#Period drama #Transmigration #Food #Comeback #Year 2000 #Millennium #Intangible cultural heritage #Strong female lead
The head chef of the Qing imperial kitchen transmigrates into the body of a broke young woman in a Beijing hutong in the year 2000.
She has just 83 yuan to her name, her noodle shop is about to be demolished, and her relatives are blocking the door, demanding their share of the family assets.
Wei Zhen rolls up her sleeves and simmers a pot of traditional bone broth using half a pig’s skeleton.
The whole street wakes to the aroma.
The line stretches from the mouth of the hutong to the main street. A cultural heritage CEO drops by for free meals every day, the heir to an antiques family brings her rare books, and even the owner of the rival hotpot restaurant sneaks over to get takeout.
Someone asks her, “You’re from ancient times. How are you going to survive in the year 2000?”
Wei Zhen wipes her hands. “As long as I have a stove, I’ll get by.”
Starting from just 83 yuan, she builds a nationwide chain, one bowl of noodles at a time.
See how an imperial chef from ancient times uses a single wok to make waves in the new millennium.
