In order to save her seriously ill younger brother, Su Wan, a cook from a poor family, is forced to use her ancestral recipes to pay off her debt. However, she unexpectedly forges a misunderstanding with Cheng Yan, a retired frontier soldier and rough-and-tumble Orion hunter. She made a living by setting up a stall in the market with her superb cooking skills, overcoming the difficulties of her neighbors, the oppression of her peers, and the schemes of the powerful. Under the silent protection of Cheng Yan, she grew from a despised "poor cook" to the best chef in the town. In the end, she and Cheng Yan built a long-lasting love story with bowls of hot soup and dishes. The exciting points focus on "beating people in the face with food" (using cooking skills to fight back against those who make things difficult), "turning into a star in adversity" (from a poor family to being a celebrity), and "a rough man's loyal dog" (the details of Cheng Yan's protection that is cold on the outside and hot on the inside).
