her broom wouldn’t fly, she couldn’t conjure fireballs, and she was just a helpless ordinary person. Even more absurdly, she was somehow bound to a food bus 93Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 Flowers Gathered in Her Hair, Smoke on Her Temples 鬓拢花烟 The little cook Cang Er’s greatest wish is to open a shop, make money, buy a house, and stay far away from trouble. Until someone says to her, “I would give up the whole world just to have you by my side. Will you stand beside me and rule this prosperous realm together?” Glory and danger have always gone hand in hand. Cang Er doesn’t want to invite trouble, but his gaze is so intent and his smile so intoxicating that she nods in a daze. People say she’s lowborn and unfit to be empress? Fine. Who 657Reads8.8Score12014d adds
- 86 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
- 87 The Laid-Back College Student Is Open for Business 摆烂女大学生，在线营业 [A hilarious food story + slice-of-life diary + friendship + healing + farming, no romance, no pocket dimension, no System, no golden finger] A group of friends having a good time together What do you do when you don't want to go to work? Head back to the countryside and lie flat! After graduating from college, Xia Wan briskly packed her bags and returned home to take over the restaurant her grandfather had left her. This city is all takeout and rat-race grinders. She’s not staying here! After 106Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 88 Hooked on Cases 案上瘾 [Transmigration + marriage first, love later + devoted to each other + gourmet food + sweet romance + entrepreneurship] A sunny, charming chef-princess versus a seemingly aloof, seemingly impartial prince who is actually cunning Nan Yu was a highly sought-after head chef for state banquets in the 21st century. Little did she know that after one meal, she would transmigrate into the body of a notorious foreign princess. On the journey to her political marriage, “she” mysteriously disappeared. R 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 A Feast of Fine Flavors, Love Filling the World 锦食臻情满人间 Amid a bustling city where old stone-paved streets meet glass-clad towers, Jingshi Pavilion stands like a grand dining hall etched with the warmth of time. Its dark tiled roofs and sweeping eaves speak to the elegance of traditional architecture, while the warm light spilling through its floor-to-ceiling windows evokes the refinement of modern life. This restaurant, home to a century of culinary wisdom, is built around the ideal of “Savoring fine cuisine and heartfelt hospitality,” blending food 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 What? The Entire Mountain Range Is Mine, and Now It’s Famous 惊，整座山岭都是我的，它出名了 [Farming, running a guesthouse, and the occasional visitor from another world.] Luo Wanyu envies the quiet life in the country and longs to sleep in. One day, she wakes up and discovers she has transmigrated. Before her eyes are remote green mountains, and she lives in a dilapidated little courtyard. Yet her golden finger System tells her to open a guesthouse. How hard can that be? With the System’s help, a run-down courtyard can become an estate overnight. Someone has their eye on her precious 50Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 91 The Dining Habits of the Ancients 古人吃饭那些事儿 This book offers an in-depth look at the food and eating habits of people in ancient China. Written in an engaging, lively style, it explores the development and historical roots of Chinese food culture, as well as famous dishes with distinctive flavors. Through food, it reflects the social life and spirit of the times in different historical periods and regions. Drawing on every aspect of ancient people’s diets, it addresses questions such as “What kinds of eating utensils were used before the 135Reads9.3Score—14d adds
- 92 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
- 93 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
- 94 The Cook Takes Charge: I Use Food to Crush Villains and Become a Legend 厨娘当家：我靠美食虐渣封神 After transmigrating, Su Qiaoqiao, a twenty-first-century chef, wakes up in the body of a girl from a poor farming family in ancient times. From the start, she's in an “epic” mess: her parents want to sell her sister to pay for her brother's education. Faced with her self-important brother's disdain and her parents' obsessive devotion to their son, she lets out a cold laugh and goes berserk on the spot. “Sell my sister? Think bigger! Why not sell off you, the tender-skinned scholar, to become a 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 Clay Pot Chicken Cured My Lodger’s Loss of Appetite 地锅鸡治好了房客的厌食症 An anorexic big shot from the capital and a homestay owner, 1v1, sweet romance with no nasty supporting characters, both virgins, and lighthearted everyday life Lin Ji never imagined that her “luxury homestay,” listed at 28,888 yuan a month, would actually attract a tenant as spectacularly unlucky as Zhou Zhixu, who was set to rent it for exactly three months! The anorexic CEO from the capital spends a fortune just to lie flat at her place, and even insists that she be his “personal tour guide.” 55Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 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
- 97 A Chef at Your Door, Healing Countless Diners 男厨上门，治愈万千食客 After losing his job and running out of options, Lin Zhaonan unexpectedly binds to the “Record of a Hundred Flavors” culinary System. From then on, he sets out on a healing journey, soothing hearts with food and comforting ordinary lives with the warmth of home cooking. As he heals others, Lin Zhaonan heals himself too, and finds love as well as a restaurant famous far and wide. 44Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 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
- 99 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 574Reads8.4Score10314d adds
- 100 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 247Reads7.6Score47214d adds
