Kindergarten teacher Qiao Huazhi (played by Chen Huishan) lives a stable life with her mother and stepfather. One day, she received a lawyer's letter about inheriting the Thyme Restaurant owned by her biological father Jiang Yaozhu, but there was no outstanding chef in the restaurant, so she looked for the talented chef Ma You (played by Wu Qihua). However, Ma You, who has a cold and arrogant personality, stopped working as a chef because he could no longer taste delicious food due to emotional setbacks. It turns out that Ma You was an orphan, but fortunately he met his enlightenment teacher Yaozhu. In order to repay his gratitude, Ma You finally repaid Huazhi by becoming the chef of the restaurant. Huazhi's half-brother Jiang Youshang (played by Lin Feng) was full of hostility towards the two people who suddenly entered the restaurant, but for the sake of their father's restaurant, the three began to cooperate with each other, and Youshang and Ma You also developed a relationship of both teacher and friend. Huazhi and Ma You fell in love with each other over time, but Ma You's former lover Su Mei (played by Teng Liming) reappeared. Huazhi also met Ci Xin (played by Ma Dezhong), who had studied with Ma You in the past. Ci Xin, who was full of ability and confidence, had a remarkable position in cooking. But what bothered Ci Xin was the talented chef Ma You. The two had never been able to compete with each other. Ci Xin regarded Ma You as his rival in career and love, so he challenged Ma You. Thyme's survival and the choice of love made Ma You feel more pressure...