Novels like I Returned to Ancient Times and Reached the Top with My Cooking
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- 1 An Attic Opens Onto the Past: Ready Meals Take the World by Storm 阁楼通古代：预制菜杀疯了 [A sharp-tongued foodie heroine] VS [a sweet, scheming puppy-like leading man] Tongtong discovers that the attic of her restaurant actually connects to... ancient times! People in the past, short on salt and oil, have never tasted delicacies like these: braised pork, Coca-Cola fried chicken, plum-glazed ribs, honey-glazed char siu... One modern dish after another leaves the ancients howling with hunger. But what really gets him hooked isn’t the booming business or the mountains of money rollin 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 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
- 3 I Crush the Cannon Fodder Plot, While the System’s Cuisine Spans Mountains and Seas 炮灰剧情脚下踩，系统美食通山海 [No CP + System + Transmigration + Food + Business + Getting Rich + Farming + Cozy Healing] At fifteen, Qi Lanbai earned a place at Huaguo’s top university for an accelerated bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate program. At twenty-five, she gave up a million-yuan salary to go home and take over the family business. By twenty-seven, she had turned a tiny restaurant into a well-known brand with ten locations. Qi Lanbai, a workaholic who always liked to stay one step ahead, finally… finally died you 3Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 4 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 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 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 20.8kReads8.1Score2.5k14d adds
- 6 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 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 I Opened a Snack Shop in the University District, and the Students Are Drooling 大学城开小吃店，大学生们馋哭了 [Gourmet food] + [entrepreneurship] + [Livestream] + [everyday life] Zheng Yu transmigrated unexpectedly, going from an orphan delivering takeout to a rich heir. He thought he'd be able to lie flat and enjoy life, but it turned out the shop he'd inherited had been left to fall into ruin! Luckily, he activated the Delicious Gourmet System and began his journey as a food entrepreneur! From veggie potstickers to sizzling roast lamb, and then milk tea. With the System's support and the experience he 67Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Gourmet: Starting from the Start with Fried Rice, I Astonished the Police 美食：摆摊开局蛋炒饭惊动110 [System + No Romance + Everyday Life + Perfect with a Meal + Growth] Jiang Yu transmigrates into the life of a poor girl whose parents are both dead. Her heartless uncle has seized the family’s property, and after kicking her out, even the rent is beyond her means. Just when she’s at her wit’s end, she binds the [Random Street Stall System]. She sells egg fried rice outside a school, and the students’ frenzied orders alarm their parents! The police show up to investigate an “extortion case,” onl 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 I Went Viral After Binding the Gourmet Check-In System! 绑定美食打卡系统后，我爆红了！ System + Gourmet + Travel + Lighthearted (Warning: There's some family drama at the beginning. If that's not your thing, don't read.) Lin Xi is a seasoned homebody, with severe social anxiety and chronic procrastination. She tried taking the graduate school entrance exam and the civil service exam, but failed both. After working for half a year, she couldn't stand her idiot boss's abuse any longer, so she quit in a fit of anger and went home to live off her parents. She spent over a year lying a 208Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 The God of Cooking’s Legacy: Starting with a Street Stall 厨神传承，从摆摊开始 After graduating, Mei Lin becomes the most ordinary office drone in a big city. Her life is an endless loop between the office and her rented apartment. She barely scrapes by, trapped in a grind with no end in sight, and nearly gives up hope. Then one day, a magical food space falls from the sky. A master chef’s legacy, top-tier ingredients, long-lost recipes… Her life is completely transformed. There’s no future in working for someone else, so why not become her own boss? She quits without hesi 2.1kReads7.3Score18114d adds
- 11 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
- 12 My Street Stall Went Viral, and Now I Own Billions in Real Estate 摆摊爆火，坐拥亿万房产 [Street-food stall + everyday gossip and watching the drama unfold + no romance] “Tell me, are you here for the food today, or to watch the show?” someone called out. “Both, of course!” the customers replied, laughing. Hey, why is this little stall so popular? Boss, what are you selling today? Quick, quick, they’re here! A lazy bear couple, a greedy little dog, a mysterious figure in black... Why get up early in the morning? To fill your mouth with a warm bun. Why is that tough guy in tears? 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 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
