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- 1 Online Chef: Cooking a Hundred Feasts in the Countryside 在线厨师：我在乡村烹百宴 The protagonist unexpectedly transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a country boy. “What? Your third uncle is getting married, and you want me to cook the whole wedding feast? I’ve never done anything like that!” Faced with this sudden responsibility, Lin Bing feels the pressure mounting. Luckily, he awakens the Cloud Cooking Livestream System and immediately receives the Complete Banquet Cookbook… Just as the villagers speculate that Lin Bing’s cooking will be nothing special, his carefu 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Gourmet: I Cook at Country Feasts, and the Village Chief Begs Me to Make More 美食：农村吃席，村长求我多做点 [No Female Lead + Daily Life + Comedy + Lighthearted Humor] After graduating from university, Li Shiguang returned to his hometown to attend his cousin’s wedding. Everything had been arranged perfectly, except that the village’s head chef had gone on a trip just when the wedding feast was coming up. They were left without a chef! Luckily, Li Shiguang awakened a Gourmet System and took charge of the cooking! His tomato and egg stir-fry was bursting with flavor, simply exquisite. His red-braised e 105Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 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—14d adds
- 4 I’m a Gourmet Hunter! I’ll Keep Da Mimi Fed! 我，美食猎人！喂饱大蜜蜜！ [Food + Livestreaming + Outdoor Everyday Life] Top chef Liu Xuan was searching for the finest ingredients when an accident sent him to Ailao Mountain in a parallel world, where he happened to run into Yang Mi livestreaming. “This black carp weighs fifty pounds. It’ll be perfect for fish with pickled mustard greens!” “This wild boar chose to end its own life for some reason, so let’s not waste its kind offering. We’ll braise the head, red-braise the pork belly, make sweet-and-sour ribs, and serve 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Midnight Fireworks 深夜烟火 Lin Fan is an ordinary young man who runs a cozy bookstore in the city. There’s tea and delicious food, and he tells every story with care. In the warmth of the late-night lights, may this little shop bring you comfort and warmth too. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 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 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Gourmet Tycoon: Starting with Rural Banquet Cooking 美食富豪：从农村烧大席开始 [Rural banquet cooking + farming + restaurant reviews and warnings + gourmet food + outrageous food-tech tricks] [No cultivation in this book!] [The System plays a minor role!] [Food, farming, business, and realism take center stage!] Liu Chuan, the youngest top-level state banquet chef, transmigrates into the body of a spoiled rich kid in a parallel world! He thought he could live a life of luxury and finally experience what it was like to be a good-for-nothing! But then the “Self-Reliance Syst 87Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 8 I Went Home to Feast and Became the Head Chef 回村吃席，我成了大厨 [Congratulations, Host, you have unlocked a complete funeral service] [Rest assured, Host] [At Grandpa Li’s funeral, you’ll be the most dazzling one in the whole village] [Expert cooking skills] [Expert at wailing at funerals] So, when Grandpa Li was laid to rest, I cried so hard in front of his grave that no one could pull me away … 139Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 I Went Home for New Year and Took Charge of the Cooking, Now My Relatives Won't Leave! 过年回家掌厨，亲戚赖着不走了！ [Food + Mouthwatering + Makes You Drool + No Romance + Cozy Daily Life + Comedy] As soon as final exams ended, Chen Zhuo unexpectedly bound himself to a Setting-Based Food System. By loading different everyday-life settings, he could gain the cooking skills associated with them. On his first day back home, he loaded the “Spring Festival” setting. Cured meat, cured fish, and sausages were just the appetizers. Under his hands, fish cakes, fish balls, meatballs, lotus-root sandwiches, spring rolls, 865Reads6.4Score10014d adds
