Novels like A Foodie’s Survival Guide
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as A Foodie’s Survival Guide, best match first.
- 1 The Witch Novelist 魔女小说家 Xia Han is a brilliant mind and a scion of a prestigious family. This mage has repeatedly resolved crises across the city and leads a life surrounded by admiration. But ever since he got saddled with a novelist for a younger sister, why has everything started going wrong? A mystery-driven, plot-focused story. New novel: The Strongest Soul Healer 0Votes2.2kRecs8.1kFans
- 2 Taking the Divine Machine Across the Worlds 带着神机闯诸界 Poor student Xiao Mo picks up a divine device that can store items, send messages, and aid cultivation. It comes with Taobao for buying all kinds of cultivation techniques, magical treasures, and pills, as well as apps for pawning items, finding spirit stones, identifying spirit herbs, identifying spirit pets, and assisting with talismans, among many others. It can even find experts for one-on-one tutoring, connect him with fellow cultivators, and let him raise underlings. Good grief, how could 0Votes2.9kRecs11Fans
- 3 Hello, Miss Kitty 哈喽猫小姐 Female lead: Luo Jiang, cat servant to the tyrannical little cat Luo Xiaoqi, is at her wit’s end. “I’ve given you all my love, so how am I supposed to find a partner?” Luo Xiaoqi says: “Leave finding you a partner to me~” Male lead: With Xiaoqi’s paw in one hand, he has happiness in the other. You have to believe that love is only ever a cat’s length away. 0Votes80.5kRecs12.4kFans
- 4 The Ultimate Veteran 最强退伍兵 The story of a discharged soldier who relies on neither handouts nor favors, but leads his fellow veterans in starting a business of their own! My new novel, The Pocket Museum, is now online. 0Votes47.7kRecs41.7kFans
- 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 Reborn, But Not Starting Over 重生不重来 Tang Haoze was reborn in 1998 and resolved not to repeat the path he had taken in his previous life. Along a road completely different from his former one, yet full of unknowns, he worked hard and kept pushing forward, facing new challenges and defeating opponents he had never encountered before. When he looked back once more, he realized he had unknowingly traveled a path full of thorns and passion. Behind him stood crowds who regarded him as a legend… “My Temporary Job at the Divine Docto 0Votes57.9kRecs106.8kFans
- 7 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
- 8 Champion Legend 冠军传奇 “My country isn't a soccer powerhouse, so I might never get the chance to play in the World Cup during my career. That's why the Champions League final is my World Cup!”, Chu Zhongtian A Chinese student who had once been forced to give up soccer started playing again in England's amateur leagues. He never imagined that one day he'd have a chance to say something like that. Back then, all he wanted was to add a few different memories to his otherwise uneventful life as an overseas student. In the 0Votes928kRecs119.7kFans
- 9 My Movie-Star Husband Is a Stay-at-Home Dad 我家影帝是奶爸 A movie emperor transmigrates to a parallel world, and overnight gains two new roles in life. Being a dad isn’t easy, and being a brother-in-law is even harder. To give them a different kind of life, Li Bai says, “Why not become an all-around dad?” His million-word completed novel, The Revered Healing Hand, is already available. 0Votes685.5kRecs18.9kFans
- 10 A Global Gourmet Journey 全球美食之旅 The clean-cut version: Only food and scenery are not to be missed. A story for the discerning reader. The mainstream version: After obtaining the [Global Gourmet Tour Sweepstakes] System, the protagonist, Zhang Feng, sets out on a path everyone envies. He is named a Person of the Year by Time magazine multiple times, his travel memoirs are read by one-sixth of the world's population, and his fanbase reaches an astonishing one billion! The world's top figures pay top dollar for his travel itinera 0Votes25.5kRecs33.5kFans
- 11 The Orange Cat Main God's Daily Scoop 橘猫主神的铲屎日常 Season Two of the Orange Cat Main God: The Orange Cat Main God's Training Diary is now available. Beside Hujin University Town, there is a small pedestrian street. On that street stands a black cat inn, and in the inn lives an orange cat. Nine out of ten orange cats are fat, and the other one... is it! "Look, there's a super-fat orange cat over there!" "Ding, the orange cat does not want to deal with you and has thrown a... System at you!!!???" 0Votes165.5kRecs105.2kFans
