四十年代，“喜记”是本地家喻户晓的传统潮州饼店，尤其是它们制作的中秋饼更是闻名遐迩。“喜记”的老板连学庚育有独子连文鼎，在制饼方面有着极高的天分。文鼎与卖唱女林小梅情投意合，让父亲得知，千方百计阻止两人来往，还安排了他和富商的女儿孙秀兰成亲。碍于父亲的威严和传统的束缚，文鼎无奈接受安排，而实际上秀兰确实是个好妻子、好媳妇，使得文鼎认为父亲当初的选择是正确的。

　　中秋节的这一夜，文鼎不小心跌入水井，昏迷了过去。醒来时，文鼎赫然发现已穿越时空，来到了现代的新加坡。文鼎机缘巧合地遇上正为找工人而头疼的连大喜。大喜见文鼎年纪轻轻，竟然懂得做传统糕饼，大为惊喜，立即聘请了他。通过大喜，文鼎也认识了他的弟弟连双喜，并发现两人竟是他后人，经营的正是他家传下来的“喜记”。连家两兄弟性格各异，在家庭、事业和感情各方面上都颇为不顺利。

　　大喜是个多愁善感，情感脆弱的男人，可是却有强烈的责任感，为守家业不遗余力，只可惜心有余而力不足。大喜曾被爱情伤害过无数次，从此便害怕再恋爱，所以就算是暗恋隔壁的店员欧阳璇也不敢表白。

　　二喜表面像是个大男人，其实是个典型的“妻管严”，对妻子杜诗妮是言听计从。爱面子的二喜，做生意眼高手低，时常是“讲就天下无敌，做就无能為力”，因此也给“喜记”带来了不少麻烦。

Set in the 1940s and then the modern world, this drama pits the traditional way against the modern. The story evolves around a popular traditional pastry shop called Xiji. Lian Wending, who is the only heir and has a gift in making pastries, is in love with a travelling songstress, Lin Xiaomei. But his father objects to the relationship and arranges for Wending to marry a rich merchant's daughter, Sun Xiulan. Bound by tradition, he accedes to his father's wish. On Mid-Autumn night, he falls into a well and loses his consciousness. When he wakes up, he is shocked to find himself in modern Singapore. He gets to know two brothers, who are his descendants. Xiji in the modern world is, unfortunately, facing a business crisis and Wending tries his best to save it. In the process, he meets his westernised rival, She Meiren, who looks exactly like Xiaomei but with a different personality. In the battle between modern and traditional ways, both of them fall in love with each other.