A troupe of struggling stage actors is rehearsing for a small-town production of a play. Everything seems to be as it should until one of the cast members turns up dead. In a panic, the others try t...

寿宴上，村长黄秉义（洪金宝 饰）展示了精湛的厨艺，龙头刀法格外出众。帮厨阿良（洪天明 饰）受黄继祖（樊少皇 饰）指示，在菜里投毒陷害黄秉义，使后者被怒火的村民驱逐，龙头刀也被剥夺。黄秉义来到师傅女儿沈青（应采儿 饰）开的四海一品店，在此结识了刚刚学成下山的龙建一（吴建豪 饰）。两人对四川名菜开水白菜的品评不谋而合。黄秉义更是一针见血地指出了要害，厨师不服，与之比拼厨艺，结果甘拜下风，愤然离去。店中...