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- 51 After Getting Laid Off, I Restarted My Life with a Street Stall 被裁员后，我靠摆摊重启人生 [God Chef System] [Culinary Superstar] [Heartwarming Story] At 26, Xu Zichuan's life had hit rock bottom: he was unemployed and unmarried. Then, to his surprise, he awakened the “God Chef” System and became the most formidable culinary superstar in the food world. “Thirty-eight yuan for beef chow fun? Are you robbing me?” As soon as he said that, the man added, “...I'll take it. And give me another one.” Someone asked, “Boss, why are there only nine dishes on your menu every day?” “Because I onl 195Reads—Score15514d adds
- 52 Eat, Eat, Eat! Come and Eat! 吃吃吃，都来吃 [Unconventional Food Story + Improving the Nation’s Health + Ensemble Cast + No Romance + System Pocket Dimension. Chasing Dreams, and the Heroine Means Business!] Wu Shuang, who grew up in an orphanage, had just graduated from college when a speeding car sent her flying. The good news: she was in great shape and wasn’t hurt. Even better news: she got a food System and a pocket dimension! Wu Shuang sighed: at last, the thread of her fate had grown thicker!!! From then on, Wu Shuang’s hot pot res 228Reads—Score10614d adds
- 53 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 986Reads7.4Score10214d adds
- 54 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 3.3kReads—Score37714d adds
- 55 I'm Just a Chef, Director, Stop Adding Drama! 我只是个厨子啊，导演别加戏了吧 [Food + film sets + everyday life + comfort food + warmth + healing + comedy + fun] Lin Zhou joins a casting call for extras and unexpectedly gets bound to a Gourmet System. From then on, he only ever plays cooks. He can be a five-star chef in a domineering CEO drama, or the head cook at a country banquet in a rural drama. He can whip up roadside restaurant dishes so fragrant they fill the air for miles, or make stall food so delicious you'll savor every bite. Whatever the role calls for, he'll 1.9kReads7.5Score14614d adds
- 56 Mobile Food Stall: My Customers Are Wild About the Food 移动美食摊：我的食客太疯狂 [Reader's guide: No CP, not a romance. The Tomato app's tags are wrong, so romance fans should take note before reading.] [Gourmet][Comfort food][Lighthearted][Cozy][Healing][Everyday life][No CP] Sun Xiaoting accidentally binds herself to the Gourmet System and gains unparalleled cooking skills. She also triggers random street-stall missions. She sells jianbing at the night market for 15 yuan a serving, leaving grease shining on her customers' lips; She sells 100-yuan boxed meals outside a luxu 277Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 57 The Company Went Bankrupt? One Plate of Eggplant Revives It 公司破产？我一盘地三鲜起死回生 Li Yichen had barely been reborn when he was faced with a complete mess. His company's account balance had dropped to less than fifty thousand. He couldn't pay salaries or social security contributions, and soon he wouldn't even be able to afford meal allowances! With the company on the brink of collapse and his employees ready to quit, the God of Cooking System suddenly awakened! So Li Yichen decided to start with the meal allowances. To cut costs, he would cook for his employees himself! But o 5.8kReads7.6Score49314d adds
- 58 The Mighty Goddess Conquers Ancient Times with Delicious Food 大力神女用美食闯古代 (Cozy farming, getting rich through food, family squabbles, System shop) They say that in Lengzhan Village there was a girl named Leng Yuan, born with tremendous strength, yet so foolish she didn't recognize her own relatives or know the difference between the five grains. “Hey, have you heard? That silly Leng girl has gotten better lately!” Everyone was astonished. “Wasn't she a fool for nearly ten years? How did she suddenly get better?” “Ah, I heard she saw blood and suddenly passed out. Whe 647Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 59 Country Chef at the Wok, Villagers Want a Feast Every Day! 农村掌大勺，村民天天想吃席！ Gu Ze transmigrates to a parallel world and binds himself to the top chef System. Other people who transmigrate get a food System that appears and disappears without a trace, and customers chase it down the street. But his System has just one task: cater banquets and earn ten thousand yuan a month. After Gu Ze caters a harvest feast for an entire village, his name spreads through the little town. The villagers spend every day plotting how to get a seat at a banquet. “You say you don’t know me? F 4.6kReads8.8Score39014d adds
