if you think about it carefully, it's true, as if you have never seen Luoyang water mat in other places. Even when I was a child, my family was close to Luoyang, and it was only after I graduated from college that I came to Luoyang that I gradually got to know the water mat.

let's get to know the Luoyang water mat first!

Luoyang water banquet is a famous traditional banquet in Luoyang, Henan province, which belongs to Henan cuisine. It is called water mat because most dishes bring soup.

the banquet consists of 24 dishes, including 8 cold cuts, 4 large ones, 8 medium ones and 4 pressed dishes, which are both cold and hot, vegetarian, sweet and salty, sour and spicy. The order of serving is very elegant. First, eight cold dishes are served as appetizers. Each dish is three pieces of meat and vegetables, one ***16 samples; Hospitality guests drink three rounds before serving hot dishes: first, serve four large hot dishes, each with two Chinese dishes (also called foil dishes or seasoning dishes), which is euphemistically called "bringing the dishes to court"; Finally, four dishes were served, including an egg soup, also known as Fujian soup, to show that the whole table was full.

Sixteen hot dishes are divided into four tables, eight big pieces and four finishing touches.

how do you feel when you see this?

to tell the truth, I haven't talked about it in detail yet. Do you think it's very complicated already? That's right! There are many dishes in Luoyang water mat, which leads to many people never eating a water mat completely, including myself.

When we usually go to the draft table, we usually order a few dishes, such as peony swallowtail, cloud-covered fermented bean curd, sliced pork in soup, fake sea cucumber, Luoyang boiled food and eight-treasure rice, because we can't finish it because of too many orders.

After all, Luoyang water mat is abundant and full of flavor, and most dishes are mainly sour and spicy, and spicy is spicy with strong pepper flavor. As a result, people from different regions have different tastes and their acceptance of Luoyang water mat is also different.

Of course, although Luoyang water mat is unique, it does not leave Luoyang as a whole, but many dishes, such as sliced pork soup and eight-treasure rice, seem to be available in many places outside Luoyang.

In fact, our country is vast, vast and rich in natural resources, with distinctive regional characteristics, and we can enjoy the unique local delicacies wherever we go, which adds to the fun of traveling. How boring it would be if KFC and braised chicken rice were everywhere!

(Li Yuanbo)

go on road trip went to Luoyang and went into the city to find a restaurant and prepare for dinner. After asking, I realized that Water Mat is the most beautiful food in Luoyang. After seven turns and eight turns, I found the flagship store of Shuixiyuan. Near noon, there were many people in the shop. What's Water Mat like? Does it taste good？ In order to taste the first beauty in Luoyang, we chose to stand and wait.

When ordering food, I didn't understand the meaning of Water Mat until I listened to the waiter's introduction. We couldn't help laughing after using it. What the water mat says is that all the hot steamed dishes are soup dishes, and the soup is water; Dishes are served one by one, just like running water.

Luoyang's water mat has its own characteristics, but it is not as exquisite as the eight Chinese cuisines. It doesn't match the traditional food culture of China. Such a water mat is also in the boundary of Luoyang, which is recognized by the locals. But it's hard to get out of Luoyang. i

I've been to Luoyang twice, and I've eaten water mats. I still go to old-fashioned famous shops. I really feel terrible, but the beef soup in the small shop tastes good. One reason is Ledo, where there are not so many dishes. The two reasons are that there is too much soup, and other places are not used to it. The three reasons are sour and spicy taste, and I am not used to it in other places. A lot of single products go out, such as braised pork, crispy pork, braised pork ribs, braised fish, braised elbow, sliced lotus soup, eight-treasure rice, Four Joy Meetballs, egg soup, chicken with seasoning and so on.

