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- 101 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—14d adds
- 102 Gourmet: I Keep Myself Alive by Eating on a Dating Show 美食：我在恋综靠干饭续命 [Food first, with a goofy dating show on the side. The heroine is all about her career; men only slow down my eating.] After transmigrating into the body of a bit-part actress who won't survive three days, Ning Meng is packed off to a dating show as the universally disliked foil. Just when she's about to despair, the [Food Keeps You Alive System] binds to her! [Host, you have to eat to stay alive!] While everyone else is flirting and chasing butterflies, she calculates how many minutes a dish wi 69Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 103 Amazing! I Made a Fortune in Ancient Times with Modern Cuisine 惊！我靠现代美食在古代发家致富 (Transmigration + alternate world + farm space + devoted couple + food + farming and business + making a fortune + cozy, peaceful daily life) Lin Qiyue was punished with transmigration for wasting half a steamed bun. She arrived in an ancient village, in the poorest household around. Her eldest brother was disabled, her younger siblings were little, and the family had neither enough to eat nor clothes to keep warm. Lin Qiyue was close to tears, but luckily there was always a way out. She bound h 179Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 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
- 105 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 57Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 106 A Noblewoman's Fit and Delicious Life in Ancient Times 古代贵女的健美食光 Mu Nanjia was a moderately well-known fitness blogger. One day, after eating a huge amount of crawfish before a livestream, she pushed herself through an exhausting workout stream and transmigrated to the Great Ying Dynasty, where she became the fourth young lady of the Duke of Dingguo’s household. She adapted quickly, then noticed that people’s standards of beauty seemed a little twisted. Young women wanted to be as thin as sticks, while men wore makeup and flowers in their hair, looking neithe 385Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 107 Reborn as a Market Town Girl, I Open a Shop and Make a Fortune 穿成市井小娘子开店发家记 [Humble Life + Time Travel + Food + Opening a Shop + Power Fantasy + Lighthearted] Set in an imaginary dynasty, so don’t worry about historical accuracy. Food takes center stage, with the plot playing a supporting role. The story is cozy and mellow throughout, with no dramatic ups and downs. It’s about everyday life and making a better living. The plot and characters are fairly ordinary, so it’s a good read when you’re bored. In her previous life, Jiang Yao lived alone through five years of the —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 From Kang Bed to Kitchen Stove: My Clever Wife Makes Her Way as a Farmer 炕上灶下：娘子妙手跃农门 A chef accidentally gets reborn as a farm girl? Her house is drafty on all sides, and they’re so poor they can barely afford to eat! Food is a problem, her reputation is in tatters, and she has to support her mother and younger siblings! Food is life, and she’ll use her incredible cooking skills to win everyone’s palate over and lead her whole family out of poverty! Little does she know that just as her purse starts to fill, someone sets their sights on her... 115Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 109 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 23Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 110 Good Food and Sweet Dreams with You 与君美食复甘眠 [Transmigration + Ancient Times + Farming + Food + Woman Chef + Romance] The meat is so tender it seems carved from beauty, and the fragrant aroma never stops rising from the pot. As a humble office worker in the twenty-first century, Su Yu had few interests, and food was the only one she loved. Her one and only wish was to stop being exploited by every capitalist under the sun and become a capitalist herself. So the gods heard her prayer and granted it. She closed her eyes and woke up as a poor 331Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 111 Reborn as an Elementary Schooler, I Take the Internet by Storm with My Cooking 重生小学生，我靠做饭火爆全网 Rebirth + elementary school student + heartwarming + family life + a touch of ensemble cast + romance [The score is rather low since it just started, but it'll rise later.] In a single moment, Fang Xuan is reborn as an elementary school student. With elderly grandparents, unreliable parents, and a little sister still crying for milk, she has no choice but to shoulder the burden of supporting the family at such a young age and become an internet influencer. But how did she accidentally end up wit 91Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 112 After Transmigrating, She Became the Mountain Man’s Little Chef 穿越后，她成了山里汉的小厨娘 Su Yingying, the owner