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- 51 Bound to a Gourmet System, I Become the God of Food by Opening a Restaurant 绑定美食系统，我靠开店成食神 The rating just came out! Feel free to start reading~ (Food + no romance + System + lighthearted comedy + everyday healing) Boss Xie will never get a partner!! Your System and my System don’t seem to be the same~ Other people’s food Systems: max level with one click, instant culinary godhood, become the God of Food without lifting a finger! Xie Yan’s food System: start from scratch and unlock things one step at a time. Xie Yan spread his hands. It’s fine, it’s fine. Having one is better than hav 24.4kReads8.1Score2.3k14d adds
- 52 Gourmet: The Easy Life of a Little Restaurant at a Highway Service Area 美食：服务区小饭馆的躺赢人生 [Gourmet] [Shopkeeping] [No Male Lead] [System] [Cozy] [Everyday Life] [Affordable Prices] Jiang Banxia unexpectedly inherits a fast-food shop at a highway service area. She thinks the location seems pretty good, but it turns out the highway is remote and sees very little traffic. Just as Jiang Banxia is at a loss about how to keep the business going, she learns that there's a traffic jam on the highway not far away! So Jiang Banxia heads out onto the highway carrying boxed meals to sell. H —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 The Little Mermaid Chef: Spring Drunkenness, Begonias Bloom, and Dawn Goes Unnoticed 人鱼小厨娘【春酲海棠不觉晓】 Mermaid landlady x a young marshal who says one thing but means another | Food entrepreneurship | A love story that begins in a coffin and makes you cry When Shen Haitang woke up inside a coffin, she had forgotten everything. She remembered only two things: First, she wasn’t human. Second, she was hungry. The man beside her, who was said to have been dead for three days, woke to the sound of her gobbling up the offerings. When he opened his eyes, she was holding up a huge chicken leg, crumbs 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 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
- 55 The University President Can Cook, and Faculty and Students Work Themselves to the Bone 大学校长会做饭，师生全往死里干 [Gourmet] [No heroine] At a very young age, Xu Ji becomes a university president. He assumes the organization has entrusted him with an important responsibility, only to discover that the university is already slated to close. It can't even qualify for a ranking, and is worse than a diploma mill. It turns out he's only there to hold the fort until the bitter end. Just when Xu Ji is despairing, he binds himself to a Gourmet System. The stronger the school becomes, the more plentiful its rewards. 77Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 56 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 284Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 57 My Breakfast Shop Took Off After I Bound a Food System 绑定美食系统后，我的早餐店火了 Su Ti was fed empty promises and manipulated by her company, so she decisively took the money and walked away. On her second day unemployed, she unexpectedly binds to the mysterious [Myriad Feasts Record] System From then on, every dish she makes gets a score: “Plain noodles: 8.9 points, just barely excellent.” “Crispy pastry: 9.8 points, astonishingly good!” Her best friend takes one bite of her noodles and slaps the table: “Quit! Open a restaurant! I’ll invest!” A neighbor tries the pastries s 2.6kReads7.2Score32914d adds
- 58 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
- 59 Laid Off by the Imperial Court, I Set Up a Stall in the Capital 被朝廷裁员后，我在京城摆摊 Su Jinnian transmigrates into the palace kitchens as a maid. She thinks she can put her culinary skills to good use and earn a promotion and a raise, only to get laid off the very next day. With ten taels in severance pay, Su Jinnian says, “It’s fine. I still have my skills.” So she sets up a little stall in the capital, selling braised pork rice, minced-meat noodles, crab roe soup dumplings, and more... Business takes off, the customers keep coming, and even “Young Master Gu,” who queues up eve 982Reads6.7Score11014d adds
- 60 Fired for Rejecting Premade Meals, I Become a Master Chef with the System 拒预制菜被开除，我靠系统成厨神 Chen Feng, head chef at a five-star hotel, is fired on the spot after standing up to his boss and refusing to use premade food! Who would’ve thought he’d be bound to a [Culinary Inheritance System], receive the Golden Egg Fried Rice recipe from the start, and take over a run-down 50-square-meter neighborhood shop? With his authentic, no-nonsense cooking, one bowl of fried rice brings the whole street to tears! No artificial tricks, just top-quality ingredients, from egg fried rice to Kung Pao ch 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 Boss, Have You Eaten Today? 东家，今日吃了吗？ [Food + farming + everyday life] Chapters 1–23 cover her childhood; the male lead appears in Chapter 23, and she heads to Shaojing in Chapter 34. The whole story is about 200,000 words. Good riddance, rotten tomatoes. Tu Ling has been a picky eater since childhood, but fortunately her grandmother dotes on her, her mother protects her, and her father spoils her. She grows her seasonings from seedlings, starts handling the spatula as a toddler, learns to cook in the dining hall, and gets her resta 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 Even Monsters Have to Set Up Street Stalls 妖怪也要摆地摊 [Food] [Street Stalls] [Lighthearted Comedy] [No Romance] [Ancient Mythical Beast] The score has just come in, so it should rise later~ As Taotie, an ancient mythical beast, Song Zhiwei had never eaten a human. In fact, she was so picky that she nearly starved to death in an age when spiritual energy was scarce. Fortunately, after taking human form a hundred years ago, she was adopted by a descendant of imperial chefs. She learned everything from her guardian and honed peerless culinary skills. 10kReads8.0Score1.3k14d adds
- 63 The Xing'an Ward Diner 兴安坊小饭馆 [No romance, a warm ensemble cast, a slow pace, and an unwavering female perspective with a focus on women] Yan Luo transmigrates to the Great Yong Dynasty and becomes the eldest daughter of Madam Song. In Liushui Alley, Madam Song raises her two daughters alone. The hardships they endure go without saying. Hardworking Yan Luo throws herself once more into the food business she loves. Dear guests, come cool off with a bowl of liangpi on a hot day! Tender chicken, silky noodles, and a mouthwateri 19.2kReads8.6Score2.7k14d adds
- 64 After My Ex-Wife Mocked Me, I Made 100,000 a Day with a Grilled Sausage System 被前妻嘲讽后，我靠烤肠系统日入十万 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 Nourishing the Land with Food: My Fruits and Vegetables Have Come to Life 靠美食养地：我的瓜果通灵了 [Urban fantasy + food + slice of life + no romance + random street stalls + perfect mealtime reading] Fresh out of college and already unemployed, Gao Lin unexpectedly binds to a Food System and decisively heads home. Each week, he randomly sets up a stall to sell food, and in return his fruits and vegetables receive a huge upgrade. Tiny tomatoes can be prepared in a hundred different ways. A whole field of rotten tomatoes gets a new lease on life, and even college students who can't live withou 953Reads7.4Score10214d adds
- 66 Gourmet System: A Street Food Stall from the Start 美食系统：开局一个路边摊 [You have activated the Gourmet System. Would you like to bind it? Yes; No] During graduation season, Jiang Tiantian, an ordinary university student, hadn’t received a single suitable job offer and had only her last 500 yuan left. As she wondered what to do, she activated the [Gourmet Business System]. -New User Starter Pack-: Congratulations, Host! You’ve received a shop and unlocked your starting dish, sweet-and-sour cold noodles. Sell 10 portions to unlock the next dish. -Special Rewards-: Ev 3.2kReads—Score37514d adds
- 67 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
- 68 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
- 69 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
- 70 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
- 71 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 43Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 72 I Set Up a Stall Before the New Year and Left Customers Drooling 过年前摆一波摊，馋坏食客 My new work is here! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your follows motivate me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! Wang Xu, the “King of Street Stalls,” quit his job right before the New Year and encountered a Gourmet System. Unlike a tycoon System, this one had a simple, no-nonsense way of taking its cut: a 70/30 or 60/40 split. Under this arrangement, Wang Xu had to meet the System’s KPIs while also working hard to increase his own earnings. 554Reads—Score10214d adds
- 73 The Fragrance and Flavor of Lotus 荷香食味 The day she was divorced, Ye Hexiang took only two acres of barren land and the cookbook her grandmother had left her. Her rundown house leaked in the wind. She had no money to her name and carried a secret she couldn't tell anyone. She thought her life was over. Then she sold her first jar of pickled radish for a single coin. A bowl of hot soup, a little shop, and a taciturn but gentle man. She learned that life's greatest flavors come from turning bitter days into sweet ones. 8.4kReads8.2Score1.4k14d adds