first, because the merchants who are playing authentic Luoyang water mats all over the street are constantly smashing their jobs by cutting corners without knowing it. Second, Quanjude, the dog ignored the blow, but was it delicious? I can touch my conscience and say: generally speaking, it is not as good as the roast duck and steamed stuffed bun in the vegetable market downstairs of my house, but why is Quanjude known at home and abroad and the dog ignores it? Just because it has a long history, people had little to eat in ancient times, so they thought it was best to have a dog. But now, when a normal person can live with big fish and big meat every day, it is very common to have a dog, and so is the water mat in Luoyang. You only have a name but you still spoil it yourself. Who do you think will buy your account?

how many foreigners will give sour and smelly comments when they mention Luoyang water mat? You can go to Meituan and other apps to check for yourself. Please ask the real Luoyang people, is the your water mat really sour and smelly? Everyone knows that. Besides pepper noodles and vinegar, there is no other taste, and it is not delicious. How can it go out of Luoyang? Like Qishan Whistle Noodles, Qishan Whistle Noodles only eat noodles but don't drink soup. After eating, I know that I can't eat sour noodles, so I can't drink soup. Minority cuisines don't conform to the popular tastes in China, such as spicy or seafood, and the ingredients are too regional, so it is impossible to become popular dishes, and even things that can't be eaten anywhere in Luoyang. Therefore, it is even less likely to become popular nationwide.

The reason why Luoyang Shuixi can't get out of Luoyang is that the city catering management industry has not promoted it to other places. Although it is a local food in Luoyang, you have to serve 24 courses to eat a Shuixi. Besides, foreigners who are all soup and water are not used to it, and the process is very complicated, and no one may try it in other places, so only in Luoyang do you know about Shuixi.

Let's not talk about Zhengzhou in the distance. Have any readers ever had a barely authentic Luoyang beef soup in the provincial capital? Even a few, it is estimated that even Luoyang soup restaurant is rarely seen, most of them are making a signboard, rubbing the name of Luoyang, but actually drinking it has nothing to do with Luoyang!

beef soup is still like this, not to mention the delicate water mat.

why do you say that water mats are "delicate"? Luoyang water mat is one of the oldest famous banquets in history, with a history of thousands of years.

The menu of Luoyang Shuixi is the first eight dishes (cold dishes), four tables, eight big dishes, four finishing dishes, and * * * twenty-four dishes. After eating one hot dish, it is like running water. This is its delicate place. It is really troublesome to eat the Shuixi completely, unless someone is married or attending a gathering with many people. Therefore, the investment of this restaurant is very large, and the cost of expanding outward is also high.

moreover, many friends came to Luoyang for a draft mat, but after eating it, they were all sour, spicy and numb, and in general, the taste was not used to it! This is related to the cold weather in Luoyang in ancient times, which did not produce fruit. Therefore, folk meals mostly use soups, and they like hot and sour to resist the dry and cold.

It's really different to be called the most authentic water mat in Luoyang. When Wu Zetian gives you a toast, she says that ostentation and extravagance is true, and when she says that it's not delicious, it's really not delicious. It's not as good as some small restaurants in the street. Foreign tourists especially love to go here. After eating, they smacked their lips and thought, This Luoyang water mat is just so much!

I really hope that Luoyang water mat can be carried forward, and I will be content to have half the fame of Sichuan cuisine and Hunan cuisine. If we only rely on Luoyang's own people to inherit it, I am afraid that Luoyang water mat will be too cold to withdraw from the historical stage after a hundred years.

it's not that I can't get out, but I haven't left at all. In the field of business development, Luoyang is weak.

At first, everyone thought that Luoyang water mat came from the people, but no one thought it came from the Tang Palace. After the reform and opening up, that is, a few years after the Peony Fair was held, the Luoyang municipal government realized the problems existing in Luoyang's tourism development. In that year, it was just for everyone to see: Peony Flower, Longmen Grottoes, Guanlin and Baima Temple, and nothing else. What to eat, what to drink and where to live? Take away what tourism products?

Let's start with the "Really Different" hotel, expand the water mat in Luoyang, and gradually expand the tourism products ... It should be said that it's done well, but the conservative Luoyang people are disgusted, feeling that the water mat in the really different hotel conforms to the tastes of foreigners and breaks the tradition.

