It's a sizzling hot summer in Shanghai, and Rachel Shaw is ready to destroy her cozy, little, meaningless life. She is a lawyer in a land where she cannot practice. Lives in a place that she cannot understand. And follows a husband that she cannot love anymore.But a part of her wants to give her marriage with Brian another try. She's not one to give up, not even after Brian's torrid affair, so she moves to Shanghai searching for whatever life had for her in the back burner. In her idle hours, she decides to learn how to cook, for that is the best way to a man's heart. But Rachel's culinary endeavours will leave her with a different appetite: Maya, the infamous, womanizer French chef. Rachel will soon find herself torn between a luxurious lifestyle and an unknown desire. Spiced with the mysterious beauty of Maya, she embarks in a simmering journey to discover that happiness is a matter of taste.