Wu Wanlin, a modern star chef, lost consciousness in the fire and smoke during a kitchen gas leakage accident. When she opened her eyes again, she was in the countryside of the Jin Dynasty. Wearing coarse linen clothes, she faced earthen stoves that lacked oil and salt, ingredients that did not know what soy sauce was, and ancient people who had never heard of "stir-frying" and "thickening".
She once wowed diners with her dish of "Seared Wagyu Beef with Cloud Mist Truffles", but she was repeatedly frustrated at first even making a fire. She was even regarded as "deviant" by the villagers because she used modern cooking concepts to improve wild vegetable soup. But she was not discouraged. She started by identifying the local spices of the Jin Dynasty, using clay pots instead of pressure cookers to stew animal meat, using honey to recreate the color of sugar, and making soft semolina "improved Hu cakes".
By chance, she cooked a table of "New Jin Style" for the literati passing by. Her unique seasoning and presentation amazed everyone. It also allowed her to find the possibility of using her cooking skills to gain a foothold in an unfamiliar era, and started a legend of reinventing herself in the ancient stove fireworks.
