Ko Tin Bo had been an experienced eater since youth, he knows everything about food and the taste as soon as it goes into his mouth. Unfortunately due to a family crisis he and his loyal follower Lee Wai were forced to wander the streets and made a living off selling buns. Because of food, Tin Bo met a female street entertainer Gei Mo Suet, the Capital's most beautiful woman Lin Yeuk Bik and female chef Mai Siu Yue. It is also because of fate that he encountered the Fourth Royal Prince Yan Chan who discovered his talent and recommended him to the palace to work as a palace chef. In the palace, Tin Bo meets his old enemy Choi Hok Ting and set off a series of battles in the kitchen. Tin Bo also didn't know he was getting himself involved in the Eighth Royal Prince Yan Yik's evil plot.

自幼出身富贵之家的天才厨师高天宝（王祖蓝 饰）天生拥有极为灵敏的嗅觉和味觉，尝尽珍馐佳肴，对食材要求甚高。怎奈家道败落，在京城市井经营一家专门制作咸鱼包的小店为生。与小店相邻的面店店主米小鱼（何雁诗 饰）为寻找厨神父亲“五味大师”，不得已女扮男装，跟天宝是一对欢喜冤家。街头卖艺女子纪慕雪（万绮雯 饰）嫉恶如仇，柔中带刚。康熙早年曾吃过一道名为咸鱼包的小吃，对此念念不忘。四阿哥胤禛（黄智贤 饰）微服出巡秘密出宫寻找，偶遇街头卖艺的慕雪，对其一见钟情。胤禛终于找到了天宝秘制的咸鱼包，胤禛更对天宝超群的厨艺和认真的态度青睐有加。小小咸鱼包，让天宝备受康熙赏识，几经周折，天宝被推荐入紫禁城中的御茶膳房，成为当中一个御厨。与此同时，朝中以八阿哥胤禩（张继聪 饰）为首的“八王党”不惜一切结党营私，宫中一时风起云涌。然而伴君如伴虎，一心钻研美食的天宝却“因食为奴”，在明争暗斗的宫廷争斗中险象环生。

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