在这部踏出中国城剧情/爱情片中,从大陆来的小李在唐人餐馆当女侍，受尽委屈。后遇上美国人史提夫，对外面世界向往起来，在朋友的鼓励和启发下，她勇敢地踏出传统的规范。
Lee's family sent her from China to Los Angeles three years ago to be a waitress in a Chinatown restaurant and send money home to support her ailing grandmother. She lives with her bitter aunt, and endures terrible treatment at work, but feels trapped. Steve, a well-traveled engineer, enters her shabby restaurant by accident one day and is smitten by her. He works to bring her out of her misery and isolation in the short time before he has to leave for a job in China.
