In the late Northern Song Dynasty, Yanggu County. Wu Zhi (Wu Dalang), who has a peerless skill in cooking pancakes but is despised, was framed by his wife Pan Jinlian and the bully Ximen Qing. He was imprisoned and his life was in danger. A well-planned escape by fake death forced him to bid farewell to his homeland, shouldering grievances and hatred, and embarked on the dangerous and unpredictable sea crossing eastward.
With his extraordinary understanding of food and fermentation (Goldfinger), he saved ships time and again from storms, hunger, thirst, and disease, impressed the crew, and won some respect for the first time. On the vast sea, the mysterious sea charts and exotic notes left by his father guide him in the direction and also hide the mystery of his life experience.
When he went through many tribulations and set foot on the unfamiliar Japanese islands, what he saw in front of him was not a paradise, but a barbaric land with language barriers and tribal disputes. Let's take a look at how Wu Dalang used pasta as a blade and wisdom as a plow to sow Chinese skills in this land. From struggling to gain a foothold to gathering people's hearts, on the eve of the war of the Warring States Period, he quietly created a legendary country that integrated Chinese and Fuso civilizations, and eventually became the "creator ancestor" revered by later generations. This is an epic legend in which a little man is reborn in a desperate situation, stirs up history with cooking cakes, and writes civilization with kindness and wisdom.
