This is my first visit to Hanoi, Vietnam. In addition to admiring the boulevard scenery in the ancient city, the most impressive is the cafes that can be seen everywhere. Vietnamese coffee culture has always been famous, but you must actually be in it before you can deeply feel how coffee has become. The daily life of the Vietnamese.In Vietnam’s deep-rooted coffee culture, not only the drip coffee method is generally maintained, but there are also many unique coffee recipes and methods, of which Egg Coffee (Cà Phê Trứng) is the most distinctive.
Giang Café: the origin of Vietnamese egg coffee
Giang Café opened in 1946. The founding shop owner is Nguyen Giang, a Vietnamese. It is currently run by the second generation Nguyen Tri Hoa. Egg coffee is the most famous signature coffee in the shop. Nguyen Giang originally worked as a bartender at the five-star hotel Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi. In the era when Vietnam was short of milk, he invented a unique coffee recipe using egg yolk instead of milk, which became the origin of Vietnamese egg coffee. (→TripAdvisor)
Go to Giang Cafe on XNUMXth Street in Hanoi Old Town
Giang Cafe is located on XNUMXth Street in Hanoi’s Old Town. This place is a base camp for foreign backpackers. The whole area is surrounded by green trees on the roadside, like a magnified version of Taipei's civic living quarter, plus cafes and beautiful colonies that can be seen everywhere. The style building is highly recommended for those who come to Hanoi. They have to come here for a whole day, but they have to endure the loud horns of vehicles and the road surface that needs to be improved. This is the style of Hanoi in Vietnam at this time.
▲ The Old Town of Hanoi seems to be an enlarged version of Taipei's residential community.
▲ The beautiful colonial architectural style can be seen everywhere, and the entrance of Giang Cafe is on the lower right.
▲ The entrance of Giang Cafe faces the main road, but there is no storefront. You have to enter through a long and narrow walk.
▲ The seating area on the first floor is like a home-style living room.
▲ Next to the seating area on the first floor is the coffee conditioning area and the cash register, which is quite homely.
▲ It is recommended to go to the seating area on the second floor, with the open-air lighting environment of the atrium, which has a feeling of bright willows.
▲ The coffee shop provides low tables and chairs and electric fans. There is absolutely no such thing as air-conditioning. You have to be mentally prepared first!
▲ The traditional home space is definitely not a bright and clean modern cafe style like Starbucks.
▲ Although the cafe does not have air-conditioning equipment, there is free Wi-Fi.
Taste classic egg coffee and green bean coffee
When you come to Giang Cafe, the founder of Egg Coffee, you have to order a cup of hot egg coffee. Even if the weather is a bit hot, this is still a must-order drink for pilgrimage here.In fact, Giang Cafe also has other specialty coffees. You can add not only eggs to the coffee, but also mung bean powder, chocolate, beer, rum, etc. There are actually many tricks, and there are also ice and hot options. If you go in a group, you can also try more!
Generally, coffee such as latte, cappuccino, and mocha is made of espresso with steamed milk and milk foam. The difference between the three comes from the ratio of coffee to milk. This time I tried the classic hot egg coffee with egg yolk Instead of milk, the egg yolk ratio is higher. It can be said that the egg yolk is the protagonist of the latte version of egg coffee. It is quite suitable for people who do not drink coffee often. A few mouthfuls of mung bean coffee by the way is probably the mocha version with mung bean powder instead of cocoa powder. Egg coffee is quite interesting!
▲ The English-Vietnamese menu is provided on the wall.
▲ The egg coffee will be placed in a small pot of hot water to maintain the temperature of the coffee.
▲ Mung bean coffee is like a mocha version of egg coffee with mung bean powder instead of cocoa powder.
▲ Egg coffee is like a latte version of egg coffee with egg beating as the protagonist.
▲ The coffee will settle on the bottom of the cup, and it can be stirred at the right time to avoid the feeling of a high proportion of coffee at the end of the drink.
▲ There are many melon seeds and shells on the ground. Vietnamese people like to eat melon seeds while drinking coffee, just like Chinese people drink tea and eat melon seeds.
Video about how to make egg coffee
The Giang Café, the originator of Vietnamese egg coffee, is hidden in a humble building, but it is very well-known. Vietnam Airlines also made a special film introduction and interviewed the second-generation operator Nguyen Tri Hoa.The current method of egg coffee is no secret. It is widely spread in Vietnam and even all over the world. However, the recipe and cooking methods are also different from each other. How to make the egg yolk and coffee perfect combination is the unique knowledge of Giang Cafe.You can take a look at the following video introduction, I believe you will have a basic understanding of the egg coffee method!
◎ Giang Cafe. Giảng Café
– English address: 39 Nguyen Huu Huan, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi
– Vietnam Address: 39 Nguyễn Hữu Huân, Hoàn Kiếm, Hà Nội
-Business hours; 07:00-22:30
– Official website: http://www.giangcafehanoi.com/
– Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Giang.cafe/
