Novels like Back to the Eighties: A Mother and Daughter Astonish the World with Their Cooking
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Back to the Eighties: A Mother and Daughter Astonish the World with Their Cooking, best match first.
- 1 On the Day of My Engagement, My Ex Came to Pick a Fight with His Fake Sweet Talk 订婚当天，前男友茶言茶语来找茬 [One-on-one romance + sweet doting + both leads are faithful + scheming, black-hearted male lead + clear-eyed heroine] On the day of her engagement, An Ning’s ex-boyfriend suddenly showed up at the party, only to transform into her fiancé’s uncle. For An Ning, who was used to weathering all kinds of storms, it was no big deal. Watching him sweetly butter her up and speak up for her was satisfying, and she couldn’t help thinking, No wonder men like this sugary, scheming act. It makes sense. “An’a 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 My Childhood Friend Looks at Me Differently 发小他看我眼神不对劲 [Both Leads Are Faithful] [Sweet Romance] [Childhood Friends] [Mutual Secret Crush] [Rekindled Love] Li Nai, as sunny as a little sun, couldn't say when she'd started falling for her childhood friend, Si Jun. But as a girl just discovering love, she didn't dare reveal her feelings. She noticed that Si Jun, who had always treated her especially well, looked at the transfer student Tian Xin'er differently, and assumed he was in love with her... After one misunderstanding after another, Li Nai tur 43Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 3 Gourmet: I Take My Little Sister to Kindergarten and Make the Teachers Drool 美食：带妹妹去幼儿园，馋哭老师 [Gourmet]+ [Everyday Life]+ [Comedy]+ [Comfort Food]+ [Dad]+ [Adorable Kids]+ [Heartwarming]+ [Healing] Zhou Lin took his little sister to apply for a chef position at a kindergarten, only to face a challenge from a five-star chef. He won the cooking contest and became the head chef at Shuitian Kindergarten. From then on, teachers at kindergartens all over town tried everything they could to get a taste of Zhou Lin’s cooking. Parents did everything they could to transfer their children to Shuiti 673Reads7.1Score10114d adds
- 4 Miss Rabbit and Mr. Husky 兔子小姐与哈士奇先生 Shy, adorable girl vs. pure-hearted, cool CEO [Sweet romance, both pure, whirlwind marriage, healing] Zuo You fell in love at first sight with his new neighbor, Miss Bunny. He was trying every which way to get her attention, never realizing that Wen Yanan was the nepotism hire he detested most, as well as the blind date he had already turned down. Wen Yanan never expected the fierce, handsome man next door to be so kind. He helped her deal with an “intruder,” invited her to dinner, and even pick 53Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 5 Chubby and Adorable 胖胖惹人爱 The first time Sheng Han saw Zhen Zhu, four words popped into his mind: plump and lovely. He couldn’t help swallowing. So chubby girls could be this beautiful, this alluring. After going to great lengths to find her, the pure-hearted CEO Sheng Han uses every trick in the book to win her affection. When his friend finds out, he teases him: “No wonder you’re handsome and rich but still single. Turns out you like chubby girls.” Sheng Han thinks it over and shakes his head. “I don’t know if I like c 1.2kReads8.6Score10814d adds
- 6 The Spicy Girl of the 1980s: I Made My Fortune with Food 八零小辣媳：我靠美食发家致富 [Period Drama + Rebirth + Food + Feel-Good + Fiery Wife + Love After Marriage] A spirited food blogger who transmigrates into the past VS a calculating, loyal-dog hero who was once a technical whiz and later becomes a powerful tycoon Su Ning transmigrated to the 1980s and became a young wife with a terrible reputation. Her husband treated her with indifference, the neighbors gossiped about her, and her birth family kept finding ways to bleed her dry. Make a fortune, take down scumbags, deal with 520Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 7 The Great Demon Lord Has No Will to Survive 大魔头没有求生欲 An unpredictable, overwhelmingly powerful woman X a clingy, calculating man with a split personality In the twenty-first year of the Jing An era, the only son of Liu Tingfeng, the Breezewind Swordsman, died suddenly. The three members of the Mirror Pavilion were ordered to investigate. After uncovering the truth, they were on their way back to the Mirror Pavilion to report when a mysterious young man tricked them into falling into a trap set by Hua Wuqiu, a notorious demon of the martial world. 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 After Rejecting the Match in the 1980s, I Opened a Canteen at a State-Owned Factory 八零拒婚后，我在国营厂开饭馆 [Reborn] + [The 1980s] + [Gourmet] + [Building a business] Shen Qingyue returned to the 1980s. In her previous life, her family drained her dry, and all three sisters were cheated by their grandparents. Reborn, she refuses to be a sucker again. She takes on the unreasonable troublemakers, and whoever picks a fight with her gets crushed underfoot. After splitting from the family, she starts a business with her sisters, opening a restaurant at a state-owned factory. The troublemakers fail to get t 2.9kReads9.0Score23814d adds
