Novels like The Little Chef of Judge Shen's Household
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- 1 The Lucky-Charm Chef's Beloved Life on the Frontier 锦鲤厨娘在边关的团宠日常 Also known as: Where Smoke Rises, the Heart Finds Rest; Conquering the Frontier with Flavors, Winning Hearts with Everyday Warmth 🔥 Historical romance | Transmigration and farming | Lucky chef | Beloved by all at the frontier 🔥 A culinary prodigy and little lucky star × a stern, suspicious commander Lin Xiaoyu, a top private chef in the modern world, transmigrates into the body of a little orphan caught in the chaos of war on the frontier. She opens her eyes to a life-or-death crisis. No problem 226Reads6.7Score10014d adds
- 2 Gourmet: I Never Opened My Stall, Yet Customers Lined Up Late at Night 美食：没出摊，顾客深夜排队 After losing his job, Gu Nian unexpectedly gets a food System and takes over his parents’ stall. “Boxed lunches for sale! Just 14 yuan for a steaming-hot meal!” “Delicious and affordable! Come and give them a try!” His very first day at the stall, and business is already booming? The workers can hardly stand the wait! They clock out early just so they can get a bite sooner. Ever since they tried Gu Nian’s boxed lunches, every other place’s food has tasted like cardboard! “Huh? You’re sold ou 451Reads—Score10114d adds
- 3 One Hundred Ways to Feed the Villain 投喂反派的一百种方式 The rating has only just opened, so it’ll go up later. Don’t worry, enjoy! (Bright and cheerful little chef x obsessive, villainous Seventh Prince) [Devoted couple + transmigrate into a book + food + redemption + villain + obsessive love + forced love] Xiao Jin, the Seventh Prince of the Dasheng Dynasty, was born to be a whetstone. For twenty years, Crown Prince Xiao Jing had sharpened his blade on Xiao Jin’s bones. His mother died suddenly, and her entire family was executed. In the original s 76Reads8.0Score12414d adds
- 4 My Cooking Is Delicious 我的饭菜很美味 [Farming + ancient times + food + adorable child] Lin Tiantian stayed up late one night, and when she opened her eyes, she had become the village’s beautiful widow. She also had a three-year-old daughter, crying and calling her Mom with tearful eyes. Raising a daughter is hard enough. Then there are the village men who covet her beauty, the rice jar at home that’s nearly empty, and her hungry little girl. Luckily, Lin Tiantian is a wonderful cook. She’s determined to give her daughter a colorful 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 The God of Cooking, Starting with Breakfast 厨神，从早点开始 Gu Weirao was an ordinary architecture student who suddenly got a poison System one day. He set out on the path to becoming a chef, driven by the System every day, and eventually became a chef universally recognized as a culinary god. 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Divorced Hot Mom Sets Up a Stall with Her Kid, and Mr. Fu Chases Her Like a Dog 离婚辣妈带娃摆摊，付总倒追成狗 After her marriage falls apart, Jiang Dongnuan unexpectedly activates the Miracle on the Tip of Your Tongue Food Stall System and gains cooking skills that leave everyone drooling. The hot mom and her adorable child roam the city’s streets and alleys together, turning every stall into a grand feast. They make a fortune, while the irresistible aromas leave countless diners utterly enchanted and make them a dazzling sight around town. Passerby: “Other stalls take your money for fried noodles. Boss 1Reads8.0Score114d adds
- 7 Army Life on a 1970s Island: I Build a Fortune Through Food 七零海岛随军：我靠美食发家致富 Su Qing, a modern food blogger, unexpectedly wakes up inside a period novel she had just mocked online. She has become the cannon-fodder supporting female character who shares her name and meets a tragic end. In the original story, she was greedy for wealth and status, abandoned her husband, the “villain,” after he was sent to an island research institute, and left behind their twin son and daughter. She devoted herself to pursuing the male lead, only to become a stepping stone and die of illnes 4Reads—Score214d adds
- 8 On My First Day as a Street Vendor, the Literary Master Gave Me an IOU 摆摊第一天，文宗给我打了张欠条 On the first day after I transmigrated, my father died, and I took over a shabby food stall that owed thirty taels. My first customer was a drunken old man. After eating, he wiped his mouth, said he had no money, and paid with a scrap of paper. I used that pile of paper to prop up a table leg for half a month. Then the whole county learned it was an original work by Li Shisan, the literary master, whose authentic pieces hadn't been seen in ten years. After that, the Painting Sage came, then the —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 The Butcher’s Little Diner 屠夫家的小饭馆 A fictional-world sweet romance and food story, centered on the everyday pleasures of ordinary life. The heroine comes from a family of butchers and has a meat stall. She loves experimenting with food, but her father is a miser with a sharp tongue and a soft heart. The hero is the son of a disgraced