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Soup-rich dishes at a traditional Luoyang Water Banquet
Aaron Zhu · CC BY-SA 3.0
Thick Luoyang hulatang with gluten pieces and vegetables
Liuxingy · CC BY-SA 4.0
Golden pan-fried guotie dumplings
Leiem · CC BY-SA 4.0
Luoyang fermented-broth noodles with beans and vegetables
Fumikas Sagisavas · CC0 1.0

Hidden-gem food city · Henan

Luoyang

Soup runs through every meal as sour heat, wheat, and ancient banquet traditions meet.

Luoyang begins the day over soup: beef, mutton, bufan, and pepper soups are all part of the morning rhythm. The celebrated Water Banquet turns soup-rich dishes into an old-capital ceremony, while tangy fermented noodles and crisp-bottomed guotie reveal the city’s everyday wheat traditions.

Soup-house mornings Bright sour heat Ancient banquets
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What to eat in Luoyang

  1. Soup-rich dishes at a traditional Luoyang Water Banquet
    Aaron Zhu · CC BY-SA 3.0
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    Luoyang Water Banquet

    Soup-rich dishes arrive in sequence, balancing lively sour heat with the formal rhythm of an old-capital feast.

  2. Thick Luoyang hulatang with gluten pieces and vegetables
    Liuxingy · CC BY-SA 4.0
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    Hulatang

    A thick pepper soup with gluten and vegetables, served as a warming, spicy Luoyang breakfast.

  3. Golden pan-fried guotie dumplings
    Leiem · CC BY-SA 4.0
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    Xiaojie Guotie

    Crescent dumplings fry to a golden base while keeping their filling juicy and their upper wrappers tender.

  4. Luoyang fermented-broth noodles with beans and vegetables
    Fumikas Sagisavas · CC0 1.0
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    Jiangmian Tiao

    Noodles soften in a lightly fermented sour broth with soybeans, green peas, and chopped vegetables.

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Eat like a local

Visit soup shops early, share the many courses of a Water Banquet, and leave room for guotie and fermented noodles later.

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