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The Legend of Taotie
2024·1 Season·40 Episodes·★ 7.0
Chinese original
The Tianxiang Restaurant in Wuxia Town has a playful shopkeeper Zhu Chengbi who is also a cuisine master, and a bookkeeper Chang Qing who has a magic pen. Zhu Chengbi, a foodie, can make everything with any ingredient, such as minced merman flesh, hornet dumpling, tiger claw bead, spring pastry, fire lotus custard, Wuchang crab, twin mushroom, brotherhood cake and stewed noodles , which indicate human sorrows and joys: love, brotherhood, conjugality, mother and son, family and country crisis... They experience vicissitudes of life together. The two in love are about to have a different destiny. What road will they take?
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A bigger-world series choice for viewers who want imagination, world-building, or a premise that opens up beyond everyday life.
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Best suited to viewers who enjoy ongoing worlds, mythology, or high-concept storytelling.
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Compact commitment · 40 episodes
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Season 1
40 episodes
2024
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