Novels like Diners Say I’m a Show-Off, but They Still Devour My Food
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Diners Say I’m a Show-Off, but They Still Devour My Food, best match first.
- 1 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
- 2 The Tasty Snack Stall That Reformed the Food Industry 美味小吃摊，我整顿了餐饮市场 Lu Yuan is reborn and discovers that he is taking part in the show "Dragon Nation’s Professional Challenge". Though he has never set foot in a kitchen, the job he draws is food stall owner! Luckily, he awakens the God-Tier Food Stall System, which grants him max-level cooking skills. Day One. Lu Yuan makes starch sausages from scratch outside a university, leaving the students drooling! Day Two. Lu Yuan sets up a stall selling savory sauce pancakes, and a girl with binge-eating disorder instantl 103Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 3 I Set Up a Food Stall and Became a Divine Chef, with Fans Chasing Me Across Half the City 摆摊做神厨，粉丝追我半座城 I awakened the Street Food Blind Box System, and my food stall became an instant hit! Hot and sour soup with fish-fragrant shredded pork has office workers hooked; Mapo tofu hits the table, and elementary schoolers gobble it up until they’re stuffed; The moment my handmade ice jelly appears, night-market diners line up like crazy. A shy young man quietly sets up a stall, but fans chase him all over the city, from residential compounds to the CBD, from street corners to night markets, wherever he 36Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 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
- 5 Hey, Kid, You and I Are Destined to Share a Love of Good Food! 少年，你与我的美食有缘！ “Just transmigrated, doing great, and bound to a food System! From now on, everyone will be so enchanted by my cooking that they'll fall... over, I mean!” Transmigrating and getting bound to a food System was perfectly normal. But even though he had transmigrated and gotten bound to a food System just like everyone else, who could have guessed that his food System would come with the words “fated customers” attached? Three extra words made all the difference. Other people's food could be sold to 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Selling Egg Fried Rice in a Public Restroom from the Start 开局厕所卖蛋炒饭 Book One is complete and safe to start reading. Book Two is in development. When Yang Lei was jolted awake by a voice, he was lying in his rented apartment, his phone showing 4 a.m. “Ding! The Master Chef Training System has been successfully bound.” Other systems give you divine ingredients and fortunes worth billions. His does only three things: assigns hellish tasks, hands out ridiculous traits, and picks the most inconvenient spots imaginable for his street stall. Like selling extra-spicy c 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 After Opening a Cafeteria, the Ancestral Dragon and Phoenixes Became My Top Supporters 开食堂后：祖龙二凤成我榜一大哥 [No CP + food story + lighthearted comedy + historical what-if + emperors bonding] After Shen Tingxue died, she was bound to the “Come Again” space. From the start, she made Meng Po cry with craving by bringing out a bucket of braised beef noodles. After becoming the owner of the underworld cafeteria, the place gradually went completely off the rails. The First Emperor and Taizong competed every day to be the top donor. The First Emperor (Ying Zheng) came by daily to wait for tomato beef noodles 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 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
- 9 A Chef in Another World, a Hitman on the Side 人在异界当厨师，兼职却是杀手 [The Supernatural + Ghosts + System + Infinite Flow + Master Chef + Small but Sharp + A World of Everything] When Su Xiaobei woke up, he found he was no longer in his own room. He was standing in front of a shop. The sky was blood-red, as if someone had spilled paint across it. The sight was eerie and terrifying. “Well~ are you here to eat, or to apply for a job as a chef?” A clear, bright female voice rang out. A figure emerged from the shop, making Su Xiaobei shudder with terror until his legs 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 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
- 11 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 18.6kReads8.6Score2.5k14d adds
- 12 Gourmet: You're a Top Gaokao Scorer, and You Open a Food Shop? 美食：你一个高考状元，开美食店 After transmigrating to a parallel world, Chu Yang went through high school just like everyone else. Then, with the college entrance exams just around the corner, his mom secretly bought a franchise of Nezha Immortal Drinks! Luckily, Chu Yang awakened the God of Cooking System! He received a premium braised-meat recipe from the start! Its fragrant aroma carried for miles, drawing in countless customers who couldn't wait to get their hands on it. Then came premium braised pork, fish with pickled 447Reads6.0Score10314d adds