- 60 Two Stunning Sisters with Amazing Cooking Skills, Leaving Diners Squealing for More 绝色双姝厨艺妙，馋哭食客哇哇叫 (The rating only came out on February 8 and is slowly climbing) [Double-female-lead business story (pure friendship) + romance + both leads are each other's only partners + food + lighthearted] Yu Zhile and her best friend, He Sitian, were killed by an object thrown from a great height. When they opened their eyes, they had transmigrated to the Nan Yu Kingdom as two orphan girls. Their adoptive father had just passed away. The bad news: They had no one to turn to, were dirt poor, and had the wor 999Reads8.6Score16714d adds
- 61 You Want Me to Open a Breakfast Shop? I Only Open in the Afternoon 让我开早餐店？我下午才营业 [System] [Gourmet Food] [Healing] [Lighthearted Comedy] No heartburn while reading! Enjoy without worry! Fan Li used to manage livestream operations. Under pressure, he developed insomnia, showed up late, and was fired. Then he unexpectedly obtained a God-Tier Breakfast System. But his old daily routine had nothing in common with the schedule of selling breakfast. Customer 1: What! In this godforsaken place, he dares to charge eighty-eight yuan for a steamer of soup dumplings? Customer 2: When i 232.8kReads8.5Score17.1k14d adds
- 62 Transmigrated to Ancient Times to Sell Bento: The Wicked Sister-in-Law’s Road to Riches 穿到古代卖盒饭：恶毒寡嫂致富路 [Transmigrate into a book + food + business + building wealth + slow-burn development] Food blogger Meng Zhao woke up one day to find herself transmigrated into a novel aimed at male readers, as the vicious sister-in-law. Faced with the future “Dragon-Proud-Heaven” male lead, destined to wield power over the world, Meng Zhao had to choose between eliminating him while she had the chance and currying favor with him early. Instead, she chose to become the one worth currying favor with. Starting 3.5kReads8.6Score34614d adds
- 63 The Bigwigs Go Wild Fighting over a Bite to Eat 为了一口吃的，大佬们抢疯了 [Gourmet] + [laid-back daily life] + [no System] + [comedy] Li Heng is a chef who accidentally transmigrates to a cultivation world where culinary skills have fallen into decline. He discovers that his dishes are not only delicious, but can also improve cultivation and strengthen the body. One day, while Li Heng is cooking, a passing sect’s saintess spirits him away to work as their chef. As Li Heng serves up dish after delicious dish, the entire sect goes wild. The disciples go crazy competing 2.1kReads8.8Score16114d adds
- 64 After Quitting My Job, I Inherited Grandma's Little Restaurant 辞职后，我继承了奶奶的小饭馆 [Healing + food + a touch of farming + slow-paced + everyday life] Wen Nian's new life began with a resignation letter. A well-paid job in the big city, endless overtime, cold convenience-store rice balls... She suddenly realized it had been a long time since she'd tasted anything like happiness. Steaming hot soup dumplings in the morning mist, soft and chewy cloud cakes with Pu'er tea in the afternoon, little river shrimp roasted crisp and red by Grandpa... It all felt like a distant, different 3.1kReads8.8Score41714d adds
- 65 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 3.3kReads8.6Score24214d adds
- 66 Gourmet: Touring the City with My Food Stall, Making Diners Drool 美食：全市巡摆，馋哭食客 [Gourmet + System + No Romance + No Female Lead + Heartwarming + Hard Work] Yan Qing, a minor actor who had spent his career playing corpses, quit the entertainment industry. To his surprise, he accidentally became bound to a Chef God Gourmet System. Before long, strange sights began appearing all over the streets of S City: the CBD, university gates, outside the film studio, by the cemetery... The lines stretched as far as the eye could see... A top star became his loyal customer and shamelessl 10.1kReads7.5Score79314d adds
