Luoyang Food Restaurants

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Luoyang’s famous“Water Banquet”（shui xi）is a must-try when visiting the city.

The banquet gets its name because most of its dishes are soups；the dishes are also served continuously one after another like running water.The water banquet began as a feast forcommoners，but it caught the eye（perhaps nose）of Tang dynasty Empress Wu Zetian who made it a royal delicacy.The banquet consists of 24 dishes.It starts with eight cold appetizers，four with meat and four vegetarian.Next come 16 hot dishes that are presented in groups of four，with each group based on a central flavor.Each dish usually costs around RMB 15 to 30.Noodles cooked in green soybean milk（jiang midntido），topped with vegetables and hot pepper oil is a yummy snack.If you’re craving dumplings then try xin’anxian tangmian.jiao；these pork dumplings are delicious with some vinegar.Mutton soup（tiexieyangrou tang）is a great way to fill up，and it’s reputedly better than mom’s chicken soup if you have a cold.tri-colored glazed sculpture from the Tang dynasty of musicians atop a camel.

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Donglaishun Restaurant