- 14 Reborn: I Clear the 1980s with the Help of a Leveling System 重生后，我靠养成系统通关八零 [Reborn + period setting + food + System + pocket dimension + card draws + putting scumbags in their place + plot-driven] After being betrayed by everyone in her previous life, Ye Miaomiao died and ended up in a pitch-black alternate dimension. She was also told she had to complete the main quest set in the 1980s before she could return to her original world and take revenge. All right, then. Bring it on! It was just a matter of clearing a quest. With the fury of her previous life burning inside 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Bound to a Food System, My Little Shop Is Packed Every Day 绑定美食系统，我的小店天天爆满 [No CP + daily life + food + opening a shop + street vending + entirely handmade, no AI] After binding to a System, Peng Jie hopes to get rich by cooking and reach the pinnacle of life. But it turns out every dish he’s rewarded with must be practiced, and his cooking mentor is a senior administrator at KK Park. Every time he receives a new dish, he’s bound to get electrocuted. After making the whole street a hit, his greedy landlord raises the rent and forces him to leave South Street. Back in h 21kReads8.1Score1.7k14d adds
- 16 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 74Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 17 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 192Reads5.8Score10014d adds
- 18 After I Transmigrated, I Spoiled My Three Villainous Sons 穿越后我娇养了三个反派儿子 During summer vacation, I went to a temple with my college roommates to pray for love. I drank a cup of tea there and discovered I’d transmigrated?? Jiang Ning vowed never to drink anything carelessly again. Well, look at that: not only had she transmigrated, she also had three hungry sons to feed. Jiang Ning decided that skipping the man and getting three sons was a pretty good deal. So she took her three sons along, cooking delicious food, farming, and raising fish, gradually making her way to 7Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 19 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 39Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 20 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 6.3kReads8.0Score66414d adds
- 21 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 594Reads8.0Score10214d adds
- 22 Gourmet: The Chef’s Food Stall Goes Viral on a Variety Show 美食：厨娘在综艺摆摊爆火 Gu Liuyan, a former imperial chef, opens her eyes to find she has transmigrated into the role of a cannon-fodder actress on the variety show Celebrity Kitchen. She can’t cook, has a bad temper, and has been saddled with a mountain of bad press. With an astronomical breach-of-contract fee threatening to end her career, Gu Liuyan slaps the table. “Who says I can’t cook?” And then the entire show discovers what it means to cook like a culinary god... An actress on the show wails, “I’ve already gain 109Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 23 The Farm Girl's Delightful Life: I Raise Kids by Farming 农门娇妃：我靠种田养崽崽 She was the top researcher at an agricultural science institute. In one moment, she transmigrated and became a country girl. From the start, she was kicked out with nothing but the clothes on her back, and her family had no money to their name. No matter. With a pocket dimension at her disposal, she would show those scoundrels no mercy, outwit every troublesome relative, and use her own skills to reclaim wasteland and farm it until she made a good life for herself. But why had her foolish husban 321Reads8.9Score10614d adds
- 24 Midnight Feasts: I Fed the Entire Imperial Court Until They Got Fat 深夜放毒：我把满朝文武喂胖了 #Food + Sweet Romance + Transmigration + Satisfying Revenge + Bickering Couple + Business# [Imperial Banquet Chef VS Picky, Arrogant Young Marquis with an Eating Disorder. Food Heals, Sweet Romance with No Angst] Jiang Zhiwei transmigrated into a kitchen maid about to be sold off by the marquis's estate. Seeing the kitchen full of top-quality ingredients being wasted, she grabbed the ladle in a fury! A bowl of braised pork cured the old matriarch's eating disorder, and a pot of braised pig offal 494Reads6.7Score10214d adds
- 25 I Started Out as a Side Consort and Won the Crown Prince Over with My Cooking 开局穿侧妃，我靠美食馋哭太子 Ye An'an transmigrated and became the Crown Prince’s concubine, but the Crown Prince was famous for being both a picky eater and a germaphobe. He ran away on their wedding night, becoming the laughingstock of the entire capital. The good news: she brought all her modern cooking skills with her, so she was living the good life! While everyone else was fighting for favor in the palace, scheming against one another, Ye An'an was making jianbing in the little kitchen, the delicious aroma carrying fo 8.3kReads7.3Score37814d adds
- 26 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
- 27 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
- 28 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
