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- 1 After Failing at Immortal Cultivation, I Returned to the Modern World as a Master Chef 修仙失败，我回到现代当厨神 [No romance + food + modern cultivation + ensemble cast + showbiz + feel-good fiction. Minor spoiler: Later on, the heroine’s master and senior brothers and sisters will all recognize her in the modern world, each under a different identity.] Content warning: The heroine is gentle and not particularly assertive. If that’s not your preference, you may want to skip this one! Lin Chu died from overwork in her previous life and transmigrated to the Spirit Pivot Realm, where she became an alchemy cul 97Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 2 Farming in Ancient Times: I Lead the Whole Village to Prosperity 古代种田，我领全村做大做强 [Farming]+ [A Seasoning System Whose Goods Cannot Be Resold]+ [No Romance]+ [Gourmet]+ [Building Wealth]+ [Fun Ancient-Era Facts Throughout]+ [No Annoying Characters]+ [Clever, Breezy Read] (The range of food is limited while the protagonist saves up capital at first. There will be more dishes once she opens a restaurant later on.) (The business will eventually expand far and wide, but the protagonist only travels between the village, county, and prefectural city.) Ji Ning, who worked so much o 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Don’t Ask. I’m Baking Cakes to Save All of Humanity 别问，问就是在做蛋糕拯救全人类 [Cake + Healing + No Romance + Fantasy Realm + Time Travel + Imagination] The heroine gradually grows stronger, and her abilities keep expanding. She makes cakes in the early part of the story, but later the story moves beyond cake, with magical elements. While making cookies, Cheng Wei unexpectedly discovers that she has a new ability: when she touches a cake, she can sense its inner voice. From that moment on, her life begins to turn around. “Cake chef, I’m depressed. My dad’s gone, my mom ran 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Food Frenzy! My Snack Stall Is Taking the Internet by Storm! 美食暴击！我的小吃摊火爆全网！ “Opening a food stall on a dead-end food street? Have you lost your mind?” Zhao Feng’s whole family is against him, but he insists on taking over the family’s bankrupt food street. Then, from the start, he binds to the [God of Cooking System] and gains: The Hand of the God of Food (MAX cooking skills) A Divine-Grade Ingredient Space (freshness permanently locked) Enhanced Taste Buds (one bite and you’re in heaven) The aroma of his pan-fried buns explodes through the street the moment they come o —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 A Young Man Returns Home and Opens a Wild Seafood Food Stall 返乡青年，我开了一家猛货大排档 [One Female Lead] [System] [Everyday Farming] There's a saying in Chen Yaoming's hometown: Better sleep on the floor than work for someone else. At thirty, Chen Yaoming quit his job and returned to his coastal hometown to take over the restaurant his parents had run for twenty years. It's an ordinary seafood stall, but it serves fresh seafood from all over the world. 45.2kReads7.1Score3.9k14d adds
- 6 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
- 7 You Kicked Me Out With Nothing, Now I'm a Street Vendor and the World's Richest 让你净身出户，你摆摊成全球首富 “Since you’re useless, let’s get a divorce.” Facing his wife’s contempt and pressure from the rich and powerful, Lin Fan left with nothing and raised his five-year-old daughter alone. Luckily, he awakened the Gourmet Master System and started selling food from a street stall, beginning with a plate of [Soul-Stirring Egg Fried Rice]. On the first day, passersby complained about the price: “Fifty yuan for fried rice? Are you crazy?” On the second day, they couldn’t get enough: “Boss, please fry me 29.3kReads7.6Score2.9k14d adds
- 8 The Whole Universe Is Full of Customers Who Get Ripped Off at My Food Stall 全宇宙都是我美食摊的怨种顾客 [No romance + food + System] A breakfast shop outside the subway station, wafting with the aroma of tea eggs. In an office tower, a sip of invigorating herbal milk tea. On a desert oasis, succulent whole roast lamb. In a small town by the Hehuan Sect, a shop selling iced tea right next to the brothel. At the foot of Shifo Mountain, the rich aroma of Buddha Jumps Over the Wall. As zombies surround the world in the apocalypse, the aroma of spicy hot pot tempts the living. At the top interstellar f 162Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 I Set Up a Food Stall and Became a Divine Chef, with Fans Chasing Me Across Half the City 摆摊做神厨，粉丝追我半座城 I awakened the Street Food Blind Box System, and my food stall became an instant hit! Hot and sour soup with fish-fragrant shredded pork has office workers hooked; Mapo tofu hits the table, and elementary schoolers gobble it up until they’re stuffed; The moment my handmade