- 10 Gourmet: Opening a Shop at Beijing Film Academy, with the Campus Belle as Chef 美食：北影开小店，校花做厨娘 A dream in Nanke, a lifetime in a dream! Lin Xuan, a senior acting student at the Beijing Film Academy, saw a glimpse of his future self struggling in the entertainment industry for ten years without achieving anything. Disheartened, he went home to take over his family’s restaurant and became a chef. Rather than spend another decade busying himself only to fail at both acting and cooking, Lin Xuan decided this time to give up acting and focus on cooking. So he took over Shop No. 88 in the Beiji 192Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Gourmet: Top-Tier Cooking Skills Generated at Random 美食：随机生成顶级厨艺 “Brother Mo, if I give you one night, will you cook me a meal?” A beautiful woman with long legs, a slender waist, and generous curves looked at Lin Mo and pleaded. In his twenty years of life, Lin Mo had never encountered a request like this. “Since you seem sincere, it'll cost you 200 yuan for a bowl of noodles,” Lin Mo said. The beauty's eyes widened. It was as if she'd seen the light... 79Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 12 The City Gate Opens at Random, and People from Every Dynasty Are Drooling! 随机开启城门，历代古人馋哭了！ [Food + historical figures from every dynasty + no female lead + heartwarming + running a business + healing + everyday life] [Ding-dong! A city gate has been opened at random] [The gate to Han City, Class B, is now open] [Host, please hurry to Han City, Class B, to set up your stall] What does it feel like to wake up one morning and find you've got a golden finger? Qin Yu was stunned, because the System's first words were: You're dead. Then he found himself in a place called Elysium. Apparently 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 I’m a Chef, So What Use Is Immortality to Me? 我一厨师，长生不老有何用？ [Foodie Fiction + Daily Life + Immortality + Lighthearted + Low-Profile System] Yi Chen transmigrates to ancient times and becomes a spendthrift chef whose creditors are knocking at his door. All he wants is to make a living with his cooking, pay off his debts, open a little shop, and enjoy a peaceful life. But then... His dishes bring diners back to their warmest memories. His wine wins over a prince on the spot. A chef he casually offers guidance to becomes the personal disciple of the imperi 678Reads8.1Score10914d adds
- 14 Gourmet: I Asked You to Cook, Not Make the Scenic Spot Go Viral 美食：让你做饭，没让你带火景区 [Gourmet + Comfort Food to Watch Online + Inhumane System + Healing] [Comedy + Internet + Street Vending and Shopkeeping] Gao Ze transmigrates to a parallel world. With an unruly System in tow, he begins sharing delicious food at a tourist attraction. One night, the crispy, fragrant roujiamo leaves countless beauty influencers drooling, their eyes nearly welling with tears. The snacks he sells at his first street stall immediately win over parents, students, and teachers alike. No one can re 99Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 A Country Chef Gets Questioned? I Fire Back with a State Banquet! 农村厨子被质疑？我反手端国宴！ Zhang Yuan, a chef in Ping'an Village, is possessed by someone who transmigrated while he was haggling over prices. He takes over the village's celebration and funeral banquets, but he's so broke he can barely make ends meet. After awakening the Banquet Chef God System, he fires up three woks at once, frying spices until the aroma draws a million views! His knife work turns Wensi tofu into a chrysanthemum, astounding provincial officials. Even his sworn rival follows the aroma over with a 300-yu 131Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 16 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
- 17 Gourmet: Starting with Banquet Cooking 美食：从烧大席开始 Urban + Countryside + Gourmet + System + Cozy + The Beauty of Ordinary Life Zhang Yang is an ordinary man who unexpectedly gains the backing of a Gourmet System and instantly makes a stunning comeback! Rising from the dust, he goes from being unknown to famous around the world, forging the legend of an extraordinary master chef in the midst of an ordinary life! 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Good Heavens! I Set Up a Street Stall and Accidentally Became the Richest Man 天啊！摆个地摊一不小心成了首富 [Lighthearted + street vending + food + simulation + romance + daily life] Zhou Ming, who was bound to a street-vending simulation System, set up a stall. Through his business, Zhou Ming met Li Xiaoqing, a beautiful CEO. “Mmm~ Who knew grilled sausages could taste this good?!” The normally aloof CEO was so captivated by Zhou Ming’s grilled sausages that she was practically out of it after her first bite. … And Zhou Ming’s once uneventful life was soon swept up in one incident after another, tha 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Gourmet: I'm a Post-2000s Boss, Starting with Fried Rice 美食：我01后大老板从炒饭开始 After Yu Xun's parents died in a car accident, he suddenly became a child with no one to look after him. But