Palace Full of Delicacies

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A seafood chef inexplicably transmigrated into ancient times. Even though he landed in a family with a noble rank, and theoretically was supposed to be rich, the most valuable thing in the house is a grey donkey…

Su Yu stared at the sky helplessly; in order to support the family, he could only take up his old profession and go out to sell fish.

Unfortunately, the royal family selected concubines from both genders. Even as a poor noble, he had no choice but to attend…

DISCUSSION TOPIC: Will I be selected if I display my fish-slaughtering skills?

“Meow!” His Imperial Majesty shook his tail.

Associated Names
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Tiên Mãn Cung Đường
อร่อยล้นวัง
鮮滿宮堂
鲜满宫堂
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Recommendation Lists
  1. Mix of novel recommendations
  2. want to read 8
  3. BL Historical
  4. Enjoyable
  5. Finished, may re-read later when bored

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Review
24 Reviews


jadelin
jadelin
Jun 23, 2018
Status: c1
Prepare your heart for some massive fluff... and CATS! There will be some angst and hardship in the story, but this story will feature a lot of sweetness, delicious food, and tons of cute. I've MTLed a bit of the original novel, and I'll update this review more as the wonderful translator releases more of this delicious story.
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talkingtothestars
talkingtothe
Mar 10, 2022
Status: Completed
I don't usually write reviews so please ignore any mistakes and I also want to emphasize that everything written in this review is just an opinion, I respect those who enjoyed this novel as well. I decided to write this review, seeing as all the reviews at the time that I read this are all 4 or 5 stars and I would just like to offer a different perspective for people looking through the reviews to decide if they want to read this novel.

This novel is about a modern day... more>> chef to transmigrated into a historical setting with some fantasy elements. There should be political intrigue, romance and interesting fantasy elements, but for me, the novel failed to deliver. Though the author had an interesting premise to work with, they never dived deeper into developing it and the world building remained very much on a surface level that is convenient for use as plot armor when required.

The characters could have been very interesting people but they fell flat for me. I feel like the characters didn't go beyond character tropes that the leads in this genre often suffer from (believe me when I say they feel like cardboard, I've enjoyed and tolerated cardboard characters in other books before because I was there for the plot but there is little plot to speak of in this novel). Every cell of the ML screams tsundere and his character was never developed beyond his tsundere tendencies, the MC is hardworking, extremely patient and doesn't seem to have a will of his own either.

The plot, well... All I can say is that this is a super slice of life story. It follows their everyday life and can be rather slow. If I were to suggest an instance where this novel would be a good choice to read, it would probably be when you don't have much time to read a day and would like something to slowly read one chapter a day. In that case, this novel is very suitable. The story isn't complicated so it is an easy read and everything in this novel is very light-hearted and simple. This fell flat for me as I felt it was too easy of a read and everything was too simple.

Overall, I personally wouldn't recommend this book unless you don't have much else to read and are looking for an easy read to read slowly. <<less
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nekomemeow
nekomemeow
Jul 17, 2019
Status: c11
ah!!! Ahhhhhh!!! Nothing can ever go wrong with cats so yessssss!!!!!!! This story is great so far and I just happened to stumbled upon this today and it just recently updated after a long time. I think this is fate!! AHHH welcome back translater-sama!! Looking forward to more chapters!! Take care!!!
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Erudite.Cielo
Erudite.Ciel
Apr 24, 2021
Status: Completed
I didn't expect this story would be exciting, funny and fluffy at the same time..I mean there are many cats so there are many fluffs. ヾ (@^▽^@) ノ I greatly enjoyed reading this. (●`・ (エ) ・´●)
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Wintercreeper
Wintercreepe
Sep 14, 2022
Status: --
Could have been nice, instead it makes me wonder if I accidentally clicked on Wattpad.

MC is a pushover, he has no self-agency, does whatever others tell him to, and seems to have very little problem with fitting into what's basically ancient China despite being a modern young man.

ML was probably meant to be an overbearing emperor but comes off as a spoilt, 12 years old child, he's one of the most unlikeable ML's I've come across in a novel.

Calling your future partner "s*ave" isn't cute, I'm not rooting for a... more>> relationship that starts like that.

