Momento the great chef has a restaurant, three pickled friends and a loyal diner named Perfecto who arrives at the restaurant each day with a surprise in his basket. Momento always manages to make something delicious with what Perfecto has brought, even if he sometimes seems a bit clueless. The show intrigues kids to try new kinds of foods that are good for them.
Rooted in Chinese folkloric tradition, it features the exploits of twelve heroic contenders for the celestial assignment of "Keepers of the Earthly Realm", winning them a place in the Chinese Zodiac.