Luoyang water mat has a long history and is famous in ancient and modern times. For thousands of years, it has been invincible for a long time. Weddings and funerals, entertaining guests, taking the lead. The so-called "water mat" has two meanings. One is good at making soup, the other is eating one for another, and the road is like running water. Hence the name "water mat". Luoyang water mat, from the folk, is a unique traditional food in Luoyang area. Hot and sour taste is different, refreshing and delicious. When Wu Zetian was in the Tang Dynasty, Luoyang water mat entered the palace, added delicacies, made a palace banquet and returned the people from the palace. Thereby forming a unique flavor. Because it imitates the production method of the official banquet, it is also an official seat.
Luoyang water mat consists of 24 pieces, referred to as "38 seats". Start with six cold cuts, and the cold cuts are four meats and four vegetarian dishes. After 16 hot dishes, different types of blue and white sea bowls are used for hot dishes. 16 There are four pressing dishes in the gourmet. For other 12 dishes, every three dishes with similar tastes are grouped, and each group has a large dish collar. This is called "taking the book to court", and eating one at a time is like flowing water. Luoyang water mat has three characteristics: first, it is fully prepared, cold and persistent; Second, there is soup and water, both north and south are delicious; Third, the order of serving is strictly standardized, the collocation is reasonable, the materials are exquisite and the cooking is proper. Luoyang water mat is divided into three grades: high, medium and low, which can be decided according to the situation, so it is widely welcomed by urban and rural people and lasts for a long time.
Source of water cushion
"Water mat" originated in Luoyang, which has a lot to do with its geographical climate. Luoyang is surrounded by mountains and located in a basin, with little rainfall and a dry and cold climate. The folk diet is mainly soup, and it likes hot and sour to resist dry and cold. People here are used to using locally produced starch, lotus seeds, yam, radish, cabbage and so on. Make an economical banquet with rich soup. Even princes and nobles are used to cooking the main and non-staple foods together. Over time, they gradually created a Luoyang water mat with local characteristics, and gradually formed a flavor of "sour, spicy, delicious and refreshing".
Legend about the origin of water mat
According to legend, Yuan Tiangang watched the celestial phenomena at night in his early years and knew that Wu Zetian would be an emperor in the future, but the secret could not be revealed, so he designed this grand banquet and predicted the scene of wine and meat for Wu Zetian in the next 24 years. Every dish is filled with water, indicating that Wu Zetian naturally came; Thin, refers to the relationship between Wu Zetian and (thin) in twenty-four years. The menu of "Luoyang Water Seats" is the first eight dishes (cold dishes), four town tables, eight big pieces, four finishing touches and twenty-four dishes * * *, which is consistent with Wu Zetian's reign in the first year of Yonglong and the death of Shenlong in the twenty-four years of Luoyang Shangyang Palace.
Characteristics of water cushion
The characteristics of Luoyang water mat are: first, there are carefully prepared meat dishes, vegetarian dishes and meat dishes, and the selection of materials is extensive. Birds in the sky, animals on the ground, fish in the sea and vegetables on the ground can all sit. According to the economic situation of the seat, it can be simple and complicated, from rich to frugal. Second, there is
Soup contains water, tastes diverse, sour, spicy, sweet and salty, and is comfortable and delicious. Third, the order of serving is strictly regulated, with reasonable collocation, exquisite selection of materials and proper cooking. Luoyang water mat is divided into three grades: high, medium and low, which can be decided according to the situation, so it is widely welcomed by urban and rural people and lasts for a long time.
Luoyang water mat has a long history and is famous in ancient and modern times. For thousands of years, it has been invincible for a long time. Weddings and funerals, entertaining guests, taking the lead.
Luoyang water mat, from the folk, is a unique traditional food in Luoyang area. Hot and sour taste is different, refreshing and delicious. When Wu Zetian was in the Tang Dynasty, Luoyang water mat entered the palace, added delicacies, made a palace banquet and returned the people from the palace. Thereby forming a unique flavor. Because it imitates the production method of official banquet, it is also called official banquet.
The meaning of water mat
The so-called "water mat" has two meanings: first, all hot dishes have soup-soup and water; Second, after eating a hot dish, it was withdrawn and served again, constantly updated like running water.
There are 24 dishes in the banquet, including 8 cold cuts, 4 big dishes, 8 Chinese dishes and 4 pressed dishes, which are cold and hot, well-known, sweet and salty, sour and spicy. The order of serving is elegant. First, serve eight cold dishes as appetizers, each dish is three meat dishes, one *** 16; Guests are invited to drink three rounds before serving hot dishes: four hot dishes are served first, and two Chinese dishes (also called tin foil dishes or seasoning dishes) are served on each hot dish, which is euphemistically called "serving food into the palace"; Finally, four dishes were served, including an egg soup, also called Fujian soup, to show the table was full. Hot dishes must be accompanied by soup and water. Chicken, duck, fish, fresh goods, fungi and seasonal vegetables are all delicious. Silk, chips, strips, blocks, diced fried, boiled and burned, changing endlessly. However, there are still many kinds of folk water mat practices, for example, the last dishes are eight-treasure rice.
High, middle and low grades are different.
Luoyang water mat is divided into high, medium and low grades. At present, high-grade water mats include sea cucumber mats, shark fin mats and wide belly mats; Mid-range water mats include chicken mats, fish mats and meat mats; Low-grade water seats are popular seats, mainly meat, vermicelli and vegetables. Because Luoyang water mat has a unique flavor, delicious taste, salty and sweet, sweet and sour, a dish is eaten blindly; From delicacies to vermicelli radish, one dish can be made, which can meet the needs of consumers at different levels. So Luoyang water mat has been enduring for thousands of years.