- 12 Reborn: The Great Squirrel Adventure 重生松鼠大作战 New book: [The Rat with a Botched Ending] has been signed. I hope you'll send your recommendation votes to the new book, [The Rat with a Botched Ending]. Thank you! I dig burrows, and I'll make mine into a villa. I forage, and I'll fill my storeroom to the brim. In a fight, even eagles and lynxes can't beat me! Also, the truth is, I'm an alien! Lu Feng's days reborn as a squirrel~ 0Votes53kRecs74.1kFans
- 13 The Cutting-Edge Technology Research Center 黑科技研发中心 A research center deep in the mountains has captured the attention of the entire world. Every breakthrough that comes out of it sends ripples across the globe. It gives streamers who dream of broadcasting from the wilderness hope that they can have a metal orb follow them around. It gives those who wish to explore the mysterious ocean depths a chance of success. Technology changes lives, while Wang Hao simply studies one technology after another. 0Votes420.4kRecs357.7kFans
- 14 Flirting with the Entertainment Industry 调戏文娱 The wind belongs to the sky. I borrowed it for a little while, but it stirred the fires of life below. 0Votes281kRecs316.8kFans
- 15 Back to Being a Cat: I'm Ashball-chan 回猫之我是灰球酱 The official fan fiction of Back to the Past and Become a Cat: As the second son of a wealthy family who never had to worry about food or drink, Su Muzhe used the most vulgar method imaginable, electrocution, to transmigrate into a mouse in Back to the Past and Become a Cat that was doomed to die the moment it appeared. See how he saves himself and thrives under Black Charcoal's command! "With Big Boss Black Charcoal looking after me and Little Pomelo's owner holding me, I have no regrets in thi 0Votes117.6kRecs62.1kFans
- 16 Gourmet Adventure Team 美食探险队 Reborn into another world overrun by monsters and penniless to boot, veteran foodie Huo Chi isn't worried in the slightest. As a visitor from the Celestial Empire, he has just one question: Do you want me to eat the monsters until they're endangered, or wipe them out entirely? Chilled slime salad: refreshing and delicious, a summer favorite. Charcoal-grilled flame lizard: tastes like chicken and is nice and crunchy. Want a piece? A man-eating flower up ahead? Sorry, when you run into a visitor f 0Votes101.9kRecs141.4kFans
- 17 The Cannon Fodder Doesn't Want to Talk 炮灰不想说话 After transmigrating into various novel worlds as a sacrificial cannon fodder character, Lu Chan only wants to quietly keep his head down as a background extra. But someone is always trying to drag him into the plot’s biggest pitfall. For the sake of staying alive, Lu Chan has no choice but to put up a little resistance. Somehow, the more he fights back, the more he turns into the ultimate boss. Lu Chan 0Votes104.5kRecs100.7kFans
- 18 I Picked Up a Heavenly Book 捡了本天书 My name is Er Yi. The “Er” means... All right, that’s not important! What matters is that a book fell from the sky, hit me on the head, and gave me cheat powers! I opened the cover and learned [Reading], [Interpretation], [Summarization], [Analysis]... Mom never has to worry about my studies again. I opened to the first page and learned [Animal Healing], [Animal Speech], [Animal Mutation]... Should I become a veterinarian, or buy a farm overseas? What if I flip further ahead? Huh? [Improvisation 0Votes394.8kRecs269.3kFans
- 19 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
- 20 EN Star Hunter 星级猎人 The universe, this endless expanse of stars, is every hunter’s dream. For hunters who roam between the stars, only the universe can be their limit. Does the universe have a limit? And where does it lie? After accidentally obtaining a strange chip, Xilin, a young Shadow Hunter, begins his journey into this endless sea of stars. My new book, The Future’s O 4Votes174.7kRecs207.8kFans
- 21 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
- 22 Chronicles of the Green Ghost 青诡纪事 Synopsis: He Qing is an ordinary college student living an ordinary life. The only unusual thing about her is that she can always see things other people can’t… The old-fashioned writing style is a little rough around the edges [important!!!], so please be patient. The characters’ values do not represent the author’s. Some of the Taoist spells in this story come from online sources, and some are made up by me. No romance. If any chapters 0Votes436.5kRecs519.3kFans
