Lin Jiahe was born in an ordinary restaurant family and dreams of being a top chef. Along the way, he breaks through himself and gets acquainted with food critic Tang Yueqiao, veteran chef An's mentor Zhang Baocai and a group of urban gourmets, and encounters fierce competition from new-school chef Ouyang Ming. The story extends from home cooking, friendship entrepreneurship, and catering finals to the top of world cuisine. Each volume revolves around a specific food theme to promote growth, emotion, joy and crisis. It has both swords and pots and shadows, as well as warm bonds, which is both humorous and compact. In the end, Lin Jiahe realized his self-worth through food, and his family, friends and competitors all found their own answers in the smoke.