- 67 A Culinary Void: I Take Chinese Cuisine by Storm Around the World 美食断层：我携华夏美食席卷全球 [No female lead!!] Mu Yunfei transmigrates to a world with a shallow food culture, where he has to eat vegetarian dishes every day. He's about ready to throw up! Thankfully, he awakens a Divine Chef System! Jianbing guozi is soft, chewy, and fragrant; preserved-egg and pork congee makes foreigners fall in love with preserved eggs! Hot-and-sour noodles are impossible to resist, and beef brisket rice noodles are snapped up in an instant! Food critic: “I can die without regrets now!” Food blogger: 306Reads7.2Score10014d adds
- 68 I Sell Lunch Boxes, So Isn't It Only Natural for the School Cafeteria to Go Under? 我卖盒饭，学校食堂倒闭很正常吧 [Food + comedy + one heroine + transmigration + System] Lu Rong rents a small stall on a college campus to sell boxed meals, but business is so poor that he's on the verge of closing down. Luckily, at the crucial moment, he awakens a Super Gourmet System and instantly becomes a top chef. A simple plate of egg fried rice is enough to draw countless students and teachers to his stall. Then Lu Rong starts offering even more top-quality dishes, and the whole campus goes wild. Everyone joins the rank 1.2kReads8.6Score10014d adds
- 69 Running a Restaurant in Ancient Times: All Tricks and No Shortcuts 混在古代搞餐饮，全是科技与狠活 What do you do when you accidentally get a kitchen that can travel between ancient and modern times, but you can’t cook? No problem! We crooked cultivators run our restaurant with nothing but technology and additives! Open the fridge, take out some scissors, snip open the package, pour it into a bowl, and put it in the microwave. Defrost for thirty seconds, heat for three minutes. Ding! Your kung pao chicken is ready, honored guest. What? You want a bowl of chicken soup? Coming right up! I’ll ad 24.1kReads7.8Score2.9k14d adds
- 70 Forced to Leave Showbiz, I Inherited a Food System 被迫退圈后，我继承了美食系统 [Food-focused, no melodrama, lighthearted, one-on-one romance] As a little-known actress, Jiang Ran has always worked diligently and conscientiously. But then disaster struck. She was disfigured and blacklisted across the internet, leaving her no choice but to slink home and inherit her grandfather’s estate. A desolate courtyard and a crumbling apartment building nearly made Jiang Ran’s eyes roll back. Luckily, she got bound to a Food System and began her climb to the top. She started with a str 1.5kReads8.4Score18714d adds
- 71 A Food Blogger Pets Fuzzy Creatures in the Interstellar Age 美食博主在星际撸毛茸茸 [Two male leads + interstellar + food + sweet, feel-good romance + ensemble cast] Gentle, resilient beauty on the bottom × seemingly cold but actually fluffy Imperial Marshal on the top Yu Jingxing (Xiao Bai) × Lu Shaoqin After somehow ending up in an interstellar world where good food was scarce, Yu Jingxing put his excellent cooking skills to use. But his scumbag father wanted to marry him off for political gain, and his intended was none other than the infamous Imperial Marshal. He boldly ref 2.2kReads8.8Score46214d adds
- 72 I Sell Gourmet Food in Another World to Serve My Country 我靠在异世卖美食，报效祖国 God of Cooking System + Transmigration Between Worlds + Leveling Up + Gourmet Food + Daily Life (Warning) The early chapters are a slow burn. Later, she'll get support from the country. The heroine is just a plot device, and the story has quite a few original elements. After graduating, Lin Xiaoqian can't find a job, so she plans to go home and open a shop. She follows the trend and binds herself to a God of Cooking System. Every completed mission earns her a reward. After completing the beginne 1.6kReads8.6Score19314d adds
- 73 I'm a Culinary Genius, So Why Does Everyone Call Me a Heretic Cultivator? 明明厨艺天才，怎么都叫我邪修？ [Gourmet] [Comedy] [Slice of Life] Lin Xiaoyan is a rookie food blogger who, in an age when food bloggers are locked in a fierce struggle for clicks, has opened up a new path by learning as she cooks. But Lin Xiaoyan's videos never go the way you'd expect. She gets every step wrong, yet somehow the finished dishes turn out brilliantly! “Wait, if you don't know how to caramelize the sugar for red-braised pork, you can just use cola instead? And it still comes out so glossy and red. Are you sure 4.5kReads8.9Score33114d adds