- 29 Bound to the Kitchen God System, I Made the Whole City Wake Up Craving Food 绑定灶王系统，我把全城都馋醒了 After graduating from college, Jian Yanshen sent out resumes that went nowhere, then returned to Yunxi City looking utterly dejected. His grandfather’s breakfast stall was about to be taken away, and his younger sister, a high school senior, was still counting on him to support her. Just when he was at the end of his rope, an old iron wok spoke inside his head: [Kitchen God System, ownership confirmed]. But the System only provided recipes. It wouldn’t give him the skills for free. Want to make 27Reads—Score15214d adds
- 30 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 98Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 My Cooking Can Cure Any Discontent 我的美食专治各种不服 Xu Riyue transmigrates into a parallel world, where he becomes a 996 office worker driven to bankruptcy by his boss's workplace abuse. At his lowest point, the Everyday Life System binds itself to him, refreshing one street-stall task each week. Other people's golden fingers can destroy the world, but his System only wants him to suffer social death. His stall is a legend that exists in the city for just one week: It appears on Monday, using an irresistible aroma and flavor to break down everyon 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 The Food Blogger Who Built Her Fortune at a Street Stall 美食博主她靠摆摊发家致富 [Transmigration + Street Vending + Food + Beloved by the Whole Family + Making a Fortune + Heartwarming + Sweet Romance + Family Life + Face-Slapping + No Awful Relatives] When Gu Mingyan wakes up, she discovers that she’s the only girl in the Gu family for eight generations. The family has next to nothing and is dirt poor. Fortunately, they’re a warm and loving family. Her grandparents and parents dote on her, and her four older brothers and two younger brothers are all completely devoted to th 46Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 33 The Beloved Physician Princess: No One Messes with My Princess 盛宠医妃：我家王妃不好惹 Lu Wenyue, a direct descendant of a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, carries the family's heirloom Golden Needles of Heaven and Earth and has mastered both Chinese and Western medicine. She transmigrates unexpectedly, bringing along a secret pocket dimension. On her very first day in this new world, another accident gets her a live-in son-in-law. She only wants to make an honest living and build her fortune through her own hard work. But it turns out her family members all h 657Reads9.2Score10014d adds
- 34 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
- 35 Gourmet: I Cater Village Banquets, and the Villagers Crowd Around My House 美食：村里烧宴席，村民堵我家门 [Lots of Food + Revenge + Slow-Paced + Romance + No Female Lead + No-Brainer Fun + Comfort Food] Zhou Peng transmigrates to a parallel world and unexpectedly binds himself to a Food System. Complete a customer's random banquet request and receive a random reward. A Double Ninth Festival banquet for the elderly, a baby's one-month celebration, a wedding banquet for a couple who got married on a whim. Braised pork, a whole chicken, a whole fish! Finish with a plate of stir-fried greens! The most t 71Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 I Run a University Cafeteria, and My Goal Is to Make a Hundred Million 承包大学食堂，我的目标是一个亿 [Food] [No Romance] [System] [Quick Transmigration] [Slice of Life] [Comedy] After Tang Lin died, his soul was pulled into a food-themed game. If he cleared the game, he could be reborn. * Game 1: "A University Cafeteria on the Verge of Closing" The cafeteria at Huamei University was about to shut down, yet a senior in his final year took it over! The students gritted their teeth: “So what if they changed the person in charge? Capitalists are all the same!” “I'd rather starve than eat at Cafeter 24Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 37 After Becoming a Delivery Driver, I Used Food to Rule the Three Realms 穿成外卖员后，我靠美食掌控三界 The title has been changed to “I Deliver Takeout in Heaven and Become a God Through Food” When Tang Xiaojiao, a chef specializing in spicy dry pot on Chunxi Road in Chengdu, accidentally transmigrates into the No. 001 delivery rider on the Celestial Realm’s takeout platform, Immortal Express... Open flames are strictly forbidden in the Celestial Realm, so all the immortals rely on takeout to get by! The Jade Emperor is secretly obsessed with milk tea. He even learned how to kick people out of 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 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
- 39 After Calling Off the Engagement, I Got Rich Selling Sweet Drinks 退婚后我靠糖水暴富了 [System + Dessert Queen + dessert lover + other delicious foods included] [This isn't purely a career-focused story. The male lead appears later, and romance develops in the second half.] Renowned pastry chef Shen Chuhe had just been crowned the "Queen of Sweet Soups" when she got into a car accident. She woke up in the body of a woman notorious for being a menace across the surrounding villages: She was the one who stole her little brother's school fees and kept him from attending school. She w 302Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 40 You Asked Me to Cook Vegetarian Meals, So Why Is My Incense Offering Exploding? 让你做斋饭，我香火怎么被干爆了 [The rating has just been posted and is sure to rise] (System) (Food) (Everyday Life) (Lighthearted Comedy) Lu Chen used to be an overworked corporate drone, but after being diagnosed with terminal cancer, he was fired. Just as he was waiting to die, he unexpectedly obtained a Divine Incense System and bonded with Tianlin Temple. As long as the temple receives incense offerings, Lu Chen's lifespan increases. But Tianlin Temple is about to go under! Lu Chen can only use the divine cooking skills 3.4kReads6.7Score33714d adds
