Taste: Start with the Absolute Sense of Taste

Nineteen-year-old Lin Xiaoxiao has the rare talent of 'absolute taste', but he can only eat but not cook. The bowl of egg fried rice that his mother had before she died of illness became the starting point of his obsession to pursue "the taste that makes people happy". Starting from a dilapidated tavern in the food street of Chengdu, he became a disciple of the retired legend "The King of Flavor". Between the stove and the playing field, he experienced the transformation of talent, self-confidence, practical frustration, confusion and trough, and finally regained his original intention. Under the spotlight of the National College Cuisine Competition, there is an undercurrent of collision between tradition and Internet celebrity, orthodoxy and unorthodox, inheritance and innovation; in the shadow of the Dark Chef Alliance, lost secrets and industry secrets gradually surface. When the cooking duel sublimates into a battle of hearts, Lin Xiaoxiao will finally understand: a real cook is not to conquer taste buds, but to warm people's hearts. This is a passionate growth story that uses food as a metaphor for people and taste to convey emotions - food is a dream, cooking is a battle, and the stove is a battlefield.