Flavor of Happiness

Yamashita Takako works in the food section of a department store She pays frequent visits to a reputable local Chinese restaurant about opening an instore branch The owner of the restaurant Wang Qingkuo from Shanghai who does all the cooking by himself gives Takako the brushoff One day however Wang collapses due to overwork and is left with partial paralysis Hearing the rumor of the restaurants closure Takako resigns from the department store and becomes an apprentice to Wang