official. After his family got into trouble, he was thrown out and wandered here. Aman is the younger sister they took in. She has a simple, childlike mind. Amid all the bickering and bustle, they co 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Transmigrate and Take Charge of the Kitchen 穿越美食当家 [Sweet, slow-paced romance] + [Both Leads Are Each Other's Only One] + [Food] + [Pocket-Space System] What do you do when you want to make roast duck but don't have any ducks? Raise some! What if you want a beer with your barbecue? Make your own! What if the burger joint doesn't have soda? Make it, make it, make it. Whatever you want to eat, just make it. I hear foreigners are coming for a food competition, too. Jin Ju laughs. Bring it on! I'll show you how I beat them all! A food story about th 26Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 11 After Xiangchao Went Viral, I Made It Big with Yongzhou Cuisine 湘超爆火后，我靠永州美食出圈 (An unconventional food story + urban fantasy + women's growth. A slow-burn, steady-paced story with simple writing. If you only want pure food descriptions, this may not be for you.) At thirty, an age when even dogs find you annoying, Zhao Min lost her job! She was already frustrated about being unemployed, and the thought that she might also face even more intense pressure to get married only made things worse! When she was feeling utterly dejected, her best friend called: "Minmin, come bac 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 The Master Chef 金牌厨神 A genius chef returns to his hometown and happens to meet a girl with an eating disorder. Only he can satisfy her appetite... 304Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 13 If the Club Isn't X-Rated, Is It Doomed? I Made the Whole City Famous with My Cooking 会所不黄就黄？我靠美食火遍全城 2.4kReads6.0Score27014d adds
- 14 I Became a Hunter's Pretty Wife, Raised the Kids, Spoiled My Husband, and Made Money 穿成猎户俏娘子，养崽宠夫挣银子 [Farming + Food + Marriage First, Love Later + Adorable Kids + Cozy Daily Life + Devoted Couple] Orphan Lin Chuyun accidentally fell off a cliff and transmigrated into the body of a beautiful bride newly married to a hunter. Her husband is handsome, hardworking, and capable, and their little dumpling of a child is sweet, well-behaved, and impossible not to adore. The original owner wouldn't marry him, but Lin Chuyun will. So what if they're dirt poor? Just watch her work her culinary magic, brin 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 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 37Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 A Food Lover’s Diary 美食的日记 With her taste buds as her pen and her diary as her paper, Li Yue records the secrets of the city’s food. From street snacks to fine dining, every dish is a bond of emotion, and every taste stirs the heart. This is more than a culinary adventure: it is an expression of love and longing for life. Open the diary and let your taste buds and soul travel together, roaming the world through its pages… 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 You're Stuck with Me 摊上你啦 An unfounded accusation costs nurse Mu Xiaoxia her job, but unexpectedly unlocks a food-stall System. From then on, a mobile castle of delicious food quietly appears in every corner of the city, bringing comfort to lonely souls through the night. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Almost Perfect 差一点就完美 After binding to a Food System, I became its biggest bug. Others spend money on perfect recipes. I turn the flawed versions into signature dishes. Customers say, “It's missing something,” after eating, then come back the next day. The System locks my recipes in a fit of rage, so I crack them by making blind guesses. The capitalists surround me with perfect recipes, and I fight back with the memories of a hundred ordinary people. At last, the System asks me: What is it you really want? I say: —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Gourmet: I Keep Making Fried Rice to Stay Alive on Delivery Orders 美食：狂做炒饭，我靠外卖续命 [Opening a Shop] [Food Delivery] [No Female Lead] [System] [Slice of Life] Su Mu has terminal stomach cancer and is counting down his remaining days when he unexpectedly binds to a System that lets him stay alive by making fried rice. So naturally, he has to force his way out of the hospital and open a fried-rice delivery shop. Every five-star review gives him one extra day of life. Every additional five-star written review gives him three extra days. To stay alive, Su Mu starts selling fried ri 4Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 20 Cultivating Immortality? Isn’t It Just About Eating Whatever You Can? 修仙？