Street food - Wormwood leaves with chicken egg

Have you ever eaten this dish or seen these leaves before? If you don't know this dish or these leaves, I will introduce to you. You knew, you will be known clearly.


Walking on streets in Hanoi, you probably encouter a street vendor that sells this dish. But, there is no restaurant selling this rustic and special dish. What can I say about this dish?
Um, it is not only snack food in Vietnam, wormwood leaves with chicken egg is a good dish for health such as: pregnancy care, treating acne, rash, headache and body weakness,etc. With great effects, there is no reason for us to ignore this dish.



Made from chicken eggs or duck eggs and wormwood leaves, it has a special flavor, a combination from greasy of eggs, bitter of wormwood leaves. That makes diner can't forget. Perhaps, the first time you have eaten it, you will feel it's hard to eat. But, the second times, third times and many times you have eaten it, you will feel it is so delicious. It is bitter for the first, the more you chew, the more you feel it is sweet. Besides, the taste of egg will make you eat easily.

Depending on your hobby, you can eat it with things that you like such as: chili sauce, fish sauce or some thing like that.


Sitting next seller, seeing the seller fry chicken eggs with wormwood leaves and waiting the dish you like or the first time you have tried. That feeling is so excited!

Known as a herb that brings many good effects to diner. So, it is not only used to fry with egg but also to process with many things in many different ways. You can feel this dish more authentic via this video


Vietnamese people have sayings "hear thousand times, not equal see one time". Other says "see thousand times, not equal try one time. So, if you get a chance, come to Hanoi and try it. But, you want to try right now without having to go thousands miles to eat, you can try to cook it at home. Right here, recipe of this dish.