of a chain restaurant in the 21st century, falls into a river. When she wakes up, she finds she's transmigrated into the body of an ordinary country girl. On her wedding night, the groom doesn't even lift her veil. He leaves her a handful of copper coins and walks away, leaving her alone in their new home. With a house that's bare, not enough to eat or wear, and a scrawny, sickly-looking younger brother-in-law, Su Yingying recalls the saying, “Make a living off the mountai 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 The Chief Minister's Darling Wife: I Run a Country Feast in the Ancient Countryside 首辅娇娘：我在古代农村烧大席 [Banquet Cooking + Farming + Business + Everyday Life + Sweet Romance] Tang Yuanyuan, from a family of master chefs, wakes up in the body of a farm girl in Great Zhou, only to have her engagement broken off from the start! Her father is sickly, her family is poor, and when they run out of grain, they eat bran. The whole family scrimps and saves, going hungry one day and eating their fill the next, just to pay their taxes. How are they supposed to get through these hard times? They’ll get through 55Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 Gourmet: A Street Stall Owner Tours the Nation 美食：地摊老板，全国巡摆 Zhang Feng is a model young man who transmigrates to Blue Star in a parallel world and binds himself to a Gourmet System. From then on, a man as legendary as a myth begins appearing all across the country. Cumin lamb skewers, late-night egg fried rice, fragrant braised beef, crispy fried chicken frames... From big cities to small towns, a legend begins to spread: On some street, you may come across a man in a chef’s uniform. If you meet him, you’ll get to taste the most delicious food in the wor 67Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 115 The Restaurant Is Packed to the Rafters, So Why Are You Off Working? 餐厅抖爆满了，你跑去打工做什么 [Gourmet] [Funny and lighthearted] [Reborn in another world] [Livestream food delivery] [Pets] [System] [No female lead] [Daily life] In his previous life, Gao Wenfeng was tricked by his girlfriend into paying off her gambling debts. She disappeared, and he was eventually hounded to death by debt collectors. Reborn in another world, he decides to take things easy, live well, and enjoy good food and freedom. At last, he gets to enjoy a carefree life of lying flat in this new world, and only then 8Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 116 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 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 The Clever Little Chef 妙手小厨娘 A chef at a modern five-star hotel accidentally transmigrates to ancient times. Disguised as a man, she is rescued by a little beggar. When they meet again, the little beggar has become an icy prince, yet he is gentle only with her. Before long, rumors spread through the city that the prince has no interest in women. She thinks she now has powerful backing and can throw her weight around and do whatever she likes. Instead, she becomes a tyrant in the eyes of the officials, a bully who relies on 92Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 118 I Traveled with Sugar and Salt, Then Married a Poor Scholar and Brought Fortune to His Family 带着糖盐穿，嫁穷书生后旺他全家 A comic adaptation and a live-action audiobook are now available [Transmigration + cuisine + pocket dimension + building a fortune] Food blogger Gu Xiaomai is helping her uncle watch over a warehouse when a flash flood hits, drowning her and the entire warehouse. When she opens her eyes again, she has become Gu Xiaomai of Xinghua Village. Like her, the original Gu Xiaomai had no parents, but at least she had a good engagement. However, after her fiancé passes the imperial examinations and become 64.8kReads8.8Score9.2k14d adds
- 119 The Taste of Fortune: A Koi-Blessed Farm Girl 食色生香：锦鲤小农女 [Gourmet farming + mutual devotion] A lighthearted read, come on in~ From the start, Xiao Yao transmigrates from a modern-day food blogger into the poor and miserable daughter of the Zhu family. Steamed buns with plain water make her more nauseous with every bite. Gruel with vegetable cakes goes down so roughly she nearly chokes to death. How can someone with a southerner's soul be too poor to afford rice?! Just as Xiao Yao is pining desperately for a bowl of rice, he shows up! And he brings ric 98Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 120 I Became an Exile and Made It Big with Food in Lingnan 穿成流放犯，我靠美食爆火岭南 After a car accident, Su Baozheng, a food blogger with a million followers, transmigrated into the body of an ancient exile. The original owner was frail and died of a high fever on the road just ten days into her exile. When Su Baozheng opened her eyes, she was faced with a chipped bowl of murky cold water, her mother's despairing tears, and the greedy extortion of the escort official. Lingnan? A land of miasma? The end of the exile route? Su Baozheng looked at the wild shepherd's purse growing 9.5kReads8.7Score80814d adds