he inherited the little restaurant his father left behind. Just when he had no idea what to do with the place, he discovered that he had somehow been bound to an Ultra-High-Level Chef System. "Hey, kid, your buns are so plump and fluffy!" "Yu Xun, hurry up and make me five thousand buns!" "Yu Xun, please... would you sell me your recipes? I can give you a hundred million!" "I wouldn't t 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 The God of Cooking: Building a Fortune with Banquet Feasts 神厨：从烧大席开始发家致富 Ding! The Super Chef System has activated. The host can bind to it simply by agreeing to cater a banquet, and will also receive a starter pack and rewards for completing missions. “Starter pack delivered: a complete set of banquet-cooking equipment, including a butcher's knife, a cleaver, a chopping knife, a two-meter-long ladle...” 425Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 21 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
- 22 My Food Truck Is a Hit, and the City Inspectors Show Up Every Day! 餐车生意火爆，城管天天来报道！ [Gourmet]+ [Food Truck]+ [System]+ [Daily Life] Song Jie was saddled with a mountain of debt after his ex-girlfriend, who always put her younger brother first, set him up. In a fit of anger, he seized her younger brother's food truck. He had planned to sell boxed lunches part-time and shake off the label of being in debt as soon as possible. Unexpectedly, he accidentally activated the Gourmet System... Completing missions not only earns him ultimate recipes that captivate every palate, but also 47Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 23 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 25Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 24 Gourmet: A Couple’s Food Truck Is the Cure for a Bad Mood 美食：夫妻开餐车，专治不开心 A gentle reminder: This book focuses on cozy everyday life and healing food. If you’re a reader who loves intense conflict and a fast pace, perhaps we’ll meet again in another story~ [Street Food + Healing + Everyday Life + Cozy] [Synopsis] At the lowest point in life, at least you have me. After being cheated by their unscrupulous boss and losing their jobs, Lin An and his wife, Su Qing, unexpectedly became bound to the [Heart-to-Heart Food Therapy System], which belongs only to the two of them 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 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! 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 I’m Not Afraid of a Top-Tier Star Exposing Me, I’m Afraid of Going Hungry 不怕顶流开盒，就怕我一饭难求 [Dual male leads, both reborn + Food System + revenge in the entertainment industry + livestreaming] A broad-shouldered chef and actor as the pursuer vs. a scheming, lovesick male opera performer (not human) In his previous life, Bai Shu agreed to help a top-tier star clear up a rumor, only to be doxxed and hounded online by the star’s fans until he died. Reborn in this life, he bonds with a Food System and storms back into the entertainment industry. To his surprise, Hua Xiao, his business part 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Reborn: Returning to the Village with My Kids to Farm 重生之带娃回村种田 [Farming + feel-good wish fulfillment + food + transmigration + pocket dimension + adorable kids] My name is Lin Yaoyao. My parents named me Yaoyao because I was a girl, and they hoped I would die young. Under the weight of my parents’ vile hopes, I grew up, got married, and had a daughter. Before marriage, everyone praised my husband as a good man. Afterward, he cheated, drank, and beat me. I fell asleep holding my child and woke up in an ancient village, in the body of a peasant woman from Xia 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 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 186Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 29 You're the God of Food, Yet You Want Me to Cook a Banquet? 身为食神，你居然让我做大席？ Countryside + Gourmet + Heartwarming. The simple comforts of everyday life are what soothe the human heart. Chu Ci is reborn in a rural village in a parallel world and unexpectedly obtains the God of Food System. But the very first task the System gives him is to cook a feast for a crowd? But I don’t know how! Yet, looking at the kind, honest smiles of his family back home, Chu Ci has no choice but to take the job. Light the stove and get the dishes moving! Turns out, cooking a feast like this i 335Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 30 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
- 31 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