In those days, it was a good thing for the government to promote and support the development of traditional tourism. However, the bad phenomenon was that the road in the old city was badly blocked, and several traffic policemen had to help on duty there every year.

In today's market economy, we can't rely entirely on the government. It's right for the government to advocate support. Those rich bosses should see the reputation of Luoyang Shuixi, but they can take advantage of the situation to expand in other places. It's not necessary for the "office" to coordinate and help you again, right? Outsiders like Luoyang Water Seats, too. We have all done research, and it is not easy to eat culture and the atmosphere of Tang rhyme.

In recent years, compared with other cities, the development of industrial science and technology in Luoyang has been slow, and the tourism industry has been so slow that it makes people angry. It's not like learning other people's things, such as city walls.

I'm not talking about sarcasm, I'm talking about practical problems. I am from Luoyang, and I love my hometown. It is not good to say that it is slow, but it is good to say: steady development. Livable city is the future prospect. Compared with other cities, it is no longer interesting. Only by settling down and developing its own characteristics can Luoyang get out of the predicament. I have seen it and everyone has seen it. These years are still a little slow, and there is still some "meat". Let's understand it slowly.

On my way back to my hometown, I saw the push about Luoyang Water Mat, and I felt quite disappointed after reading some answers. I tried to answer them myself. Please correct me if there are any shortcomings, and thank you in advance!

first of all, what is a water mat? Water mat means serving food like running water, not because all dishes have water. Water mats are more common in wedding banquets. As Luoyang with a strong cultural atmosphere, how can there be only water and no meat at the wedding banquet? The real water mat is not only rich in meat and vegetables, but also full in weight. Friends who have questions will understand as long as they go to the water mat in rural Luoyang.

second, how did the signboard of the water mat break? In my opinion, it is mainly the market. Everyone can rub this gold signboard, and many store materials can be saved. If you can pit more tourists, you will pit more, and there is no cost. Over time, the reputation is getting worse and worse, how to go out?

finally, the process of making water mats is complicated, and the ingredients need to be prepared very early. Another most important thing is that there are many people who have a draft, and basically hundreds of people start, so that they can have the feeling of running water. This plate has just been finished, and the next plate will arrive within three minutes. By the way, let the empty plate be taken away by the person who carries the rice. . .

Take a video of the water mat next time, so that everyone can have a more intuitive feeling.

I was lucky enough to go to Henan for a week during the Chinese New Year. Before going, other people in my family said that we in Guanzhong were not used to Henan food, and we took a Didi on the way. The driver happened to be from Luoyang. During the chat, the driver's master said that the food in our customs was delicious, and it was definitely not used to it in the past.

I went for a few days, because during the Chinese New Year, on the whole, the food was not as bad as I thought. Because of the Chinese New Year, many famous shops are closed. Even if they are not related, many of them only have some dishes, or they can only order a fixed set meal, and they can't order according to their own wishes.

Now let's talk about water mats. As far as I know and eat water mats, to put it bluntly, it's a steaming bowl. Except for a few cases, such as Luoyang swallow dishes, most of the materials are common. The difference is that these steamed bowls have a little more soup, and then they are relatively sour and have more pepper. Even children who don't eat spicy food can't accept it.

that's my understanding of the water mat. if I take the liberty, it's purely personal.

When talking about famous dishes, people first think of eight major cuisines, namely, Sichuan cuisine, Shandong cuisine, Guangdong cuisine, Jiangsu cuisine, Zhejiang cuisine, Fujian cuisine, Hunan cuisine and Anhui cuisine. In fact, in addition to these eight cuisines, there are many traditional famous dishes, but they are ranked outside the eight cuisines for various reasons.

For example, Luoyang water mat, which belongs to the Henan cuisine department, is particularly famous in Luoyang, but if it is to be arranged nationwide, it can be said that it is unknown.

