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- 1 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
- 2 Almost Perfect 差一点就完美 After binding to a Food System, I became its biggest bug. Others spend money on perfect recipes. I turn the flawed versions into signature dishes. Customers say, “It's missing something,” after eating, then come back the next day. The System locks my recipes in a fit of rage, so I crack them by making blind guesses. The capitalists surround me with perfect recipes, and I fight back with the memories of a hundred ordinary people. At last, the System asks me: What is it you really want? I say: —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 My Restaurant Connects Two Worlds 我的饭店通两界 A new story is here. I hope you'll enjoy it! Shen Yanshu was specially admitted and promoted to Saint Delan Noble Academy because of her excellent grades. Who could have guessed that people at the school would take a dislike to her and bully her? But she wasn't one to take it lying down. After slapping a bully, she resolutely dropped out. She returned to the house her grandparents had left her, only to unexpectedly awaken a System and start a restaurant in ancient times. Even more surprising, s —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 The Laid-Back Foodie: Who Puts Wagyu on Grilled Cold Noodles? 咸鱼美食：谁家烤冷面放和牛啊？ [Lighthearted Everyday Life] [Gourmet] [Comedy] [Healing] [Lazybones System] [No Female Lead] Deep in Locust Tree Alley, there's a little shop with a peculiar owner. The owner is young and handsome, but he loves sleeping and opens whenever he feels like it. His rules are just as strange. “If you want noodles, find your own seat. Throw out your own trash when you're done. The payment code's in the corner. Don't bother me while I'm cooking.” And yet this very shop has become the most magical plac 1.1kReads—Score10714d adds
- 5 The Foolish Yuanbao Meets Miss Doubao 傻小子元宝遇上豆包小姐 A gentle, everyday story of pure love. Experience the changes in daily life, feel society transform and the times move forward. Dating, falling in love, getting married, having children, then grandchildren, growing old together. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Selling Fried Chicken Outside the Gym, the Coach Leads the Way in Breaking Their Diet 健身房门口卖炸鸡，教练带头破戒 [Gourmet] [Out-of-Place Street Stalls] [System] [Comedy] [Lighthearted Daily Life] Selling fried chicken outside a gym: dancing right on the fitness fanatics' biggest pet peeve! Lu Song activates the Out-of-Place Street Stall System: sell the most incongruous food in the most ridiculous places. The bigger the contrast, the more heavenly the taste! The gym coach issues a stern warning: "Anyone who dares buy fried chicken is doing ten extra sets!" Before he even finishes speaking, the coach sneaks 955Reads—Score12914d adds
- 7 I Became a God-Tier Tycoon by Running a Street Stall, and My Customers Chase Me All Over Town 摆摊成神豪，食客追我满城跑 [Food + Tycoon + Comedy + System + No Romance + No Heroine + Daily Life + Comfort Food + Wish Fulfillment] Li Hai is a wage earner who longs to get rich. By chance, he binds to the Food Tycoon System. From then on, he sets out to run street-food stalls. The locations and dishes are random. Every time he completes a stall-running task provided by the System, he receives a generous reward. [Congratulations, Host! Task complete. Reward: ten million yuan.] [Congratulations, Host! Task complete. Rewa 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 A Snack Stall in Chang'an 长安小食摊 Shen Yu died in the kitchen of her Sichuan restaurant. When she woke up, she had become an orphan girl in Chang'an's West Market, saddled with fifteen strings of debt. The original owner couldn't even get the stove hot. With half a sack of flour, a battered wok, and her own two hands, she started out with a street stall in the West Market. Her improved iron wok produced the Tang Dynasty's first stir-fry, and it took the West Market by storm. From a roadside stall to the finest restaurant in the 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Transmigration: After Quitting, the System Helps Me Open a Restaurant 穿越：辞职后系统带我开饭馆儿 [System] [Gourmet] [No heroine] [No romance] [Cozy] [Everyday life] Zhang Yang is an orphan. After finally learning to cook from a master, he is transported to another world by an explosion. When he arrives, he discovers that he is still an orphan. What? Am I cursed with bad luck? Do I not deserve parents? Just then, his phone chimes: @Zhang Yang, please come to the finance office tomorrow to complete your resignation procedures. Before he can reply, a dialog box pops up on his phone: You have b 617Reads8.0Score10214d adds
- 10 Making a Fortune with Food in Bianjing 我在汴京靠美食暴富 [Farming + Food + Transmigration + Slice of Life + Love That Grows Over Time + Building Wealth] After transmigrating through time, Sheng He discovered that the Song dynasty she had arrived in was nothing like the weak and impoverished one described in history books. Instead, it was a golden age, with envoys from countless nations paying tribute and Bianjing flourishing like a dream. The markets bustled, people of many backgrounds mingled, and the air was filled with the enticing aromas of spices 22Reads6.4Score514d adds
