Tales from the Food House 1: A Taste of Good Fortune

A little restaurant tucked away in a narrow alley, with a head chef skilled in the finest culinary arts, an assistant who makes wonderful desserts, and a waiter with extraordinary abilities! Each book in the series tells the story of seven dishes they serve and seven customers. Xiao Zhou regains his fighting spirit thanks to bamboo fungus and egg; the young Guan An overcomes the grief of losing his parents with crab rice; Ban Xia finds comfort in lantern fruit; Xiao Sen presses on thanks to golden pancakes; A Chen solves a case with redtail fish; Qiu Sheng recalls his wife, who left him, over grilled oysters; and Mo Li overcomes adversity with rose cakes...