Novels like Su Jixiang, the Frontier Cook
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- 1 The Beloved Darling 团宠娇娘 A sweet romance and food story. An Zhao transmigrated to an alternate dynasty, where she became the eldest daughter of the Protector General's family. Here, An Zhao won everyone's hearts with her superb cooking: cake, sweet-and-sour pork ribs, roast duck... The General and his wife: Everything our daughter makes is delicious. Our girl is the best! The young ladies of the capital: Why do I feel like I've put on weight? A certain young lord: How can I get Zhaozhao to come home with me? Please help 46Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Sold as Soon as I Transmigrated: Rough Military-Household Husband, Don't You Dare Fall for Me 穿越就被卖，军户糙汉你别真香啊 [Transmigration + Body Transmigration + Farming + Marriage Before Love + Food + Cold-Faced Male Lead Who Does the Laundry] Lin Zhuohua woke up one day to find that her life as a modern corporate wage slave was gone. She had transmigrated. She had become a poor soul in the Ningxi Dynasty who had just slit her own throat. The original body's life had been tragic, and Lin Zhuohua arrived right after she cut her throat. Now Lin Zhuohua had something even more miserable to deal with. She had been sol 1Reads—Score12014d adds
- 3 The Spirit Spring Diner: A Fierce Daughter-in-Law Raises a General 灵泉小饭馆：剽悍长媳养出个将军 Jiang Niannian woke up to discover she had transmigrated into a book, becoming the cannon-fodder eldest daughter-in-law in a farming novel. Her family was about to have their restaurant and recipes stolen by the second branch of the family. Her husband was about to be plotted against and killed by them, and in the end, she would starve to death during a severe drought because she had no money to stock up on grain. Jiang Niannian grabbed a cleaver and got to work! The second branch wanted to stea 2Reads—Score12014d adds
- 4 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. 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 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 211Reads6.7Score10014d adds
- 6 Gourmet: I Set Up a Stall, and the Whole Internet Begs Me to Open a Restaurant 美食：人在摆摊，全网跪求我开店 [Food + daily life + no romance throughout + lighthearted + cozy + deliciously satisfying] A pork bun with no meat filling to bite into activates the Food System for Xu Yang. With divine recipes in hand, he sets up a little stall from the start. A single batch of soup dumplings sets off a citywide craze. “Seriously? You've never had soup dumplings with chili oil for dipping?” “Stay away from me. I don't make friends with people who've never tried soup dumplings.” “That's not right! Roujiamo is t 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 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
- 8 Transmigrated as the Original Heroine Who Was Sold, I Win Fame in the Capital with My Cooking 穿成被卖原女主后，我靠美食名动京城 After Shen Yinyin fainted during a cooking competition, she opened her eyes to find herself as a cannon-fodder villainess in a household-intrigue novel. Worse, she was the kind who gets sold off after losing the family power struggle! Price: five taels of silver. And the person buying her was an old woman with a butcher’s knife tucked into her waistband? Shen Yinyin: ??? Her new home was bare as could be. Shen Yinyin sighed, picked up a jar of thirteen-spice seasoning in one hand and a huge iron 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Stop Rushing Me, the Head Chef Went Hunting Again Today 别催了，主厨今天又去打猎了 [Gourmet] [Recreating State Banquets] [No Romance] [Slice of Life] [Comfort Food] [Comedy] Jiang Chen loses his job and returns to his hometown, where he takes over the shabby little restaurant his grandfather left behind. By chance, he binds himself to the [Myriad Realms Hardcore Cooking God System]. He thought he could use the System to rise straight to the top, but its very first mission is: “A perfect bowl of Yangchun noodles needs the springiest flour. Host, go to the hills behind the villa 2kReads—Score18214d adds
