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- 1 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—Score107Shelves
- 2 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 26Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 3 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 82Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 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 260Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 5 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 12Reads—Score118Shelves
- 6 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 112Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 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—Shelves
- 8 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—Shelves
- 9 From the Start, I Set Up a Stall Selling Bento, and Liu Bei Begged Me to Be His Strategist 开局摆摊卖盒饭，刘备求我当军师 [Food + Three Kingdoms + Water Margin + wuxia + film and television] Li Huan transmigrates through the Myriad Worlds, setting up a stall to sell boxed meals. Cao Cao: Spicy crayfish are my favorite! Sun Shangxiang: In this life and the next, I'll marry no one but Li Huan! Pan Jinlian: Dalang, it's time to eat your boxed meal. Huang Yaoshi: Stay on Peach Blossom Island, and I'll betroth Rong'er to you. Kang Min: Are my sweet mooncakes not as good as your boxed meals? Yue Buqun: I'll trade my Evil 79Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 10 Gourmet: The Dining Spot Changes at Random, and Diners Go Wild Looking for It 美食：随机地点，食客们找疯了 [Gourmet]+ [Lighthearted]+ [Funny]+ [Everyday Life]+ [Heartwarming] In her previous life, Su Qing owned shops and was content to lie flat. Then she woke up in a parallel world and found herself bound to a [Random Street Food System]. “I just want to lie flat!” Su Qing wailed. In the CBD late at night, the aroma was irresistible! Zhang Wei, an overworked office worker, exclaimed, “Holy crap! This oden broth is so delicious my tongue is practically melting! Boss, give me three more!” Designer Li L 364Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 11 Guizhou Cuisine, Making Him Lose His Cool 黔味厨娘，勾他破防 "Craving Her: The Cold-Faced Imperial Guard Wants Cuddles" Transmigrate into a book with a Guizhou cuisine space. Good news: Bai Tingyu, the family's savior, has happened to contract the "food-aversion Gu," and Guizhou cuisine is its natural enemy. Bad news: The space is a "money pit." Every time someone infected with the Gu eats food from her space, half her family's money vanishes. The urgent task: repay the favor, run away, and get rich. But after tasting her spicy, crispy potato cakes, he tu 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 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 1.2kReads8.0Score209Shelves
- 13 Street Food Stall: Selling Egg Fried Rice in Paris 美食摆摊：我在巴黎卖蛋炒饭 [Absurd Comedy + Food + System, Focused on Street Stalls, No Romance] An old French man slaps down 20 euros. "If there's no gold in this golden egg fried rice, I'm calling the police!" Fang Yuan is just about to explain when the System pops up with a ridiculous line: [This rice was made using Eastern alchemy. The gold has been fried into every single grain.] "Are you sure?" Fang Yuan asks under his breath. Three minutes later, the old man finishes eating and bursts into tears, saying he 124Reads—Score113Shelves
- 14 Good Food and Sweet Dreams with You 与君美食复甘眠 [Transmigration + Ancient Times + Farming + Food + Woman Chef + Romance] The meat is so tender it seems carved from beauty, and the fragrant aroma never stops rising from the pot. As a humble office worker in the twenty-first century, Su Yu had few interests, and food was the only one she loved. Her one and only wish was to stop being exploited by every capitalist under the sun and become a capitalist herself. So the gods heard her prayer and granted it. She closed her eyes and woke up as a poor 313Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 15 I'm an Average Cook, Yet the Villagers Won't Stop Singing My Praises! 我厨艺平平，硬被乡亲吹爆了！ The folks in Wang Yang’s hometown are friendly, close-knit, and full of community spirit! But every last one of them has a bad habit: they love to brag, always saying things like, “So-and-so from our village is amazing!” That was all well and good, until they found out Wang Yang had opened a small restaurant in the county town near his hometown... “I’m not bragging, but someone from my village opened a restaurant in our county town. Just thinking about his cooking makes my mouth water...” “If yo 3.2kReads8.1Score160Shelves
