Novels like A Global Gourmet Journey
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as A Global Gourmet Journey, best match first.
- 1 Mars Pet Shop 火星宠物店 They're both pets and aliens. It's both a pet shop and an extraterrestrial affairs office. It all begins in an unusual pet shop, where a magical story starts to unfold. There is warmth and heart-pounding excitement, laughter and tears. This is no ordinary pet story! 0Votes8.9kRecs3.9kFans
- 2 Life Simulation: Starting with Pig Farming 人生模拟：从养猪开始 On March 2, 2010, you returned to your hometown with 150,000 yuan. You planned to raise pigs. Pork was going for just three yuan per half-kilo, but you had still decided to give pig farming a try. On March 10, you rented a pig farm. On March 16, you bought 1,200 piglets. You felt your great enterprise was finally underway. You were going to grow big, grow strong, and make a glorious comeback. On March 25, you took your motorcycle out for 0Votes43.1kRecs150.2kFans
- 3 The Gaming Gourmet 游戏美食家 In another virtual world, there is a gaming gourmet who changes the world. When the God of Cooking makes a dish, it has to be a classic. The eggs in his fried rice come from phoenixes, the rice he cooks comes from the First Emperor of Qin, and the filling in his buns is made from ice silkworm meat. When the God of Cooking serves food, there are rules. If I say you can’t eat, then you can’t eat. Even if you’re allowed, whether you get to eat depends on his mood. If he’s in a bad mood, you still d 0Votes11.2kRecs15.4kFans
- 4 The God of Food's Live Stream 食神直播间 My new book, I'm No Fortune-Teller, is out now. Everyone's welcome to check it out! ヽ(￣▽￣)و Have you ever tasted cold noodles from the Tang Dynasty? Have you ever tasted little butter cookies from the Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties? Do you know what people in the Song Dynasty ate to beat the summer heat? Do you know how many kinds of delicacies appear in Dream of the Red Chamber? Chen Er says that of the countless delicacies in the world, more than half come from China. Readers' 0Votes30.8kRecs31.8kFans
- 5 The Heartthrob Gao Xiaoleng 男神高小冷 This book is complete. If you’re interested, please check out and support my new anime-inspired novel, The Micro-Travel Restaurant. It’s wildly imaginative, and our goal is a sea of stars made of food. 0Votes31.5kRecs5.6kFans
- 6 The Master Chef 美食掌厨人 “Boss, one tea egg, please.” “Fifty yuan each.” “...Why so expensive?” On a rundown street in the city stands a shop selling seemingly ordinary tea eggs for fifty yuan apiece. Is the owner out of his mind? Doesn’t he know he’ll get inspected? This is the story of a clever young shopkeeper who, with the help of a Food System and his own hard work, promotes Chinese cuisine and becomes a master chef. (The main story is complete. I’ll continue the extras when I have time.) (New work: The Family’s Pa 0Votes11.8kRecs26kFans
- 7 Professor Li’s Leisurely Life in Seoul 李教授的首尔悠闲生活 The laid-back daily life of a genius surgeon, with Kim Tae-hee as the female lead. One-on-one romance. 0Votes47.4kRecs39.8kFans
- 8 A Foodie’s Survival Guide 吃货生存指南 A food lover transmigrates to a parallel world thirty years in the future, carrying an incomplete Gourmet System. He thinks he'll fit right in, but soon realizes how naive he was! Unpolluted, green, organic vegetables? Nowhere to be found! Pure, natural, high-quality food with no additives? Sky-high prices! The signature dish of an internet-famous chef gets only 3 points from the System, nowhere near a passing grade! What's going on with my skill list? When will those grayed-out skills finally l 0Votes24kRecs8.1kFans
- 9 The Culinary Traveler 美食旅行家 Ever since Zhang Xiao was able to expense his travel costs... He was either on the road or planning his next trip. He had stayed in presidential suites costing hundreds of thousands a night, sampled sumptuous dishes decorated with gold leaf, and lived in the lap of luxury. He had conquered the perilous Amazon rainforest and gazed out at the vast, breathtaking peaks of the Himalayas. He had no regrets in life. The top magazine Time had this to say about Zhang Xiao: “His job is undoubtedly the mos 0Votes145.4kRecs136.6kFans
