Hong Mao, the new executive chef of "Ran" restaurant on the Bund in Shanghai, has only one goal - three Michelin stars. He is strict and silent, and the old scar on his left hand hides a past that he does not want to mention.
Jiang Cheng, a senior food journalist with a sharp writing style, is known in the industry as "difficult". She was used to closing her eyes to appreciate food, and she was also used to closing her eyes and not thinking about the man who left without saying goodbye ten years ago.
Until the interview task pushed the two together again.
Hong Mao deliberately made the food salty, and Jiang Cheng tasted it: "What are you afraid of?"
An old photo sent anonymously, a six-year-old girl blurting out "Mom", a yellowed medical certificate, an ex-wife who appeared as a "fiancée"...
Ten years have built a high wall between them, but food never lies. Every dish is the coordinate of memory, and every tremor of taste buds is unquenched love.
When Hong Mao's hand began to tremble uncontrollably, and when the Michelin reviewers were about to visit, Jiang Cheng held his hand that couldn't hold the spoon firmly.
This time, she won't let him carry it alone.
