Bird's Nest is also known as Peony Bird's Nest.

Luoyang Bird's Nest, also known as Peony Bird's Nest, is a traditional dish of Luoyang, Henan Province. It belongs to Yu cuisine. The main ingredients are white radish, sea cucumber, ? squid and chicken. The finished product of Luoyang Yan Cai only see a white as jade, eye-catching color peony flowers, floating on the surface of the soup, vegetables, flowers, fresh, and won the VIP's hands clapping and shouting.

"Luoyang Bird's Nest", also known as "Fake Bird's Nest" and "Peony Bird's Nest", is a delicacy with local specialties of western Henan Province, and has been listed as one of the most popular water feasts in Luoyang ("Luoyang Water Feast"). "The Luoyang Water Seat originated in the Tang Dynasty and has a history of more than 1,000 years, with 24 dishes, including eight cold dishes, four large dishes, eight medium dishes and four table-opening dishes.) The first dish of the meal. The water banquet is said to have two meanings, one is that all hot dishes are served with soup.

The second is that all the dishes are eaten one and then another, like running water constantly renewed. The Peony Swallow dish is the role that will definitely appear, the Peony Swallow dish is like a woman dressed up in the Tang Dynasty, attracting everyone's attention as soon as it appears, with an eye-catching yellow peony flower floating on the surface of the soup, the flower is beautiful, the dish is fragrant, and the soup is fresh and flavorful, with sour, spicy, fragrant, and smooth taste.

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On October 14, 1973, Premier Zhou accompanied Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on a visit to Luoyang, where he stayed at the then Friendship Hotel. According to the Friendship Hotel Journal, Premier Zhou hosted a banquet for Canadian guests at noon, and served several dishes from the Luoyang banquet, including the "Luoyang Swallow dish" that has been passed down for thousands of years.

When Premier Zhou saw the "Luoyang Swallow Cuisine", as well as the dishes on the Friendship Hotel chef in order to highlight the characteristics of Luoyang, with egg yolk steamed cake carefully carved and pecked graceful and colorful peony flowers, he said wryly, "How did the Luoyang peonies fly to the table?" After the waiter introduced the name of the dish, "Luoyang Yan Cai".

Premier Zhou smiled and said, "'Luoyang peonies are the best in the world', and peonies can be born in the dish. It should be called 'Peony Swallow Vegetable'." The whole audience applauded. Since then, the name of the menu of Luoyang water banquet changed, and from then on, "Luoyang Swallow Vegetable" was renamed as "Peony Swallow Vegetable". It can be said that "the name of the dish to flower, dish to flower biography", Premier Zhou's change of the name of the dish, so that the Luoyang Water Seafood more famous.