The Legend of Taotie

A cozy, food-filled fantasy romance that blends mythical ingredients with human emotions, offering a warm and occasionally bittersweet escape.

Created by

Cheng-Ming Ko, Hon-Sit Chung

Genres

Drama, Sci-fi & fantasy

Starring

An Yuexi, Wang Youshuo, Niu Zifan

Overview

The Tianxiang Restaurant in Wuxia Town has a playful shopkeeper Zhu Chengbi who is also a cuisine master, and a bookkeeper Chang Qing who has a magic pen. Zhu Chengbi, a foodie, can make everything with any ingredient, such as minced merman flesh, hornet dumpling, tiger claw bead, spring pastry, fire lotus custard, Wuchang crab, twin mushroom, brotherhood cake and stewed noodles , which indicate human sorrows and joys: love, brotherhood, conjugality, mother and son, family and country crisis... They experience vicissitudes of life together. The two in love are about to have a different destiny. What road will they take?

How it feels

Whimsical, romantic, warm and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Love, family, identity, fate

Content

Mild violence, gore and sexual content. No swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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