Jiang Shuang, a young cook, takes in a discarded crown prince as a waiter, and from then on, her restaurant is never peaceful again. Xiao Yan, the deposed crown prince, has been banished to live among commoners. He had planned to coast through life, but then he meets a proprietress who insists on paying him wages. She cooks while he serves the dishes; she takes the money while he wipes the tables. Their days are a chaotic mess. Until one day, someone from the palace arrives to take the waiter back and make him emperor.
