“What exactly is this dish?” “…It’s fried chicken, Your Majesty.” The most notorious tyrant of Joseon discovers the taste of fried chicken?! Yeon Ji-yeong, a celebrated French chef at the peak of her career, suffers a mysterious accident and suddenly finds herself in the Joseon era, where she catches the eye of King Yeonsan-gun. “From today on, you are the Daeryeong Suksu.” (the royal head chef in charge of the palace kitchen) Enchanted by the chicken Ji-yeong prepares, Yeonsan-gun appoints her as the chef responsible for his meals and warns her: if she serves anything less than delicious, she will be executed. Thus, every night Ji-yeong presents lavish dishes to survive—and little by little, a strange tension grows between them… ‘He’s insane… but unbelievably handsome.’ ‘That woman, Yeon Ji-yeong… I can’t stop thinking about her.’ As Ji-yeong begins to see the “tyrant” not just as a king but as a man, the most feared monarch of Joseon finds his attention shifting from food to her. The grand epic between a modern chef and the fearsome king of Joseon begins now!