Nha Trang Deliciousness

I generally don't like cooking my own food in a restaurant. This trip has changed that. First with hot pot in Chengdu, and now with Lac Cahn in Nha Trang. We arrived there on a Tuesday evening following a ten minute cab ride from the tourist ghetto. The place was filled with Vietnamese families, and on each table was a terracotta brazier filled with red hot charcoals. On top of this is placed a grate, and on top of that you cook your food.

We ordered three proteins. Each came slathered in a fiery marinade.

Eel. Skin on, bone in. All they do is gut it for you:

Beef. Nice tender chunks, really flavorful:

The pork, which we neglected to get a picture of, was (unsurprisingly) the star of the show. Unbelievably tasty. The pieces were quite fatty, which crisped up nicely on the grill.

Cold beer and sauteed morning glory rounded out our meal:

This happened every time we added something to the grill:

Here's the end result. Delicious meat, happy eaters:

Unfortunately, I don't think that this will ever make it to the US. Filling every table in a restaurant with glorified campfires is a law suit waiting to happen. Until some clever restauranter figures out how to make this concept a reality, it's just one more reason to visit Vietnam.