- 10 Daily Sign-In: I Become a God of Cuisine in Another World 每日签到，我在异世当食神 Gu Yu had spent twenty years working as a chef when, by chance, he transmigrated to a different continent of swords and magic. Unlike everyone else's golden finger, his cheat turns out to be a "Cooking System." "What? The System's new quest is to make Wellington beef? I don't have any beef on hand, so I'll use wyvern meat!" Pork strips in Beijing bean sauce made from two-headed demon lizard meat (edible, Grade A, magic resistance +30), Octopus balls made with fresh Kraken tentacles (edible, G —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Aren't You the God of Cooking? Why Are You Throwing Knives with a Cleaver? 你不是厨神吗，怎么菜刀当飞刀？ Shen Wanrou never dreamed that her entire family would transmigrate to ancient times! She unlocks the Pinduoduo Mall, where she can buy modern goods at will and never worry about food or drink. She also unlocks the culinary genius talent. With her restaurant and all kinds of delicious food, she wins over the people of the past and leads her family to prosperity. Wait... Aren’t you a master chef? Why are you using a kitchen knife as a throwing weapon? Shen Dad turns a copy of Along the River Duri —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 I Became a Farm Girl and Found Myself a Wolfish Boyfriend 穿成小农女捡了个狼系男友 [Quirky, career-minded sweetheart + cold on the outside, warm on the inside, doting husband + both are each other's first and only + fictional setting] Shen Xiaoyuan inexplicably transmigrated to ancient times. The thatched cottage behind her was still burning, and her widowed mother clutched her, weeping: “My son is gone, and now the child bride I bought with silver is leaving too?!” She raised chickens with her stepmother, cooked delicious food, opened a shop, and struck business deals. Just a 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Reborn in Ancient Times: Love and Career, I Can Have Both 胎穿古代爱情事业两手抓 After accidentally falling off a cliff while mountain climbing, An Yining was born into an ancient era. She had only enjoyed a few years of carefree living when she witnessed the upheaval of a dynasty change. Then she fell off a cliff again and awakened a troublemaking System. From then on, Princess Anning, who could throw her weight around anywhere in the capital, became everyone's favorite. A spoiled young nobleman pleaded, “Big Sis, help us out! Hot pot, milk tea, popcorn, Journey to the West 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 I Returned to the Countryside to Livestream 我回农村开直播 Over the New Year holiday at home, she posted a video of herself picking vegetables in her family’s garden on a short-video platform. The next day, her cousin came running over to tell her that the video she’d posted yesterday had suddenly gone viral! 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 They Forced Me to Marry Someone Else, and My Stepsister Went Mad Instead 逼我换亲后，继妹反倒发疯了 In her previous life, Shen Zhaozhao was tricked by her mother into marrying a disabled man from the village. After the wedding, she was willful and unruly. Her stepsister talked her into eloping with another man, and she was sold into a brothel where daylight never reached. Her disabled husband dragged his broken body all the way to find her, then spent everything he had to save her. Just as she was ready to settle down and build a life with him, her stepsister barged in with a mob. They beat hi —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Your Taste Buds, My Love 你的味蕾，我的爱情 So, when you loved me, I was the feast of the gods upon your lips. And when you no longer loved me, I was the leftover scraps beneath your feet, something you cast aside as if it were worthless. One day, you'll wake up and realize I no longer cook for you. You'll realize that your love for me, like the meals you let grow cold and bland again and again, has finally been thrown away. Will you remember even the smallest part of how good I once was to you? Wen Lang 78Reads9.1Score1014d adds
- 17 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
- 18 After I Transmigrated, I Called Off My Engagement to the Scholar 穿越后，我退掉了和秀才的婚约 I transmigrated into another world, broke and with a scumbag fiancé to boot. I had no choice but to dump him and make my fortune through good food. Then some warrior general showed up, claiming I’d once saved his life and that he wanted to take me as a concubine! Who even are you, man? Just get lost already! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 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
- 20 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
- 21 A Master Chef in Ancient Times, Going on a Rampage with a Food System 满级大厨穿古代，携美食系统杀疯 Wen Congrong, executive chef at a modern five-star hotel, has a kitchen accident and wakes up in the Great Yin Dynasty as the hapless daughter of the proprietor of A Little Shop. From the start, she's in hell mode: her father fancies himself a "God of Cooking" but makes dark cuisine every day, the shop is on the verge of closing, and the neighbors go out of their way to avoid it. Luckily, the [God of Cooking System] awakens! To save the bankrupt mess, Wen Congrong has no choice but to set up a m 3.4kReads—Score38214d adds
