Giang Café (Egg coffee)

Hanoians who are addicted to coffee are no stranger to Café Giang, especially with egg coffee. Café Giang was opened by Mr. Nguyen Van Giang in 1946, when he was working as a bartender for the 5-star Sofitel Metropole Hanoi hotel. Nguyen Chi Hoa (65 years old) is the 8th child, also the youngest child in a family of Hanoi origin. Used to make very expensive cappuccino drinks with coffee, cream, whey... For foreign guests, Mr. Giang wondered that Vietnam has a lot of fresh and delicious eggs, so from coffee, eggs and sugar, milk, it is possible to make a delicious and attractive drink, the price is still affordable for Vietnamese people? That curiosity succeeded. In 1946, the chef's Giang coffee at number 39 Nguyen Huu Huan began serving diners this strange, delicious and healthy drink.

Although the location has been moved twice, the recipe for egg coffee is almost unchanged from the early days 70 years ago, with the main ingredients being egg yolk, Vietnamese coffee powder, milk. thickened with sugar, butter and cheese.

After being filtered by the filter, the coffee will be brewed in a small cup, before being mixed with beaten egg yolks (well beaten) and other ingredients. The cup is placed in a bowl of hot water to retain heat. Mr. Giang developed recipes during the period when sugar and milk were very scarce in Vietnam. She used egg yolk to replace milk. No matter how much time passes, this wonderful coffee with egg, milk, and coffee ingredients will fascinate and make you unable to forget its taste. The taste of greasy eggs, aromatic and rich coffee flavor.

But what makes Giang's coffee unique and different from other restaurants' coffee is the perfect blend of coffee and eggs, in order to minimize the stale and fishy taste of eggs. Although there are many other drinks on the menu: such as egg cocoa, egg green beans, egg rum, egg green tea, egg beer... but egg coffee is still the first choice.