Zhang Dongguan, who was originally a genius in cooking, was seen by ordinary people as a gangster with no wealth. He was fired from countless restaurants in Suzhou City because of his careless cooking. But he has two unique skills, both in his hands: he can perform magic tricks and acrobatic chopping skills; the same skills are in his mouth: he has a tongue that can taste all kinds of ingredients, and he is eloquent and can memorize words. A long section of dish names and an entire storytelling book.
Zhang Dongguan has many dreams. When he was fired from a restaurant because he couldn't cook, his dream was to become the owner of the largest restaurant in the world; after meeting Lu Xin, a famous chef in Jiangnan, and his daughter Lu Meimei, his dream It is "to be a shopkeeper of Lu when you are a man, and to marry Lu Meimei when you are married." He loves to listen to storytelling. After listening to "The Case of Mei Mei", he wanted to do Bao Longtu, after listening to "Hongmen Banquet", he wanted to be Fan Kuai, and after listening to "The Legend of Knights" I just want to be a swordsman who eliminates violence and saves beauty.
Emperor Kangxi paid a private visit to the south of the Yangtze River incognito. Zhang Dongguan was involved in a scandal to assassinate the emperor. However, due to fate, he formed a sworn friendship with the emperor of the dynasty. From then on, he embarked on a smooth road to success. However, he thought that "the road to Qingyun is smooth and dangerous at every step". From then on, he began the tetralogy of his life in establishing the Manchu and Han Dynasty banquet.
Zhang Dongguan, a man of great fortune, was awarded the title of "The No. 1 Chef in the South of the Yangtze River" by the emperor due to his cooking skills as a three-legged cat, and was selected into the imperial dining room of the palace. Zhang Dongguan, who didn't understand the rules and couldn't cook, performed comedies in the palace that made trouble in the palace, and he was almost killed or castrated several times. Although dangers abound, Zhang Dongguan relies on his grassroots wisdom and unique food philosophy to always turn danger into disaster.
When a catastrophe was imminent, Zhang Dongguan was forced to escape from the palace and embarked on the road of learning cooking skills while evading pursuit. He drew on the strengths of many families and relied on his superhuman talent to "stew" the essence of delicacies from all over the Chinese nation in one pot, becoming a culinary master of his generation. After being recalled to the palace, Zhang Dongguan became the chef of the "Thousands of Old Banquets" and succeeded in this famous banquet. He compiled a set of 108 banquet recipes and created the Manchu-Han Banquet.
In the end, Zhang Dongguan and his sweetheart Lu Meimei realized their dream of "opening the largest restaurant in Beijing", and at the same time, they also realized their dream of "let the emperor eat hundreds of meals and let the common people eat palace food" "The oath.