- 74 The Farmhouse’s Beloved Daughter: The Regent’s Adorable Chef Wife 农门团宠：摄政王的厨神萌妻 (No nasty relatives, just a warm and loving family) She transmigrates into the body of a sweet young farm girl. What should she do when she opens her eyes to a home with nothing but bare walls? They don’t even have a brick house, just a thatched hut that leaks when it rains! But that’s all right. Since she can’t change the fact that she’s transmigrated, she’ll work hard to change her circumstances. Her family dotes on her, and they all live happily together. As for making a fortune, how hard can 51Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 75 I Risk My Life to Make Gourmet Food, and My Customers Beg Me Through Tears Not to Die 拿命做美食，顾客哭着求我不要死 After being diagnosed with a terminal illness, Shen Xingyan has only half a month left to live when he gets a Food System. As long as his cooking brings people joy, Shen Xingyan can keep living. With the perfect cooking skills granted by the System, he attracts a loyal following as soon as he opens his stall. But because he's physically weak, Shen Xingyan can only make a small amount of food, drawing complaints: “Boss, can you manage any more than this? Why not make a little extra? Every time I 2.3kReads8.0Score24914d adds
- 76 Whose Boss Sets Up a Little Stall and Takes It Nationwide? 谁家老板摆个小摊全国走 [Gourmet] [No romance] [Everyday life] [Funny and heartwarming] [One male lead] [System] [Perfect with a meal] Liu Nian unexpectedly bonded with a Gourmet System. Anything he made became a one-of-a-kind delicacy. Every week brought a random location, every month a random city, and with random dishes and different customers, each stop offered a brand-new treat for the taste buds. He sold stinky tofu outside a public restroom, fried skewers outside a gym, and buns outside a five-star hotel. Every 158Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 Two Systems Descend, and the Layabout Girl Is Forced to Make a Comeback 双系统来袭，咸鱼女被迫大翻身 (Food + Dual Systems + Lighthearted Comedy + Unhinged) Food is the main focus After transmigrating to ancient times, Lin Miaomiao spent a whole year doing nothing but lying flat. Even the Systems couldn’t stand it anymore, and fought to bind themselves to her so they could make her keep working like a pack animal. Who could have guessed that the main System would malfunction, causing the career and romance sub-Systems to bind themselves to unlucky Lin Miaomiao at the same time? And so, the lazy 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 The Butcher’s Little Diner 屠夫家的小饭馆 A fictional-world sweet romance and food story, centered on the everyday pleasures of ordinary life. The heroine comes from a family of butchers and has a meat stall. She loves experimenting with food, but her father is a miser with a sharp tongue and a soft heart. The hero is the son of a disgraced official. After his family got into trouble, he was thrown out and wandered here. Aman is the younger sister they took in. She has a simple, childlike mind. Amid all the bickering and bustle, they co 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 The Whole Universe Is Full of Customers Who Get Ripped Off at My Food Stall 全宇宙都是我美食摊的怨种顾客 [No romance + food + System] A breakfast shop outside the subway station, wafting with the aroma of tea eggs. In an office tower, a sip of invigorating herbal milk tea. On a desert oasis, succulent whole roast lamb. In a small town by the Hehuan Sect, a shop selling iced tea right next to the brothel. At the foot of Shifo Mountain, the rich aroma of Buddha Jumps Over the Wall. As zombies surround the world in the apocalypse, the aroma of spicy hot pot tempts the living. At the top interstellar f 163Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 Five-Year-Old Master Chef: My Street Stall Makes the City's Bigwigs Drool 五岁小厨神：靠摆摊馋哭全城大佬 [Food, adorable kid, System, slice of life] Mom is in a coma after a car accident, and Dad can’t afford the medical bills. Just as the whole family is on the verge of despair, five-year-old Youyou accidentally activates the Adorable Kid Chef God System! [Happiness-Inducing Egg Fried Rice], [Little Wontons That Restore Your Courage], [Koi Soup That Helps You Make a Fortune]… From then on, one adorable five-year-old and a roadside food stall become the hottest attraction in the whole city! Want a 1.3kReads—Score17314d adds
- 81 The God of Cooking’s Recipe: Transmigrate to Another World and Become a God Through Food 食神菜谱：穿越异世靠干饭封神 Modern-day foodie Su Bai transmigrates into a fantasy continent, with no heaven-defying bloodline and no ancestral treasures. His only talent is an appetite like no other. When hungry, he eats spirit fruit; when craving a treat, he roasts vicious beasts. One casual home-cooked meal is enough to rouse the sect's founding ancestor. Others rely on pills to cultivate. He levels up on three meals a day. He ventures into secret realms just to hunt for delicacies, and fights powerful enemies just to ch —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 After Xiangchao Went Viral, I Made It Big with Yongzhou Cuisine 湘超爆火后，我靠永州美食出圈 (An unconventional food story + urban fantasy + women's growth. A slow-burn, steady-paced story with simple writing. If you only want pure food descriptions, this may not be for you.) At thirty, an age when even dogs find you annoying, Zhao Min lost her job! She was already frustrated about being unemployed, and the thought that she might also face even more intense pressure to get married only made things worse! When she was feeling utterly dejected, her best friend called: "Minmin, come bac 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 First Yours, Then Yours Again When I’m Done 先做你的，做完你的做你的 In a twist of fate, food blogger Nan Xing transmigrated into the body of a country girl in ancient times. Her family had nothing, and she was constantly sick. To pay for her treatment, her family had even sold their last few acres of farmland. Faced with such desperate circumstances, Nan Xing rolled up her sleeves and set up her very first stall. She started with thin pancakes for two coins, then moved on to steaming bowls of warming noodle soup, and finally to secret-recipe braised delicacies w 13Reads—Score114d adds
