At the coffee shop the other day, I had my head in a book, the caffeine buzz whizzing my eyes across the lines and over the pages. I was tapping my foot, under a spell, completely transported from my bustling surroundings.
But something made me look up. It could've been an aggressive tone in someone's voice, wayward cigarette smoke wafting under my nose, or maybe an itch. I surveyed the scene, checking out my coffee drinking counterparts, leaving the protagonists in the book at an indelicate juncture.
And that's when I saw it, in the hand of a teen girl sitting just up from me.
Her glass contained an abstract swirl of red and white, congealed and bloody at the top, pale pinky milk lower down. I immediately ordered what she was having and went behind the scenes to see exactly what this exotic concoction was made of. A standard tub of sweet yoghurt is emptied over ice into the glass. From a large ornamental jar on a stem, a ladle of dark fruit steeped in syrup is lifted. On top of the yoghurt it goes.
The bleeding begins.
I examined the fruit thinking it is a berry of some sort. Tart to the taste, I asked the proprietor, who answered dau (strawberry). I say it is not. There was talk of silkworms. I put two and two together.
This joyous seasonal celebration of late spring is sua chua dau, mulberries with yoghurt.
Cafe Huong
37 Luong Van Can
Hanoi
Dau is berry, dau tay is strawberry (literally western berry)
Posted by: Anon | 25 March 2010 at 02:34 PM
Oh, so was it "dâu tằm"? I think I had it in jelly form one time in Dalat. How was the drink/dessert?
Posted by: FlavorBoulevard | 26 March 2010 at 09:20 AM
what does it cost? It's so delicious and so attractive to me. I'll try it now.
Posted by: Apollo | 27 March 2010 at 12:05 AM
It is "dâu tằm", should be very cheap and tasty =P~
Posted by: Quynh | 27 March 2010 at 09:46 AM
haha yeah, first i was wondering what you meant by bleeding - thought you were some kind of maniac or something - but then, against the milk, it really looked like it. interesting. looks cool.
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Posted by: Simon | 28 March 2010 at 09:48 AM
Such a very interesting post. Love the photos heaps. Simon, please do not advertise your own blog in here.
Thanks for sharing Sticky
Posted by: Hoang | 28 March 2010 at 06:29 PM
Thanks for keeping me honest with the names, guys.
FB - tasted tart and sweet, rich and more like a dessert
Apollo - around the 15,000VND mark
Simon - good luck with the blog and keep you contact details to yourself, as Hoang says ;(
Posted by: Sticky | 29 March 2010 at 10:01 PM
It's look delicious!
Posted by: truc | 06 April 2010 at 10:24 AM
Oh mine, this looks so enticing!
Posted by: Julia | 11 April 2010 at 03:05 PM