- 32 Random Street Stall: Customers Search the Whole City for Me 随机摆摊：顾客对我全城搜索 [Gourmet] [No female lead] [Everyday life] [Heartwarming] [Healing] [Comedy] After transmigrating, Luo Bo unexpectedly awakens an Unlimited Gourmet System, which randomly grants him a god-tier culinary skill every week. “Ding! Wraps at one hundred percent! Sell wraps at a bus stop at midnight.” “Ding! The ultimate temptation of instant noodles! Go to an internet cafe at nine at night and treat the gamers' taste buds.” “Ding! The culinary wisdom of an eighty-year barbecue chef has been bestowed u —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Gourmet: Diners Go Wild Just to Get a Taste 美食：为了尝一口，食客们抢疯了 Two and a half years after graduating from New Oriental, Dongfang Xin transmigrated into the kitchen of a film crew in a parallel world. With a gourmet System, every dish he made was an exquisite delight. From then on, every member of the film crew, young or old, man or woman, gained twenty pounds after filming. Even the dogs passing by were no exception. Countless celebrities traveled great distances just to sample his cooking. Rich businesswomen were even willing to spend a fortune to hire him —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Gourmet: You Dumped Me for Being Poor, Now You Beg to Get Back Together at My Food Stall 美食：嫌我穷分手，摆摊你求复合 [Food, random street stalls, one female lead, sweet everyday romance, ex-girlfriend regrets the breakup, crafty stall owner + hapless customers.] After Jiang Wanzhou breaks up with his girlfriend, he binds himself to a random street-stall System. Every week, the System randomly refreshes his recipes and selling locations. He sells barbecue at a gym, chicken at a private club, boxed meals at a highway service area, and braised snacks outside a university at two in the morning. Each new stall loca —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 What? Which Factory Cafeteria Charges Five Thousand for Meals? 见鬼！谁家工厂食堂伙食费五千？ [Slow-paced + everyday life + lighthearted + relaxing + food story set in an electronics factory] Ruan Xiuqing transmigrates to a parallel world and takes over the canteen of an electronics factory that's on the verge of going under due to poor management and lax oversight. After activating the cheat System, she receives [Master-Level Cooking], [Master-Level Knife Skills], and [Skill: Three Heads and Six Arms] from the start. Turning the canteen around is just a matter of time! Braised pork bell 271Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 36 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 68Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 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 103Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 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
- 39 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
- 40 Random Street-Food Stalls: My Customers Eat Like Crazy 随机美食摆摊食客我吃疯狂 A food-focused story with no romance, set in everyday city life. Chen Xia unexpectedly gets a System, embarking on an unpredictable journey of setting up food stalls at random locations. In the park, he sells refreshing cold dishes; beneath office buildings, he serves up delicious fried rice; outside schools, he grills fragrant gluten skewers. Everyone who tastes his carefully prepared food can’t stop singing its praises. But Chen Xia changes his stall’s location every week and offers a differe 181Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 I'm Just a Cook! I Can't Heal the Sick and Save the Nation! 我就是个厨子啊，不会治病救国！ Zhang Weiguo, a chef at a five-star hotel, gets fired. Before he can catch his breath, he finds himself in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. When you have a skill to fall back on, there’s nothing to be afraid of. The little beggar he saved turns out to be the young son who went missing from the Grand Tutor’s family two years ago? So I’m the one who saved both siblings? What, you’re saying the emperor came by yesterday to eat pork trotter rice? Zhang Weiguo promptly faints. Ever since he tried my cook 45Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 42 My Stall Is Full the Moment I Open! Do You Know How Hard This Is? 刚出摊就客满，知道我有多苦吗？ [Comfort-Food Cuisine] [Delicate Writing] [Easygoing Daily Life] [Warm and Healing] After being reborn, Su Yu unexpectedly binds himself to the Ultimate Gourmet System. Egg fried rice: golden in color, with every grain distinct. One bite and you can't stop! Braised chicken: tender, juicy meat with layers of flavor. The sauce gushes out with the slightest bite! Chili oil noodles: chewy noodles that sizzle with heat, spicy and fragrant, with a lingering aftertaste! Every dish is top-notch, leaving 83Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 43 Gourmet: Making a Living by Selling Food on the Street 美食：从摆摊赚生活费开始 [Gourmet food] + [Everyday urban life] + [One heroine] + [Comedy] “Have you heard? There’s a stall at the night market that sells really good cold noodles.” “I heard there’s also a stall selling buns, and they’re unbelievably good.” “What are you talking about? I heard the night market’s braised beef is amazing.” Li Qing, who had transmigrated here, realized he was about to start college, but paying for living expenses was going to be a big problem. Then he unexpectedly activated the Chef God Sy 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 A World of Flavor 风味人间 Food is the main storyline, travel the side plot. This is not a wish-fulfillment story, there’s no face-slapping, and the tone is laid-back and slice-of-life. (He starts out alone and picks up friends along the way.) Xu Jinhuan is a skilled chef, with questionable manners, and the number-one slacker in the country. After accidentally transmigrating to a parallel world and unlocking the Food System, Xu Jinhuan goes from a newly graduated aspiring chef to a creator of flavorful cuisine. His schedu 12Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 45 Gourmet: From Country-Style Banquets to a Better Life! 美食：从农村烧大席开始奔小康！ Illustrations throughout [System, food, reborn, farming, warm everyday life] Wang Cheng suddenly returns to the 1980s and binds to a Chef God Training System. In his previous life, he aimed too high and ended up dying suddenly at his factory job, tightening screws. This time, he returns to the countryside. With a few plates and bowls, eight cold dishes and eight hot ones, chicken, fish, pork knuckles, and meat dishes that disappear as soon as they hit the table, he’ll rule the world with nothing 559Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 46 The General's Delicious Wife 将军的美味娘子 She transmigrates into a farming family, where there's never enough to eat or warm clothes to wear, and she also gets a paralyzed husband and a whole crowd of awful relatives thrown in for free. Xia Yuechu counts it all up on her fingers. By any reckoning, she's the one getting the raw deal! But she's got her cooking skills to rely on, and with her clever hands she can whip up countless delicious dishes and make a fortune in no time, rising straight to the top! The better life gets, though, the 238Reads8.6Score10414d adds
- 47 Gourmet: I'm Going Crazy! I Never Wanted to Be a Chef! 美食：疯了，我也没想干厨师啊！ (Leave your brain here) I just transmigrated to a parallel world, and I'm already being hounded for debt! The previous restaurant owner owes us money. Not much! Just fifty million! Su Lang snapped: The boss owes you money. What does that have to do with me!? Before he ran off, he transferred the restaurant to your name. Oh, and he left you ten penguins, too! What the heck? Penguins!? So you ran off and paid our wages with penguins? Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have bound the Food Is Heaven S 87Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 48 Gourmet: You Hired Me as a Security Guard, So Why Am I Making the Residents Drool? 美食：让你当保安，你馋哭业主？ [Gourmet + System + no romance + cooking competitions + lighthearted daily life] In his previous life, Liu Ran was a programmer who worked around the clock. He died suddenly on his twenty-fifth birthday and was reborn just as he was graduating and looking for a job. This time, he decides to skip thirty years of struggle: he’ll become a security guard right after graduation and laze around! But the Gourmet System intervenes and changes the life he had planned for himself. From the triple-combo ri 191Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 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—Score14914d adds
- 50 Gourmet: The School Chef Parents Never Want to Leave 美食：在小学当大厨，家长不愿走 [Stop nitpicking, everyone here is just a tool] [No romance] [Heartwarming] After transmigrating to a parallel world, Lin Chen binds himself to the [Culinary Excellence System]. Every time he makes a delicious dish, he unlocks a new recipe, so he decides to become the head chef at an elementary school. He cooks one limited-edition dish after another, and the kids aren’t happy about it. “This big brother’s food is so good, I’d marry my big sister off to you!” “...” “Wow, it really is delicious~” 725Reads6.1Score10214d adds