- 74 The Fake Heiress Falls on Hard Times? The Powerful Flock to Her Restaurant 假千金落魄？权贵挤满她酒楼 [Food + 1v1, mutually devoted, System missions, building a career, ensemble cast] (A quick heads-up: There are many couples in this story, so please steer clear if that's not your thing. It mixes romance with BL, so please steer clear if you dislike that. This is a light, wholesome food-themed romance with multiple pairings, and its overall tone is warm and cozy. It is not a strong-female-lead story, so please steer clear if that's not your thing.) Synopsis: ↓ Yun Zhiyue, the president of a ca 1.9kReads8.8Score19814d adds
- 75 The Great Female Chef of the Frontier 边关女大厨 The Tartars from beyond Shantong Pass came three times. The first time, Yuan Wuwei’s family’s lavish restaurant became a wonton shop. The second time, the wonton shop became a wonton stall. The third time, Yuan Wuwei lost her father, Chef Yuan. When it rains, it pours. Her stepmother, Bai Qiqi, tried to elope one night, only to be swindled, and ended up bringing home a chubby little bundle of joy. The little one had quite a background: he was the young master of the Cheng family, whose estate ha 2.6kReads9.0Score37814d adds
- 76 Gourmet: Selling Meals at School Sends Students and Teachers into a Frenzy 美食：学校卖饭，师生抢疯了 [Gourmet | Everyday Life | Lighthearted | Relaxing | Slow-Paced | Comforting] Jiang Fan got a Gourmet System and rented a small food stall in his school cafeteria. “There aren’t any students eating here. You should close up.” “The food’s terrible. You’ll be out of business in a few days.” “Here comes another idiot, selling food in this place.” Everyone mocked him. Jiang Fan ignored them and checked his mission. He had to sell a hundred shaomai in one day. Could he pull that off? “Wow, these shao 2.6kReads7.1Score19014d adds
- 77 Gourmet: My Cooking Makes the Myriad Worlds Drool 美食，我的美食馋哭诸天万界 Fantasy, food, illustrations, comedy, scheming, farming. The starry-sky yanggeng, the undisputed beauty queen of desserts. The upgraded version of Stargazing Pie: Eyes Shut Forever. Boiled cabbage so beautiful it takes your breath away. Spicy crayfish that'll make anyone gain a few pounds before they leave. A chopped chili Kun head big enough to feed dozens. Red-braised lamb, fish-fragrant shredded pork, crystal shrimp dumplings, chicken broth soup dumplings, squirrel-shaped mandarin fish... Hel 951Reads8.9Score10114d adds
- 78 A Prosperous Era's Chef: Too Bad My Husband Lives to Eat 盛世厨娘：奈何夫君是吃货 An accident sent Lin Jiu, a twenty-four-year-old Chinese chef, transmigrating into the body of a dim-witted fourteen-year-old girl in Jiangzhou City, Great Qi. It was a strange dynasty, but it was just as full of food lovers. So Lin Jiu drew on her excellent modern cooking skills to spark a food craze in Great Qi and lead an entirely new culinary trend. What Lin Jiu didn't expect was that as her fame grew, she would also catch the eye of a certain scheming foodie… 390Reads8.3Score10614d adds
- 79 The Little Restaurant in the Capital 京城小饭馆 Tender green bamboo shoots, fresh crucian carp sashimi, and Xindu mugwort Glossy green oil, fragrant scallions, refreshing wine, and slender, jade-white hands A little eatery has opened on East Street in the capital, where every inch of land is worth its weight in gold. And the owner is a girl of only fifteen or sixteen? Everyone who hears about it shakes their head and calls it foolishness. Isn't she just throwing her money away? The proprietress, Gu Nianxi, insists she doesn't care about makin 1kReads8.1Score14714d adds
- 80 Surviving on a Desolate Planet: Everyone Wants to Be My Pig 荒星求生：大家都想当我的猪 Content warning: Two male leads, so please skip if that bothers you. Interstellar + food + farming + livestreaming. The early part focuses on food livestreams, while the later part features farming and food. This is a food-focused story, so food appears frequently. Yan Xu never imagined he would transmigrate again. This time, he transmigrated from the cultivation world to the interstellar age. He was accompanied by a little piglet that had originally been treated as an ingredient, as well as a s 1.8kReads8.3Score19114d adds