- 121 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
- 122 You Asked Me to Cook a Country Banquet, So I Made the Manchu-Han Imperial Feast 让你回村烧大席，你烧出满汉全席 Ou Huang returned to his hometown, intending to enjoy a leisurely life. But he was forced to bind himself to a strange System. He was assigned to be the village cook, responsible for preparing dishes for village banquets. Whether it was a senior's birthday, a baby's full-month celebration, or a wedding feast... every joyous occasion in the countryside was in Ou Huang's hands! From red-braised pork knuckle to four-joy meatballs to pork belly with preserved mustard greens, every dish Ou Huang ma 429Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 Transmigrating to the Song Dynasty: The Little Chef Sets Up a Stall, and the Powerful Crowd Her Door 穿宋：小厨娘摆摊，权贵踏破门槛 Su Qingyan, a top-tier star of modern home-style cooking, is accidentally transported into the Northern Song Dynasty, where she becomes a frail orphan in a poor scholar’s family in Bianjing. Their home is bare, her father is paralyzed, her mother is sick, and her three younger siblings are still crying for food. Snow has sealed off the city, charcoal prices are soaring, and the whole family is one step away from starving to death! Luckily, she is bound to a home-cooking inheritance dimension, co 536Reads8.0Score10614d adds
- 124 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—14d adds
- 125 I Set Up a Stall in the Cultivation World, and Customers Came Back Around Three Times 我在修真界摆摊，回头客绕了三圈 [Transmigration + cultivation + food + street stalls + delicate, charming chef + no CP] Jiang Weier transmigrates to an ancient cultivation world and becomes a young lady of the Duke's household, living under someone else's roof. She unexpectedly acquires the God of Cooking's street-stall System and sets up her own home with her frail mother and four-year-old younger brother. Spicy tofu buns, three-delicacy vegetable pot stickers, milk tea, deluxe fried rice, extra-spicy grilled sausages, Orlean 148Reads—Score11314d adds
- 126 Running a Plane-Space Restaurant, I Rise to the Top 经营位面餐厅，走向人生巅峰 [Cuisine x business x card draws x interdimensional travel x ensemble cast x growth x lighthearted] Chu Tian, a pampered young lady who had never lifted a finger around the house, had just graduated and was dragging her suitcase out of her dorm when an unknown System pulled her into the universe, making her the first person to venture beyond the solar system into an unknown star system. [Run an interdimensional restaurant successfully and complete all your missions, and you'll be able to return 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 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—14d adds
- 128 Transmigrating with a System to Farm, I Make Gourmet Food in Ancient Times 带系统穿越种田，我在古代做美食 [Gourmet Food + Farming + Countryside + Transmigration + System Space] On her way home from a late-night shift, a modern young woman transmigrates into the body of Liu Shuxi, a peasant girl in ancient Pear Blossom Town. She gains a portable space and a shop that rewards her with upgraded cooking skills. She starts out selling food at a stall and builds her fortune through cooking. She thinks she’ll be able to enjoy a leisurely life in ancient times just by selling luosifen and grilled meat skewe 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 A Max-Level Social Butterfly Gets Rich in a Period Novel 满级社牛，在年代文里暴富 [Transmigrate into a Book + Food + Everyone's Favorite + Farming + Business] Oh no! Tian Cheng went to sleep and woke up as the vicious supporting female character in a period novel. She has a sweet face but a bad-tempered, unpleasant personality, and she has a crush on the male lead. Jealous of the heroine, she targets her at every turn and eventually dies a miserable death, leaving everyone sighing over her fate. But Tian Cheng is a food lover, and she has no plans to repeat the same mistakes. 9Reads—Score114d adds
- 130 Growing Fruit, Growing Fruit, Growing Fruit 种水果种水果种水果 (Farming + Management + Infrastructure Building) (Slight Ensemble Cast, No Romance) (Slow-Paced, No Infighting) Ten years ago, the fruit grown in the Xia Kingdom began to shrivel and taste sour. At first, the people didn't mind. They had plenty of meat to eat, and could enjoy it until they were stuffed. But little by little, they began to find it greasy and sickening. Only when everyone started craving fruit did they suddenly realize that from then on, this land would have no tasty fruit left to 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 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—14d adds
