Egg coffee - Indispensable thing of young people in Hanoi
Coffee and egg blend harmoniously, not too sweet, not too bitter, tasting deliciously buttery flavor in the intense scent. If you have a chance to come to Hanoi, you should try once to remember that forever.
Egg coffee - a creative drink of Hanoi people, became well-known around the world by the whispering of foreign tourists after they had tried it. Somebody said that even once try hot egg coffee which was packed in homely cups you will remember forever when prompt to Hanoi.
This famous coffee brand has been favored by Hanoi city to serve the days of the US-North Korea Summit with a quantity of nearly 3,000 cups per day (3 serving shifts a day, each evening shift served 300 cups minimum). And as expected, international reporters and journalists were very impressed with egg coffee - a delicious, greasy drink that is addicting to drink once.
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Coffee eggs, a feature of cuisine culture of Hanoi - Source: Collected
Egg coffee was blended quite simply. The bartender must choose fresh chicken eggs to not cause a fishy odor. Coffee is also the kind of pure scrumptious coffee of Vietnam that is scented passionately. Extract egg yolks, mix by hand or machine until the egg has fragrant smells like bread, and then lightly pour hot coffee into the center of the cup. The egg will float little by little up to the face of the cup.
The method to make egg coffee is not too complicated but requires subtlety and dexterity. Maybe because of this, the number of coffee shops make successfully this drink just is counted on fingers. The formula has nothing special or secret but there are very few shops that can succeed in these drinks. The secret is the rate of eggs, coffee and milk to make it harmonious enough, not too sweet, not too bitter, the tasting delicious buttery flavor with passionate scent.
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You should drink it while still hot to enjoy the delicious taste - Source: Collected
The flavor of egg with the aroma of coffee makes up its own flavor of the coffee. You should drink the coffee immediately while still hot, if not it will be fishy and hard to drink. Later, someone sprinkles brown cacao powder on to make it both nice and more attractive.
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Cup for egg coffee is usually small and low type and fit in the palm - Source: Collected
But like any other traditional dishes, while drinking egg coffee, you must stir slowly floating foam, put each small spoon to mouth to melt beaten egg and spillover flavor. Cup for egg coffee is usually small and low type and fit in the palm, just enough for people to enjoy well but still recall and desire more.
The sweet fleshy and fat flavor of egg and milk blend with the bitterness and passionate scent of coffee.
A cup of fragrant coffee is made from coffee, eggs and milk but has a strange appeal to anyone who ever had the opportunity to enjoy it. Egg coffee is especially suitable for people who do not like the bitterness of filter coffee but still want to enjoy, sipping a bit. The sweet fleshy and fat flavor of egg and milk will disperse " the unpleasantness" of coffee, leaving an attractive fragrance.
Egg coffee in Hanoi first appeared in the early 20th century; the person who create this unique egg coffee is Nguyen Van Giang. He had ever done bartender in 5-star hotel Sofitel Legend Metropole in French colonial period, made familiar Cappuccino dishes of Western became egg coffee with closer but much thicker ingredient.
On a famous tourist site - Tripadvisor, a Malaysian tourist with the nickname tikay239 shared his feeling after enjoying a cup of egg coffee: It's a very distinct coffee flavor and an interesting experience in Hanoi. When he comes to Hanoi next time, he makes sure that not forget to enjoy this special coffee.
As shared on the AFAR travel site, Jodi Ettenberg praised egg coffee in Hanoi, said that this is a new discovery for her. She had tried coffee in many places but Hanoi's coffee is the most impressive, especially is egg coffee.
Egg coffee is not just an ordinary beverage but also carries a feature of culinary culture Hanoi might not confused - Source: Collected
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Egg coffee had appeared a long time ago so that it can not make a food craze as some famous foods now. It's just enough to spillover quietly, create a culinary culture of Hanoi which is not possible confused. At present, in addition to 2 Giang coffee shops in Nguyen Huu Huan street And Yen Phu street, you can also drink egg coffee in Dinh coffee shop or Pho Co coffee shop. Otherwise, Egg Cacao in Hong smoothie shop (address in Hang Chi lane) is also quite popular.
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Source: Collected