- 22 Hooked on Cases 案上瘾 [Transmigration + marriage first, love later + devoted to each other + gourmet food + sweet romance + entrepreneurship] A sunny, charming chef-princess versus a seemingly aloof, seemingly impartial prince who is actually cunning Nan Yu was a highly sought-after head chef for state banquets in the 21st century. Little did she know that after one meal, she would transmigrate into the body of a notorious foreign princess. On the journey to her political marriage, “she” mysteriously disappeared. R 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 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 69Reads6.4Score—14d 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 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
- 26 Transmigrated as a Farmer's Little Chef, I Lead My Mother to a Better Life 穿成农家小厨娘，带着母亲奔小康 Farming + delicious food + no romance + System + pocket dimension Late one night, Yan Wanning was lying in bed playing on her phone when a charger she had bought on Pinxixi suddenly burst into flames. When she opened her eyes, she had become Wang Xiaowan, a ten-year-old farm girl in Dayun Village of the Feize Dynasty. Her paternal grandparents favored some grandchildren over others, her father had died young, and her mother and Wang Xiaowan struggled to get by. Fortunately, after the family spli 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 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 41Reads—Score214d adds
- 28 A Foodie's Daily Life After Becoming a Cannon-Fodder Character 穿成炮灰后吃货日常 A few things to know: one-on-one romance, both leads are each other’s first and only, and a warm, everyday-life feel. Most importantly, this is a food novel! Everything in the plot serves the food! Gu San, the most dazzling young man in Bianjing, is getting married. His bride is Xie Yuechan, the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Heyang. The news sends the capital into an uproar. The young ladies tear their handkerchiefs to shreds, while the handsome young gentlemen with even a little charm a —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 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 53Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 30 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
- 31 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 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Gourmet: I Only Set Up a Food Stall, I Never Meant to Become Emperor 美食：我就摆个摊，没想当皇帝啊 [Food] [Street Vending] [No Female Lead] [System] [Some Infrastructure Building] [Farming] A former imperial banquet chef transmigrates into a down-and-out prince and gets bound to a food System. Random locations, random food, just push the cart and go! Grilled sausages, cold skin noodles, soup dumplings, chicken wing burgers, stinky tofu... Mandarin fish, steak, Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, braised lion's head with crab meat... Instant noodles, dried noodles, frozen dumplings, self-heating hot p 79Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 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—14d adds
- 34 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 2.2kReads6.0Score26014d adds
- 35 Endless Ingredient Mystery Boxes: From the Start, I Ran a Little Restaurant 无限食材盲盒：开局一家美食小馆 Unemployed, broke, and down to just 200 yuan, Fang Yue bai bound herself to the Infinite Ingredient Blind Box System, thinking her big break had finally come. Instead, her starter pack was a shabby fifteen-square-meter shop with peeling walls, and a Level 1 privilege that could only draw “ordinary eggs + wilted cabbage.” System notice: Ingredients may not be taken outside the shop. Looking at the wilted cabbage in her hand, Fang Yue bai gritted her teeth. Fine, then. She’d use this old wok and f 1.6kReads6.7Score21914d adds
- 36 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 35Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 37 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—14d adds
- 38 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 36Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 I Became the Chief Minister's Cannon-Fodder Ex-Wife and Got Rich Through the Shop 穿成首辅炮灰前妻，靠商城发家忙 [Farming + food + transmigrate into a book + daily life + making a fortune + sweet romance + low-profile golden finger] Su Yunzhi transmigrates into a book as the cannon-fodder ex-wife of the future chief minister. She’s barely opened her eyes when he grabs her by the throat and invites her to die with him. What is she supposed to do? She manages to cling to life after narrowly escaping the male lead. Then she has to face a ramshackle home so miserable even the mice leave in tears, not to mentio 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 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 211Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 41 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—14d adds