那不是能吃就行吗 [Cultivation + Food + No Romance + Lighthearted Comedy + Slow-Burn Pacing] Welcome to the foodie's cultivation world~ Cultivating too slowly? Eat more rice. Not enough spiritual energy? Have another helping. Shi Yu has just transmigrated. She wants to join a powerful food sect and eat her fill for free, but instead she faces the hardest entrance trial in a hundred years. Ten minutes into the exam “What? Everyone taking the trial ran off?” “Why?” “Don't they like houttuynia, stinky tofu, and du 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 I’ll Ascend to Immortality After This Meal 吃完这顿饭就飞升 Jiang Zhuo was once the head chef of a two-diamond French restaurant in Shanghai, one of the city's Black Pearl-rated establishments. After working herself to death on a grueling 996 schedule, she wakes to find herself in the cultivation world, inhabiting a poor girl who can't even afford shoes and has a "low-grade mortal" spiritual root. The good news: she has bound herself to the "Food Brings Fortune" System, which lets her cook and level up. The bad news: her beginner recipe is four-leaf clov 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 My Restaurant Connects Two Worlds 我的饭店通两界 A new story is here. I hope you'll enjoy it! Shen Yanshu was specially admitted and promoted to Saint Delan Noble Academy because of her excellent grades. Who could have guessed that people at the school would take a dislike to her and bully her? But she wasn't one to take it lying down. After slapping a bully, she resolutely dropped out. She returned to the house her grandparents had left her, only to unexpectedly awaken a System and start a restaurant in ancient times. Even more surprising, s —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Graduated and Returned Home, Now Bay Area Expats Beg Me Not to Close the Shop 毕业回家，湾区留子求我别关店 [The rating just came in, and it will rise later. Food + System + Business Management + Daily Life + Heartwarming Ensemble Cast + No Female Lead] After graduating from college, Chen Yan landed a job. He had originally planned to spend the summer and then settle down in the Bay Area as an ordinary software engineer. But then his father injured his hand. His parents' little restaurant in San Francisco, which they had run for over a decade, had only three months left on its lease. It was about time 21kReads8.1Score2.6k14d adds
- 24 After Returning from the Dead, the Gu Family's Young Miss Thrives in Ancient Times 回魂后，顾大小姐在古代风生水起 [System + entrepreneurship + strong female lead + nontraditional transmigration + warm and lighthearted] Gu Xiyue, heiress to Z Country’s largest conglomerate, created immense wealth and gave generously throughout her life. When she died of old age, she transmigrated to ancient times and became the eldest daughter of the prime minister’s household, renowned for both her intelligence and beauty. She thought she would spend her life scheming and fighting, like so many transmigrated heroines in nov 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Transmigrated into a Book as a Cannon-Fodder Villainess: I Leave the Palace, Open a Restaurant, and Become a Tycoon 穿书炮灰女配，出宫开酒楼成首富 [Fake palace intrigue + Wish fulfillment + Food + Cozy + Farming + Light ensemble cast + A touch of a golden finger] Other people rely on schemes to survive palace intrigue. I rely on the wok hei! When she opens her eyes, Qiu Qiu is stunned The unscrupulous System really did toss her into an old-fashioned, melodramatic novel! The original owner is a disposable pawn the emperor uses to please his true love. Her ending is miserable: stripped of her title, sent to the Cold Palace, and left to die o 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Eating and Cat-Wrangling in the Tang Dynasty 我在大唐吃饭撸猫 [Historical romance + transmigration + food + sweet romance + devoted 1v1] You Xiu transmigrates into the body of the second daughter of the wealthy You family in the Tang dynasty. She has money and free time, is young and beautiful, and has both parents in a happy family. As long as she doesn’t do anything stupid, she’s guaranteed an easy life. On top of that, she gets bound to a System during her transmigration. It’s incredibly powerful: any recipe, seed, or cooking utensil from anywhere in th 98Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 27 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
- 28 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
- 29 The Little Farmhouse Chef: Prince, Dinner Is Ready! 农家小厨娘：王爷，开饭啦 Overworked corporate drone Lin Zhizhi worked diligently every day, only to exhaust herself to death and transmigrate to an alternate dynasty, where she even picked up a man. Lin Zhizhi had only wanted to put her food-blogger skills to good use, build a career, make money, become a rich beauty, and reach the top. She never expected so many people to make trouble for her! The man she found in the woods is useless apart from his good looks. He’s not only sharp-tongued, but only knows how to eat. He 74Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 30 The Farmhouse’s Beloved Daughter: The Regent’s Adorable Chef Wife 农门团宠：摄政王的厨神萌妻 (No nasty relatives, just a warm and loving family) She transmigrates into the body of a sweet young farm girl. What should she do when she opens her eyes to a home with nothing but bare walls? They don’t even have a brick house, just a thatched hut that leaks when it rains! But that’s all right. Since she can’t change the fact that she’s transmigrated, she’ll work hard to change her circumstances. Her family dotes on her, and they all live happily together. As for making a fortune, how hard can 51Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 31 I’m a Funeral Chef, and My Banquet Cooking Leaves Zhou Jie Stunned! 