All visitors to Luoyang must have a Luoyang water mat to be perfect. After all, it is one of the oldest famous banquets in history.

when it comes to Luoyang cuisine, I have to say, Luoyang water mat.

Luoyang water mat has a history of over 1,311 years. The Luoyang Water Mat has been handed down to this day with 24 dishes. The ingredients are not fried, but cooking techniques such as steaming, boiling, stewing and stewing are used. It tastes delicious. More interestingly, each dish has a cultural allusion.

its serving procedure is: first, four meat dishes, four vegetarian dishes and eight cold dishes are placed on the mat, then four big dishes are served, and each big dish is served with two Chinese dishes, which is called "bring it to court". The fourth big dish is beet sweet soup. Then the staple food is served, followed by four dishes on the table, and finally the egg soup of Fujian is served. Luoyang people nicknamed it "Fuck off soup". When you see this dish, it means that it's all ready, so you can go.

Luoyang water mat originated in the Tang Dynasty and is said to have a certain relationship with Wu Zetian. It is said that Yuan Tiangang, a famous astrologer in the Tang Dynasty, watched the stars at night and predicted that Wu Zetian would become emperor in time. However, suffering from the secret, Yuan Tiangang designed this famous banquet. It indicates that Wu Zetian became emperor for 24 years. Luoyang water banquet always has 24 courses, and Wu Zetian happened to be in charge of state affairs until her death for 24 years. This Luoyang water mat has soup and water, and the dishes are served one after another, which also means that Wu Zetian's accession to the throne is a matter of course.

Luoyang is surrounded by mountains, and there is little rain all the year round. In order to adapt to this dry climate, people made hot and sour water mats with radish and cabbage, which can keep out the cold, and secondly, radish and cabbage are cheap for everyone to eat. Because of this feature, Luoyang water mats have been spread in the Tang Dynasty.

there are 8 cold dishes, 4 big dishes, 8 Chinese dishes and 4 pressed dishes in 24 courses. These 24 courses are cold and hot, soup and water, and meat and vegetables. After eating one meal, one after another, an endless stream, like running water, is delivered continuously. Because of this meaning, it is named water mat.

Luoyang Water Banquet is undoubtedly a representative of Luoyang, but this famous banquet with a history of thousands of years has not left Luoyang. Many people don't know that such a famous banquet exists until they arrive in Luoyang. So what caused this result?

It is mainly related to the catering management in Luoyang. Although Luoyang Shuixi is a famous banquet, there are few hotels operating Luoyang Shuixi in other places. Think about eating 24 courses in one meal. This restaurant also has a lot of investment, and most people simply can't afford to expand. Over time, people who can make Luoyang water mats will stick to the soil and water in Luoyang, and this thousand-year-old traditional banquet has also lost the opportunity to get out of Luoyang.

it's a joke to want to leave Luoyang with such a smell!

At the end of April last year, I had the opportunity to go to Zhengzhou for a business meeting. After the meeting, I spent May Day in Henan. I've also seen some food in Henan-I really can't use the word gourmet. Breakfast in Huimian Noodles, Hu spicy soup, noon in Huimian Noodles, jiaozi, evening in Huimian Noodles, jiaozi, late-night snack in Huimian Noodles and jiaozi, this is the local catering culture of Zhengzhou. Of course, I also went to several restaurants where I can order a la carte, ordered the Yellow River carp, and several Henan local dishes. I was disappointed, and almost no dish was delicious.

Later, I went to Shaolin Temple in Dengfeng, and stayed at Dongshan Hotel in Luoyang for two nights. At the hotel I ordered a dish in Luoyang water mat, Peony Swallow, which is radish soup with a price of more than 71 yuan. Fortunately, I didn't order a whole set of Luoyang water mat, otherwise I would turn my face on the spot if I spent more than 1,111 yuan.

The people in Henan are very poor. There are so many imperial capitals of dynasties that nothing delicious has been handed down. Compared with historical imperial capitals such as Xi 'an, Nanjing and Beijing, it is really a cloud and mud difference.