- 13 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 22.9kReads8.1Score1.9k14d adds
- 14 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. 8.3kReads8.2Score1.3k14d adds
- 15 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 1.4kReads—Score17614d adds
- 16 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 20.6kReads7.2Score2.1k14d adds
- 17 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
- 18 The Farmstay's Culinary God 农家乐的厨神 After Cheng Liang returned to his hometown, he inherited his grandfather's farmhouse restaurant and gained a System. The farmhouse restaurant now serves fish with pickled cabbage, shredded pork with green peppers, dry-pot chicken, braised pork, twice-cooked pork, stir-fried beef, chicken giblets with pickled peppers, fish-fragrant shredded pork, steamed pork with rice flour, pork belly with preserved mustard greens, chicken stewed with mushrooms, old duck soup, and beer duck. 17.1kReads7.1Score1.3k14d adds
- 19 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 650Reads8.0Score10214d adds
- 20 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
- 21 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
- 22 Gourmet: The Food Stall Location Leaves Customers Stunned 美食：摆摊地点让食客震惊不已 [Food + System + no female lead + comedy + comfort-food reading + easygoing + lie flat] Under crushing social pressure, the poker-faced Wu Ming transmigrates to a parallel world and acquires a Food System. As long as he sets up his stall at the location specified by the System, he can achieve financial freedom and live a life of leisure! The locations are all bizarre, and the customers are all different. He fries rice on a stone platform perched on a cliff, climbs to the summit of Mount Everest 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Top Students from China's Best Universities Go Crazy for Roast Goose Legs 为吃烤鹅腿，清北状元都抢疯了 [Wayward Son Turns Over a New Leaf + Food + System + Goose-Leg Auntie] “Wan Hao, you bastard!” Beside the hospital bed, Wan Hao slapped himself hard across the face. He wished he could beat himself to death. He was a lazy good-for-nothing who spent his days loafing around and living off his parents. Once, after losing money gambling, he had no way to repay his debt, so he stole his mother's bankbook, planning to withdraw some cash to tide himself over. Instead, he accidentally discovered his mot 11Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 24 Trial by Fireworks 烟火劫 After transmigrating to ancient times, he finds his pockets empty. Fortunately, he was a cook in his previous life. He uses green tangerines to make tofu, purifies coarse salt, and gathers all kinds of ingredients from the mountains that no one in this world has ever seen. One by one, he brings them home and turns them into dish after dish. From being ignored to having customers clamoring for every serving, his little eatery slowly draws people together and builds a life of its own. A foodie far 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 After My Divorce, I Set Up a Stall and Earned a Sign-In Reward: Divine-Grade Potato Pancakes 离婚后，摆摊签到奖励神级土豆饼 Zhang Chen worked hard for two years and saved up a sum of money to pay for college. He never expected to unexpectedly become the father of a precious little girl, Yueyue. He spent all his savings, along with countless hours and boundless energy, caring for his wife and daughter. As a result, he lost his chance to go to college. Five years later, his wife's company was about to go public. She decided he was too poor and uneducated and wanted to leave him with nothing. “We can divorce, but I have 150Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 26 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 2.2kReads7.3Score17814d adds
- 27 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
- 28 Gourmet: A Random Food Stall Sends Customers into a Buying Frenzy 美食：随机摆摊，顾客疯狂抢购 [Gourmet] [Daily Life] [Nationwide Street Stalls] [System] [Lighthearted] [Heartwarming] [Fun] Gu Bei transmigrates to a parallel world and unexpectedly gains a Gourmet System. Each week, the System randomly chooses a location on the map for him to set up his stall. He sells fried chicken outside schools, braised snacks outside gyms, and roast duck outside hospitals... His food leaves people dreaming of it, drawing them into a whole world of deliciousness. Boss Gu, why haven't you set up your st 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 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
