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  1. 1 I'll Come Clean: I Learned All My Cooking from Comics 摊牌了,我的料理都是漫画里学的 Light Novel108k WordsOngoing (A new book from Pudding, a veteran food-fiction author. His last Food Wars fanfic averaged over a thousand paid subscriptions per chapter. A seasoned foodie, well worth a read!) “Boss Chu, you started from nothing and turned a simple public canteen into what it is today. What's the secret to your success?” At the World Food Summit, a young and beautiful reporter asked him this question. Chu Jiang looked up at the sky. “If I told you I learned it all from manga, would you believe me?” Chu Jiang 0Votes935Recs6.4kFans
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  2. 2 A Certain Taste of Hogwarts 某舌尖的霍格沃茨 Light Novel349k WordsOngoing Dahlia Dursley stared at the blonde, blue-eyed girl in the mirror, lost in thought. When she realized she had transmigrated into the body of Harry's older cousin, she should have known something was wrong with this world. Hagrid's pink umbrella concealed a giant boning knife. How could that possibly be normal for a gamekeeper? Snape was a genius hot-pot prince, and the first Potions lesson was about blanching beef tripe. Was that really all right? Gryffindors couldn't live without spicy food, Ra 0Votes11.8kRecs38.7kFans
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  3. 3 Starting Out as a Food Reviewer 从美食探店开始 Urban335k WordsCompleted What's it like to have a food game pay for everything? The game covers the full cost of all the food players buy! Players can share their visits to restaurants and delicious food, while fans can visit those places themselves and earn satisfaction! That satisfaction can also be used to enter a prize draw! This is a story about food, and about how Wei Yi eats his way into becoming a winner in life. 0Votes6.3kRecs9.5kFans
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  4. 4 A Taste of Guangdong 粤食记 Realistic Fiction1.0M WordsCompleted [The print edition has been published and is available for purchase at select retailers] [2024 China Good Book] Seek flavors, seek roots: life takes many forms, both hot and cold. Learn from the past and understand the present: every season has its own charm, from spring blossoms to autumn harvests. A bowl of porridge or a simple meal can stir affection; every sip and bite can bring thoughts of home. What belongs to a nation belongs to the world; what is most genuine is most beautiful. 0Votes5.5kRecs9.8kFans
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  5. 5 The Young Ladies' Dining Table 大小姐们的餐桌 Light Novel1.0M WordsCompleted In Jiang Yun’s eyes, the only flawless things in this world are beautiful girls and delicious food. But after he was recruited by White Egret Girls’ Academy as the exclusive chef for its young ladies, he discovered that their world wasn’t quite as perfect as he’d imagined. Even the young ladies at an aristocratic academy are, at heart, just girls going through adolescence. Each has her own troubles and dreams. But that’s all right. With delicious food and a handsome chef to help them, any proble 0Votes40.2kRecs139.5kFans
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  6. 6 The Road to Gourmet Cooking Starts with Mapo Tofu 美食从麻婆豆腐开始 Urban3.2M WordsCompleted It all begins with a perfect-grade serving of mapo tofu that costs one yuan… An inconspicuous little restaurant. A mysterious cookbook. A restaurant owner who has countless renowned masters from ancient and modern times backing him, yet still swears to personally work himself to the bone and crush the entire culinary industry. According to the owner's precise calculations: The restaurant loses seven y 0Votes55.8kRecs161.7kFans
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  7. 7 The Pastry Master 面点大师 Urban1.8M WordsCompleted In a chef's hands, an ordinary bag of flour can become all kinds of pastries and noodles: noodles, soup dumplings, crystal dumplings, soup-filled buns, boiled dumplings, pot stickers, wontons, Sichuan-style wontons... flower cakes, lily pastries... cakes, bread... Gao Dian starts out selling grilled gluten skewers by the roadside, then step by step becomes a master pastry chef! 0Votes14.4kRecs46.8kFans
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  8. 8 Food Wars!: Starting with a Job at Totsuki 食戟从入职远月开始 Light Novel561k WordsCompleted [Mapo tofu only tastes spicy and numbing?] [Dumplings should be served with rice or noodles?] [Are lion's head meatballs made from a lion's head?] Jiang Xia, a Hunan cuisine chef from China in his previous life, looks at Chinese cuisine, completely misunderstood by his foreign friends, and is left speechless. He can't stand it. He absolutely can't stand it! Why not sign up for Teacher Jiang's Chinese cuisine class right away? He'll show you what real Chinese cuisine is! A Food Wars! fanfic s 0Votes12.3kRecs48.6kFans