- 84 The Midnight Diner Across from the Funeral Home 殡仪馆对面的深夜食堂 At midnight, the funeral home's last neon light goes dark. Across the street, the warm yellow lanterns of the “Goodnight Canteen” have just lit up. It doesn't serve revelers out for a good time. It offers shelter only to souls with nowhere else to go. Between life and death, there's just one street. Between despair and hope, there's just one meal. Every night, someone wanders between despair and hope. And here, there's always a light shining just for them. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 The Alleyway Cooking God: Starting with S-Rank Turnip Cake 小巷厨神，从S级萝卜糕开始 (Urban setting + food + no female lead + everyday life + slow burn. Not a street-stall story: they open a restaurant.) In a bustling city, an old neighborhood left untouched by redevelopment for one reason or another sits on an aging street. In this urban village, surrounded by the central business district, a young culinary genius makes his home. After his parents die in a car accident, Fang You resolutely drops out of school and returns home to take over the breakfast shop they ran for over tw 20.2kReads7.2Score2.1k14d adds
- 86 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 65Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 87 What Should I Cook Today? 今天准备做什么菜好呢 When Xia Annuo was sixteen, her parents died in a car accident. Just after graduating from college, she unexpectedly encountered the System, nicknamed Laoliu. The System's rewards were too good to pass up, so to earn it points, Xia Annuo went from watching food videos to learning how to cook. In short, it's the everyday food-filled life of a restaurant. 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 Transmigrating to Farm: I Became the Talk of the Village 穿越种田：我竟成了农门显眼包 [Alternate world | farming | food | business | System | male lead with a minor role] In a nutshell: After transmigrating into ancient times as a village girl, she planned to enjoy a peaceful country life, but unexpectedly became the center of attention. In her previous life, Yun Lan closed her eyes after suffering from ALS and yearning desperately for a healthy body. When she opened them again, she had become a humble village girl in Yushu Village, Chun'an County, in the Great Wei dynasty. Breat 2Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 89 Goodbye, I'm Going Home to Run a Stall 拜拜了您，我回家摆摊了 [Gourmet + Slice of Life + No Romance + Heartwarming] Shen Huan was an ordinary office worker. The company was rife with cutthroat competition, and her direct boss kept making things difficult for her. After working diligently overtime for half a year, she'd finally had enough of his torment and quit. Who cared about this lousy job? In a fit of anger, Shen Huan quit without another job lined up, packed her things, and went back to her hometown. When she decided to start a street food stall, she 3.1kReads8.6Score23114d adds
- 90 A Chili Sauce Stall from the Start 开局一个辣酱摊 A pot of hot oil and a handful of scallions and ginger: she transmigrates into the body of a poor girl whose engagement has been broken off, with nothing but a shabby account book and half a sack of brown rice. No one knows how the girl, who used to do nothing but bury herself in bookkeeping, suddenly acquired such nimble hands. The neighbors say a deity visited her in a dream. She just smiles and says nothing. The little shop on the back street opens, and its enticing aroma fills Yunyang County 1.2kReads—Score20014d adds
- 91 I Set Up a Stall Wherever I Please: Sis, We’ve Been Looking Everywhere for You 随机摆摊，胖姐我们找你找得好苦 [Gourmet] [Daily Life] [Comedy] [Heartwarming] [No Romance] [Street Stalls] [System] [Transmigration] [Cozy] [Animals] [Parallel World] P.S. This book has a laid-back, everyday plot, with few dramatic twists and turns. It focuses more on cozy, down-to-earth moments. This is not a power fantasy! This is not a power fantasy! Li Meng accidentally transmigrates into a parallel world, where she can't get by without an identity. Just when she least expects it, the essential golden finger for anyone 189Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 92 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