- 30 Gourmet: The Restaurant’s Relocation Sends Prison Crime Rates Soaring 美食：饭店换址监狱犯罪率飙升 After Jiang Xia gets the Chef God System, he goes to prison and becomes the head chef. There’s braised pork, sweet-and-sour ribs, poached chicken, Dongpo pork, and every other delicacy imaginable. Jiang Xia’s cooking turns the whole prison upside down. Prisoner: “My sentence is over, but I don’t think I’ve learned my lesson. Could you give me another ten years?” Guard: “Treat you to a meal at a five-star hotel? Jiang Xia’s food is a hundred times better!” New prisoner: “I pulled strings to get i 19Reads5.1Score—14d adds
- 31 I Told You I'm Socially Anxious, So What's Wrong With Selling Fried Rice on the Rooftop? 都说了我社恐，天台卖炒饭怎么了 Su Yang, a socially anxious man, suddenly becomes bound to a Food System. The System randomly refreshes its menu every day. All he has to do is set up a stall anywhere to earn rewards. But for someone as socially anxious as Su Yang, this is practically the end of the world! To get used to the pace of running a stall, he decides to practice on the roof of his apartment building. Neighbor A: “Seriously, who’s making this much noise so early in the morning?” Neighbor B: “Huh? I must have woken up w 856Reads—Score13014d adds
- 32 Foodie Card Draws: I Reach the Top as a Chef by Setting Up Random Stalls 美食抽卡：我靠随机摆摊登顶厨神 [Food] [Random Pop-Up Stalls] [No CP] [Cards] [Daily Life] [Healing] [Funny and Lighthearted] [Ensemble Cast] Jiang Yan, who has a laid-back attitude and what seems like a cheat-code life, binds to a Food Card Draw and Random Stall System and declares: "I’m going to become the God of Cooking!" One draw a day, and the food transforms in all kinds of ways. S-rank cards shine with golden light again and again. (The System will upgrade, and the protagonist will unlock new abilities. Later on, he won 1.6kReads—Score18414d adds
- 33 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
- 34 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 12.1kReads6.5Score1.5k14d adds
- 35 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 76Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 36 My Stall Is Full the Moment I Open! Do You Know How Hard This Is? 刚出摊就客满，知道我有多苦吗？ [Comfort-Food Cuisine] [Delicate Writing] [Easygoing Daily Life] [Warm and Healing] After being reborn, Su Yu unexpectedly binds himself to the Ultimate Gourmet System. Egg fried rice: golden in color, with every grain distinct. One bite and you can't stop! Braised chicken: tender, juicy meat with layers of flavor. The sauce gushes out with the slightest bite! Chili oil noodles: chewy noodles that sizzle with heat, spicy and fragrant, with a lingering aftertaste! Every dish is top-notch, leaving 83Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 37 Quick Transmigration: Mission, Spread Gourmet Food Across the Universe! 快穿：目标，将美食传遍全宇宙！ [Food + ensemble cast + a stronger nation + no romance] Shen Muqing was bound to a food System and returned to her previous life. Her mission was simple: make delicious food in different worlds and bring happiness to her customers through the pleasure of eating. In her first life, she was reborn as a wealthy heiress who kept losing money every time she opened a shop, yet persevered in pursuing her dream. Shen's father and mother: “Sweetheart, why don't you just come home and inherit the family f 105Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 What? Which Factory Cafeteria Charges Five Thousand for Meals? 见鬼！谁家工厂食堂伙食费五千？ [Slow-paced + everyday life + lighthearted + relaxing + food story set in an electronics factory] Ruan Xiuqing transmigrates to a parallel world and takes over the canteen of an electronics factory that's on the verge of going under due to poor management and lax oversight. After activating the cheat System, she receives [Master-Level Cooking], [Master-Level Knife Skills], and [Skill: Three Heads and Six Arms] from the start. Turning the canteen around is just a matter of time! Braised pork bell 271Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 39 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 2.6kReads7.2Score31214d adds
- 40 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 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 The Chef and the Star 厨子和明星 In his previous life, he was a rising star in the restaurant industry, famous from a young age and immensely proud. He built his own brand, rose to the top, then plummeted just as quickly. In this life, after his parents pass away, he inherits the little shop his family left behind, all to protect the peace and her. 88.1kReads8.4Score11.3k14d adds
