Novels like The Top Chef in a Culinary Wasteland
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Top Chef in a Culinary Wasteland, best match first.
- 51 The Night Market King: Sausages from the Meng Family Stall Are Flying Off the Grill 夜市一霸：孟家小摊的烤肠卖爆啦 One-line summary: After transmigrating with a refrigerator, she starts building a fortune by selling grilled sausages from a street stall. [Farming + minor golden finger + family life + heartwarming + rags to riches + no awful characters] On an utterly ordinary night, Meng Qi had just gotten home from work. She opened the refrigerator, planning to make herself tomato-and-egg noodles, and the next moment, she transmigrated without warning, refrigerator and all. Meng Qi: “Wait, do people transmigr 1.4kReads—Score153Shelves
- 52 Shocking! The Prime Minister’s Legitimate Daughter Wins Over the Entire Capital with Her Cooking 惊！丞相嫡女靠美食征服整个京城 Modern chef Su Yuwan transmigrates and nearly gets taken out by ancient “cuisine” the moment she opens her eyes! Overly sweet pastries? Greasy meat? What kind of awful place doesn’t even have potato chips or spicy strips?! “This dump isn’t fit for pigs!” When she realizes that life among the nobility is truly dull... “Heh. Time to show you what a whole different level of competition looks like!” She fries golden potato chips from potatoes meant for pigs, and the emperor secretly tucks them int 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 53 I Ran Away from My Wedding to Sell Wontons, and Made the Emperor Drool 逃婚卖馄饨，居然把陛下馋哭了 [Farming + Food + Chef + Transmigrate + Heartwarming, Beloved by All] Food blogger Yun Shu unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of a cannon-fodder concubine-born daughter! She can’t get her hands on a happy life, and one headache after another comes her way... They try to force her into marriage? She plays the obedient fool, then really runs away from the wedding, teaching the Duke of Zhenguo a hard lesson. Life is tough? She sets up a food stall, and her competitors can only cry, “There are 76Reads—Score—Shelves
- 54 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 313Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 55 Gourmet: This Culinary God Makes Food So Good It's Unfair 美食：这个厨神做饭过分好吃 [Gourmet] [No Female Lead] [System] [Comfort Food] [Cozy] [Slice of Life] [Ensemble Cast] Ye Mingyu was a master chef in the celestial realm, but after dozing off during a meeting, he was sent down to the mortal world. The good news was that he still had his cooking skills. The bad news was that he had to complete the “Craving It?” System's tasks to return to the celestial realm. But for the food lovers of the mortal world, every day felt like New Year's. Braised pork, hand-pulled noodles in chi 98Reads—Score—Shelves
- 56 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 80Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 57 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 3.8kReads8.1Score363Shelves
- 58 Bound to a Sign-In System, the Little Chef Devours a Huge Bowl 绑定签到系统，小厨娘狂炫一大碗 [Historical Romance + Transmigration + Food + Business + Rags to Riches + One-on-One Romance] “She died from eating too much!” “She was choked to death, not stuffed to death!” “What do you mean, choked to death? Didn’t she eat too much?” “Don’t be ridiculous. She choked to death, she didn’t eat too much!” Floating in the air, she cried out to the heavens, “Neither! She choked on her food and died!” She transmigrated! To a godforsaken village? What! She’s married! The good news: her husband is ha 32Reads—Score—Shelves
- 59 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 37Reads—Score—Shelves