- 132 Exiled to Lingnan, I Invite Su Shi to a Dance Party 流放岭南，我请苏轼蹦迪 [Farming + transmigration + a space with a spirit spring + family life + daily life + making a fortune + cozy + a path to the modern era + selling vegetables + no romance + building from nothing + a light ensemble cast + exile + housebuilding + cuisine + infrastructure + from modern times to ancient times] Xia Xiaomo, a modern folk singer, transmigrates one day into the body of a concubine-born daughter abandoned by her family, who died of illness on the road to exile. As she hovers between life 1Reads—Score114d adds
- 133 Transmigration: The Otherworldly Diner 穿越：异世界食堂 Tags: [Modern Urban] [Anthology] [No System] [Otherworldly Cafeteria] [Gourmet] [Transmigration/Reverse Transmigration] [The Myriad Worlds] [Daily Life] Immortal cultivators, martial arts masters, worldly lords and officials, cybernetic lunatics, even legendary wizards... All kinds of guests stream through the door. To them, Chinese cuisine is an unheard-of novelty. To the people who work at the restaurant, it is simply everyday fare. No overpowered hero, no golden finger. Just a restaurant run 415Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 I Make Chili Pork, and the Big Shots of the Stars Are Drooling? 我做个辣椒炒肉，星际大佬都馋哭了？ [System + food + livestreaming + transmigration] Lin Yao never imagined she would end up in the interstellar era, owing tens of millions... She started livestreaming her cooking just to put food on the table. Who could have guessed that culinary arts had been lost in this world, and ingredients had mutated? Even a single cabbage could be deadly... But that was no problem! She served up all eight major Chinese cuisines, and her food therapy reached every corner of the universe... Before she knew 147Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 135 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 77Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 Gourmet in Another World: I Started by Conquering the Elves' Appetites 异世界美食：从征服精灵胃开始 [Healing + Gourmet + Business Management + Everyday Life] When I inherited my grandmother's shabby old shop, my best friend and I had planned to lie flat. Who knew that a newly installed wooden door would become a gateway to another world! The front door opens onto a fantasy continent of swords and magic; the back door leads to a bustling modern city. Elves lose all composure at the aroma of spicy hot pot, while dwarves go wild for barbecue skewers and beer. Could a picky old dragon really be mo 390Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 On Her Wedding Night, the Prime Minister’s Wife Pulls Delicious Food from Her Bosom 新婚夜，丞相夫人从怀里掏出美食 Shen Tiantian is a food blogger who transmigrates to ancient times and becomes the prime minister's wife. She thinks she can stop working hard and coast through life...but why is reality nothing like she imagined? This prime minister is so unreliable... “Madam, what are we eating today?” “Madam, I want ice cream.” “Madam, can we have hot pot today?” ...Wait a minute. Outside, the prime minister is as cold as ice and avoids women like the plague, so why is he like this at home? Is it really okay 315Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 138 Making a Fortune Selling Fast Food in Ancient Times 在古代卖快餐赚翻了 ♥Food♡Farming♡Nurturing♡No golden finger♡No idiots♡Childhood sweethearts♥ Lin Tuan never imagined he would end up in the body of a three-year-old brat. From then on, he lived the life of a lazy salted fish. No, no, no. It was more like the life of a hardworking salted fish. 319Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 A Feast for the Senses: The First-Class Chef 食色生香，一品美味小厨娘 She transmigrates to ancient times and becomes a fat, ugly farm wife, hated by everyone in the village, even the dogs. Her husband is incredibly handsome, but they have nothing to their name, no money or food, and they’re bullied by all sorts of awful relatives. Liang Shiqi does the math and can’t help feeling she got the short end of the stick. At least her parents-in-law are reasonable, and her little brother-in-law is sweet and adorable. So be it! She has her cooking skills to rely on, and wi 52Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 140 Selling Liangfen on the Street, I Make the Whole City Crave It 摆摊卖凉粉，全城百姓被馋哭了 [Food + farming + love at first sight + doting romance + slow-burn sweetness] Xu Yingchun transmigrates into a book and becomes its wicked villainess, doomed to a miserable ending. She’s going to escape the villainess’s fate and become the heroine of her own story! After buying her freedom from the Jiang household, she sets up a street stall, opens a restaurant, and buys land. Her life gets better and better. Milk tea, barbecue, crawfish, hot pot, and big-plate chicken: she’ll serve it all! The 314Reads8.0Score12114d adds