- 16 I'm Investigating a Case, So Why Are the Diners Chasing Me? 我查案啊，食客怎么追着我跑？ Lin Feng graduated from the police academy and became an undercover plainclothes officer, only to awaken a Gourmet System. He set up a stall selling jianbing guozi and gathered intelligence, but ended up surrounded by a huge crowd of customers. He went up into the mountains to sell barbecue and gather intelligence, but customers climbed the mountain through the night just to get a bite, turning a deserted hill into a bustling town. Lin Feng: I'm undercover, okay? Why are all you customers chasin 249Reads6.7Score106Shelves
- 17 They Say Chinese Cuisine Is Second-Rate? I Challenge Them to a State Banquet Cook-Off 中餐不入流？我拿国宴食戟 [Food Wars! fanfiction + serious food writing + easygoing daily life + no System + little secretary + Polar Star Dorm spirit + basically, just come read and get hungry late at night (the score is low only because it hasn't been around long)!] He Huan, a Northeastern chef skilled in Cantonese cuisine, transmigrates into Food Wars! and vows to make Chinese cuisine the best in the world! Let me show you what real Chinese cuisine is! A pot of [rice-free congee hot pot], tender, smooth, fresh, and cr 1.4kReads8.8Score127Shelves
- 18 Your Majesty, What Are We Eating Today? 娘娘，今天吃什么 Just to be clear, this novel has no romance, no romance, no romance! The first thing Xia Zhixia does after transmigrating is nearly faint from hunger on an ancient street. Luckily, she’s rescued by Qin Yu, a general’s daughter dressed in red and riding a white horse, whose only wish is to roam the world. Even more remarkably, the two women look almost exactly alike. “Girl, this has to be fate!” Qin Yu says, her eyes lighting up. “You go into the palace for me and live like a queen! My father is 909Reads8.4Score108Shelves
- 19 Gourmet: My Late-Night Diner Might Not Be Entirely Scientific 美食：我的深夜食堂可能不太科学 [Food + System + entertainment industry + lighthearted daily life] If someone asked where an unconventional late-night diner came from, Luo Jia would tell them it all started with him standing up for the people and beating up a mage whose ritual was disturbing the neighborhood. He knew because he had experienced it himself. Thanks to the immense merit he earned by sacrificing the mage from the start, Luo Jia got a System and embarked on the path to becoming a God of Cooking. He moved to a film s 52Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 The Super Food God Tycoon 超级食神大亨 Yang Song happens upon the Chef God System. With nothing but a secondhand food cart selling grilled gluten skewers, he steadily climbs to the peak of success. The richest man's son works for him as a waiter, goddesses throw themselves at him to help run his shop, and top female students from campus come to peel potatoes for him... A beautiful TV reporter asks in an interview, "I hear lots of celebrities come to dine at Baifeng Pavilion. Do they have to wait in line too?" Yang Song replies calmly 224Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 21 The Fake Heiress Is Too Delicate? She Throws Herself into Farming and Business! 假千金太娇气？种田经商卷起来！ [Farming, adored by the whole family, a fake heiress and a true heiress, building a business and making a fortune, everyday family life] Gu Jiaqi transmigrates into the body of the fake heiress cast out by the Fu family. She watches as the mother who once doted on her suddenly turns cold, as the Fu family scorns and bullies her, and as their true heiress mocks her, saying a pheasant can never become a phoenix... Gu Jiaqi swears she will lead the dirt-poor Gu family to make a fortune! As her elde 3.4kReads8.9Score236Shelves
- 22 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 582Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 23 Max-Level Kid, Reborn as the Night Market Food King 满级小孩哥，重生夜市美食之王 "Food + System + Cooking with Sincerity + No Romance + Family Bonds + Healing" Zhou Qi, one of Huaxia's top chefs, was hit by a speeding truck the day before competing in the World Chef Championship. Just like that, he transmigrated into the body of an eight-year-old boy named Zhou Qi. With no other way to make ends meet, Zhou Qi joined his adoptive father in setting up a stall at the night market. And then... Passerby: “Whoa! What smells so amazing?” Campus beauty: “Little bro! How am I suppose 441Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 24 I'm Just a Chef. What Do I Know About Showbiz? 我就是个厨子，哪懂什么娱乐圈 [Food + System + Entertainment] Li Ming transmigrated into the role of head chef in the employee cafeteria at Jiayi Media and was bound to the Super Chef God System! Not only did Boss Yang and Reba sneak into the kitchen every night, but countless actors and stars flocked there too, all just for a taste of Li Ming's cooking! Reba: “How can Li Ming's cooking be this good? If I married him, could I eat his food every day?” Boss Yang: “Why have so many stars and directors been begging to work with 1.4kReads7.0Score102Shelves