- 11 From the Start, I Had a Spatula, and the Big Shots Kept Chasing Me for a Meal 开局一把锅铲，大佬追着我干饭 [System + quick transmigration + food and business + reborn + pocket dimension + feel-good power fantasy] Bai Yuxi was an ordinary office worker in the imperial capital. Desperate to achieve financial freedom and buy a home in her hometown as soon as possible, she worked herself to the bone, only to die suddenly from overwork. Then, against all odds, she was reborn? This time, she decided to live life on her own terms! After giving her exploitative boss a piece of her mind and securing severance 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 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
- 13 I’m a Funeral Chef, and My Banquet Cooking Leaves Zhou Jie Stunned! 我丧葬大厨，烧大席吓懵周姐！ Qin Yu transmigrates to a parallel world and binds himself to a Gourmet System. He thought he would become a master chef, dining at the restaurants of the rich and powerful... But who could have guessed the System would make him cook up a feast in the countryside instead! And the dishes he makes even come with special attributes? White-Cut Chicken: “Dancing at the Rooster’s Crow” attribute: its irresistible aroma makes anyone who smells it break into a dance. Four Happiness Meatballs: “Happiness 83Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 I Opened a Snack Shop in the University District, and the Students Are Drooling 大学城开小吃店，大学生们馋哭了 [Gourmet food] + [entrepreneurship] + [Livestream] + [everyday life] Zheng Yu transmigrated unexpectedly, going from an orphan delivering takeout to a rich heir. He thought he'd be able to lie flat and enjoy life, but it turned out the shop he'd inherited had been left to fall into ruin! Luckily, he activated the Delicious Gourmet System and began his journey as a food entrepreneur! From veggie potstickers to sizzling roast lamb, and then milk tea. With the System's support and the experience he 67Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 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 162Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 A Taste of Memories 寻味记 The warmth of everyday life is what comforts ordinary hearts most. To Lin Xi, that warmth means wild grape wine, osmanthus wine, candied hawthorns, chicken wings braised in a three-sauce hotpot, old hen soup with astragalus and red dates, sweet soup made with white flour, tofu with bear’s paw mushrooms, sweet-and-sour yam balls, braised pork knuckle, crystal pork knuckle, shiitake mushrooms stuffed with meat, and daikon and egg soup... Savor the colors and flavors of everyday life, And watch the 148Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 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
- 18 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
- 19 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
- 20 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
- 21 The Laid-Back College Student Is Open for Business 摆烂女大学生，在线营业 [A hilarious food story + slice-of-life diary + friendship + healing + farming, no romance, no pocket dimension, no System, no golden finger] A group of friends having a good time together What do you do when you don't want to go to work? Head back to the countryside and lie flat! After graduating from college, Xia Wan briskly packed her bags and returned home to take over the restaurant her grandfather had left her. This city is all takeout and rat-race grinders. She’s not staying here! After 104Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 22 Bound to the Kitchen God System, I Made the Whole City Wake Up Craving Food 绑定灶王系统，我把全城都馋醒了 After graduating from college, Jian Yanshen sent out resumes that went nowhere, then returned to Yunxi City looking utterly dejected. His grandfather’s breakfast stall was about to be taken away, and his younger sister, a high school senior, was still counting on him to support her. Just when he was at the end of his rope, an old iron wok spoke inside his head: [Kitchen God System, ownership confirmed]. But the System only provided recipes. It wouldn’t give him the skills for free. Want to make 27Reads—Score15214d adds
- 23 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
- 24 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 2.6kReads7.2Score31914d adds
- 25 One Stall from the Start, Great Food All Thanks to the System 开局一个摊，美食全靠系统 Chen Fang had spent over half a year stir-frying rice noodles, yet he was so broke he couldn't even pay rent. Then the System arrived. A garden in a pocket dimension, a spirit spring, ingredient exchanges, recipe unlocks, cooking skill upgrades, and surprise prize draws. He thought he could finally turn his life around, but the System said: He had to get “genuine praise” from three special diners within a week, or it was goodbye. The first was the belle of S University. She devoured two portions 11Reads—Score11814d adds