ice jelly appears, night-market diners line up like crazy. A shy young man quietly sets up a stall, but fans chase him all over the city, from residential compounds to the CBD, from street corners to night markets, wherever he 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Endless Ingredient Mystery Boxes: From the Start, I Ran a Little Restaurant 无限食材盲盒：开局一家美食小馆 Unemployed, broke, and down to just 200 yuan, Fang Yue bai bound herself to the Infinite Ingredient Blind Box System, thinking her big break had finally come. Instead, her starter pack was a shabby fifteen-square-meter shop with peeling walls, and a Level 1 privilege that could only draw “ordinary eggs + wilted cabbage.” System notice: Ingredients may not be taken outside the shop. Looking at the wilted cabbage in her hand, Fang Yue bai gritted her teeth. Fine, then. She’d use this old wok and f 1.6kReads6.7Score21914d adds
- 11 I Set Up a Little Stall Outside the University 我在大学门口摆小摊 [System + demolition windfall + food + travel] Su Xi has been a little busy lately. She has just been hit with a double blow: her cheating boyfriend dumped her, and her company fired her. Then the huge payout from the demolition of her childhood home arrives. She was hoping to live the carefree life of a rich slacker, but instead she's forced to bind herself to a Gourmet System! System: [Ding! Congratulations, Host! You've acquired the “God-Tier Tomato and Egg Stir-Fry” skill! Mission: Set up 48Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 A Night-Market Stall: Eat Well, Then Sleep 在夜市摆摊，吃顿好的再睡 Ji Nanzhi transmigrates into the body of a young woman who has just graduated from college. The girl has no money and both her parents are dead. She can barely afford her younger sister's medical bills, and, overwhelmed by despair, she stares at the vast, dark river before leaping in. When she is rescued, Ji Nanzhi has already transmigrated into her body. Standing in the cold wind, Ji Nanzhi thinks for a moment and decides to go back to her old line of work. A few days later, a food cart rolls i 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 After Opening a Cafeteria, the Ancestral Dragon and Phoenixes Became My Top Supporters 开食堂后：祖龙二凤成我榜一大哥 [No CP + food story + lighthearted comedy + historical what-if + emperors bonding] After Shen Tingxue died, she was bound to the “Come Again” space. From the start, she made Meng Po cry with craving by bringing out a bucket of braised beef noodles. After becoming the owner of the underworld cafeteria, the place gradually went completely off the rails. The First Emperor and Taizong competed every day to be the top donor. The First Emperor (Ying Zheng) came by daily to wait for tomato beef noodles 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 I Transmigrated with a Pocket Dimension and Conquered the Market with My Craft 穿越带空间，我凭手艺称霸市井 [Transmigration + Pocket Dimension + Gourmet Business] Su Li, a master chef from the 30th century, opens her eyes to find herself an ancient peasant girl who has starved unconscious in the woodshed. Faced with a biased grandmother and two greedy uncles who live off her family, she flips the table. Why keep this rotten family together? To celebrate the New Year? She splits from the family! She moves her whole family into a drafty shack, yet pulls fine rice, white flour, cured meat, sausages, curr —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Foodie Card Draws: I Reach the Top as a Chef by Setting Up Random Stalls 美食抽卡：我靠随机摆摊登顶厨神 [Food] [Random Pop-Up Stalls] [No CP] [Cards] [Daily Life] [Healing] [Funny and Lighthearted] [Ensemble Cast] Jiang Yan, who has a laid-back attitude and what seems like a cheat-code life, binds to a Food Card Draw and Random Stall System and declares: "I’m going to become the God of Cooking!" One draw a day, and the food transforms in all kinds of ways. S-rank cards shine with golden light again and again. (The System will upgrade, and the protagonist will unlock new abilities. Later on, he won 1.5kReads—Score18014d adds
- 16 Transmigration: After Quitting, the System Helps Me Open a Restaurant 穿越：辞职后系统带我开饭馆儿 [System] [Gourmet] [No heroine] [No romance] [Cozy] [Everyday life] Zhang Yang is an orphan. After finally learning to cook from a master, he is transported to another world by an explosion. When he arrives, he discovers that he is still an orphan. What? Am I cursed with bad luck? Do I not deserve parents? Just then, his phone chimes: @Zhang Yang, please come to the finance office tomorrow to complete your resignation procedures. Before he can reply, a dialog box pops up on his phone: You have b 617Reads8.0Score10214d adds