- 60 The Peerless Chef: Darling, Please Come into My Bowl 绝世妙厨，相公请到碗里来 Some man: “Miss, do you believe in love at first sight?” “Sorry, I’m already a married woman.” Ever since the brilliant and mighty Rong Xuan fell for the Ninth Miss of the Jiang family, his intelligence has been in serious decline. In her previous life, Jiang Miao was married off to Leng Bufan, the iron-faced general no one else wanted. She never knew the taste of love, and died young with a thousand arrows through her heart. Another lovesick man became a regular visitor to her grave. Reborn a 37Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 61 From the Start, I Set Up a Food Stall, and My Customers Go Wild with Cravings 开局美食摆摊，顾客都馋疯啦 [Food Business] [Everyday Life] [Competitions] [System] After transmigrating to a parallel world, Lin Yue unexpectedly gets bound to a food System. Not only does he inherit the original owner’s tricycle food stall, he also inherits a whole pile of problems. Then he takes a look at the original owner’s circumstances: born into debt, a family fallen on hard times, parents gone before he could repay their care... Great, so that’s how we’re playing it? Fortunately, the System thoughtfully gives him 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 62 The Chubby Princess's Little Chef: Miserly Crown Prince, Don't Run! 肥妃小厨娘，抠门太子你别逃！ [1v1, lighthearted writing, no nasty characters, multiple transmigrators, a chaotic gathering of transmigrators] Three-Michelin-starred chef Lin Manyue opened her eyes and found the world turned upside down! Yesterday she had been preparing foie gras at Paris's Tour d'Argent. Today she'd been dropped into a greasy, bloody ancient-era butcher shop. Her new life as a fierce, 200-jin butcher's wife came with no time to adjust! Neighbors slapped the chopping block and shouted, "Fatso, chop that mea 32Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 63 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 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 64 A Farmer’s Wife Dotes on Her Family: The Scheming Marquis Comes to Farm 农门宠妻：腹黑侯爷来种田 Everyone says she married an ugly fool, but Tian Huan is a fiercely protective wife who spoils her husband rotten. No one but her is allowed to call him ugly! She raises bamboo rats and cooks delicious food, its aroma wafting for miles. Just as she is about to achieve success and build a thriving family business, she suddenly learns the truth: her supposedly ugly husband is not ugly at all, and the disaster that befell the Tian family was part of a huge conspiracy… 316Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 65 Transmigrated as the Farm Village's Darling: The Imperial Uncle Flirts with Me and Wants a Baby 穿成农门团宠，国舅爷撩我生个崽 [A Warm Family + One-on-One, Both Devoted + Cherished by Everyone + The Real and Fake Heiress] After a lonely life with no one to rely on, Shen Qinghuan finally found happiness: doting grandparents, loving parents, caring uncles, and brothers who protected her. The trouble was, her family was dirt poor, with empty purses and barely enough to get by. Then her grandfather fell and injured his leg in the mountains, making their already hard life even more difficult. Shen Qinghuan said, “I have two 715Reads8.2Score103Shelves
- 66 With a Golden Finger, I Become a Young Farmer's Wife 带着金手指，穿成农家小娘子 Transmigration + farming + golden finger + making a fortune Jiang Wei was a soon-to-graduate Chinese medicine student at Jiangzhou Medical University. Who could have guessed that a car accident would make her transmigrate to a dynasty that never appeared in the history books? When she opens her eyes, she finds herself in a house with bare walls, a leaky roof through which she can see the blue sky and white clouds. How is she supposed to live like this...? She has no choice but to work hard and m 219Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 67 Watch Me Show Off in Ancient Times: Line Up for a Meal! 我在古代露一手：干饭请排队！ [Everyone’s Favorite + Reborn in the Womb + Cozy Daily Life + Culinary Delights] A lively, fiercely protective girl reborn in the womb × a sharp-tongued but soft-hearted young prince I was a top culinary cultivator in the world of cultivation. After living a lifetime in the modern world, I transmigrated into the frail daughter of a minor official in ancient times. I planned to lie flat and enjoy a comfortable life, using my knowledge of modern cuisine to make a fortune. Who knew I’d be born wit 259Reads—Score—Shelves
