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HANOI: Scrambled, fried or … whipped in beer? It may not be the most conventional way to serve eggs, but a decades-old Hanoi café enchants drinkers with a sparkling beer cocktail that has no place in the world. the breakfast menu.
The basic menu of Giang Cafe, in Hanoi's bustling old quarter, is ice-cold beer and creamy egg yolks battered with sugar and a touch of butter to enhance the richness.
Nguyen Giang breaks 1,000 eggs each morning and is beaten all day. AFP / Manan VATSYAYANA
The owner, Nguyen Chi Hoa, said he developed this recipe in 1999, curious about how the combination might turn out.
"I made egg beer just for me … I thought it was good, so I decided to try to see if everyone was d & # 39; 39; agreement, "he told AFP in his cafe with terracotta tiles.
Hoa did not stop at the coffee and beer and also offers foamy egg drinks made from rum, matcha, chocolate and even Coca Cola AFP / Manan VATSYAYANA
The creamy beer mix was not such a spectacular departure from its most popular dish: Vietnamese coffee topped with sweet egg scum, which is now popular in Hanoi cafes, among locals and locals alike. tourists.
Hoa says that it was his father who proposed the recipe in 1946 as an affordable alternative to cappuccinos sipped by the occupants of the French colonies, who made them with cow's milk – a luxury ingredient for most Vietnamese under French domination.
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"The poor could also drink egg coffee because they had a lot of chickens, so they just broke an egg, added sugar and mixed – then we had egg coffee," he said. told the cafe where black and white photos of his family hang on the walls.
Hoa did not stop at coffee and beer, he also offers sparkling egg drinks made from rum, matcha, chocolate and even Coca Cola.
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To satisfy the demand for her whipped delicacies, her daughter breaks 1,000 eggs each morning and is beaten all day.
Although many Hoa customers have never heard of egg beer, he stated that he had won the most, especially those from Germany, overflowing with beer, and that He sold up to 20 goblets a day.
Although many Hoa customers have never heard of egg beer, he claims to have earned the most and that he sells up to 20 per day, AFP / Manan VATSYAYANA
"It's very special, it tastes like dessert, in addition to beer," said Malaysian visitor ST Lim.
In a city best known for its ubiquitous open-air beer markets called "bia hoi", Hoa said his single beer drink was still skeptical to some.
But he hopes to influence them, even drinkers anxious about their beauty: "It's very good for your skin, shiny skin," said Hoa with a smile.
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