- 23 There's a Bug in My Body 我的身体有bug Have you ever thought about using magic in a wuxia game, martial arts in a Western fantasy game, or piloting a planet-destroying battleship in a Stone Age game? Home is a game that encompasses everything. Players can enter different games through Home, experience those games while obtaining all kinds of rare items and skills, then bring them through Home into other games and become gaming experts who dominate the battlefield! Chen Bing became interested in the Home game, but before long he disco 0Votes564.8kRecs347.2kFans
- 24 How Awesome, My Primitive Ancestors! 厉害了我的原始人 This is a brutal prehistoric world where giant Carboniferous insects, Jurassic dinosaurs, and fearsome Paleogene beasts all coexist. In this vast and magnificent land, humans are no longer at the top of the food chain. Instead, they struggle to survive amid the gaps between savage beasts and deadly insects... A primitive-era farming and adventure story. 0Votes669.2kRecs398.4kFans
- 25 The King of Skills 技艺天王 [Intangible Cultural Heritage] + [Light Romantic Comedy] + Nuclear carving, jade carving, wood carving, lacquerwork, calligraphy, landscape painting, freehand painting, meticulous painting, tea ceremony, incense arts... Over five thousand years of Chinese history, every traditional craft has a beauty that shakes the soul! For five thousand years, these traditional arts have brightened the daily lives of the Chinese people. Five thousand yea 0Votes308.6kRecs179.6kFans
- 26 The Chronicles of Xu Xian 许仙志 A modern-day good-for-nothing transmigrates as Xu Xian and becomes known as “the greatest talent under heaven” for plagiarizing famous works. While on a diplomatic mission to Japan, he crushes its eight million gods! Beneath the Three Lives Stone, he erases the divide between his past and present lives, uniting the wisdom, memories, and feelings of all three incarnations, along with their harems, and ascends to become a Great Golden Immortal! Xu Xian: “I can’t keep being a pretty boy who holds m 8Votes840.7kRecs570.6kFans
- 27 Just Try Telling Me That Doesn't Make You Mad 就问你气不气 Copying books gets you castrated. Stirring things up at the drop of a hat. He is the eunuch king cursed by thousands and the most hated troublemaker in the entertainment industry! Tang Jian: “Sigh, I’m desperate too! Ever since I got the [Universe-Invincible, Anger-Everyone-to-Death, Heaven-Won’t-Answer-Your-Calls-and-Earth-Won’t-Respond System], I feel uncomfortable if I go even one minute without angering someone!” Before entering the pit: The opening is mildly toxic. This is an entertainment- 0Votes273.5kRecs252.1kFans
- 28 Drunk and Enchanted by the Dream of the Red Chamber 醉迷红楼 One drunken night in the Red Chamber, even a concubine-born son can become a dragon. A dream of the Twelve Beauties of Jinling, a soaring empire in the making. Reader group: 379, 303, 076 0Votes652.6kRecs331kFans
- 29 The Apocalypse Gate 天启之门 [NPCs strike back against players! Crush the transmigrators!] This is my world, and I make the rules! Who gave you bastards the right to throw your weight around here?! The path to becoming [the greatest savior in history] is sure to be thrilling! … Chen Xiaolian: Starting today, we're forming a resistance group dedicated to fighting those bastards! Our team will be called… the Goofball Alliance! Team member: Captain, with a name like that, I'm afraid people will beat us up if we tell them… … 0Votes4MRecs785kFans
- 30 The Dad’s Otherworldly Restaurant 奶爸的异界餐厅 In the chaotic city of the Nolan Continent, there’s a very strange restaurant. Here, elves have to share tables with dwarves, orcs are strictly forbidden from making noise, dragons can only gather in the little square outside the restaurant, and even demons have to bring their own special stools… Yet despite its bizarre rules, this restaurant has a long line outside every single day. Elves devour skewers without a care for their manners, dragons gather around hot pots clutching slotted spoons, a 2Votes1.6MRecs666.4kFans
