The Legend of Taotie: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

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?

Series details

• Title: The Legend of Taotie
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Chinese
• Genres: Fantasy, Romance, History
• Premiere date: 2024-12-10
• Final broadcast date listed: 2024-12-26
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: Youku
• Network country: China
• Typical episode runtime: 45 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 67221

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2024-12-10; final listed air date 2024-12-26; episode order: 40.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Legend of Taotie on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.