1, to say that the earliest appearance of lion's head or in the era of Emperor Yang of Sui, is the Emperor of Sui Yang traveled to Yangzhou tasted, then the dish called sunflower chopped meat, sunflower meatballs, is to the Tang Dynasty, the Duke of Wei Jiaozhi in a banquet will be sunflower chopped meat renamed as lion's head.

2, lion's head because of the traditional hand-cut meat, many seasonings with, so that the taste of this dish is soft and slippery, nutritious and healthy, especially braised lion's head is the main practice of lion's head nowadays, after braising the color of the dish is simply appetizing, dark brown reveals a bright red, delicious.

3, lion's head a dish extremely focus on the cooking fire, generally with a slight fire stew about forty minutes, so that stick out of the fat and not greasy, melt in the mouth. Lion's head seasoning numerous, selecting meat also need to be fat and thin, so everyone making the lion's head flavor is different, there are also some places to call the lion's head four happy balls, the practice is basically the same.