Die once? Tragic.
Die twice? Now we’re cooking.
Talented chef Luke Liu exploded spectacularly in his San Francisco kitchen, only to wake up in the freshly murdered body of his other self, in another world.
Welcome to Fragrant Bowl City, of the Thousand Flavor Realm, where cooking is a matter of life, death, and immortality.
Where cooking is cultivation.
Now known as Ming Shi, our hero is about to embark on a gourmet adventure, spiced wildly with gastronomical superpowers, spectacular cooking duels, and one very salty, homicidal uncle. The Pearl of Heaven Soup Dumpling can only have one master, you see.
Armed with two lifetimes of cooking obsession, Ming Shi is going for Godhood, one dish at a time. His motto is simple: cook things, don\'t die.
This is harder than it sounds, with all the culinary conspiracies that could kill him. The Primordial Elements like the taste of him. The Ascension Cuisine cabal is hunting him. The fugitive princess next door is kind of a hazard by association, what with her being wanted for treason and all.
It\'s fine. Whatever. The point is: from street food zero to Michelin Immortal, this will be a culinary epic that makes you laugh, cry, laugh again, and raid your kitchen at 2AM.
Grab your chopsticks, Fellow Daoist. Your table at Dim Sum Dao is waiting.
WARNING: Contains obscene food descriptions that may have you moaning in public. Maximum absurdity, serious character development, and scrumptious plot twists that if you were reading closely, you’d have seen coming all along.
WHAT TO EXPECT
- Fast paced slow burn.
- Comedy with heart.
- Character depth. No cartoon villains, even when you think there are.
- A real hero. Our hero is human and fallible. He is not an anti-hero.
- One love interest. No harem.
RESPECTS
Senior Brother Illustrator
Cover Illustration by Sadman Paints
Senior Brother Editor
Behold the Editing Dao of Robin Black.
Popular Reviews