- 10 God of Cooking System 厨神美食系统 A homebody with instant-noodle-level cooking skills arrives in a world filled with culinary wonders. The only reason he gets caught up in this world’s affairs is a System. So, under the System’s urging and its goal of raising the world’s top chef, the God of Cooking, Lin Yi decides to reach the pinnacle of the culinary world while bringing dishes from worlds such as Chinese Culinary God and Toriko to this one. Top-ranked chef is only the beginning. The God of Cooking is Lin Yi’s goal! If a dish 0Votes17.6kRecs21.1kFans
- 11 Storming the Ming Dynasty with an AK 扛着AK闯大明 In the spring of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, the rebel army besieged Beijing. The Great Ming Dynasty, after more than 270 years, stood on the brink of collapse. At that time, Dorgon and the Manchus threatened from the north, Zhang Xianzhong and his Yellow Tiger Army from the south, Li Zicheng and the rebel forces from the west, and the pirate Zheng Zhilong from the east. In this hour of peril, Liu Hongjian, a third-year medical student, transmigrated into the body of a member of a fallen 2Votes166.6kRecs301.7kFans
- 12 Pet Trainer 训宠师 Gazing at the Kodiak bear, three meters tall and weighing more than seven hundred kilograms, Liu Chang picked up the phone. “Hello, Prince William? The Kodiak bear you left with me has finished training.” “Of course. It can sweep and clean the house, too.” “What? You want it to cook for you? Then that’ll cost another twenty million. Yes, pounds, of course.” I’m a pet trainer, a profession similar to, but different from, an animal trainer. P.S. A warm, everyday-life story~ 0Votes23.6kRecs31.2kFans
- 13 The Fragrance of Flavor 味香 A modern master chef with a kitchen at her fingertips transmigrates to an unknown ancient era. With a kitchen in tow, she transmigrates and gets busy making a fortune. Busy, busy, busy… P.S. Family life, cozy farming, and a heroine who isn’t a pushover or a doormat. 0Votes145kRecs70.2kFans
- 14 The Ultimate Livestream: Great Wilderness Adventure 极品直播之荒野大冒险 Chen Ziqiu transmigrates and is reborn. Then he discovers that this world has no Bear Grylls, no wilderness survival shows, and livestreaming platforms are only just getting started. Chen Ziqiu, the King of Adventure, begins his wilderness survival journey. Snowy mountains, swamps, deserts, rainforests, deserted islands. Chen Ziqiu sets out across the most inhospitable places on Earth, exploring and hunting for treasure, building ranches and fisheries, uncovering lost ruins, and searching for ci 0Votes30.8kRecs42kFans
- 15 The Amazing Pet Shop 神奇宠物店 A young man who runs a pet shop unexpectedly gets a System that brings him magical pets. Pets with all kinds of extraordinary abilities make his shop colorful and full of endless possibilities. Raise fish and insects, grow flowers and plants, and play with birds and beasts. Pets are easy to find, but magical ones are hard to come by. 0Votes29.6kRecs14.9kFans
- 16 A Master Ball at My Side 随身携带大师球 Falcon used an exploit in the game to farm Master Balls like crazy, then somehow wound up in the real world of Pokémon. Here, when Pokémon are defeated, their eyes don’t just turn into spirals. Here, when humans are hit by a Pokémon’s special move, they don’t turn into stars and fly away. In a world where the League and the great clans control all the top Pokémon, watch Falcon use the Master Balls he brought with him to stage a spectacular rise from humble beginnings. 0Votes27.2kRecs31.9kFans
- 17 Divine Zen 神禅 Ancient demons have faded into legend, and the myths of the myriad realms have been buried in the river of time. In a bustling city filled with towering buildings, mysteries lie hidden everywhere. At the age of twenty-one, a young man meets a mentor who will change the course of his life. A brand-new world opens its doors before him. The divine: every person has a spiritual nature, through which they observe themselves and all things. Zen: quiet contemplation and a settled mind, a practice roote 0Votes49.4kRecs49.1kFans
