Vietnamese Egg coffee

Coffee is among one of the most favorite drinks for Vietnamese people. Compare to all other countries that I visited: China, Thailand, Maylayia, India, Nepal…., I did not see they had many coffee shops as in my country, Vietnam. I asked my Chinese friend, he told me that coffee in China is about 5 times expensive than in Vietnam. If you visit Vietnam, you can see coffee everywhere from the pavements to the cozy coffee shops. This is especially true in big cities like Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh. There are different types of coffees and all most of my foreign say that Vietnamese coffee is so strong.  The answer is, Vietnam enjoy coffee in a different way. Coffee is brewed by coffee filter; you have to wait drop by drop of coffee coming to your cup. To get ready for a small cup of coffee, you should wait for 15 minutes; it is interesting to look at drop by drop of coffee falling down. What is the most recommended coffee that you should try in Vietnam?  It is Egg coffee. Every one who has tried it all loves it. How about you? If you are not in Hanoi yet, why not giving it a try, make egg coffee to treat yourself with our detail instruction:

How to make egg coffee by yourself ?

Ingredients  to make egg coffee:

In order to get a cup of egg coffee, you need prepare:
• 1 egg
• 3 teaspoons of Vietnamese coffee powder (You can buy Vietnamese Robusta coffee powder in super market)
• 2 teaspoons of sweetened condensed milk
• A glass of hot boiled water

How to make egg coffee?

Once you have above ingredients in your hand, you should follow steps below:
Step 1: Brew a small cup of Vietnamese coffee with Vietnamese coffee filter.
Step 2: Break the egg, remove the white, and keep the yolk in a bowl.
Step 3: Put the yolk and the sweetened condensed milk in a small, deep bowl and whisk vigorously until you see a creamy mixture.
Step 4: Add a tablespoon of the brewed coffee and whisk together.
Step 5: Pour your brewed coffee in to a clean cup, and then add the fluffy egg mixture on top.
Step 6: Admire your work, sit down, relax and enjoy your egg coffee.

The story of egg coffee, a family secret

If you ask about where to get real egg coffee in Vietnam, everyone will mention Cafe Giang. According to Nguyen Van Dao, the son of Mr Nguyen Van Giang, it was his father who invented the egg coffee recipe while he worked as a bartender at the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hotel (most famous luxurious 5* hotel in Hanoi) in 1946. At that time, Vietnam was so poor and short of everything due to long time in second world war. Fresh milk was scarce, so he decided to replace milk with whisked egg yolk. It turned out that everyone loved the new taste. The bartender stopped working at the hotel, returned back home and opened the shop for selling egg coffee himself. His brand Cafe Giang was born in that way. Even though there are other shops serve this special coffee with the same recipe; it does not taste the same as Cafe Giang as they keep their own secret. Do try to visit Café Giang whenever you visit Hanoi and see how difference it is between your homemade coffee with this traditional brand.

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