- 25 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 480Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 26 Gourmet System: The Top Chinese Chef Overseas 美食系统：海外第一中华小厨娘 [Food + Everyday Life + Comfort Food + No Romance] Lin Xinyue, an international student from Country A, a culinary wasteland, dreams above all else of getting a good Chinese meal every day. “Ding! The Host’s craving for delicious food has reached 100%, meeting the requirements for binding. Congratulations, Host, you’ve received the Food System.” !!! Cola chicken wings, spicy diced chicken, sweet-and-sour ribs, soup dumplings, a full Manchu-Han banquet... Here I come! Her fellow international stu 434Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 27 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 212Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 28 I'm Rich! Everything I Make Gets Snapped Up 发大财了，我做啥都有人嗷嗷买光 [Farming + Gourmet + Lighthearted + Golden Finger + No Romance + Internet Celebrity] Mumian has returned from the cultivation world with a trace of spiritual energy. She’s done being a wage slave and is becoming her own boss. A few scallions grown with a drop of spiritual energy set Mumian on the path of a street vendor. Scallion pancakes, bon bon chicken, spicy skewers... She’s building a gourmet empire. Hey, she only wanted to be a laid-back little shop owner. How did she end up boosting the l 408Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 29 The God of Cooking Is a Dad: Spoiling His Daughter Rotten 厨神奶爸：把女儿宠上天 Qin Mo divorced his wife after she looked down on him for taking care of their daughter. On the first anniversary of the divorce, the strongest Super Dad System appeared. With max-level skills unlocked, Qin Mo grew stronger by the day. His ex-wife wanted to remarry him, but then she noticed a woman by his side: Ye Yin, his daughter's homeroom teacher... 740Reads8.3Score103Shelves
- 30 I Went Back to the Village for a Feast and Became the Head Chef 回村吃席，竟成了掌勺大厨 When his cousin gets married, Chen Chen has just transmigrated and hasn’t even had time to adjust before his third uncle drags him back to the countryside for the wedding feast... The chef in charge of the banquet suddenly suffers a heart attack and is rushed to the hospital. In a desperate bid to save the day, his uncle’s family can only pin their hopes on Chen Chen, who spent three years studying cooking at New Oriental. Chen Chen: “Help! I really can’t cook!” System: “Yes, you can.” And so... 1.3kReads9.1Score102Shelves
- 31 Selling Bento on the Roadside, Causing a Massive Traffic Jam 摆摊卖盒饭，公路堵疯了 Shen Li has just transmigrated to a parallel world when he learns that his father is buried in debt. As his son, he has to take responsibility. The family can no longer afford the rent on their restaurant, so they have no choice but to set up a street stall. Then some little potatoes from the south come to visit, and they can’t tear themselves away from Shen Li’s stall. Overnight, the humble stall becomes a sensation, drawing more and more little potatoes from far and wide. “Is this the braised 573Reads8.3Score104Shelves
- 32 My Whole Family Cooks in a Giant Pot and Goes Viral in the Western Han 我全家炒大锅饭，爆红西汉 [The whole family transmigrates + ordinary people + food and business + everyday family life + an alternate Western Han dynasty] The rating was just posted, so it’s a little low right now~ No contrived drama, and there’s a romantic pairing (the male lead barely appears, so feel free to ignore him; the heroine and her family are focused on building their business). A slice-of-life tale about ordinary people in a frontier town. The three members of the Lin family, village-feast chefs, transmigrate 2kReads8.4Score268Shelves
- 33 After I Transmigrate into a Book, I Make a Comeback by Selling Lunch Boxes 穿书后我靠卖盒饭逆袭 [Gourmet] [A Love That Goes Both Ways] [Sweet Romance] Su Tian transmigrates into a book, becoming the vicious older sister who meets a tragic end. She immediately decides to treasure her life and stay out of trouble. Why not sell boxed meals and enjoy her own little life? Except... Why does the original male lead’s uncle keep hanging around her? One day, Uncle Huo gives Su Tian a handbag, only to discover it listed on a secondhand marketplace app moments later. Uncle Huo: Care to explain? S 338Reads7.5Score103Shelves
- 34 Gourmet: Stop Stewing It, Even the Village Dogs Are Drooling! 美食：别炖了，村里狗都馋哭了！ Kuang Rui refuses to get caught up in the rat race and chooses to lie flat back in his hometown. He inherits his father’s braised meat shop and, after rejecting the rat race, gains a Food System. Together, they breathe new life into the shop. The humble home-cooked dishes that once went unnoticed are transformed into viral hits that customers flock to check in and try. Take steamed stinky tofu with minced meat, for example. It smells awful but tastes delicious, and one bite is enough to leave y 2.4kReads6.4Score156Shelves
