Legendary egg coffee of Hanoi

Legendary egg coffee of Hanoi

CNN journalist came to the small shop on Nguyen Huu Huan street to hear about the creative story of egg coffee - drink that many visitors really love in Hanoi.

In Vietnam, there are many styles of coffee from sidewalks to luxury, but when clients come to Giang, a modest cafe in Hanoi, they always want to drink a special coffee. That is egg coffee, specialties of Hanoi made from egg whites to blend with Vietnamese coffee. Although many places in the capital serve this kind of drink, Giang is really the place to create it, according to CNN. In addition, CNN also suggested adding other egg coffee addresses such as: Nail, Loading T, Leu coffee ...

Egg yellow coffee is contained in a small cup. Diners always have a spoon to enjoy the cream bubbles like "appetizer" before drinking coffee below.

To keep drinks warm, the waiter puts your coffee in a bowl of warm water. After being poured over the cream of cotton sponge from the egg, the solid coffee at the bottom of the cup is more rich.Located on Nguyen Huu Huan Street, the café has two floors and the staircase is where the owner Nguyen Van Dao keeps records and manages the service. Behind him was a small kitchen with whiskers and other utensils.

Mr. Dao said his father was Nguyen Van Giang, who created the coffee when he was a bartender at the Metropole Hotel in 1946. At that time, due to lack of fresh milk, he took eggs instead. "All foreigners or Vietnamese at the hotel love this drink. So decided to leave the hotel to start selling coffee with their own brand.

When enumerating the ingredients for making the egg, Mr. Dao pointed his finger at it and laughed: "Eggs, condensed milk, coffee powder, butter ... but I can not tell it all because this is an esoteric formula."

Families when they opened a coffee shop. Picture: cafe Giang.


Mark Lowerson, who runs Street Eats Hanoi, brings guests from all over the world to discover culinary highlights of egg whites. "Most of our guests like this drink. When I describe it, they can not imagine the egg associated with coffee. I do not see anyone who does not like this dish. Almost all the tourists we introduce want to go back to Hanoi to enjoy it every day. Even people who do not drink coffee are surprised by the taste of coffee. "

Mr. Nguyen Van Dao said: "I am very happy and honored to have many visitors know our brand and then drink coffee. The difference in formulation has turned coffee coffee into drinks that anyone to travel to Hanoi also have to try. Many places have imitated us but the taste can not be similar. "

Currently Giang coffee has two addresses where clients can go for egg coffee, one in Nguyen Huu Huan Street and other in Yen Phu. Picture: Huong Chi.