- 81 Selling Egg Fried Rice at a Street Stall, Wielding My Spatula Until the Wok Smokes! 摆摊卖蛋炒饭，抡得锅铲都冒烟！ Food + Games + Challenges + Comfort Food + Heartwarming + Showbiz + No Romance After her contract expires, Shi Yi chooses to leave showbiz. By chance, she is selected by a food game, which requires her to take a little three-wheeled cart out to sell food every day. Level One: Sell ten-yuan boxed meals and throw in a bottle of water! The customers can’t believe what a bargain it is! “Boss Shi, I’ll have an order of braised ribs!” “Oh my gosh, you’ve even got king crab?!” “Boss Shi must be running 3.8kReads7.5Score38814d adds
- 82 The Kitchen God's Daily Life as a Mortal Worker 灶君下凡的打工日常 [Gourmet] [No Female Lead] After ascending from a small world, Jixiang served for three hundred years as the Divine Lord of Blessings, also known as the fourth-generation Kitchen God. As a newcomer, he found that the vast Heavenly Court had no place for him to stay. And this so-called post as Kitchen God involved far more than simply tending the fire and cooking. Did immortals really live on nothing but nectar and dew? Deeply puzzled, Jixiang gathered his things and returned to the trade he knew 1.8kReads9.1Score23114d adds
- 83 Wow! The General’s Wife’s Tea Treats Were Snatched Up Again 哇趣！将军夫人做的茶点又抢光了 [Transmigration + food + cozy vibes + adorable kids + love that grows over time] Yang Chuxue and her younger brother, Yang Chudong, depend on each other. They both die in a car accident! When she wakes up, she discovers she has transmigrated to ancient times, into the family of a farming household that has just gone bankrupt in business. She has a strange illness and already has two children from the start. Fortunately, her family dotes on her. She used to work as a dim sum chef in a Cantonese t 1.1kReads8.7Score11314d adds
- 84 Toriko: Exploring the Gourmet Universe 美食的俘虏：畅游美食宇宙 Luo Qi accidentally transmigrates to the world of Toriko and becomes an orphan. Fortunately, he’s adopted by an orphanage under the IGO and grows up safely. In this world, where food is everything, there are two professions people admire above all others. First: Gourmet Hunters, whose powerful strength lets them face the dangers of the wild, and whose life’s calling is to capture rare ingredients. Second: chefs, who master all kinds of specialized techniques to make ingredients even more delicio 3.7kReads8.6Score25314d adds
- 85 I Became the Bride Who Was Supposed to Bring Good Fortune to the Male Lead of an Imperial Exam Novel 穿成科举文男主的冲喜小娘子 [Historical romance + transmigrate into a book + farming + food + space + building wealth + one-on-one happy ending] This story is set in a fictional world. Please don't compare it to actual history!!!! Luo Xingyue transmigrates into a book as the cannon-fodder wife of the newly introduced chief counselor, who dies almost as soon as he appears. Gazing at the few bare, empty rooms before her, she takes a deep breath. If you want a good life, you have to work for it yourself. Other heroines transm 1.9kReads8.8Score16914d adds
- 86 Listening to a Donkey's Thoughts: Daily Life Running a Restaurant in Bianjing 听驴心声：汴京美食经营日常 (The low rating is only because the book was just listed.) · Transmigration + Everyday food and life among ordinary townsfolk + Mind reading (the little donkey is called Xiao Ba, with “Ba” meaning gossip) + A gentle, leisurely pace + A large ensemble cast later on · A modern chef transmigrates to the Song Dynasty. In this paradise of food, she doesn’t just eat: she develops new dishes and brings ancient and modern cuisines together in a grand feast. The Shen Tinghe family moves from the outskirt 4.2kReads8.5Score51714d adds
