Su Xiaowan, a down-and-out cook who was demoted to Beijing, relied on her exquisite craftsmanship to gain a foothold in the "No. 1 House in the World", but unexpectedly discovered that the cold-faced prince was actually the little beggar who stole her family's recipes. She lured him step by step with eighteen "memory dishes", and finally the prince was willing to give him the entire imperial dining room as a betrothal gift.
