Divine Chef

This film (drama)Also known as神厨，is aMainland ChinaProducerbeauty live，At1998Released in year 。The dialogue language isMandarin Chinese，Current Douban rating7.3(For reference only)。

The skilled chef Liu Shandong, with a prestigious family background, goes to the Central Plains to seek his relatives after studying culinary arts in the Western Regions. He accidentally enters the royal forbidden garden with the unfortunate Eastern robbers Chen Fu, Li Cong, and the clever little fish eel, and is caught stealing the deer hunted by the 19th prince. Just as he faces execution, Liu Shandong’s "Whole Sheep Feast" with 120 dishes impresses Kangxi and the princes, saving the lives of many heroes; a "Whole Roasted Camel from the Western Regions" further boosts the prestige of the Qing Dynasty, making the conflicted Tuktaz Khan bow in submission. In the palace, Shandong, now the emperor's royal chef, is reluctant to seek wealth and honor and yearns to return home. His devotion eventually moves Kangxi, who grants him permission to visit his family. His father imparts to him the culinary secret - the Flying Phoenix Knife Technique. Before passing away, his father repeatedly instructs him to rush to Hangzhou to find his master uncle, saying, "I am not your father, you are..." Before revealing a long-hidden secret, the old man leaves this world. With a heart full of doubts and endless sorrow, Shandong embarks on a difficult journey to find his family…