Ko Tin-po (Wong Cho Lam) has tasted many delicacies since he was young. He can easily distinguish between good and bad dishes. Unfortunately, his family’s financial woes have left him and his servant Li Wei (Jack Wu) homeless. They resort to selling buns for a living. Consequently, they meet a street performer Kei Mo-suet(Joey Meng), the city’s most beautiful lady Nin Yeuk-bik (Nancy Wu) and a young chef Mai Siu-yu (Stephanie Ho). By chance, Tin-po also comes across the Fourth Imperial Prince Yin-zhen (Ben Wong), whom he instantly gets along with.
Tin-po is invited to be a chef in the palace, where he encounters his greatest rival Choi Hok-ting (Bob Lam). He is unexpectedly brought into the royal succession battle started by the eighth Imperial Prince Yin-si (Louis Cheung). Tin-po turns out to be Yin-zhen's lucky star, helping Yin-zhen defeat Yin-si time and time again. However, an accidental marriage contract quickly changes his circumstances...
清康熙年間，本是揚州闊少的高天寶（王祖藍飾），家中以賣鹽為生，堆積大量財富。可是，一次朝廷打擊私鹽，高家被查封，天寶流落至北京城，開設包點店，主打鹹魚包。
