Ca phe trung is Hanoi's egg coffee: thick, custard-like cream of whisked egg yolk and condensed milk floated on hot Vietnamese coffee, drunk like a tiramisu in a cup at Cafe Giang's alley counter.
Egg coffee was invented at Cafe Giang in 1946 by Nguyen Van Giang, who worked as a bartender at the Metropole Hotel. Milk was scarce during the war years, so he whipped egg yolk with sugar as a substitute. After Mr Giang passed away in 1987, his children took over Cafe Giang at 39 Nguyen Huu Huan. His daughter Mrs Bich opened Cafe Dinh on Dinh Tien Hoang in 1987 with the same recipe.
4 editor picks for Cà Phê Trứng in Hanoi, ranked by editorial score. All Hanoi signature dishes · Cà Phê Trứng across every city.
Café Giảng ★ 4.6
old-quarter · 39 Nguyen Huu Huan, Ly Thai To, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi
Café Giảng in Hanoi is where egg coffee was invented in 1946, served down a narrow alley off Nguyen Huu Huan in the Old Quarter by the founder's descendants.
Loading T café ★ 4.6
old-quarter · 8 Chan Cam, Hang Trong, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi
Loading T café in Hanoi occupies the second floor of an 8 Chan Cam French villa from the 1930s, with original geometric tiles and olive-green shutters.
Cafe Đinh ★ 4.5
old-quarter · 13 Dinh Tien Hoang, Hang Trong, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi
Cafe Đinh in Hanoi was opened in 1987 by Cafe Giang's daughter Mrs Bich, with a tiny upstairs balcony over Hoan Kiem Lake and the original 1946 recipe.
Cafe Phố Cổ ★ 4.5
old-quarter · 11 Hang Gai, Hang Trong, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi
Cafe Pho Co in Hanoi is the rooftop egg-coffee balcony hidden behind a silk shop on Hang Gai, reached through a corridor, courtyard and home staircase.