According to legend, Emperor Qianlong private Jiangnan, one day at noon, traveling to the town of Jiangnan Township, feel the mouth in the tongue, belly hunger. Look forward to look after, see there is a village, Zhuang side of a cottage, chimneys on the white smoke curls. The heart of the great joy, decided to borrow this home to rest for a while, looking for some food to feed the hungry. Into the door, see this family is very poor, not very furnished, only the peasant woman at home. Qianlong will explain to her intentions. Farmer's wife to see home to a gorgeous clothes official, and surprised and worried. Surprised is that this remote village actually came to the noble guest; worried is that the home is really poor, not much hospitality. The farmer's family was very hospitable, and the farmer's wife invited the guest into the house to wash his face and have tea. The farmer's wife searched the house and found only two pieces of bean curd that the man brought back in the morning. She had to go to the field and pulled a handful of spinach, cut the tofu into small pieces, fried in soybean oil into both sides of the yellow, into the spinach with the burn, and after that, served a big bowl, served to the guests to eat. Qianlong was born in the palace, eat every day is the sea food, that ate the farmhouse small dishes, coupled with hunger in the abdomen, feel more flavorful. Not much effort, a big bowl of tofu all eaten up. Qianlong thought: my appetite has never been so good, although the king of a country, when to enjoy such a blessing today, but I do not know what this dish is made of? So, asked the peasant woman just ate what is the delicacies of the sea? Farmer's wife asked, secretly laugh, which is what the sea food? It was just a common household dish. Tofu fried in oil, outside the golden yellow, inside the alabaster color, spinach green root red, like a parrot's beak. Since the guest asked this question, might as well say a good name for the dish to tell him. Then casually answered: "This dish is 'gold inlaid white jade plate, red beak green parrot brother'." Qianlong heard, very happy.