- 93 The Weekly Menu Changes at Random, and Customers Beg Me to Set Up My Stall 每周美食随机换，顾客跪求我出摊 [Food] [Cozy Everyday Life] [No Female Lead] [Comedy] [Feel-Good] Jiang Feng was sick of his nine-to-six office job. Wanting to be free, he quit and set up a food stall, only to unexpectedly awaken a Food System that unlocked a random dish every week! “Holy crap, I was worried I wouldn’t make money selling food from a stall, but with a System, making money should be a piece of cake!” Jiang Feng thought he’d enjoy a wonderful life where he could open his stall whenever he wanted and sleep in as l 12.5kReads6.5Score1.6k14d adds
- 94 I Returned to Ancient Times and Reached the Top with My Cooking 穿回古代靠厨艺走上人生巅峰 [Food + Everyday Life + Business Management + Farming] He wakes up in ancient times. Watch a master chef show off his skills! What surprises will come from the collision of culinary cultures from different eras? After being hit by a car, chef Cheng Yu travels back a thousand years. From the start, all he has is a thatched hut. How can he use his skills to improve his life? Selling wraps, making braised meat, cooking noodles in an iron pot and clay-pot rice, mooncakes and spicy crab for the M 196Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 Reborn in the Tang Dynasty With a Gourmet System 重生唐朝美食系统 Top modern chef Lin Xuan opens his eyes and finds himself dumped from the kitchen of an international culinary competition into a dilapidated hut outside Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty. With nothing but four bare walls around him, he is starving and freezing, with only a broken knife, half a bowl of cold rice, and a life hanging by a thread. Just as he thinks he is about to starve to death, the Chinese Cuisine System quietly binds itself to him. Cooking earns points, selling meals rai 1Reads—Score114d adds
- 96 Ding! The God of Cooking Is Being Held Hostage by the Time-Space Cuisine System 嘀！厨神他被时空美食系统硬控了 [A wild idea] + [System] + [Gourmet] + [comedy] + [time travel] (plot-driven, not mindless feel-good Gourmet fiction) When Zhou Yang wakes up, he discovers that he’s somehow been bound to a high-tech system called the “Time-Travel Gourmet System.” A windfall from the heavens: his max-level cooking skills are unlocked! But before he can even celebrate, he discovers that the restaurant he spent his entire fortune building has been knocked back to square one overnight. The luxurious restaurant and 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 The Marquis's Household Wants Me Back, but the Whole City of Diners Is Losing Its Mind 侯门要迎我回府，全城食客急疯了 Gourmet + System + daily life + heartwarming + transmigrate into a book + romance + ancient-style fantasy Xue Leyi, who came from the apocalypse, transmigrated into a book. As the vicious fake heiress and villainess, she’d done every rotten thing imaginable for wealth and status, constantly brought disaster upon herself, and ultimately died abandoned and destitute. When Xue Leyi first arrived, she discovered she’d been thrown out of the Marquis’s estate. The entire capital was waiting to laugh 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 The Villainess Wins Over Her Ex-Husband's Family With Her Cooking 恶毒女配靠厨艺征服前夫一家 Food blogger Shen Qingyang transmigrates into the script of a short drama she invested in, becoming the male lead's wicked ex-wife. In the script, the wicked ex-wife uses the male lead as a stepping stone and conspires with the Third Prince, forging evidence that gets his whole family arrested and exiled. She causes her parents-in-law's deaths, humiliates the male lead, and sells his younger sister to a brothel to be abused. In the end, the male lead earns outstanding military honors, helps the 37.8kReads8.5Score4.1k14d adds
- 99 A Young Bride in Bianjing: Using Her Cooking Skills to Pamper a Powerful Minister 汴京小娘子：靠一手厨艺娇养权臣 [Gourmet food + everyday life + alternate setting + frail characters + mutual devotion] After transmigrating, Qin Yaoyao loses both her parents within a few years. She had wanted to lie flat, but she has no choice but to roll up her sleeves, return to her old trade, and earn money to raise her younger brother. Greedy relatives want to take everything now that the family has no heirs? A crooked restaurant is deliberately trying to crush her? In the face of truly incredible food, all their schemes 3.3kReads7.4Score46014d adds
- 100 When It Comes to Noodles, I'm the Best in the Country 论做面，我全国最强 [Food] Yu Shaoxian inherited his family's noodle shop. Looking at the shabby, 90-square-meter old shop in front of him, he listened to the System announce his task, eager to give it a try. “Host, your task is to make countless dishes using noodles as the main ingredient.” “Complete the task, and you'll receive a cash reward of 300 million.” “The reward will be delivered in the form of lottery winnings.” “Ding! Your beginner's gift pack has arrived.” “Congratulations, Host! You've received unlimi 1.2kReads8.0Score22214d adds