我丧葬大厨，烧大席吓懵周姐！ Qin Yu transmigrates to a parallel world and binds himself to a Gourmet System. He thought he would become a master chef, dining at the restaurants of the rich and powerful... But who could have guessed the System would make him cook up a feast in the countryside instead! And the dishes he makes even come with special attributes? White-Cut Chicken: “Dancing at the Rooster’s Crow” attribute: its irresistible aroma makes anyone who smells it break into a dance. Four Happiness Meatballs: “Happiness 86Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 From the Start, I Quit My Job on the Spot, and My Food Stall Took the Whole City by Storm 开局裸辞，我的美食小摊火遍全城 [Female lead with no romance] [Stalls all over town] [Lighthearted slice of life] Foodie at heart, absurd to the soul! Chen Jinyue, whose college major was a dead end, finally managed to find a job. But her boss took credit for her work and squeezed her dry with endless overtime every day. She’d had enough. After quitting without another job lined up, she unexpectedly bound herself to Food System 007. She thought it was a sure thing, but every mission turned out to be more outrageous than the la 933Reads—Score10314d adds
- 33 Reborn, I Became a Rich Woman With a Food System 重生后我靠美食系统成了富婆 Su Xianyin grew up under her mother's loving care in her previous life, but she was set up and married off to Wang Laowu, a man who committed every kind of evil. He tormented her for half her life. Just as she was preparing to spend the rest of her days in resignation, she discovered that she had been reborn on the day she was framed. By a twist of fate, she was saved by Ling Qingqiu, whom she had known in her previous life. In this new life, Su Xianyin will make everyone who wronged her pay. H —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Transmigrate to a Famine Year: A Max-Level Executive Assistant's Guide to Getting Rich and Stockpiling Supplies 穿越荒年：满级董助致富囤货攻略 One moment, top executive assistant Su Tang is at the world’s most prestigious auction house, bidding on a precious piece of mutton-fat jade for the Big Boss. The next, she opens her eyes and has transmigrated to an unheard-of dynasty, where she’s become an ugly good-for-nothing woman? The whole village is full of troublemakers, drought has struck out of nowhere, food prices are soaring, disasters and human calamities abound, and bandits are everywhere? No problem! I have a pocket dimension! Far 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 The Commander’s Sweet, Gentle Little Chef 指挥使大人甜宠娇软小厨娘 “Jiang Family’s Hundred Flavors restaurant has a new dish! The spicy duck heads last time were absolutely delicious!” “Qingfengpu has three great sights: the moon over Qingpu River, the food at Jiang Family’s Hundred Flavors, and the Jiang family’s third young lady, Jiang Yue.” When Jiang Luoyue woke up again, she had become Jiang Yue, the third young lady of the Jiang family. But why was this body so sickly? She struggled to her feet and looked in the mirror. A beauty like this, delicate and fa 109Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Transmigrating with a System Marketplace to Become the Richest in the Dynasty 带着系统商城穿越，成为全朝首富 [Farming + transmigration + food + System + beloved by everyone + devoted couple] Lin Mianmian, an independent modern woman, transmigrates into the body of a peasant girl in an imaginary dynasty. When she opens her eyes, she discovers she has five older brothers and is bound to a System marketplace. Her original plan is to use her golden finger to help her brothers succeed, then lie flat. Eldest brother Lin Xiao: “Little sister, I learned martial arts so I could protect you.” Second brother Lin 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Five-Year-Old Master Chef: My Street Stall Makes the City's Bigwigs Drool 五岁小厨神：靠摆摊馋哭全城大佬 [Food, adorable kid, System, slice of life] Mom is in a coma after a car accident, and Dad can’t afford the medical bills. Just as the whole family is on the verge of despair, five-year-old Youyou accidentally activates the Adorable Kid Chef God System! [Happiness-Inducing Egg Fried Rice], [Little Wontons That Restore Your Courage], [Koi Soup That Helps You Make a Fortune]… From then on, one adorable five-year-old and a roadside food stall become the hottest attraction in the whole city! Want a 1.4kReads—Score17614d adds
