Su Yue opens her eyes and finds herself back in the 1980s, working as a temporary employee at a state-run restaurant.
Wash dishes, scrub toilets, get chewed out by the manager. She puts up with it.
Until city officials come for an inspection, the head chef botches the braised pork, and the whole kitchen descends into chaos.
Su Yue wipes her hands and walks over to the stove.
“Move aside. I'll handle it.”
One spoonful of caramelized sugar, and the whole kitchen falls silent.
After the officials finish eating, they insist on meeting the chef.
Manager Liu rubs his hands and brings the cook out, his smile frozen on his face.
It's the dishwasher he yelled at that morning.
From then on, Hongqi Restaurant's whole atmosphere changes:
Officials line up to eat, competitors sneak in to learn, and people offer her ten times her salary to poach her.
Manager Liu's blood pressure spikes every day.
“Su Yue! How many more skills are you hiding?”