- 26 After Transmigrating to the Modern World, the Shadow Guard Kicks Back and Cooks 穿越现代后，暗卫开始摆烂做美食 No CP, just the everyday life of an ordinary female covert guard who loves food and gossip. Winter melon, watermelon, Hami melon, nobody’s going to stop me from getting the scoop. Juice-filled buns, dumpling juice, you little brat, get out of my way! Smash the plates, toss the chopsticks, and slap the scoundrels right across the face. I’ve got a temper and the skills to back it up. Nobody gets to push me around. Polished-up blurb A feast of fresh wine and sturgeon, a hotpot of clams. Given a sec 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 The Internet’s Most Polished Girl Is Setting Up Stalls Everywhere? 网络精致女孩她居然到处摆地摊？ [Gourmet] [Street Stalls] [Farming] [No Romance] [Light Technology] Yang Xiu binds to a trending food System, which assigns her one online video-shooting task every so often. She drives the utility vehicle provided by the System, wears its exquisite outfits, and disguises herself so thoroughly that even her mother wouldn’t recognize her, all to complete the food challenges the System assigns. She takes a mini old-timer car to a highway rest stop to cook century egg and pork congee, drives an RV 74Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 28 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
- 29 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
- 30 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
- 31 A Max-Level Social Butterfly Gets Rich in a Period Novel 满级社牛，在年代文里暴富 [Transmigrate into a Book + Food + Everyone's Favorite + Farming + Business] Oh no! Tian Cheng went to sleep and woke up as the vicious supporting female character in a period novel. She has a sweet face but a bad-tempered, unpleasant personality, and she has a crush on the male lead. Jealous of the heroine, she targets her at every turn and eventually dies a miserable death, leaving everyone sighing over her fate. But Tian Cheng is a food lover, and she has no plans to repeat the same mistakes. 9Reads—Score114d adds
- 32 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 36.8kReads8.5Score4k14d adds
- 33 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 3.2kReads7.4Score46114d adds
- 34 The Cook Takes Charge: I Use Food to Crush Villains and Become a Legend 厨娘当家：我靠美食虐渣封神 After transmigrating, Su Qiaoqiao, a twenty-first-century chef, wakes up in the body of a girl from a poor farming family in ancient times. From the start, she's in an “epic” mess: her parents want to sell her sister to pay for her brother's education. Faced with her self-important brother's disdain and her parents' obsessive devotion to their son, she lets out a cold laugh and goes berserk on the spot. “Sell my sister? Think bigger! Why not sell off you, the tender-skinned scholar, to become a 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Bound to a Food System, My Little Shop Is Packed Every Day 绑定美食系统，我的小店天天爆满 [No CP + daily life + food + opening a shop + street vending + entirely handmade, no AI] After binding to a System, Peng Jie hopes to get rich by cooking and reach the pinnacle of life. But it turns out every dish he’s rewarded with must be practiced, and his cooking mentor is a senior administrator at KK Park. Every time he receives a new dish, he’s bound to get electrocuted. After making the whole street a hit, his greedy landlord raises the rent and forces him to leave South Street. Back in h 22kReads8.1Score1.8k14d adds
- 36 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
- 37 The God of Cooking’s Legacy: Starting with a Street Stall 厨神传承，从摆摊开始 After graduating, Mei Lin becomes the most ordinary office drone in a big city. Her life is an endless loop between the office and her rented apartment. She barely scrapes by, trapped in a grind with no end in sight, and nearly gives up hope. Then one day, a magical food space falls from the sky. A master chef’s legacy, top-tier ingredients, long-lost recipes… Her life is completely transformed. There’s no future in working for someone else, so why not become her own boss? She quits without hesi 2.3kReads7.3Score18914d adds
- 38 Street Food Stalls: Customers Pack the Street and Chase Me to Buy More 美食街头摆摊：食客爆满追着买 [Food + street stalls + System + cooking tips + everyday life + no romance + heartwarming + perfect dinner-time reading] After Wang Zhen dies from overwork at his 996 job, he unexpectedly transmigrates to another world and obtains a Food System. His random street-stall location changes every half month. Unable to find Wang Zhen, his customers create hundreds of food-lover group chats. As soon as he sets up his stall, they rush over to wait for him. “I queued for an hour, and you’re telling me yo 135Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 A Miserable from-the-Start Life in the Eighties: I Turn It Around with Food 八零开局惨兮兮，我靠美食逆袭 She wakes up as a mother, only to find herself saddled with a huge debt. What is she supposed to do? After more than a decade navigating the business world, Shen Jingshu never imagined she would wake up transmigrated to Shenzhen in 1980. The moment she opens her eyes, a group of relatives surrounds her, demanding repayment and forcing her to sell her house to pay off a debt of five thousand yuan! To make matters worse, her in-laws, who make a living reselling goods, are missing and may be dead; 45Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 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
