Created by Mr. Nguyen Van Giang in first years of the last century, Vietnamese egg coffee has definitely become one of very own characteristics of Hanoi. Honestly, this 100-year-old drink is a work of art that you should never miss while hanging around Hanoi Old Quarter.
To make a cup of egg coffee in Vietnamese style, the barista needs to skillfully combine all of principal ingredients in a small cup, including Vietnamese drip coffee, sweetened condensed milk, cheese, butter, and of course, a raw egg yolk. The outcome must be a thick and creamy concoction that’s like custard. But the most amazing thing here is about its taste. From my point of view, it is much the same as Crème Brûlée or a cup of delicious dessert with caffeine inside. Surprisingly, there’s no fishy smell of fresh egg yolk at all, making that egg coffee style really perfect.
Appeared in Hanoi for very long time, but egg coffee has never been out-of-date. Until now and then, it must always be a really hot trend among Hanoi citizens, who love sipping a cup of egg coffee in the weekend morning as a way to balance the mind after a busy week of working and studying. That’s also a unique cultural feature of Hanoi.
However, this kind of coffee is not available at every coffee shop in Hanoi. Giang Café and Dinh Café are most popular egg coffee brand-names. So, make sure that you get to right addresses at 106 Yen Phu Street or 39 Nguyen Huu Huan Street (Giang Cafe), or 13 Dinh Tien Hoang Street (Dinh Café) to have greatest egg coffee.