“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!