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  9. 9 I Became the God of Food 我成了美食之神 Urban314k WordsCompleted What can a chef do after transmigrating to a parallel world? Su Yang: "What? You've never had kung pao chicken, squirrel-shaped mandarin fish, Yangzhou fried rice, or Dongpo pork...?" "None of you have ever tried any of these?" "Fine, then I guess I'll have to carry on the legacy of great food and show off a little!" And then, before he knew it, he'd become the "God of Food"... 0Votes1.1kRecs24Fans
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  10. 10 The Gatekeeper of Good Food 美食守门人 Urban629k WordsCompleted The System tells Tang Sheng that as long as the dishes in his restaurant don't sell, he'll receive a guaranteed cut of one, ten, a hundred, a thousand, ten thousand, or even N times the usual amount! The catch is that every dish has to be cooked by the System's master chef, he can't turn down a customer's reasonable request, and he can't do anything unreasonable. Tang Sheng thinks he can happily milk the System from then on, but the power of foodies gradually makes him realize just how difficult 0Votes675Recs1.7kFans
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  11. 11 Max Out Cooking from the Start in Another World 异世界开局全点厨艺 Light Novel1.3M WordsCompleted Food blogger Chen Yu finds himself in a game-like otherworld. System notification: Defeat the monster Horned Rabbit to complete the beginner tutorial and receive the game's starting reward. Chen Yu looks at the lively, plump monster called a Horned Rabbit that spawned for the beginner tutorial. “Forget the tutorial and starting reward for now. This rabbit... however you look at it, it seems delicious, doesn't it?” 0Votes12kRecs76.6kFans
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  12. 12 The Cooking Immortal of Chinatown 唐人街的厨仙 Mystery & Supernatural460k WordsCompleted Hao Xian stared at the text before him and fell into thought: [Origin Mission]??? Origins Mission objective: ??? is a legendary dish from Harbin, the Ice City, and an indispensable delicacy on the tables of families across Northeast China. But the tradition of ??? was devoured by an evil presence, distorting history. The chef who should have created ??? was framed by villains and had both hands crippled. ??? never saw the light of day and vanished from everyone's memory. You will return to ninet 0Votes18.8kRecs4.8kFans
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  13. 13 The Ancient Food Critic 古代美食评论家 Ancient Romance523k WordsCompleted A new emperor takes the throne, and the empire has to be rebuilt from the ground up. Zhao Shuang: I don't handle anything else. I'm only in charge of the food and beverage industry. 0Votes8.9kRecs94Fans
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  14. 14 The Master of Flavor 美味大师 Urban692k WordsCompleted [An authentic Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, made incorrectly with the wrong ingredients, no seasoning, and utterly inedible.] Looking at the review, Tang Xiaokang smiles as he draws the thirty-nine-meter bone cleaver from behind his back. "System, the way it feels to chop bones has been a little off these past couple of days. I want to find something to practice on." [Ding! An authentic Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, exquisitely crafted, breathtaking, glowing, and a masterpiece of flavor!] Seeing the 0Votes11.5kRecs26.3kFans
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  15. 15 The Hardcore Chef Dad 硬核厨爸 Urban4.2M WordsCompleted What does it take to open a little restaurant? Feng Ruoruo answers: You need a kind and virtuous proprietress (Mom) to take the money, and a sweet, lively little baby (Ruoruo) to greet the customers, and finally, a chef (Dad) who knows how to cook. A lighthearted, heartwarming slice-of-life story about simple, delicious food. 0Votes149.3kRecs135.7kFans
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  16. 16 The Foodie Tycoon 美食系神豪 Urban577k WordsCompleted The young lady Cao Wanjin has always thought that married life with her husband was blissful. The only problem was that they had been married for over a year and still had no children. "Let's get a divorce, Cao Wanjin!" "Honey, take that back now, and I'll pretend I didn't hear it." After transmigrating here, Cheng Xin decides to divorce his wife. He won't live off her; he'll regain a man's dignity through his own hard work. By chance, he activates a food-themed tycoon System. Ding! Congratulati 0Votes937Recs4.4kFans
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  17. 17 Tang Dynasty Stir-Fry 盛唐小炒 Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted Would transmigrating to the Tang Dynasty to become a cook be a stroke of bad luck? Bai Jiner's answer: Absolutely. What? You're saying I get a System, can become the best in the world, and even get a handsome, ambitious, gentle, considerate childhood friend thrown in? All right, then. Maybe it's worth giving some serious thought. 0Votes21.7kRecs9.5kFans