- 31 The Gourmet of Another World 异世界的美食家 In a fantasy world where martial artists can split mountains with a wave of their hand and cut rivers in half with a kick, there is a little restaurant. The restaurant is small, but countless top experts flock to it. There, you can sample fried rice made with phoenix eggs and dragon-blood rice. There, you can drink liquor brewed from the Spring of Life and vermilion fruits. There, you can eat grilled ninth-rank Supreme beast meat seasoned with black pepper. What, you want to kidnap the chef and 0Votes1.1MRecs865.6kFans
- 32 The Conscience of the Entertainment Industry 文娱的良心 Some say he is the conscience of the entertainment industry. To whoever said that: doesn't your conscience hurt? Many years later, people won't remember how Shi Yi left his plotlines unfinished, or killed off the female lead and the male lead... They'll remember only his kind heart. PS: This novel is toxic. The protagonist has a serious illness, and a strong desire for revenge. It's all for entertainment, so don't take it too seriously... 0Votes198.4kRecs237.3kFans
- 33 The Rise of a Homebody 宅之崛起 New book: I Leveled Up I've dropped too many books. If I drop another, I might never get anything off the ground again. I'll stick with this one to the end, so please give it your support. 0Votes236.4kRecs128.9kFans
- 34 The Right Way for a Lazy Fish to Turn Things Around 咸鱼翻身的正确姿势 Synopsis: My name is Gu Zheng. I specialize in arguing with Systems, overpowered academic geniuses, dating Systems, portable weapons... In one word: argue with them. My new books have now been released: the urban novel I Can Only Transmigrate Halfway and the realistic novel A Grassroots Man in Republican-Era China. Both are guaranteed to be high quality and absolutely worth your support. 0Votes784.2kRecs432.8kFans
- 35 House Dad’s Literary Life 奶爸的文艺人生 “Daddy!” He had just transmigrated to a parallel world when a sweet little girl called him Dad. Yang Yi was completely dumbfounded. Well, it turned out that Xixi really was his daughter, and her mother was a gorgeous, aloof former pop diva. This was getting out of hand! And one problem after another soon followed. How was he supposed to take care of a kid? Yang Yi, a lone-wolf assassin in his previous life, was at his wit’s end. Maybe he could tell her some stories? Yang Yi never expected the st 6Votes2.1MRecs1.2MFans
- 36 A Perfect Life 完美人生 Li Qian was reborn. It was 1995, in another world. Here, of course, it was easier for him to succeed than it was for ordinary people. But what did success mean? Money? Fame? Status? Glory? All of those things, but not entirely. With that faint smile when she looked back, the warmth of a moment holding hands, and the subtle fragrance in his arms, life could finally be called perfect. 4Votes1.8MRecs871.6kFans
- 37 The Future King 未来天王 An old legion commander who died in battle during the apocalypse is reborn as a fresh-faced young celebrity in the new century, five hundred years after the apocalypse ended (?)… “Whenever a BGM starts playing in my head, I feel like there's nothing I can't face.”, Fang Zhao. Author of three novels: Star Rank Hunter, Return to the Past and Become a Cat, and Primitive Wars. 4Votes6.6MRecs905.3kFans
- 38 Entertainment Headlines 娱乐圈头条 From the cherished daughter of the Feng family, she is reborn as a newcomer from a poor family, wholly determined to enter the entertainment industry by relying on her beauty. 5Votes1.5MRecs584.7kFans
- 39 The Empress’s Livestream Strategy Guide 女帝直播攻略 [The new novel, Step Aside, Let Me Take the Throne, is being serialized] [A different story, just as exciting] Jiang Pengji acquired something called a palace-intrigue livestream System. Jiang Pengji: “All right, System. No problem, System!” Many years later, Jiang Pengji finally achieved her goal: she became the emperor’s woman, the female emperor. Jiang Pengji: “Praise me!” System: “(╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻ I told you to fight for favor in the palace! Who told you to conquer the world?” #The future’s top g 14Votes3.7MRecs1.5MFans
- 40 Pet King 宠物天王 [1. Download a suspicious game] [2. Catch a few magical pets to be your companions] [3. Lead your pet shop to success through a fun, easygoing daily life] ###Volumes 1–3 of the print edition are now available from major online retailers### VIP group: 567288256 (for readers with a fan rank of 5,000 or higher) 8Votes1.7MRecs882.7kFans
- 41 EN I Just Want to Be a Quiet Top Student 我只想当一个安静的学霸 "Do you yearn for knowledge?" "Once you reach the pinnacle of human knowledge, you can have anything you want." "Then I yearn for knowledge!" 0Votes940.8kRecs693.2kFans
