The Dufresnes

cafe

“Definitely recommend if you're in Hanoi, come to Cafe Giang and try the original egg coffee. This is so good.”

restaurant

“Why this bun cha spot is one of the best we've found in all of Vietnam.”

restaurant

“A fish dish with dill and turmeric that feels unlike anything else in Vietnamese cuisine.”

restaurant

“It's a banh cuon place, which is a pancake. So if you're not having pho for breakfast, this would be the next thing you'd get.”

restaurant

“We found ourselves at the same place Bourdain sat years ago eating bun oc, watching the street move past.”

restaurant

“The guy was working at a hotel and there was a shortage of milk back in the '40s during the war, of course. So to combat the shortage of milk, what he did is he used egg yolk and sugar and whipped that and put it on top of the coffee and like the Vietnamese strong Vietnamese coffee and that's how egg coffee was invented and was super popular in Hanoi and most people knew about it here and then eventually it made its way all the way down Vietnam and then worldwide as well. So that's why this place is busy. A lot of people know about egg coffee and they want to try it where it originated from.”