Luoyang is surrounded by mountains and located in a basin, with little rainfall. The folk diet mostly uses soup to resist the dry and cold climate. No matter in the morning, at noon or at night, Luoyang people love to drink soup. People in Luoyang have the habit of drinking soup. Luoyang people are most proud of the state banquet: 24 water seats, and after all, it is soup. Therefore, Luoyang food culture is condensed into one word: soup [water mat] Luoyang water mat is the best representative of Luoyang cuisine. Luoyang is the birthplace, with a history of 1000 years. One of the three wonders of Luoyang (Luoyang water mat, Luoyang peony and Luoyang Longmen Grottoes) is open at noon and evening (because water mats are mostly in hotels, the business hours of hotels). Location: The most famous is the real price difference: abundance is made by people, and then the culture of "making water mats alone" has been continued in recent years. Later, in the era of Wu Zetian, even the princes and nobles used to cook the main and non-staple foods together. Over time, they created the characteristics of Luoyang water mat: first, there are carefully prepared meat dishes, vegetarian dishes and meat dishes, with a wide range of materials (vegetables flying in the sky, vegetables running underground, vegetables swimming in the sea and vegetables grown in the ground); Second, there is soup and water, the dishes are clear and oily, and the tastes are diverse, including cold and hot, sweet and salty, sour and spicy, and the third is the order of serving. It is also elegant in meaning: first, hot dishes are all soup; Second, after eating a hot dish, the next one is served. There are 24 water mats, 8 cold dishes, 4 large dishes, 8 Chinese dishes and 4 cold dishes, all of which are appetizers. Every dish is a combination of meat and vegetables, 8 meat and 8 vegetables. After three rounds of wine, four hot dishes are served first, and the first one is the most famous peony swallow in the water mat. Also known as Luoyang Swallow Cuisine, 1 large piece followed by 2 pieces (tin foil and seasoning dishes) means "bring it to the court", the last four dishes are served without being withdrawn, and the last one is egg soup, which is called Fujian soup at best, and fuck off soup at worst, which means that the food is ready [beef soup] is quite common in Luoyang soup pot restaurant, although it is not the birthplace of Luoyang. It can be regarded as one of the famous snacks in Luoyang. Since it closed at noon that day, the beef soup restaurant has been preparing the ingredients for the next day (beef, onions ...). The taste of the beef soup restaurant at night will directly affect the business. Beef soup tastes good. The bigger beef soup restaurant can sell thousands of bowls a day. No matter how remote the place is, the taste is not good, even if it is opened in a very superior place, the environment is good. It will be closed in a few days. The most important thing in beef soup is the taste. Soup cooks are easy to find, but soup is hard to find. It's hard not to open a beef soup restaurant. Of course, the income is also considerable. Business hours: daytime (morning, noon) Location: It is widely distributed and can be experienced by yourself. There are two kinds of beef soup: one is the most common big porcelain bowl soup that you drink the most. Price 3~5 yuan (excluding cakes) One kind is a small bowl of beef soup stewed in a single pot, which is more expensive than ordinary soup, and the price is 5~ 10 yuan (with meat but no cakes). Theoretically, it should be that small bowl of beef is much more delicious than ordinary beef, which is not common. I have never tasted delicious small bowl of beef. There are two flavors of ordinary beef soup: one is [original juice]. Signs are mostly halal soup with enlarged ingredients, referred to as [beef soup], which is rich in flavor. There are many such soup houses, 90% of which are such soup houses. Most of the signs are X-ray (home) beef soup. People who drink beef soup are far more than those who drink original beef soup. I don't know if it's because there are more soup houses or more people who like to drink. I prefer the original mutton soup of 1500. The most famous ones should be Iron Blood and Yan Jia. Please refer to [beef soup] [donkey broth]. Please refer to [beef soup] [tofu soup] Luoyang is the birthplace of ginger and scallion oil. Business hours: daytime (morning, noon) Location: Many, the most famous is Nanguan tofu soup. Price: 2.5~3 yuan (excluding cakes) [meatball soup] Luoyang is the birthplace. The essence of meatball soup, like tofu soup, lies in ginger and scallion oil. Business hours: All-day business location: Many places selling tofu soup also sell meatball soup. Price: 2.5~3 yuan (excluding cakes) [no soup] Luoyang is the birthplace, 120 years of historical characteristics: pure taste. Business hours: noon, evening Location: Lijingmen West Street, Old Town Gaoji Price: 3.5~4 yuan (including cakes) [Hulatang] The real birthplace is Xiaoyao Town, Xihua County, Zhoukou, and the old town of Luoyang is a semi-birthplace with a history of 100 years. There are definitely no fewer people drinking in Luoyang than there. Business hours: all day (Chunhu Spicy Soup Restaurant, 5- 10 in front of the neighborhood) Location: There are fried dough sticks in front of every neighborhood. Where there are fried dough sticks and bean curd, there are prices for selling Hu spicy soup: Pure Hu spicy soup restaurant 2-3.5 yuan, small bowl in 0.8 yuan in front of the neighborhood, 1.0 yuan big bowl [small bowl soup], the birthplace of Xin 'an County, has only risen in recent years. The essence of water mat is water.