- 41 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 169Reads8.2Score2214d adds
- 42 A Meal at a Song Dynasty Ferry, and You Serve Up the Soul of Hunan Cuisine? 大宋渡头吃个饭，你端出湘菜魂？ [Food and Business, Ancient-Era Commerce, Daily Life, Raising Kids, Farming, System] Song Qiao transmigrates to the fourth year of Dazhong Xiangfu in the Northern Song dynasty, and from the start takes over Wangxiang Tower, a restaurant on the verge of closing. In early Song-era Tanzhou, where supplies are far from abundant, he brings the culinary skills of Hunan cuisine from a later age to delight travelers with a taste sensation spanning a thousand years! Pork stir-fried with chili peppers, fi 63.7kReads8.5Score8.4k14d adds
- 43 The Little Chef of Judge Shen's Household 沈提刑家的小厨娘 Fresh crucian carp sliced thin, celery soup from the emerald stream. A breeze brushes the willows, and a beauty... can lift a mountain with a mighty roar! Everyone knows that Miss Meng of the inn is as beautiful as a flower and a wonderful cook, but no one knows she can lift a giant vat with one hand or bend down and pull up a willow tree. Passing by, Judge Shen: Excuse me! * I love you, my lord. Do you know? The audacious Meng Sujin pounced on Shen Shinian, the judicial commissioner of the Cour 670Reads7.2Score11814d adds
- 44 The Little Chef: Daily Life Running a Shop in Ancient Times 厨神小娘子：古代开店日常 After transmigrating to the Southern Song Dynasty, Ji Zhitang just wanted to lie flat in peace. But with her family dirt poor and creditors knocking at the door, what could she do? No big deal! Braised meat wraps, spicy shredded chicken frames, deep-fried baby crabs, stone-pot bibimbap, seafood feasts... Modern dishes were just what it took to win over ancient palates! From a roadside stall to a wildly popular fast-food shop, from Taoyuan Town to Lin'an's top-tier star, her food business flouris 5.6kReads8.4Score60814d adds
- 45 Gourmet: You Asked Me to Teach, but I Ran Off With the Parents 美食：让你当老师，你把家长拐跑 (Don't leave! The rating just came out and will go up. A heartwarming story.) Chen Chu is unemployed and living off his sister's family when he unexpectedly awakens a Gourmet System. Just as it happens, his niece's kindergarten is short a food teacher, so Chen Chu proudly takes the job. Day One: An eighty-year-old grandpa comes to pick up a child, then cries and makes a scene, demanding to enroll. Day Two: A naughty kid who hates school says that going to school is the happiest thing in the worl 841Reads6.6Score10014d adds
- 46 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 158Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 47 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 3.5kReads8.1Score31614d adds
- 48 Late-Night Food Temptation: I Made a Billion People Cry from Hunger 深夜放毒：我饿哭了十亿人 “I’m in a bad mood, so I’ll make camel three ways.” “I’m in a good mood, so let’s barbecue some bluefin tuna. I’ve never tried it before.” “What’s this? Never seen this kind of creature. Let’s stew it.” After obtaining the Late-Night Food Temptation System, he spends every night trying all sorts of unusual delicacies. This unprecedented livestream experience has ten billion viewers going wild late into the night. Late-night food temptation: let’s listen together to the groans of the hungry and t 32Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 49 From the Start, All I Had Was a Bowl of Luosifen: My Goal Is to Make a Hundred Million 开局一碗螺蛳粉，目标挣它一个亿 [Restaurant Management + Food + System + No Romance + Light Livestreaming + Grow and Prosper + Helping Farmers + Going Global] A bolt from the blue! Mu Xiaoxiao was unjustly fired by her company the day before she was due to become a permanent employee. Well, if there’s no place for me here, there’s a place for me elsewhere! What’s done is done. First, I’ll have a bowl of luosifen. As she slurped the noodles, she couldn’t help shouting inwardly, “If only I had a luosifen shop of my own!” [Host’s 75Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 I Opened a Malatang Shop in the Apocalypse and Made Everyone Drool 我在末世开麻辣烫店，谗哭所有人 [Post-apocalypse + zombies + System + shop management + leveling up + food + no romance] Ji He had been working herself to the bone for a year after graduation. After months of consecutive overtime and sleepless nights, she accidentally worked herself to death and transmigrated to the post-apocalyptic era. Chosen by the Post-Apocalyptic Food System, she set out to sell malatang from a street stall. She'd never had time to travel when she was alive, but now she could! Driving her malatang shop al 34Reads—Score—14d adds
