Highlights
- Isekai anime and manga often explore unique premises, such as protagonists being reincarnated as strange objects or focusing on specific topics like cooking.
- Many isekai series centered around food emphasize the culinary aspect rather than the fantasy world aspect, showcasing visually stunning dishes for fans to obsess over.
- These isekai anime and manga about food feature protagonists who use their cooking skills in other worlds, garnering praise and building relationships through their delicious meals.
Isekai anime dabbles into many topics. Some feature unique premises where the protagonists are reincarnated as weird things like a sword, while some focus on things like reading. Manga authors sometimes dabble in different sub-genres to appeal to particular audiences, leading to the creation of several works centered around cooking.
Most of these manga and anime do not emphasize the isekai aspect and focus mostly on the culinary side of things, leaving fans to obsess over visually stunning food. With that in mind, here are some of the best isekai anime and manga about food.
10 I’m Not The Saint So I’ll Just Leisurely Make Food At The Royal Palace
| Japanese Name | Seijo ja nakatta no de, Oukyuu de nonbiri Gohan wo Tsukuru koto ni shimashita |
| Author/Illustrator | Kimyama Rio/Asatani Kotori |
| Number Of Chapters | 15 |
Rina was initially summoned into another world to be the Saint that would help the kingdom prosper; however, when she got there, she discovered another emergency. The food in the world Rina was summoned into was largely underwhelming, so much so that even the chefs in the Royal Palace could not make a proper tasting meal.
She decides to let go of her Saint duties and instead makes good food at the Royal Palace, garnering the praise of the nobles and members of the royal family in the land.
9 Campfire Cooking In Another World With My Absurd Skill
| Japanese Name | Tondemo Sukiru de Isekai Horo Meshi |
| Studio | MAPPA |
| Number Of Episodes | 12 |
Tsuyoshi Makouda, a regular salaryman, is reincarnated alongside three high schoolers by the kingdom of Reijseger to be the trump cards in the upcoming war against the demons. However, while the high schoolers develop magical abilities, he is left with a power called Online Supermarket that allows him to order food and other products from Japan.
As a result, he decides to take off and live an easy life in this new world, discovering legendary beasts who enjoy tasting his food so much that they accept a familiar contract with him.
8 This “Summon Kitchen” Skill Is Amazing!
| Japanese Name | Skill “Daidokoro Shoukan” wa Sugoi! |
| Author | Shipo Tanuki |
| Number Of Chapters | 136 |
After summoning a high school girl during the Saint summoning ritual, the kingdom realizes it also dragged a salarywoman along for the ride by mistake. Isarai Shina, the woman in question, does not receive the same welcome as the Saint and is abandoned in a corner of the Royal Palace.
During her time there, she discovers a skill named Summon Kitchen, which accumulates points each time she cooks food, which in turn can be used to evolve the kitchen. With nothing else to do, she decides to build her dream kitchen using her skills.
7 Gourmet In Different World
| Japanese Name | Gensou Gourmet |
| Author | Kouta Amana Otsuji |
| Number Of Chapters | 25 |
This fantasy manga series by Kouta Amana Otsuji revolves around Shunichirou, who suddenly finds himself reincarnated in another world after his death, and unlike most conventional protagonists, he is not interested in getting stronger or anything of the sort. His only wish is to experience previously unknown fantasy gourmet meals.
Along with Sylphin, a beastman maid, they go on adventures, experiencing the weirdest and best meals this new world offers. Of course, the series is not without its comedic moments which makes a great dynamic with the character personalities.
6 Different World Hospitality Meals
| Japanese Name | Isekai Omootenashi Gohan |
| Author | Shinobumaru |
| Number Of Chapters | 21 |
This manga series by Shinobumaru features a premise where a salary woman was transported to another world along with her younger sister and dog. In this world, appreciation is usually done in the form of hospitality with good meals.
However, the rare guests she hosts all have high standards as a result, and she is only good simple home-cooked food, so it remains to be seen if she will be able to appeal to the taste buds of people in a different world with Japanese food.
5 Mazu Rice Elf And Nomadic Life
| Japanese Name | Mazumeshi Elf to Yuubokugurashi |
| Author/Illustrator | Kurou Ooma/ Takashi Watanabe |
| Number Of Chapters | 70 |
After Suzuki Saburo accidentally broke his arm while playing baseball, he decided to explore other hobbies, which eventually got him into cooking. One day, he finds himself transported to another world, with only his custom knife coming along with him for the ride.
After days of wandering around and eventually losing consciousness, he discovers a tribe of elves had saved him. However, the tribe members were unable to cook good food, so he took it upon himself to teach them the true joys of making great meals.
4 Restaurant To Another World
| Japanese Name | Isekai Shokudo |
| Studio | Silver Link, OLM Team Yoshioka |
| Number Of Episodes | 24 |
Tokyo’s Western Restaurant Nekoya is a great restaurant that makes Japanese remakes of several Western dishes. As a result, it is usually packed full of a range of clientele except for weekends and public holidays when it is closed.
However, Nekoya is not your average restaurant, as on Saturdays, it opens a doorway to fantastical lands filled with elves, dwarves, dragons, and other creatures who come to taste the exotic food the human world has to offer while forging good relationships with many of them becoming regular customers.
3 Kakuriyo: Bed & Breakfast For Spirits
| Japanese Name | Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi |
| Studio | Gonzo |
| Number Of Episodes | 26 |
Aoi Tsubaki, a college student who can see ghosts and supernatural creatures called Ayakashi, has her life turned upside down when she is kidnapped by one, an Ogre named Odanna, after feeding him.
After taking her to the Hidden Realm where Ayakashi lives, he informed her how her grandfather, whom she inherited this ability, owed a debt to this Ogre, and she must repay it by getting married to him. Seeing as that is a huge ask, she instead negotiates to work at his inn, the Tenjin’ya, as the housekeeper.
2 Cooking With Wild Game
| Japanese Name | Seijo ja nakatta no de, Oukyuu de nonbiri Gohan wo Tsukuru koto ni shimashita |
| Author/Illustrator | EDA/Kochimo |
| Number Of Chapters | 15 |
Asuta Tsurumi, in an attempt to retrieve his father’s cooking knife from their burning restaurant, runs into the building and finds himself strangely teleported to another world, with his father’s knife being the only thing to follow him from his world.
There, he meets Ai Fa, a woman from a tribe that inhabits the edge of the forest with which the flowers of romance slowly bloom. He bonds with the tribe by teaching them how to make great meals with Giba, a wild boar-like animal.
1 Alternate World Bar “Nobu”
| Japanese Name | Isekai Izakaya “Nobu” |
| Studio | WOWOW |
| Number Of Episodes | 30 |
Nobuyuki Yazawa runs a drinks and snacks bar in Kyoto, with the help of Shinobu Senke, who serves customers. Prior to the start of the series, the bar, Nobu, had little success, which prompted Shinobu to pray for more customers at a shrine.
The god answered her prayers by linking the front door to an ancient city in another world. The customers, who range from palace guards to the guild master, all can't get enough of the amazing dishes and drinks Nobu has to offer.