- 68 A Country Girl with a Taste for Good Food 食色生香小娘子 Lu Hui, a twenty-first-century food blogger, is hit by a car driven by a new female driver and winds up in another world. Thankfully, she still has her memories, so she decides to win over everyone in this era through their stomachs. Just as she’s missing her family, she runs into her best friend, who has also transmigrated, at a temple. Lu Hui thinks happily that she’ll have someone to make money with. But her friend says, “Hey, let’s keep it in the family. Would you mind marrying my son?” Afte 31Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 69 The God of Cookery Competition: From the Start, My Egg Fried Rice Left Everyone in a Panic 厨神大赛：开局一碗蛋炒饭全慌了 The best executive chef at a five-star hotel in Huaxia drowns and transmigrates to another world where culinary skill reigns supreme. His sickly mother, his terrible cook of a father, and his little wife who cries at the drop of a hat all become his reasons to strive. The powerful Culinary God System sends his status soaring. A terrifying red-shelled bug? Turn it into spicy crayfish! Winter’s too cold? Then let’s have hot pot! The fishing boat is crawling with strange creatures! Time to slurp do 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 70 I'm the God of Cooking! My Food Takes the Nation by Storm! 我！厨艺界的神！全国风靡！ [Food + System + transmigration + cozy + everyday life + lighthearted comedy + perfect with a meal] Mi Tu transmigrated to a parallel world remarkably similar to Earth. But this world's food scene was woefully underdeveloped. What? The neighbors have never tried lemon-pepper pickled chicken feet? Coming right up. They've had fish-fragrant shredded pork, mapo tofu, and crispy sweet-and-sour pork, right? They haven't? Then I'll make those too. Surely you've at least had barbecue? Still no? Poor th 31Reads—Score—Shelves
- 71 A Little Restaurant in Shengjing 盛京有家小饭馆 A seemingly abstinent, secretly kiss-crazed big puppy VS a sweet, soft little bunny who cooks incredibly well Song Qingdai: “When you're unlucky, even eating a cream puff can make you transmigrate. At least I've got my pocket dimension. I'll become an adorable little cook, win over a bunch of foodies, and support my whole family as we build a fortune. But then an embarrassing incident unexpectedly catches Pei Xiao's attention?” Pei Xiao: “They call me the Dali Temple Magistrate of Shengjing, the 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 72 The Foodie's Guide to Getting Rich 吃货娘子发家记 Lin Xia is miserable while learning to swim. Her foot cramps, her head spins, and when she wakes up after being rescued, she discovers she's transmigrated to ancient times! Then she gets a good look at the man who saved her. Oh my, he's six-foot-three, broad-shouldered, muscular, tall, handsome, and manly. He's exactly her type, so she immediately offers herself to him in gratitude! After getting married and discovering the joys of married life, she sees mountainsides full of clean, unpolluted, 33Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 73 After Transmigrating, I Sell Grilled Fish in Daliang 穿越之我在大梁卖烤鱼 Ye Yunchu was a food blogger in her previous life, with a passion for all kinds of delicious food. When an accident struck during a flight, she transmigrated to another world and arrived in the Great Liang dynasty, a dynasty with no record in history. Luckily, her new family got along well. Was the family poor? No problem. Her parents doted on her, her grandparents were open-minded, and her aunt and uncle were capable. If they rolled up their sleeves and worked hard, they could make sure everyon 41Reads—Score—Shelves
- 74 Gourmet: The God of Food Starts a Business with a Street Stall 美食：食神创业从摆摊开始 [Gourmet] [Lighthearted] [Slice of Life] [Comedy] [Heartwarming] [No Romance] After losing his job, Zhao Lei unexpectedly gets bound to a God of Food System. Starting with a street stall selling jianbing guozi, he makes all kinds of Chinese delicacies until everyone is drooling for a taste. “Young man, our secretary wants you to be the head chef at the municipal canteen. You can get a civil service position without taking the exam.” “What? My alma mater, New Oriental, wants me to come back and g 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 75 I Became a Farm Girl: Gourmet Cooking Made Me Rich 穿成农家女：我靠美食发家致富 [Ancient Setting + Food + System + Business] Shen Qingqing transmigrates into the home of an ordinary family in Xishui Village, Qing'an County, Great Hua. There are seven people in the household, and they can barely make ends meet while dealing with their awful relatives. Luckily, she has a golden finger. Watch as Shen Qingqing leads her family out from under their relatives' thumbs, opening a food shop, a dessert shop, a hot pot restaurant... and guiding them all toward a comfortable life. “Da 37Reads—Score—Shelves
