Is chicken and beef in Nha Trang restaurants actually ostrich and buffalo meat?

Poorly cooked chicken can taste like fried rubber, but well-prepared it tastes like normal chicken — the difference is likely cooking technique, not fake meat.

At Grill Garden the grilled frog legs are good, but most of the rest of the menu is chicken-based. For more variety, locals suggest checking Chinese-run restaurants.

At cafes like Eurasia, a popular dish is a chicken and bacon roll baked under mayonnaise.

Local KFC has a noticeably smaller menu compared to KFC branches elsewhere — many say the Chinese KFC branch is tastier and offers more variety.

One pho spot got complaints about chicken skin and a hair found in the bowl, plus mediocre beef pho — regular local cafes reportedly serve much better pho.

There's a rumor that chicken and beef are sometimes actually ostrich and buffalo meat, which locals use to explain the unusual taste of some dishes.