- 35 The Cousin Miss Is Climbing the Social Ladder Again Today 表小姐今天又在攀高枝 [The rating is low because the novel was just listed...] A young lady from the extended family has arrived at the Duke of the State's manor, and none of the three young masters there can stand her. One would rather become a monk, another claims to prefer men. The third would rather die in the arms of a courtesan from overindulging. Everyone in the manor says the young lady is shameless and always trying to climb the social ladder! But no one expected that the young lady despised by the Xie famil 883Reads7.0Score105Shelves
- 36 Interstellar Gourmet Guide 星际美食攻略 Lin Xu unexpectedly found himself in the interstellar age, only to discover that it was a wasteland when it came to food. As a food lover, how could he stand for that? Milk tea and barbecue had to be on the menu. Lin Xu never expected that livestreaming interstellar cuisine would awaken the foodie side of a certain heir to the throne, earning him a clingy admirer from then on. The heir to the throne declared, “All that food is nothing. My darling is what matters.” Lin Xu’s family lamented, “Our 1.9kReads8.8Score227Shelves
- 37 Gourmet: Stuck in Highway Traffic, I Set Up a Stall and Send Customers into a Frenzy 美食：高速堵车摆摊，顾客抢疯了 [Gourmet] [Livestream] [Daily life] [Going home for the New Year] [Holiday traffic jams] [Comedy] [Food to eat while reading] [No romance] As the end of the year approaches, the Spring Festival travel rush begins. People drive home to celebrate the New Year, and traffic jams on the highways become an annual tradition. Three days before the travel rush begins, Jiang Yang, a young man born and raised locally, gets a Gourmet System. Driving an RV, Jiang Yang checks in at traffic-jam hotspots and ea 465Reads6.7Score108Shelves
- 38 The Saturday Otherworld Cafeteria 周六异世界食堂 Xin Beimò was forced to quit her dead-end job after five years. Disheartened, she inherits a humble private restaurant in a small county town from a distant relative. She expects life to carry on quietly, but the very next day after taking over, she opens the door to a whole new world and receives a pass that lets her connect to other worlds. Thus begins her extraordinary adventure running an interdimensional dining hall! 1. Inspired by the anime Restaurant to Another World, with some elements 1.1kReads8.4Score134Shelves
- 39 I Set Up a Snack Stall in the Eighties and Became a Sensation 我在八零摆摊卖小吃，火出圈了 Reborn at fifteen, Tang Xi makes sure she returns to her biological parents. She also sets up a stall to sell snacks, and before long, it takes off beyond all expectations. 962Reads5.3Score104Shelves
- 40 Transmigrated as a Kitchen Maid, I Win Over the Devil Prince with Viral Dishes 穿成厨丫，网红美食拿捏魔鬼殿下 A food blogger transmigrates and becomes an obscure kitchen maid in the Third Prince’s household! Her immediate superior is the notoriously fussy and difficult Third Prince, a devil who beats and berates the staff whenever a dish fails to please him. No problem! This modern food blogger’s skills are the real deal! Milk tea, cream-filled pastries, and creative snacks make their way to the table one after another, and before long she has the icy Third Prince completely wrapped around her finger. H 20Reads—Score182Shelves
- 41 The Gourmet Blind Box Is Wild: The Host Draws, Then the Customers Do 美食盲盒有点疯，宿主抽完顾客抽 [Gourmet + No CP + Perfect With a Meal + Cozy + Street Stalls + Comedy + Career-Focused] After being reborn in a parallel world, Qin Yi arrives in Rainbow City. She binds to a Gourmet blind-box street-stall System. At first, the location, time, and tasks are all randomly drawn. Later, even the food comes in blind boxes. From bowls of late-night rice noodles for 50 yuan to floral cake rolls for 200 yuan. From all kinds of little meatballs to a blind-box lunchbox truck with a thousand different di 558Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 42 Pack Up, Aze! The Special Task Force Can't Take It Anymore! 收摊吧阿泽！专案组扛不住啦！ [Don't Be Fooled by the Low Rating, You'll Get Your Money Back If It's Not Good + Hilarious Street Food Stall + Unconventional Crime Solving + Disturbing Dishes + Interlocking Mysteries] Su Ze is bound to a food-stall System. He thinks he'll make a fortune selling food, but the System isn't quite right. It's great at cooking, yet obsessed with solving crimes and catching criminals. From the start, he sets up his stall in a residential compound late at night, alarming the local police station and 525Reads8.3Score100Shelves