- 76 The Scholar’s Wife’s Little Eatery 秀才娘子的小饭馆 Transmigration + farming + food + business Xia Momo is a food blogger who unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of an orphan in ancient times. They say saving someone’s life should be repaid with your own. And just like that, she becomes the wife of a young scholar. She gets back to her old trade, making delicious food and brewing fine wine. Her little restaurant grows more and more famous. Then she discovers that her own background is far from simple. Song Zhuo: “Wife, you won’t leave me, wi 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 77 The Wicked Farmer’s Wife Has a Pocket Dimension, and Getting Rich Is a Blast 农门恶妻有空间，发财致富爽翻天 [Transmigration + Food + Making a Fortune + Cozy + Taking Down Scumbags + No Terrible Characters + Everyone Communicates Clearly] Su Mumu opens her eyes, and her world comes crashing down! She’s transmigrated into the body of an arrogant, overbearing woman with a terrible reputation, the awful wife everyone hates! Just how awful was she? She was struck dead by lightning! Looking at her trembling mother-in-law and younger brother-in-law, who obey her every command, Su Mumu is speechless. “If I sa 243Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 78 From the Start, My God-Tier Egg Fried Rice Has the Whole Internet Drooling 开局神级蛋炒饭，馋哭全网 [No Romance + Everyday Charm + Divine Cuisine + Random Card Draws + Satisfying Face-Slapping + Beloved by All, Rising to the Top] With fifty thousand yuan in debt, a landlord on her case, and debt collectors calling nonstop, Lin Wei is desperate and just wants to disappear. Ding! The “Random Gourmet Street Stall Champion” System has been bound! Lin Wei: “???!! Sell fried rice to pay off my debt? And charge 20 yuan a serving? Are you serious, System?!” See how this debt-ridden young woman uses a 167Reads—Score—Shelves
- 79 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 34Reads—Score—Shelves
- 80 I Conquer the Elders of the Era with Gourmet Food 我靠美食征服年代大佬 Su Miao, a Shandong cuisine chef, is at the peak of her career when a stray cat falls from the sky and kills her. When she opens her eyes again, she has transmigrated to the resource-starved 1970s. Su Miao: ...Tears streaming down her face. Even worse, the stray cat turns out to be her golden finger. Stray cat (System): “Work hard to get rich and build a wonderful life.” What Su Miao hears: “Work like a beast and start a life as a sucker.” After the youngest daughter of the Su family is rescued 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 81 After I Transmigrated, I Won Over the Imperial Harem With My Cooking 穿越后我用美食征服后宫 Gu Yanyue, a three-Michelin-starred chef, transmigrates. She becomes the empress, but the emperor is a puppet ruler. To survive, Gu Yanyue returns to her old profession and starts cooking in the palace! The villainous consort's maid: “Your Ladyship, it's not that we haven't tried to poison her. The empress cooks for herself every day, so we never get the chance!” The vicious legitimate elder sister's maid: “Miss, I've been trying my best to seduce the emperor for you, but he insists on eating al 28Reads—Score—Shelves
- 82 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 259Reads7.6Score485Shelves
- 83 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... 118Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 84 A Foodie's Diary in Bianjing 汴京城美食日志 The rating has just opened, so it’s a bit low. Dear readers, please don’t pay it any mind. [Gourmet System + Transmigration + Historical Romance + Golden Finger + Pocket Dimension + Semi-Alternate History] A slow-burn story focused on working hard and making a life. A heroine who grows over time. After transmigrating, Jiang Yue Bai had planned to quietly run her little food shop and live out her days. But fate had other plans (not really). A System appeared out of nowhere and pulled out all the 26Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 85 The Clever Little Chef: Running a Canteen in Ancient Times 锦心小厨娘：我在古代承包食堂 The dining hall at the Imperial College was a complete mess. Then one day, a new cook arrived, and an endless array of delicious dishes followed. The dining hall became not only a place the students flocked to, but also the dream destination of countless food lovers. “Son, go buy your father two meat-stuffed flatbreads from your dining hall today. Otherwise, I won’t have the strength to attend court.” Even the emperor was getting restless. “I hear the food at the Imperial College is delicious, b 286Reads5.2Score—Shelves
- 86 Canceled After Becoming a Villainess, I Set Up a Food Stall and Make the Whole Internet Drool 穿成恶女被封杀，摆摊馋疯全网 [Food System + Lighthearted Comedy + Cozy + Heartwarming + Transmigration into a Food Story + Functional Ingredients + Comfort Food + Beautifully Plated Dishes + Romance] The male lead is more of a background character, just one part of our heroine’s play~~ (*^3^) /~☆ Transmigrated into a disgraced, scandal-ridden nobody, with her role stolen, her contract locking her in, and the entire internet telling her to get lost? Jiang Li tears up her contract and makes a run for it on the spot: “Let the 286Reads5.6Score100Shelves
- 87 After I Transmigrated, I Conquered the Capital with My Cooking 穿越后我靠厨艺称霸全京城 A royal chef from the 21st century transmigrates and becomes the notorious, useless, spoiled young lady of Beiyuan Kingdom. Her husband doesn't love her, her mother-in-law can't stand her, and the people laugh at her. The noble princess of Beiyuan has turned herself into a laughingstock. She arrives in this world and makes a pot her weapon and the kitchen her battlefield, stirring up a storm in Beiyuan. The aroma of her dishes wafts for miles, drawing palace chefs to seek her advice. But what's 60Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 88 Unemployed? The Gourmet System Takes Me Straight to the Top 失业？美食系统直接带我飞 [Gourmet System + Golden Finger + Ordinary Person Quietly Making a Fortune + No Romance] Li Beibei is an utterly ordinary university student, and her transition from graduation straight to unemployment goes perfectly smoothly. After yet another failed job application, Beibei gets on her knees and begs every god in sight to grant her a job. She knocks her head so hard that, with a clang, heaven drops a Gourmet System and a small, upgradable shop into her lap. Before she can even celebrate, she di 112Reads—Score—Shelves
- 89 After I Transmigrated, Gourmet Food Made Me a Top Rich Lady 穿越后我靠美食成了顶级富婆 Yun Shu had just passed her postgraduate entrance exams when she slipped and became a country girl. No food? No problem! The hills behind the village are a treasure trove waiting for me to dig in! No money? No problem! I grew up watching shows about getting rich, so this will be a piece of cake. So copper coins really can attract flies! A pack of greedy wolves had their eyes fixed on her stash of gold and silver. She pulled out her dog-beating stick. If one came, she’d beat one; if two came, she 57Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 90 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 13Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 91 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 106Reads—Score—Shelves
- 92 Sweet Pampering in the 1980s: The Foodie Wife Is No Pushover 八零暖宠，美食娇妻不好惹 She opens her eyes and finds herself back in 1983, transformed into a pitiful bride whom her parents “sold” to a local thug for two hundred yuan. Her bride price went straight toward covering the debts of her good-for-nothing younger brother. With her husband’s family living in abject poverty and her own family watching like vultures, she wields spicy mala xiang guo in one hand and braised intestines in the other, winning over the whole street with her cooking and turning her carefree husband in 471Reads—Score—Shelves