- 17 Selling Street Food, I Forge a Path to Immortality Across the Nation 摆摊卖美食，我在全国修出仙途 [Space, food, street stalls, no male lead] I cultivate through food and just want to focus on my training. Why are all my customers following me around? There's a magical little food shop, run by a young owner who's good at everything. Every dish is irresistible, but the owner never stays in one place. “I swear, if I get to eat the young owner's grilled chicken legs, I'll be able to code like the wind.” “Mom doesn't have to worry about me going bald anymore.” “The young owner is so thoughtful. K 89Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Trial by Fireworks 烟火劫 After transmigrating to ancient times, he finds his pockets empty. Fortunately, he was a cook in his previous life. He uses green tangerines to make tofu, purifies coarse salt, and gathers all kinds of ingredients from the mountains that no one in this world has ever seen. One by one, he brings them home and turns them into dish after dish. From being ignored to having customers clamoring for every serving, his little eatery slowly draws people together and builds a life of its own. A foodie far 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 You Transmigrate and Still Study Law? I’ll Sell Fried Noodles and Offer Legal Advice 穿越了还学法啊？炒粉炒面送咨询 [Gourmet] [Short Legal Stories] [Everyday Gossip] [Travel Journal] [No Romance] The core competitive advantage for law students entering the workforce: stir-fry noodles, fry rice noodles, and offer legal consultations on the side. After transmigrating to another world, Xu Wenyun knew this principle inside out. But with countless delicacies out there, shouldn’t he try more delicious things? Even eating needs technique. Every bite deserves something better! In the first week, he sells pork rib 40Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 20 The Chief Minister's Wife: Cooking Up a Home 首辅娘子的美食养家日常 [Transmigrate into a book + food + building a fortune + alternate world] When Shen Jiaojiao opens her eyes, she finds herself in a book as the awful wife the male lead hasn't had a chance to divorce yet. The original owner was spoiled and arrogant, vain, universally disliked, overambitious, and full of herself. At least she had parents who loved her. But Shen Jiaojiao doesn't consider any of those flaws a problem. After all, she considers herself lazy, idle, greedy, slothful, shameless, and utte 299Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 21 With a Street Stall, I Turned a Remote Mountain Forest into a 5A Scenic Area 靠摆摊，我把深山老林变5A景区 The rating has only just opened, so it’ll go up later. Yun Jin died, then came back to life. She had transmigrated into the fake heiress of a marquis’s household, a girl who had taken another girl’s place! The original owner couldn’t accept going from a pampered young lady to a hunter’s daughter. On the way back to the mountains, she jumped from the carriage and killed herself. But Yun Jin, a modern cancer patient, just smiled: Being alive is what matters. Who cares about being poor? I’ve got a 20Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 22 The Gluttonous Shopkeeper and the Lovely Chef 贪吃掌柜俏厨娘 [Food + Sweet Romance + Delightful Daily Life] At some point, an out-of-towner arrived in Bianliang and opened a fine-dining restaurant in a misty, rainy alley. There was always a long line outside, with commoners from the streets as well as high-ranking officials from the imperial court. A certain official hurried home from court, shouting, “Are there any soup dumplings left?!” A noble young lady from a prestigious family got up early to queue: “Save those cherry pastries for me!” People came a 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 White-Cut Chicken and Kapok 白切鸡与木棉 [Foodie Romance] [One-on-One, Both Chaste] [Slow-Burn Love] [Marriage Alliance Between Powerful Families] [Two Strong Leads] [Self-Media] The poached chicken needs to be soaked, lifted and dipped three times so the skin turns out perfectly crisp. The rose-soy duck needs to be basted, with the caramel cooked to a deep amber. Shrimp dumplings need twelve pleats. He takes her hand and shows her: "Pinch tightly here." She counts the seconds as the ginger milk sets: "Seventy seconds. Just right." The 2Reads—Score15214d adds
- 24 Green Sprout Eatery 青芽食肆 A historical farming story about family life and running a food business. Its core style: ✔️ The warmth of everyday life ✔️ Comforting food ✔️ No rotten relatives ✔️ A loving family In Qing Shan Village, during Grain Rain, four-year-old Lin Ya loves to crouch beside the stove and watch her mother, Wang, steam golden corn porridge, while her father, Lin Dashan, weaves sturdy bamboo baskets. As the family sits together to share wild-vegetable buns, Lin Dashan says, “Let's try selling them in town. 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 First Yours, Then Yours Again When I’m Done 先做你的，做完你的做你的 In a twist of fate, food blogger Nan Xing transmigrated into the body of a country girl in ancient times. Her family had nothing, and she was constantly sick. To pay for her treatment, her family had even sold their last few acres of farmland. Faced with such desperate circumstances, Nan Xing rolled up her sleeves and set up her very first stall. She started with thin pancakes for two coins, then moved on to steaming bowls of warming noodle soup, and finally to secret-recipe braised delicacies w 13Reads—Score114d adds
