Neo-Shiodome floats above the clouds, and the Steel Spoon Syndicate owns every kitchen in it — except one. Kenji Hayabusa, a disgraced ex-champion chef, runs the last free food cart in the night market with Noodle, a sarcastic flying ramen bowl. When Madame Umami sends a wok-armored mech to flatten his cart, Kenji answers with kitchen-utensil kung fu, a street cook-off, and a forbidden recipe he swore he'd never cook again.