Full disclosure – I did not drink this.
H is fond of Trung Nguyen coffee, and they have a large office/outlet in Hanoi (52 Hai Ba Trung).
Originally we headed there to buy coffee to take home, but while browsing, H noticed that you could have a cup of their extremely expensive Legendee coffee.
I have a definite fondness for pomelo. It feels like a magnified citrus – everything enlarged. Thicker skin, larger segments that break up into lots of tiny juice-filled strands.
Spotted and purchased at a rest station on the way to Ha Long Bay: an exotic flavour of Pringles!
Official opinion – meh. Neither offensive nor delicious.
I’d love to live by the sea and have freshly-caught fish to hand. Or even live somewhere large enough to have a dedicated fishmongers. Instead I make do with supermarkets, and the occasional farmers market and farm shop.
This is particularly galling for a fan of raw fish. The last time I asked a supermarket fishmonger if their fish was okay to eat raw he said “Well I wouldn’t…” Since then, H found a great fishmonger in Guildford (The Chelsea Fishmonger), but it’s a bit of a trek so is only an occasional treat.
All this rambling leads to a post on Cha Ca La Vong – a wonderful Vietnamese fish creation.
I don’t like coffee. I do like eggs. But egg coffee? When I first heard those two words put together I spent some time trying to envisage what it would be.
A poached egg floating in a cup of coffee? A kind of coffee shake?
It’s actually this:
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