Egg coffee @Cafe Giáng

With bland chains taking over Hanoi's café scene, ancient holes such as this one have become revered treasures. To be sure, Cafe Giang's timeworn patina is almost a bleak exaggeration of the communist-era non-chic. Our tour guide recommended Giang Café for traditional egg coffee. This cafe is humbly hidden on a small lane on Nguyen Huu Huan Street in the city’s old quarter and is pretty difficult to find if someone did not point it out. It is clearly hugely popular among Hanoi’s coffee addicts and tourists . This special ca phe trung, or egg coffee is absolutely sensational.

The main ingredients being chicken egg yolk, Vietnamese coffee powder, sweetened condensed milk, butter and cheese. ( I couldn't taste the cheese)
Its been developed in 1946 by Mr. Nguyen Giang when he was working as a bartender for the famous five-star Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi hotel. The recipe originated in the days when milk was scarce in Vietnam. This guy used egg yolks to replace milk, now its still a gem of the North

A must do in Hanoi even for the faint at heart- I will be back!!

Ps Note how low the chairs and tables are -its common in Vietnam, not so comfy for my giant husband
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