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  18. 18 Otaku Chef 宅厨师 Light Novel1.9M WordsOngoing 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
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  19. 19 The Magical Girl Restaurant 魔法少女餐厅 Light Novel1.0M WordsCompleted Lu Jing has been unemployed for three months. Before he finishes his last bucket of instant noodles, he decides to dine and dash just once. Even if he gets caught, he can stay at the restaurant and work for a meal. He never expected to stumble into a magical-girl restaurant. Magical Girl Feiliya: “Can’t pay the bill? Then please sign a contract with me and become...” “I’d rather wear women’s clothes than become a magical girl!” Who could have guessed that Lu Jing would become a magical g 0Votes5.8kRecs33.8kFans
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  20. 20 Eternal Gourmet Paradise 永恒美食乐园 Light Novel1.2M WordsCompleted What should I do if my cooking skills are all wrong? Everyone else farms good reviews, but I'm forced to rack up bad reviews and scathing ones. "Believe it or not, if I don't make cursed food, I won't survive." 0Votes229.4kRecs113.1kFans
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  21. 21 Gourmet Adventure Team 美食探险队 Urban3.0M WordsCompleted 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
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  22. 22 God-Tier Food Streamer 神级美食主播 Urban6.6M WordsCompleted 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
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  23. 23 The Time Chef 时间料理师 Sci-Fi2.5M WordsCompleted Facing the zombie crisis of the apocalypse, Dr. Leng Mo puts his hopes in the theory of time he has researched for years. At last, he discovers a strange ancient book: the Sutra of Time Devouring! With the power of time at his command, Leng Mo creates a time-based culinary method that greatly boosts humanity’s combat strength. After three hundred years of zombie crisis, humanity finally has a chance to turn things around... 0Votes140.1kRecs9.6kFans
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  24. 24 The Little Immortal Chef from Another World 异界小厨仙 Xianxia Romance2.4M WordsCompleted Shi Yu transmigrates into a world where a male-lead novel faces off against a female-lead novel. She says, “You can have all the upheavals and drama you want. I just want to quietly make delicious food...” 0Votes185.6kRecs68.7kFans
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  25. 25 The Gluttonous Immortal's Disciple in the City 餮仙传人在都市 Xianxia16.5M WordsCompleted 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
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  26. 26 The Dad’s Otherworldly Restaurant 奶爸的异界餐厅 Light Novel5.3M WordsCompleted 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
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  27. 27 The Gourmet of Another World 异世界的美食家 Eastern Fantasy6.2M WordsCompleted 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
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  28. 28 Your Spirit Beast Looks Delicious 你的灵兽看起来很好吃 Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsOngoing Ye Xiao swallowed as he stared at the seven-colored deer before him. The deer in front of him was no longer a deer. It was a bowl of braised venison, a plate of qilin deer tenderloin, a plate of slippery-sautéed deer loin, a plate of coin-shaped venison, a platter of deer meat with scallions and cured ham, a bowl of mushroom and venison soup, a bowl of... “Ye Xiao, why are you looking at my little deer like that?!” “Every part of a deer benefits people. It may be boiled, steamed, or dried and ea 0Votes110.3kRecs171.3kFans
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  29. 29 It All Starts with Kneading Dough 美食从和面开始 Urban3.6M WordsCompleted “Congratulations, Host. You have acquired the skill: Dough Kneading Expertise.” The smile on Xu Zhuo’s handsome face slowly froze. “I learned to knead dough when I was five. You think I need you to teach me?” Ten minutes later... “Hey, this dough seems pretty special!” 1Votes459.7kRecs358.5kFans
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  30. 30 I Am the Number One Man in the Culinary Trade 我是勤行第一人 Urban1.6M WordsCompleted Who is the hero of the kitchen? Who reigns supreme in the culinary world? Savory and fragrant, fiery and spicy, tart and refreshing, sweet as honey, bitter and sharp. Braised pork, Goubuli buns, cabbage boiled in clear broth, clay-pot chicken, elegant and refined pickled bamboo shoots, and the rich, lingering flavors of Buddha Jumps Over the Wall... Unearthing ancient recipes, competing to define the national cuisine of Huaxia. A feast for the tongue, a symphony of food! Delve deep into c 0Votes172.2kRecs164kFans
