28/06/2019
WEEKEND IN HANOI - TIME FOR A CUP OF COFFEE
Giang cafe is a humbly hidden cafe shop in a small lane on Nguyen Huu Huan street in the Old Quater of Hanoi. It may difficult to find for the visitors, but it is well worth the effort. Giang Cafe was founded by Mr. Nguyen Giang in 1946 when he was working as a bartender for the famous five-star Sofitel Legend Metropole Hotel. Although the cafe had been relocated twice. The egg coffee still has the same recipe. The coffee is brewed in a small cup with a filter before the addition of a well-whisked mixture of the yolk and other ingredients. The cup is placed in a bowl of hot water to keep its temperature.
Why egg coffee? Mr. Giang developed the recipe in days when milk was scarce in Vietnam. He used egg yolks to replace milk. The egg flavor is really fat, the coffee flavor is really both fragrant and bold. And whatever the time goes by, the coffee is pretty delicious mixed by the whole materials as eggs, milk, coffee that you will find them so amazing and unforgettable.