When "stability" became the background of life, advertising director Luo Ziqi and food culture editor Li Kejia, a couple who had been in love for seven years, resolutely quit their high-paying jobs on their third wedding anniversary and drove a RV to embark on a one-year food tour across the country.
With their cameras and handbooks, they traveled from the oil dumplings in Shanghai alleys in February to the coconut juice in the Hainan coconut groves in the twelfth lunar month; from the heat of Sichuan and Chongqing hot pot to the sweetness of Tibetan sweet tea. They traveled to 32 provinces and cities and spanned 120,000 kilometers. Use 30,000 photos to freeze the moment of taste, and record dietary passwords in 20 notebooks. The journey is not only a taste of the tongue, but also a dialogue between people and the land. Learning how to make butter tea from a Tibetan grandmother, and the scene of my eyelashes getting frosty while pickling sauerkraut in Xuexiang have become precious memories.
After returning, the two made a short video called "A Bite of China" based on what they saw and heard, and also opened a "Yuanyuan Canteen" in Shanghai. Every dish in the canteen is marked with its place of origin and tells a story about the journey. When diners taste "Turpan's Sun-baked Buns", they can listen to Li Kejia share interesting stories about baking buns and feel the fireworks in Luo Ziqi's lens. This fireworks goes beyond the food itself, it is the courage to set no limits in life, the tenderness of integrating love into daily life, and it is also a "taste love letter" written by the two to each other. This journey is not about escaping, but about measuring love with your steps. They finally understand that the most beautiful scenery lies in every puff of fireworks shared with their lover.
