Tho Truong Restaurant, Fresh Spring Rolls and Roasted Rotisserie Pork, delightful.

This morning's Danang food exploration adventure took us to Tho Truong, a 62 year old restaurant, serving Bánh cuốn (fresh spring roll) and thịt nướng (grilled meat, in this case grilled marinated pork). Located on the very local and not touristy Nguyen Phan Vinh street, near Sơn Trà peninsula, the restaurant's name implies a longevity of life. The owner will always tell me that I should not smoke nor drink too much alcohol to keep my mind clear and my body healthy. Sage words.

The dish, as served by the family that owns and runs the restaurant, comes with four fresh spring rolls (fresh as in they make their own rice paper fresh every morning in a time consuming and labor intensive process) filled with bits of pork, topped with a lot of fried garlic shavings and finely  shredded dried-pork. The spring rolls are placed alongside and the perfectly roasted pork covered in sesame seeds, and a dish of lightly seasoned fish and chili sauce to go along with it.

Tho Truong's business is very much a family affair, with the son and daughter responsible for making the rice paper and prepping the pot of spring rolls:

Grandmama has the all important job of preparing the meat that will be grilled (she is living proof, that in age, is beauty):

The meat is grilled on individual rotisseries, the chain driving the gears which roast the meat to perfection:

Once again, Vietnam has left me happily full and wondrous at the perfection of yet another single dish restaurant. A plate of their food will set you back d30,000, or about $1.40. A bargain at three times the price.