- 26 Quick Transmigration: Mission, Spread Gourmet Food Across the Universe! 快穿：目标，将美食传遍全宇宙！ [Food + ensemble cast + a stronger nation + no romance] Shen Muqing was bound to a food System and returned to her previous life. Her mission was simple: make delicious food in different worlds and bring happiness to her customers through the pleasure of eating. In her first life, she was reborn as a wealthy heiress who kept losing money every time she opened a shop, yet persevered in pursuing her dream. Shen's father and mother: “Sweetheart, why don't you just come home and inherit the family f 94Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Everything Costs Two Yuan, and My Desserts Make Billionaire Tycoons Drool 全场两元，我的甜品馋哭亿万首富 Modern Romance Fantasy + Food + Business + System + Romance (War Hero) Jiang Mianmian took over a tiny shop that was on the verge of closing, starting out in debt, but unexpectedly became bound to the Super Dessert Master System. The System leveled up through prize draws using customers' “satisfaction.” It wasn't interested in making money, only in building a dessert empire. So Jiang Mianmian charged just 2 yuan for everything. Top-quality tiramisu, 2 yuan! Molten cheese tarts that burst with fi 386Reads7.1Score10314d adds
- 28 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 104Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 29 What Should I Cook Today? 今天准备做什么菜好呢 When Xia Annuo was sixteen, her parents died in a car accident. Just after graduating from college, she unexpectedly encountered the System, nicknamed Laoliu. The System's rewards were too good to pass up, so to earn it points, Xia Annuo went from watching food videos to learning how to cook. In short, it's the everyday food-filled life of a restaurant. 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 My Cat Turned Into a Person! 我家猫变成人啦！ Gu Yi, who had loved reading Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio since childhood, brought home a little cat. Who could have guessed that overnight, the cat would turn into a person? She decided to go into business with the little cat spirit and opened a pet lifestyle shop. Her tiny shop in the human world became her very own modern-day Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio. All sorts of customers came and went, each one a member of a different demon clan hiding in the city. One old tale after anot 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 I Became a God-Tier Tycoon by Running a Street Stall, and My Customers Chase Me All Over Town 摆摊成神豪，食客追我满城跑 [Food + Tycoon + Comedy + System + No Romance + No Heroine + Daily Life + Comfort Food + Wish Fulfillment] Li Hai is a wage earner who longs to get rich. By chance, he binds to the Food Tycoon System. From then on, he sets out to run street-food stalls. The locations and dishes are random. Every time he completes a stall-running task provided by the System, he receives a generous reward. [Congratulations, Host! Task complete. Reward: ten million yuan.] [Congratulations, Host! Task complete. Rewa 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 I Sold Dog Food at My Stall, and It Sold Out. I Never Said People Couldn’t Eat It! 摆摊卖狗饭被抢爆没说人不能吃吧 Shen Yi transmigrates to a parallel world and binds himself to a rather unreliable Food System. Every week, the System assigns him a random street-stall mission: Sell boxed meals inside a haunted house that's about to close, sell milk tea in a nursing home that's going under, sell hamburgers at a weight-loss camp that can't attract any customers... Worst of all, it even tells him to sell homemade pet food at a pet shop that can't make a profit. Every dish leaves customers drooling, and once they 59Reads—Score10314d adds