- 41 My Street Stall Went Viral, and Now I Own Billions in Real Estate 摆摊爆火，坐拥亿万房产 [Street-food stall + everyday gossip and watching the drama unfold + no romance] “Tell me, are you here for the food today, or to watch the show?” someone called out. “Both, of course!” the customers replied, laughing. Hey, why is this little stall so popular? Boss, what are you selling today? Quick, quick, they’re here! A lazy bear couple, a greedy little dog, a mysterious figure in black... Why get up early in the morning? To fill your mouth with a warm bun. Why is that tough guy in tears? 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 After Being Exiled, I Made a Fortune Selling Food at a Street Stall 被流放后我靠摆摊发家致富 After competing in the semifinals of the Blue Star’s top chef competition, Qiao Ling gets into a car accident on her way back to the hotel. She transmigrates into the illegitimate second daughter of the Changrong Marquis’s household, who is being sent to marry in place of her elder sister. The second daughter was born in a difficult labor to a maid who seduced her way into her master’s bed. Her father doesn’t care for her, her mother doesn’t love her, and she grew up being bullied by her elder s 37Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 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
- 44 The Xiaoman Chronicles: Surviving with the Disgraced Prince 小满纪事：我与被废皇子相依为命 Food + ensemble cast + lighthearted daily life + ordinary people’s lives Once a prince brought low, once a humble palace maid. The two were cast out of the palace and relied on each other to survive. They sought neither wealth nor glory, only steady meals and a peaceful life together through the ordinary days. 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Reborn in the 1980s as a Little Chef: Cherished After Divorce 重生八零小厨娘：离婚后被宠上天 This novel is absolutely perfect for reading over a meal. Slurp~ A Michelin-starred chef travels back to the 1980s. Freshly divorced, she turns her life around with her cooking! She revamps a traditional stove, sells noodles at a street stall, and recreates a hundred classic dishes from Recipes from the Garden of Contentment: crab-stuffed oranges bursting with flavor, milky-white mutton soup, and Wensi tofu sliced into strands as fine as silver thread. The little stall at the town entrance draws 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 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 18.9kReads8.6Score2.6k14d adds
- 47 After Leaving the Entertainment Industry, This Has-Been Opens a Restaurant and Takes the Internet by Storm 糊咖退圈后，开饭馆爆红全网 As a good-for-nothing in the cultivation world, Ming Tang idly watched someone else's lightning tribulation. As luck would have it, she took a direct hit and died a miserable, ridiculously unlucky death. When she opened her eyes again, she was a little-known actress in the modern entertainment industry. After turning down her unscrupulous agent's dinner-party demand, Ming Tang took the agent's advice to go home and sell roasted sweet potatoes, and promptly returned home to open a small restauran 458Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 48 The Riverside Little Chef 临水小厨娘 [Farming and Food + Lighthearted + Daily Life + Romance + A Fictional Jiangnan Water Town] Su Mo, a modern culinary prodigy, transmigrates into the daughter of a small eatery owner in Linshui County. When she opens her eyes, the restaurant is on the verge of closing, and her parents are weighed down with worry. Watching her father ruin the ingredients with his cooking, Su Mo silently picks up the family's heirloom iron ladle. Just wait and see: she'll make this eatery bigger and better! 6.6kReads8.2Score64614d adds
- 49 Can You Have Both Dragons and Good Food? 龙与美食可以兼得吗 [Western fantasy + food + another world + business management + light adventure] When Tu Yiyi transmigrated into a Western fantasy world, she thought she’d landed the role of the Chosen One: flying through the sky on a broomstick, casually conjuring fireballs to hurl at the Demon King, and reaching the pinnacle of life from then on. Instead, her broom wouldn’t fly, she couldn’t conjure fireballs, and she was just a helpless ordinary person. Even more absurdly, she was somehow bound to a food bus 93Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 I Just Made Some Food, So Why Are You All Going Crazy? 我就做个美食，怎么你们都疯了？ Peng Huahua, who can transmigrate just by walking, is speechless when she gets bound to a Food System as well. In this parallel world, where food is scarce, she has to complete the System's missions if she wants to go home. Faced with the System's endless variety of missions, Peng Huahua can only say she's gotten herself aboard a pirate ship! The diners of the little worlds: “What is this? It's unbelievably delicious!” (Also known as: What Do I Do When My Food Is Too Delicious?) (For now, t 265Reads—Score—14d adds
