Maya is the young chef-owner of the old restaurant, ‘Maya’s Recipe,’ a woman whose life is walled off. She preserves the ancient recipes with strictness and coldness, believing that cooking is about shouldering a legacy, not sharing happiness. The silence in her kitchen is as frigid as a tomb of memories.
Wen is a passionate young photographer who arrives with her camera and the mission to film a documentary, "The Local Flavor Heritage." What she wants to record is not just images of food, but the hidden heart beneath the rigorous facade of the chef-owner.
The most important lesson isn’t the lost recipe, but Maya’s realization that... the best taste in life is not in the dish she cooks, but in the person standing across the table who dares to make her "smile without realizing it."