Other characters, especially the villains, share one brain cell.

The story is build on conveniences, MC's plot armour is impressive, even when he makes trouble with much stronger opponents, nothing ever happens to him.

And of course, it's a world where men can be concubines, because one proper story-idea isn't enough, it's a must to force a guy into a "relationship" with other men because that's so romantic, who doesn't like it to throw away one's dignity?

It's quite obvious that the writer was struggling to implement the whole business-building storyline and scrambled to get out of it by bringing up stuff like this, not only came it out of nowhere, it doesn't even fit the rest of the story.

To make it short, the novel is a mess, I have a hard time believing that this was written by someone old enough to write smut. <<less
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anotherworld20
anotherworld
Apr 26, 2022
Status: Completed
All characters are cute and adorable.

I just found out, this is the author's 3rd work that I've read.

The author seems to really like cats, she understands small details about cats, for example, if you want to feed a stray cat, remember to give one more portion so that all the cats get to eat.

... more>> If you like challenging stories, this one is not for you. This story is smooth without a complicated plot, and the sad moment just passed without being explored.

As for the story, you could say everything went smoothly as smooth as a kpop stars face, problems were resolved quickly, there was no heart-wrenching sadness I remember reading 2 other author works there is still a little sadness, but in here everything is safe for a soft heart.

But there is one strange thing, it is so easy for biological fathers to let go of their children, it would be more normal for a father to feel a little emotional when he give his son for adoption, even if given to his own brother emperor. <<less
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Crayonchii
Crayonchii
Aug 11, 2024
Status: Completed
Full of fluff ~ I watch too many evil royal sibling so everytime a prince appeared I always thought they r evil when they r just bunch of cute cat! Story more focus on their cuteness n food~
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cloudyunyun
cloudyunyun
Jan 02, 2022
Status: c9
FLUFFY AND WHOLESOME!

At first, I was hooked by the synopsis and the cover page and when I read it, my heart practically got into a frenzy because the amount of time I smiled and giggled whilst reading this novel is insane.

Definitely RECOMMENDED if you're a cat lover, food enthusiast (love detailed descriptions), and love an honest and hardworking MC!
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sbob
sbob
Dec 31, 2024
Status: Completed
More like a cat rearing fluffy cute novel than a romance novel.

Very cute, and definitely hunger inducing—made me want to eat a lot of seafood, but no romantic tingly feelings.
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bluedrop
bluedrop
Nov 28, 2024
Status: Completed
Do not read on an empty stomach lol I was reading this while occasionally playing Dave the Diver in between work, and the entire time I just kept craving for sushi and seafood lol

As the other reviews have said, this is seriously pure fluff. Barely any drama happens. There's some action, but mostly interspersed with so much kitty humor lol

Close to the end, I even started hoping for MPreg to happen to mix things up a bit, but it's not in the tags 😆

An enjoyable read if you want an... more>> almost slice-of-life feel, with cute kittens (so much cute aggression I swear) and almost food p*rn lol <<less
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Mumuuu
Mumuuu
Sep 08, 2022
Status: Completed
The cats are cute if you ignore that they are all racist and also terrible husbands and fathers. I mean, even if they want to keep a secret, they shouldn't make their other kids that are born fully human feel like it's their fault their dad doesn't love them. Just admit that you are a terrible person who only gets married so you can have a kitten and you don't care about your other wives and kids who can't give you what you want. Damn it. You pretentious bastard.

The writer... more>> even tries to frame it like the other kids and wives are the bad guys. If my dad was like that, I would hate him and his favorite son too.

I really enjoyed it until the part where I realized how much of a terrible dad all the cats are. <<less
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amikyun
amikyun
Dec 03, 2024
Status: Completed
4.0 for me, the title is definitely a thing.. It full of delicacies, and I think we can also call it, transmigrate to ancient world: be pampered in cat dynasty, I mean look all those mofu mofu.. All the cats and kittens.. MC job is just to cook and beded by emperor, slice of life and even tho we had villain they just became a dust in the corner, the big scheme never truly happen. It's inline with the setting tho so I can complain with that, all character that... more>> affiliated with cat are having cat characteristics so they not pure human (not truly having human value, so indeed we gonna think what they do is cruel) <<less
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dramamonster
dramamonster
Jul 27, 2023
Status: Completed
Read translated chapters, then MTL'd the rest.

