Visited Morning Glory with my wife and teenage son.
The ambience is amazing. Food is cooked in an oval ‘kitchen’ immediately in front of the entrance in the ground floor so diners downstairs can witness the full on hustle and bustle of an extremely busy...kitchen along with all the sounds and aromas that go with it.
We actually sat upstairs as it was a little cooler (and quieter) but the surroundings are no less pleasant. Very French colonial.
My wife and I ordered sautéed prawns in coconut. The menu explains that the dish is served in the whole shell of a young coconut with the flesh still present but we still couldn’t fail to be impressed when our meals arrived. There were a good number of large prawns in the dish and the whole was full of flavour.
Our son has the grilled pork belly with
The pork was, as is not unusual with pork belly, rather fatty (but this is what carries the flavour) but the meat was delicious and the sauce a perfect compliment.
We all shared a dish of ‘roll your own’ pork spring rolls which came with a rice paper wrap, rice flour roll, lettuce, unripened banana and a satay style dip, along with a plate of ‘regular’ rice flour spring rolls and stir fried morning glory. Gorgeous.
Absolutely not the cheapest restaurant in Hoi An, I felt the beer was a little overpriced for the area at £2.50? for a bottle of Tiger but the overall experience with the quality of the meal makes it very much worth the price and it’s still massively cheaper than the U.K. Three of us ate as above with just the one desert (slightly mashed frozen banana with coconut cream poured over) with 2 beers, 2 juices and an iced lemon tea for around £40.00.More