- 87 I Can Understand Furry Creatures, and Now I'm the Dali Temple's Lucky Mascot 听懂毛茸茸，我成了大理寺吉祥物 [Fluffy animals + food business + doted on by everyone + gossip] Chang Le dozed off at her desk and transmigrated. She became a debt-ridden woman in the Great Jing Kingdom, with elders above her and children to support below. She also got the ability to understand fluffy animals as a bonus. · The shop is about to go under? No problem. She grabbed a wok spatula and saved the family business. Mala dry pot, jianbing guozi, scallion and egg pancakes... The food made customers drool, and they all com 2.1kReads8.9Score29714d adds
- 88 The State Banquet Chef of the 1980s 国宴大厨在八零 [Imperial banquet chef + unbeatable cuisine + satisfying wish fulfillment] Tang Xi died, then returned to age fifteen with the wordless book of secrets her master had given her: The World’s Finest Cuisine. That year, the Tang family’s biological daughter was finally found, and Tang Xi was left behind by her adoptive parents. Out of guilt toward the true daughter, Tang Xi gave in to her at every turn, but all she got in return was her adoptive parents’ dislike and her childhood sweetheart fiancé’ 949Reads8.2Score12214d adds
- 89 A Villainess from the Start? I'll Turn the Tables With Gourmet Food 开局恶毒女配？我靠美食逆风翻盘 [Transmigration + rebirth + food + sweet romance + wish fulfillment + nation building] Shen Tianjiao wakes up one morning and gets slapped. What? She's the youngest daughter of a general's household, doted on since childhood. Why is she being hit? What? Her fiancé, Crown Prince Qi Chenyu, has just broken off their engagement in front of everyone? Fine, fine! So that's how you want to play it! From that day on, the mood in the capital changes. Shen Tianjiao gives up her lovesick-puppy act: Breaki 10.4kReads7.3Score81014d adds
- 90 As Long as the System Pays, I'll Work 996 to the End 只要系统出得起，996也干到底 [Food-focused (not purely a food story) + a touch of interstellar flavor + no romance + extremely laid-back and ambition-free] Lu Wei graduated from a mediocre university and found a nine-to-nine, six-days-a-week job. After working overtime for far too long, she eventually died suddenly from exhaustion. When she opened her eyes again, she had arrived in a strange world and become bound to a peculiar thing called the Food System. “Starting today, Host must go to the area beside Hope Elementary Sc 1.2kReads8.7Score10214d adds
- 91 The Princess Consort Cooks, and the Prince Follows the Smell Right to Her 王妃做菜，王爷闻着味就找来了 [Food + Storage Space + Love After Marriage + Opening a Shop] I'm Mu Jianxi, a food blogger of the new generation, known as today's little chef, with over eighty million followers across the internet. I never imagined that transmigration could happen to me. If I want to become a rich woman, opening a shop is obviously the best way to make money. With delicious food in hand, the world is mine. I'll introduce the ancients to luosifen, stinky tofu, spicy crayfish... and more. I never expected that 8kReads8.5Score79814d adds
- 92 Chief Minister, Your Wife Has Opened a Snack Stall Outside the Academy 首辅，你老婆在书院门口开小吃摊 (Also known as: I Transmigrated to Ancient Times to Make Money from Students) Xu Nuo, a mukbang blogger, transmigrated into a book and became the wife of the male lead, Shangguan Ziqian. A poor scholar who rose to greatness, Shangguan Ziqian passed the imperial exams with top honors at all three levels. He became a scholar at the Hanlin Academy, destined to become a Hanlin academician. Since she was here, she might as well make the best of it. First, she’d latch onto this future big shot and lea 2.9kReads8.5Score26714d adds
- 93 It Started at a Stinky Tofu Stall, and Now the Owner's Acting Strange 从臭豆腐摊开始，这老板变奇怪了 [Urban rebirth + one heroine + sweet romance + career success and wealth + food] Top-notch stinky tofu, unbeatable river-snail rice noodles, super fresh fertilized duck eggs, secret-recipe braised intestines… On the street behind the university sits a little food shop famous for its stink. The owner loves flaunting his romance, and everything he sells reeks to high heaven. Yet somehow, it still sells out every day. Ning Yao: “You’re sweating buckets. Take a break first!” Ye Fei: “No need. Give m 574Reads8.9Score10114d adds
