Wonderful Things of the World #10: Nitro Cold Brew

I still have not found out what exactly what kind of coffee this is. I keep telling people it's beer but coffee. 

It's SO good. 

pearlie

A nice cooling Saturday

It is a very nice and cooling Saturday today. The weather is at about 25C and everyone in the Klang Valley is wishing the weather will be like this every day. 

I drove my son to Midvalley Megamall to meet his friend and I had a nice time myself walking around and finally reading and having coffee alfresco in Starbucks. 

pearlie

Would you like eggs in your coffee?

My colleague Jason invited us to his house for barbecue today and it was nice to meet up and catch up with one another casually. 

The food was great, especially his family's special roasted duck that they have been selling for many years. 

I also offered Jason to make egg coffee for anyone who is interested. 

I first had it when I was in Hanoi in 2012 and it was awesome. I had my first cup in Pho Co Cafe:

The next place I had it was in Giang Cafe...

...which looked better and tasted much better too. 

And I tried making it myself, which isn't too bad. 

Only Jason and a few of his friends tried it and they loved it. I guess the rest balked at the suggestion of having eggs in their coffee. 

Would you like a cup?

pearlie

Nice to be alone sometimes

I went to get a coffee at Starbucks after lunch at work yesterday and decided to take a seat and enjoy some quiet time on my own. 

It was nice. 

I did a bit of thinking, writing and reading. But when the seats surrounding me began to be taken by people and when they started busy talking to each other, it's time I took my leave. 

My colleague however, told me she saw me and asked why was I seated alone in Starbucks. For something so natural for me, I suppose for an extravert like her, it is an unusual thing to do. 

Coffee in Starbucks is getting pricier but it's nice to do that once in awhile: enjoy a coffee all on my own. 

pearlie 

Vietnamese Egg Coffee

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