Mekong Merchant

Ho Chi Minh City


Thatched-roof buildings clustered around a courtyard provide an atmospheric setting for this informal but upmarket cafe-bistro-bar. Phu Quoc seafood is delivered directly and chalked up on the blackboard menu daily. Mekong Merchant serves the best eggs Benedict in HCMC, but there's so much else of interest here too, including signature dishes like beef tiger beer pot pie with baked mash potato, carrot and peas.


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