- 9 Delicious Country Cooking: The Little Chef Is Beautiful and Adorable 农门佳肴：小厨娘她美又娇 [Sweet Romance + Farming + Food + Mutual Devotion] Shen Jiayao, a young chef in her previous life, didn't let her skills go to waste after she transmigrated to a small mountain village. Life in the village was hard, but her father doted on her, her mother loved her, and her older brother protected her. Most importantly, she had a childhood sweetheart who'd grown up alongside her. When he became an official one day and planned to marry a noblewoman, Shen Jiayao wielded her big ladle and knocked h 4.7kReads9.0Score56214d adds
- 10 Gourmet: My Little Shop Is Famous Around the World 美食：我的小店，名震全球 [Gourmet] [Opening a Restaurant] [No Female Lead] [System] [Perfect with a Meal] [Heartwarming] [Everyday Life] [A Different Menu Every Day] [Affordable Prices] [Ensemble Cast] Lou Yuanzhou has eaten so many ready-made meal packs that he actually gains a Chef God Gourmet System! As long as he opens a restaurant and completes all kinds of bizarre missions, he can earn rewards! Steaming hot wontons, springy zhajiang noodles, and the legendary lamb stew... all made by Lou Yuanzhou himself! Once his 9.6kReads9.0Score79714d adds
- 11 The 1970s: A Sweet Island Life for a Cannon-Fodder Supporting Female Character 七零之炮灰女配的海岛甜宠日常 [Period setting + marriage first, love later + cozy life raising children + entrepreneurship] Lin Xia gets into a car accident on her way to a matchmaking date and unexpectedly transmigrates into a period romance novel full of angst, becoming the foolish cannon-fodder woman who brings about her own doom. The original Lin Xia sabotages the male and female leads at every turn, so the male lead takes revenge by sending her to the countryside, where she eventually meets a tragic end. After reading a 15.8kReads9.1Score1.5k14d adds
- 12 The Sweet Military Wife Is on Top, and Her Officer Husband Can't Take It 娇娇军嫂在上，军官老公顶不住 The short drama adaptation, Sweet Years, is now streaming~ The second short drama adaptation, Let Me Dwell in Your Heart, is now streaming~ [Military marriage + food + supermarket space + devoted couple + everyday life + love after marriage] Ye Muqi had just become a seven-star chef when a car accident transported her to the 1980s. From the start, she was married, and her husband was a soldier with a slim waist and long legs. For Ye Muqi, who had been single for 29 years, that was a huge plus! T 9.3kReads9.1Score82714d adds
- 13 This Boss Is So Sneaky, He Takes His Street Stall Everywhere 这老板真苟，摆个地摊还到处走 [The print edition of Random Gourmet Stall is now available on major platforms] [Gourmet] [No romance] [Everyday life] [Comedy] [Comfort food] [Cozy] [Healing] After transmigrating to a parallel world, Lin Zhou unexpectedly binds himself to a Random Gourmet System. Every week brings a random location, random food, and different customers. He sells buns at the park entrance, century egg and lean pork congee on a mountaintop, and candied hawthorns outside a school. Every dish is mouthwatering and 81.8kReads9.5Score8k14d adds
- 14 Surely You Laugh at My Passion 多情应笑我 Lin Fang has been disguised as a boy since childhood, and she can't help feeling helpless about it. Her household registration says she's male, so what can she do? But the secret she has sworn to protect is discovered by a young boy she accidentally rescues! Lin Fang thought she'd picked up a deadweight, but once the boy, Yun Weiming, regains his identity, she feels as if she's sitting on a mountain of gold. “Who would've thought! I've picked up all kinds of things before, but you're the most va 73.9kReads9.7Score10k14d adds
- 15 Reborn as the Abusive Novel’s Male Lead’s Mother 穿成虐文男主他妈 [Short story contest] [Foodie fiction] [A sweet little treat] Overnight, she transmigrates into a book with a baby in her belly whose father is unknown. On closer inspection, the baby turns out to be the male lead from the tragic novel she read before. He's a poor little thing whose father doesn't care for him and whose mother doesn't love him. Penniless, Ding Sha relies on her excellent cooking skills to become the food goddess of a construction site. Spicy diced chicken, cured pork with garlic 31.7kReads9.6Score4k14d adds
- 16 EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4k14d adds