- 42 You're Supposed to Patrol the Sea, So Why Are You Riding a Shark to Run a Food Stall? 让你巡海，你骑鲨鱼去摆美食摊？ [Gourmet] [Street food stall] [Seafood] [No romance] [Everyday life] [Fishing and gathering by the sea] [Protecting the ocean] Wang Yang transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a marine patrol officer. He also unexpectedly binds himself to a seafood Gourmet System. He can earn generous rewards by setting up a stall to sell seafood dishes and completing System tasks. So Wang Yang catches fish during the day and sells seafood from a street stall at night. His delicious seafood immediately co 18Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 43 Gourmet: I Cater Village Banquets, and the Villagers Crowd Around My House 美食：村里烧宴席，村民堵我家门 [Lots of Food + Revenge + Slow-Paced + Romance + No Female Lead + No-Brainer Fun + Comfort Food] Zhou Peng transmigrates to a parallel world and unexpectedly binds himself to a Food System. Complete a customer's random banquet request and receive a random reward. A Double Ninth Festival banquet for the elderly, a baby's one-month celebration, a wedding banquet for a couple who got married on a whim. Braised pork, a whole chicken, a whole fish! Finish with a plate of stir-fried greens! The most t 67Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 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. 579Reads—Score10214d adds
- 45 Gourmet: Transmigrating to Run a Street Stall, I Leave Customers Drooling as They Count Their Money 美食：穿越摆摊，馋哭顾客狂数钱 [Gourmet] [Perfect with a Meal] [Comedy] [After Being Reborn] [Everyday Life] [Transmigration] [Lighthearted] [No Romance] After Wang Dazhi transmigrated, he had the bad luck to fall into a women's bathhouse, but unexpectedly gained a random food-stall System! The location, food, and food truck were all random. Complete a task and an immense fortune could fall right out of the sky! Selling youtiao outside a nursing home! Selling fried rice in the middle of a lake at midnight! Selling mixed noodl 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 I Became the Villain's Real Mother and Changed My Family's Fate 穿成反派亲妈，我来改变全家命运 [Farming + raising kids + food + business + devoted, sweet romance] After Xu Qiaoyuan died unexpectedly, she transmigrated into a world with a ramshackle hut open to the elements and two gaunt children. She thought she'd landed in a hopeless situation from the start, but then realized she'd transmigrated into a book and become the villain's wicked mother. The little villain was five years old. His father was missing, dead or alive unknown; his mother was lazy, greedy, and quick to beat and scold 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Gourmet: A Street Stall Outside the Police Station That Makes Wanted Criminals Drool 美食：警局门口摆摊，馋哭通缉犯 [Food + Daily Life + Comedy + Lighthearted + No Romance + The Perfect Read While Eating] “Shocking! A man set up a pancake stall outside a police station and made a wanted fugitive passing by drool so badly that he turned himself in?” “Exclusive breaking news! A fugitive who had been on the run for a month has been captured. The reason? A street vendor’s cooking reminded him of the taste of his mother’s food?” “Inside scoop! A fugitive renounced his death sentence and left a final message before 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Gourmet: I Set Up Random Food Stalls, and Customers Beg Me Through Tears Not to Leave 美食：随机摆摊，顾客哭求我别走 [Everyday life] [Random street stalls] [Whimsical ideas] [No romance] [System] Qin Feng, a trained chef, transmigrates to Blue Star and activates the God of Cooking System. By completing the System's tasks each week, he earns different rewards. He grills barbecue in a fitness park packed with gym-goers; sells starch sausages by the dozen outside an elementary school full of parents; and hawks fresh pork wontons atop a mountain in gale-force winds and pouring rain. His customers are constantly le —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Random Cuisine, Diners Beg Me Not to Close Up! 随机美食，食客求我别收摊！ [Everyday Gourmet] [No Female Lead, No Romance] [Warm and Healing] [Lighthearted and Wacky] Unemployed young man Fang Mu unexpectedly binds himself to the ultimate Gourmet System! Random stalls! Random dishes! Fried rice today, pig trotters tomorrow. It all depends on the System's mood! Fang Mu's food is unbelievably delicious. One bite is enough to blow your mind, and everyone who tries it gets hooked. But he never keeps a regular schedule, and when he closes up, he leaves whenever he feels lik 191Reads5.8Score10014d adds
- 50 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 15Reads—Score—14d adds