- 33 The Pastry Queen’s Journey 糕点皇后养成记 The biggest challenge of transmigrating to ancient times: no oven, no stand mixer. How can a modern baker survive? Jiang You calmly says, “No problem.” The earthen stove is too crude, so she builds a brick kiln and makes her own oven. With no proper tools, she ties bamboo strips together to make a whisk. She uses lard to create layer upon layer of flaky pastry, and cleverly packages her goods in bamboo baskets lined with oiled paper. Her Valentine's Day sushi amazes the townsfolk, her autumn-onl 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 We’re Just Having a Meal, So Why Are You Eavesdropping on My Thoughts? 吃饭就吃饭，怎么还偷听心声 All I want is to quietly be a chef, but my inner thoughts are way too loud! I thought I’d make a living selling food in ancient times. Who knew I’d become the center of food gossip, making all the civil and military officials tremble in fear? “Ding! The Gossip-to-Get-Rich System is bound! Mock Minister Zhang for being cuckolded and earn one serving of [God-Tier Egg Fried Rice]!” System: “Host, look! Consort Li is causing trouble again! Gossip energy +10,086! Hurry over and watch her get face-sla 49Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 35 Street Food Stalls: Customers Pack the Street and Chase Me to Buy More 美食街头摆摊：食客爆满追着买 [Food + street stalls + System + cooking tips + everyday life + no romance + heartwarming + perfect dinner-time reading] After Wang Zhen dies from overwork at his 996 job, he unexpectedly transmigrates to another world and obtains a Food System. His random street-stall location changes every half month. Unable to find Wang Zhen, his customers create hundreds of food-lover group chats. As soon as he sets up his stall, they rush over to wait for him. “I queued for an hour, and you’re telling me yo 135Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 A Miserable from-the-Start Life in the Eighties: I Turn It Around with Food 八零开局惨兮兮，我靠美食逆袭 She wakes up as a mother, only to find herself saddled with a huge debt. What is she supposed to do? After more than a decade navigating the business world, Shen Jingshu never imagined she would wake up transmigrated to Shenzhen in 1980. The moment she opens her eyes, a group of relatives surrounds her, demanding repayment and forcing her to sell her house to pay off a debt of five thousand yuan! To make matters worse, her in-laws, who make a living reselling goods, are missing and may be dead; 45Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Fired for Rejecting Premade Meals, I Become a Master Chef with the System 拒预制菜被开除，我靠系统成厨神 Chen Feng, head chef at a five-star hotel, is fired on the spot after standing up to his boss and refusing to use premade food! Who would’ve thought he’d be bound to a [Culinary Inheritance System], receive the Golden Egg Fried Rice recipe from the start, and take over a run-down 50-square-meter neighborhood shop? With his authentic, no-nonsense cooking, one bowl of fried rice brings the whole street to tears! No artificial tricks, just top-quality ingredients, from egg fried rice to Kung Pao ch 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Gourmet: A Random Food Stall Sends Customers into a Buying Frenzy 美食：随机摆摊，顾客疯狂抢购 [Gourmet] [Daily Life] [Nationwide Street Stalls] [System] [Lighthearted] [Heartwarming] [Fun] Gu Bei transmigrates to a parallel world and unexpectedly gains a Gourmet System. Each week, the System randomly chooses a location on the map for him to set up his stall. He sells fried chicken outside schools, braised snacks outside gyms, and roast duck outside hospitals... His food leaves people dreaming of it, drawing them into a whole world of deliciousness. Boss Gu, why haven't you set up your st 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Reborn in the 1980s as a Little Chef: Cherished After Divorce 重生八零小厨娘：离婚后被宠上天 This novel is absolutely perfect for reading over a meal. Slurp~ A Michelin-starred chef travels back to the 1980s. Freshly divorced, she turns her life around with her cooking! She revamps a traditional stove, sells noodles at a street stall, and recreates a hundred classic dishes from Recipes from the Garden of Contentment: crab-stuffed oranges bursting with flavor, milky-white mutton soup, and Wensi tofu sliced into strands as fine as silver thread. The little stall at the town entrance draws 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Even Monsters Have to Set Up Street Stalls 妖怪也要摆地摊 [Food] [Street Stalls] [Lighthearted Comedy] [No Romance] [Ancient Mythical Beast] The score has just come in, so it should rise later~ As Taotie, an ancient mythical beast, Song Zhiwei had never eaten a human. In fact, she was so picky that she nearly starved to death in an age when spiritual energy was scarce. Fortunately, after taking human form a hundred years ago, she was adopted by a descendant of imperial chefs. She learned everything from her guardian and honed peerless culinary skills. 10kReads8.0Score1.3k14d adds
- 41 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