- 18 Chinese Entertainment 华娱 This is the story of a down-and-out singer who becomes an actor after being reborn. It is also a love story between a man and an artsy young woman. P.S. I’m terrible at writing blurbs. I really did my best. That’s it: Chinese entertainment, artsy vibes, no alternate universe. Dive in, and I’ll see it through to the end. 0Votes103.1kRecs121.2kFans
- 19 Super Divine Martial Arts 超级神武道 In the age of the Earth Federation, unlocking humanity’s genetic potential has become essential to survival. An eighteen-stage basic heart art ushered in an era of comprehensive genetic mutation. A martial arts cultivation System pushed these mutations to their peak. “Having returned to a hundred and thirty years ago, I shall be invincible beneath the heavens!”, Qiu Shaobai. 0Votes52.2kRecs90.5kFans
- 20 Naruto: The Great Gourmet 火影之大美食家 New book: One Piece's Gourmet Chat Group. Come check it out. In Konoha, there's a restaurant that all the ninjas are eager to visit. What? Kakashi actually tossed aside Icha Icha Paradise and showed up at the restaurant first thing in the morning to wait in line? What? Lord Hokage skipped work again, just to go to that restaurant for a bowl of ramen? What? Orochimaru even showed up, just to secretly learn how to cook? Facing the many renowned figures of the Shinobi World gathered outside his res 0Votes14kRecs56.7kFans
- 21 The Superstar Tycoon 首富巨星 Zhang Qiyang wakes up to find himself at the audition round of I Am a Singer. Somehow, he has become the son of the richest man in Huaguo in this world! His predecessor was a rebellious rock fanatic. He would rather be a third-rate rock star than inherit his father's hundred-billion fortune. In the public eye, he's a spoiled rich kid who only made a name for himself thanks to his father. No one cares about his talent, much less appreciates his music. The only thing people ever talk about is his 0Votes81.5kRecs97.7kFans
- 22 Taotie: The Adventure King 饕餮之冒险王 Livestreamed adventures in the wilderness and ancient ruins. A top-tier chef. A law-abiding, upstanding citizen. With a black cooking pot on his back, he travels the world, discovers new species, explores the past, pushes his limits, and tastes bitterness. He’s been barred from entering multiple countries around the globe. A law-abiding adventurer who picks fights with everyone. A living legend. 0Votes35kRecs52.6kFans
- 23 Extreme Sports: Infinite Ways to Get Yourself Killed 极限运动之无限作死 After transmigrating to a parallel world with no extreme sports, Ye Chen is ready to make a splash. BMX, extreme parkour, extreme skiing, extreme surfing, extreme off-roading, free solo climbing, wingsuit flying… Under Ye Chen’s lead, all kinds of extreme sports never before seen in this world take the globe by storm. Walking the edge of danger and roaming the path of death-defying stunts, this is the journey of the godfather of extreme sports. (P.S. Two highly rated books, quality guaranteed. G 0Votes50.8kRecs60.1kFans
- 24 The Gluttonous Immortal's Disciple in the City 餮仙传人在都市 Food critic Gu Zheng is chosen by the Gluttonous Immortal and becomes his successor. Through the many trials set by the spirit of the Gluttonous Immortal Token, he grows stronger and eventually becomes the greatest Food Immortal in history. (Gu Zheng: “The Immortal Realm ranks ingredients, too? The best ingredients on Earth are only considered ordinary? You expect me to make the highest-grade dishes with the ingredients I have now? Spirit, get out here. I absolutely won’t hit you!”) 0Votes350.1kRecs136.7kFans
- 25 Golden Ranch 黄金牧场 Horse racing, sheep herding, vineyards and farms: city boy Wang Hao becomes a big landowner in Australia! In vast Australia, in the fertile Murray-Darling Basin, he enjoys a wonderful country life. He keeps koalas for company, races kangaroos, raises a few adorable alpacas, and occasionally bullies the emus. A little cat with a bun-shaped face and a mighty sheepdog: my home really isn't a zoo! Growing wheat, shearing sheep, harvesting grapes, playing tennis, feeding livestock... Life on the ranc 0Votes178.6kRecs156.1kFans
