The night seafood market at Nha Trang is a nice place to go. It was quiet that evening in January with just us and the fresh multitude of seafood options. Clams, clams and more clams.
Heading down to Bai Dai beach from Nha Trang for some fresh seafood and quiet tides.
I'd read about the meats at Dang Van Quyen. It was reaffirmation that the lovely hostess at the hotel independently recommended it for dinner. It was a late afternoon start and progressed into a prolonged night dinner.
The nem is expertly handed on the grill and is surprisingly a much less intense colour than what I'm used to seeing around Melbourne. Nonetheless the pork is delicious and self-wrapped in fresh rice paper with herbs, vegetables and fried rice paper.
The star was probably the chewy flattened pork which had a much more intense colour and flavour. After initially eating it in a noodle dish, the second ordering had to be on its own and also served in kebab cubes with salad.
The long walk back to the hotel was well needed under the relaxing sky and even included a walk past a small night food market (although much too full to get anything).
Nha Trang is one of the cities that seems to have a particular reputation for food. The seaside location lends itself to fantastic seafood from ladies selling lobster on the beach (which I didn't get to have unfortunately) to little stalls dotted with buckets of live fish and crustaceans cooked to order by weight.
Travelfish had one very enticing suggestion - Lac Canh. It was a peaceful evening stroll to get there and to be sat amongst nothing but locals all enjoying the charcoal BBQ brought to the centre of each table. The food is great, the flavours lovely, and the condiments make it a fun and tasty meal.
I'd recommend ordering the plates with the Lac Canh name in it - the only dish I regret not getting is their signature beef. And the one on the table next to me made be pine.