- 38 Setting Up a Stall Outside the Civil Affairs Bureau? Boss, Don't Run! 民政局门口摆摊？呜，老板别跑！ [Gourmet] [No Heroine] [Daily Life] [Lighthearted Comedy] [Comfort Food] [Heartwarming] Also known as: Give Me Your Stomach, All You Have to Do Is Get Fat Also known as: Sweeten the Food, Get So Fat It Hurts Also known as: Sorry, My Cooking Won't Let You Lose Weight Also known as: That's Right, I'm the Great Gourmet Demon King on Your Road to Weight Loss After quitting his job and returning home, Su Feng started a life as a street vendor. Each week, he sets up at a different location, serving di 1Reads—Score114d adds
- 39 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
- 40 The Internet’s Most Polished Girl Is Setting Up Stalls Everywhere? 网络精致女孩她居然到处摆地摊？ [Gourmet] [Street Stalls] [Farming] [No Romance] [Light Technology] Yang Xiu binds to a trending food System, which assigns her one online video-shooting task every so often. She drives the utility vehicle provided by the System, wears its exquisite outfits, and disguises herself so thoroughly that even her mother wouldn’t recognize her, all to complete the food challenges the System assigns. She takes a mini old-timer car to a highway rest stop to cook century egg and pork congee, drives an RV 76Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 41 The Private Kitchen of a Little Farm Girl 私厨小农女 [No romance; the heroine loves only money and just wants to earn enough to laze around. There is a secondary couple.] Ji Shu was a sought-after private chef and small-business owner in the modern world, but after being born into this era, she had to eat boiled vegetables for thirteen years?? Ji Shu can't take it anymore!! She'll use delicious food to reach a comfortable life: set up a street stall, then buy a shop, buy a house, and make money. What is love? It's just an optional seasoning in lif 164Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 42 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
- 43 I Returned to Ancient Times and Reached the Top with My Cooking 穿回古代靠厨艺走上人生巅峰 [Food + Everyday Life + Business Management + Farming] He wakes up in ancient times. Watch a master chef show off his skills! What surprises will come from the collision of culinary cultures from different eras? After being hit by a car, chef Cheng Yu travels back a thousand years. From the start, all he has is a thatched hut. How can he use his skills to improve his life? Selling wraps, making braised meat, cooking noodles in an iron pot and clay-pot rice, mooncakes and spicy crab for the M 213Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 The Taste of Life, All These Years (Complete in 2 Volumes) 世味余年（全两册） Bi Luo rushes back to China when her grandfather falls gravely ill, and suddenly finds herself shouldering the burden of revitalizing the family’s century-old restaurant, Four Seasons Spring. She reunites with Shen Linfeng, the man she had a crush on while studying in Country F, only to discover that the seemingly gentle and refined Shen has ulterior motives involving the restaurant. She also unexpectedly meets Tang Lu, who is determined to buy Four Seasons Spring. The two go from constantly cla 179Reads9.7Score3214d adds
- 45 I Transmigrated to Ancient Times, Met a Scumbag, and Opened a School with My Cooking 穿越古代遇渣男，我靠美食开学院 [Transmigration + Ancient Times + Food + Pocket Dimension + System] A lighthearted summer treat, perfect for enjoying with a meal, featuring detailed descriptions of all kinds of delicious food. Su Ning, a young woman from the interstellar era, transmigrates one day and becomes the daughter of a deceased scholar in ancient times. Her scholar father had raised a young husband for her, but who knew he would turn out to be a scumbag? He used her money to pass the imperial exams and become the top c 13Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 46 Reborn: Selling Luosifen in Ancient Times 重生之我在古代卖螺蛳粉 [Transmigration + Alternate Universe + Food + Shopkeeping + Farming] A food story! No palace intrigues or household scheming, and the heroine doesn't marry into the imperial family. The whole story is lighthearted, with few nasty characters. There's no romance at first, but it comes later. This is an alternate-era setting, so don't take things too seriously. When Chu Mengning wakes up and sees her family's bare walls, she sighs and decides to rely on herself to lead her family to prosperity and 3Reads6.7Score214d adds
- 47 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
- 48 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
- 49 Shocking! The Wealthy Family's Fat Wife Is a Max-Level Spirit Chef 惊！豪门肥妻竟是满级灵厨 (The rating was just posted and will rise later.) [Transmigration + healing through food + sweet childcare romance + cozy daily life + one-on-one romance + love that grows over time] The moment she opened her eyes, Shen Zhigeng, a renowned culinary cultivator from the cultivation world, had become a wealthy man’s fat wife, mocked by the entire internet. Her parents favored her sibling, her younger sister was a poisonous flower, her CEO husband looked at her with disgust, and everyone online was 6.4kReads8.0Score65714d adds
- 50 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
