After three years of painstaking effort, he finally recreates his family's secret braising sauce, only for his mother to sell it all to build a newlywed house for his older brother! Set in the 1980s, Chen Dalu spends three years recreating the secret braising recipe passed down by his grandfather, determined to support his family through his culinary skills. To raise money for his older brother's house and wedding expenses, his mother secretly sells all the braising crocks and pours the precious aged broth into a drainage ditch. Devastated, Chen Dalu manages to recover the tiny amount of broth that remains. He carefully preserves the ancestral recipe and finally speaks his mind in front of his family, refusing to let years of hard work be sacrificed for his older brother. Despite his mother's harsh words, he takes his ingredients and secret recipe and sets off alone for the county town. Determined to start his own business with a street stall, he sets out to carve a path to success through his braised delicacies.