I finally tried to make Vietnamese Egg Coffee and it wasn't half bad! I'm quite happy with the results. I made it during CG supper time today and it was quite well received.
This was how it turned out. The only thing I was not happy with was that I was not able to get the egg beaten well enough. It was not as frothy as I would like it.
This was my first Egg Coffee in Pho Co Cafe, Hanoi in year 2012. It was good, but the arduous climb up the stairs to the roof--at certain spots even rickety, dark and dank--kind of took the fun out of it.
Then I made my way to Giang Cafe, Hanoi. This was a much better experience and the coffee was much better.
I sure wish I were back in Hanoi to taste the authentic Giang Cafe Egg Coffee, but what I had made myself in CG this evening was good enough.
I shall certainly try it again.
Here's the recipe if you would like to give it a try. I've adapted it from Legal Nomads.
Vietnamese Egg Coffee
(Cà Phê Trứng)
Ingredients
1 egg
3 teaspoons of Vietnamese coffee powder or brewed Vietnamese coffee
2 teaspoons of sweetened condensed milk
Boiling water
Instructions
1. Brew a small cup of Vietnamese coffee.
2. Crack an egg and discard the whites. Put the yolk and the sweetened condensed milk in a small, deep bowl and whisk vigorously until you end up with a frothy, fluffy mixture.
3. Add a tablespoon of the brewed coffee and whisk it in.
4. In a clear coffee cup, pour in your brewed coffee, then add the fluffy egg mixture on top.
5. Pour hot boiling water in a small bowl and place the cup of coffee in it. This will keep your cuppa piping hot as you enjoy it sip by sip.
pearlie
It was nice and fun to make too! ;)
ReplyDeleteThanks jesscet :) I enjoy making it for you.
ReplyDeleteReminds me of the macho guys that put an egg in their beer. :)
ReplyDeleteHmm...only macho guys take raw eggs? But I think we are more open to raw eggs over here. I am not sure why we aren't so concerned about salmonella risks. Maybe all our eggs comes from the store ;)
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