The Five Flavors of Gourmet Cooking

Only after tasting every flavor of life can you understand the warmth and coldness of the world. After losing his job and falling on hard times, Xu Yuan started selling scallion pancakes from a street stall. By chance, he awakened a magical food scroll that could imbue food with the five flavors of sweet, sour, bitter, spicy, and salty. The food he made stirred up the memories and emotions hidden deep in his customers’ hearts. A tough guy who prides himself on being stone-hearted took a bite of a pancake and immediately broke down: “I miss my mom...” A young person who’d given up on life devoured one, declared it addictive, and remembered the passionate young self they used to be. In a church, a fugitive ate a pancake while confessing to a priest, then burst into tears and said he wanted to turn himself in. A couple on the verge of breaking up shared a pancake, remembered the sweetness of their early days, and walked away hand in hand.