CILANTRO VIETNAMESE COFFEE: As promised, and more

cà phê sữa đá, Php45.00

Yes, as promised we came back to Cilantro to experience their much-talked about Vietnamese iced coffee or cà phê sữa đá. And as we entered the restaurant, we were greeted by the smell of cilantro, beckoning us once more for a tasteful experience.

And what can I say? I expected it to be much sweeter due to the condensed milk, but I can really taste the strong flavor of coffee amidst the milk. So I guess this one's not for me (unless they put additional milk) because as I say I'm not a coffee lover (and when I do drink coffee I prefer it to be sweet so that I could not taste the bitterness ^_^). And reading about this in wikipedia, no wonder why. It is indeed a strong kind of coffee, and also very popular among the Vietnamese.

coffee liquid dripping from the filter

"At its simplest, Ca phe da is made with finely ground Vietnamese-grown dark roast coffee individually brewed with a small metal French drip filter (cà phê phin) into a cup containing about a quarter to a half as much sweetened condensed milk, stirred and poured over ice."  Read about Vietnamese coffee in en.wikipedia.org

Red curry beef rice bowl, Php88

 We also tried Cilantro's rice bowls, and we chose the red curry beef. Well the taste was new to my palate, and it was pleasant.

Fried spring rolls

And because my friend was such a fan of their spring rolls, we tried the fried ones made out of ground pork and mushrooms. It was also a pleasant taste.

Cilantro (photo from their facebook page)

So I guess we'll be coming back for more coz we're going Vietnamese-a!