- 43 I Was Promised a Gourmet System, So Why Am I Possessed by a Ghost? 说好的美食系统，怎么是鬼上身 Lighthearted comedy + food + running a business + rural revitalization + fake System (No suspense or horror, just everyday life and food.) When Xiang Yunduan was broke and about to sleep on the street, a voice appeared in her mind, claiming to be a “System.” System: Go bow three times in front of the “I Miss You So Much at xx” road sign, and I’ll make you rich! Xiang Yunduan: Are you nuts? The next second, Xiang Yunduan dropped to her knees. “Are three enough? If not, I’ll do thirty. System, ple 28.8kReads9.2Score4.8kShelves
- 44 Random Food Stall: My Customers Keep Making Group Chats to Track Me Down 随机美食摆摊，顾客纷纷建群堵我 Tang Chen, from a parallel world, unexpectedly gets a food-stall System. Each month, the System randomly chooses a location and a type of food. Successfully setting up shop earns Food Points, which can be used for lucky draws. To his surprise, the stall wins over wave after wave of customers. They even set up hundreds of group chats to track down Boss Tang. The moment he opens his stall, they want to be first in line. 830Reads6.4Score101Shelves
- 45 The Whole Galaxy Is Waiting for Me to Cook 全星际都在等我做饭 After an ordinary chef, Lin Shuo, transmigrates into the body of a good-for-nothing from a prestigious family who was stabbed to death and dumped on a desolate planet, she gains a rare psychic ability and an incredibly powerful physique. From then on, she enjoys a wonderful life of gleefully hacking monsters apart and turning them into delicious food. Everyone who tries her cooking ends up surrendering to her spatula. The city lord of the desolate planet takes her as a disciple and entrusts the 708Reads8.9Score101Shelves
- 46 You Want Me to Get Married Just So You Can Eat at the Wedding Banquet? 为了吃席，你竟然催我结婚？ Worn out both mentally and physically by the cutthroat rat race in his industry, Chen Yuan returns to his hometown. He had planned to lie flat and live as a slacker, but the System forcibly binds itself to him. The System scans for available careers: village banquet chef, rural content creator, expert farmer, and rural Taobao partner. Before Chen Yuan can react, the System automatically selects village banquet chef, sending him off to cook up feasts in the countryside. Master Chen accidentally f 7kReads8.1Score531Shelves
- 47 Gourmet: Mr. Ye, Where Do You Think You'll Run This Time? 美食：叶先生，看你这次往哪跑 [Everyday Life] [No Romance] [Comedy] [Heartwarming] [A Good Read Over Meals] In his previous life, Ye Fan had an accident and was dragged to the underworld by Ox-Head and Horse-Face. With a wave of his hand, King Yama changed Ye Fan's fate. He is given a brand-new identity as a master chef. Watch him complete his missions while enjoying life. Random dishes, random street-stall locations, one thing always stays the same: everything tastes amazing! Selling buns beside a restroom, lobster outs 904Reads6.6Score100Shelves
- 48 Su Jixiang, the Frontier Cook 边疆厨娘苏吉祥 Food blogger Su Jixiang transmigrates into the body of a palace maid in the Cold Palace. What does palace intrigue have to do with a mere maid like her? She thought she could keep her head down and quietly survive until she turned twenty-five, when she'd be released from the palace to live like a wealthy woman. Little did she know the emperor would flee! As a remnant of the fallen emperor's court, Su Jixiang was bestowed upon a general guarding the border. The palace had one fewer Aunt Jixiang, 127Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 49 After I Transmigrated, I Used Food to Save a Kindergarten 穿越后，我用美食拯救幼儿园 After transmigrating as the principal of a bankrupt kindergarten, Lin Xiaoxia takes one look at the rundown courtyard and nearly blacks out. She’s a Michelin-level backup chef, and now she has to look after kids, clean, and sing nursery rhymes? Then she hears, “Ding! You have been bound to the Chinese Little Chef Pro Max System.” Three months later “Mommy, I used the molecular gastronomy machine to make rainbow cloud marshmallows today!” The adorable four-year-old pulls out a piping bag. “The p 69Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 50 My Ancestor Is a Pot 我的祖宗是口锅 Xu Jingqing accidentally awakened the spirit of an ancestor who had been sleeping inside the family heirloom, an iron wok. Under the old ancestor's “loving” tutelage, Xu Jingqing honed extraordinary cooking skills and opened a humble little eatery. At first, people were skeptical of a restaurant run by a college girl who had never lifted a finger around the house. Then came the verdict: “It's so good!” “Mom, I want to eat big sister's cooking every day.” “What smells so good in the middle of the 414Reads8.7Score106Shelves