- 141 Transmigrated to the 1980s: Every Dish at My Restaurant Is in High Demand! 穿越八零：我的饭馆一菜难求！ When Tang Ruanyuan woke up, she discovered she had transmigrated to the 1980s. At the time, Danchuan Village had just implemented the household land contract system. Her family consisted of a father with a bad leg and a seven-year-old younger brother. Looking at their dirt-poor tile-roofed house and the nearly empty rice jar, Tang Ruanyuan rolled up her sleeves and started doing what she knew best, selling food, with her little brother at her side. In the gold-rush decade of the 1980s, Tang Ruan 53Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 142 Opening a B&B! My Food Has the Ancient Kids Drooling 开民宿！我靠美食馋哭古代小孩 [Business + food + farming with a System and pocket dimension + light fantasy + alternate world + easygoing] A few things to know: There is a romance! It's a shopkeeping story focused on running a food business. The female lead doesn't hide her pocket dimension, and she uses modern goods in the ancient world. This isn't pure farming, but a light fantasy story with a big imagination! If you can't accept these elements, read with caution!!! [Pocket dimension activated. Time until transmigration: 116Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 143 The Good-for-Nothing Junior Sister Conquers the Cultivation World with Food 废柴小师妹靠美食征服修仙界 (Beloved by All + Gourmet Food + Farming + Fantasy + Relaxed) Lin Shiman, a famous food blogger, accidentally transmigrates into a cultivation world and becomes the good-for-nothing junior sister of Yun Tian Academy. Why is the cultivation world so desolate? Evil creatures run rampant, malevolent plants spread everywhere, and the land is barren. Everyone takes fasting pills. Ugh, why do they taste so awful? Which genius came up with these? They eat spirit fruit raw. Wait, is it illegal to cook i 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 Gourmet: Selling Meals at a Highway Rest Stop During Lunar New Year, I Bring Traffic to a Standstill 美食：春节服务区卖饭，高速堵疯 [Food + Power Fantasy + No Female Lead] Gu Rui transmigrates to a parallel world and binds himself to a Food System. At the start, he draws a location for his business, only to get a tiny highway service area! And the ridiculous task is to sell three hundred boxed meals in a single day? Just as Gu Rui is at his wits’ end, a male streamer shows up at the highway service area by chance. After one meal of dumplings, the streamer hugs him and keeps calling him “Mom”! Travel surges during the Spring 171Reads8.2Score2214d adds
- 145 The Cousin Miss Is Climbing the Social Ladder Again Today 表小姐今天又在攀高枝 [The rating is low because the novel was just listed...] A young lady from the extended family has arrived at the Duke of the State's manor, and none of the three young masters there can stand her. One would rather become a monk, another claims to prefer men. The third would rather die in the arms of a courtesan from overindulging. Everyone in the manor says the young lady is shameless and always trying to climb the social ladder! But no one expected that the young lady despised by the Xie famil 858Reads7.0Score10514d adds
- 146 Su Jixiang, the Frontier Cook 边疆厨娘苏吉祥 Food blogger Su Jixiang transmigrates into the body of a palace maid in the Cold Palace. What does palace intrigue have to do with a mere maid like her? She thought she could keep her head down and quietly survive until she turned twenty-five, when she'd be released from the palace to live like a wealthy woman. Little did she know the emperor would flee! As a remnant of the fallen emperor's court, Su Jixiang was bestowed upon a general guarding the border. The palace had one fewer Aunt Jixiang, 121Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 147 My Late-Night Diner System 我有一个深夜食堂系统 [Food System Story] [Comedy] [Passion] [Not connected to the TV series!] Xu Tian, a finance graduate from an ordinary rural family, unexpectedly gets a Food System after graduating. “You can open during the day. Why call it the Late-Night Canteen System...” “You’re telling me that ripped guy is a chef? Did flipping a wok give him that physique?” “Holy crap! Did you see that? His egg fried rice is glowing!” “I’m not blind! It’s technology!! There’s definitely some crazy stuff in it!!!” Years 70Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 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
- 149 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
- 150 Little Chef of China: The Path of the Culinary Dao 中华小当家：厨道食途 [Gourmet] [The perfect dish to eat with rice] [Ancient-style setting] [Chinese Culinary Master] [Feel-good novel] The imperial kitchen inspector kicked over his stall. “You run a roadside stall, and you dare call yourself a chef?” With the few ingredients he had left, Cheng Xiaocai made a bowl of scallion oil noodles. An old Taoist watching the crowd finished a bite and immediately declared, “I'll take care of the authorities for you!” It turned out Cheng Xiaocai was descended from a famous chef 43Reads—Score—14d adds
