The film unfolds around the mysterious secret recipe of Sun Lao Da's miracle-making hotpot base. On a certain food street in Chongqing, Sun Lao Da's (played by Luo Jiaying) hotpot restaurant is renowned far and wide for its exceptional hotpot base flavor, drawing many competitors who covet his secret recipe. The two brothers Ma Da Gou (played by Jiang Chao) and Ma Er Gou (played by Pang Bo), in order to secure their own hotpot store's position on the food street, go to great lengths and find Tang Shaoye (played by Yuan Chengjie), who is smooth-talking with beauties, slick with partners, a master escapist, and more experienced than any rogue. They successfully uncover Tang Shaoye's weakness and force him to help steal the secret recipe, leading to a series of hilarious actions.