- 94 I Just Set Up a Stall, but My Customers Beg Me in Tears to Feed Them 我就摆个摊，那些食客哭着求投喂 The novel is complete! Dive in with confidence. Gourmet, doting dad, one heroine, heartwarming, slice of life, food to enjoy with your meal, and catching criminals. In his previous life, Yan Qingzhou married the village chief's daughter so he could escape the mountains. Relying on his good looks, he charmed a rich heiress, only to end up abandoned by everyone. Then he was reborn on the night before he eloped! He had not yet made a terrible mistake. His daughter had not been kidnapped, and his 2.8kReads8.3Score27014d adds
- 95 A Student Abroad Cooks Up a Storm, and the British Media Calls It Cultural Invasion 留子做点美食，英媒说我文化入侵 [Female-oriented! This is a female-oriented novel!] [System + two male leads, one-on-one romance + everyday life studying abroad + food + livestreaming] [Xu Ye is the love interest] [Career-focused] [Ensemble cast] [Slow burn] “Some international students become chefs, while others go after chefs (not really).” Yang Chuan eats in the cafeteria for a whole month until his soul nearly leaves his body. Just when he can’t take it anymore, a [God of Cooking System] falls from the sky! Using a recipe 9kReads8.6Score95314d adds
- 96 Food Stall Diaries: Call Me Boss Su 美食摆摊：请叫我苏老板 A gas explosion kills Su Mo. Then Su Mo successfully transmigrates, and it turns out she’s transmigrated into a book, too. The good news: she isn’t the heroine or a supporting character, just an inconspicuous background character. The bad news: the background character’s mother is “crazy,” and the original owner has been emotionally manipulated all along. As transmigration stories go, Su Mo gets a Food System. And so begins her life running a food stall. Outside elementary schools, at hospital e 5.5kReads8.1Score71114d adds
- 97 Reborn as an O, I Spread Chinese Civilization Across the Stars 重生成O，我在星际传播华夏文明 [Two male leads + ABO + two powerful leads + 1v1, both pure + sweet romance + light face-slapping and scum-trashing] A devoted, protective Alpha general on top × a composed Omega who is occasionally playful and silly, and just wants to take it easy [White wolf Alpha, mermaid Omega, with original worldbuilding] After traveling through dozens of worlds and completing every quick transmigration mission, Yu Heng received a chance at a new life with the System's help. Then he was sent to the inters 1.5kReads9.0Score27814d adds
- 98 Running a Food Stall Alone with My Little Sister, We Take the World by Storm 孤身带妹，我的小吃摊火爆全球 Su Yang is raising his three-year-old younger sister all by himself when he unexpectedly binds to the Divine Snack Stall System. So he starts selling buns on a bridge late at night, roast chicken in the park at dawn, pork intestines outside a proctology hospital, and barbecue at a marathon… The food Su Yang makes leaves customers coming back for more, completely hooked. But to complete his missions, Su Yang can only set up his stall at random locations each time. Soon, his customers can’t take i 8kReads8.1Score91014d adds
- 99 My Takeout Shop Somehow Became a Hit Across the Internet 我的外卖店竟然火爆全网 [Food + Golden Finger + Career + System] [System Introduction] After transmigrating back, Lin Xiazhi smacks her sleazy boss and quits to open a restaurant, then unexpectedly binds herself to a food System. When a rookie System meets a true food expert, life after the binding is nothing but chaos. The System exclaims, “I really am a lucky charm! No need to worry about tasks, I’ll be the boss in no time.” Lin Xiazhi is crestfallen. “I’m the unlucky one. I’m staring at heaps of gold and silver, but 1.7kReads9.0Score15414d adds
- 100 A Taste of Jiangnan 江南小食记 Jiangnan water-town setting + laid-back daily life + gourmet business + no romance + adorable little sister After transmigrating into a family in a Jiangnan water town, Jiang Yun decides to lie flat and make the most of eating and having fun! She runs a little shop by the river and enjoys the slow, easygoing rhythm of life in Jiangnan. At home, she makes soft, chewy osmanthus rice cakes, pork belly braised with bamboo shoots, and fragrant beggar's chicken that draws people from every corner of 1.8kReads—Score13014d adds
