Michelin suggests must-try coffees when visiting Vietnam

(NLDO) - There are many coffee dishes that Vietnamese consumers do not know about, but international culinary experts highly appreciate.

Vietnam's coffee harvest season is in full swing and many forums are re-sharing Michelin's article about Vietnamese coffee as a suggestion for a coffee menu when opening a shop, especially to serve tourists .

Accordingly, from the perspective of Michelin experts, the outstanding coffee dishes that visitors should try when coming to Vietnam are: iced milk coffee, bac xiu, coconut coffee, salt coffee and egg coffee.

In addition, there is also fruit coffee made from 100% Arabica coffee combined with tropical fruits such as oranges, lychees, and apricots.

In more detail, this culinary site suggests that visitors should enjoy salt coffee in Hue; egg coffee in Hanoi and iced milk coffee and bac xiu in Ho Chi Minh City.

Michelin experts said that "coffee was introduced to Vietnam by the French in the mid-19th century, and over time has developed into the foundation of Vietnamese culinary heritage. Among them, iced milk coffee is the "gem" among Vietnamese coffee dishes and has become a symbol of Vietnamese cuisine".

Michelin Guide to Vietnam Coffee - Screenshot of Michelin Guide's green-ticked Fanpace

This drink is made by letting ground coffee slowly drip through a filter (phin) into a glass filled with sweetened condensed milk and then adding ice. The combination of the bitter taste of coffee with the rich sweetness of condensed milk and the freshness of ice cubes makes this drink appealing.

Iced milk coffee appears from sidewalk cafes to 5-star hotels. Not only that, in Vietnamese restaurants around the world, iced milk coffee is a very popular accompanying drink.

According to the reporter's investigation, the guide to Vietnamese coffee was posted by Michelin Guide on its website in March 2024 and then re-cited by the Michelin Guide's blue-ticked Fanpage in May 2024.

Iced milk coffee becomes a symbol of Vietnamese cuisine

Recently, on social networks, what Michelin said about Vietnamese coffee has been shared quite a lot in forums about food and beverage business (F&B), coffee shop owners when coffee drinks are always loved by consumers.

From coffee, many new dishes have been created such as: fish sauce coffee, durian coffee, cordyceps coffee, etc. to diversify the choices for consumers but still cannot replace traditional coffee dishes.

Coffee prices are dancing.

On November 19, at the end of the trading session on the London Stock Exchange (UK), Robusta coffee prices had a trading session with a large amplitude, at times increasing to 104 USD/ton and then at the sharpest decrease of 91 USD/ton, the matched price of the day decreased by 38 USD/ton for the January 2025 delivery period, to 4,735 USD/ton, still a very high level.

Coffee prices today in the domestic market early November 19 were from 113,000 - 114,000 VND/kg.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/michelin-goi-y-nhung-mon-ca-phe-nhat-dinh-phai-thu-khi-den-viet-nam-19624111908081162.htm