Cute fluffy story about an amazing seafood chef in an ancient asian fantasy world where the royal family are
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cat shapeshifting divine beasts who hunt and consume sea monsters/fish that can cause national disasters.

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Started with the chef MC's daily struggles to cook and earn money, but most of the novel ended up being about
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the royal family and the ML's pampering of the MC, so the MC became less interesting.

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Still, 5 stars for fluff.
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Fujaiya Sumyoshi
Fujaiya Sumy
Mar 24, 2023
Status: Completed
The MC is a sweetheart and a hardworking individual. He doesn't wait for things to happen miraculously, rather takes it upon himself to accomplish his goal. However this trait didn't prevail in the last half of the story where the ML resolves things even before they make a peep Infront of MC. So, the only task MC is left with is cook fishy food for a Housefull of cats.

The cats... hmmm... what to say about the cats. I was a bit confused with all the uncles and cousins and things... more>> were much confusing (in mtl). However, the only message that passed through was that everyone has a good relationship.

All in all, it was a good read. <<less
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Ariss
Ariss
Nov 16, 2021
Status: Completed
This is a fun, light-hearted novel about a chef who transmigrated into another world with an ancient setting and gets involved with a cat, imperial politics, and a headache-inducing family of shapeshifters. It's a cute story and more on the romance/comedy side by an author that's well-known for writing in this style.
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Novel Crazy
Novel Crazy
Oct 23, 2021
Status: Completed
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It's cute and funny.. And also fluffy..

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The ML is a cat and he is the emperor

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The couple is very cute and their relatives are also funny and I feel sad for MC for what he experienced in the original world.

But sometimes I felt bored..
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ike_00000
ike_00000
Nov 13, 2020
Status: c20
Mm, it's cute and fluffy. A bit slow though.
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WhiteJade
WhiteJade
Jul 01, 2020
Status: c17
From what I've read so far this is a great cute story about the Emperor ML who falls in love with the chef MC. Lots of cats and fluff everywhere!
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lighterxx
lighterxx
Jul 29, 2019
Status: c20
Very cute!! Im waiting for the translation excitedly, its going very well, good job translator!

About story, its like pure fluff and kittens, our gong is a bit awkward and dominant at the same time, and MC is just clueless and loves his sauce lol, you will like it if you like cute things <3
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tharrinne
tharrinne
Jun 17, 2025
Status: c45
I don't understand if wintercrepe one of the reviewers read the story at all.

When did MC become a pushover? He was in fact indifferent to anything except when he fell in love with the ML. Everyone misinterpreted his movements and took it like he's acquiescing but he has strong opinions and would also not bend them.

Where did Wintercrepe got the impression that MC easily adopted to ancient times even coming from modern times when even after coming to ancient times he still wanted to find a way to go back... more>> even if he's trying to live by integrating himself and still working hard to live. Even though he's trying to fit in he's indifferent and detached to his current life until when he fell for the emperor.

🤨And technically all the people under the emperor are his s*aves or servants. Plus the emperor is a cat it's understandable that he is haughty and arrogant. He is already an emperor plus a cat so imagine that combo. Plus isn't the attitude of the emperor are the nature of most cats??

The plot is there but it isn't too complicated so some reviewers here thought that there's a miss opportunity to lead the story into a dog blood palace drama. But from the beginning the author didn't intend to lead it to complicated palace drama and just want it to focus on sea food cuisine, with cats and his human lover. It's just fluff and dog food. If you're not into sweet things this is not for you.

But if you had come from a heavy novel this one is a breath of fresh air, simple and funny with cats too. So you'll definitely like it. It's not perfect novel but it will be a good refresher after those heavy court scheming which was also the book I read before this. I haven't finished the book yet, it was good but heavy and the tension was unbearable at first it was okay but after reaching half of that story I stopped and try to read palace full of delicacies. At first I thought it would be heavy palace intrigued but I'm glad it wasn't that heavy and was just right. <<less
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