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  31. 31 Cao Cao's Head Chef 曹操的主厨 Historical2.3M WordsCompleted Before I transmigrated, I was a food streamer who specialized in cooking from scratch. After I transmigrated, a stunning woman with long, straight black hair and black stockings (the one on the cover) forcefully told me that I belonged to her from that day onward. And so, I became the head chef under her command. In this world, men gradually lost their masculinity and aggression after the Spring and Autumn period, leaving women to rise to power and defend their homeland. Yet once women marry, th 0Votes53.2kRecs91.6kFans
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  32. 32 EN Life-Sim Culinary Game 生活系游戏 Urban2.5M WordsCompleted [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
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  33. 33 Food Contract System 美食契约系统 Western Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted This is a world infested by the hunger for food... This is a world where chefs reign supreme... With the return of the Food Spirit Plane, all kinds of chefs begin to step onto the stage. Elemental chefs who wield the power of the elements? Evolutionary chefs who develop their genes? Or faith chefs who worship the gods? Every plane conceals all sorts of strange culinary paths; Every ingredient contains the laws and energy of the world’s origin. Culinary skills? The heart of a chef? The way of the 0Votes14.7kRecs8.2kFans
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  34. 34 Food Wars: The Fake Little Master 食戟之冒牌小当家 Light Novel1.6M WordsCompleted Liu Angxing, who shares the same name as Little Chef, transmigrated into the world of Food Wars!… To sustain the toll that the “Super-God Tongue” took on his body, he had no choice but to set his sights on the pinnacle of the culinary world! With “instant-noodle-level” cooking skills, Liu Angxing could only use the System's accompanying “one-time recipes” to overcome each crisis while improving his genuine culinary abilities. From Golden Fried Rice, Dreamy Mapo Tofu, and Persimmon-Sauce Shredded 0Votes307.9kRecs235.2kFans
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  35. 35 I’m in the Baking Business 我混烘焙圈的 Modern Romance650k WordsCompleted Soft chiffon cakes, crisp croissants, delicious mousse cakes, fluffy hand-torn bread, and viral dirty buns. Sweet, salty, crisp and fragrant, with rich, satisfying textures. All kinds of exquisite and tempting breads and cakes seem to be found in this little bakery. This is a story about baking. Reading Guide: 1. One-on-one romance, a light and satisfying story, with a warm writing style; 2. Warning: This story fe 0Votes20.9kRecs13.8kFans
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  36. 36 Reborn in Japan as a God of Cooking 重生日本当厨神 Urban2.5M WordsCompleted After making a reckless grand vow that he'd rather eat himself to death than stop enjoying good food, Xia Yu arrives in a world of Food Wars! completely unfamiliar to him. What? A God of Cookery training program? "You have to satisfy more than just ordinary human appetites. There are all kinds of demons and monsters out there, and a hundred ghosts roaming the night. Win them over with f 0Votes1.5MRecs479.6kFans
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  37. 37 The Little Restaurant 美食小饭店 Urban1.7M WordsCompleted “System, can I exchange for a recipe?” “Please confirm!” “Confirm!” After a long while, Jiang Yang recalled the knowledge in his mind and practiced hard... “So why do I still have to practice to learn it after I exchange for it?” Jiang Yang asked. System: “??” With the restaurant his parents left him and a System that can only exchange for things and let him practice, Jiang Yang plunges headfirst into the world of cuisine! A new author with a new book. The new 0Votes14.4kRecs32.9kFans
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  38. 38 The Taste of Hogwarts 舌尖上的霍格沃茨 Western Fantasy4.3M WordsCompleted Elena Kaslana, a half-blood Veela, danger level: [Extremely Lethal] She ended a thousand years of conflict between the academies, turning Hogwarts into a sacred land. She saved countless endangered magical creatures and deepened humanity's understanding of nature. She brought magic and the non-magical world together, finding a balance at which the two could coexist. She possesses countless dazzling titles: Hogwarts' Big Sister, Master of Gringotts, the Third Dark Lord, Apex Predator, Enemy of Sc 9Votes1.8MRecs958.9kFans
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  39. 39 The Gourmet’s Supplier 美食供应商 Urban6.0M WordsCompleted “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
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