- 26 Nature's Big Player 自然大玩家 Gu Kaiwen, who is about to graduate from an agricultural university, unexpectedly gains the favor of nature's consciousness and embarks on the peak of life! Whether they are precious flowers, grasses, and trees, delicious delicacies from the mountains and sea, or rare medicinal herbs, they are all waiting for him along the way... Gu Kaiwen: As a lucky man, I naturally have to become a big player! 0Votes116.8kRecs137.9kFans
- 27 The Entertainment Prodigy 娱乐怪才 In other people’s eyes, Lin Shihao is a monster. He seems capable of anything: a single sentence can resolve a massive crisis, and one idea can turn the whole situation around. It all begins when a magic mirror takes Lin Shihao to the unfamiliar year of 2002… From then on… Shihao becomes a tycoon! “Magic mirror, magic mirror, tell me who is the fairest woman in the world?” That’s far from the only shameless question Lin Shihao asks the mirror! 0Votes34.2kRecs54.5kFans
- 28 The Taoist Temple in the Deep Mountains 深山中的道观 Deep in the mountains, a Taoist temple is home to an incredible Taoist who lives a peaceful, carefree life. 0Votes53.7kRecs60.5kFans
- 29 The Immortal and Demonic Grand Red Mansion 仙魔大红楼 My new book, The First Lord of the Red Chamber, is already over a hundred thousand words long. I hope you’ll support it. In the eighth year of the Red Chamber, a career elite transmigrates into Jia Baoyu, a young man whose prime years are slipping away. The entire Jia household is full of fox demons, while the Xue household is home to a family of bluebirds. Lin Daiyu is a ghostly spirit, too frail to lift a finger. Baoyu originally wanted to flee the estate and avoid the fate of “a vast expanse 0Votes37.5kRecs38.2kFans
- 30 Super Fantasy Three Kingdoms 超玄幻三国 This is a Three Kingdoms setting with wildly unconventional, super-fantastical powers. Here, generals possess the strength to move mountains; alchemists can roam the heavens in broad daylight; scholar-officials can turn beans into soldiers or draw boundaries that imprison; and strange races from the Three Mountains and Four Seas can ride the clouds and soar through the air. And that's not all... Chu He has cultivated Earth's Ninefold Inner Refinement Golden Bell Shield and possesses the supernat 0Votes41.5kRecs42.6kFans
- 31 Reborn in the Past: Becoming a Master Chef 重生过去当神厨 The head chef of a major Beijing hotel dies in a car accident and, by a bizarre twist of fate, is reborn in the body of a dimwit. Yes, a dimwit. How will he manage to get along with everyone and thrive? Read on to find out. 0Votes228.5kRecs150.5kFans
- 32 The Magical Ranch 神奇牧场 Don’t be surprised if you see an owl resting with its legs crossed. Don’t be surprised if you see a cow sitting down to rest or a bear working in the fields, either. Super-strong spinach, jumping beans, health-restoring and mana-restoring cocktails... Those are just little things. The magical Ranch System opened the door to a whole new world for Liu Heming, who had ventured alone in 0Votes127.3kRecs103.6kFans
- 33 The Rich Person System 有钱人系统 People are always asking me why I’m so rich. How rich? You know I’m terrible at math. With all those zeroes, how am I supposed to count them? (A brand-new story, still a little seedling. 0Votes40.5kRecs33.7kFans
- 34 Livestreaming the Prehistoric World 史前世界大直播 Li Kai unexpectedly obtains a prehistoric-world livestream System. It allows him to travel through various prehistoric worlds, bravely battle Tyrannosaurus rex, fight saber-toothed tigers, get up close and personal with all kinds of prehistoric beasts, and even prepare delicious prehistoric cuisine. His goal is to become the hottest streamer. “Hello to all my new friends, I'm your streamer, Li Kai. I'm currently livestreaming for you from the late Cretaceous period, 65 million ye 0Votes38.9kRecs29.3kFans