- 42 The Little Chang'an Eatery 长安小食肆 [Food Business Comeback + Clear-Headed Heroine + Everyday Food and Drink + No Romance, but Plenty of Suitors] In her previous life, Jiang Yuan was a chef in the Imperial Kitchen, bound to a mission. For ten years, she treated Crown Prince Zhao Heng's food aversion, prepared soups for him, and soothed his mind, giving him everything he asked for. The day he ascended the throne, he rewarded her with poisoned wine. She drank it with a smile. Mission complete. The System unbound, and at last she was 258Reads6.8Score3914d adds
- 43 My Food Truck Is a Hit, and the City Inspectors Show Up Every Day! 餐车生意火爆，城管天天来报道！ [Gourmet]+ [Food Truck]+ [System]+ [Daily Life] Song Jie was saddled with a mountain of debt after his ex-girlfriend, who always put her younger brother first, set him up. In a fit of anger, he seized her younger brother's food truck. He had planned to sell boxed lunches part-time and shake off the label of being in debt as soon as possible. Unexpectedly, he accidentally activated the Gourmet System... Completing missions not only earns him ultimate recipes that captivate every palate, but also 43Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 44 Gourmet: Setting Up a Stall with My Cat, I Have the Soldiers Chasing After Me 美食：带猫摆摊，引兵哥哥狂追 Lin Yan, unemployed the moment she graduates, unexpectedly gets a Gourmet System. Teaming up with an intelligent AI plush cat, she reaches the pinnacle of life by selling street snacks. Today, she sets up a stall outside an elementary school, drawing a swarm of students that packs the entrance. The security guard hastily puts up barricades, while the principal cries for help. Tomorrow, she sets up beside a light-rail station, attracting crowds of office workers on their way home. The traffic cop 107Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 I Set Up a Stall Before the New Year and Left Customers Drooling 过年前摆一波摊，馋坏食客 My new work is here! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your follows motivate me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! Wang Xu, the “King of Street Stalls,” quit his job right before the New Year and encountered a Gourmet System. Unlike a tycoon System, this one had a simple, no-nonsense way of taking its cut: a 70/30 or 60/40 split. Under this arrangement, Wang Xu had to meet the System’s KPIs while also working hard to increase his own earnings. 554Reads—Score10214d adds
- 46 After Becoming His Wife, I Switched Careers to the Wok 穿成他老婆后我改行颠勺 I woke up as the wife of the person I'd had a crush on in school, a cool, aloof beauty who could play the guzheng but couldn't do anything else. My husband was cold, my daughter kept her distance, and the whole family treated me like a pretty ornament. Hah, so what if he was my crush? Nothing beats wielding a wok. As I won over hundreds of thousands of viewers in my livestream with one delicious dish after another, the husband who used to stay out all night sobbed in the chat: “Come home, honey! 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 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.” 59Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 The Little Mermaid Chef: Spring Drunkenness, Begonias Bloom, and Dawn Goes Unnoticed 人鱼小厨娘【春酲海棠不觉晓】 Mermaid landlady x a young marshal who says one thing but means another | Food entrepreneurship | A love story that begins in a coffin and makes you cry When Shen Haitang woke up inside a coffin, she had forgotten everything. She remembered only two things: First, she wasn’t human. Second, she was hungry. The man beside her, who was said to have been dead for three days, woke to the sound of her gobbling up the offerings. When he opened his eyes, she was holding up a huge chicken leg, crumbs 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 The Riverside Little Chef 临水小厨娘 [Farming and Food + Lighthearted + Daily Life + Romance + A Fictional Jiangnan Water Town] Su Mo, a modern culinary prodigy, transmigrates into the daughter of a small eatery owner in Linshui County. When she opens her eyes, the restaurant is on the verge of closing, and her parents are weighed down with worry. Watching her father ruin the ingredients with his cooking, Su Mo silently picks up the family's heirloom iron ladle. Just wait and see: she'll make this eatery bigger and better! 6.6kReads8.2Score64614d adds
- 50 The Weekly Menu Changes at Random, and Customers Beg Me to Set Up My Stall 每周美食随机换，顾客跪求我出摊 [Food] [Cozy Everyday Life] [No Female Lead] [Comedy] [Feel-Good] Jiang Feng was sick of his nine-to-six office job. Wanting to be free, he quit and set up a food stall, only to unexpectedly awaken a Food System that unlocked a random dish every week! “Holy crap, I was worried I wouldn’t make money selling food from a stall, but with a System, making money should be a piece of cake!” Jiang Feng thought he’d enjoy a wonderful life where he could open his stall whenever he wanted and sleep in as l 12.3kReads6.5Score1.5k14d adds