- 42 EN Life-Sim Culinary Game 生活系游戏 [A poorly presented plate of kung pao chicken] Jiang Feng’s life was turned upside down the moment he accidentally discovered that he could see notes attached to the dishes his dad cooked. … 1. This game offers a high degree of freedom. Explore at your own discretion. 2. This game will not interfere with any of your choices. Do your best to unlock achievements. 3. All explanations are the property of the game. 44Votes2.6MRecs1.4MFans
- 43 The Chronicles of the Primitive Era 原始战记 "One day, we will return to our homeland. Our glory still shines, and the Flame of the Yan Clan will never go out." 12Votes2.6MRecs723.6kFans
- 44 Carefree Scholar 逍遥小书生 A 21st-century engineering graduate transmigrates to ancient times and becomes a poor scholar. A whole library is somehow stored in his brain, packed with every kind of knowledge! He isn't expecting to become a noble or a minister, but surely he can at least land a high-ranking post and have some fun, right? Facing the rising sun, Li Yi makes a grand vow and bravely takes his first step in this world. “Stop!” On a tall horse sits a stunning woman in riding clothes. After giving him a careful onc 5Votes1.2MRecs1MFans
- 45 A Poor Man's Two Thousand Years 穷鬼的上下两千年 She had experienced the Battle of Changping and witnessed the massacre of hundreds of thousands. She had once led Great Qin's iron cavalry in its struggle for supremacy against the Six States. She had seen the realm divided into three and the mountains and rivers shattered. She had also heard the soft, lingering music of the zither in Longzhong. During the golden age of Zhenguan, she once drank herself drunk on the present day. How radiant was that eternal female emperor in her youth? She had ri 61Votes1.2MRecs1.6MFans
- 46 Back to the Past as a Cat 回到过去变成猫 At the gate of the East Family Housing Compound at Chu Hua University, the gatekeeper uncle answered a phone call, then threw open the window and roared toward the nearby grove in a booming voice: “Black Charcoal, your mom’s calling you home for dinner!” Whoosh! A black cat shot out of the dense grass at the edge of the grove and raced toward one of the buildings, disappearing into the entrance in the blink of an eye. After it, one cat head after another poked up from the grass. It was mealtime: 25Votes1.2MRecs1.1MFans
- 47 The Gourmet’s Supplier 美食供应商 “In the distant East, there is a strange little restaurant that has turned down Michelin three-star ratings several times. It’s expensive: a bowl of egg fried rice with soup costs RMB 288. Oh, I forgot, it also comes with a plate of pickles. Even so, plenty of people line up for a table. The restaurant doesn’t take reservations. You have to queue in person, and countless people fly in on private jets just to get in line. Of course, there’s no place to park your plane or your car. The service is 8Votes8.3MRecs3.3MFans
- 48 The Reborn Perfect Era 重生完美时代 Li Mu, a veteran programmer, was kicked by fate back to the eve of the 2001 college entrance exams. Delighted, he brushed himself off and set out on a path destined for greatness. Given a second chance at life, Li Mu has ambitions of his own. Making money is only the beginner’s stage of greatness. As for gracing the cover of Time, dominating the IT industry, and making it onto the Forbes list, those barely count as the intermediate stage of life. So what does the highest level of greatness look 0Votes4.1MRecs1.8MFans
- 49 Spare Me, Great Lord! 大王饶命 A car accident changes high school student Lu Shu’s life. When the age of spiritual qi revival arrives, he’s determined to lead the way. Survival of the fittest. The victor rules. … 152Votes11.6MRecs5.4MFans
- 50 EN Cultivation Chat Group (The Daily Life of a Chat Group) 修真聊天群（聊天群的日常生活） One day, Song Shuhang accidentally joined a chat group for veteran sufferers of immortal-cultivation chuunibyou. Everyone in the group addressed one another as fellow Daoists, and their profile names were all things like Palace Master, Cave Master, Perfected One, and Celestial Master. Even the group owner's lost pet dog was described as a great demon hound that had run away from home. All day long, they chatted about alchemy, exploring secret realms, cultivation experiences, and such. Then one 114Votes17.6MRecs15.7MFans
