Lin Bei is an ordinary office worker whose only hobby is cooking.
Six months after they broke up, his ex-girlfriend sends him an invitation to her engagement banquet: “Come see what a man should make of his life.”
Lin Bei has no time for her. He’s just discovered that the copper spatula passed down from his grandmother can take him to the Tang Dynasty.
At Chang’an’s Western Market, he trades a packet of thirteen-spice seasoning for an ingot of silver.
At the Capital Hotel, he silences everyone with a dish of red-braised pork.
Modern seasonings crush ancient spices, and a thousand years of culinary innovation is an overwhelming advantage.
He makes money, builds a business, and happens to take in a young woman who’s been living on the streets.
He thinks she’s just someone down on her luck. Who would’ve guessed that the fragment of jade in her arms bears the carved image of a five-clawed dragon?
He can travel between two worlds, but each trip comes with a 24-hour cooldown. Every crossing is a high-stakes gamble.
His ex-girlfriend’s engagement banquet? No rush.
First, he’ll open a restaurant in the Tang Dynasty that all of Chang’an will beg on their knees to eat at.
