This drama tells the story of a young girl Yao Zijin (played by Wu Jinyan) who entered the palace and was selected as a maid of the Shangshi Bureau during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty. She continued to develop in the palace and persisted in the pursuit of traditional Chinese cuisine and made many friends. Friendship and encounters with love, a twists and turns of emotional story with Zhu Zhanji (played by Xu Kai).

In the 19th year of Yongle, the Ming Dynasty had great national affairs and all nations came to visit. In order to receive an endless stream of envoys from all over the world, Emperor Yongle took an eclectic approach and selected women who were good at cooking to enter the palace and serve as the food choices of the Ming Dynasty's Shangshi Bureau.

Through multiple selections, the girl Yao Zijin was selected as the maid of the Shangshi Bureau, and thus became friends with Luo Xingqiao, who was born in a beggar family, and Su Yuehua, the genius chef. Yao Zijin, who had always been content with the status quo, was encouraged by the two of them and became interested in cooking.

The three of them are full of ingenious ideas, independently innovate hundreds of fresh dishes, appropriately integrate them into the Chinese health-preserving medicinal diet, and make famous dishes from ancient books reappear in the world. Step by step, Zi Jin went from being a maid, a female scholar, and a female historian to being the chef and the chef, and his cooking skills gradually improved.

Zi Jin gradually understood the true meaning of "food" and that special food is the driving force behind the relationship between people. A bridge between different cultures and arts.

In the end, she gave up the competition for the largest food competition, left the palace and devoted herself to folklore, promoting special food culture.