The Five-Flavored Little Chef: A Handbook for Taming the Chief Minister

“Genius chef × world-weary chief minister, a spoonful of romance and half a bowl of empire. A nuanced story with a leisurely pace.”

Xu Qingjia is only a humble cook, but a case involving illicit salt brings her into the orbit of the youngest chief minister in the court.

Cold and aloof, he is nevertheless powerless to resist her scallion-oil noodles.

To investigate the case, they pretend to be husband and wife.

Genius chef × world-weary chief minister

She braves Yanjing for him, and he resigns his high office for her.

From a street-side kitchen to imperial banquets in the Golden Throne Hall, she seasons the world with all five flavors, until even the aloof beauty on the mountaintop bows her head and tastes the pleasures of ordinary life.