- 35 God-Tier Food Streamer 神级美食主播 Parallel Space. A: First things first, I'm waiting for the great Ye Fei to start streaming. B: What dish will Master Ye stream today? Prizes for correct guesses. C: That's really hard to guess. He can make too many dishes. D: Mom, Brother Ye Fei is about to start streaming. Hurry and make me a bowl of instant noodles. E: Xiao Fei is about to start streaming? Old man, stop playing cards and come home to watch this kid livestream. F: Gao, I won't be able to watch Ye Fei's stream later. I have a pr 0Votes156.2kRecs166.8kFans
- 36 The City's All-Around Superstar 都市全能巨星 A college student is bound to the All-Round Superstar System and gains access to countless entertainment resources from another parallel world. Starting with the university games, he wins Olympic gold, breaks world records, and excels in sports, the arts, film and television, music, and every other field. In the end, he becomes a world-class superstar who outshines every other celebrity in every domain! 0Votes119.5kRecs113.2kFans
- 37 The Master Connoisseur 大鉴赏家 Zhao Tianming is down on his luck: his girlfriend ran off with someone else, and he’s lost his job. By chance, he gets his hands on a mysterious ancient mirror. The mirror can expend a person’s mental energy to probe the true nature of anything, appraise all kinds of treasures, and send its owner detailed information about whatever it examines. With the mysterious mirror, nothing can escape his notice, whether it’s an austere bronze vessel, translucent jade, exquisitely painted porcelain, or anc 0Votes71kRecs104kFans
- 38 Super Food Empire 超级美食帝国 What? Your food doesn’t glow? Feed it to the dog! What? Your food has no food aura? Throw it out and start over! This is the Gourmet Continent, where food is everything! Food Spirit Energy, the Nine Forbidden Techniques, the Nine Supreme Knife Skills, the Nine Spirit Tongues... Qin Yu, a rising star in the culinary world, is reborn here with a Super Gourmet System in hand. He grows all kinds of ingredients and cooks all kinds of dishes. PS1: This book was inspired by Confucian Path, Food Wars: S 0Votes38.1kRecs79kFans
- 39 A Superstar's Rise from Online Streaming 巨星从网络主播开始 “Host, you must become a superstar within five years!” A System falls from the sky, and an ordinary young man stumbles into the world of livestreaming. He rises to fame in PUBG and becomes a godlike figure with Panda Kill. When Lin Chen enters the entertainment industry with millions of fans behind him, who says an online streamer can’t become a superstar? 0Votes91.5kRecs116kFans
- 40 The Calligrapher and Painter from the Mountain Village 山沟书画家 New book: The Peerless Sage of Calligraphy is now out! Masters of calligraphy and painting from every era teach and pass on their skills, while he shoulders the responsibility of reviving traditional martial arts. A brush technique unchanged for millennia, lost to history until now: the Nine Divine Gestures make their return. The legendary life of an unknown country bumpkin transformed into a master of calligraphy and painting will be written by me! Readers’ group: 458448029 0Votes66.2kRecs66kFans
- 41 What Does It Feel Like to Become a Sage? 成为圣人是一种什么体验？ A thousand years have passed since the Investiture of the Gods. The Sage of the Jie Sect remains confined to Biyou Palace, and peace reigns across the Three Realms. At this time, the Ancient Buddha Dipankara has yet to pass into nirvana, and Tathagata has yet to be born. At this time, the Western Saha World has yet to be opened. At this time, Bajie is still the Heavenly Marshal Tianpeng, the Monkey is still a stone, and the Golden-Hooped Rod is still just the Sea-Calming Needle. Even the Golden 3Votes270.4kRecs461.2kFans
- 42 Treasure Hunting Around the World 寻宝全世界 After narrowly escaping death, Ye Tian discovers that the world before his eyes has changed, shining with dazzling brilliance! Antiques, famous paintings, gold, diamonds, and jewels are everywhere, ready for the taking! The pirate treasure on Cocos Island, gold in the depths of the ocean, Mayan civilization hidden in the jungle, the secrets of King Solomon, the lost Atlantis... None of them are mysterious anymore. Their doors have been thrown wide open, just waiting for Ye Tian to explore and di 1Votes488.8kRecs348.7kFans
