Due to her boyfriend's job transfer, Rinko moved to one of Japan's leading Chinatowns, Nanjing Street. She was doing her best to find a job while being tired out by her boyfriend who was emotionally harassing her, but she collapses on her way back home. The person who helped her was the owner of a Chinese tea shop, "Huayang Tea House," in Nanjing Street. Rinko had forgotten the joy of food due to stress, but she was treated to deluxe babaocha and steamed meat buns (bao), and was deeply moved by its deliciousness and the healing time she spent there. In addition, she was delighted to be invited to work at Huayang Tea House, but it seems that this tea shop has a big secret ...! A Chinese gourmet fantasy that unfolds in a gastronomic city!