🍜 洛阳水席
Luoyang Water Banquet — 24 courses, almost all soupy and saucy, a banquet ritual.
💡 真不同饭店
🍲 牛肉汤
Beef soup — rich broth, tender meat, with a sesame flatbread for dunking.
💡 马杰山牛肉汤
🍜 浆面条
Jiangmian noodles — in a tangy, fermented soy-milk broth, a true local taste.
💡 老城区小店
🥟 不翻汤
Bufan soup — a peppery, sour-hot broth with a fried pancake, appetite-whetting.
💡 老城区
🍖 燕菜
Swallow-nest vegetable — the showpiece of the Water Banquet, shredded into delicate 'bird's nest' form.
💡 真不同饭店
🍬 牡丹饼
Peony cakes — the top Luoyang souvenir, floral and sweet.
💡 市区特产店