Seafood, soft-shelled turtle, snake soup and other raw materials are added to spicy fish fillets, eight-treasure fried rice, sweet wine soaked mountain dregs, raw meatballs and other dishes, which greatly improves the grade of water mats. Luoyang Hotel boldly improved the water mat, selected representative dishes such as "Peony Swallow" and "Sliced Meat with Soup" from 24 dishes, and made an improved water mat with 16 dishes. Luoyang Gongxuanfu launched a peony water banquet. The cold dish Guo se Tian Xiang consists of six cold dishes. Red, green, yellow and white are vivid peony flowers, just like peony flowers on the dining table. Hot dishes are also peony flowers, and there are all kinds of "peony flowers" floating in the soup. If peony is in full bloom, you can also taste the water mat cooked by the chef with peony flowers.
Today's Luoyang water mat
Today's Luoyang water mat is filled with 24 dishes, including eight cold cuts, four big items and four pressed dishes. Its serving procedure is as follows: put four meat, four vegetarian and eight cold dishes on the mat, and then serve four major dishes. Each big dish with two Chinese dishes is called "taking the court". The fourth course served beet sweet soup, followed by the staple food, followed by the four dishes on the table, and finally served a "farewell soup." Twenty-four dishes with soup, orderly and without disorder. Another feature of Mr. Right's fake bird's nest water cushion is that vegetarian dishes are made of meat, and fake is used instead of real. The famous "Luoyang Swallow Vegetable" and "Fake Sea Cucumber" in the water mat are common folk radishes and vermicelli, but after being cooked by the chef, they are thoroughly remoulded and have a unique flavor, such as wonderful flowers blooming, which is amazing. Speaking of Luoyang swallow dish, it is the first dish of Luoyang water mat, and it is the first dish of water mat. This dish is well cooked, sour, fragrant and fresh. It is said that during the reign of Wu Zetian in the Tang Dynasty, a radish weighing about 15000 grams grew in Dongguan Garden in Luoyang. People thought it was a symbol of harvest, so they dedicated it to the queen. Wu Zetian saw the joy and called the chef to do it. Radish was originally just a kind of civilian food. The court chef had no experience in making radish, but he was afraid of the imperial edict and finally made radish soup with shredded radish and delicacies. Wu Zetian praised it after using it, and named it "fake bird's nest" because of its bird's nest flavor. Since then, this ordinary folk dish has reached the elegant stage overnight and has become a banquet dish that royal ministers and ordinary people are scrambling to imitate. Because it can adapt to a variety of raw materials, it can be used as a rare delicacy, as well as as ordinary shredded pork, eggs and other ingredients. It tastes delicious and fragrant. With the changes of history and the hard work of famous chefs in past dynasties, the "fake bird's nest" is becoming more and more perfect in innovation and development. Because it started in Luoyang, it is called "Luoyang Chae Yeon".
Luoyang water mat has a history of 1000 years. Buddhism flourished in Sui and Tang Dynasties. In order to gain the support of the upper class, monks and nuns are committed to developing exquisite vegetarian meals and entertaining donors with good status. Princes and nobles are tired of eating chicken, duck, fish and delicacies. At first, they ate vegetarian dishes and found them refreshing and delicious, so they brought the method of making vegetarian soup into the palace, spread it to the upper class, and after improvement and processing, they boarded the banquet of the court and officialdom. Then the people moved this vegetarian soup to a folk banquet. Because it imitates the production method of official banquets, it is also called "officialdom" and "officialdom seats".
Luoyang water mat comes from the people and develops in the people. It is the most prosperous in the old city of Luoyang. Whether it's a wedding, a funeral, a gathering of friends, or drinking full moon wine, you should eat at the table.
"Water mat" has two meanings. First, dishes cannot be separated from soup. The second is to serve food one by one and eat it one by one, like running water. Luoyang water mat has 24 dishes, including eight cold cuts, four large pieces, eight medium pieces and four pressed dishes. The first course of the water mat is "swallow dish" made of shredded radish, which simulates the taste of bird's nest. The last course is hot and sour egg soup, with a "family portrait" made of various kinds of meat and vegetables and a rice with honey sauce in the middle. Swallow dishes indicate that swallows bring spring and hope. "Family photo" is intended to wish the guests a happy and auspicious family. Eight-treasure rice contains people's prayers for abundant crops and adequate food and clothing.
Luoyang water mat has four main characteristics: first, it is composed of various dishes, including vegetarian, cold and hot, sweet and salty; Second, vegetarian dishes are cooked with meat, coarse grains are cooked fine, and the fake is confusing. Its main raw materials are carrots in Dongguan, sweet potatoes in Mangshan and vermicelli in Luoyang. Twenty-four dishes do not pursue rarity and strangeness, but are all local products of Luoyang. For example, Luoyang anchovies, which are necessary for water mats, are mainly made of radish. After steaming and blending, it becomes white, slender and smooth. It is made with shredded pork, eggs, coriander and so on. Its taste is sour, spicy, fragrant, refreshing and beautiful, and it is deeply loved by Chinese and foreign guests. Third, it can be complicated, simple, high or low, rich or frugal. According to the financial situation of the people who set the table, it is not uncommon to use delicacies as raw materials, and it is not uncommon for a table to cost several thousand yuan or several thousand yuan. The low one can also have a pig's head water mat. In terms of materials, birds in the sky, animals on the ground, fish in the sea and vegetables in the ground can all sit; Fourth, Muslim water mats with ethnic characteristics can meet the needs of ethnic minorities.
1 Prime Minister, Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau, General Zhang Aiping, Li _, etc. They have all used Luoyang water mats and have a good impression on them.
Luoyang water mat is the most famous restaurant in Donghua Street in the old city. The Luoyang water mat made by the chef in this restaurant has a unique flavor and is very popular with guests.