- 43 The Urban Planes Chat Group 都市位面聊天群 An app called Plane Chat Groups appeared on Lin Xiaofan's phone. It could find chat groups from countless planes of existence. But he never chatted in them. He just grabbed the red envelopes and ran, because after grabbing one, he was sure to get kicked out of the group. “Congratulations, you got Little Chef's cookbook.” That's nothing special. “Congratulations, you got Iron Man's armor.” Haha, that's what you get for posting it in the group instead of messaging me privately. Someone snatched it 0Votes36.1kRecs61kFans
- 44 I'm Really Not Interested in Money 我对钱真没兴趣 (An interactive novel, formerly titled The Retirement Life of a Billionaire. You decide how the tycoon lives!) Yin He, the “young billionaire,” sells his company in America and achieves financial freedom. He returns to China and begins his retirement life, and then~ then it's up to the readers. 0Votes286.1kRecs276.5kFans
- 45 Otaku Chef 宅厨师 Bai Ye transmigrated to a bizarre otherworld where food reigned supreme and became a chef. He thought he would live out an ordinary life, but little by little, he began to realize that strange things kept intruding into this world. What the heck are Gourmet Cells? What’s the deal with Totsuki Academy? Are the legendary cooking utensils real or not? And now there’s even a Sword Art Online: Gourmet Hunter edition. What exactly are you trying to pull...? P.S. This story is heartfelt and focuses on 0Votes181.7kRecs159.4kFans
- 46 Universal Trading System 宇宙交易系统 What did you say? Your phones have octa-core processors, 6G of RAM, 256G of storage, and can be fully charged in an hour and a half? You think that’s impressive? Our phones have sixteen-core processors, 12G of RAM, and 1T of storage, and they only need ten minutes for a full charge! What did you say? Your power banks have a capacity of 30,000 mAh and support two-way fast charging? Sorry, our power banks have a capacity of 100,000 mAh. As for two-way fast-charging technology… our phones with 10, 0Votes104.5kRecs194.4kFans
- 47 From Prince to God of Wealth 从王子到神豪 New book: This Transmigrator Doesn't Follow the Usual Playbook. Your support is appreciated! Reborn as a rich prince, what's the first thing you should do? Spend a hundred million. Laid-back Ling Zhou is reborn as a prince. He plans to enjoy a life of luxury, but everything changes after he extracts his first “glimpse of the future.” Before long, he goes from a spoiled playboy prince to the world's richest tycoon. P.S. 1: This book has a relatively lighthearted tone. P.S. 2: I've started a reade 0Votes84.1kRecs164.7kFans
- 48 Reborn as the King of Real Estate Speculation 重生之炒房王 Ning Feng has been reborn! As a real estate agent, he can predict every market trend to come! From there, he embarks on the path to becoming the king of real estate! (All people, place, and company names in this book are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental!) 0Votes54.9kRecs62.2kFans
- 49 I Might Have Saved a Fake World 我可能救了个假世界 I have stories, and I sell wine on the side. A powerful warrior who once led the gods to overthrow the demons’ rule awakens ten thousand years later. How will he face the world he himself broke... This is the story of an unreliable sword immortal making his way through another world. 0Votes53.2kRecs77.6kFans
- 50 My Celebrity Teacher 我的明星老师 “My greatest achievement is not being the number one figure in the entertainment industry, as you claim, nor being the teacher of millions, and even less so my wealth and status. The achievement I am proudest of is that I have become the person I wanted to be, rather than merely becoming the person others wanted me to be.”, Ye Guang. (P.S. The above is just bragging. In reality, this is simply a lighthearted, everyday entertainment-industry novel full of sweet romance. 0Votes107kRecs178.3kFans