- 93 A Little Country Bride: Husband, You're in for a Treat 农门小娇妻，相公你有口福了 [Farming + food + transmigrate into a book + light, sweet romance] Jiang Zhiyu was hit by a car while walking on the sidewalk, then nearly drowned right after transmigrating into a book. She dares anyone to claim they are more unlucky than she is! Being transmigrated as a top-tier cannon-fodder character is no big deal. With enough hard work, even cannon fodder can turn their life around! First, she sets a modest goal: open a food street and make a hundred million! There's no problem food can't 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 94 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! 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 95 Wow, I Transmigrated to Ancient Times and Got Rich Selling Food 哇，意外穿越到古代靠美食暴富啦 Su Muke is a novelist. One night, she discovers that the bracelet she bought contains a pocket dimension. Her quick-witted little brain immediately jumps to the idea of transmigration, and as it turns out, she guessed right. Su Muke really does transmigrate to ancient times, with a sick man and a little dumpling in tow. With a pocket dimension at her disposal, she has nothing to fear. She does business and cooks delicious food in the ancient world, focused solely on making money. But why does th 6Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 96 So Addictive! I’m Getting Caught Up in the Cutthroat Competition of Ancient China’s Restaurant Business 香懵了！我在古代餐饮业搞内卷 [Farming + food + business + raising children] One day, Jiang Yan, a mature single food blogger, transmigrated and got her wish of becoming a mother without the pain of childbirth. She became a widowed mother of three. Not having a man around was fine, but what was with all this debt, huh? And she was supposed to sell her daughter, too? Jiang Yan hugged her sweet, soft, adorable daughter close. This was the dream child she’d always wanted. Selling her was out of the question! So how was she goin 484Reads8.5Score100Shelves
- 97 Master, the Little Chef Has Won Over the Entire Capital with Her Food 爷，小厨娘靠美食俘虏全京城了 Twenty-six-year-old Zhao Hehuan transmigrated after a car accident, becoming eleven-year-old Wang Chunni. The funny thing was that the accident made her forget everything about her past, but she inherited all of Wang Chunni's memories. Her father didn't care for her, her mother didn't love her, and they wanted to raise her to sacrifice everything for her younger brother. No thanks! Zhao Hehuan ran away. She headed north to Bianliang, where her utterly ordinary genius cooking skills won over coun 83Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 98 After Transmigrating to the Modern World, the Shadow Guard Kicks Back and Cooks 穿越现代后，暗卫开始摆烂做美食 No CP, just the everyday life of an ordinary female covert guard who loves food and gossip. Winter melon, watermelon, Hami melon, nobody’s going to stop me from getting the scoop. Juice-filled buns, dumpling juice, you little brat, get out of my way! Smash the plates, toss the chopsticks, and slap the scoundrels right across the face. I’ve got a temper and the skills to back it up. Nobody gets to push me around. Polished-up blurb A feast of fresh wine and sturgeon, a hotpot of clams. Given a sec 37Reads—Score—Shelves
- 99 Why Not Add Another Bowl of Rice? 不如添碗饭 [Farming + Food + Healing + Growth + Cozy + Lighthearted Comedy] [Cheerful, lively little cook × Arrogant, childish young lord Pei Qun of the marquis’s household: a bickering couple] A young woman who sells wontons in Jingzhou City finds an arrogant, childish man at her doorstep. She takes him home and stuffs him full of food, but the next day he sneaks away. The young woman saves up to open a restaurant and takes a job as a cook in the marquis’s household. Then one day, she discovers that the a 132Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 100 With My Superb Cooking, I Blaze a Trail Through Ancient Times with Delicious Food 厨艺超高的我在古代用美食开道 [Transmigration + alternate world + food + business + opening a shop + farming + golden finger] Food is the focus, with no awful family members and few unpleasant characters overall. * The heroine is neither foolish nor naive, and she's no lovesick fool. She's kind but not a pushover, and she keeps a clear head. The hero won't appear until the later chapters set in the capital. No palace or household intrigues, just plenty of delicious food! * An alternate-world setting! Some systems are based o 182Reads8.9Score—Shelves