- 42 The Little Farmhouse Chef 农门小厨娘 [Transmigration + Gourmet Food + Getting Rich + Everyday Life] The transmigrated heroine, Su Xihe, sets up a food stall. From fine dining to milk tea, cold noodles, grilled fish, flaky pastries, and hot pot, she can make it all. She's cheerful and clever. The male lead, Lu Changfeng, is quiet and skilled at hunting. Pheasants, wild rabbits, muntjac... He's cool and aloof, but dependable. They go up the mountain together to gather chestnuts and pick bayberries... They wade into the water togeth 68Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 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… 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 The Northeastern Cook of the 1980s: Livestreaming Food Made Me a Tycoon 八零东北小厨娘：直播美食成首富 [1980s + transmigration + Northeastern Chinese cuisine + feel-good power fantasy + livestreaming System + ambitious female lead + rugged military officer who spoils his wife + a young couple joining forces to crack down on illegal poaching] A beautiful, resilient Northeastern Chinese chef transmigrates into the 1980s and meets a handsome, devoted man whose true identity as a high-ranking officer is hidden. Jiang Xue transmigrates to Northeast China in the 1980s and also gets a food livestreaming 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Reborn, I Build a Fortune Through Food 重生后我靠美食发家致富 Cheng Zhimai died young, then was reborn with the help of a System. Those who bullied him in his previous life will pay a thousand, no, ten thousand times over! Given a second chance, he gradually builds up his food business with the help of the System, ultimately making his way to wealth and prosperity! Family, friendship, and riches: he'll have them all! And his dear husband stays faithfully by his side. This is what it means to reach the pinnacle of life! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Transmigrating to the 1980s: I'm the One and Only Banquet Chef in the Countryside 穿越八零，农村吃席大厨非我莫属 Food + Countryside + System + Rural Banquet Cooking Wu Hao transmigrates to the 1980s. A banquet is being held in his village, and he gets drunk and boasts, “There’s no one within fifty li who can cook a banquet as delicious as mine.” After a couple more drinks, he makes an even bigger claim: “There’s no one in the whole country who can match my cooking.” Luckily, he gets a System to help him win a beautiful wife and become a master chef, letting him rule the 1980s. Everyone who once looked down 45Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Transported to Ancient Times to Become a Beauty Guru 穿去古代，做个美妆大佬 (Transmigration + making a fortune + multiple handsome men, no CP + feel-good story + strong female lead + no awful relatives) She conquers the ancient world with modern technology, while they only want to win her heart. Lin Xiaoxi, a modern researcher and developer of personal-care products, transmigrates to ancient times. From the start, she's so poor she can hear her pockets echo, living on wild greens and steamed buns with plain water. Luckily, she has no awful relatives. Her grandparents do 36Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 The Stars Won’t Sleep, So Neither Will I; I’ll Wait with the Moon for Daybreak 星星不睡我不睡，陪着月亮等天亮 [I’m just making this up as I go!! This story is toxic! Some parts might be brutal on your eyes, so don’t click! Do me a favor!] The heroine can cook all kinds of delicious food. [Everyday life] [Lots of food] [Mouthwatering] A friendly warning: I’m making this up as I go, so don’t yell at me. I never expected the story to go this way.] —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 I’m a Chef in the Underworld 我在地府当厨师 [Cozy] [Healing] [Whimsical] [Gourmet] [Good food and love are both too precious to neglect] To keep up with the times and make the underworld more humane, the authorities offer perks to both the ghosts already living there and the newly arrived. You Xia, a human with an official underworld position, can travel between the living world and the underworld. An exceptionally skilled cook, she is assigned to a restaurant where she’ll prepare one free meal for each ghost, on the condition that they t 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 The Long Road of Good Food 食路迢迢 The seven dishes left behind by the injustice done to the Xie family twenty years ago paved the way for Xie Xiaoxue to eat her way through life. From the officials’ homes to the prince’s manor, and from the manor to the imperial palace, the secrets of twenty years ago are gradually revealed... But through a twist of fate, how did Xie Xiaoxue end up as a dish, devoured whole by a prince? Her dream was to become a chef... 38Reads8.1Score—14d adds
